American Writers Museum attracts crowd for “Get Lit” mini golf happy hour

On the evening of Tuesday, April 11, the American Writers Museum put on a lively spectacle with their “Get (Green) Lit” happy hour. To bring this month’s theme of sportswriting to life, the museum created a 9-hole mini golf course around their various exhibits. 

Eighty guests came out to celebrate a love of writing while experiencing the excitement of putt-putt. Like any good game of golf, players were able to cool off during their round with a refreshing beverage. The popular specialty cocktail for the evening was “The Sandtrap” — a spiked Arnold Palmer, better known as a “John Daly” after the famously beer-toting PGA golfer.

Guests lined up for a signed copy of A Course Called America, a New York Times bestseller by golf writer and author Tom Coyne. During his speech, Tom spoke on his journey of becoming what he called an “accidental golf writer” and his experience playing the game. 

Mini golfers who completed an entire round on the 9-hole course were entered into a raffle. Three lucky winners won prizes that included a KOVAL Distillery Tour Pass with complimentary admission for two people, a $250 gift card to Five Iron Golf, and two tickets to the Sofar Sounds performance in May at the American Writers Museum. 

Both players and those who preferred to tour the exhibits rather than golf had access to permanent and temporary exhibits, including:

• Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice

• The Negaunee Foundation Children’s Literature Gallery

• A Nation of Writers, John and Cathie Estey

• Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation Mind of a Writer Gallery

• Wintrust Chicago Gallery

• S. Leigh Pierson Conant and Douglas R. Conant Readers Hall

• The Stead Family Foundation Writers Hall

For those who missed out this month, the American Writers Museum hosts “Get Lit” happy hours each month on the second Tuesday. Be sure to catch the next one on Tuesday, May 9, which will be a memoir-themed “Me, Myself and I” happy hour. Stay tuned to their calendar for all of the museum’s upcoming events.    

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