Events
January 13, 2012

February 4, 2012 at 7:00 pm
City Opera House, Traverse City
Who would’ve thought that a show about a desperate chemistry teacher, an RV and a town named Albuquerque would be a recipe for one of television’s most critically acclaimed …
January 13, 2012

Monday, March 12, 2012 at 7:00 pm
City Opera House, Traverse City
An American favorite, author of 18 blockbuster novels with special guest host Paula McClain New York Times best-selling author of The Paris Wife.
A child takes revenge for …
January 13, 2012

Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 7:00 pm
City Opera House, Traverse City
Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio’s “Voice of Books”with special guest Geraldine Brooks, Pulitizer Prize-winning author of March.
National Public Radio’s acclaimed “Voice of Books” Alan Cheuse is a …
January 13, 2012

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 7:00 pm
City Opera House, Traverse City
Here’s a question: Would you hire mercenaries to fight our wars?… Or kill one person to save five?… Or auction off admissions to elite universities? Would you correct …
January 13, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012 at 7:oo pm
City Opera House, Traverse City
One of America’s favorite journalists and best-selling novelist with special guest host Susan Casey, NY Times best-selling author of The Wave and Editor-in-Chief of O Magazine.
Her dog, …
January 13, 2012

Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 7:00 pm
City Opera House, Traverse City
Award-winning author of The Green Shore, a debut novel with special guest host Elizabeth Kostova, author of the international best-selling novel, The Historian.
“This is why I …
November 10, 2011
Best-selling humorist and pop culture writer Chuck Klosterman has attracted an enormous following for his clever, sardonic essays on American entertainment and life. A long time rock and sports reporter for magazines including Spin, GQ, Esquire, New York Times Magazine …
October 24, 2011
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one …
October 20, 2011
Jeffrey Eugenides is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and short story writer. Born in Detroit, he went on to earn writing degrees from Brown and Stanford Universities before launching his career as a novelist. He gained national attention when his …