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Date and time
Saturday, June 29 · 9:00-noon PST
Location
Start: San Pedro Firm Building (112 Judge John Aiso St, Los Angeles, CA 90012) Google Map
End: Mitsuru Grill and Cafe (316 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90012) Google Map (500 feet from starting location)
Refund Policy
No refunds
Agenda
9:00-10:45 a.m. Run a route inspired by Evergreen
10:45-noon Post-run discussion
About this event
On this 5.6 mile, easy-paced book club run, we explore some of the real-life places where the protagonist Aki Ito lived in Evergreen. This sequel to Clark & Division sees Aki home from the Manzanar detention center and relocation to Chicago after World War II. In the midst of navigating the changes to Little Tokyo and hardships of rebuilding her life in Los Angeles, Aki finds herself entangled in yet another mysterious murder that threatens her family. The vivid descriptions of Little Tokyo and Boyle Heights will have us imagining the world as Aki would have seen it.
During the route for this Read & Run on the Road event, created and led by Chelsey Stone, we’ll stop at several different locations corresponding to the story and finish for a post-run discussion with author Naomi Hirahara at Mitsuru Grill and Cafe (Please be prepared to cover your own meal costs.).
TICKETS: Tickets are $35 on or before May 31. Tickets increase to $45 on or after June 1.
We are requesting you pay via Venmo or Zelle, in an effort to eliminate fees to you and to us (Eventbrite charges $3.44 per ticket). If neither of these are an option for you, email us and we’ll work something out.
Venmo: @Chelsey-L-Stone (last four digits of phone number: 2729)
Zelle: chelseygrassfield@gmail.com
MEET: Meet at San Pedro Firm Building (112 Judge John Aiso St, Los Angeles, CA 90012) between 8:45-9:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 29. The program will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. You will check in with Chelsey Stone.
ROUTE: We’ll run an easy-paced (~11:00 minute/mile), 5.6-mile route with several stops in Little Tokyo and Boyle Heights.
PREPARE: As this event is a book club run, we highly encourage you to read Evergreen prior to joining the run. You can borrow a copy from your local branch of the public library or purchase from a local bookstore.
Optional: Join us for an online discussion of the book on Italic Type as we read the story in preparation for the run.
POST-RUN: After the route, we’ll finish at Mitsuru Grill and Cafe 10:45-noon to discuss the book (Please be prepared to cover your own meal costs.).
INCLEMENT WEATHER PLAN: If weather creates unsafe conditions, we will hold the discussion at Mitsuru Grill and Cafe 10:45-noon. We will inform you no later than Saturday, June 29 by 7:00 a.m. if an alternate event will take place.
All registered runners will receive reminder details two days prior to the event.
Chelsey Stone moved last summer to San Diego from Chicago, where she was a guide with Read & Run Chicago. Chelsey is an avid reader, she even blogs about it. She loved creating routes based on her favorite books set in Chicago. Fortunately for her, founder Allison Yates has expanded her business to include Read & Run Tours.
Chelsey’s CPR Certified and the Chicago and San Diego running tour manager for City Fit Tours, where she regularly creates routes and leads tours that connect people to our cities’ histories through their most iconic sites.
Read & Run on the Road is an independently organized event with a license from Read & Run Tours, LLC, the country’s first and only organization that hosts running events inspired by books. Founded in 2021 by queer educator, freelance writer, and runner Allison Yates, the mission of Read & Run Tours, LLC and the city chapters is to use movement and stories to explore locations. Our community-focused run programming includes running tours, book club runs, author talks, and other literary-themed fun runs all inspired by books set in the cities where chapters are located, written by local authors. While connecting runners to the city’s stories, we also actively support literacy programs, public libraries, independent bookstores, and local authors.
Questions, comments, or concerns? Email Chelsey Stone at chelseygrassfield@gmail.com
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