Last Tuesday: A Creative Book Club at Follow Your Art Community Studio

MELROSE, MA August 15, 2023 – A new book club is coming to Melrose in September. Join us at Follow Your Art Community Studios for monthly literary discussions about books designed to spark joy and creativity.

“Last Tuesday” is a community book club pilot that will meet for three months this fall, led by Lisa Ballew. The goal is to read and discuss books, using creativity as a framework, and is open to anyone interested in reading some great books and engaging in creative conversation.

The first meeting will be on the Last Tuesday of September the 26th, at 10:30 am to 12:00 pm at Follow Your Art Community Studios, 647 Main Street, Melrose. Please RSVP to info@fyamelrose.org or (781) 665-4140.

Our first pick is Rick Rubin’s much celebrated 2023 book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being. It examines what it means to lead a creative life through the eyes of one of the world’s most prolific music producers. He writes beautifully about how creativity can enrich everyone’s life; no Grammy required!

Rubin’s point-of-view will provide the framework we will use to discuss works by the highly speculative author Octavia Butler (Kindred, Tuesday, October 24) and Ann Patchett, who is a master at finding profundity in the mundane (These Precious Days; Tuesday, November 28th). It is our hope that these literary discussions about works by creative luminaries will spark joy and creativity in your life. Join us for what is surely to be a lively discussion on September 26th!

Discussion starts at 11:00, but you are welcome to come at 10:30 to explore the gallery, chat with Lisa, and be social. All of the books for the Last Tuesday book club are available through The Melrose Public Library and the North Boston Noble Net Exchange in e-book, audio, and hard/paperback.

FYACS members receive 10% off purchases at Whitelam Books in Reading.

Participation is free; donations are gratefully accepted to further Follow Your Art’s mission to make creative experiences available to all.

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Lisa Sullivan Ballew is a recovering attorney, a wife, and a mother of two irrepressible youngsters. She has previously been published in The Boston Globe, WBUR’s Cognoscenti blog, Women’s Running, and Defenestration Magazine online. Somewhere, right now, she is working hard on her first novel.

Follow Your Art Community Studios (FYAMelrose.org) is a non-profit arts center located in Melrose, MA, builds community through offerings in visual arts, craft, writing, and performance for people of all ages, abilities, identities, cultural backgrounds, and economic situations.