Author Events

at the University of Chicago’s Mandel Hall
 

1131 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637
 

Celebrating the launch of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago, South African artist William Kentridge, whose internationally acclaimed body of work is explored in the new book That Which Is Not Drawn (Seagull Books), will deliver a lecture on his new film for Schubert's song cycle "Wintereisse," to be shown at the Vienna Festival next year.

Accompanied by pianist Craig Terry, music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago's Ryan Opera Center, and tenor John Irvin.

RSVP recommended. See the Neubauer Collegium website for more details.

at the Los Angeles Public Library
 

Mark Taper Auditorium-Central Library
630 W. Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
 

Join D. Graham Burnett, author of Sounding of the Whale: Science and Cetaceans in the Twentieth Century for a conversation with biological anthropologist Amy Parish titled "Moby Dick: How Scientists Came to Love the Whale."

For more information see the event listing on the Los Angeles Library Foundation website.
 

at the Regenstein Library
 

Room 122A-B
1100 East 57th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
 

The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society at the University of Chicago, presents South African artist William Kentridge, whose internationally acclaimed body of work is explored in the new book That Which Is Not Drawn (Seagull Books), in discussion with writer, curator, and scholar Jane Taylor.

A screening of Kentridge's short film, "Ubu Tells the Truth," precedes the discussion.

For more details and to RSVP see the Neubauer Collegium website or the UChicago Events listing.
 

at Atomic Books
 

3620 Falls Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21211
 

Atomic Books' Writers Under the Influence Series presents a reading with John Hennesy, Tadeusz Dabrowski, Joshua Weiner, and Mary Jo Salter.

For more information see the Atomic Books events calendar.
 

at the Asian American Writers’ Page Turner Festival
 

Roulette Downstairs Gallery
509 Atlantic Avenue
New York, NY 11217
 

Novelist Sergio De La Pava, author of Personae and A Naked Singularity will read along with Eugene Lim, Ira Silverberg, and Miguel Syjuco.

For more information and to register for the event see the Page Turner website.
 

at the Politics & Prose Bookstore
 

5015 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20008
 

Joshua Weiner, author of The Figure of a Man Being Swallowed by a Fish, will read along with fellow poets Tadeusz Dabrowski, and Daisy Fried.

For more information see the Politics & Prose events calendar.
 

at the Chicago History Museum
 

1601 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60614
 

Carl Smith, author of City Water, City Life: Water and the Infrastructure of Ideas in Urbanizing Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago will speak and sign books.

For more information see the Chicago History Museum website.
 

at the Tattered Cover Book Store
 

2526 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
 

Author Joseph Nigg will discuss and sign his new book Sea Monsters: A Voyage around the World’s Most Beguiling Map.

For more information see the Tattered Cover website.
 

at Keele University
 

Westminster Theatre
Chancellors Building
Keele, STS, UK ST5 5BG

Andrew Balmford, Professor of Conservation Science at Cambridge and author of Wild Hope: On the Front Lines of Conservation Success will deliver a lecture titled "Nature's Glass: Half-full or Half-empty" as part of the Keele University World Affairs Programme.

For more information see the Keele University events listing.

 

at DePaul University
 

McGowan South 107
1110 W Belden Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
 

Paddy Woodworth launches his new book Our Once and Future Planet: Restoring the World in the Climate Change Century. A panel discussion and a short talk by Paddy will be followed by a reception.

For more information see this post on the "10 Things Wrong with Environmental Thinking" blog.

at the City Club of Chicago
 

Maggiano's Banquets
111 W. Grand Avenue
Chicago IL, 60654

Chris Jones, chief theater critic for the Chicago Tribune and author of Bigger, Brighter, Louder: 150 Years of Chicago Theater as seen by 'Chicago Tribune' Critics, presents his new book.

11:30 am reception, 12:00 pm luncheon.

See the City Club website for more details and to reserve seating.
 

at the San Diego Jewish Book Fair
 

Venue: Temple Solel
3575 Manchester Ave
Cardiff by the Sea, CA 92007
 

Dean of Arts and Humanities at UCSD and National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author Seth Lerer presents his memoir Prospero’s Son: Life, Books, Love and Theater at the San Diego Jewish Book Fair.

For more information contact Levi Stahl at (773) 702-0289.