In case you haven't noticed, summer is officially over, but there is a silver lining to that looming cumulus...the return of the first Wednesday reading party at the Sorrento. Created by The Stranger's Christopher Frizzelle in collaboration with Night School, and curated by Michael Hebb*, the reading party began as a way for readers to get out and live a little...while leaving their noses firmly entrenched in their gorgeous, captivating tomes. As someone who's been "hem hemmed" at Café Presse and other nearby watering holes for having the audacity to want to read in a bar, the idea of an evening devoted to me and my fellow bookworms is pure heaven. The addition of guest stars is a wee bit off-putting - making it more of a hipster happening than a true party for book nerds - and I'm not sure if the live cello music will be a pleasant background or totally distracting, but I have high hopes that the shark has not been jumped on this event. Come on down and join the party! Just keep your voice down, will ya?
Oh, and I'll be the one reading Jonathan Lethem's Girl in Landscape.
"Silent" reading party listing on Slog
*this is starting to sound like the credits on a hip hop record...
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