Cork-based, first-time novelist Sara Baume talks about and reads from her debut novel Spill Simmer Falter Wither. The book, about a 57-year-old man and his dog, has been a huge international success, having won the Rooney Prize for Irish Fiction, and been shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.  Folks have been comparing the book to Garth Stein’s The Art of Racing in the Rain and Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Boy in the Night-Time.

Thursday, March 10 | 7:00 PM, Boswell Books (2559 N. Downer Ave.)

Please join the UWM Center for Celtic Studies for a special screening of the 2015 documentary THE QUEEN OF IRELAND, which tells the story of Irish drag queen and LGBTQ rights activist Panti Bliss and her alter ego Rory O’Neill. Panti became a national heroine as spokesperson for the ‘Yes’ campaign in the lead-up to the referendum that legalized same-sex marriage in Ireland last May. This film has not yet been released in the US, but CCS has permission to show it exclusively to the UWM community. Do not miss this unique opportunity to see Conor Horgan’s funny and moving documentary!

Wednesday, March 9 | 7:00 PM, Greene Hall (3347 N. Downer Ave.)

Speaker: Samuel Kassow (Trinity College)

During World War II Jews resisted not only with guns but also with pen and paper. Even in the face of death they left “time capsules” full of documents that they buried under the rubble of ghettos and death camps. The Ringelblum archive in the Warsaw Ghetto buried thousands of documents. But of the 60 people who worked on this national mission, only three survived. This will be their story.

Co-sponsors: Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center, Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center, and Lux Center for Catholic Jewish Studies at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology.

Tuesday, March 8 | 7:00 p.m., Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center • 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.