Pete’s Candy Store with Julie Klam

I am so excited because this Thursday 10/22 at 7:30 I get to read with the hilarious Julie Klam (PLEASE EXCUSE MY DAUGHTER) at Pete’s Candy Store, where I believe I first read (from Run Catch Kiss) in 2001, before the series was as famous as it is now. At that reading a writer named Arthur Bradford put a guitar through the wall. This would have been less upsetting if the space were not so beautiful, like a box car where you’re going to meet the love of your life. It was designed by Pete’s owner and set designer Andy McDowell and Ryan McFaul. Would you put a guitar through a wall in a room that looked like this?

Arthur seemed to regret it, later saying in an interview, “I did have one really stupid incident where I knocked a hole in the wall of a nice club. I felt so dumb about that. The owner was appalled. He said, ‘I don’t understand why you did that.’ I had no excuse. It was stupid. Since then I’ve learned it’s not always appropriate to break a guitar.”
Anyway, enough about Arthur! Now, Julie Klam. Julie and I are Twitter buddies (@julieklam) and friends but have never met. I am honored to read with her. She is very famous for her brilliant Facebook status updates and was profiled about them in the New York Times Magazine, where she was referred to as “Julie.” I am also excited because Pete’s Candy Store is name-checked in PROSPECT PARK WEST – it is where Lizzie and her husband Jay first met.
Thursday, October 22, 7:30 PM
Pete’s Candy Store Reading Series
Hosted by Mira Jacob and Alison Hart
709 Lorimer St. (Richardson/Frost) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Directions here