Madison Classic Literature Meetup

"My Antonia" is a classic story of growing up in rural Nebraska in the frontier era. Please join us for a lively discussion of this 1918 novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Willa Cather.

There is no cost to attend the meetup, except for the food and drinks you order from The Post bar and restaurant. Please keep in mind that The Post is a business, and that the wait staff depends on your tips for their income.

There are two different meetups this month for the same book. The format and discussion will be the same for both meetups. Please RSVP for one or the other.

Note -- the photo shows the National Willa Cather Center in downtown Red Cloud, Nebraska. Red Cloud was the model for the village of Black Hawk in "My Antonia."

Back by popular demand for a seventh year!

In the mid-1800s, Charles Dickens toured the United Kingdom and the United States doing hugely popular public readings of his story "A Christmas Carol." We will be recreating Dickens' performance, using the same text he used, which Dickens condensed from his original story. The reading takes a little more than one hour.

You are encouraged to dress to impress for this festive occasion. That may mean 19th century Victorian England fancy dress, 21st century cocktail attire, or even in costume as Marley's Ghost.

We will be meeting in the party room at the Garver Point Apartments on Madison's east side. (Please note that the Garver Point Apartments is NOT the same as the Garver Feed Mill, although they are next door to each other.)

After arriving at the Garver Point Apartments, enter through the main entrance and take the elevator to the second floor. If there's no one there to let you in, call Tim (see phone number below). There is street parking, as well as a parking lot adjacent to the apartment building. (Thank you Gia for hosting us.)

We will be providing pizza, including vegetarian pizza. If you want to bring a dish to pass, a bottle of wine, or even "smoking bishop" (a Victorian-era drink mentioned in Dickens' story) that is optional but welcomed. If you plan to bring a crock pot or something that needs to be warmed, chilled, or frozen, note that the party room has a stove, refrigerator/freezer, and kitchen counter with electric outlets.

We will be rotating volunteer readers. If you're an aspiring actor and want to get a section of text in advance to practice your very dramatic reading, please send Tim Kiefer an email at [email protected], or call 608 358-7213. Or you can just show up and we'll give you a section of text that same evening.

Please note that unlike our normal book group format, there will be no expectation that you will have read the book beforehand. So it's the easiest book group of the entire year!

"Invisible Man" is one of the canonical works of African-American literature. Please join us for an insightful discussion of this 1952 novel by Ralph Ellison.

There is no cost to attend the meetup, except for the food and drinks you order from The Post bar and restaurant. Please keep in mind that The Post is a business, and that the wait staff depends on your tips for their income.

There are two different meetups this month for the same book. The format and discussion will be the same for both meetups. Please RSVP for one or the other.

"Invisible Man" is one of the canonical works of African-American literature. Please join us on Martin Luther King Jr. Day for an insightful discussion of this 1952 novel by Ralph Ellison.

There is no cost to attend the meetup, except for the food and drinks you order from The Post bar and restaurant. Please keep in mind that The Post is a business, and that the wait staff depends on your tips for their income.

There are two different meetups this month for the same book. The format and discussion will be the same for both meetups. Please RSVP for one or the other.