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X-WR-CALNAME:Des Moines · literary · Thursday · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Who Picked This Book? Club Altoona Public Library DTSTART:20260917T190000Z DTEND:20260917T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260821T182320Z UID:74d3b2328adadbd5c9740b050d0a333c CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:This month we're reading:\nTheo of Golden by Allen Levi\n\nWho picked this book? Club is our longest running book club. Participants are encouraged to pick up a book in advance and attend the in-person discussi on. Print copies are generally available to check out the day after the pr evious month's book club. For those living in Altoona or rural Polk county \, ebook and eaudiobook editions may also be available on Bridges or hoopl a.\n\nThe book is the same for both Who Picked this Book? Club and Booked for Lunch. To ensure we have space for all interested readers\, please pla n to attend one.\n\nNo registration required. LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T182320Z LOCATION:Altoona Public Library 700 8th St SW\, Altoona\, IA 50009 X-SOURCE-NAME:Providing Opportunity\, Encouraging Growth X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.altoonachamber.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:09-17 | Meet the Author - Ari Weinzweig DTSTART:20260917T220000Z DTEND:20260918T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260824T181827Z UID:15519-1789664400-1789671600@beaverdalebooks.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:We’re honored to welcome Ari Weinzweig\, co-founder of Zinge rman’s Community of Businesses (Zingerman’s)\, to Beaverdale Books for a conversation about leadership\, dignity and the everyday practice of de mocracy.  Ari’s work has long influenced the way organizations think ab out culture\, hospitality and shared responsibility. His newest pamphlet\, “Why Democracy Matters\,” explores how principles like trust\, transp arency and agency can shape not only our communities but our workplaces an d daily lives.\n\nAri Weinzweig is CEO and co-founding partner of Zingerma n’s Community of Businesses\, which includes Zingerman’s Delicatessen\ , Bakehouse\, Creamery\, Catering\, Mail Order\, ZingTrain\, Coffee Compan y\, Roadhouse\, Candy Manufactory\, Events at Cornman Farms\, Miss Kim and Zingerman’s Food Tours. Zingerman’s produces\, sells and serves all s orts of full flavored\, traditional foods in its home of Ann Arbor\, Michi gan to the tune of $68\,000\,000 a year in annual sales. Ari was recognize d as one of the “Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America” by the 200 6 James Beard Foundation and has been awarded a Bon Appetit Lifetime Achie vement Award among many recognitions. \nAri is the author of a number of a rticles and books\, including Zingerman’s Guide to Good Eating\, Zingerm an’s Guide to Better Bacon (Zingerman’s Press)\, Zingerman’s Guide t o Giving Great Service\, Zingerman’s Guide to Good Eating (Houghton Miff lin)\, Zingerman’s Guide to Good Leading\, Part 1: A Lapsed Anarchist’ s Approach to Building a Great Business\, and Zingerman’s Guide to Good Leading\, Part 2: A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Being a Better Leader . Zingerman’s Guide to Good Leading\, Part 3\; A Lapsed Anarchist’s Ap proach to Managing Ourselves\, Zingerman’s Guide to Good Leading\, Part 4\; A Lapsed Anarchist’ s Approach to the Power of Beliefs in Business w as released in summer of 2016. In 2017 Ari was named one of “The World ’s 10 Top CEOs (They Lead in a Totally Unique Way)” by Inc. Magazine. In 2018 he released the pamphlet\, “The Art of Business\; Why I Want to be an Artist.” Another pamphlet\, “Going into Business with Emma Goldm an” came out in June\, 2019. “Humility\; A Humble\, Anarchistic Inquir y” came out in October 2020. “Working Through Hard Times\; Life and Le adership Learnings from 2020” was published in the first weeks of 2021\; “The Story of Visioning at Zingerman’s: Four Visions\, Forty Years\, and a Positive Look Towards the Future\,” in 2022\; “A Taste of Zinger man’s Food Philosophy: Forty Years of Mindful Cooking and Eating” in 2 023. “A Revolution of Dignity in the Twenty-First Century Workplace” w as released in March of 2024. 