Join the DesiLit Book Club as they discuss Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets, by Sudhir Venkatesh.

Start time: Monday, August 03, 2009 At 07:30 PM
Url: http://www.desilit.org/chicago.php

Join the Book Cellar Book Club as we meet to discuss Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, by Julia Powell.

In this bestselling memoir, Julie Powell, nearing thirty and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, resolves to reclaim her life by cooking in the span of a single year, every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child's legendary "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." Her unexpected reward: not just a newfound respect for calves' livers and aspic, but a new life-lived with gusto.

Remember: Wine and beer are half-off all day on book club days! All are welcome to attend our meetings. In fact, we'd love to see you!

Start time: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 At 07:00 PM

Come to The Book Cellar for the third installment of the reading series Second City, Third Person, hosted by Brian Costello. It's the only reading series focusing exclusively on third-person stories, written and read by talented Chicago writers.

Each month, the participants share original works that somehow incorporate a designated Chicago street. This month's street is 35th St., and the featured writers are
Jonathan Messinger and Eric May.



Start time: Saturday, August 08, 2009 At 07:00 PM

Join the Gapers Block Book Club as they discuss La Perdida, a graphic novel by Jessica Abel. It tells the riveting story of a young woman's misadventures in Mexico City.

Start time: Monday, August 10, 2009 At 07:00 PM
Url: http://gapersblock.com/bookclub/

Join us for DATE & DASH...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! The event starts at twilight! (or well, 5 p.m.)... See you there.

Start time: Saturday, August 15, 2009 At 05:00 PM
Url: http://www.dateanddash.com

Each month we host a showcase of local (or semi-local) authors. It's a great way to discover the literary talent that exists in our city, not to mention an opportunity to meet new people, encounter new books, and enjoy some wine or beer in our cafe.

This month, we welcome Brigid Pasulka, author of A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True (which "reimagines half a century of Polish history through the legacy of one couple's profound love affair") and Andrea Jones, author of Hook and Jill (called a "startling new vision" of the classic Peter Pan and Wendy story.)

Join us!

Start time: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 At 07:00 PM

Calling all punk fans... Author Steven Lee Beeber is visiting this bookstore this evening to share his book The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's: A Secret History of Jewish Punk.

Focusing on punk’s beginnings in NYC, this book sets out to prove that punk was the most Jewish of rock movements, in both makeup and attitude.

Tommy Ramone called The Heebie-Jeebies... "a unique perspective on the history of punk rock." Don't miss it!

Start time: Thursday, August 20, 2009 At 07:00 PM

Join us for some mixing and mingling with authors Laura Caldwell and Marcus Sakey, as they celebrate the release of their latest books.

Laura's latest is an Izzy McNeil mystery called Red, White, and Dead, and Marcus' new book is The Amateurs. The authors will be available to answer questions and clink a glass of wine (or beer) with you!

Start time: Friday, August 21, 2009 At 07:00 PM

The Never Too Old Book Club says: "We're not ashamed to love young adult books, and you shouldn't be either! Join us at the Book Cellar once a month to discuss the next awesome title on our list." Stay tuned to find out what YA book the club picked to read this month.

Start time: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 At 08:00 PM

Join us for a rowsing reading with three young Delacorte Press authors who've banded together to form a writerly supergroup known as The Brothers Delacorte!

Tonight's cause for celebration/main event is the release of Daniel Kraus' debut novel, The Monster Variations. The other brothers reading are James Kennedy (The Order of Odd-Fish) and Adam Selzer (Andrew North Blows Up the World).

This fun and fraternal reading is not to be missed!

Start time: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 At 07:00 PM

Come to the Book Cellar for a reading with Niall Griffiths, a great writer of fiction and nonfiction who has been referred to as a kind of "Welsh Irvine Welsh." His travel books include Real Liverpool and Real Aberystwyth, and his fiction includes Kelly + Victor, Wreckage, and Stump. Join us!

Start time: Thursday, August 27, 2009 At 07:00 PM

Tonight we are pleased to be hosting Josh Neufeld as he presents his book A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, "a stunning graphic novel that makes plain both the undeniable horrors and humanitarianism triggered by Hurricane Katrina." The book follows six New Orleanians from the hours before Katrina strikes to its aftermath. It has been serialized on smithmag.net.

Mr. Neufeld will be giving a visual presentation, followed by a Q&A. This poignant presentation comes at a fitting time, as August 29 is the fourth anniversary of Katrina.

Please join us.


Start time: Friday, August 28, 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, August 29, 2009 At 07:00 PM