Latest Events in Clark(August Updated)

Please join us for a celebratory evening with Donna Seaman for the release of River of Books: A Life in Reading. This event will be hosted at the Swedish American Museum (5211 N Clark St) and Donna will be joined in conversation by Women & Children First co-founder Linda Bubon. This event is part of our 45th Anniversary programming, as we celebrate 45 years of W&CF. A memoir of reading and working with books by the renowned Booklist editor. With the infectious curiosity of an inveterate bibliophile and the prose of a fine stylist, Donna Seaman charts the course of her early reading years in a book-by-book chronicle of the significance books have held in her life. River of Books recounts Seaman’s journey in becoming an editor for Booklist, a reviewer, an author, and a literary citizen, and lays bare how she nourished both body and soul in working with books. Seaman makes palpable the power and self-recognition that she discovered in a life dedicated to reading. Donna Seaman is the adult books editor at Booklist, a member of the Content Leadership Team for the American Writers Museum, and a recipient of the Louis Shore Award for excellence in book reviewing, the James Friend Memorial Award for Literary Criticism, and the Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award. Seaman has written for the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and other publications. She has been a writer-in-residence for Columbia College Chicago and has taught at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. Seaman created the anthology In Our Nature: Stories of Wildness, her author interviews are collected in Writers on the Air: Conversations about Books, and she is the author of Identity Unknown: Rediscovering Seven American Women Artists. Linda Bubon is co-founder of Women & Children First Bookstore. She and her business partner, Ann Christophersen, opened the bookstore in1979 as a way to contribute to the international feminist movement and to join with and support those in Chicago working to further the rights and well-being of women & children. Women & Children First has been honored with awards from Chicago Now, the ACLU’s Roger Baldwin Foundation, Bailiwick Reportory Theatre, and The Lesbian Community Cancer Project, among others. Accessibility: This event will be hosted at the Swedish American Museum, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are required. If you have questions, access needs, or need ASL-interpretation, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com no later than 14 days before the event. Information Source: Women & Children First | eventbrite

Support the beginning of an emerging Chicago theatre!Instrumental Theatre Company is committed to inspiring harmony through ensemble storytelling crafted at the intersection of actors and musicians. We examine stories through a musical lens and collaboratively create new scenes, songs, and shows with a rotating cohort of artists. This event will feature live music and scenes performed by Instrumental collaborators inspired by myths, tales, and legends.Appetizers will be provided and all funds raised will help support Instrumental Theatre's first full production to be performed in 2025! Information Source: eventbrite

Headshot Snapshots December 11th with Cam event will take place at TK Photography Studio located at 6241 N Clark, Chicago, IL 60660. The 10-minute mini session is tailored for one person and includes one digital download valued at $30. Participants can purchase additional image downloads starting at $30 per image, with special package options available. Due to COVID-19 protocols, attendees must arrive dressed in their outfits as changing in the studio is not permitted. In case of any restrictions due to Stay at Home Orders or CDC guidelines, the session fee will be credited towards future sessions. Editing time for the images is estimated at 2-3 weeks. Ticket sales are final, but rescheduling under certain circumstances may be allowed for a fee. By registering for the mini session, clients authorize TK Photography to use the captured images for promotional purposes. For those in need of more time or a different date, an all-inclusive headshot session can be booked for up to 30 minutes, starting at $275 in the studio or $300 on location, with 10-15 images included. For further details, visit the TK Photography website or contact booking@tkphotographychicago.com to secure a spot.

St. Louis County Library and Left Bank Books present Former United States Poet Laureate Billy Collins Author of “Water, Water: Poems In Conversation with Mary Jo Bang, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Poet Friday, December 13, 7:00 p.m. (Doors open at 6:00 p.m.) St. Louis County Library - Clark Family Branch Post Event Space 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131 In this collection of sixty new poems, former Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins writes about the beauties and ironies of everyday experience. Common and uncommon events are captured here with equal fascination, be it a cat leaning to drink from a swimming pool, a nurse calling a name in a waiting room, or an astronaut reciting Emily Dickinson from outer space. With his trademark lyrical informality, Collins asks us to slow down and glimpse the elevated in the ordinary, the odd in the familiar. It’s no surprise that The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal both call Collins one of America’s favorite poets. INDIVIDUAL TICKET $32 (Admits ONE and includes one copy of “Water, Water”) OR PACKAGE TICKET $40(Admits TWO and includes one copy of “Water, Water”) A book signing line will follow the presentation.Seating will be offered on a first come, first served basis. Books provided by Left Bank Books Information Source: St. Louis County Library Foundation | eventbrite

ONE NIGHT ONLY!Direct from South Florida! Limited seats! Hurry!No refunds. Arrive early, you - MUST - be seated 30 minutes prior to showtime. What to know before you go : THIS EVENT IS 21+ WITH VALID ID! * Ticket purchase is for comedy show admission. Bingo games are optional and FREE to play. To participate in bingo, request a card from your server. No cash prizes. No monetary value. Play along, or just enjoy the comedy show! ** Late arrivals (after the show has begun) will be turned away. *** Arrive early to find parking. You must be INSIDE and SEATED 30 minutes prior to showtime. **** Tickets not redeemed by 10 minutes prior to show start will be sold to standby line. ***** If you become intoxicated or unruly, or refuse to abide by the guidelines, you will be asked to leave immediately. Absolutely no exceptions. ****** For your convenience, a 20% gratuity will be added to your table check for your server. Food & Drink : Enjoy a large variety of beer, cocktails, and delicious food. Important Information : READ CAREFULLY : When planning your arrival please account for travel time, finding parking either on-street or in localized lots, and checking in. The show must start on time – therefore YOU must arrive on time! Arriving late is an inconvenience to other guests who arrived on time, and the entertainer. Information Source: Drag Events Unlimited | eventbrite

Watch a film selected from VPL's digital collections at your convenience, and then join our monthly discussions to share your thoughts. Join in person or on Zoom. Register on Eventbrite. Jan 8: Brand Upon the Brain https://www.kanopy.com/en/vaughan/video/3622236 Feb 12: A Letter to Momo https://www.kanopy.com/en/vaughan/video/962554 Registration for February begins on January 22nd. Vaughan Public Libraries is committed to accessibility. Please email us here to inquire about accommodation for our programs. The personal information collected from you on this form will only be used for the purpose of Vaughan Public Libraries' program and/or event registration. Your personal information will not be shared with outside organizations, except as indicated in the Privacy Statement. Information Source: Vaughan Public Libraries | eventbrite

