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CHICAGO STAGES
The former chief theater critic for the Chicago Tribune, Richard Christiansen, reads from his book “A Theater of Our Own: A History and a Memoir of 1,001 Nights in Chicago” (Northwestern University). Tonight, 5 p.m., Drama Book Shop, 250 W. 40th St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues, 212-944-0595, free.
INCREDIBLY VERBOSE
Wunderkind writer Jonathan Safran Foer reads from and signs his second novel, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” (Houghton Mifflin), about a precocious New York boy affected by the events of September 11, 2001 (tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th St. at Broadway, 212-253-0810, free). Later this week, he’ll discuss the book with PBS correspondent Jeffrey Brown (Friday, 7:30 p.m., Columbia University, Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway at 116th Street, 212-854-7799, free, reservations strongly suggested).
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