Upcoming & Current Clubs
Mozart Music Club
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Possibly the most powerful musical mind in history. His life was a symphony of contradictions: He worked around the clock but never had a job. Hobnobbed with queens and emperors but was always a servant. Composed music of haunting beauty but acted like a clown. Lived at the cusp of a revolution but died before he could join it. In this 2-month course, we're going to bring Mozart's music to life. We going to learn how to listen to Mozart and what to listen for. We'll dig into the life and times of this singular composer to get deeper insight into his music and his legacy.
Taught by Chris Lydgate
Monday evenings, 6 to 8 pm Pacific, May 6 to June 24. Meets on Zoom and all meetings are recorded.
Artwork by Kathryn Rathke
Artwork by Kathryn Rathke
Herman Melville Club: Three Stories
Over six weeks, we'll read a long short story and two novellas: “Bartleby,” “Benito Cereno,” and “Billy Budd.” All three were written for American magazines in the years after Moby-Dick's dismal failure. If you’ve already read Moby-Dick, you need to read these stories. If you’ve never read Moby-Dick, read the stories first. This class will be led by Rebecca Brown, a novelist and essayist and Melville fangirl for decades. She talked about her relationship to Melville’s work on a recent episode of the FrizzLit Podcast.
Taught by Rebecca Brown
Thursday evenings, 6 pm - 8 pm Pacific, June 6-July 18. Meets on Zoom and all meetings are recorded.
Artwork by Kathryn Rathke
“Transformative. I adore these book clubs. Christopher’s passion and insight have left me near-delirious with an excitement and optimism I’ve carried into all my reading and writing.”
— Maria Semple
Book clubs in search of the meaning of life.
In the Moby Dick club we found aliveness and humor in a book that predicted the future.
In the Beloved club, we talked about motherhood and power.
In the To the Lighthouse club, we we watched Woolf transform death into a masterpiece.
In the Giovanni’s Room club, we considered James Baldwin’s novel as a critique of whiteness.
Past Book Clubs
