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The Arlington Author Salon with MICHAEL BLANDING, ELIZABETH SEARLE, and JESSICA TREADWAY
The Arlington Author Salon is a free reading series with a twist: each author’s presentation includes something special to tickle the senses. Music, paintings, photographs, tasty treats, fabrics, even smells! Let yourself be transported with an immersive, literary experience. MICHAEL BLANDING (The Map Thief) will appear as part of the event "Maps, Manhunts, and Mysteries," along with ELIZABETH SEARLE and JESSICA TREADAWAY. A book signing will follow. The event takes place at Kickstand Café in Arlington Center and is free and open to the public.
Find out more »Food Feuds: From Ancient Rome to Southie at Kickstand Cafe
Come to Kickstand Cafe to see novelist CRYSTAL KING with her novel Feast of Sorrow, Top Chef judge BARBARA LYNCH with her memoir Out of Line, and Boston Globe's food critic Ted Weesner. Set amongst the scandal, wealth, and upstairs-downstairs politics of a Roman family, KING’s seminal debut features the man who inspired the world’s oldest cookbook and the ambition that led to his destruction. Out of Line describes LYNCH's remarkable process of self-invention, including her encounters with colorful characters of the…
Find out more »Arlington Author Salon: Tainted Love
Come out and participate in The Arlington Author Salon on October 12, 2017! This event is free to attend. This Salon takes place quarterly the first week of July, October, January, and April, with some exceptions to circumvent holidays. Where: Kickstand Café, 594 Mass Ave in Arlington Center, MA. Just off the Minuteman bike path and steps from Spy Pond. Accessible via the #77 bus. Some parking available in front of the café, and ample parking in the two town lots across the…
Find out more »Arlington Author Salon
The Arlington Author Salon is a free reading series with a twist: each author’s presentation includes something special to tickle the senses. Music, paintings, photographs, tasty treats, fabrics, even smells! Let yourself be transported with an immersive, literary experience. January's event features authors DAVID VALDES GREENWOOD, LESLIE LAWRENCE, and ALEXANDRIA MARZANO-LESNEVICH.
Find out more »Arlington Author Salon: “Just Kidding: A Humorous Take on Raising Humans”
The Arlington Author Salon is a free reading series with a twist: each author’s presentation includes something special to tickle the senses. Music, paintings, photographs, tasty treats, fabrics, even smells! Let yourself be transported with an immersive, literary experience. April's reading "Just Kidding: A Humorous Take on Raising Humans" features Chris Monks, the managing editor of the humor site McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Jane Roper, author of the memoir Double Time, and creative non-fiction writer Amy Yelin.
Find out more »Craft on Draft presents Getting Emotional: Writing Feelings without the Melodrama
Writing about rage, fear, love, and longing is hard. Too little can leave the reader cold; too much can turn cliché. Join us as authors JEANNE BLASBERG (Eden), RACHEL KADISH (The Weight of Ink), and MIRA T. LEE (Everything Here is Beautiful) discuss the delicate art of conveying emotion. Want to get in on the action? Submit a page of your own emotion-packed writing (max 250 words). One lucky winner will have their entry read and discussed by the authors, receive…
Find out more »“Writing About Politics” Reading & Open Mic
Participants from Writing About Politics workshop at GrubStreet read work from the class. JODY CARLSON ANNA LEE HIRSCHI MARTHA MCCOLLOUGH RAYMOND TATTEN CARA BENSON - Instructor Come out to hear creative responses to the current political climate! Short works inspired by Grace Paley, Omar Robert Hamilton, Claudia Rankine, and others. Bring your own 2 minute piece, and we'll have an open read after.
Find out more »Arlington Author Salon at the Kickstand Café
The Arlington Author Salon is a free reading series with a twist: each author's presentation includes something special to tickle the senses. Music, paintings, photographs, tasty treats, fabrics, even smells! Let yourself be transported with an immersive, literary experience. This theme for the summer salon: "A Novel Trio: On Being Human and Other Investigations" with ANNIE HARTNETT, MIRA T. LEE, and ADAM STUMACHER.
Find out more »Arlington Author Salon: Facing Fears, Pursuing Passions
The Arlington Author Salon is a free reading series with a twist: each author’s presentation includes something special to tickle the senses. Music, paintings, photographs, tasty treats, fabrics, even smells! Let yourself be transported with an immersive, literary experience. October's reading features author ALYSIA ABBOTT (Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father); novelist LEE HOPE (HorseFever); and writer CHERYL SUCHORS (48 Peaks: Hiking and Healing in the White Mountains).
Find out more »Arlington Author Salon: Love in Tumultuous Times
The Arlington Author Salon is a free reading series with a twist: each author’s presentation includes something special to tickle the senses. Music, paintings, photographs, tasty treats, fabrics, even smells! Let yourself be transported with an immersive, literary experience. Our Thursday April 4th reading features Jenna Blum, Christopher Castellani, and Whitney Scharer offering their literary take on Love in Tumultuous Times.
Find out more »Arlington Author Salon: Risking it All at Kickstand Cafe
The Arlington Author Salon is a free reading series with a twist: each author’s presentation includes something special to tickle the senses. Music, paintings, photographs, tasty treats, fabrics, even smells! Let yourself be transported with an immersive, literary experience. October's event features the theme: Risking it All with authors Susan Kaplan Carlton (In the Neighborhood of True), Erika Ferencik (Into the Jungle), and Lindsay Hatton (Monterey Bay). An author Q&A follows the reading and books are typically available for sale…
Find out more »Arlington Author Salon at Kickstand Cafe
The Arlington Author Salon is a free reading series with a twist: each author's presentation includes something special to tickle the senses. Music, paintings, photographs, tasty treats, fabrics, even smells! Let yourself be transported with an immersive, literary experience. For those of you on Facebook, you can join the event (and invite others) here. Anyone else, please forward this message to your friends and just come on over on January 9th! Winter theme: "True stories of turmoil and grit" with Catherine Guthrie, Glenn…
Find out more »Did You Know?
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.