Two rooms of body shaking beats, 8+ DJs, factory warehouse venue calling up a brutalist interior vibe, all techno vs. dark alternative electronic genres. Tickets launch at noon, November 13th! The first DARKRAVE this past Halloween was an absolute VIBE and a fresh new concept in underground electronic music partying in Vancouver! Everyone has been asking when the next one will be - well here is your answer! Inspired by the legendary BERGHAIN and KITKAT CLUB from Berlin. Presented by Restricted Entertainment. Sound systems by Funktion One & Void Acoustics. ----------------------------- ROOM 1 - DARK TECHNO - CYBER SURPRISES ROOM 2 - INDUSTRIAL - EBM - SYNTH - DARKWAVE DJ LINEUP : * Fizch * Marist * Pandemonium * R-Lex * Evilyn13 * Bluntangle * More TBA ----------------------------- EXTRAS * Custom built dance cages & platforms * Lasers * Blacklights and glow environments * Visuals ----------------------------- DRESS SUGGESTIONS Casual wear welcome but if you can, try one of these : * All in black * Cyber * Goth * Raver * Glow in the dark * Kinky fetish Dress in whatever makes you feel comfortable ... first and foremost, THIS IS A RAVE, your #1 priority is to get lost in the music ----------------------------- VENUE DETAILS * High volume gender neutral bathrooms on site * Coat check (yes you can change once you arrive) * Outdoor smoking and cool off area ----------------------------- LGBTQ+ - ALL BODIES WELCOME Respect your fellow DARKRAVERS! Poor behaviour or intolerance of any kind will not be permitted. Information Source: Restricted Entertainment (Official) | eventbrite

We are absolutely thrilled to host Eiren Caffall for an event celebrating her new novel, All the Water in the World. For this event, Eiren will be joined in conversation by Gina Frangello. Please note: This event is free to attend, but registration is required. Masks are required at our in-person events. In the tradition of Station Eleven, a literary thriller set partly on the roof of New York’s Museum of Natural History in a flooded future. Captivating...The setting, the detailed emotive descriptions, and nail-biting adventure are incandescent. —Library Journal (starred) All the Water in the World is told in the voice of a girl gifted with a deep feeling for water. In the years after the glaciers melt, Nonie, her older sister and her parents and their researcher friends have stayed behind in an almost deserted New York City, creating a settlement on the roof of the American Museum of Natural History. The rule: Take from the exhibits only in dire need. They hunt and grow their food in Central Park as they work to save the collections of human history and science. When a superstorm breaches the city’s flood walls, Nonie and her family must escape north on the Hudson. They carry with them a book that holds their records of the lost collections. Racing on the swollen river towards what may be safety, they encounter communities that have adapted in very different and sometimes frightening ways to the new reality. But they are determined to find a way to make a new world that honors all they've saved. Inspired by the stories of the curators in Iraq and Leningrad who worked to protect their collections from war, All the Water in the World is both a meditation on what we save from collapse and an adventure story—with danger, storms, and a fight for survival. In the spirit of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and Parable of the Sower, this wild journey offers the hope that what matters most – love and work, community and knowledge – will survive. Eiren Caffall is a writer and musician whose work has appeared in Guernica, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Al Jazeera, The Rumpus, and on three record albums. She is the recipient of a Whiting Foundation Creative Nonfiction Grant and a Social Justice News Nexus fellowship at Northwestern University, among other awards. The author of a memoir, The Mourner’s Bestiary (2024), she lives in Chicago with her family. All the Water in the World is her first novel. Gina Frangello’s fifth book, the memoir Blow Your House Down: A Story of Family, Feminism, and Treason (Counterpoint), has been selected as a New York Times Editor’s Choice, received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and BookPage. Gina is also the author of four books of fiction, including A Life in Men and Every Kind of Wanting. Her first two books, My Sister’s Continent and Slut Lullabies, out of print for some time, are soon being reissued by Northwestern University Press. Now a lead editor at Row House Publishing, Gina also brings more than two decades of experience as an editor, having founded both the independent press Other Voices Books and the fiction section of the popular online literary community The Nervous Breakdown. She has also served as the Sunday editor for The Rumpus, the faculty editor for both TriQuarterly Online and The Coachella Review, and the Creative Nonfiction Editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books. She is on the low residency MFA faculty at the University of Nevada- Reno/Tahoe and runs Circe Consulting, a full-service company for writers, with the writer Emily Rapp Black. Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are required. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com by no later than 14 days before the event. For other questions or access needs, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com. Information Source: Women & Children First | eventbrite

We are very excited to welcome Karissa Chen in conversation with Vu Tran for an event celebrating the release of Homeseeking: A Novel. Please note: This event is free to attend, but registration is required. Masks are required as well. An epic and intimate tale of one couple across sixty years as world events pull them together and apart, illuminating the Chinese diaspora and exploring what it means to find home far from your homeland. A single choice can define an entire life. Haiwen is buying bananas at a 99 Ranch Market in Los Angeles when he looks up and sees Suchi, his Suchi, for the first time in sixty years. To recently widowed Haiwen it feels like a second chance, but Suchi has only survived by refusing to look back. Suchi was seven when she first met Haiwen in their Shanghai neighborhood, drawn by the sound of his violin. Their childhood friendship blossomed into soul-deep love, but when Haiwen secretly enlisted in the Nationalist army in 1947 to save his brother from the draft, she was left with just his violin and a note: Forgive me. Homeseeking follows the separated lovers through six decades of tumultuous Chinese history as war, famine, and opportunity take them separately to the song halls of Hong Kong, the military encampments of Taiwan, the bustling streets of New York, and sunny California, telling Haiwen’s story from the present to the past while tracing Suchi’s from her childhood to the present, meeting in the crucible of their lives. Throughout, Haiwen holds his memories close while Suchi forces herself to look only forward, neither losing sight of the home they hold in their hearts. At once epic and intimate, Homeseeking is a story of family, sacrifice, and loyalty, and of the power of love to endure beyond distance, beyond time. Karissa Chen is a Fulbright fellow, Kundiman Fiction fellow, and a VONA/Voices fellow whose fiction and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, Eater, The Cut, NBC News THINK!, Longreads, PEN America, Catapult, Gulf Coast, and Guernica, among others. She was awarded an artist fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts as well as residences at Millay Arts, where she was a Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellow; the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts; Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts; the Ragdale Foundation; and Willapa Bay AiR. She was formerly a senior fiction editor at The Rumpus and currently serves as the editor-in-chief at Hyphen magazine. She received an MFA in fiction from Sarah Lawrence College and splits her time between New Jersey and Taipei, Taiwan. Vu Tran is the author of Dragonfish, a NYT Notable Book, and a forthcoming novel, Your Origins. His work has appeared in publications like the O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Mystery Stories, and McSweeney’s, where he is guest co-editing a special Spring 2025 issue. He has also received the Whiting Award and fellowships from the NEA, MacDowell, Yaddo, and Bread Loaf. Born in Vietnam and raised in Oklahoma, Vu completed his MFA at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and his PhD at the Black Mountain Institute, and currently teaches at the University of Chicago, where he directs undergraduate studies in creative writing. Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are required. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com by no later than 14 days before the event. For other questions or access needs, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com. Information Source: Women & Children First | eventbrite

