Books and Beans | Contemporary at Blue Star Book Club

Explore literature connected to artists and exhibitions in ‘Books and Beans,’ a Contemporary at Blue Star book club. Books and Beans will be held in conversation with our current exhibition In the Shadows, Our Ghosts Lurk (En Las Sombras, Nuestros Fantasmas Acechan). Our discussions will explore exhibition related themes of panopticism (a concept that involves social control and self-discipline), surveillance capitalism, and the spectral connections between the past and future of art.

Books and Beans’ Book Club meetings will be held the first Saturday of the month from July through September.

Schedule

Saturday, July 5, 10 – 11 am
Join us for an exhibition tour, themes overview, and book club mixer! Coffee will be provided by Good Cup Coffee Cup.
Location: Contemporary at Blue Star.

Saturday, August 2, 10 am – 12 pm
Discussion: 1984 by George Orwell
Location:  TBA

Saturday, September 6, 10 am – 12 PM
Discussion: Seeing Red by Lina Meruane
Location: Semmes Public Library.

Avid readers can enjoy Optic Nerve by María Gainz as a bonus reading!

Books and Beans members enjoy a 15% discount for 1984 and Seeing Red at The Twig Book Shop. Just mention ‘Books and Beans’ at checkout at Twig!

Enjoy invigorating discussions and explore contemporary art, register today for this free program! If you’re signing up after July 5, or if you’re interested in checking out a physical book or e-book copy from the San Antonio Public Library, please email Katlyn Powell at katlyn@contemporarysa.org.