Join The Tall Grass Writer's Guild as they present their work with the theme The Mechanical Age.

Start time: Friday, May 02, 2008 At 07:00 PM

It’s a double bill of bands as The Uptown Twofers and Los Pichardo come to play in our café. The Uptown Twofers, Jonas Friddle and Jason McInnes of the Bare Hand Jug Band, build an intimate reworking of American string band music. Yahvi Pichardo and Maria McCullough are members of Los Pichardo, a family band dedicated to traditional and progressive Mexican music.

Start time: Saturday, May 03, 2008 At 06:30 PM

Lisa See, author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, stops by the Book Cellar to talk about herself and her new book Peony in Love.

Start time: Sunday, May 04, 2008 At 03:00 PM

Join The Book Cellar in collaboration with Sulzer Library as we welcome National Geographic world explorer Dan Buettner as he reads and signs his new book The Blue Zone, a guide for living a longer life from the communities around the globe that have lived the longest. The event will take place at the Sulzer Library, 4455 N. Lincoln.
This event was cancelled.

Start time: Monday, May 05, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Spend Cinco De Mayo with us and a fabulous trio of authors. Nina Revoyr, Elizabeth Crane, and Joe Meno will read and discuss their titles The Age of Dreaming, You Must Be This Happy To Enter and Tender As Hellfire.

Start time: Monday, May 05, 2008 At 07:00 PM

The Desi Lit book group meets to discuss Story-Wallah: Short Fiction From South Asian Writers, edited by Shyam Selvadurai.

Start time: Monday, May 05, 2008 At 08:00 PM

The Book Cellar’s very own book group meets to discuss Transit of Venus, by Shirley Hazzard.

Start time: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Join us for a wine and cheese reception with Patricia Wells as she signs her book We've Always Had Paris...and Provence: A Scrapbook of Our Life In France.

Start time: Thursday, May 08, 2008 At 04:00 PM

Tim W. Brown, author of Walking Man, and Paul McComas, author of Planet of the Dates, stop by to discuss and read from their new books.

Start time: Friday, May 09, 2008 At 07:30 PM

Are you ready for a toe-tapping good time? Join Kettle Moraine as they perform traditional bluegrass and American roots music.

Start time: Saturday, May 10, 2008 At 03:00 PM

Elizabeth Hand, author of Generation Loss, and Matthew Sharpe, author of Jamestown, come to the store to read and share a discussion about their books.

Start time: Monday, May 12, 2008 At 07:30 PM

The Amnesty International book group meets to discuss Women on War: An International Anthology of Women’s Writings from Antiquity to the Present.

Start time: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Come join the Roosevelt University creative writing students as they celebrate the end of the school year by presenting their work.

Start time: Friday, May 16, 2008 At 07:00 PM

The Gaper’s Block book group meets to discuss The Grass Dancer, by Susan Power.

Start time: Monday, May 19, 2008 At 07:00 PM

This month’s works include Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season by Jonathan Eig, Deconstructing Tyrone by Natalie Moore, My Liar by Rachel Cline, Views From the Home Office Window: On Motherhood, Family, and Life by Ellen Blum Barish.

Start time: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 At 07:00 PM

The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) book group meets to discuss the book A Piece of Cake: A Memoir, by Cupcake Brown.

Start time: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 At 07:00 PM

Join fantasy authors Jennifer Stevenson, Gregory Frost, and Nnedi Okorafor Mbachu as they read from their works.Their books are a must for any fantasy collection.

Start time: Thursday, May 29, 2008 At 07:00 PM