Please join us in welcoming Rebecca Little & Colleen Long for an event to discuss their book, I'm Sorry For My Loss: An Urgent Examination of Reproductive Care in America. Please note: This event is free to attend, but registration is required. Masks are required. A must-read investigation of reproductive health under fire in Post-Roe America. More than a million people lose a pregnancy each year, whether through miscarriage, stillbirth, or termination for medical reasons. For most, the experience often casts a shadow of isolation, shame, and blame. In the aftermath of the 2022 decision to overturn Roe v Wade, 25 million people of childbearing age live in states with laws that restrict access to abortion, including for those who never wanted to end their pregnancies. How did we get here? Rebecca Little and Colleen Long, childhood friends who grew up to be journalists, both experienced late-term loss, and together they take an incisive, deeply reported look at the issue, working to shatter taboos that have made so many pregnant people feel ashamed and alone. They trace the experience of pregnancy loss and reproductive care from America's founding to the present day, exposing the deep impact made by a dangerous tangle of laws, politics, medicine, racism, and misogyny. Combining powerful personal narratives with exhaustive research, I'm Sorry for My Loss is a comprehensive examination on how pregnancy loss came to be so stigmatized and politicized, and why a system of more compassionate care is critical for everyone. Rebecca Little is an accomplished Chicago-based freelance writer and former contributing editor for Chicago Magazine. She has written for The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Parent, Zagat, Google, The Irish Times, and Crains Chicago Business, among other publications, as well as many corporate and university clients. She has written about education, parenting, home design, style, politics, travel and pop culture. She has a master of science in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Colleen Long is a journalist based in Washington, D.C. who has covered some of the nation’s most important news. She has written extensively on the intersection of women and the criminal justice system including an award-winning story on prison nurseries. Her work has appeared in every major news publication in the world, and she was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2019 for the AP’s work on immigration. Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are required. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com by no later than 14 days before the event. For other questions or access needs, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com. Information Source: Women & Children First | eventbrite

U.M.A.I.A. International Championships Welcome to the U.M.A.I.A. International Championships! Get ready to witness some of the best martial artists from around the world showcase their skills in various disciplines. This event is your chance to experience jaw-dropping performances and fierce competition up close. Whether you're a martial arts enthusiast or just looking for some exciting entertainment, this is an event you won't want to miss! Join us for a day filled with adrenaline-pumping action and impressive displays of talent. Bring your friends and family along to cheer for your favorite competitors as they battle it out for the title of champion. Don't forget to grab some snacks and souvenirs to remember this thrilling experience. See you at the U.M.A.I.A. International Championships! Information Source: U.M.A.I.A. | eventbrite

So glad you are joining us! You are purchasing non-refundable tickets for the Saturday, January 18, 2025 Clean Comedy Show in the Chianti's Private dining area.************************************************************************************All our shows receive standing ovations. Why is this? Because we hand-select who we put on our stage. Our comedians are not only hilarious, but they are also ENTERTAINERS. They aren't just telling jokes. Each of our comedians have a solid stage presence that keeps you engaged and waiting for the next funny tid bit!We’re turning the private dining area at Chianti's into into a place where we can laugh and have fun together!Knock Out Productions brings you another terrific, stand-up clean comedy event starring Headliner Seetha the Comic! We are also sharing proceeds with Mothers Helping Mothers! (501c3)We hope you’ll join us to sit back and laugh with your friends!• Doors open at 5:00 PM for dinner!• Chianti's amazing servers will serve you as you sit at white tablecloth tables and enjoy your evening. Dinner/drinks are in addition to the show ticket and will be the responsibilty of each ticket holder that evening.• Knock Out Productions will be giving away over $1500 in FREE RAFFLES from a variety of wonderful, local, small businesses at the show! Each ticket holder will receive a free raffle ticket at the door.• After the show, meet the comedian!Start TimeDoors open at 5:00PM, show time is 6:30 PM. We encourage you to visit with your friends and order some dinner from Chianti's full menu (for purchase). When our guests eat/drink at the facility, it keeps ticket prices down and supports us immensely! Thank you!ABOUT THE COMEDIAN:Seetha the Comic!Indian born Seetha uses wit and self-deprecating charm to take you on a trip through his culture, career, family life, and a mid-life crisis that turned him to stand-up after failing to master yoga and meditation. With two teenagers at home, he’s always happy to be out of the house and performing. Seetha has performed over 500 private, public and corporate shows all over the USA and has also performed in India, Canada and the Bahamas. His quick wit, silly magic tricks and one-liners will keep you laughing throughout the entire show!SeatingSeats are at tables of 4. Seating for this event will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.ParkingThere is ample, free parking for this event.AttireCasual. No beach attire, please.Show Flow• Once you are seated for the show, we ask that you please remain seated through the show.• Continual show time is approximately 70-80 minutes. No intermission.Safety• You are permitted to take photos/videos before and after the show itself. However, no photos, video or audio recordings will be permitted during the show itself.Photos/Video/Audio Permission• By purchasing a ticket, you are simultaneously providing authorization for photos, video and audio to be recorded of you and your guests at the event. These photos may be used for promotional purposes and at the discretion of Knock Out Marketing, LLC (Knock Out Productions).• Tickets are non-refundable, no exceptions. Should something arise that prohibits you from attending, you may give your tickets to a friend, under the ticket holder’s name. No third-party seller ticket sales will be allowed entry. Knock Out Productions reserves the right to replace talent without notice.This is a 18 years old and over event. Information Source: Knock Out Productions | eventbrite

