On September 23, Mindful Metropolis will be hosting a reception and screening for Carbon Nation, a new film from Peter Byck about climate change solutions. And thanks to the generosity of my publisher, Lake Claremont Press, the first 100 people to buy tickets online will receive a FREE copy of Carless in Chicago! I’ll [...]
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Broadcast delayed will not be broadcast denied. The interview I pretaped with Chicago Tonight back in June will finally air this evening! The show starts at 7PM on WTTW, Channel 11, and the segment should begin around 7:25 (that last bit is subject to change). I’ll update this post with the video once it’s [...] Tomorrow night, Wednesday July 21, I’ll be giving a short talk and selling copies of the book at Break the Gridlock’s happy hour event, held at Quencher’s Saloon at Fullerton & Western. The event runs from 7-9, and my portion will be towards the beginning of the evening. I hope to see you [...] I’m proud to announce that the good folks at the Active Transportation Alliance have begun offering copies of Carless in Chicago as membership premiums for anyone joining at the ‘Ascender’ level or above. ActiveTrans does really important work for Chicagoland, so I urge you to join. (Harking back to their origins as the Chicagoland [...] This coming Monday, I’ll be on Chicago Tonight to talk about the book. The show starts at 7PM CT and is broadcast on WTTW, Chicago’s public television station (traditionally Channel 11, but possibly different depending on the cable/satellite provider). I’ll post an update if I get any information about the precise interview time, and [...] I’ll be on hand to chat with readers and sign books at the annual Printer’s Row Lit Fest, taking place Saturday and Sunday, June 12-13. I’ll be in the Lake Claremont Press booth from 12-2pm on Saturday and 10am-12pm on Sunday. Come by and say hello! Sadly, I won’t be able to participate this year due to a pending move, but the annual Bike the Drive event is this Sunday! Take advantage of a Lake Shore Drive completely closed to automobile traffic and opened to cyclists both north and southbound. Learn more and register at bikethedrive.org. I’ll be interviewed about Carless in Chicago on tonight’s Nick Digilio Show on WGN Radio! Tune it at 10PM on AM 720 or at the WGN Radio web site. (The segment will start at about 10:06.) UPDATE: Interview on The Nick Digilio Show podcast. Carless in Chicago is starting to trickle into bookstores. In the next couple days, it should show up at 57th Street Books, Seminary Co-Op Bookstore, the Bookstall at Chestnut Court, and the Chicago Architecture Foundation gift shop. Soon, it should be available at other local independents, local chain stores and at Amazon. But you [...] I’m pleased to announce that after some unforeseen publishing delays, copies of Carless in Chicago will start to be delivered to Lake Claremont Press tomorrow and should be available shortly after that. I’ve been keeping this blog semi-dormant while waiting, but check back regularly for more updates, extra content, and Carless-related commentary. Thanks to [...] Via their blog, the Active Transportation Alliance (formerly the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation) reports on their first committee meeting about revising the excellent and essential Chicagoland Regional Bike Map. They are also still seeking committee participants from all over the region to take responsibility for proofing existing bike routes and providing new information. Contact Carolyn [...] As part of World Car-Free Day, the Active Transportation Alliance partners with our local transit agencies and Caribou Coffee to sponsor Chicagoland Car Free Day on Tuesday, September 22. Take the pledge, and receive a $1 off coupon from Caribou. Hot of the virtual presses… Last week I sat down with John Greenfield, who runs the the excellent Vote With Your Feet blog covering green transportation and related issues to talk about the book and why I wrote it. Today he posted a (lightly edited) transcript of our conversation, and amazingly, managed to make [...] Open Streets 2009 Map The Active Transportation Alliance has just announced this year’s Open Streets event, scheduled for August 1. This year, the plan includes an unbroken string of pedestrian and bike friendly community events starting in Logan Square to the north and going all the way down to Little Village. (Some of my [...] Welcome to Carless in Chicago, a companion blog and website to my book of the same name (available now from Lake Claremont Press). I’d like to start by talking a little bit about the purpose of this web site, and how it fits together with the book. |
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