New City Arts Initiative • Charlottesville, Virginia

On Wednesday, June 20 at 6 PM, the Guild will be meeting to discuss Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited.

Waugh tells the story of the Marchmain family. Aristocratic, beautiful and charming, the Marchmains are indeed a symbol of England and her decline in this novel of the upper class of the 1920s and the abdication of responsibility in the 1930s.

June’s Guild location is Court Square Tavern. To get on the Readers Guild list, email Calvin. To get a head start on July reading, pick up Empire Falls by Richard Russo.

On Tuesday, May 15 at 6 PM (note the date change to Tuesday), the Guild will be meeting to discuss Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America’s Appalachian Trail.

The Appalachian Trail trail stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some of the most breathtaking terrain in America–majestic mountains, silent forests, sparking lakes. If you’re going to take a hike, it’s probably the place to go. And Bill Bryson is surely the most entertaing guide you’ll find. He introduces us to the history and ecology of the trail and to some of the other hardy (or just foolhardy) folks he meets along the way–and a couple of bears. Already a classic, A Walk in the Woods will make you long for the great outdoors (or at least a comfortable chair to sit and read in).

May’s Guild location is Court Square Tavern. To get on the Readers Guild list, email Calvin. To field the discussion questions before you arrive, check ‘em out online.

On Tuesday, March 20 at 6 PM (note the date change to Tuesday), the Guild will be meeting to discuss Wendell Berry’s The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry.

The Art of the Commonplace gathers twenty-one essays by Wendell Berry that offer an agrarian alternative to our dominant urban culture. Our discussion will focus on the following selections: A Native Hill; The Unsettling of America; Sex, Economy, Freedom, and Community; Economy and Pleasure; and Two Economies.

March’s Guild location is Court Square Tavern. To get on the Readers Guild list, email Calvin. To field the discussion questions before you arrive, check ‘em out online.

On Wednesday, February 15 at 6 PM, the Guild will be meeting to discuss A. G. Mojtabai’s Parts of a New World: A Novel.

February’s Guild location is Court Square Tavern. To get on the Readers Guild list to know where the group will meet each month, email Calvin.

To field the discussion questions before you arrive, check ‘em out online.

On Wednesday, January 18 at 6 PM, the Guild will be meeting to discuss Daniel Nayeri’s Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow.

January’s Guild location is Court Square Tavern. To get on the Readers Guild list to know where the group will meet each month, email Calvin.

To field the discussion questions before you arrive, check ‘em out online.

On Wednesday, December 14 at 6 PM, the Guild will be meeting to discuss Christian Wiman’s The Long Home.

December’s Guild will meet at Court Square Tavern. Note that we are meeting a week earlier than usual to accommodate everyone’s December schedule. To get on the Readers Guild list to know where the group will meet each month, email Calvin.

To field the discussion questions before you arrive, check ‘em out online.

On Wednesday, November 16th at 6 PM, the Guild will be meeting to discuss The Death of Adam by Marilynne Robinson. Since this is a collection of separate essays, we’re going to focus our discussion on the introduction and a few chapters: Darwinisn, Family, Psalm 8, and Wilderness.

November’s Guild location is TBA. To get on the Readers Guild list to know where the group will meet each month, email Calvin.

To field the discussion questions before you arrive, check ‘em out online.

On Wednesday, October 19th at 6 PM, the Guild will be meeting to discuss Carson McCullers’ The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.

October’s Guild location is TBA. To get on the Readers Guild list to know where the group will meet each month, email Calvin.

To field the discussion questions before you arrive, check ‘em out online.

On Wednesday, September 21 at 6 PM, the Guild will be meeting to discuss Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia.

September’s Guild location is TBA. To get on the Readers Guild list to know where the group will meet each month, email Calvin.

To field the discussion questions before you arrive, check ‘em out online.

On Wednesday, August 24 (note the date change) at 6 PM, the Guild will be meeting to discuss George McDonald’s Phantastes.

August’s Guild location is at Maya Restaurant. To get on the Readers Guild list to know where the group will meet each month, email Calvin.

To field the discussion questions before you arrive, check ‘em out online.