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Supper Club with Crissy Van Meter

Saturday, March 28 | 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Belle Isle Aquarium | 900 Inselruhe Ave, Detroit, MI 48207
Dinner & Cocktails by Flowers of Vietnam
$125 - $325

Our kick-off event of 2020 brings Crissy Van Meter to Detroit to discuss her debut novel, Creatures. It is a father-daughter story (sorely overlooked in fiction!), a love story, a meditation on forgiveness and an interrogation of memory.

“An unwavering triumph.”
— New York Times Review of Books

Our founder, Amy, fell in love with the book from the moment she saw the cover.

“When I finished, I was bereft not to be immersed in the world of Creatures. This one is gorgeous and lyrical and washes over you and then departs like the tides.”

Since then she’s been dreaming of one magical night featuring:

Crissy Van Meter + Belle Isle Aquarium + Flowers of Vietnam + YOU

Now it’s coming true.

Here’s what to expect:

◽️An intimate evening with seating only for 75
◽️Experience Belle Isle Aquarium without hordes of children
◽️Peek inside the rarely opened speakeasy
◽️Donation to the capital improvement fund of the BIA
◽️Food and cocktails prepared by Flowers of Vietnam (one of Bon Appetit’s best new restaurants of 2018)
◽️Wine throughout the evening
◽️Reading from Crissy Van Meter
◽️Conversation between Crissy and Amy about her work
◽️Audience Q&A opportunity
◽️Meet with other Shady Ladies!
◽️Signed first-edition of Creatures
◽️Priority entrance to our free Creatures book discussion on April 28

PLUS!
Would you be interested in a writing master class with Crissy? Add that to your ticket and secure a $50 discount on the full package. More details can be found here.

$125 (without the book)
$150 (with the book)
$325 (full shady: master class + supper club)

Write Your Dreams Master Class

Saturday, March 28 | 9 a.m. - Noon | Room Project

Have you ever wanted to get down deep on the writing process with your favorite Shady Ladies authors? Well now you can!

Introducing our Write Your Dreams Master Class series where you can spend a morning immersed in the craft of writing with a writer who was once just like you – starting out!

Crissy Van Meter, author of the debut novel, Creatures, will join us for a three-hour masterclass on the morning of March 28. She will help students explore how they find their voice as a writer.

~ $250 ~

What’s Included:

◽️ Intimate workshop; no more than 15 students
◽️ Feedback from Crissy on work you create
◽️ Writing & creation time + a plan for the future
◽️ Light breakfast catered by Rose’s Fine Food
◽️ Coffee, sparkling water and juice
◽️ Limited Edition Shady Ladies Scoutbook
◽️ Signed first edition of Creatures
◽️ A community of fellow writers

Class only: $250
Full Shady: $325
($50 discount for class + Aquarium event)