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📍Evanston’s Black feminist bookstore
📚 For Black stories, sisterhood & self-care
🙋🏾‍♀️ Author-owned: @ltinthecity
🚪Open Wed &Thurs 4-7/Fri & Sat 10-4

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it’s just the wheel throwing I don’t like

week nine we’re doing fine

#sculpture #artstudio #tiles #becoming #chicagoartist

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FRIDAY FISH FRY 🔥
At The AUX

We’re popping up @theauxevanston for a Friday Fish Fry during Drag Queen Bingo and Comedy & Coffee! Stop by for fried catfish, comforting sides, and honey butter corn muffins. Bring your friends, grab a plate, and make a night of it!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30
FISH FRY: 6–8:30 PM

THAT NIGHT AT THE AUX

👑 Drag Queen Bingo: Halloween Edition
@zorasplace | 6–8 PM

🎤 Comedy & Coffee
The Laundry Cafe | 7–8:30 PM

📍 THE AUX
2223 Washington St.
Evanston, IL 60202

Food sold separately.

#Evanston #EvanstonEats #EvanstonFood #FishFry #chicagofoodie

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All generations are welcome, encouraged, and essential! The Chicago Hoodoo Society invites you into community for our Conjure Kids Book Event! We'll be reading Magick Hoodoo Child by @ambsmcbride together at @zorasplace, a Black Feminist Bookstore.

This is "a heartwarming story about one girl’s magick-filled summer with her grandmother. She learns about hoodoo and rootwork culture, the traditions of her African ancestors, and finding beauty in nature."
Come read along & discuss with us!

Who Should Attend
Black folk / Hoodoos of all ages and experiences! You do not have to be a member of The Chicago Hoodoo Society to attend this event. However, we urge you to RSVP soon as seating is VERY limited.

Both the Chicago Hoodoo Society & Zora's Place team strive to create conditions that honor diverse bodily and energetic needs. You can learn more about event & building accessibility above!

#BlackSpirituality #HoodooHeritageMonth

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Caution: full-time author at work 😉

P.s. I’m available for virtual and in-person storytimes and classroom visits (arguably the best part about being a children’s author)! DM me for deets.

#authorsofinstagram #authorpreneur #authorlife #childrensbookauthor #childrensbookstagram

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Celebrate fall at The AUX with indoor trick-or-treating, storytime, cider, cookie decorating, a photo booth, movement games & more!

Join us Saturday, October 31, from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. for a free, family-friendly Fall Fest at The AUX! Bring the kids (and the young at heart!) for an indoor Treat Trail through participating businesses, as well as fun activities for the whole family including:

📚 Family Storytime at Zora’s Place
🍎 Apple cider at The Laundry Cafe
📸 A fall-themed photo booth to capture your family’s fun
🍪 Halloween cookie decorating with Chicky’s Kitchen Creaations
🎯 Fun & games at The AUX Wellness Collective, including hula hoops, ring toss, and bean bag toss
🍂 And more seasonal fun throughout The AUX!

Costumes are welcome, but never required! Stop by and enjoy a closer look at the businesses that make The AUX the place for community and connection.

Admission is FREE. Register at the link in our bio to help us plan for your family!

Please note: our main parking lot can fill up quickly. Additional visitor parking is available at our annex lot, located just a short distance away. While the lot is nearby, the driving path isn’t a straight shot, so please visit this our website for directions to ensure a smooth drive.

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Leadership doesn’t look the same for everyone, and there’s a lot we can learn from the different paths women take to get there 🩵

Join us for our next Women in Business event, She Leads It, featuring a conversation with local women leaders about leadership, growth, navigating challenges, and finding your own path.

Our panel features Tosha Wilson, Lea Pinsky, Mary Federowski, and Loreal Thompson Payton, with Candance Chow moderating the conversation.

📅 Thursday, November 5
⏰ 11:30 AM–1:30 PM
📍 The Aux

Come for an honest conversation, thoughtful perspectives, and the opportunity to connect with other women in Evanston’s business community.

Register at the link in our bio!

