Literary Calendar: February 5-11, 2007

6 P.M. Mary Kay Ricks discusses and signs Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom on the Underground Railroad at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.

11SUNDAY

3 P.M. Peter M. Ascoli discusses Julius Rosenwald: The Man Who Built Sears, Roebuck and Advanced the Cause of Black Education in the American South as part of the "Chaim Kempner Author Series" at the D.C. Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th St. NW. Ascoli, grandson of Julius Rosenwald, will discuss the book in conversation with NAACP chairman Julian Bond in an event marking Black History Month. Tickets are $8 for nonmembers; call 202-777-3254 or visit http://www.washingtondcjcc.org/ to RSVP.

6 P.M. Steven B. Rogers is the guest host of a special all-fiction edition of the "Iota Poetry Series" with readings by Peter Brown and Nathan Leslie at the Iota Club & Café, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. Call 703-256-9275for details.

SPECIAL NOTICES

Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon will read from his work as part of the 29th Annual Evening of Irish Music and Poetry, the annual benefit for the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society (HoCoPoLitSo), being held on Friday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m. at the Jim Rouse Theatre, 5460 Trumpeter Rd. in Columbia, Md. A concert featuring Narrowbacks, members of Celtic Thunder, and championship stepdancing follows. Tickets are $25 and can be reserved by calling 410-772-4568 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday or by visiting http://www.hocopolitso.org/.

The Friends of the Palisades Public Library will hold a special book "Bag Sale" on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 10 and 11, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. each day at the library, located at 4901 V St. NW. Prices will be $5 for the first bag and $3 for each subsequent bag. Call 202-416-7651 for details.

The 10th annual Bay to Ocean Writers Conference will be held on Saturday, Feb. 24, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Todd Performing Arts Center at Chesapeake College, 1000 College Circle, Wye Mills, Md. This day-long event will feature lectures and advice from writers, editors and publishers, as well as writing workshops on travel writing, freelancing, writing romances, and other topics. A manuscript review service will also be available (a fee applies). A continental breakfast and a networking lunch are included. The cost of the conference, sponsored by the Friends of the Talbot County Free Library, is $80 per person with advance registration (before Feb. 1), and $90 thereafter. For more details, contact Carolyn Jaffe at clj@goeaston.net or 410-820-8822, or visit the conference Web site at http://www.talb.lib.md.us/baytoocean.

SPECIAL NOTICES

Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet Paul Muldoon will read from his work as part of the 29th Annual Evening of Irish Music and Poetry, the annual benefit for the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society (HoCoPoLitSo), being held on Friday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m. at the Jim Rouse Theatre, 5460 Trumpeter Rd. in Columbia, Md. A concert featuring Narrowbacks, members of Celtic Thunder, and championship stepdancing follows. Tickets are $25 and can be reserved by calling 410-772-4568 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday or by visiting http://www.hocopolitso.org.

The Friends of the Palisades Public Library will hold a special book "Bag Sale" on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 10 and 11, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. each day at the library, located at 4901 V St. NW. Prices will be $5 for the first bag and $3 for each subsequent bag. Call 202-416-7651 for details.

The 10th annual Bay to Ocean Writers Conference will be held on Saturday, Feb. 24, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Todd Performing Arts Center at Chesapeake College, 1000 College Circle, Wye Mills, Md. This day-long event will feature lectures and advice from writers, editors and publishers, as well as writing workshops on travel writing, freelancing, writing romances, and other topics. A manuscript review service will also be available (a fee applies). A continental breakfast and a networking lunch are included. The cost of the conference, sponsored by the Friends of the Talbot County Free Library, is $80 per person with advance registration (before Feb. 1), and $90 thereafter. For more details, contact Carolyn Jaffe at clj@goeaston.net or 410-820-8822, or visit the conference Web site at http://www.talb.lib.md.us/baytoocean.