Please join us for an event on Wednesday, January 22nd to celebrate the release of The Motherload: Episodes from the Brink of Motherhood by Sarah Hoover. For this event, Sarah will be joined in conversation by Christie Tate. Please note: This event is free to attend, but registration is required. Register for this event at the link below. Masks are required for all in-person events at W&CF. “The Motherload is for all the women who wish someone had told them the truth about motherhood. Honest, unapologetic, and brutally funny…it’s about developing the strength to care for yourself and, thereby, learning to care for another.” —Stephanie Danler, New York Times bestselling author of Sweetbitter An intimately honest memoir about motherhood that dares to ask, what happens when “what to expect when you’re expecting” turns out to be months of rage, anguish, brain fog, and a total surrender of sex, career, and identity. “The kid was objectively a tiny worm, even worse, a worm with my nose.” Welcome to Sarah Hoover’s unflinching take on motherhood and its expectations in which the beatific narrative women have been fed—one of immediate connection to your child followed by a joyful path of maternal discovery—turns out to be not quite true. In The Motherload, Hoover provides a candid, funny, and sobering look at the journey women undertake as expectant mothers and wives from the early days of pregnancy through labor and beyond. Like most of us, Sarah Hoover grew up imagining a certain life for herself—career, love, marriage, children—and when Hoover moved from Indiana to New York City to study art history, the life she’d imagined began falling into place. She got her degree, landed a job in a gallery, made friends, and went on some exceptionally bad dates. She also met interesting artists, one of whom became her future husband (a whirlwind romance, theirs, exciting even with its imperfections). But when Hoover got pregnant, the life she imagined began to unravel. She felt like an imposter in her own body. She grew distant from her friends and husband. She suffered from anxiety, fear, guilt, and shame. She also experienced trauma at the hands of one of her doctors—a stark trigger. And eventually, when her son was born, there was no… joy. Instead, she felt “disoriented, lonely, and like none of my clothes fit.” Why was she seeing and hearing things that weren’t there? Why was she so angry and miserable when she had everything she thought she wanted? Why was the life she’d built falling apart? It took her months to discover that she was suffering from severe postpartum depression. And it took even longer to trace all the threads that came to inform her experience. At its core, The Motherload is about learning to forgive yourself for not being what you’ve been told you must be and for not loving the way you’ve been told you should. It’s about the uniquely female experience of constantly grappling with expectation versus reality, no matter your circumstance, and a rejection of the cultural idea of the mother as a perfect being. It is a moving, exciting, roller coaster ride, and a propulsive addition to the canon of women’s literature. Sarah Hoover holds a master’s degree in cultural theory from Columbia and a BA in art history from NYU. Her writing has been featured in Mother Tongue, The Strategist, and Vogue. The Motherload is her first book. Christie Tate is an essayist and author who writes creative nonfiction and memoir. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Group, which was a Reese’s Book Club selection and has been translated into 19 languages. She is also the author of B.F.F.-- A Memoir of Friendship Lost & Found. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and elsewhere. She grew up in Dallas and now lives in Chicago with her family. Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are required. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com by no later than 14 days before the event. For other questions or access needs, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com. Information Source: Women & Children First | eventbrite

We are so excited to welcome Annie Liontas to the bookstore for an event celebrating the paperback release of Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery. For this event, Annie will be joined in conversation by Jessamine Chan. Please note: This event is free to attend, but registration is required! Masks are required for all in-person events at W&CF. This powerful and deeply personal memoir in essays “reflects on history, philosophy, and love while living with head trauma” (The New York Times Book Review). “An infuriatingly gorgeous, important book.” —Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties * “A riveting book about embodiment, pain, identity, and intimacy…this book is a stunning achievement.” —Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood After suffering multiple concussions in her thirties, Annie Liontas shares what it means to be one of the “walking wounded” in Sex with a Brain Injury. Facing her fear, her rage, her physical suffering, and the effects of head trauma on her marriage and other relationships, Liontas is forced to reckon with her own queer mother’s battle with addiction and finds echoes in their pain. Liontas weaves history, philosophy, and personal accounts to interrogate and expand representations of mental health, ability, and disability—particularly in relation to women and the LGBT community. She uncovers the surprising legacy of brain injury, examining its role in culture, the criminal justice system, and through historical figures like Henry VIII and Harriet Tubman. Through Liontas’s sharp, affecting prose, we can imagine this kind of pain, and having to claw one’s way back to a new normal. The hidden gift of injury, Liontas writes, is the ability to connect with others. For the millions of people who have suffered from concussions and for those who have endeavored to support loved ones through the painful and often baffling experience of head trauma, this intimate memoir of a profound affliction and resilience…stands as testimony to love and patience” (Kirkus Reviews). Annie Liontas is the genderqueer author of the crip-queer memoir Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery, which was featured on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross and selected as SELF Magazine’s Book of the Month. Their debut novel, Let Me Explain You, was selected as New York Times Editors Choice in 2015. They co-edited the anthology A Manner of Being: Writers on their Mentors, and their work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times Book Review, Electric Literature, BOMB, Lithub, The Believer, American Short Fiction, McSweeney’s, Oprah Daily, and elsewhere. A graduate of Syracuse University’s MFA program, Annie is an Associate Professor of writing at George Washington University and serves as faculty at the Disquiet International Literary Program in Lisbon. Annie has volunteered as a mentor for Pen City’s incarcerated writers and helped secure a Mellon Foundation grant on Disability Justice to bring storytelling to communities in the criminal justice system. They co-host the literary podcast LitFriends and live in Philadelphia with their wife, dog, and Email the rabbit. Jessamine Chan’s stories have appeared in Tin House and Epoch. A former reviews editor at Publishers Weekly, she holds an MFA from Columbia University. She lives in Chicago with her family. The School for Good Mothers is her first novel. Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are required. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. We have dimmable, non-fluorescent lights. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com by no later than 14 days before the event. For other questions or access needs, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com. Information Source: Women & Children First | eventbrite

