BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:212563@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20260829T080332Z DTSTART:20260927T183000Z DTEND:20260927T193000Z SUMMARY:Meet Me In The Garden: An Evening with Nina LaCour DESCRIPTION:This event takes place in person at Charis and on Crowdcast\\ , Charis’\\; virtual event platform. This event is free\\, but regis tration is required for virtual attendance. Click here to register to att end virtually –\\; https://www.crowdcast.io/c/meet-me-in-the-garden\ \nCharis welcomes Nina LaCour in celebration of Meet Me in the Garden\\, a gorgeous family story about self-discovery and love in all forms.\\nNew Orleans\\, 1944. Odette has always been one of the Honore sisters\\, gla morous and admired in their Creole community. But while Odette’s older sisters are content to be wives and mothers\\, Odette has always wanted s omething else. It is only with her beloved cousin\\, Delphine\\, that Ode tte can tell her secret: she is in love with a woman\\, and she longs to be an artist. Delphine has a secret lover\\, too\\, a white man. In the h idden garden they’ve discovered\\, Odette and Delphine can dream of fut ures full of passion and freedom.\\nBut five years later\\, Odette’\ \;s life is nothing like what she’\\;d planned. She’\\;s a wido wed mother\\, living in Los Angeles\\, and she and Delphine\\, who is pas sing as white\\, have spiraled away from each other. When Delphine reache s a breaking point\\, Odette must make a shattering choice to try to hold her family together.\\nProfound and expansive\\, a story of love and lon ging\\, art and motherhood\\, friendship and desire\\, Meet Me in the Gar den is a decades-spanning tour de force\\, inspired by the author’s fam ily and tracing the history of the Great Migration.\\nAbout the Author\\n NINA LACOUR is the award-winning and bestselling author of Yerba Buena \\ , as well as many works for children and young adults. A former indie boo kseller and educator\\, she lives with her family in San Francisco.\\nCon versation partner details to come!\\nThe event is free and open to all pe ople\\, but we encourage and appreciate a donation of $5-20 in support of the work of Charis Circle\\, our programming non-profit. Donate on Crowd cast or via our website: www.chariscircle.org/donate or in person at the event.\\nCharis Books is a fully wheelchair accessible space with on site van accessible parking\\, two ramps\\, and additional overflow accessibl e parking nearby. Additional accessibility information can be found on th e Accessibility page of our website.\\nPlease read the in-person event gu idelines at the bottom of this page to be sure you can participate in the event.\\nIn-person event guidelines:\\n–\\; All attendees must wear a face mask during the event.\\n–\\; We will begin seating people a t 6:00 PM ET.\\n–\\; This event will be live-streamed via Crowdcast. Click here to register to attend virtually –\\; https://www.crowdca st.io/c/meet-me-in-the-garden\\n–\\; As a reminder: If you are not f eeling well\\, please do not come to the event.\\nIf you have any questio ns regarding these guidelines or to request specific accessibility accomm odations\\, please contact info@charisbooksandmore.com or call the store at 404-524-0304.\\nPlease contact us at info@chariscircle.org or 404-524- 0304 if you would like ASL interpretation at this event. If you would lik e to watch the event with live AI captions\\, you may do so by watching i t in Google Chrome and enabling captions: Instructions here. If you have other accessibility needs or if you are someone who has skills in making digital events more accessible please don’\\;t hesitate to reach out to info@chariscircle.org.\\nBy attending our event\\, whether in person or virtually\\, you agree to our Code of Conduct: Our event seeks to prov ide a harassment-free experience for everyone\\, regardless of gender\\, gender identity and expression\\, age\\, sexual orientation\\, disability \\, physical appearance\\, body size\\, race\\, ethnicity\\, religion (or lack thereof)\\, class\\, or technology choices. We do not tolerate hara ssment in any form. Unsolicited sexual language and imagery are not appro priate. Anyone violating these rules will be expelled from this event and all future events at the discretion of the organizers. Please report all harassment to Charis staff immediately or email info@chariscircle.org.\\ nhttps://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/atlanta/events/meet-me-i n-the-garden-an-evening-with-nina-lacour-2026-09-27 LOCATION:artsatl.org URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/atlanta/events/meet-me-in-the-garden-an-evening-with-nina-lacour-2026-09-27 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR