November 10-16, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
10 MONDAY
4:30 P.M. Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto, Italy, will deliver a lecture, "The Theology of Beauty: A Way to Unity?," drawn from his recent book, The Portal of Beauty: Towards a Theology of Aesthetics, at Georgetown University, Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, 37th & O Sts. NW. Call 202-687-4134 or visit http://www.president.georgetown.edu for details.
7 P.M. Timothy Noah discusses and signs Reputation: Portraits in Power, a collection of short profiles of media and political figures penned by his late wife Marjorie Williams, a longtime columnist for The Washington Post, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919.
7:30 P.M. The Folger Poetry Series hosts a reading with Frank Bidart, author of Watching the Spring Festival, and Rae Armantrout, author of Next Life, at the Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. A wine reception and book signing follow. Tickets are $12 each; call 202-544-7077 or visit http://www.folger.edu/poetry to RSVP.
11 TUESDAY7 P.M. Mike Sager discusses and signs Wounded Warriors: Those for Whom the War Never Ends at Barnes & Noble-Market Common, 2800 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, Va., 703-248-8244.
7 P.M. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Hackett Fischer discusses and signs Champlain's Dream: The European Founding of North America at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919. [Read the review on page 5.]
12 WEDNESDAY2 P.M. Mitchell A. Yockelson, an archivist with the National Archives, discusses his new book, Borrowed Soldiers: Americans Under British Command, 1918, as part of an "Afternoon Coffee Talk" at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Russell Auditorium, Bldg. 54, 6900 Georgia Ave. NW (at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center). This event is free, but a photo ID will be required to enter the hospital grounds; for details, call 202-782-2200 or visit http://www.nmhm.washingtondc.museum.
7 P.M. Marion Wright Edelman, civil rights activist and founder/president of the Children's Defense Fund, discusses and signs her new book, The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation, at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 600 I St. NW in an event sponsored by Politics and Prose Bookstore. Call 202-364-1919 for details.
7 P.M. The Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington debuts its "Fiction After Dark" series with novelist Chris Bohjalian reading from and discussing his newest novel, Skeletons at the Feast. A wine and cheese reception precedes the talk at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $25 for the reception, a copy of the book and the lecture, $15 for the reception and lecture alone. The JCCGW is located at 6125 Montrose Rd., Rockville, Md.; call 301-348-3805 or visit http://www.jccgw.org for details and to RSVP.
7 P.M. Audrey Elisa Kerr discusses and signs The Paper Bag Principle: Class, Complexion, and Community in Black Washington, D.C. at Vertigo Books, 7346 Baltimore Ave., College Park, Md., 301-779-9300.
7:30 P.M. Stefan Fatsis, who has covered sports for the Wall Street Journal and NPR, discusses and signs A Few Seconds of Panic: A 5-Foot-8, 170-Pound, 43-Year-Old Sportswriter Plays in the NFL at the City of Fairfax Regional Library, 10360 North St., Fairfax, Va. Reservations are required; call 703-293-6227.
7:30 P.M. Deepak Chopra, a teacher of Eastern philosophy and spirituality, discusses and signs his new book, Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment, at the National Cathedral, Wisconsin & Massachusetts Ave. NW. Tickets are $22, $16 for students and seniors; call 877-537-2228 or visit http://www.cathedral.org.
7:30 P.M. Adam Shepard discusses and signs Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream, an account of his cross-country experiment inspired by the work of Barbara Ehrenreich, at Barnes & Noble-Georgetown, 3040 M St. NW, 202-965-9880.
13 THURSDAY6:30 P.M. Daniel P. Erikson discusses and signs The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States, and the Next Revolution at the Inter-American Development Bank, Cultural Center, 1330 New York Ave. NW. A book signing follows. This event is free, but a photo ID is required to enter; for details, call 202-623-3558 or visit http://www.iadb.org/cultural.
6:30 P.M. Journalist and foreign policy expert Eric S. Margolis discusses and signs American Raj: Liberation or Domination?: Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World at Reiter's Scientific & Professional Books, 1990 K St. NW (entrance on 20th St.), 202-223-3327.