Join us to cheer on the next generation of soloists in their floor show debuts this January! WHAT IS A BURLESQUE BUNNY? Anyone who has been performing burlesque as a soloist for less than 2 years Meet your Bunnies: Seraphina VelvetTerra NovaAlice CarteSaffronTeddy GrahamSally Limon and SanjanaMister MayteazeAND group performance by Portia Favro's Classic Burlesque Pin-Up Posse crew!Hosted by Portia Favro + Vita Devour WHEN: Thursday, January 23, 2025 WHERE: Strange Fellows Brewing (1345 Clark Drive) DOORS 7PM | SHOW 8PM Tickets $20 until January 1, 2025. Tickets $25 January 2 to show date! Seating first come, first serve. Accessibility: venue is located on ground level, no stairs. PLEASE NOTE ALL TICKETS ARE FINAL SALE. Refunds are not available, but you are welcome to resell your ticket to another party should you not be able to attend. Please email hello@portiafavro.com to update the name. We carry out our business on the ancestral and unceded homelands of the səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Peoples, and extend appreciation for the opportunity to work on this territory. Information Source: Pin-Up Posse | eventbrite

Women & Children First is thrilled to host Steven & Maja Teref for a translation event celebrating the release of sympathy for the salami by Milena Marković. For this event, Steven & Maja will be joined in conversation by Alta L. Price. For this event, translators Steven & Maja Teref along with Alta Price will be discussing the work of Milena Markovic. Markovic is a city poet who revels in the crumbling concrete and smoked meat of Belgrade and other European metropolises populated by the addicted, the down-and-out, the mad, and the shady. sympathy for the salami selects work from her seven poetry collections, including excerpts from her novel-in-verse Children, which encompass the full range of her humor and terror. Her poems present a blemished nakedness in their candor about her drug-and-alcohol-fueled music scene days and their aftermath, as well as her life as a mother to a son with intellectual disabilities. Motifs of substance abuse, an unabashed love of meat, the dailiness of European urban life, childhood trauma, haunted dreamscapes, and the demands of motherhood permeate the work, steeped in the intricacies of Balkan culture. Readers of American poets as diverse as Anne Sexton and Charles Bukowski will find Markovic's confessional voice, while readers of Charles Simic will chuckle over her humorous voltas, fans of surrealism will feel at home in her dreamscapes, and Frank O'Hara devotees will appreciate her fresh portrayals of European urban dailiness. Steven and Maja Teref’s latest book is Milena Marković’s sympathy for the salami. Their previous book Ana Ristović’s Directions for Use was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Best Translated Book Award, and National Translation Award. Steven coedited with Aleksandar Bošković Zenithism (1921–1927): A Yugoslav Avant-Garde Anthology (Academic Studies Press). Steven is the editor for Academic Studies Press’ Companions to Slavic Literature Series. Maja teaches English at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools where she is the faculty advisor for the literary translation journal Ouroboros Review. Alta L. Price runs a publishing consultancy specialized in literature and nonfiction texts on art, architecture, design, and culture. Alta’s translations include works by Giorgio Agamben, Lukas Bärfuss, Dana Grigorcea, Alexander Kluge, Aldo Novarese, Esther Maria Magnis, Martin Mosebach, and Mithu Sanyal. Of the more than 40 books Alta has translated from Italian and German, Juli Zeh’s New Year was a finalist for both the 2022 PEN America Translation Prize and the Helen & Kurt Wolff Prize, and About People is forthcoming this fall. www.altalprice.com Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are required. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com by no later than 14 days before the event. For other questions or access needs, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com. Information Source: Women & Children First | eventbrite

Women & Children First is thrilled to host Steven & Maja Teref for a translation event celebrating the release of sympathy for the salami by Milena Marković. For this event, Steven & Maja will be joined in conversation by Alta L. Price. For this event, translators Steven & Maja Teref along with Alta Price will be discussing the work of Milena Markovic. Markovic is a city poet who revels in the crumbling concrete and smoked meat of Belgrade and other European metropolises populated by the addicted, the down-and-out, the mad, and the shady. sympathy for the salami selects work from her seven poetry collections, including excerpts from her novel-in-verse Children, which encompass the full range of her humor and terror. Her poems present a blemished nakedness in their candor about her drug-and-alcohol-fueled music scene days and their aftermath, as well as her life as a mother to a son with intellectual disabilities. Motifs of substance abuse, an unabashed love of meat, the dailiness of European urban life, childhood trauma, haunted dreamscapes, and the demands of motherhood permeate the work, steeped in the intricacies of Balkan culture. Readers of American poets as diverse as Anne Sexton and Charles Bukowski will find Markovic's confessional voice, while readers of Charles Simic will chuckle over her humorous voltas, fans of surrealism will feel at home in her dreamscapes, and Frank O'Hara devotees will appreciate her fresh portrayals of European urban dailiness. Steven and Maja Teref’s latest book is Milena Marković’s sympathy for the salami. Their previous book Ana Ristović’s Directions for Use was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Best Translated Book Award, and National Translation Award. Steven coedited with Aleksandar Bošković Zenithism (1921–1927): A Yugoslav Avant-Garde Anthology (Academic Studies Press). Steven is the editor for Academic Studies Press’ Companions to Slavic Literature Series. Maja teaches English at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools where she is the faculty advisor for the literary translation journal Ouroboros Review. Alta L. Price runs a publishing consultancy specialized in literature and nonfiction texts on art, architecture, design, and culture. Alta’s translations include works by Giorgio Agamben, Lukas Bärfuss, Dana Grigorcea, Alexander Kluge, Aldo Novarese, Esther Maria Magnis, Martin Mosebach, and Mithu Sanyal. Of the more than 40 books Alta has translated from Italian and German, Juli Zeh’s New Year was a finalist for both the 2022 PEN America Translation Prize and the Helen & Kurt Wolff Prize, and About People is forthcoming this fall. www.altalprice.com Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are required. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com by no later than 14 days before the event. For other questions or access needs, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com. Information Source: Women & Children First | eventbrite

