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Borders - Chicago - Michigan Avenue

830 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611

United States

312- 573-0564

Web site: http://www.borders.com/online/store/StoreDetailView_58

Events URL: http://www.borders.com/online/st… (updated February 14)

Amenities: wifi, food/drink

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Description: STORE #58

Upcoming events

Ernest Borgnine (July 20 at 7:00pm)
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Past events

Jeffrey Archer (March 19 at 7:00pm)
Jeffrey Archer.
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Joshua Ferris (April 3 at 7:00pm)
Interested: Detail_Muse, geogal Added by bookjones.
Georgia D. Andrianopoulos (April 17 at 7:00pm)
Georgia D. Andrianopoulos discusses Retrain Your Brain, Reshape Your Body.
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Alexander McCall Smith (April 18 at 7:00pm)
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President Jimmy Carter (April 30 at 7:00pm)
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Tom Farley, Jr. (May 12 at 7:00pm)
Tom Farley, Jr. signs The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts .
Tom Farley, Jr., brother of actor and comedian Chris Farley, discusses The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts.

The Chris Farley Show written by his brother, Tom Farley, and Tanner Colby, is an eye-opening and riveting account of Farley's life, as remembered by those who knew him best. Here ... (more)is Chris Farley as remembered by his friends and family including, David Spade, Chris Rock, Alec Baldwin, Lorne Michaels, and many others. Tom Farley, Jr., Chris's older brother, is President and Managing Director of the Chris Farley Foundation.
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Arianna Huffington (May 13 at 7:00pm)
The editor in chief of The Huffington Post tackles the issues at the heart of the 2008 American presidential election with her trademark passion, intelligence, and devastating wit.
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Chris Bohjalian (May 14 at 7:00pm)
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Sephora PRO Beauty Team (May 15 at 7:00pm)
Emily Massa, a Sephora PRO Beauty team member promotes Sephora: The Ultimate Guide to Makeup, Skin, and Hair from the Beauty Authority.
Ever wonder what it's like to have your own personal team of beauty experts, advising you on how to look and feel knockout-gorgeous every day? Join Emily Massa, a Sephora PRO Beauty team member, as she discusses Sephora: The Ultimate Guide to Makeup, Skin, and Hair from the Beauty Authority.
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David Benioff (May 20 at 7:00pm)
A remarkable and moving story of lives that were changed during the infamously devastating siege of Leningrad.

From one of Hollywood's most sought after screenwriters comes a thrilling and original adventure story of two young men on an impossible mission in Leningrad in 1942. Through their journey, ... (more)an unlikely bond grows between an earnest, lust-filled teenager and an endearing lothario with the gifts of a con man. Set within the monumental events of history, City of Thieves is an intimate coming-of-age tale with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men.
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Barbara Walters (May 28 at 12:00pm)
One of the most important women in the history of television, Barbara Walters joins us to sign copies of her tell-all memoir.
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Lily Koppel (June 12 at 7:00pm)
Lily Koppel signs The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life through the Pages of a Lost Journal.
A discarded diary brings to life the glamorous, forgotten world of an extraordinary young woman.
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Lewis Black (June 13 at 7:00pm)
From the hilarious Daily Show regular and bestselling author comes a ferociously funny exploration of religion and faith.

What do we believe? And in God's name why? Lewis Black has the answers. Or at least his answers. In a series of comedic inquiries, Black explores how the rules and constraints ... (more)of religion have affected his life and the lives of us all. Hilarious experiences with rabbis, Mormons, gurus, psychics, and even the joy of a perfect round of golf give Black the chance to expound upon what we believe and why-in the language of a shock jock and with the heart of an iconoclast.
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Joel Osteen (July 18 at 12:00pm)
In Joel Osteen's bestselling book Become a Better You, he outlined seven principles that we should all live by in order to have a life that is more fulfilling, more meaningful, and filled with hope and purpose.