2025 saw the release is the chapbook\, “Li fe Lessons I Learned from Being a Line Cook.” His newest publication is the pamphlet\, “Why Democracy Matters.” \nAri\, along with his partner Paul Saginaw\, founded Zingerman’s Delicatessen with a $20\,000 bank lo an\, a Russian History degree from the University of Michigan\, 4 years of experience washing dishes\, cooking and managing in restaurant kitchens a nd chutzpah from his hometown of Chicago. They opened the doors with 2 emp loyees\, a small selection of specialty foods\, and exceptional sandwiches . \nToday\, Zingerman’s Delicatessen is a nationally renowned food icon and the Zingerman’s Community of Businesses has grown to 11 businesses w ith over 800 employees and over $80 million in annual revenue. Aside from the Delicatessen\, these businesses include Zingerman’s Bakehouse\, Coff ee and Candy Company\, Roadhouse\, Mail Order\, ZingTrain\, Cornman Farms\ , Miss Kim\, Food Tours\, and Zingerman’s Service Network. No two busine sses in the Zingerman’s Community of Businesses are alike\, but they all share the same Vision and Guiding Principles and deliver “The Zingerman ’s Experience” with passion and commitment. \nAri regularly travels ac ross the country (and world) on behalf of ZingTrain\, teaching organizatio ns and businesses about Zingerman’s approach to business. He is a sought -after Keynote speaker\, having delivered keynotes for Inc. 500\, Microsof t Expo Spring Conference\, Great Game of Business Gathering of Games\, Pos itive Business Conference at the University of Michigan Ross School of Bus iness\, American Society for Quality (ASQ)\, and the American Cheese Socie ty. \nNotwithstanding the awards\, being engaged on a daily basis in the w ork of 10 businesses with 19 partners\, writing books on business and in-d epth articles on food for the Zingerman’s newsletter\, Ari finds time to be a voracious reader. He acquires and reads more books than he can find room for. Ari might soon find himself the owner of the largest collection of Anarchist books in Ann Arbor outside the Labadie collection at the Univ ersity of Michigan library! \n\nJoining Ari in conversation will be Mike D raper\, the founder and owner of RAYGUN\, which has been called ‘The Gr eatest Store in the Universe’ by RAYGUN. In business since 2005\, the co mpany has been steadily growing since then\, to surprise of just about eve ryone — Mike included. All in all\, he’s been able to do all sorts of neat things and meet all sorts of neat people without ever really leaving Des Moines.” LAST-MODIFIED:20260824T181827Z LOCATION:Beaverdale Books\, 2629 Beaver Avenue\, Des Moines\, IA\, 50310\, United States URL:https://beaverdalebooks.com/event/09-17-meet-the-author-ari-weinzweig/ ?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=des-moines-ia X-SOURCE-NAME:Beaverdale Books X-SOURCE-URL:https://beaverdalebooks.com/event/poetry-open-mic-night-6 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Beyond the Book: Teen/Tween Book Club DTSTART:20260917T220000Z DTEND:20260917T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T182553Z UID:19302-1789664400-1789668000@iowalibrary.blog CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Special request\, the Teen Book Club is back\, now we have add ed Tween Book Club to the mix! Your time to connect with other teens/tween s through Beyond the Book: Teen/Tween Book Club\, a welcoming and accessib le space to explore stories\, share perspectives\, and be creative! \n\nEa ch month features a unique theme\, a highlighted book title (with accessib le formats available)\, and an optional activity to inspire discussion and connection.\nParticipants can engage at their own pace and comfort level —perfect for casual readers and book lovers alike!\nReceive a Book List that will showcase each monthly Book of the Month!\n\nThursdays from 5:00- 6:00 PM “Exciting activities\, awesome reading all in a club that goes Beyond the Books!” LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T182553Z LOCATION:Online Event URL:https://iowalibrary.blog/event/beyond-the-book-teen-tween-book-club/?u tm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=des-moines-ia X-SOURCE-NAME:Iowa Library for the Blind X-SOURCE-URL:https://iowalibrary.blog/event/makerspace-monday-night-worksh op-sparkling-suncatchers-mug-cakes-and-literary-delights END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR