BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv7.23.0//EN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.sullalunanyc.com/ X-WR-CALNAME:Sullaluna Nyc X-WR-CALDESC: REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-174b39525e01b7542b3ee27ac7251d2c@sullalunanyc.com DTSTART:20260430T040000Z DTEND:20260501T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260523T125000Z CREATED:20260523 LAST-MODIFIED:20260523 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:1 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Donโ€™t be Banal! DESCRIPTION:๐Ÿ’ฅTo celebrate the publication of ๐‚๐‡๐„๐‘๐๐Ž๐๐˜๐‹, ๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐„, ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐Ž๐“๐‡๐„๐‘ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐€๐’๐“๐„๐‘๐’, the powerful new graphic memoir by ๐˜๐„๐•๐†๐„๐๐ˆ๐€ ๐๐€๐˜๐๐„๐‘๐†, published by Neal Porter Books, we are honored to welcome ๐˜๐ž๐ฏ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐š ๐๐š๐ฒ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐š๐ฒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง.\n๐Ÿ“… ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ”๐ฉ๐ฆ\n๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‘๐’๐•๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐ข๐จ\nA deeply personal yet universally resonant story, this book ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ )๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ+) ๐š ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐šโ€”๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ.\nA must-read for anyone who loves graphic memoirs and stories of creativity in the face of adversity.\nTogether, Yevgenia and Taylor will discuss the making of this timely work, ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐›๐ฒ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ.\n๐˜๐„๐•๐†๐„๐๐ˆ๐€ ๐๐€๐˜๐๐„๐‘๐† is an award-winning illustrator, painter, and set and costume designer. She has received multiple awards for her picture book illustrations, including a Sydney Taylor Honor. She is the author-illustrator of the picture books Anyaโ€™s Secret Society, Typewriter, I Hate Borsch!, Mona Lisa in New York, and A Party for Florine: Florine Stettheimer and Me, and the illustrator of several others, including A Visit to Moscow by Anna Olswanger, which was nominated for an Eisner Award. Born and raised in Kyiv, Ukraine, she now lives in New York City, where she has become a beloved member of the NYC childrenโ€™s book community, with her art featured in subways since 2023.\nSave the date ๐Ÿ’ซ\n URL:https://www.sullalunanyc.com/events/dont-be-banal/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sullalunanyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IMG_4454.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR