Monkey tour complet, 4/26 - 5/8 2015


MONKEY BUSINESS US MIDWEST AND NEW YORK 2015 SPRING TOUR  

MIDWEST
With:
Aoko Matsuda
Satoshi Kitamura
Susan Harris (4/28)

April 27 (Mon.) – Chicago, IL: Columbia College-Chicago, 1:00 – 5:00 pm

April 28 (Tue.) – Chicago, IL: University of Chicago, 4:30 – 8:00 pm

April 29 (Wed.) – Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo), 4:30pm~

April 30 (Thur.) – Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin (Madison), 5:00 – 7:00pm

NEW YORK
With:
Aoko Matsuda
Satoshi Kitamura
Ben Katchor (5/3 – 5/6)
Kelly Link (5/4 & 5/6)
Jay Rubin (5/7)

May 3 (Sun.) – Brooklyn, NY: BookCourt, 4:00pm~

May 4 (Mon.) – New York, NY: Asia Society, 6:30pm~

May 6 (Wed.) – New York, NY: McNally Jackson, 8:00pm~

May 7 (Thur.) – New York, NY: Japan Society, 6:30pm~

EVENT SPECS

4/27: Monkey Business at Columbia College-Chicago
Columbia College Chicago
600 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60605

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4/28: Monkey Business at University of Chicago
The University of Chicago
5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Franke Institute S-118
Regenstein Library (1100 E 57th St.)

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 4/29: Monkey Business at Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo)
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008

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 4/30: Monkey Business at The University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wisconsin-Madison
500 Lincoln Dr, Madison
Wisconsin 53706

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5/3: Monkey Business Reading and Release Party at BookCourt
BookCourt
163 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

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5/4: Monkey Business: Japan/America Writers’ Dialogue in Words and Pictures at Asia Society
Asia Society
725 Park Avenue at 70th Street
New, NY 10021

TICKETS: $10 members; $12 students/seniors; $15 nonmembers.

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 5/6: Monkey Business Issue 5 Reading at McNally Jackson
McNally Jackson Books
52 Prince St
New York, New York 10012

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 5/7: The Magical Art of Translation: From Haruki Murakami to Japan’s Latest Storytellers: Monkey Business at Japan Society
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017

 TICKETS: $12/$8 Japan Society members, students & seniors

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 For any inquiries, please email monkeybiz@apublicspace.org

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