Friday 5/29: Nathan Poole chats with Patricia Grace King about his short story collection, Father Brother Keeper. City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m.
Jessica Hopper discusses The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic at Quimby’s Bookstore. 7 p.m.
Celebrate with Re’Lynn Hansen as she launches her memoir, To Some Women I Have Known. Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
Inna Faliks and Jesse Ball present Music/Words, part of an interdisciplinary performance series that explores connections between music and poetry in live recital format. Co-sponsored by the Poetry Foundation at PianoForte Studios, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday 6/2: Get Tuesday Funk-y at Hopleaf, 7:30 p.m.
23 performers spend 23 hours reading the complete works of George Saunders, who concludes the event with a lecture entitled “Why the Humanities? Why Art?” DePaul University Lincoln Park Student Center, 8 p.m.
Wednesday 6/3: Kenan Heise discusses his autobiography, He Writes About Us, at Harold Washington Library. 6 p.m.
Stick around—Margaret McMullan reads from story collection Aftermath Lounge at 7 p.m., Harold Washington Library.
Cherilynn Veland shares her tools for claiming personal space, power, and happiness at her reading of Stop Giving It Away. Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
Bronwyn Mauldin, Cyn Vargas, Carly Oishi, and Laura Adamczyk are Reading Under the Influence. 7:30 p.m., Sheffield’s, $3.
Thursday 6/4: Learn to make comics The Ladydrawers Way™. Women & Children First, 6 p.m.
Sarah Pekkanen talks about Things You Won’t Say at The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
