The Desi Lit Book Club meets to discuss Bitter Sweets by Roopa Farooki.

Start time: Monday, June 01, 2009 At 07:00 PM
Contact Info : 9780312382063

The Book Cellar Book Club meets to discuss The Heroines by Eileen Favorite. All are welcome to join. Glasses of wine are half-off.

Start time: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 At 07:00 PM
Contact Info : 9781416548119

Don't miss the first tapas tour of Lincoln Square, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce! We will be serving tapas-sized tastes of cheese and sausage, as well as Spanish wine.

In Spain "chiquiteo" is the traditional starting point for your adventure, especially in the many bars and taverns of the old quarter, is the “chiquiteo”, the custom of drinking wine accompanied by small appetizers and large conversations.

Cost $35

6:30pm - 9:30pm

Registration & Prepayment required.
RSVP at rsvp@lincolnsquare.org or 773-728-3890

Start time: Thursday, June 04, 2009 At 06:30 PM
Url: http://www.lincolnsquare.org

Join us for a book party with the fine folks of Featherproof and their fine-feathered friends!

Tonight's reading features National Book Award-nominated author Jean Thompson (Do Not Deny Me), writer and QUICKIES! co-host Lindsay Hunter (My Brother, forthcoming next year from Featherproof), and newly published novelist J. Adams Oaks (Why I Fight).

What better way to get a dose of literary awesomeness before the Printers Row Fest? Great people, great times.... Don't miss it!

Start time: Friday, June 05, 2009 At 07:30 PM

What's love got to do with it?

Well, maybe a lot...that all depends on you! Find a summer fling or a future soulmate at Date and Dash!

Date and Dash is a Chicago-based dating service. At Date and Dash events, ladies sit at the tables, and guys move from one woman to the next as soon as a whistle blows.

After each "date," participants circle "yes" or "no" on their cards to indicate if they'd be interested in seeing their "date" again.

A few days later, participants receive an e-mail connecting them with their "yes" matches...

Spaces are limited, so sign up today!



Start time: Saturday, June 06, 2009 At 05:00 PM
Url: http://www.dateanddash.com

Stop by The Book Cellar booth at the Printers Row Lit Fest! We will be selling autographed copies of various titles. It's sure to be a good time!

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The Printers Row Lit Fest was founded in 1985 by the Near South Planning Board to attract visitors to the Printers Row neighborhood (once the city's bookmaking hub). By 2002, it had grown to five city blocks (on Dearborn, from Congress to Polk), attracting more than 200 booksellers from across the country displaying new, used and antiquarian books, and featuring seven stages with more than 100 free literary programs.

As part of its ongoing commitment to the written word and its support of literacy and literary endeavor, the Chicago Tribune purchased the Printers Row Book Fair in 2002 from the Near South Planning Board. Recently renamed to be the Printer's Row Lit Fest, it is considered the largest free outdoor literary event in the Midwest-drawing more than 125,000 book lovers to the two-day showcase.

Start time: Saturday, June 06, 2009 At 10:00 AM
Url: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/events/printersrow/

Stop by The Book Cellar booth at the Printers Row Lit Fest! We will be selling autographed copies of various titles. It's sure to be a good time!

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The Printers Row Lit Fest was founded in 1985 by the Near South Planning Board to attract visitors to the Printers Row neighborhood (once the city's bookmaking hub). By 2002, it had grown to five city blocks (on Dearborn, from Congress to Polk), attracting more than 200 booksellers from across the country displaying new, used and antiquarian books, and featuring seven stages with more than 100 free literary programs.

As part of its ongoing commitment to the written word and its support of literacy and literary endeavor, the Chicago Tribune purchased the Printers Row Book Fair in 2002 from the Near South Planning Board. Recently renamed to be the Printer's Row Lit Fest, it is considered the largest free outdoor literary event in the Midwest-drawing more than 125,000 book lovers to the two-day showcase.

Start time: Sunday, June 07, 2009 At 10:00 AM
Url: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/events/printersrow/

The Gapers Block Book Club meets to discuss Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Although the University of Chicago denied Vonnegut's original thesis, in 1971 the school gave him a Master's degree in anthropology for Cat's Cradle. Figures!

Start time: Monday, June 08, 2009 At 07:30 AM
Url: http://gapersblock.com/bookclub/

Author Mahbod Seraji reads from his debut novel Rooftops of Tehran, a story of young love and coming of age in 1970s Iran. The story is loosely based on the author's teen years in the city.

Start time: Thursday, June 11, 2009 At 07:00 PM

The Birth Network Book Group meets to discuss Creating Your Birth Plan: The Definitive Guide to a Safe and Empowering Birth, by Marsden Wagner.

