Calendar

April 2014 – August 2015

Film Studies Minicourse, Spring Term @ Norris Student Center, Northwestern University
April 9, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Eight consecutive Wednesday nights. Spring Term theme is “Through a Child’s Eyes”. Information on enrollment available here.
Fiction Writing Minicourse, Spring Term @ Norris Student Center, Northwestern University
April 9, 2014 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Six consecutive Wednesday nights. Information on enrollment available here.
Requiem for Richard/Rover Rescue @ Gibson Guitar Center
April 12, 2014 @ 8:00 pm – April 13, 2014 @ 12:00 am
More information TBA. Admission proceeds will benefit the Sean Casey Animal Rescue.
“Scribe of Social Conscience: Steinbeck Plus Seventy-Five” @ Oakwood Village West
May 1, 2014 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Fiction Writing Master Class @ Shake Rag Alley
May 1, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – May 4, 2014 @ 12:00 pm
“Unplugged” scenes & songs/Q&A/signing @ Shake Rag Alley
May 2, 2014 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Singer Maya Kuper and Paul present another of their 12th-anniversary musical/dramatic retrospective performances of Paul’s acclaimed 2002 novel. Proceeds from ticket sales, and from CD [...]
“Unplugged” scenes & songs/Q&A/signing @ The Hallmark
May 6, 2014 @ 7:15 pm – 8:15 pm
Singer Maya Kuper and Paul present another of their 12th-anniversary musical/dramatic retrospective performances of Paul’s acclaimed 2002 novel. Proceeds from CD & (discounted) books sales [...]
“Courage & Cowardice on Camera: ‘The Hero’s Journey’ in Film” @ Presbyterian Home at Westminster Place
May 20, 2014 @ 7:15 pm – 8:15 pm
IMAGINE 2014: A Time Traveler’s Ball, FIGMENT Chicago’s second annual fundraiser @ Bottom Lounge
May 22, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – May 23, 2014 @ 12:00 am
Paul and performance-partner Maya Kuper perform (at 9 p.m.) a multimedia version of Paul’s coauthored (with Eileen Maksym) short story “This Too Too Solid Flesh” [...]
“Unplugged” scenes & songs/Q&A/signing @ Neighborhood House of Milwaukee
July 28, 2014 all-day
[NOTE: This is not actually an all-day event but the actual time is TBD.] Singer Maya Kuper and Paul present another of their 12th-anniversary musical/dramatic [...]
“Unplugged” Live Show @ Tree House Lounge
August 17, 2014 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm
Maya Kuper and Paul will be joined by local guest artists Matt Connolly (lead guitar) & Jeff “Wag” Wagner (drums). This special show follows Paul’s [...]
“Writing Our Lives Through Fact & Fiction” @ Bjorklunden Retreat Center, Lawrence University
September 7, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – September 12, 2014 @ 12:00 pm
Paul returns for his 8th time teaching this popular week-long summer seminar through his undergraduate alma mater in beautiful Door County, WI.
Michael York and Paul Co-Launch RENEWAL @ Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, Clinical Cancer Center
December 9, 2014 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Michael York and Paul Co-Launch RENEWAL @ Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, Clinical Cancer Center
Photo of Michael York by Douglas KirklandActor Michael York and Paul launch their project RENEWAL: Research Exploring New Amyloidosis Learning. Both of them will speak [...]
As part of the Grand Ed-Ventures series, Paul and performance-partner Maya Kuper “try out” their big Greenhouse Theater show (see Aug. 18 listing) tonight, not [...]
“‘Two Ounces of Tin’: A Moving Morality-Play (In Just 25 Minutes!)” @ St. John's on the Lake
August 6, 2015 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Paul screens and analyzes what is (in his opinion) the best-ever episode of the best-ever western TV series, starring Chuk Connors, Johnny Whitaker, and—in a [...]
“Write Your Life! The Art of Meaningful Memoir” @ TBD
August 7, 2015 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Paul presents his popular autobiography-primer program as part of the Grand Ed-Ventures series.
“‘Two Ounces of Tin’: A Moving Morality-Play (In Just 25 Minutes!)” @ Mather Place of Wilmette
August 7, 2015 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
After 10 months away, Paul returns to one of his favorite lecture/performance sites. See Aug. 6 listing.
“‘Point of View’: M*A*S*H at Its Most Masterful” @ The King Home
August 10, 2015 @ 7:15 pm – 8:15 pm
Screening and analysis of a pioneering subjective-camera episode of the landmark 1970s TV series.
“‘Who Knew?’: M*A*S*H’s Men Make Amends @ Three Crowns Park
August 11, 2015 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
See Aug. 3 listing.
“Stories in the Spotlight: Myth & Mystery” @ TBD
August 11, 2015 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
As part of Grand Ed-Ventures, Paul presents this popular literary program about the way authors use the “irrational” to address the unfathomable.
“‘Point of View’: M*A*S*H at Its Most Masterful” @ The Brookdale of Lake Shore Drive
August 12, 2015 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
See Aug. 10 listing.
World Premiere – “Unplugged”: A Survivor’s Story in Scenes & Songs @ Greenhouse Theater Center
August 18, 2015 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
After his 10-month, surgery-laden “hospital-&-then-home-healing hiatus,” Paul—joined by performance-partner Maya Kuper and their Dayna Clay Band (Paul, Maya, Mike Holden & Justin Marsh)—finally returns to [...]
Sunday Afternoon Film Group: “Rikki and the Flash” @ TBD
August 30, 2015 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Paul leads his bimonthly Sunday Afternoon Film Group in discussion of the new Meryl Streep film Rikki and the Flash. For price and info, email [...]