Jay Walljasper comes to M&Q Monday, April 4, at 7:30pm, to discuss new book All That We Share. The book is a wake-up call that will inspire you to see the world in a new way. As soon as you realize that some things belong to everyone--water, for instance, or the Internet or human knowledge--you … Continue reading Building Community

How did Joshua Foer convine Martha Stewart to wear these glasses? Find out tomorrow when Foer reads from his book Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything at Magers & Quinn tomorrow at 7:30pm. Details are here.--David E

Peg Meier's idea of a good time--rummaging around in archives--may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it certainly yields some good results. The author of Too Hot, Went to Lake and Coffee Made Her Insane unearthed the diary of Coco Irvine, a Summit Avenue scamp of the 1920s. Coco was the daughter of a … Continue reading "For fun, I sift through archives of the Minnesota Historical Society."