Steve Almond Book Reading and Candy Free-for-All
Dewey Family Gallery
Saturday, April 1, 2006 from 1:30 – 3 pm
(rescheduled from February 12)
Willy Wonka meets David Sedaris—and goes joyriding with Dr. Ruth! Just in time for Valentine’s Day, local boy and avowed chocoholic Steve Almond takes us on a sugar-fueled spin through his twin obsessions of candy and modern love. The Somerville-based author will read some of his most recent work, take no-holds-barred questions from the audience, and dole out an assortment of treats from days gone by—the Goo Goo Cluster, the Twin Bing, and the Idaho Spud—collected on his candy-factory odyssey and immortalized in his 2004 book, Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America.
Steve Almond’s reading selection will dovetail with the exhibition James Surls: The Splendora Years, 1977–1997, as both artists explore the concepts of pleasure, pain, and a universal life force. Steve’s books will be sold and signed following this event, which is intended for mature audiences 18 years of age and older.
Members Free. Non-Members $5 and students with valid ID, $3 after admission. Space is limited. No refunds. This event is expected to sell out, so reserve tickets by calling 781/259-3629 or emailing membership@decordova.org.
Steve Almond was raised in Palo Alto, California, aka The Town Where God Will Retire. He spent seven years as a newspaper reporter, mostly in El Paso and Miami. He has been writing fiction on a regular basis since 1997, and is a frequent contributor to such local staples as the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, Boston Magazine, Boston Phoenix, The Improper Bostonian, and WBUR’s “Here and Now” and “Morning Edition” programs. His work has also appeared in Playboy, The Los Angeles Times, McSweeney’s, and a riot of literary magazines around the country. He lives in Somerville, MA, and teaches creative writing at Boston College.