#EvanstonIL #EvanstonBusiness #WomenInBusiness #WomenInLeadership #EvanstonChamber

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@fitfatandallthat told me I need to start posting more fit checks, so here we go! 💃🏾

#momlife #workingmom #momboss #chicago #bookish

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What does your body remember? 🤍

Sokana Collective’s 4th Annual Birth and… Monologues: The Stories Our Bodies Carry is approaching this fall with an expansion on the original event structure. Please mark your calendars for an afternoon that holds space for personal stories, and a panel discussion for us to explore care for our bodies.

As always, this is time for storytelling; stories that take us inside experiences of pregnancy, birth, abortion, fertility, loss, parenthood, identity, trauma, healing, and the emotions that live in between. Share who you have become because of your body’s experiences.

Sokana Collective is hosting in collaboration with @zorasplace and @theauxwellnesscollective!

🤍November 8th, 2026
🤍2223 Washington St, Evanston, IL

Monologue Submission
—> https://forms.gle/qjjY2GTUcqFwdprZ7

Reader Volunteer
—> https://forms.gle/7FHsLYFFhJU3MbKM6

Tickets are available
—> https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/4th-annual-birth-and-monologues-the-stories-our-bodies-carry

Zora’s Place is Evanston’s first Black feminist bookstore and named after Zora Neale Hurston. A community space that centers, celebrates, and shares Black stories.

The Aux Wellness Collective is a unique and inclusive community space designed to inspire, heal, and empower individuals on their journey to building a sustainable wellness lifestyle.

All links in bio 🔗🌳

#sokanacollective #theauxevanston #storytelling #zorasplace #evanstonevents

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Funny story, L'Oreal, owner of @zorasplace who graciously reached out to host me at her beautiful Blackity Black bookstore in Evanston, and I had been discussing this event for months but it never occurred to me to look up where the store was. I just assumed it was in or somewhere near Chicago. So when a subscriber reached out for event details, I was flabbergasted when she said "Girl that's NOT Chicago!" 😭 Welp. I figured less people would show up since it was an hour away and RAINING the day of the event. But I was excited to meet L'Oreal to share @carefreemag's story and this book with whoever did make it out.

But not only did people drive, take a train, and fly in from other states, but they brought their people with them! Moms came and brought their teenage daughters, the girls trekked in from Chicago w/ friends, @danicahhhhh, who was my ASL interpreter at @essencefest, came down to provide pro-bono ASL services 🌸 we shared our ideas on what it means to bloom, what it means to pollinate, and on the thorns (as one lovely attendee shared, "the gloom is necessary for the bloom"). I met so many women at different stages of their lives who are choosing differently for themselves and wanting to be in community who are doing the same 👸🏿👸🏿

Chicago/Evanston, what a beautiful way to end this leg of the tour. Your energy, presence, and vulnerability had me beaming at what we're building together. Thank you again, @ltinthecity, for bringing me in and creating space for Black women writers and readers ❤️

And thank you @gdemae for the gorgeous earrings! ✨

I'll be back!

#blackwomeninbloom
#booktour
#carefreemag
#coffeetablebook
#BlackAuthors

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Black Women In Bloom🌸 is coming to the Chicago area for a special Bloom Session on September 13th 📍 Get your tickets at the link in bio! 🔗

Join Anayo Awuzie (@anayotothe), editor of Black Women In Bloom and founder of Carefree Mag, for a gathering created to celebrate Black women, our stories, and our blooming seasons👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏾

On September 13th, Anayo joins @ltinthecity, founder of @zorasplace , for an author conversation on the importance of Black women telling their stories and celebrating our journeys of becoming 🌸

Bloom Sessions are Carefree Media’s signature intimate literary gatherings —part essay reading, part community conversation, part creative ritual, and part celebration of Black Women In Bloom 🌸 Each gathering is an invitation to slow down, pour into ourselves and each other, and make space for our own becoming✨

Chicago, join us at one stop or both 😉 we’d love to see you there🌸

📍September 13th — ZORA’s Place 🌸

Grab your ticket at the link in bio!🔗

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