1 YOU’RE BEING RIDICULOUS: PRIDE SHOW! (Women and Children First Bookstore) True stories from Ada Cheng, Ricardo Gamboa, LeVan D. Hawkins, Melody Kamali, Randy Kim, Morgan McNaught, C. Russell Price, Rachel Simon and Jeremy Owens. June 18, 7pm
2 MOVIEOLA, THE MIRROR THIEF (City Lit Books) John Domini and Martin Seay read from their new books. June 21, 6:30pm
3 SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO (Riverview Tavern) Featuring Ignatius Valentine Aloysius, Kim Brooks, Amina Gautier, Rana B. Khoury and Christine Rice. June 26, 7pm
4 IT’S ALL TRUE! LIVE PODCAST RECORDING (North Bar) Featuring comedian Arish Singh, Moth Grandslam winning-storyteller Lily Be, rapper Ric Wilson, singer Natalie G. Alford and host Tim Barnes. June 23, 8pm
5 RICKIPEDIA: JASON STAHL—”RIGHT MOVES” (Seminary Co-op Bookstore) Historian Jason Stahl discusses “Right Moves: The Conservative Think Tank in American Political Culture Since 1945” with Rick Perlstein. June 16, 6pm
Toni Nealie is the Literary Editor of Newcity and the author of the essay collection “The Miles Between Me.” A Pushcart Prize nominee, her essays have appeared in Guernica Magazine, Rust Belt: Chicago, The Rumpus, The Offing, Essay Daily, Chicago Quarterly Review, Hobart, Entropy and elsewhere. She worked in magazine journalism, politics and PR in her native New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Singapore and now edits, writes and teaches in Chicago. Find her at toninealie.com and on Twitter @tnealie. She can be reached at toni@newcity.com.
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