

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: A conversation with Wade Rouse
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us at our Brooklyn Branch for a conversation with Wade Rouse, author of "That's What Friends Are For."

Register: https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/15015706

Rouse is an internationally bestselling author of 13 books, which have been translated into twenty languages and selected as Today Show Must-Reads, Indie Next Picks and Michigan Notable Books. Rouse writes fiction under his grandma’s name, Viola Shipman, to honor the working-poor Ozarks woman whose memory inspires his writing. He lives in Michigan and California, and hosts Wine &amp; Words with Wade, a literary happy hour, every Thursday.

In "That's What Friends Are For," Theodore Copeland has created a fabulous life in the desert oasis of Palm Springs, where he shares a fabulous pink mid-century home with three fabulous friends: Barry, a former actor still clinging to his youth, his hair, and the memory of the dream role that killed his career; Ron, an uprooted Christian from the Midwest with a big heart but no one to give it to; Sid, who, after coming out late in life, has never found love. Teddy is the caustic, unspoken leader of “The Golden Gays”—the foursome’s monthly drag tribute to The Golden Girls. Despite their foibles and bickering, they have turned their golden years into a golden era.

But the harmony of their desert enclave becomes a carousel of emotional baggage when Teddy’s estranged sister, Trudy, shows up on their doorstep, her dramatic teenage granddaughter in tow. While Teddy keeps Trudy at arm’s length, she manages to wheedle her way into the lives of the Golden Gays, until the real reason for her visit is revealed and the secrets they’ve all been keeping from each other unravel faster than a hastily stitched hemline.

? Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brooklyn/a-conversation-with-wade-rouse/200029174917937
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, theatre, performances, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 37

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://attend.cuyahogalibrary.org/event/15015706?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=brooklyn-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Brooklyn
- **state**: OH
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 7619 Memphis Avenue, Brooklyn, OH 44144
- **lat**: 41.43972
- **long**: -81.73869
- **full address**: 7619 Memphis Avenue, Brooklyn, OH 44144, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Cuyahoga County Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/cuyahoga-county-public-library/8339146)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 11 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 7619 Memphis Avenue, Brooklyn, OH 44144, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Cuyahoga County Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, theatre, performances, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about A conversation with Wade Rouse ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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