In this seven-week companion, you will learn how to apply each of those principles to your ... (more)everyday life and become the person that God uniquely created you to be. The lessons in this book will equip you to be a better spouse, a better parent, a better leader, and an inspiration to everyone you know! The principles are simple, but applying them to your daily life will have a profound effect on every situation you face.
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Michael Tyler (July 25 at 11:00am)
Published by the Chicago Children's Museum, this beautifully illustrated book celebrates the diversity that is Chicago.
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Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) Midnight Release Party (August 1 at 9:30pm)
Join us for a party that will ECLIPSE all others as we await the final book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series!
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GARRISON KEILLOR (September 18 at 7:00pm)
Garrison Keillor signs Liberty: A Lake Wobegon Novel.
The bestselling author promotes his latest work, "Liberty: A Lake Wobegon Novel."

Clint Bunsen is one of the old reliables in Lake Wobegon, the treasurer of the Lutheran church and the auto mechanic who starts your car on below-zero mornings. For six years he has run the Fourth of July parade, turning ... (more)what was once a line of pickup trucks and girls pushing baby carriages that hold their cats into an event of dazzling spectacle. The town is dizzy with anticipation. Garrison Keillor is the host and writer of A Prairie Home Companion.
Interested: Faygelah Added by bookjones.
CANDACE BUSHNELL (September 24 at 7:00pm)
Mordantly funny, acutely observant Bushnells newest novel is a modern-day tale of old and new money, that same combustible mix that Edith Wharton mastered in her novels about New Yorks Gilded Age. Over a century later, Bushnells New Yorkers have changed in details, but not in the essentials: the thirst ... (more)for power, social prominence, and successful marriages that matter, at least in public.
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YA Author Event: JAMES KENNEDY (October 3 at 7:00pm)
BOOK SYNOPSIS: Jo LaRouche HAS lived her 13 years in the California desert with her Aunt Lily, ever since she was dropped on Lily’s doorstep with this note: This is Jo. Please take care of her. But beware. This is a dangerous baby. At Lily’s annual Christmas costume party, a variety of strange events ... (more)take place that lead Jo and Lily out of California forever—and into the mysterious, strange, fantastical world of Eldritch City. There, Jo learns the scandalous truth about who she is, and she and Lily join the Order of Odd-Fish, a collection of knights who research useless information. Glamorous cockroach butlers, pointless quests, obsolete weapons, and bizarre festivals fill their days, but two villains are controlling their fate. Jo is inching closer and closer to the day when her destiny is fulfilled, and no one in Eldritch City will ever be the same.
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DANIEL VOSOVIC (October 13 at 7:00pm)
From inspiration to execution, from first sketches to final styling, from developing a collection to defining a look, Fashion Inside Out combines practical information on fashion design with an intimate look at the fashion scene today. Project Runway finalist Daniel Vosovic reveals exactly how designers ... (more)make dreams become fashion reality.
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ERIC BRONSKY (October 15 at 12:00pm)
Eric Bronsky signs The Rise of the Magnificent Mile.
Learn about the history of Chicago's Magnificent Mile from The Wrigley Building up to the Drake Hotel.
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MAUREEN McCORMICK (October 16 at 7:00pm)
This is the poignant memoir of the real woman who starred as the beloved Marcia Brady on the hit series "The Brady Bunch". What fans didn't know about the always sunny, seemingly perfect blonde beauty was that off-screen, the young actress who played her, Maureen McCormick, was living a different, and ... (more)not so wonderful, life. Contact Borders for complete event details and guidelines.
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ROCCO DiSPIRITO (October 18 at 1:00pm)
Rocco DiSpirito signs Rocco Gets Real: Cook at Home Every Day.
Chef Rocco DiSpirito signs his latest release, Rocco Gets Real. In this new book Rocco comes to the home cook's rescue with more than 130 quick and easy dishes, many of which can be seen on his new A&E TV show. One of today's most exciting chefs, followed by millions, the Jamacia, Queens, native is the ... (more)author of four previous cookbooks, including Rocco's Real Life Recipes in 2007. Contact Borders for complete event details and guidelines.
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ISAAC MIZRAHI (October 21 at 7:00pm)
