Local Author Event: Sporting Moustaches
Schedule
Sun Nov 17 2024 at 04:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
33 N. Main St, Wallingford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06492 | Wallingford, CT
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Stratford author Aug Stone will be reading from his latest book, Sporting Moustaches, telling the stories behind the stories, and signing copies. Sporting Moustaches is a collection of thirteen tall tales about the role facial hair has played in athletics and competition over the years. As Vol. 1 Brooklyn says, it “explores the absurd place where sports and facial hair collide, and it’s like nothing you’ve read before.” In honour of Movember, where men around the world grow a moustache to raise funds and awareness for men’s health issues such as mental health, suicide prevention, and prostate and testicular cancer, at this event Stone will donate 50% of the sales of the book to the Movember charity.
Thirteen tall tales about the role facial hair has played in athletics and competition over the years, Sporting Moustaches puts the “ache” in “moustache.” Whiskers are wrapped around sticks, bats, clubs, paddles, chess pieces, and shotglasses, woven into ropes, nets, arrow strings, and even other whiskers. The stories touch on the idea of the playoff beard, superstitions, Movember, The Cleveland Curse, mid-20th century American values eschewing all but the clean shaven, and how in the 1978 Chess World Championship the opponents accused each other of using psychic powers. There are of course more than a few allusions to Burt Reynolds. Packed with puns and pop culture references galore, Sporting Moustaches is a tribute to those who kept their head in the game.
This is a free event
Reserve your spot, text (203) 514-8787
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Where is it happening?
33 N. Main St, Wallingford, CT, United States, Connecticut 06492Event Location & Nearby Stays:
