Upcoming & Current Clubs
James Baldwin Book Club
Led by Brian Bouldrey
We’ll read Notes of a Native Son — a nonfiction masterpiece written when Baldwin was only 30 years old. We’ll meet on Saturdays at 10 am Pacific to discuss it, over six weeks this fall.
Art by Kathryn Rathke
Shirley Jackson Book Club
Led by Audrey Van Buskirk
In time for spooky season, we’ll spend four weeks exploring Shirley Jackson’s novel The Haunting of Hill House, as well as her short story “The Lottery.”
Art by Kathryn Rathke
Moby Dick Book Club
Led by Rebecca Brown and Christopher Frizzelle
Prepare for a sea-faring, heart-pounding, history-haunted adventure through the watery part of the world. We’ll meet on Mondays at 6 pm Pacific for four months starting in November.
Art by Kathryn Rathke
Handel, “Messiah,” and the Birth of Rock
A classical music club led by Chris Lydgate
Thanks to a risky bet, a dose of desperation, and a series of remarkable accidents, Handel composed the spectacular epic we call Messiah. And music was never quite the same again.
Art by Kathryn Rathke
“Transformative. I adore these book clubs. Christopher’s passion and insight have left me near-delirious with an excitement and optimism I’ve carried into all my reading and writing.”
— Maria Semple
Book clubs in search of the meaning of life.
In the Moby Dick club we found aliveness and humor in a book that predicted the future.
In the Beloved club, we talked about motherhood and power.
In the To the Lighthouse club, we we watched Woolf bring the dead back to life.
In the Giovanni’s Room club, we considered James Baldwin’s second novel as a critique of oblivious and self-absorbed whiteness.
Past Book Clubs
