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 Thursday
05.01 7:30 pm UIC
In the bestselling
memoir ‘Funny in Farsi’, Firoozeh Dumas recounted
her adventures growing up Iranian-American in Southern California.
Now, in ‘LAUGHING
WITHOUT AN ACCENT’, she again mines her rich
Persian heritage, sharing stories on being a citizen of the
world, on her well-meaning family, and on amusing cultural conundrums,
all told with a keen sense of humor and insights into human
behavior. |
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 Friday
05.09 7:30pm Oak Park
George Motz
has made it his personal mission to preserve the nation's hamburger
heritage by traveling across the country in search of the best
burger joints--those that have survived outside the fast-food
main stream--and in 'HAMBURGER
AMERICA', he has documented the rich local color behind
them all. |
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 Friday
05.16 7:30pm Oak
Park
Robert K. Tanenbaum is one of the country’s most successful
trial lawyers - he has never lost a felony case and is the
USA Today and New York Times best-selling author of eighteen
novels, to numerous to mention.
"ESCAPE"
is a classic encounter between the forces of good and evil
in human form that asks, and answers, questions of how to
deal with supposedly "God-inspired" acts of murder
and mayhem.
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 Saturday
05.17 3:00pm Oak
Park
'GARDENING
AT THE DRAGON'S GATE' is fundamental work that permeates
your entire life. It demands your energy and heart, and it
gives you back great treasures as well, like a fortified sense
of humor, an appreciation for paradox, and a huge harvest
of Dinosaur kale and tiny red potatoes.
Wendy Johnson is one of the founders of the organic Farm
and Garden Program at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in Marin
County and now lives with her family in nearby Muir Beach.
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 Thursday
05.22 7:30pm Oak
Park
In 'LIGHT
FELL', twenty years have passed since Joseph left behind
his entire life-his wife Rebecca, his five sons, his father,
and the religious Israeli farming community where he grew up-when
he fell in love with a man, the genius rabbi Yoel Rosenzweig.
Their affair is long over, but its echoes continue to reverberate
through the lives of Joseph, Rebecca, and their sons in ways
that none of them could have predicted. |
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Saturday 05.24 3:00pm UIC
Robert Creamer
has been a political organizer and strategist for almost four
decades. He and his firm, the Strategic Consulting Group, work
with many of the country’s most significant issue cam-paigns.
He was one of the major architects and organizers of the successful
campaign to defeat the privatization of Social Security. He
is a consultant to the cam-paigns to end the war in Iraq, pass
uni-versal health care, change America’s budget priorities
and enact comprehensive immigration reform. He has also worked
on hundreds of electoral campaigns at the local, state and national
level. Creamer is married to Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky from
Illinois. Arianna Huffington calls his recent book, 'STAND
UP STRAIGHT: How Progressives Can Win', a master’s
class in electoral politics. |
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Thursday
05.29 6:00pm Macy's State Street
Chef Craig Priebe’s culinary creativity comes to life
through his innovative Italian dishes. Focusing on his award-winning
pizzas and piadinas, he uses a variety of ingredient combinations
to deliver delectable meals right into the home cook’s
kitchen.
'GRILLED
PIZZAS & PIADINAS' has quick and easy instructions
for 75 recipes, full-color photographs, step-by-step techniques,
and party menus, a beginner cook or a seasoned chef will be
inspired to fire up the grill.
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