Gorton Community Center, 400 E Illinois, Lake Forest, 7 p.m., $25 / $20students, tickets via 826CHI
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Tuesday: Temple Grandin will be discussing and signing her new book "Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals" at Harold Washington Library Center. Grandin builds upon her past work with autism and animals and her years of research and experimentation to discuss how we can best interact with animals and give them the best life. Event starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday: Our top pick this week is the 826CHI Opening Hair-emonies, which will be taking place at 826CHI headquarters at 7 p.m. For the fourth consecutive year, the non-profit writing and tutoring center will be inviting anyone and everyone to step before its moustache tribunal to prove their cleanshavenness before the moustache growing begins. Subsequent weekly check-ins at Sheffield's will follow. The competition is open to both organic growers and prosthetic growers, and judges do accept bribes. Check 826CHI's Flickr page for some inspiration for your 'stache. The event raises about $10,000 per year for 826CHI's programs, which are offered free of charge to Chicago-area students.
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Eggers, Palahniuk, and Ross Make Chicago Appearances
Upcoming Events For Literary Folk
Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S State, 6 p.m., free
Upcoming Events For Literary Folk
- Tonight: The Essay Fiesta reading series will be featuring a lot of comedians this month. Robert Buscemi, Kelsie Huff, Bryan Bowden and Adam Guerino will join novelist and essayist Mary T. Wagner and creative writing instructor Janna Sobel at 7 p.m. at The Book Cellar in Lincoln Square. Entrance is free, and raffle proceeds go to benefit the Howard Brown Health Center.
Learn Something: Samantha Power
Several years ago, we read Philip Gourevitch's powerful book on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, We Wish To Inform You.... This led us to eventually pick up Samantha Power's brilliant A Problem From Hell: America in the Age of Genocide, winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Power's book is a riveting look at the United States' policies, approaches -- and more than occasional avoidance -- to genocide during the 20th Century, beginning with the Armenian Genocide during World War I and running through the Kosovo War of the late 1990's. With it, Power established herself as one of the leading experts and writers on U.S. Foreign Policy.
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