Rosemont literary arts events

Newcity presents Author Stephen Rodrick and The Magical Stranger

Thursday, May 23 7:00p

Newcity invites you to spend an evening with renowned journalist Stephen Rodrick, on the occasion of the publication of his book, "The Magical Stranger: A Son's Journey Into His Father's Life" Thur...

May 28 - Close Reading and Reciprocal Teaching

Tuesday, May 28 5:00p

Elizabeth Training Center (Etf), Chicago

Close Reading and Reciprocal Teaching (1st-8th grade) The Common Core State Standards requires for all students to have access to complex texts...

Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest - Summer 2013

Sunday, May 19 12:00a

Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest, Chicago

The DreamQuestOne Poetry&Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a story that's worth telling everyone! Wr...

"Puff & Other Fables" Family Fun Night

Tuesday, Jun 4 6:30p

Oak Creek Public Library, Oak Creek

Join local children's author and storyteller Mary Ellen LaPorte for a fun filled evening of tales, songs and activities. Light refreshments will be provided...

Young Adult Book Club: "Shadow and Bone" by Leigh Bardugo

Tuesday, May 28 3:30p

St. Francis Public Library, St Francis

Join us as we discuss "Shadow and Bone" by Leigh Bardugo. Snack sponsored by the Friends of St. Francis Public Library.

Young Adult Book Club: "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline

Tuesday, Jun 25 3:30p

St. Francis Public Library, St Francis

Join us as we discuss "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline. Snacks we be sponsored by the Friends of St. Francis Public Library.

Classic Book Club: Tracing the Literature of the 1st Half of the 20th Century

Thursday, Jun 20 6:00p

St. Francis Public Library, St Francis

Join us as we take a journey before the Great War until after World War II. For more information call Edward @(414) 807-5067 or Melissa @(724)787-3836. Thursday, April 18th @6 p.m...

Barbara J. Miner "Lessons From the Heartland: A Turbulent Half Century of Public Education in an Iconic American City""

Thursday, May 23 6:00p

Ayzha Fine Arts Gallery & Boutique, Milwaukee

A buzz has developed across the nation over Milwaukee journalist Barbara Miner’s book, "Lessons from the Heartland: a Turbulent Half Century of Public Education" which examines what lessons the nat...

The Jew in Soviet Literature from Babel to Terts

Monday, Jun 10 11:00a

Jewish Museum Milwaukee, Milwaukee

The Jewish impact on Russian literature can be traced back close to 1000 years...

Alex Grecian "The Black Country"

Wednesday, May 29 7:00p

Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee

In conversation with Jon Jordan, editor of Crimespree Magazine “Outstanding. If Charles Dickens isn’t somewhere clapping his hands for this, Wilkie Collins surely is...

Harilyn Rousso "Don’t Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back"

Monday, May 20 7:00p

Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee

“I've known Harilyn Rousso as a powerful activist and gifted artist, but with this revelatory book, she becomes something even rarer: a storyteller who conveys her uniqueness and so helps us to dis...

Barry Wightman "Pepperland"

Tuesday, May 21 7:00p

Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee

Pepper Porter is on an improbable journey to rock ‘n’ roll stardom when his long-gone girlfriend reappears...

Douglas Foster "After Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom in Post-Apartheid South Africa"

Wednesday, May 22 7:00p

Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee

“What a pleasant surprise to encounter a book that actually looks beyond the surface... Foster gives us a portrait of a vibrant nation, full of contrasts and contradictions...

Ru Freeman "On Sal Mal Lane"

Thursday, May 23 7:00p

Boswell Book Company, Milwaukee

For those who loved Kiran Desai’s Booker Prize-winning novel The Inheritance of Loss, and Khaled Hosseini’s Kite Runner, a novel that Cheryl Strayed calls “Piercingly intelligent and shatter-your-h...