events at greedy reads
upcoming events
all events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated
all events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated
THURSDAY, MAY 16; 7PM
JOURNALING FOR HEALING, WELL-BEING, AND PROCESS WORKSHOP
It’s time to expand your creativity and give yourself space to reflect so you can be your happiest and most confident self in 2019. Writing has been found to have many benefits which include sharpening creativity, helping to focus and organize, nurturing the self, healing from childhood and adult trauma, increasing awareness of feelings, reducing stress, discovering goals, strengths and talents and processing information in decision making.
This workshop will focus on specific journaling techniques which allow for self-exploration. Please use this time to join others in learning how to take advantage of this pleasurable practice.
THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT. TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE.
JOURNALING FOR HEALING, WELL-BEING, AND PROCESS WORKSHOP
It’s time to expand your creativity and give yourself space to reflect so you can be your happiest and most confident self in 2019. Writing has been found to have many benefits which include sharpening creativity, helping to focus and organize, nurturing the self, healing from childhood and adult trauma, increasing awareness of feelings, reducing stress, discovering goals, strengths and talents and processing information in decision making.
This workshop will focus on specific journaling techniques which allow for self-exploration. Please use this time to join others in learning how to take advantage of this pleasurable practice.
THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT. TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE.
FRIDAY, MAY 17; 7:30PM
JULIET ESCORIA
JULIET THE MANIAC
JULIET ESCORIA
JULIET THE MANIAC
It’s 1997, and 14-year-old Juliet has it pretty good. But over the course of the next two years, she rapidly begins to unravel, finding herself in a downward trajectory of mental illness and self-destruction. An explosive portrayal of teenage life from the perspective of The Bad Friend, Juliet the Maniac is the debut novel from the “indelible, shrewd and frank and real” (Emily Gould) Juliet Escoria, the writer DAZED describes as “a combination of Denis Johnson and Joan Didion.”
“Juliet the Maniac is a singularly beautiful piece of work—honest, unaffected, fascinating. It’s also scandalous.” —Nico Walker, author of Cherry
"Escoria’s novel is a moving and intimate portrait of girlhood and mental illness."—Publishers Weekly
MONDAY, MAY 20; 7:30PM
CASEY CEP
FURIOUS HOURS: MURDER, FRAUD, AND THE LAST TRIAL OF HARPER LEE
CASEY CEP
FURIOUS HOURS: MURDER, FRAUD, AND THE LAST TRIAL OF HARPER LEE
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"A triumph on every level. One of the losses to literature is that Harper Lee never found a way to tell a gothic true-crime story she'd spent years researching. Casey Cep has excavated this mesmerizing story and tells it with grace and insight and a fierce fidelity to the truth." - David Grann, best-selling author of Killers of the Flower Moon
Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwell's murderer was acquitted--thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the Reverend. Sitting in the audience during the vigilante's trial was Harper Lee, who had traveled from New York City to her native Alabama with the idea of writing her own In Cold Blood, the true-crime classic she had helped her friend Truman Capote research seventeen years earlier. Lee spent a year in town reporting, and many more working on her own version of the case. Now Casey Cep brings this story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. At the same time, she offers a deeply moving portrait of one of the country's most beloved writers and her struggle with fame, success, and the mystery of artistic creativity. |
THURSDAY, MAY 23; 7PM
Reading Tarot: Moving Beyond the Little White Book with Jessa Crispin
Reading Tarot: Moving Beyond the Little White Book with Jessa Crispin
If you have been wanting to deepen your engagement with the tarot, Jessa Crispin's introductory workshop offers a meaningful experience with the deck. The class will be useful to those who are still using the Little White Book to keep all the cards straight and to those with more expertise. In this session participants will:
*Learn the archetypes and more complex meanings behind the Major Arcana
*Move past rote memory information about the individual cards, uncovering new information about every card in the deck
*Be introduced to the numerological, astrological, color theory, and elemental connections of the cards
*Walk through how to put together a reading, including tricky issues like what to do with reversed cards, how to understand the connections between cards in a reading, using intuition rather than intellect to break-through to a more powerful understanding
*Get hands on experience in reading for another person
*Have one-on-one time with Crispin to answer lingering concerns and questions about your tarot practice
*Learn how to create ritualistic space for tarot, create a daily practice, and integrate tarot more fully into your life
THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT; CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS.
