Event Schedule

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Wednesday
June 21
Make Music Madison
7 9 pm Join Bobbie & Bill Malone amazingly
wonderful musicians and storytellers
Location:
702WI
702WI is located at 702 East Johnson and
Blount Street
Copies of their new books,
Sing Me Back Home and
Lois Lenski Storycatcher
will be available for sale.

Thursday
June 22
David Krugler returns to talk
7 pm about his book Dead Dont
Bleed (Paperback!)
A gripping World War II mystery, a young naval
intelligence officer goes undercover to solve a
murder and prevent the Soviets from stealing
the secrets of Americas atomic bomb project.

Friday
June 23
Poetry with F.J. Bergmann
7 pm A Catalogue of Further Suns
While reading these poems I slipped, for fractions of
fractions of moments, just the tiniest distance
outside of my human brainand observed it from
withoutsomething Ive wanted to do my whole
life. comments from a poetry lover and poetry
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Wednesday
June 28
Mystery to Me Book Club
6 pm Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler
Thursday
June 29
Dorris Burch
6 8 pm Dont Be Invisible, Be
Fabulous

Join the Madison Chapter of the Polka Dot

Powerhouse

Public Welcome

Saturday &
Sunday
Brick Universe! Lego Fan Convention
July 1 -2 Monona Terrace
Go to the Mystery to Me will be
Brick
Universe
selling books for Marcie
Website for Colleen, author of The
Ticket
information Super Happy Party Bear
Series! Marcies husband is
a LEGO artist and will be
creating a 4 foot tall LEGO
stature of Ziggy Bear (one
of the characters from the
book).
Tuesday
July 4

Closed to Celebrate
Independence Day!
Saturday
July 8
Claymates, illustrated
2 pm by Lauren Eldridge
Its a launch party! .with plenty of
clay for everyone

What can you do with two blobs of

clay? Create something amazing! But
don't leave them alone for too long.
Things might get a little crazy.

Sunday
July 9
Historys Mysteries Book Club
12:30 pm The Devils Making by Sean Haldane
Thursday
July 13
Doug Moe interviews
7 pm Dave Watson
Walkabout Undone
Walkabout Undone is a memoir of Daves time in
Australia. The book chronicles his testing the
waters in Melbourne, where he pursued love and
became embroiled in academic shenanigans and
discovered underlying racism and xenophobia.

Saturday
July 15 Dean Robbins reads from
2 pm
Margaret and the Moon
Margaret Hamilton always had a knack for solving
problems. Then she discovered a new invention
called a computer and used it to solve one of the
hardest problems ever flying people to the
moon! When an astronaut flips the wrong switch on
the Apollo 11 mission, its up to Margarets brilliant
computer programming to save the first lunar
landing. Meet the pioneering scientist who broke
boundaries for women and became a hero of the
United States space program.
Saturday
July 15
Tig Notaro
8 pm Mystery to Me will be available to sell Tigs
new book Im Just a Person
At the
Barrymore
Theatre One of America's most original comedic
voices delivers a darkly funny, wryly
observed, and emotionally raw account of
her year of death, cancer, and
epiphany."Notaro's thrilling, candid, and
hilarious memoir is a provocative and
convincing rallying cry to seize the day"

Thursday
July 20
Ingrid Swanberg & W.D. Markhardt
7 pm

Some Cats
Ingrid Swanberg & W.D. Markhardt will be
reading poetry and presenting artwork from their
new chapbook Some Cats, a collaboration
exploring the nuances of character and human
inter-relationships of some of the many cats they
have known, and offering up a wide range of
experiences, from wonderment to affection to
loss to laughter. Ruth Coelho, a sculptor working
in Northern Caliornia, writes of Some Cats:
Theres no screen between the reader and the
poems and drawings; the work is all completely
immediate, expressing pure feeling.
Saturday
July 22
Monroe Street Sidewalk Sale
10 - 5

Sunday
July 23
Agatha Christie Book Club
3 pm Poirot
Tuesday
July 25
Actors from
7 pm Forward
Theater
read
Mousetrap
by Agatha
Christie
Wednesday
July 26
Mystery to Me Book Club
6 pm Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

Wednesday
July 26
Joan Hess discusses The
7 pm Painted Queen
By Joan Hess and Elizabeth Peters
We are delighted to host best-selling mystery
author Joan Hess. Joan will be here to
discuss The Painted Queen - an Amelia Peabody
mystery that she completed for her dear friend
and fellow mystery writer, Elizabeth Peters.

Egypt, 1912. Amelia Peabody and her dashing

archeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are
once again in danger as they search for a
priceless, stolen bust of legendary Queen
Nefertiti in this long-awaited, eagerly anticipated final installment of Elizabeth
Peters's bestselling series.

Joan Hess (Author)

Joan Hess is the author of the Claire Malloy Mysteries and the Arly Hanks
Mysteries, formally known as the Maggody Mysteries. She is a winner of the
American Mystery Award, the Agatha Award, for which she has been
nominated five times, and is a member of Sisters in Crime and a former
president of the American Crime Writers League. She lives in Austin, Texas.
Sunday
August 6
Historys Mysteries Book Club
12:30 pm Valley of the Shadow by Peter Tremayne
Wednesday
August 9
Lesley Kagen at the Sun Prairie
6 pm Public Library
Bestselling and award-winning Wisconsin author, Lesley
Kagen, will discuss her amazing career as a writer, actress,
& voice-over talent in a program that's sure to
"Wow!" Copies of her books will be available for purchase
(Mystery to Me!), with a fun-filled book signing to
follow! Free and open to the public! Light refreshments
served.

