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in Bay View, Milwaukee

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Books and comics for kids and adults

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"Look up the term 'Milwaukee gem' in a dictionary and you’ll find an impeccably illustrated picture of Lion's Tooth."
Matt Wild, Milwaukee Record
ABOUT US AND OUR ART SPACE

2023/2024 Dandelion Comics Residency
Presented by Lion’s Tooth in partnership with BearBear and MILK Comic Fest
Mentorship by Quinn Blackshere, Cris Siqueira and Shelly McClone-Carriere

The Dandelion Comics Residency is a juried program for cartoonists based on the Greater Milwaukee area. Our goal is to support the local comics community while promoting work produced here to well-respected professionals active in the industry today.
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Application period: September 10 to October 10 2023

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Click for e-gift cards and we also have physical gift cards at the store. Both may be redeemed online or at the shop in Bay View

Thursday, September 14, 2023 | 5:30PM
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An Evening with Wisconsin Writers

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Join us for an evening of readings from four Wisconsin authors: Donna Rewolinski, Joy Ann Ribar​​, Kim Suhr and Mary Wimmer.

​Friday, September 15, 2023 | 5:30-7:30PM
Community Scholars Travel Fund Celebration Launch and Fundraiser

Join us at Lion's Tooth to celebrate the launch of the Community Scholars Travel Fund, a dynamic and empowering initiative established to foster academic and personal growth among individuals in Milwaukee, Wisconsin's underserved or economically disadvantaged communities. In partnership with local organizations, this fund seeks to eliminate barriers to education, facilitate cross-cultural exchanges, and broaden horizons by providing financial support to scholars who face financial constraints in pursuing travel opportunities.
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Guest speakers Dr. Monique Liston, Founder, Chief Strategist and Joyful Militant at UBUNTU Research and Evaluation, and Dr. Michael Carriere, Professor of History and Director of the MSOE Honors Program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering will be on hand to further discuss this innovative program.

A portion of Lion's Tooth sales will be donated to the fund; there will be other ways to donate as well. Or just come out and hear about this exciting development! Can't make it? Give directly at Donate (paypal.com), or scan the QR code below. For more information contact Professor Michael Carriere at carriere@msoe.edu
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Saturday, September 16, 2023 | 5:30PM
Author event with Kristine Hansen
Frank Lloyd Wright's Wisconsin: How America's Most Famous Architect Found Inspiration in His Home State

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ABOUT THE BOOK
America’s most famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, was born in 1867 in the rolling hills of Richland Center, Wisconsin, to a family of Unitarians. Even with world-class commissions like New York City’s Guggenheim Museum, his organic architecture remains rooted in Wisconsin’s landscape, from affordable-housing prototypes in Milwaukee to his summer home and architecture school in rural Spring Green. This comprehensive guide to Wright’s designs (and those of his protégés) that are open to the public—as well as insider historical information about sites now demolished, and those available for “drive-bys” only—is for the architecture or history fan looking for tours, overnight stays or creative inspiration. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Based in Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood, Kristine Hansen is a nationally recognized design and travel author with articles published on Travel + Leisure’s and Architectural Digest’s websites, as well as in Time, Midwest Living, and Milwaukee Magazine. She is also the author of Wisconsin Cheese Cookbook: Creamy, Cheesy, Sweet, and Savory Recipes from the State’s Best Creameries. ​

Sunday, September 17, 2023 |11AM-5PM
Lion's Tooth at the Awkward Nerd Book Fair at the Cooperage

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Thursday, September 28, 2023 | 5:30PM
An evening with author Kathie Giorgio
Hope Always Rises

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​Friday, September 29, 2023 | 5:30PM
Poetry Night!

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023 | 5:30PM at Cactus Club
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe, presented by Rethinking Schools

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In honor of Banned Books Week,  Cactus Book Club  will read Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe, otherwise known as ‘The Most Banned Book of 2022’. This illustrated/graphic memoir documents the author’s “journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears”.

​Saturday, October 10, 2023 | 11AM-5PM
Lion's Tooth at the Ann Arbor Comics Arts Festival: Small + Indie Press

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We're going to represent Milwaukee comics in Michigan! More info about the fest here.

Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 5:30PM
Author Emily Grandy in conversation with Bill Embly

Come celebrate Emily Grandy's award-winning debut novel Michikusa House. Reading, Q&A and a conversation with Milwaukee author Bill Emily. More info here.
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Sunday, November 19, 2023 | 7PM at Cactus Club
Hour of the Star Screening Curated by Lion’s Tooth

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Read the book, watch the movie, get the zine and fall in love with Clarice Lispector, the Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist who is considered the most important Jewish writer in the world since Kafka. Cactus Club's Moving Image and Lion's Tooth present a screening of the 1986 film Hour of the Star, based on Lispector's final book and directed by Suzana Amaral. Lion's Tooth will also be launching the zine Clarice. All ages, free and open to the public.
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