Fillinz:
Friday, March 1
at 7 p.m.
Jacinda Bulle &
Jaquanda Villegas
Put Some Respect on It
A Prose Coloring Book Presentation
Wednesday, March 6
Am I Man Enough?
Storytelling Show & Podcast Examining the Culture of Toxic Masculinity
Thursday, March 7
at 7 p.m.
Jeffreen M. Hayes
Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman
Author Reading
Friday, March 8
at 7 p.m.
Medicare for All
Teach-in
Wednesday, March 13
at 7 p.m.
Samantha Allen
Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States
Author Reading
Thursday, March 14
at 7 p.m.
T. Kira Madden in conversation with Lindsay Hunter
Author Conversation
Friday, March 15
at 7 p.m.
Laurie Halse Anderson
Shout
Author Reading
Please note: this event will be held at Swedish American Museum (5211 N. Clark St.) Purchase tickets HERE!
Friday, March 15
at 7 p.m.
Chris Cander in conversation with Rebecca Makkai
The Weight of a Piano
Author Conversation
Thursday, March 21
at 7 p.m.
Halle Butler in conversation with Kathleen Rooney
Book Launch Party
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Family of Women
Book Group
Sunday,
Feb. 3
at 2 p.m.
The Empathy Exams
by Leslie Jamison
Teens First
Book Group
Sunday, Feb.
10
at 5 p.m.
Dune
by Frank Herbert
Sunday, Feb. 17
at 2:30 p.m.
Stamped from the Beginning
by Ibram X. Kendi
Monday, Feb. 18
at 7:15 p.m.
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison
Sunday, March 10
10 a.m. to Noon
Suggested Reading: the first half of
This Is the Place,
ed. by Margot Kahn
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Dear Friends of Women & Children First,
After surviving the freezing temperatures and blizzard-like conditions of January, we could all use some love!
With Love From Andersonville is back! On February 14 through 17, we'll be joining other neighborhood businesses and donating 14% of profits to charity. Our designated cause this year is Chicago Books to Women In Prison. This effort will be combined with our book drive (see details below).
Also, if you feel like getting cozy, check out Hygge Fest, which will be taking over Andersonville this weekend!
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W&CF ❤️ Chicago Books to Women in Prison
Donation Drive
January 2 through Friday, February 14
We're kicking off the new year by partnering with one of our favorite non-profits, Chicago Books to Women in Prison. This all-volunteer 501(c)(3) sends paperback books free of charge to incarcerated women nationwide. Women mail in their book requests, then CBWP volunteers match try to fulfill each request from their stock of donated books. The group is dedicated to offering women who otherwise would have little or no access to books the opportunities for the self-empowerment, education, and entertainment that reading provides. Now through Valentine's Day, stop by Women & Children First and buy a gift card of any denomination that will go to CBWP so that they can provide women in prison the books they actually want to read and request the most.
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E. Patrick Johnson &
Jennifer Nash
Black. Queer. Southern.Women.
Black Feminism Reimagined
Thursday, January 31 at 7 p.m.
E. Patrick Johnson's Black. Queer. Southern. Women. is drawn from the life narratives of more than seventy African American queer Southern women. Black Feminism Reimagined by Jennifer C. Nash outlines how women's studies has elevated intersectionality to the discipline's primary program-building initiative and casts intersectionality as a threat to feminism's coherence. E. Patrick Johnson is the chair of African American Studies at Northwestern University. Jennifer C. Nash is associate professor of African American Studies and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Northwestern University.
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Daisy Johnson in conversation with Laura Adamczyk
Friday, February 1 at 7 p.m.
Gretel grew up on a houseboat with her mother, wandering the canals of Oxford and speaking a private language of their own invention. Her mother disappeared when Gretel was a teen, but one phone call from her mother is all it takes for the past to come rushing back. Daisy Johnson is the author of the short story collection Fen. Laura Adamczyk's fiction has appeared in Hobart, the Chicago Reader, and PANK. READ MORE
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Chloe Benjamin in conversation with
Rebecca Makkai
Wednesday, February 6 at 7 p.m.
It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and a traveling psychic claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. Four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness sneak out to hear their fortunes. The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice. Chloe Benjamin is the author of The Anatomy of Dreams, which received the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award. Rebecca Makkai is the author of numerous books, including The Great Believers.
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Ann Russo
Feminist Accountability: Disrupting Violence and Transforming Power
Friday, February 8 at 7 p.m.
In Feminist Accountability noted feminist scholar and activist Ann Russo offers an intersectional analysis of three areas of feminism in practice: anti-racist work, community accountability, and transformative justice. Ann Russo shows us how we might contribute to the feminist work of transforming oppression and violence. Ann Russo is associate professor of Women's and Gender Studies and director of the Women's Center at DePaul University. READ MORE
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Saturday, February 9 at 11 a.m.
