Dorothy's Silent Book Club - curated by Charlie Schumann!

After seeing so many of our beautiful guests naturally curl up in our lounge with a book and learning about the concept of Silent Book Club - we are pleased to announce we are officially launching our own chapter which will gather monthly!

SILENT BOOK CLUB breaks the barriers of a traditional book club where there's no pressure to finish a certain book, no pressure to socialize and no pressure to do anything but read! Silent Book Club is just that: a silent gathering of readers in Dorothy once a month with an option to follow our highlighted reads and an option to chat with our book club curator after the hour is done - or to keep on reading!

During a Silent Book Club hour, Dorothy will be playing instrumental music at a slightly lower volume than normal and will keep the lights at a key higher than usual, simply transitioning out after the hour is complete.

At 7pm on Silent Book Club nights, find our Curator, Charlie, at the bar or head to the bed lounge for an optional social moment about books, reading and all things queer.

Charlie is a writer, bookseller, and pop culture enthusiast who lives in Logan Square with their (cool as fuck) fiancé, Beth and (demonic) cat, JJ Peppers Convenience Store. A Chicago native, Charlie knows there’s no place like (or better than) home. When they’re not in the photo booth at Dorothy or FaceTiming their friends to talk about fanfiction, they like to go out for Italian ice, visit the garlic couple at the farmers market, and howl at the moon.

For our kickoff event, bring whatever your latest read is! For October - December, Charlie has curated book suggestions which you're welcome to explore, bring to the bar or completely ignore and read whatever you want. :) Shop from our Bookshop.org Wishlist and support Semicolon, Chicago's largest Black-woman owned bookstore and gallery.

OCTOBER

It Came From the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror edited by Joe Vallese
Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
NOVEMBER

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
DECEMBER

Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on our Sex Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J Brown
Zami by Audre Lorde
Dorothy is 21+ and requires physical ID for all to enter. Dorothy is also ADA accessible via elevator access on Campbell Avenue. If you are a guest who requires physical ID, you can ask for entry via Split-Rail or our door security can assist.

Want to dine in Split-Rail before or after you come by for Silent Book Club? We recommend making a reservation.