Kate McLachlan - Author Reading

This Friday, May 18, Auntie's Bookstore welcomes Kate McLachlan, an author dwelling in Eastern Washington with her wife, two dogs, and a cat. After teaching public school for roughly fourteen years McLachlan decided to give law school a try, seeking a day job that would muster her creative juices. Her energy prompted her to deliver three books: Rip Van Dyke (June 2010), Rescue at Inspiration Point (November 2011), and her most recent, Hearts, Dead and Alive (March 2012).

McLachlan will be reading excerpts from her latest book, which revolves around Kimberly Wayland, a fifth grade teacher, coming across a human heart in a dumpster and the chaotic mysteries that follow. Most of McLachlan's books incorporate several genres such as time travel, mystery, and historical fiction.

The discussion begins promptly at 7 pm. For more information visit Auntie's Bookstore at www.auntiesbooks.com, or call 509.838.0206

Jonathan Potter and Travis Laurence Naught

Auntie's Bookstore in Spokane, WA is famous for bringing in amazing authors to read, discuss, and socialize with those interested in the writer's craft. This Thursday, May 10, will be no different as both Jonathan Potter and Travis Laurence Naught visit Auntie's to read from their work and share their views on the craft of poetry.

Jonathan Potter will be speaking about his first book of poems, House of Words. Published by Korrectiv Press, the poems laid upon these pages spin theories of words and of life--indeed, the whole book is dedicated to his wife and the celebration of their marriage. The simple gray cover of House of Words--a farmhouse settled in a quiet field--offers an eerie quality to the book, but there is nothing otherwordly about these poems, only images of beauty, struggle, and devotion are ignited once you begin to read.

The Virgin Journals depicts Travis Laurence Naught's experiences on living life as a quadriplegic. His poems challenge the reader to forget about physical disabilities, about anything that can hold one back from what is truly beautiful in life. Separated into three elements--Life, Love, and the World--Naught is able to deliver truth in every word. His raw perspective of the world eliminates any sugar-coating, and he is unafraid and unapologetic throughout every piece.

Hamblen Park Presbyterian Church's First Annual HPPC Reads! Event

Hamblen Park Presbyterian Church is hosting their first annual HPPC Reads! event.

The event will include the discussion of Sara Miles' memoir Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion, facilitated by Dr. Pamela Corpron Parker, a Professor of English at Whitworth University.

Sara Miles is the founder and director of The Food Pantry, and serves as Director of Ministry at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. Her books include Jesus Freak: Feeding Healing Raising the Dead and Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion. She speaks, preaches and leads workshops around the country, and her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, and on National Public Radio.

A review from O Magazine stated, "Miracles happen, or so it seems to Sara Miles, a 'blue-state, secular intellectural; a lesbian; a left-wing journalist with a habit of skepticism' who, upon tasting a Communion wafer, suddenly got religion (to the horror of her atheist parents and friends)— or rather, discovered her own consuming need for it. Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion (Ballantine) is Miles' energized account of how her longtime fondness for food became a sacred mission, as she began establishing food pantries and devoting her life to giving the hungry sustenance. 'That impossible word, Jesus, lodged in me like a crumb,' she writes, one of many tasty morsels in this surprising book."

What: Dr. Pamela Corpron Parker discusses Sara Miles' memoir Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion

Where: Hamblen Park Presbyterian Church (4102 S. Crestline St., Spokane)

When: Tuesday, April 3 2012 7:00 PM

Cost: FREE!

More Information:

Call (509) 448-2909

Visit Hamblen Park Presbyterian Church

Gunther Schuller at Auntie's

Gunther Schuller will be talking about his memoir, Gunther Schuller: A Life in Pursuit of Music and Beauty at Auntie's Bookstore today!

Schuller is a very well known conductor, composer, writer, and Artistic Director of the NW Bach Festival in Spokane. He grew up with a father that played for the New York Philharmonic. He studied at Saint Thomas Choir School and the Manhattan School of Music becoming an accomplished horn and flute player. At a yong age he played professionally with the American Ballet Theatre, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. 

His book is the first of a two volume autobiography of his life's achievements.

A review from the Wall Street Journal stated,  "If you'd done a quarter of what Gunther Schuller has done in his lifetime, I'd want to read your memoirs, too. . . . He is the only musician in the world who can claim to have played with Maria Callas, Miles Davis, Ethel Merman, Frank Sinatra, Igor Stravinsky and Arturo Toscanini. . . . I couldn't put it down, and I can't wait until he finishes the second volume. . . . Compulsively readable. . . . a cultural history of America in the 1940s and '50s, viewed through the prism of his personal experience."

What: Gunther Schuller discussion and signing of Gunther Schuller: A Life in Pursuit of Music and Beauty

Where: Auntie's Bookstore (402 W. Main Ave., Spokane)

When: Saturday, March 17th 2012 2:30 PM

Cost: FREE!

More Information:

Email lois@auntiesbooks.com

Visit Auntie's Bookstore

Call (509) 838-0206

Keith Boykin at SCC for Get Lit!

Keith Boykin will be at Spokane Community College for two days during the Get Lit! Festival for a reading and a discussion followed by a Q&A session.

Boykin is a well known editor of The Daily Voice online news site, a CNBC contributor, a BET TV host, and a New York Times best-selling author of three books, One More River to Cross, Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies, and Denial in Black America, and Respecting the Soul. His his fourth book For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Still Not Enough, a collection of stories published by authors, public figures, and anyone else who has faced adversity, will be released March 13th 2012.

The reading and discussion should be very inspirational! Don't miss out!

What: Keith Boykin reading, discussion and Q&A

Where:

Reading - Lair Auditorium @ Spokane Community College (1810 N. Greene St., Spokane)

Discussion and Q&A - Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities @ Spokane Community College (1810 N. Greene St., Spokane)

When:

Reading - Wednesday, April 11 2012 7:00 PM

Discussion and Q&A - Thursday, April 12 2012 9:30 AM

Cost: FREE!

More Information:

Visit Get Lit!

"Superheroes Declassified" Presentation at SCC

Spokane Community College's Theatre and Film Instructor, Adam Sharp, will be holding an interactive session to discuss the meaning of a superhero in the early years of comics to the present.

According to SCC's Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities website, "The idea of what a superhero is has changed throughout the twentieth century and as we make our way through the twenty-first century. A superhero, just like heroes of all cultures, is the envelopment of all that the society sees as honorable with important values and virtues for every citizen to aspire to become. But, in our modern society, the idea of a superhero has changed. From an honorable and brave person who holds idealistic ideas to a person who has superhuman abilities dealing with the struggles of everyday life and the pains of reality."

The presentation will be something that any comic or superhero buff will be sad to miss! 

What: Adam Sharp's discussion "Superheroes Declassified"

Where: Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities, Learning Resources Center, Building 16, 2nd Floor @ Spokane Community College (1810 N Greene St., Spokane)

When: Wednesday, March 7 2012 9:30 AM

Cost: FREE!

More Information: 

Brenda Martinson (509) 533-7045 or BMartinson@scc.spokane.edu