After a day of being taunted by classmates about her unruly hair, Mackenzie can't take any more, so she seeks guidance from her wise and comforting neighbor, Miss Tillie, who shows Mackenzie that natural black hair is beautiful.
Cozbi A. Cabrera
is the illustrator of several acclaimed children's picture books.
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One Book One Northwestern:
The Handmaid's Tale Fan Fiction Reading
Sunday, February 10 at 6 p.m.
The School of Professional Studies' MA in Writing and MFA in Prose and Poetry Programs Present: The Handmaid's Tale Fan Fiction Reading featuring current students and alum Sara Connell, Allison Epstein, Audrey Fierberg, Salwa Halloway, Devin O'Shea, and Jameka Williams.
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Sappho's Salon
Valentine's Day Show & Open Mic
Monday, February 11 - Doors open at 7 p.m. Show starts at 7:30 p.m.
Sappho's Salon will once again be hosting a Valentine's Day show & open mic! Our featured performers will be Elizabeth Swanson and Ada Cheng. The open mic sign-up list will be available at the front door starting at 7, first-come, first-serve. Spots are 5 minutes apiece so we can accommodate everyone.
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Anne Elizabeth Moore
Sweet Little Cunt
Valentine's Day Reading & Party
Thursday, February 14 at 7 p.m.
Anne Elizabeth Moore's latest book, Sweet Little Cunt, offers a critical overview of one of the most influential women in independent comics, addressing longstanding questions about Julie Doucet's role as a feminist figure. Anne Elizabeth Moore is the former editor of Punk Planet and the Best American Comics series, as well as a Fulbright Senior Scholar.
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Sideline Ink: Book 2
Book Launch Party
Sunday, February 17 at 5 p.m.
The second in the Sideline series continues the adventure of Emma "Sideline" Rockland as she begins 6th grade. Her successful businesses are making her a fortune, but how long can she keep her secret from her irresponsible parents? Jay Rehak is the author of 27 short plays that have been produced around the world.
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Dave Cullen in conversation with Heidi Stevens
Parkland: Birth of a Movement
Thursday, February 21 at 7 p.m.
Author Conversation and Book Signing
Please note: This event will be held at the Swedish American Museum (5211 N. Clark St.). Attendees must register for this free event HERE.
Nineteen years ago, Dave Cullen was among the first to arrive at Columbine High after the mass shooting there. Now Cullen unfolds the story of the Parkland shooting through the voices of key participants. Dave Cullen is the author of New York Times bestseller Columbine. Heidi Stevens is a columnist at the Chicago Tribune, where she has worked as a writer and editor since 1998.
READ MORE & TO REGISTER
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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna Samarasinha
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
Friday, February 22 at 7 p.m.
Author Reading & Book Signing
Care Work
is a mapping of access as radical love, a celebration of the work that sick and disabled queer/people of color are doing to build sustainable communities of liberation where no one is left behind.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
is a queer disabled femme writer, organizer, performance artist, and educator of Burgher/Tamil Sri Lankan and Irish/Roma ascent. READ MORE
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Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos
Sunday, February 24 at 4 p.m.
Author Reading & Book Signing with Kids' Activities
Lucy Knisley always wanted to be a mother. She didn't expect to experience fertility problems and miscarriages, and ultimately her successful pregnancy was plagued by health issues. This moving, hilarious, memoir follows Lucy's personal journey to motherhood and illustrates the history and science of reproductive health.
Lucy Knisley
is the author and illustrator of
Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride, Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
, and
French Milk
.
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The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
Wednesday, February 27 at 7 p.m.
Author Reading & Book Signing
Althea, the eldest sister, is a force to be reckoned with, and her younger sisters have alternately appreciated and chafed at her strong will. They are as stunned as the rest of their small community when Althea and her husband, Proctor, are arrested. What unfolds is a stunning portrait of the heart and core of an American family.
Anissa Gray is an Emmy and duPont-Columbia Award-winning journalist.
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A Storytelling Show & Podcast
Wednesday, March 6 at 7 p.m.
Am I Man Enough? is a storytelling show and podcast featuring folks from all backgrounds sharing personal stories that critically examine the culture of toxic masculinity and the construction of manhood. January's lineup includes Maya Haughton, LeVan D. Hawkins, Himabindu Poroori, Anne Purky, Tony Ho Tran, and Wil Whedbee.
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**Special Ticket Alert***
Laurie Halse Anderson
Shout
Friday, March 15 at 7 p.m.
Please note: This event will be held at the Swedish American Museum (5211 N. Clark St.). Purchase tickets
HERE
.
We're honored host
New York Times
bestselling, award-wining author Laurie Halse Anderson in celebration of her searing poetic memoir and call to action,
Shout
.
Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. In 1999, her groundbreaking, award-winning novel Speak opened the door for a national dialogue about rape culture and consent. Now, twenty years later, she reveals her personal history as a rape survivor in the searing, poetic memoir Shout.
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