Twin Cities area book events Dec. 10-17

CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER: "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom." Noon today. Minnesota History Center, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul; 2 p.m. Sat. Barnes & Noble, Har Mar Mall, 2100 N. Snelling Av., Roseville.

CAROL MASCHKE: "Ghost of the Gaelic Moon." 1 p.m. today. Kip's Irish Pub, 9970 Wayzata Blvd., St. Louis Park.

DAVU SERU: "Sights, Sounds, Soul." 1 p.m. today. Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd St., Mpls.

LISE LUNGE-LARSEN AND KARI VICK: "Seven Ways to Trick a Troll." Noon Tue. Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church, 924 E. 21st St., Mpls.; 4 p.m. Sat. Magers & Quinn, 3038 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls.

LINDA MORGANSTEIN: "Numinosity: A Fractured Memoir." 7 p.m. Wed. Subtext Bookstore, 6 W. 5th St., St. Paul.

JAMES ROLLINS: "Demon Crown." 7 p.m. Thu. Barnes & Noble, Galleria, Edina.

AMY AND DAVE FREEMAN: "A Year in the Wilderness." 6 p.m. Fri. Barnes & Noble, Har Mar Mall, 2100 N. Snelling Av., Roseville.

FRANK WEBER: "Murder Book." Noon Sat. Once Upon a Crime, 604 W. 26th St., Mpls.

CHRIS MONROE: "Monkey With a Toolbelt." 1 p.m. Sat. Barnes & Noble, Galleria, 3225 W. 69th St., Edina.

KAREN MELVIN AND MELINDA NELSON: "Boathouses of Lake Minnetonka." 2 p.m. Sat. Barnes & Noble, Minnetonka.