August 6-12, 2007

6 MONDAY

7 P.M. Classical guitar by Michael Davis and refreshments open the Café Muse evening featuring readings by contributors to the anthology Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania, including Barbara Decesare, Joanne Growney, Marjorie Maddox and Jerry Wemple, at the Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 S. Park Ave., Chevy Chase, Md., 301-581-9439. An open reading (sign-up at 7 p.m.) concludes the program.

7 P.M. Katherine Taylor reads from and signs her first novel, Rules for Saying Goodbye, at Olsson's Books-Dupont, 1307 19th St. NW, 202-785-1133.

7 TUESDAY

Noon. Glenn Greenwald, a former constitutional law attorney and now a contributing writer at Salon and the author of the political blog "Unclaimed Territory," discusses his new book, A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency at the Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW. A luncheon follows. To RSVP, call 202-789-5229 or e-mail events@cato.org (deadline is noon on Monday, Aug. 6).

1 P.M. Former Maryland lieutenant governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend discusses and signs her new book, Failing America's Faithful: How Today's Churches Are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way, at Chapters Literary Bookstore, 445 11th St. NW, 202-737-5553.

8 WEDNESDAY

7 P.M. Eric Jerome Dickey reads from and signs his new novel, Waking with Enemies (the sequel to Sleeping with Strangers), at Karibu Books, the Mall at Prince George's, 3500 East-West Hwy., Hyattsville, Md., 301-559-1140.

9 THURSDAY

2 P.M. Financial writer Randy Cepuch signs copies of his humorous travelogue, A Weekend with Warren Buffett: And Other Shareholder Meeting Adventures, at Borders Books-Washington Dulles International Airport, Terminal B, Sterling, Va., 703-661-5420.

7 P.M. Tim Weiner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times, discusses and signs Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919.

7:30 P.M. Katherine C. Grier, a professor of material culture studies and director of research programs at the Winterthur Museum, discusses and signs Pets in America: A History (the Winterthur will be one of the museums hosting a traveling exhibition of the same title) at Barnes & Noble-Bethesda, 4801 Bethesda Ave., Bethesda, 301-986-1761.

11 SATURDAY

1 P.M. Donna Andrews reads from and signs her new Meg Langslow mystery, The Penguin Who Knew Too Much, at Mystery Loves Company, 202 S. Morris St., Oxford, Md., 410-226-0010. A reception follows.

2 P.M. Allison Hobbs signs her new novel, A Bona Fide Gold Digger (part of the "Zane Presents" series) at Karibu Books, Pentagon City Mall, 1100 S. Hayes St., Arlington, Va., 703-415-1118.

3:30 P.M. Mara Cherkasky, author of the illustrated history Images of A merica: Mount Pleasant, and cultural anthropologist and linguist Gabriella Gahlia Modan, author of Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place, discuss the issues of identity, gentrification and ethnicity in the burgeoning D.C. neighborhood of Mount Pleasant at the Mt. Pleasant Library, 16th & Lamont Sts. NW, 202-671-0159.

12 SUNDAY

1 P.M. Steve Estes, an associate professor of history at Sonoma State University, discusses and signs Ask & Tell: Gay and Lesbian Veterans Speak Out at Lambda Rising, 1625 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-462-6969.