Join us on Thursday, February 6th for an event with Nina Sudhakar, celebrating the release of Where to Carry the Sound. For this event, Nina will be joined in conversation by Ananda Lima. Please note: This event is free to attend, but registration is requested. Masks are required for our in-person events. The stories in Where to Carry the Sound center on characters excavating their own lives: unearthing family secrets, exploring inherited silences, and rediscovering what might have seemed lost to them. Wherever these characters find themselves—including brewing bootleg liquor in Prohibition-era Bombay, finding remnants of a new language at an archaeological dig in Andhra Pradesh, seeking mirages above the Arctic Circle, or setting up an outpost on the moon—each seeks to reconcile a past continually bleeding into the present and to forge a path of belonging to carry them into the future. “This collection of nine magical stories (including a few actual fairy tales) enchanted me. Many of the stories are set in India, and most of the narrators are women—photographers, bootleggers, archeologists, religious pilgrims, perfumers, and one lonely lunar caretaker. The writing is both lush and lean, and the images of marigolds, haunted villages, and man-killing tigers are memorable. The ends aren’t always happily-ever-after but are always satisfying. Where to Carry the Sound is a delight to read.”—Molly Giles, judge and author of The Home for Unwed Husbands Nina Sudhakar is a writer, poet, and lawyer based in Chicago. She is the author of Where to Carry the Sound (winner of the 2024 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction) and two poetry chapbooks. Her work has appeared in Salamander, The Rumpus, Witness, and elsewhere. She serves as Dispatches and Book Reviews Editor at The Common and on the board of the Chicago Poetry Center. For more, please see www.ninasudhakar.com. Ananda Lima is the author of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil and Mother/land, winner of the Hudson Prize. Her work has appeared in The American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, Electric Literature, Lit Hub, Poets.org, and elsewhere. She is a Contributing Editor at Poets & Writers and Program Curator at StoryStudio, Chicago. Craft, her fiction debut, has received starred reviews from Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal, and was longlisted for the New American Voices Award and the ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. The New York Times describes it as “a remarkable debut that announces the arrival of a towering talent in speculative fiction.” Originally from Brazil, she lives in Chicago and New York. Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are required. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com by no later than 14 days before the event. For other questions or access needs, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com. Information Source: Women & Children First | eventbrite

Watch a film selected from VPL's digital collections at your convenience, and then join our monthly discussions to share your thoughts. Join in person or on Zoom. Register on Eventbrite. Jan 8: Brand Upon the Brain https://www.kanopy.com/en/vaughan/video/3622236 Feb 12: A Letter to Momo https://www.kanopy.com/en/vaughan/video/962554 Registration for February begins on January 22nd. Vaughan Public Libraries is committed to accessibility. Please email us here to inquire about accommodation for our programs. The personal information collected from you on this form will only be used for the purpose of Vaughan Public Libraries' program and/or event registration. Your personal information will not be shared with outside organizations, except as indicated in the Privacy Statement. Information Source: Vaughan Public Libraries | eventbrite

We are excited to host Muriel Leung, author of How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Diaster, on Wednesday, February 19th at 7pm CST. For this event, Muriel will be joined in conversation by Helene Achanzar. Please note: This event is free to attend, but registration is required. Masks are required at our in-person events. A dark and tender debut set against a writhing backdrop of postapocalyptic New York City. Acid rainstorms have transformed New York City into a toxic wasteland, cutting its remaining citizens off from one another. In one apartment building, an unlikely family of humans and ghosts survives. Mira reels from a devastating breakup with her partner, Mal, whose whereabouts are unknown, while her mother is plagued by furious dreams and her grandfather, Grandpa Why, stakes his claims as a rambunctious ghost. Across the hall, the cockroach Shin, also a ghost. As the world around them worsens, each character must learn to redefine what it means to live, die, and love at the end of the world. Muriel Leung (she/they) is the author of the forthcoming debut novel How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster (W.W. Norton & Company) in addition to three poetry collections that include Bone Confetti, Imagine Us, The Swarm, and Images Seen to Images Felt with Kristine Thompson. She teaches critical studies and creative writing at the California Institute of the Arts. She lives in Los Angeles, California. Helene Achanzar (she/her) is a poet and editor whose writing has been published in The Georgia Review, Sixth Finch, Best New Poets, and elsewhere. Winner of the 2022 New England Review Award for Emerging Writers, she is a senior editor for Poetry Northwest and the director of programs at the Chicago Poetry Center. Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are required. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. We have dimmable, non-fluorescent lights. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com by no later than 14 days before the event. For other questions or access needs, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com. Information Source: Women & Children First | eventbrite

Please join us for an event with Rebe Huntman celebrating the release of My Mother in Havana: A Memoir of Magic & Miracle. For this event, Rebe will be joined in conversation by Jessamine Chan. Please note: This event is free to attend, but registration is required. Masks are required for our in-person events. A daughter's search for her deceased mother brings her face to face with the gods, ghosts, and saints of Cuba. My Mother in Havana lifts the veil between the living and the dead and makes believers of us all. This story of a mother's absence and a daughter's need is written with a lyricism that filled my heart with beauty while also making it ache for loved ones lost. This is a stunning debut. --Lee Martin, author of the Pulitzer Prize Finalist, The Bright Forever I closed this book believing more than ever that the people we love, including the people we've been, never really leave us. --Maggie Smith, New York Times bestselling author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful Writing with a physicality of language that moves like the body in dance, Rebe Huntman, a poet, choreographer, and dancer, embarks on a pilgrimage into the mysteries of the gods and saints of Cuba and their larger spiritual view of the Mother. Huntman offers a window into the extraordinary world of Afro-Cuban gods and ghosts and the dances and rituals that call them forth. As she explores the memory of her own mother, interlacing it with her search for the sacred feminine, Huntman leads us into a world of's ance and sacrifice, pilgrimage and sacred dance, which resurrect her mother and bring Huntman face to face with a larger version of herself. Rebe Huntman is a memoirist, essayist, dancer, teacher and poet. For over a decade she was head of the award-winning Danza Viva Center for World Dance, Art & Music and its dance company, One World Dance Theater. Rebe collaborates with native artists in Cuba and South America, has been featured in Latina Magazine, Chicago Magazine, and the Chicago Tribune and on Fox and ABC News. The recipient of an Ohio Individual Excellence award, Rebe has received support for this book from the Ohio State University, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Ragdale Foundation, Playa, Hambidge Center, and Brush Creek Foundation. She lives in Delaware, Ohio and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Jessamine Chan is the author of The School for Good Mothers, which was a New York Times bestseller, a Read with Jenna/TODAY Show Book Club pick, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, and one of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2022. Translations in twenty languages have been published or are forthcoming. She lives in Chicago with her family. Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are required. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com by no later than 14 days before the event. For other questions or access needs, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com. Information Source: Women & Children First | eventbrite

