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| SATURDAY november 20 - OPENING |
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A Taste of the Fest
Whet Your Appetite at this Festive Cocktail Party
Mark Schatzker
Steak: One Man's Search for the World's Tastiest Piece of Beef
SATURDAY NOV 20
8:00PM
$36, incl. delicious steak samples and wine.
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Remember a certain fast-food commercial’s famous question: “Where’s the beef?” The enticing answer is between the covers of Steak, the story of Mark Schatzker’s remarkable quest to find the best steak on the planet. more... |
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| SUNDAY november 21 |
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Special Event
The inaugural Sol and Shirley Kort Author Series
A Unique View of the World
Gary Shteyngart
Super Sad True Love Story
Host: Eleanor Wachtel
SUNDAY NOV 21
7:30PM | Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
$21.00 / $19.00 student & senior (tax incl.)
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“It’s not easy to summarize Shteyngart; there’s so much satirical gunpowder packed into every sentence that the effect gets lost in the short version. This is a love story [that is] ridiculously witty and painfully prescient.” —Time
Wildly funny, rich, and humane, Gary Steyngart’s new novel, Super Sad True Love Story is a masterful book in which falling in love just may redeem a planet falling apart. more... |
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| TUESDAY november 23 |
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Special Event
for Book Clubs and Book Lovers
Myla Goldberg
Bee Season
The False Friend
Host: Sheryl MacKay
TUESDAY NOV 23
8:00PM
$12.00
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Author, Myla Goldberg talks about her national best seller, Bee Season (2000) and her upcoming book, The False Friend in a special event tailor-made for book clubs and book lovers. Whether your book club has only one member (you), or fifteen, is ‘real’ or ‘faux’, everyone is welcome to attend. Popular CBC host, Sheryl MacKay, hosts the evening. more... |