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Start: 2:00 pm
Last summer's Camp Workman was such a hit that we're doing something
similar this summer. Crafty Camp Workman will be held Tuesdays at 2PM
from July 17th-August 7th. Please call at least three days before the
event to sign up to ensure materials. You will be required to purchase a
$5 Event Bucks ticket when you sign up (it can be redeamed as a gift
certificate in-store) to cover materials.
Start: 7:00 pm
American Book Award-winning author Don Lee will read from The Collective, which is the July selection of the Odyssey’s First Editions Club.
In 1988, Eric Cho, an aspiring writer, arrives at Macalester College. On his first day he meets a beautiful fledgling painter, Jessica Tsai, and another would-be novelist, the larger-than-life Joshua Yoon. Brilliant, bawdy, generous, and manipulative, Joshua alters the course of their lives, rallying them together when they face an adolescent act of racism. As adults in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the three friends reunite as the 3AC, the Asian American Artists Collective—together negotiating the demands of art, love, commerce, and idealism until another racially tinged controversy hits the headlines, this time with far greater consequences. Long after the 3AC has disbanded, Eric reflects on these events as he tries to make sense of Joshua’s recent suicide.
With wit, humor, and compassion, The Collective explores the dream of becoming an artist, and questions whether the reality is worth the sacrifice.
This event requires the purchase of the book or a $5 event ticket, which becomes a gift certificate after the e
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