Wander Our World Workshop

Ancient Greece

Wander Our World Workshop

Saturday, October 10

3 pm at The Book Stall

Kids ages 4 - 10 are invited to set sail around the thousands of islands in the Aegean Sea and discover some of the most spectacular ruins of ancient Greece; the Parthenon, Delphi, and Olympia.

Join us here at the store for a special free workshop to learn about inventions, the Olympic Games, the marathon, and much more about this amazing country!

This event is free and open to the public. No registration necessary.

Let's Write: See dates below...

The "Write" Stuff 

We were delighted with the turnout last week for the free preview session of our upcoming Let's Write workshop for writers. Enrollment was brisk, and one of the 12-week classes has already filled up.

Let's Write will be led by writing instructor and friend of the store Alice Moody, beginning in September. The workshop will consist of separate 12-week sessions, offered on three different days of the week:

• Wednesdays, September 16 - December 9, from 6-8 pm, and
• Thursdays September 17-December 10, from 10 am-noon
• Please note that the Tuesday morning class has reached capacity.

Click here for more information.

Alice taught high school English in Redding, Connecticut, and San Francisco and has always had a special passion for teaching writing. For the past three years, she has been a writing instructor for New Trier Extension.

 

A native of St. Louis, Alice holds a BA in English from Johns Hopkins University and an MA from the University of Chicago. She has also led book group discussions at The Book Stall.

A FAN Presentation and Workshop

A FAN Presentation

DAVID SHEFF and NIC SHEFF

        Wednesday, February 5

     7 pm, Gaffney Auditorium New Trier High School

Winnetka Campus, 385 Winnetka Ave.

Journalist David Sheff will be joined by his son Nic Sheff 

(right) for what promises to be a moving Family Action Network (FAN) program titled "Preventable and Treatable: A Family Portrait." David Sheff is the author of the # 1 bestseller Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction, the story of his harrowing struggle to help Nic overcome methamphetamine addiction, and Clean: Overcoming Addicition and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy, just out in paperback. 

 

Nic Sheff himself is the author of two memoirs, Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines and We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction. Together, the Sheffs will weave together their perceptions and experiences of Nic's addiction and their family's path through discovery, treatment, relapse and recovery. 

This event is free and open to the public. It will be followed by a workshop the next day, Thursday, February 6, from 9:30-11 am, at the Winnetka Community House, 620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka.  The workshop will be led by Doug Bolton, PhD, Principal of North Shore Academy, and Al Ross, LCSW, of Family Service of Glencoe. (RSVPs requested). Click here for the FAN website for more information and links to interviews with David and Nic Sheff.