Join us for an event celebrating the paperback release of Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story by Leslie Jamison. For this event, Leslie will be joined in conversation by Megan Stielstra. Please note: This event is free to attend, but registration is required! Masks are required for our in-person events. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes “a blazing, unputdownable memoir” (Mary Karr, author of Lit), the “piercing, intimate” story (TIME Magazine) of rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage—an exploration of motherhood, art, and new love. ​ Leslie Jamison is among our most beloved contemporary voices, acclaimed for her powerful thinking, deep feeling, and electric prose. In Splinters, Jamison turns her unrivaled powers of perception on some of her most intimate relationships: new motherhood, a ruptured marriage, and the shaping legacy of her own parents’ complicated bond. In examining what it means for a woman to be many things at once, Jamison juxtaposes the magical and the mundane in surprising ways. The result is a work of nonfiction like no other, a deep reckoning that grieves the departure of one love even as it celebrates the arrival of another. How do we move forward into joy while haunted by loss? How do we claim hope alongside the harm we’ve caused? A memoir for which the term tour de force seems to have been coined, Splinters plumbs these questions with writing that is revelatory to the last page, full of the linguistic daring and emotional acuity that made The Empathy Exams and The Recovering instant classics. A master of nonfiction, Jamison evinces once again her ability to “stitch together the intellectual and the emotional with the finesse of a crackerjack surgeon” (NPR). Leslie Jamison is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Splinters, The Recovering, and The Empathy Exams; the collection of essays Make It Scream, Make It Burn, a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award; and the novel The Gin Closet, a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. She is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, and her work has appeared in publications including The Atlantic, Harper’s, the New York Times Book Review, the Oxford American, and the Virginia Quarterly Review, among many others. She teaches at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn. Megan Stielstra is the author of three collections: Everyone Remain Calm, Once I Was Cool, and The Wrong Way to Save Your Life. Her work appears in the Best American Essays, New York Times, The Believer, Poets & Writers, Tin House, Longreads, LitHub, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. A longtime company member with 2nd Story, she has told stories for National Public Radio, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and theaters, festivals, and classrooms across the country. She teaches creative writing in Chicago and is an editor at Northwestern University Press. Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are required. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com by no later than 14 days before the event. For other questions or access needs, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com. Information Source: Women & Children First | eventbrite

Musical Bingo at Meeting House Tavern! Every 1st Wednesday | 7PM–10PM Meeting House Tavern Get ready for a night of fun, music, and prizes with GlaMonster & Reggay Boots! This isn’t your average bingo—it’s Regular Bingo with Live Musical Performances and Music all night long! JACKPOT STARTS AT $500 and grows every week! Will you be the lucky winner? DRINK SPECIALS to keep the vibes flowing: HAPPY HOUR (7PM–10PM): $5 Stoli Mules (all flavors) ALL DAY/NIGHT: $3 House Shots $7 Big Miller Lite Drafts Bring your friends, grab a drink, and get ready to shout BINGO! Don’t miss the first Wednesday of every month—it’s bingo, but make it a party! #MusicalBingo #MeetingHouseTavern #BingoWithABeat #GlaMonster #ReggayBoots #ChicagoEvents Information Source: Chicago LSD Radio | eventbrite

Join us for an event with A. Kendra Greene to celebrate the release of No Less Strange or Wonderful: Essays in Curiosity. For this event, Greene will be joined in conversation by Lulu Miller. Please note: This event is free to attend, but registration is required. Masks are required for our in-store events. Exploding sharks, trees riding bicycles, a Hollywood-esque balloon dress, a giant sloth in costume, a stolen woodpecker, and a sentient bag of wasps—and remember: this is nonfiction. Celebrated author and artist A. Kendra Greene’s No Less Strange or Wonderful is a brilliant and generous meditation—on the complex wonder of being alive, on how to pay attention to even the tiniest (sometimes strangest) details that glitter with insight, whimsy, and deep humanity, if only we’d really look. In twenty-six sparkling essays, illuminated through both text and image, Greene is trying to make sense—of anything, really—but especially the things that matter most in life: love, connection, death, grief, the universe, meaning, nothingness, and everythingness. Through a series of encounters with strangers, children, and animals, the wild merges with the domestic; the everyday meets the sublime. Each essay returns readers to our smallest moments and our largest ones in a book that makes us realize—through its exuberant language, its playful curation, and its delightful associative leapfrogging—that they are, in fact, one in the same. A. Kendra Greene is a writer and book artist. She is the author and illustrator most recently of No Less Strange or Wonderful (Tin House) and The Museum of Whales You Will Never See. Her work has come into being with fellowships from Fulbright, MacDowell, Yaddo, Dobie Paisano, and the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard. Lulu Miller is the author of the international bestseller, Why Fish Don't Exist. She is the co-host of the podcast Radiolab (about science) and the kids podcast Terrestrials (about nature). Her writing has been published in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Orion and beyond. She recently published her first children's book, Trucky Roads, which was a Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2024. She lives in Evanston with her wife and three kids. Accessibility: This event is hosted at the bookstore, which is a wheelchair accessible space. Masks are required. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. We have dimmable, non-fluorescent lights. To request ASL interpretation for this event, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com by no later than 14 days before the event. For other questions or access needs, please email events@womenandchildrenfirst.com. Information Source: Women & Children First | eventbrite

