Kathleen Rooney

Madame Zuzu’s is a tea shop in Highland Park, Illinois…

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…and Salon Splendor is a new reading and performance series that will be held there every month. Last night was the inaugural event…004

…featuring James Tadd Adcox…018

…Okla Elliott…023

… and me, all reading pieces on the theme of “Origins”…KRZuzu

…plus house band Good Evening, who also composed an original song on the subject:011

The evening was emceed by the inimitable Jacob Knabb…017

…and attended by these people…024

…and these people…025

…and these people: 026

Thanks to Billy Corgan for opening such a lovely place, and to Curbside Splendor Publishing for setting up programming there, and to everyone who came out on a snowy April night to listen to music and literature.