Isaac Mizrahi signs How to Have Style.
The king of real-world chic shares his tips in a colorful guidebook designed to unleash every woman's inner fashionista. A twenty-year veteran of the fashion industry, Isaac Mizrahi has become a unique icon in the world of style. He doesnt do "makeovers" or take pleasure in berating the way a woman ... (more)dresses. Instead, he is a problem solver--and a titan of trendsetting who believes that fashion should be seriously fun. Mizrahi has received awards from the Council of Fashion Designers of America, including two "Designer of the Year" awards, and a special award for the documentary Unzipped.
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JOHN GROGAN (October 24 at 7:00pm)
A prequel to Marley & Me, filled with moments of poignancy and heartfelt revelation, and of course, laugh-out-loud humor. At its heart, The Longest Trip Home is the universal story of growing up, outgrowing home, and making peace with the past before it's too late. It's about the life journey we all ... (more)take as sons and daughters to find our own voice and place in the world. And thankfully, in John's own inimitable style, we get to laugh along the way. John Grogan is the author of the phenomenal bestseller Marley & Me.
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GEORGE DURAN (November 12 at 7:00pm)
George Duran signs Take This Dish and Twist It.
Make it quick, make it delicious-but always make it with a healthy dose of creativity! This is the delightful way George Duran, who is part comedian, part trained chef, and star of Food Network's Ham on the Street and The Secret Life Of, approaches cooking. In his first-ever cookbook, George shares his ... (more)favorite recipes for easy-on-the-cook comfort foods with a twist, including recipes such as Deep-Fried Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Banana Split Pancakes. BLT Hot Dogs, and Tex-Mex Lasagna.
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DANIEL VOSOVIC (November 13 at 7:00pm)
Project Runway finalist Daniel Vosovic reveals exactly how designers make dreams become fashion reality. From inspiration to execution, from first sketches to final styling, from developing a collection to defining a look, Fashion Inside Out combines practical information on fashion design with an intimate ... (more)look at the fashion scene today.
Added by bookjones.
ERIC BRONSKY (November 15 at 2:00pm)
Eric Bronsky signs The Rise of the Magnificent Mile.
Learn about the history of Chicago's Magnificent Mile from The Wrigley Building up to the Drake Hotel.
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JAY P. DOLAN (November 17 at 7:00pm)
Jay Dolan of the University of Notre Dame is one of America's most acclaimed scholars of immigration and ethnic history. In The Irish Americans, he caps his decades of writing and teaching with a magisterial history of the Irish experience in the United States - the first general reader's account to ... (more)be published since the 1960's. Dolan draws on his own original research and much other recent other scholarship to weave a fresh and vivid narrative. He follows the Irish from their first arrival
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ERIC BRONSKY (November 29 at 2:00pm)
ERIC BRONSKY signs Rise of Magnificent Mile.
Learn about the history of Chicago's Magnificent Mile from The Wrigley Building up to the Drake Hotel.
Added by bookjones.
RANDY JACKSON (December 3 at 7:00pm)
RANDY JACKSON signs Body with Soul.
From beloved American Idol judge Randy Jackson, a complete, inspiring wellness plan for taking control of your health. SYNOPSIS: Mixing memoir, a wellness program, and inspirational advice, Randy Jackson's book is a work of personal passion. The American Idol judge's struggles with his health and weight ... (more)include diets, exercise, and even gastric bypass surgery. Now, he's taken all that he's learned throughout these trials and codified their strengths into a super-useful maintenance regimen, filled with meal plans exercise routines, and inspiring stories from his unique life as one of the music business greats.
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DENNIS LEARY (December 5 at 7:00pm)
DENNIS LEARY signs Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid.
In Why We Suck, Dr. Denis Leary uses his common sense, and his biting and hilarious take on the world, to attack the politically correct, the hypocritical, the obese, the thin - basically everyone who takes themselves too seriously. Leary has appeared in more than thirty films, including the Oscar-nominated ... (more)Wag the Dog, The Thomas Crowne Affair, and Ice Age. He is the co-writer, creator, and star of Rescue Me. Contact Borders for complete event details and guidelines.
Interested: bookjones Added by bookjones.
DR. MICHAEL ROIZEN (December 6 at 5:00pm)
