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News Nearby: Tanner Discusses Restoring Old Home June 6
Ron Tanner will discuss his book, "From Animal House to Our House: A Love Story" in a talk hosted by Preservation Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library and Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures.
Award-winning author Ron Tanner is coming to Pittsburgh with the knowledge of how to restore homes as part of a national tour to promote his new book, "From Animal House to Our House: A Love Story."
The Writers LIVE program will start at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's main branch in Oakland.
Tanner, a preservationist and do-it-yourself hero, wrote the memoir about his painstaking restoration of an 1897 Queen Anne-style row house in Baltimore. In the book, he recounts the story of buying the 4,500-square-foot brownstone with his girlfriend, Jill Eicher, embarking on a complex and demanding restoration, and falling more in love with the house and each other in the process.
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Tanner teaches creative writing at Loyola University in Maryland and lives in the home with his now-wife, Jill.
A book signing will follow Tanner’s talk and reading. Copies of his book will be provided by the Penguin Bookshop.
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The program is sponsored by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in partnership with Preservation Pittsburgh.
The event is free and open to the public, however reservations are required at
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