*Learn the archetypes and more complex meanings behind the Major Arcana
*Move past rote memory information about the individual cards, uncovering new information about every card in the deck
*Be introduced to the numerological, astrological, color theory, and elemental connections of the cards
*Walk through how to put together a reading, including tricky issues like what to do with reversed cards, how to understand the connections between cards in a reading, using intuition rather than intellect to break-through to a more powerful understanding
*Get hands on experience in reading for another person
*Have one-on-one time with Crispin to answer lingering concerns and questions about your tarot practice
*Learn how to create ritualistic space for tarot, create a daily practice, and integrate tarot more fully into your life
THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT; CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS.
FRIDAY, JUNE 21; 7:30PM
BARBARA BOURLAND
FAKE LIKE ME
in conversation with Cara Ober, Founding Editor and Publisher, BMore Art
BARBARA BOURLAND
FAKE LIKE ME
in conversation with Cara Ober, Founding Editor and Publisher, BMore Art
“In Bourland’s decadent twist on the classic campus novel, a group of struggling artists succeed beyond their wildest dreams, but at what cost? Gloriously mordant, and just the right amount of rococo, you have to start your summer with this glittering new read.”
— COURTNEY MAUM, AUTHOR OF I AM HAVING SO MUCH FUN HERE WITHOUT YOU AND TOUCH
After a fire decimates her loft, including the seven billboard-size paintings for her next show, a young, no-name painter is left with an impossible task: recreate her art in three months—or ruin her fledgling career. Homeless and desperate, she begs her way into an exclusive retreat in upstate New York famous for its outrageous revelries and glamorous artists, and notorious as the place where brilliant young artist Carey Logan drowned in the lake.
As the young painter works obsessively in Carey's former studio, uncovers strange secrets and starts to fall—hard and fast—for Carey's mysterious boyfriend, it's as if she's taking her place. But one thought shadows her every move: What really happened to Carey Logan?
— COURTNEY MAUM, AUTHOR OF I AM HAVING SO MUCH FUN HERE WITHOUT YOU AND TOUCH
After a fire decimates her loft, including the seven billboard-size paintings for her next show, a young, no-name painter is left with an impossible task: recreate her art in three months—or ruin her fledgling career. Homeless and desperate, she begs her way into an exclusive retreat in upstate New York famous for its outrageous revelries and glamorous artists, and notorious as the place where brilliant young artist Carey Logan drowned in the lake.
As the young painter works obsessively in Carey's former studio, uncovers strange secrets and starts to fall—hard and fast—for Carey's mysterious boyfriend, it's as if she's taking her place. But one thought shadows her every move: What really happened to Carey Logan?
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15; 7:30PM
ANNA FRANCESE GASS
HEIRLOOM KITCHEN: HERITAGE RECIPES AND FAMILY STORIES FROM THE TABLES OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN
ANNA FRANCESE GASS
HEIRLOOM KITCHEN: HERITAGE RECIPES AND FAMILY STORIES FROM THE TABLES OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN
Heirloom Kitchen is a gorgeous, full-color illustrated cookbook and personal cultural history, filled with 100 mouthwatering recipes from around the world, that celebrates the culinary traditions of strong, empowering immigrant women and the remarkable diversity that is American food.
Born in Italy, Anna Francese Gass came to the United States as a young child and grew up eating her mother’s Italian cooking. But when this professional cook realized she did not know how to make her family’s beloved meatballs—a recipe that existed only in her mother’s memory—Anna embarked on a project to record and preserve her mother’s recipes for generations to come.
In Heirloom Kitchen, Anna brings together the stories and dishes of forty strong, exceptional women, all immigrants to the United States, whose heirloom recipes have helped shape the landscape of American food. Organized by region, the book includes recipes and memories from the Philippines, China, Italy, Greece, Scotland, Iran, Armenia, India, Palestine, Mexico, Haiti, Ukraine, Ghana, and more.
Heirloom Kitchen is a testament to female empowerment and strength, perseverance, diversity, and inclusivity. It is a warm and inspiring reminder that the story of immigrant food is, at its core, a story of America.
Born in Italy, Anna Francese Gass came to the United States as a young child and grew up eating her mother’s Italian cooking. But when this professional cook realized she did not know how to make her family’s beloved meatballs—a recipe that existed only in her mother’s memory—Anna embarked on a project to record and preserve her mother’s recipes for generations to come.
In Heirloom Kitchen, Anna brings together the stories and dishes of forty strong, exceptional women, all immigrants to the United States, whose heirloom recipes have helped shape the landscape of American food. Organized by region, the book includes recipes and memories from the Philippines, China, Italy, Greece, Scotland, Iran, Armenia, India, Palestine, Mexico, Haiti, Ukraine, Ghana, and more.
Heirloom Kitchen is a testament to female empowerment and strength, perseverance, diversity, and inclusivity. It is a warm and inspiring reminder that the story of immigrant food is, at its core, a story of America.