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Meet the Readers: Edward McClelland

Participants Reading #168

Meet the Readers: Edward McClelland

Edward McClelland is a contributing editor at Chicago magazine. Ted’s most recent book, Chorus Of The Union: How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside Their Rivalry to Save the Nation, was released in 2024 by Pegasus Books. His previous book, Midnight in Vehicle City: General Motors, Flint, and

Tuesday Funk #168 - March 3, 2026

Readings Reading #168

Tuesday Funk #168 - March 3, 2026

Join us in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf for Chicago's favorite eclectic monthly reading series and help us bring March in like a lion! Tuesday Funk returns March 3, with readings by Maria Kostas, Elizabeth Marley, Edward McClelland, Mar Romasco-Moore, and Jenn Sodini! Admission to Tuesday Funk is

July 2024 Debrief

Debriefings Reading #149

July 2024 Debrief

On the Tuesday before July 4, we celebrated our independence with a little Tuesday Funk! Kate Lechler got the show rolling with a delightfully dread-inspiring story of self-actualization. C. Russell Price then introduce us to a cowboy ghost and his blue ghost horse friend through the medium of poetry. Then

Meet Our Readers: Edward McClelland

Participants Reading #149

Meet Our Readers: Edward McClelland

Edward McClelland is a contributing editor at Chicago magazine and the author of How to Speak Midwestern. He will be reading from his new book Chorus of the Union: How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside Their Rivalry to Save the Nation. Please join Ted and our other fantastic

Tuesday Funk July 2, 2024

Readings Reading #149

Tuesday Funk #149: July 2, 2024

The Fourth of July is on Thursday, so why not celebrate with live lit on Tuesday? Join us in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf for Tuesday Funk! We'll have readings by James Kennedy, Kate Lechler, Edward McClelland, C. Russell Price and Kathleen Rooney! There will be beer and

Meet Our Readers: Edward McClelland

Participants Reading #137

Meet Our Readers: Edward McClelland

Edward McClelland is the author most recently of Folktales and Legends of the Middle West. A past Tuesday Funk reader and Gapers Block contributor, he has also written for The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Chicago Reader, where he was a staff writer. He has lived in

Tuesday Funk #137, March 3, 2020

Readings Reading #137

Tuesday Funk #137: March 3, 2020

March is just around the corner, which is just madness. The weeks are going by so fast, and before you know it, it'll be second winter here in Chicago! Well, anyway, join us in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf on Tuesday, March 3 for the 137th edition of

Meet Our Readers: Edward McClelland

Participants Reading #118

Meet Our Readers: Edward McClelland

Edward McClelland is the author most recently of Folktales and Legends of the Middle West. A past Tuesday Funk reader and Gapers Block contributor, he has also written for The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Chicago Reader, where he was a staff writer. He has lived in

Tuesday Funk #118: July 3, 2018

Readings Reading #118

Tuesday Funk #118: July 3, 2018

Spend part of your holiday week with your favorite eclectic monthly reading series! Tuesday Funk is setting off fireworks in the upstairs lounge of Hopleaf on Tuesday, July 3 — readings by Mary Winn Heider, Ted McClelland, Siobhan Adcock, Alison Thumel and Tiffany Gholar! As always, admission is free, but you

Meet Our Readers: Edward McClelland

Participants Reading #103

Meet Our Readers: Edward McClelland

Edward McClelland is the author of How to Speak Midwestern. A past Tuesday Funk reader and Gapers Block contributor, he has also written for The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Chicago Reader, where he was a staff writer. He has lived in Rogers Park since 1997, and

Tuesday Funk for March 7, 2017

Readings Reading #103

Tuesday Funk #103: March 7, 2017

Let's march! March into the upstairs bar at Hopleaf for Tuesday Funk, that is. We'll be back on Tuesday, March 7 for Episode #103, featuring readings by Lori Barrett, Steve Bellinger, Naomi Buck Palagi, Tori Szekeres and Ted McClelland. Doors open at 7pm -- no earlier,

Tuesday Funk microphone

Participants Reading #70

Meet Our Readers: Edward McClelland

Edward McClelland was born in Lansing, Mich., in 1967. Like so many Michiganders of his generation, he now lives in Chicago. His book, Nothin' But Blue Skies: The Heyday, Hard Times and Hopes of America's Industrial Heartland was inspired by seeing the Fisher Body plant across the

Tuesday Funk postcard June 3, 2014

Reading #70 Skalka Patricia

Tuesday Funk #70 - June 3, 2014

Memorial Day is right around the corner, and a week and a day after that is Tuesday Funk. The 70th edition of your favorite eclectic monthly reading series will feature Claire Zulkey, Patricia Skalka, Sara Ross Witt, Theodore Goeglein and Ted McLelland. As always, Eden Robins and Andrew Huff are