Start time: Friday, June 12, 2009 At 07:00 PM

Join us for Second City/Third Person, the only reading series focusing exclusively on third-person stories, written and read by talented Chicago writers.

This month's reading features performances by Megan Stielstra, James Kennedy, and David Peak.

Hosted by Brian Costello (The Enchanters vs. Sprawlburg Springs).

Start time: Saturday, June 13, 2009 At 07:00 PM

Join us for a real humdinger of a LOCAL AUTHOR NIGHT! Reading this evening are the following talented authors of local origin:

Billy Lombardo, author of How to Hold a Woman;

Barry Schecter, author of Blindfold Test;

and Jeff Coen, author of Family Secrets: The Case That Crippled the Chicago Mob.

Start time: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 At 07:00 PM

Appetite Theatre and The Book Cellar present an APPETIZING READING SERIES. Come check out plays Appetite Theatre is considering for the upcoming season!

This month, the company presents finalists for the Sixth Annual Bruschetta: An Evening of New Short Plays. Come out and hear the finalists chosen for this year's Bruschetta festival. Stick around and let Appetite know which ones you want to see onstage this coming fall.

Appetite Theatre's Mission:

Appetite Theatre feeds your soul. We blend the human elements of feast and story telling, of drink and socializing, in order to remind people of the basic value these activities impart on our experience. Thought provoking, contemporary theatre presented by emerging talents is the foundation of the Appetite experience.



Start time: Saturday, June 20, 2009 At 04:00 PM

Join the Amnesty International Book Club this month as they discuss Greg Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea. For more information, please visit: www.amnesty.org.

Start time: Monday, June 22, 2009 At 07:00 PM
Url: http://www.amnesty.org

We're not ashamed to love young adult books, and you shouldn't be either! Join us at the Book Cellar once a month--usually on the last Wednesday of the month-- to discuss the next awesome title on our list. For June: Judy Blume's classic, Forever.

Start time: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 At 08:00 PM
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/never-too-old/

Join us for an evening of Chicago-themed books! Hear talented Chicagoans share their work and learn more about our fair city.

Tonight's reading features Ann Slavick, author of the art and architecture guide Hour Chicago; Dan Zamudio, author of the photography book Chicago Neon Signs: Neighborhood and Downtown Landmarks Through a Toy Camera; Jacque Day, co-author of the book Images of America: West Ridge; Jean Iverson, author of the indispensable guide BYOB Chicago; Owen Hurd, author of Chicago History for Kids; and Ashleigh Deese Grambo, author of C is for Chicago.

Just us for a Chicago-centric evening!

Start time: Thursday, June 25, 2009 At 07:00 PM

The KATES have taken the name of their first home--Kate the Great's Book Emporium--and moved to The Book Cellar where they continue to boast uproarious solo performance pieces, side-splitting monologues, and absurdly entertaining characters.

If you are looking for an intimate night of comedic storytelling, different from anything you'll see at a typical comedy club or late night bar, the hilarious Kates are for you!

Performers include: Sarah Clark, Jennifer Ann Coffeen, Jillian Erickson, Kelsie Huff, Jant Kane, Tamale Sepp, Kendra Stevens, and Amy Sumpter.


Start time: Saturday, June 27, 2009 At 07:00 PM

Stop by The Book Cellar for an afternoon of music with Jason McInnes and his students from the Old Town School. It's sure to be a tuneful time!

Start time: Saturday, June 27, 2009 At 03:30 PM

Happy Birthday to us!

Come help us celebrate our fifth(!) anniversary. We couldn't have made it to this milestone without you! Thus, we'd like to say "thanks" by offering a 20% discount all day, as well as some celebratory goodies (AKA cake!)

Start time: Sunday, June 28, 2009 At 12:00 PM

Join us for a fun afternoon with Jim McArdle, author of Living the Dream: An Inside Account of the 2008 Cubs Season; Jim Siergey, author of the hilarious If They Did It: A Hypothetical Account of How the Chicago Cubs MIGHT Have Won Every World Series Since 1908, a Chicago Cubs book that oh-so-cleverly rewrites the past; and Al Yellon, Kasey Ignarski, and Matthew Silverman, authors of Cubs by the Numbers: A Complete Team History of the Chicago Cubs, an anecdotal history of the Chicago Cubs.


Start time: Sunday, June 28, 2009 At 04:00 PM

Join us for a reading by the Virtual Artists Collective, featuring:

David Breeden (This Is Just to Say...: Meditations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams),

Nathan Brown (Two Tables Over),

Albert DeGenova, (The Blueing Hours),

Steven Schroeder, (The Imperfection of the Eye),

Judith Valente, (Discovering Moons),

and Katia Mitova.

Start time: Monday, June 29, 2009 At 07:00 PM