3:00
Admission: $10
(free for students with valid IDs)

Conversation
Jane Hamilton, A Map of the World
Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler’s Wife
 

Host
Donna Seaman, Booklist Senior Editor/Chicago Public Radio Book Critic

Reservations
www.ragdale.org

This event is supported by Columbia College Chicago’s Rubin Fellowship.

Stuart Community Room Gorton Center

400 East Illinois Road
Lake Forest, IL 60045

4:00-8:30 PM

Undergraduate Reading

Gumbo Fiction Salon and Story Week present an undergraduate open mic. Undergrads who want to read two (12 pt. font, double-spaced) pages of your original work, come early and sign up at the door.

Refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public.

Columbia College Chicago

624 South Michigan Avenue, 3rd Floor

2:30-5:00 PM
Doors: 2:00 PM

Story Workshop^® mini-classes (open to alumni and general public)

Alumni workshop leaders
Deb Lewis
John Schultz
Betty Shiflett

Public workshop leader
Devon Polderman
Elizabeth Yokas

Alumni, register for classes by clicking here.
To register to for the public workshops, RSVP here.

Columbia College Chicago

624 South Michigan Avenue, 12th Floor

5:00-6:30 PM

Reception*

for Alumni, CCC Fiction Writing students, and all Workshop attendees

*Co-sponsored by the Office of Alumni Relations

Buddy Guy's Legends

700 South Wabash Avenue

6:30 PM

Story Week Kick-off Party Featuring 2nd Story!

Open to the public*

2nd Story, a personal narrative performance
dedicated to bringing people together through story

Storytellers
Chris DeGuire
Ames Hawkins
Ann Hemenway
Cyn Vargas

Music
DJ White Russian & Seeking Wonderland

Host
Megan Stielstra

 (Ages 18+ until 9 PM)

Buddy Guy's Legends

700 South Wabash Avenue

11: 00 AM

Fiction Faculty Showcase

Full-Time Readers
Randall Albers
Andrew Allegretti
Nami Mun, Miles from Nowhere

Host
Patricia Ann McNair, Temple of Air

Adjunct Readers
Eugene Cross, Fires of Our Choosing
Aaron Golding
Jessica Young

Host
Patricia Ann McNair, Temple of Air

Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema

1104 South Wabash Avenue

2:00 PM

Conversation, Q&A, and Book Signing:
Sapphire, Push and The Kid

Host
Alexis Pride

This event will include ASL interpretation.

Harold Washington Library

400 South State Street

6:00 PM

Reading, Conversation, and Book Signing:
Sapphire, The Kid

Host
Donna Seaman, Booklist Senior Editor/Chicago Public Radio Book Critic

This event will include ASL interpretation.

Harold Washington Library

400 South State Street

9:30 PM

Grad Reading and Open Mic

Ages 21 and over

Featuring
Geoff Hyatt, Birch Hills At World's End
Nancy Grossman, A World Away

Hosts
Chris DeGuire
Alexis Pride

Schuba's Tavern

3159 N. Southport

11:00 AM

Readings: Emerging Voices from the Story Week Reader

Host
Amber Ponomar

Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema

1104 South Wabash Avenue

2:00 PM

Ray Bradbury: Tribute to a Visionary

Readers
Joe Meno
Audrey Niffenegger

Hosts
Sam Weller
Mort Castle

This event will include ASL interpretation.

Harold Washington Library

400 South State Street

6:00 PM

READING/PANEL: Wildly Imaginative Voices & Visions

Susan Hahn, The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter
T. Geronimo Johnson, Hold It 'Til It Hurts
Adam McOmber, The White Forest
Emma Straub, Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures

Host
Ann Hemenway

This event will include ASL interpretation.

Harold Washington Library
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium

400 South State Street

11:00 AM

From Page to Stage: Scenes from Student Playwrights

Hosts
Tim McCain
Tom Mula

Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema

1104 South Wabash Avenue

1:00 PM

DRAMATIC REVISIONING: CONVERSATION WITH PLAYWRIGHTS

Adrian Danzig, Producing Artistic Director, 500 Clown
Mickle Maher, Co-founder, Theater Oobleck
John Musial, Writer/Director, Lookingglass Theatre

Host
Lisa Schlesinger

Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema

1104 South Wabash Avenue

3:30 PM

READING, CONVERSATION, AND BOOK SIGNING*:
Emma Donoghue, Room

Host
Karen Osborne

The signing will take place in the upstairs lobby, beneath the mural.

This event will include ASL interpretation.

Harold Washington Library

400 South State Street

6:00 PM

READING, CONVERSATION, AND BOOK SIGNING:
Emma Donoghue, Astray

Host
Garnett Kilberg Cohen

This event will include ASL interpretation.

Harold Washington Library

400 South State Street

11:00 AM

PANEL: FROM TRUTH TO FICTION

Jane Hamilton, Laura Rider's Masterpiece
Patricia Ann McNair, Temple of Air
Shawn Shiflett, Hidden Place

Host
Eric May

Columbia College Chicago
Stage Two

618 S. Michigan Avenue

2:00 PM

PANEL: VISIONS RECOGNIZED—GETTING PUBLISHED

Jotham Burrello, Elephant Rock Press Publisher
Eleanor Jackson, Markson Thoma Agency
Nancy Miller, Bloomsbury Press Editor
Stephanie Kip Rostan, Levine Greenberg Agency
Johnny Temple, Akashic Books Publisher

Host
Donna Seaman, Booklist Senior Editor/Chicago Public Radio Book Critic

This event will include ASL interpretation.

Harold Washington Library

400 South State Street

6:00 PM

LITERARY ROCK & ROLL: GIRL TROUBLE
Readings/Signings:

Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Jane Hamilton, Laura Rider's Masterpiece
Joe Meno, Office Girl

Music
The Right Now

This event will include ASL interpretation.

Metro

3730 North Clark Street

6:00- 8:00 PM
Doors: 5:30 PM

Chicago Classics

Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune journalist and WGN radio host presents guests from Chicago's creative community reading works by their favorite Chicago authors.

Featured readers include: Kathie Bergquist, Arnie Bernstein, Charles Blackstone, Kevin Coval, Alison Cuddy, Amina Gautier, Ronne Hartfield, Aleksander Hemon, Gary Johnson, Billy Lombardo, Eric Charles May, Samuel Park, Coya Paz, Donna Seaman, Regina Taylor, and Tony Trigilio.

Co-sponsored by Columbia College Chicago Office of Institutional Advancement

This event will include ASL interpretation.

Chicago Cultural Center
Preston Bradley Auditorium

78 E. Washington