Upcoming Events

Book Reading/Signing:
Tuesday, May 15, 7:00 pm
Lake Forest Park Third Place Books

The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon

What if, as Franklin Roosevelt proposed on the eve of World War II, a temporary Jewish settlement had been established on the Alaska panhandle? Roosevelt's plan went nowhere, but Michael Chabon brings the idea to life in The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, his first full-length novel since his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. He blends this alternate history with a recreation of 1940s-style detective fiction, melding mystery with a blackly comic, existential examination of identity, purpose and cultural longing. With the purchase of the book at Third Place, receive a limited-edition autographed broadside poster while supplies last.

High School Theatre
Thursday, May 24, 7:30 pm
Roosevelt High School

Thoroughly Modern Millie!

Roosevelt High School's theatre and music departments are proud to present this year's spring musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie! Taking place in New York City in 1922, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of young Millie Dillmount, who has just moved to the city in search of a new life for herself. It's a New York full of intrigue and jazz - a time when women were entering the workforce and the rules of love and social behavior were changing forever. Based on the popular movie, the stage version of Thoroughly Modern Millie! includes a full score of new songs and bright dance numbers. Filled with frisky flappers, dashing leading men and a dragon-lady of a villainess audiences will love to hate, Thoroughly Modern Millie! is a perfectly constructed evening of madcap merriment.

Check Walaka's blog posting for more details of tentative plans for our madcap merriment.

Event Invitation: Salsa Saturday, April 28

Hey, since Flapjack Friday was so much fun, let's ratchet it up the action with

Salsa Saturday!

Here's the deal:

We'll have lots of chips, tortillas and quesedilla fixin's, and cheap beer and pop.

You will bring anything else you want to drink* -and- a container of salsa!

The salsa can be homemade or store-bought, but it should be fun and interesting! We'll have taste tests and award a prize to the favorite salsa.

The Spectrator will be fired up and we'll be screening Santo and the Ghost of the Strangler (or some other great lucha libre film).

So come jumpy, but don't come grumpy to Salsa Saturday!

Here's the details:

Saturday, April 28
6:00 pm
Our Place in the RD
RSVP

Call or email if you need the address or directions

*A blender and ice will be available for fancy drinks