Thursday
August 10
Allyson K. Abbott (AKA
7 pm Annelise Ryan) discusses A
Toast to Murder

Vicki Fee will be here to

discuss her new book One
Fete in the Grave
Saturday
August 12
May I Have A Word,
2 pm illustrated by Andy Rash
K accuses C of theft. Everybody knows the K
sound is my sound. Every time you start one
of my K words, you just CONFUSE
everybody!

Kirkus Review says Keen and Clever!

Sunday
August 13
Craig Johnson of
6:30 pm Longmire fame!
We learned that Craig was going to be
in Green Bay so we asked if he might
drop down to Madison to see us. And
he said yes. His new book, Western
Star is not scheduled for release until
September 5 but Im sure hed love to
talk about it with you

Wednesday
August 23
Mystery to Me Book Club
6 pm
Friday
August 25
William Kent Krueger is
7 pm back with his next Cork
OConnor Mystery, Sulfur
Springs
Cork OConnors search for a missing man
in the Arizona desert puts him at the
center of a violent power struggle along
the Mexican border, a struggle that might
cost Cork everything and everyone he
holds most dear.

RSVPs via Eventbrite will be appreciated.

Saturday
Sept. 9
Kevin Henkes and Laura
2 pm Dronzak
In the Middle of Fall
Everything is yellow, red, orange.
Everything is chilly, frisky, gusty. Everything
is changing, turning.
Its the middle of Fall. Can you see it? Can
you taste it? Can you smell it? Can you
imagine it?

Sunday
Sept. 10
Historys Mysteries Book Club
12:30 pm Chiefs by Stuart Wood
September
12
Its Madison Bicycle Bingo! Bikers!
October 31 Get your stamp here!
Tuesday
Sept. 12
Robert Madygan discusses
7 pm The Solace of Trees
Described from the perspective of a child
victim, The Solace of Trees is the lesser-told
story of the tragedy of war, from the Bosnian
War to the US policy of government-
sponsored abductions. A tale shared by
countless victims in countless times and
places, The Solace of Trees is at once a page-
turner and a work of beauty and insight. It is a
sobering look at a hidden cost of war and an
affirmation of the human spirit from those
who survive the ordeal.
Saturday
Sept. 16
Monroe Street Festival
10 5
Tuesday
Sept. 19
Poetry with Andrea Potos
7 pm Arrows of Light
Saturday
Sept. 23
Peanut of Blind Faith
2 pm Farm by Jim
Thompson
This is the joyful and true story
about how a lamb overcame a lot of
hard challenges to become a happy
and healthy member of her flock.
And she also became the star of
Blind Faith Farm.

Sunday
Sept. 24
Agatha Christie Book Club
3 pm
Wednesday
Sept. 27
Mystery to Me Book Club
7 pm
Thursday
Sept. 28
Kathleen Ernst is here to
6:00 pm discuss her new Chloe
Ellefson novel Mining For
Justice
Chloe Ellefson is excited to be learning about
Wisconsins Cornish immigrants and mining
history while on temporary assignment at
Pendarvis, a historic site in charming Mineral
Point.

Sunday
October 1
Historys Mysteries Book Club
12:30 pm Zoo Station by David Downing
Wednesday
October 25
Mystery to Me Book Club
6 pm

Thursday
October 26
Michael Stanley
7 pm
'A wonderful, original voice McCall Smith with
a dark edge and even darker underbelly - Peter
James

Under the African sun, Michael Stanleys

Detective Kubu investigates crimes as dark as
the darkest of Nordic Noir. Call it Sunshine Noir,
if you will a must read - Yrsa
Sigurardttirund?
Wednesday
Nov. 1 Jeremi Suri discusses The
7 pm
Impossible Presidency
The Rise and Fall of
Americas Highest Office
Why have recent presidents failed to bring
promised change? This book charts the rise
and fall of the American presidency, from the
limited role envisaged by the Founding Fathers
to its current status as the most powerful job
in the world. The presidency is a victim of its
own success -- the vastness of the job makes it
almost impossible to fulfill the expectations placed upon it. As managers of the
world's largest economy and military, contemporary presidents must react to a
truly globalized world in a twenty-four-hour news cycle. There is little room left
for bold vision. The Impossible Presidency traces America's disenchantment
with our recent presidents to the inevitable mismatch between presidential
promises and the structural limitations of the office.

Jeremi Suri holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global
Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. He is a professor in the university's
Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He previously held a
position in the History Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Sunday
Nov. 5 Historys Mysteries Book Club
12:30 pm Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Wednesday
Nov. 22 Mystery to Me Book Club
6 pm
Thursday, November 23
Happy Thanksgiving

Closed Today

Saturday
Nov. 25 Small Business Saturday
All day!
Sunday
Nov. 26 Agatha Christie Book Club
3 pm
Sunday
Dec. 3 Monroe Street Christmas Walk
Sunday
Dec. 3 Historys Mysteries Book Club
12:30 pm Death Rides the Zephyr by Janet Dawson

Open Mondays in December!

Saturday
December
Allen Eskens discusses The
16 Deep Dark Descending
2 pm A new mystery from the USA Today bestselling
author of The Life We Bury, The Guise of
Another and The Heavens May Fall. His debut
novel, The Life We Bury, has been published in
16 languages and is being developed for a
feature film!

About the Book

Homicide Detective Max Rupert never fully
accepted his wife's death, even when he
believed that a reckless hit and run driver was
the cause. But when he learns that in fact she was murdered, he devotes
himself to hunting down her killers.

Monday
December
Closed for the Christmas Holiday
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