Booo! Liz stole my answer. Sarah Vowell is the best game in town this Thursday, as you probably read in Liz’s post below. Columbia’s Beat Symposium is also still going as well.
But aren’t we getting tired of being good and always seeing writing-related events? Why not goof off a little by
…looking at storybooks at the Art Institute through May…
The Bill Peet Storybook Menagerie,
From their website: After a 27-year career working as Walt Disney’s principle animator and main “storyman,” Bill Peet devoted himself full-time to writing and illustrating children’s books. Along with sketches and storyboards from his Disney days, this exhibition features original works of art from 14 of Peet’s 34 published books, including Buford the Little Bighorn, The Caboose Who Got Loose, Cappyboppy, Chester the Worldly Pig, Cowardly Clyde, Ella, How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head, Kermit the Hermit, Pamela Camel, The Wump World, and the Caldecott Honor Book Bill Peet: An Autobiography. More information here.
…contemplating the end of the world
Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters, at the Field Museum until January
From their website: Discover what triggers a volcanic eruption, witness the power of hurricane-force winds, experience the roar of a tornado as it surrounds you and monitor earthquakes around the world in real time. Learn how science is helping to better predict, respond to and prepare for future events. In this captivating, interactive new exhibition all of nature’s power will soon be on display at The Field Museum. More information here.
….Or if you must be good, you can also check out
Reading at Sunday Salon Chicago, Sunday, October 26th 7:30pm Charleston Bar
From their press release: we have an exciting line-up next month and hope you’ll join us to celebrate OV Books’ new release by Allison Amend, Mickey Hess in from Philadelphia to read from his new book, and Another Chicago Magazine’s Sharon Solwitz read her work. This also happens to be our last reading of the year, so join us to celebrate that as well! More info here or here.