From America's favorite doctors comes the ultimate guide to being beautiful inside and out. Drs. Roizen and Oz offer important information and practical advice on the three levels of beauty: looking, feeling, and being beautiful.
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CLINTON KELLY (December 8 at 7:00pm)
You know and love him from TLC's "What Not to Wear", and this fall, everyone's favorite style-guru, Clinton Kelly, won't just revamp your wardrobe, he'll revamp your life! In FREAKIN FABULOUS, Clinton Kelly tells you how to...dress, speak, behave, eat, entertain, decorate, and be better than all your ... (more)friends! And who doesn't want that?
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KATHLEEN FLINN (December 9 at 7:00pm)
The Sharper Your Knife is the touching and remarkably funny account of Flinn's transformation as she moves through the school's intense program and falls deeply in love along the way. Flinn interweaves recipes with a unique look inside Le Cordon Bleu amid battles with demanding chefs, competitive classmates, ... (more)and her "wretchedly inadequate" French. Flinn offers a vibrant portrait of Paris, one in which the sights and sounds of the city's street markets and purveyors come alive in rich detail.
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Holiday Event: ROBERT LEDERMANN (December 13 at 1:00pm)
One of the grand annual events in Chicago's history is the spectacular Christmas Parade on State Street. Filled with pageantry, these parades showcase amazing floats and displays, often featuring local VIPs along with Hollywood stars. In this companion to Christmas on State Street: The 1940s and Beyond, ... (more)Robert P. Ledermann continues his celebration of Christmas in Chicago.
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MICHAEL MEDVED (December 16 at 7:00pm)
In this bold and brilliantly argued book, ac­claimed author and talk-radio host Michael Medved zeroes in on ten of the biggest fallacies that millions of Americans believe about our country-in spite of incontrovertible facts to the contrary. Medved pinpoints the most pernicious pieces of America-bashing ... (more)disinformation that pollute current debates about the economy, race, religion in politics, the Iraq war, and other contentious issues.
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TUCKER MAX (January 27 at 7:00pm)
Tucker Max is an American humorist, Internet personality, and entrepreneur. He chronicles his drunken and sexual encounters in short stories on his website TuckerMax.com, which has received millions of visitors since Max launched it on a bet in 2002. His book made the New York Times Best Seller List ... (more)in 2006, 2007, and 2008. He is also the founder of Rudius Media. Max is a graduate of the University of Chicago and of Duke University.
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ROGER EBERT (February 18 at 7:00pm)
ROGER EBERT signs Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2009.
Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert presents more than 650 full-length critical movie reviews, along with interviews, essays, tributes, and film festival reports. It collects more than two years' worth of engaging critiques from America's favorite movie critic. ,includes every review Roger ... (more)wrote from January 2006 to June 2008.
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PAULA BEGOUN (April 15 at 7:00pm)
This well-organized, authoritative book helps women find products that make them look great without spending a fortune. From drugstores and home shopping to department stores and catalogs, Paula Begoun reviews all the major cosmetic and skin-care lines, product by product, with more than 30,000 total.
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CATHERINE O'CONNELL (April 16 at 7:00pm)
This witty and urbane mystery, set against the backdrop of Chicago high society, follows the wealthy fashionista as she unravels the secrets behind her friend's suspicious disappearance. Catherine O'Connell sits on the board of the Aspen Writers' Foundation and is a graduate of the University of Colorado ... (more)School of Journalism.
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JAMES VAN PRAAGH (June 4 at 7:00pm)
Based on over twenty-five years of spirit communication, James Van Praagh shares with readers the personal regrets, misgivings, remorse, and, most importantly, the advice of the dead who have chosen him as a medium. These spirits have a great deal to say about what they have learned and discovered on ... (more)the other side and how we, the living, can benefit from their experiences. Contact Borders for complete event details and guidelines.
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JANET EVANOVICH (June 25 at 6:00pm)
JANET EVANOVICH signs Finger Lickin' Fifteen (A Stephanie Plum Novel).
Interested: ingalls05, lsweeney7223 Added by bookjones.

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