Due to publisher error this event has been postponed until Sunday\, March14th at 4\:30 pm
This month's book is Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
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The Power of Half\: One Family’s Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back
Co-sponsored by The Hunger Project
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The Salwens were a typical family caught up in pursuing the American Dream – providing a good life for their children\, accumulating more and more stuff\, doing their part\, but not really feeling it\, until 14-year old Hannah Salwen spotted a homeless man alongside a glistening Mercedes. Her subsequent epiphany inspired the Salwens to sell their spacious Atlanta home and donate half of the proceeds to a worthy charity. In the process\, they hoped to make the world better in some small way\, never expecting how much they would gain from the experience. This event is co-sponsored by The Hunger Project\, a global non-profit committed to the sustainable end to world hunger.
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Living Oprah\: My One-Year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk
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On January 1\, 2008\, Robyn Okrant\, a 35-year-old Chicagoan\, embarked on a unique one-year mission\: to live every aspect of her life as Oprah Winfrey directed. From creating vision boards\, practicing guided meditation\, and participating in the Best Life Challenge\; to learning to live with cellulite\, de-cluttering her home\, and buying “necessities” such as leopard flats and a fire pit\, Okrant followed every piece of advice offered through The Oprah Winfrey Show\, O\: The Oprah Magazine\, and Oprah.com. Her blog tracking the project attracted more than half a million visitors\; now she’s compiled the experience in this funny\, captivating and provocative memoir.
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Featuring Ifa Bumi\, Barrie Cole and DJ SpinNikki
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$7-$10 sliding admission includes food and wine
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This month’s installment of our popular salon night for lesbians and their friends features the performance work of two outstanding queer artists. Barrie Cole\, deemed “Chicago’s Champion of Lyrical Oddness” by the Chicago Reader\, has had her plays\, monologues\, and collaborative performances staged throughout Chicago and elsewhere. Atlanta-based lesbian erotic writer\, performance poet and musician Ifa Bumi is author of the collection Liquid Toffee\, and the spoken word CD\, Museotry. She’ll be joined by a collaborative dancer. As always\, DJ SpinNikki will play us in and out of sets.
All proceeds benefit the artists and the Women’s Voices Fund.
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