Milwaukee Event Calendar

Author Appearance / Book Reading

"Never Leave Your Block" book signing

Jan. 12, 2013 2:00 p.m. - Jan. 12, 2013

His book may be about Chicago, but its stories translate well to Brew City, too. Scott Jacobs, author of “Never Leave Your Block: Adventures in Urban Living” is coming to Milwaukee to talk about them, Saturday, Jan. 8.

The former Milwaukee Sentinel reporter should know. In addition to serving as the editor of The Week Behind, Jacobs has also freelanced for The Chicago Sun-Times, Slate, Scan and Milwaukee Magazine. In other words, he has years of city stories to tell.

Jacobs will be on hand at Boswell Books, 2559 N. Downer Ave., at 2 p.m.

Boswell Book Company

2559 N. Downer Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-332-1181
http://boswell.indiebound.com

Venue Description:

Boswell Book Company took over the space formerly operated by Harry W. Schwartz Bookstore. An independent bookstore, Boswell features a wide variety of books and local authors, and regularly hosts in-store book signings and readings.

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