Sunday, April 29, 2007
30MONDAY
6 P.M. The World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C. is sponsoring "Town Hall Series: Climate Change," a panel discussion featuring Ronald Bailey, the science correspondent for Reason magazine; Marlo Lewis Jr., a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute; Michael MacCracken, a chief scientist with the Climate Institute; environmental journalist Fred Pearce, author of With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change; and S. Fred Singer, president of the Science and Environmental Policy Project and author of Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years (written with Dennis T. Avery), at the National Association of Home Builders, conference center, 1201 15th St. NW. It will be moderated by R. James Woolsey, the former director of the CIA. Pearce and Singer will sign copies of their books following the discussion. Admission is $15 for nonmembers, $10 for members and $5 for students; call 202-293-1051 or e-mail mfernando@worldaffairsdc.org for details.
6:30 P.M. Vertigo Books and the TransAfrica Forum's "Writer's Corner" series present a reading by novelists Kwame Dawes, author of She's Gone; Helon Habila, author of M easuring Time; and Dinaw Mengestu, author of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, at the Charles Sumner School & Museum, 1201 17th St. NW. Call 301-779-9300 for details.
7 P.M. Amy Dockser Marcus, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the Wall Street Journal, discusses and signs Jerusalem 1913: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919.
7:30 P.M. Congressman Charles B. Rangel, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, discusses and signs his new memoir, And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress, at Barnes & Noble-Georgetown, 3040 M St. NW, 202-965-9880.
1TUESDAY6 P.M. Auction house Doyle New York is hosting a reception and book signing with architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen, marking the publication of the new monograph, Hugh Newell Jacobsen, Architect, at St. John's Episcopal Church, Georgetown, Blake Hall, 3240 O St. NW. Admission is $30 per person; $70 with a copy of the book included. For details, call Samira Farmer at 202-342-6100 or e-mail doyledc@doylenewyork.com.
6:30 P.M. Robert D. Hormats, a managing director of Goldman, Sachs & Co., discusses and signs his new book, The Price of Liberty: Paying for America's Wars, at the National Press Club, Murrow-White Conference Room, 529 14th St. NW. Admission is free, but RSVP at 202-662-7129 or e-mail opus@press.org. Books will be available for sale, with proceeds going to the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library.
6:30 P.M. Historian Jill Jonnes discusses and signs Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Poe Room, 400 Cathedral Ave., Baltimore, Md., 410-396-9454.
7:30 P.M. Novelist and essayist Barbara Kingsolver, author of Small Wonder and The Poisonwood Bible, discusses her new book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (chronicling her family's year spent eating only home-grown or locally grown food), at the Washington National Cathedral, Wisconsin & Massachusetts Aves. NW. Admission is $16 for the general public; call 202-537-2221 or visit http://www.nationalcathedral.org to RSVP.
2WEDNESDAY6 P.M. Actor Don Cheadle and John Prendergast, a senior advisor to the International Crisis Group and co-founder of the ENOUGH Campaign, discuss and sign their new book, Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond, at Borders Books-Downtown, 18th & L Sts. NW, 202-466-4999.
7 P.M. Jo Barrett reads from and signs her new novel, The Men's Guide to the Women's Bathroom, at Olsson's Books-Dupont, 1307 19th St. NW, 202-785-1133.
7 P.M. Film director and screenwriter Matthew Chapman discusses and signs 40 Days and 40 Nights: Darwin, Intelligent Design, God, OxyContin®, and Other Oddities on Trial in Pennsylvania, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
7:30 P.M. Swedish author Linda Olsson reads from and signs her new novel, Astrid & Veronika, at Borders Books-Baileys Crossroads, Route 7 at Columbia Pike, Baileys Crossroads, Va., 703-998-0404. She will also read on Friday, May 4, at noon at Olsson's Books-Penn Quarter, 418 Seventh St. NW, 202-638-7610.
3THURSDAYNoon. Bill Gertz, defense and national security reporter for the Washington Times, discusses and signs Enemies: How America's Foes Steal Our Vital Secrets--And How We Let It Happen at the International Spy Museum, 800 F St. NW, 202-393-7798.