Don't miss this in-depth discussion on the experiences of seasoned stage managers Sue Fenty and Michele Kay following the launch of their new book The Dance and Opera Stage Manager's Toolkit: Protocols, Practical Considerations, and Templates. About the Book The Dance and Opera Stage Manager’s Toolkit details unique perspectives and approaches to support stage managers beginning to navigate the fields of dance and opera stage management in live performance. This book demystifies the genre-specific protocols and vocabularies for stage managers who might be unfamiliar with these fields and discusses common practices. Filled with valuable industry-tested tools, templates, and practical information, The Dance and Opera Stage Manager’s Toolkit is designed to assist stage managers interested in pursuing these performance genres. The book also includes interviews and contributions from a range of professional stage managers working in dance and opera. From the student stage manager studying in Theatrical Design and Production university programs to the experienced stage manager wanting to broaden their skill set, this book provides resources and advice for a successful transition into these worlds. ABOUT THE AUTHOR SusanFentyStudham has been stage managing professionally in many genres of theatre for almost four decades. She has stage managed at major performing arts venues including on Broadway, at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Sydney Opera House. Sue began working with dance companies in New York City in 1986 and toured extensively before relocating to Australia, where she was resident stage manager with West Australian Ballet for ten years. During her four-year tenure as Head of the BFA Stage Management Program at DePaul University in Chicago, Sue created a curriculum that introduced students to the unique world of dance stage management. Sue holds a PhD from Edith Cowan University, Australia, and a BFA from Adelphi University, New York. She is a pioneer in doctoral studies in the field of stage management and a published author on topics that explore brave spaces, intimacy and violence protocols in performing arts, supporting language revitalization in performance, and stage managing intercultural theatre. Michele Kay has been stage managing for over 30 years across all genres, musicals, plays, opera, and dance, in a variety of environments including New York, Chicago, and regionally across the US. She spent several years stage managing opera regionally, including two and a half years as the resident production stage manager at the Virginia Opera. She is an Associate Professor of Stage Management at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) where she has translated her practical opera knowledge into a curriculum for BFA and MFA stage management students, many of whom have graduated to work at prestigious opera companies across the country. Michele holds a MS in Organizational Leadership and a BA in Theatre from Miami University of Ohio. She is a member of Actors Equity Association, American Guild of Musical Artists, Stage Managers’ Association, and USITT. Most recently, Michele authored the essay “Already Calm, I’m the Stage Manager” for Off Headset: Essays on Stage Management Work, Life, and Career edited by Rafael Jean and Christopher Sadler (Routledge, 2022). Information Source: The Understudy | eventbrite

Instrumental Theatre Company presents The Mixtape New Play Festival Vol. 1! Come enjoy an evening of three short new musically inspired plays by Chicago playwrights presented as staged readings by Instrumental Theatre Company. Instrumental Theatre Company is an emerging group of theatre artists committed to inspiring harmony through ensemble storytelling crafted at the intersection of actors and musicians. The Mixtape New Play Festival is a celebration of short plays, each of which involves a musical element in its own unique way. Pieces will be presented as staged readings, along with musical performances of other work in development between readings. Information Source: Uncommon Ground | eventbrite

ONE NIGHT ONLY!Direct from South Florida! Limited seats! Hurry!No refunds unless cancelled due to weather or city-mandated curfew change. Arrive early, you - MUST - be seated 30 minutes prior to showtime. What to know before you go : THIS EVENT IS 21+ WITH VALID ID! * Ticket purchase is for comedy show admission. Bingo games are optional and FREE to play. To participate in bingo, request a card from your server. No cash prizes. No monetary value. Play along, or just enjoy the comedy show! ** Late arrivals (after the show has begun) will be turned away. *** Arrive early to find parking. You must be INSIDE and SEATED 30 minutes prior to showtime. **** Tickets not redeemed by 10 minutes prior to show start will be sold to standby line. ***** If you become intoxicated or unruly, or refuse to abide by the guidelines, you will be asked to leave immediately. Absolutely no exceptions. ****** For your convenience, a 20% gratuity will be added to your table check for your server. Food & Drink : Enjoy a large variety of beer, cocktails, and delicious food. Important Information : READ CAREFULLY : When planning your arrival please account for travel time, finding parking either on-street or in localized lots, and checking in. The show must start on time – therefore YOU must arrive on time! Arriving late is an inconvenience to other guests who arrived on time, and the entertainer. Information Source: Drag Events Unlimited | eventbrite

Chicago artists- join us for our second annual Artist Resource Happy Hour!As a part of our commitment to supporting creative industry, GRCC and RCC are hosting an Artist Resource Happy Hour at Hammy Wammy. Enjoy an alcoholic or non-alcoholic cocktail and tasty snacks, connect with fellow creatives, and learn about resources and opportunities for local artists. We’ll be joined by representatives from: Andersonville GalleriaChicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events (DCASE)Chicago Sculpture International (CSI)Greater Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) & Ravenswood Community Council (RCC)Lillstreet Art CenterLoyola University Chicago Women and Leadership ArchivesTickets including an alcoholic cocktail are $13 and tickets including a non-alcoholic cocktail are $8. Tickets include admission, your first drink, and snacks provided by the Greater Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce & Ravenswood Community Council. Presented by Information Source: Ravenswood Community Council | eventbrite

🌴 SUNDAY HAUS - VANCOUVER'S NEWEST SUNDAY PARTY 🌴Sundays just got a whole lot better. Welcome to Sunday Haus – the city’s newest Afro-Latin music experience, where the vibes are chic, casual, and undeniably unique. Inspired by Tulum's relaxed yet electrifying essence, Sunday Haus is your new ritual—a space where rhythm, culture, and connection come alive. This is a party for everyone—LGBTQ+, straight, bi, curious—if you love music, good energy, and unforgettable Sundays, you belong here. 🌿 What to Expect: 🎶 Afro-Latin beats that move your soul 🍹 Signature cocktails and a vibrant crowd ✨ Chic, casual atmosphere with a Tulum-inspired touch 🕺🏽 A space to dance, connect, and vibe all night Skip the Sunday blues. Let’s make Sundays iconic. 📍 Location: 346 Clark Dr. l Vancouver l BC 🎟 Tickets are limited – Date: Sat Mar 15 2025 Time: 5:00 PM - until late. See you there? Information Source: eventbrite

“Companion Rescue” is focused on rescue, beyond simple 1 person burials to multiple burials, starting from bottom up, top down, more intermediate/advanced techniques and scenarios under the American Avalanche Association(A3) Guidelines. P re-requisites: Avalanche Level 1 or Avalanche Awareness C ourse total cost $200.00 (Tutiion only) Contact Avalanche Savvy for course details ‭(720) 282-5155‬ / info@avalanchesavvy.com / www.avalanchesavvy.com Learn more about us: Avalanche education classes in Steamboat Springs, Colorado Information Source: Avalanche Savvy | eventbrite