7 P.M. Jed Perl, art critic for the New Republic magazine, discusses and signs Antoine's Alphabet: Watteau and His World at the Washington Studio School, 2129 S St. NW, 202-234-3030.
7 P.M. Edward M. Lerner reads from and signs his new SF/horror novel, Fools' Experiments, at Barnes & Noble-Reston, 1851 Fountain Dr., Reston, Va., 703-437-9490.
7 P.M. Sharon Waxman, a former correspondent for the New York Times, discusses and signs Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
7 P.M. Christopher Kimball, host of the public television program "America's Test Kitchen" and founder and editor of Cook's Illustrated magazine, discusses and signs The Cook's Country Cookbook: Regional and Heirloom Favorites Tested and Reimagined for Today's Home Cooks and The America's Test Kitchen Family Baking Book, at the Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 S. Park Ave., Chevy Chase, Md. Call 301-656-2797 to RSVP.
14 FRIDAY10 A.M. Peter Manseau will read from and discuss his new novel, Songs for the Butcher's Daughter, as part of the third annual "Book Club Brunch" held by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington. Admission is $35 for the general public, $30 for JCC members (price includes a copy of the book). Call 301-348-3805 or visit http://www.jccgw.org to RSVP.
4:30 P.M. Children's writer Sharon Creech, author of Walk Two Moons (Newbery Medal winner), reads from and discusses her new book, Hate That Cat (ages 9-12), at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
7:30 P.M. Jon Fasman reads from and signs his new novel, The Unpossessed City, at Barnes & Noble-Bethesda, 4801 Bethesda Ave., Bethesda, Md., 301-986-1761.
15 SATURDAY1 P.M. Journalist Robert J. Samuelson, a columnist for both Newsweek and The Washington Post, discusses and signs The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
1 P.M. Children's book author and illustrator Mike Thompson reads from and signs his new book, Chicken Boy and the Wrath of Dr. Dimwad, at Borders Books-Manassas, 11270 Bulloch Dr., Manassas, Va., 703-368-9824.
2 P.M. Edwin Black discusses and signs The Plan: How to Rescue Society the Day the Oil Stops--or the Day Before, at Barnes & Noble-Rockville, 12089 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md., 301-881-0237.
3 P.M. Children's writer and illustrator Nancy Tillman, author of On the Night You Were Born, reads from and discusses her new picture book, It's Time to Sleep, My Love (written by Eric Metaxas), at Aladdin's Lamp Children's Books, 2499 N. Harrison St., Arlington, Va.,703-241-8281.
16 SUNDAY1 P.M. Joyce Hinnenfeld reads from and signs her new novel, In Hovering Flight, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 202-364-1919.
2 P.M. Jonah Lehrer, editor-at-large for Seed magazine and the author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist and the forthcoming How We Decide, presents a lecture, "The Future of Science is Art; or, What a 19th-century French Chef and Kanye West Can Teach Us about the Brain," at the Walters Gallery of Art, Graham Auditorium, 600 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. A book signing follows. Admission is $10 for nonmembers; call 410-547-9000, ext. 238 or visit http://www.thewalters.org for details and to RSVP.
2 P.M. The Writer's Center (4508 Walsh St., Bethesda, Md.) hosts festivities for Poet Lore, the nation's oldest continuously published journal of poetry in honor of its 119th anniversary, with readings by poets A.B. Spellman and Gardner McFall, who will be joined by two of the journal's editors, E. Ethelbert Miller and Jody Bolz. Those attending will receive complimentary copies of the current issue; call 301-654-8664 or e-mail postmaster@writer.org for details.
2 P.M. AP reporter Jesse Holland discusses Black Men Built the Capitol: Discovering African-American History In and Around Washington, D.C. at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., 801 K St. NW (at Mt. Vernon Square). A book signing follows; call 202-383-1828 for details, and e-mail RSVP@historydc.org to register.
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