Noon. Professor Arnold Rampersand discusses and signs Ralph Ellison, his new biography of the literary giant, as part of the "Books & Beyond" series at the Library of Congress, James Madison Bldg., Pickford Theater, 101 Independence Ave. SE, 202-707-5221.
6:30 P.M. Jabari Asim, deputy editor of The Washington Post's Book World, discusses and signs The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why at Borders Books-Downtown, 202-466-4999.
7 P.M. Miyoko Chu, an ornithologist and science writer at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, discusses Songbird Journeys: Four Seasons in the Lives of Migratory Birds (just released in paperback) at the National Zoo, Visitor Center Auditorium, 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW, as part of the Zoo's celebration of International Migratory Bird Day. A book signing at 7 p.m. will be followed by the lecture at 7:30 p.m.; call 202-633-4085 or visit http://www.FONZ.org to RSVP.
7 P.M. L. Peat O'Neil leads a two-hour travel writing seminar drawn from the second edition of her how-to guide, Travel Writing: See the World, Sell the Story, at the Arlington Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy St., Arlington, Va., 703-228-6328.
7 P.M. Tova Reich reads from and signs her new novel, My Holocaust, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
7 P.M. Nicole Mones reads from and signs her new novel, The Last Chinese Chef, at Olsson's Books-Dupont, 202-785-1133.
7:30 P.M. Laura Lippman, author of the Tess Monaghan mysteries, reads from and signs her new stand-alone novel, What the Dead Know, at the Lyceum in Old Town, 201 S. Washington St., Alexandria, Va., in a benefit for the Wish You Well literary foundation. For details and to RSVP, visit http://www.vawriters.org.
7:30 P.M. Marina Nemat discusses and signs Prisoner of Tehran, her memoir of the Islamic Revolution, at Borders Books-Tysons Corner, 8027 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, Va., 703-556-7766.
4FRIDAY7 P.M. Matthew Sharpe reads from and signs Jamestown, his futuristic, comic spoof on the founding of the Jamestown Settlement (2007 is the 400th anniversary), at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
7:30 P.M. Charlaine Harris reads from and signs All Together Dead, her new Southern Vampire Mystery featuring Soosie Stackhouse, at Borders Books-Baileys Crossroads, 703-998-0404.
5SATURDAY2 P.M. To mark the 50th anniversary of the European Union in May, the 27-member federation launched "European Poetry in Motion," a public arts program that will showcase poems (5 from each country) on placards aboard Metro buses throughout the region. The Goethe-Institut, located at 812 Seventh St. NW, hosts a marathon reading of all 136 poems, read in their original language, with English translations offered by representatives of the member states (actors, translators and cultural attachés). You can read all the poems online by visiting http://www.europeanpoetryinmotion.com.
6SUNDAY5 P.M. Lynne Olson discusses and signs Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
SPECIAL NOTICESD.C.'S BIG READ: The city-wide read of Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their Eyes Were Watching God kicked off on April 19, bringing with it numerous programs and discussions celebrating Hurston's classic tale. This week, local attorney Murad Kalam, author of the novel Night Journey, will present a lecture, "Zora Neale Hurston: Writing Under the Jim Crow Laws," on Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m. at Chapters Literary Bookstore, 445 11th St. NW, 202-737-5553. On Saturday, May 5, at 3 p.m., Deborah Macanic, an exhibit developer and project manager at the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, presents an illustrated talk, "Zora Neale Hurston in Context," at the Cleveland Park Branch Library, Connecticut & Macomb Sts. NW, 202-282-3080. The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, encouraging communities to read and discuss the same book over a one-month period. For a complete schedule of D.C. events, visit http://www.wdchumanities.org or http://www.dclibraryfriends.org.
The National Finals of Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest, presented by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, will be held on Tuesday, May 1, at 7 p.m. at Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St. NW. The 12 finalists, culled from all 50 states and the District, will perform. Call 202-682-5772 or e-mail poetryoutloud@arts.gov to RSVP.
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