Join us for a free, gentle session with movement therapist Erica Hornthal, author of Body Aware and The Movement Therapy Deck: 52 Mindful Movement Exercises to Regulate your Nervous System and Process Trauma. Prepare your body and mind for the memories and noise of the 4th. All ages; no experience required. Come heal in community.
Driving north from Chicago opens up the wonderland known as the North Shore, a string of remarkable suburban areas, each with its own story and yet all bound together by rail lines, highways, and a similar background. While most of the area is known for its tree-lined streets, large, single-family homes, and quaint downtowns, hidden […]
Join us for a fun night of paper quilling, facilitated by Kim Moldofsky of Scrappy Affirmations! $30–all materials supplied, no experience necessary!
Join us as Lake Forest College professor Robert Archambeau reads from and discusses his latest novel, Alice B. Toklas. Jazz-age Paris was the center of the artistic and literary world, and the center of the center was Gertrude Stein’ s salon, where the famous and aspiring creative talents gathered to gawk at Stein’ s Picassos […]
Fifty years after The New York Times Magazine feature that first made her a household name, Joyce Maynard delivers a decades-spanning, page-turning family saga – fearless, heartrending, timely. Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Russo writes “If ever we needed a novel capable of healing our troubled, world-weary souls, that time is now. But where, oh where, […]
For kids (and the kid in all of us!)–local author Linda Kramer Silber will be reading her delightful picture book, The Booger Book, with musical accompaniment by her husband Marty. Come join us for a wonderfully snotty time! 🙂
Highland Park native Erin Rachel Doppelt returns to discuss her new book, Nothing Can Stop You: A Revolutionary Guide to Unleash Your Authentic Self. Join us for a spirited reading and conversation!
Join acclaimed author Gina Frangello as she presents her new book exploring Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels (including My Brilliant Friend, just named as the #1 novel of the 21st Century by the New York Times) through the lens of memoir, literary criticism, and issues of authorial identity and gender. As a special treat, Gina’s band […]