Simpson Center for the Humanities
206 Communications
Seattle, WA 98195-3710
Alice Kaplan, author of Dreaming in French: The Paris Years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis will speak.
For more information contact Levi Stahl at (773) 702-0289.
at the Observatory Room
543 Union Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Photographer and author Stanley Greenberg will present an illustrated lecture on the subject of his new book, Stanley Greenberg: Time Machines – a photographic exploration of some of the world's most important experiments in modern physics.
For more information please contact Melinda Kennedy at (773) 702-2945.
at the Southside Hub of Production
5638 S. Woodlawn
Chicago,IL 60637-1507
Edward Wolner discusses his book, Henry Ives Cobb's Chicago: Architecture, Institutions, and the Making of a Modern Metropolis.
For more information navigate to the SoHOC events calendar or see the listing on the Seminary Co-op bookstore website.
at the University of Denver
Korbel School of International Studies
Sie 150 in Cherrington Hall
2201 South Gaylord Street
Denver, CO 80208
Alan Gilbert, Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence, will speak.
For more information contact Carrie Adams at (773) 702-4216.
54 St James Street
Liveprool, L1 0AB
Bidisha, author of Beyond the Wall: Writing a Path through Palestine, with Liz Kelly, Helen Walsh, and Helen Milne, explore some of the recent controversies in the women's movement in a panel discussion titled "From Spare Rib to Slutwalks."
For more information contact Jefferey Waxman at (773) 702-0279.
1172 E. 55th Street
Chicago IL 60637
Dmitry Samarov, author of Hack: Stories from a Chicago Cab, and Jack Clark, author of Nobody's Angel, will discuss their books as part of the new Doppelgangers reading series by 57th Street Books.
For more information contact Liz Fischer at 773-702-0890.
at the Mosaic Rooms
A.M. Qattan Foundation
Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road
London SW5 0SW
Bidisha, author of Beyond the Wall: Writing a Path through Palestine, will launch her new book and participate in a panel dicussion focusing on the challenges, rewards and responsibilities of international journalism.
For more information contact Jefferey Waxman at (773) 702-0279.
at the American Library in Paris
10, rue du Général Camou
75007 Paris, France
Alice Kaplan, author of Dreaming in French: The Paris Years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis will speak.
For more information contact Levi Stahl at (773) 702-0289.
at the Vera Institute of Justice
Herb Sturz-Burke Marshall Conference Center
233 Broadway, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10279
Robert J. Sampson, author of Great American City, will deliver a lecture entitled "The Social Order of the American City: Lessons for Crime and Justice."
To RSVP call 212-376-3058 or write to fasifuddin@vera.org.
200 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10013
Robert A. Kaster, author of The Appian Way: Ghost Road, Queen of Roads, and Franco Mormando author of Bernini: His Life and His Rome, will speak together in a presentation titled "Eat, Drink & Think Like … the Romans." Followed by a sampling of authentic Roman treats.
Purchase tickets online at the 92nd Street Y website, or for more information contact Levi Stahl at (773) 702-0289.
at the Blackstone Library
4904 S. Lake Park Ave.
Chicago, IL 60615
Bill Savage will discuss his annotations to the sixtieth anniversary edition of Nelson Algren's Chicago: City on the Make, which include historic photos and updated info. As the city moves into a new era with a new mayor, does the picture still hold true?
For more information contact Elizabeth Fischer at (773) 702-0890.
at the Boulder Book Store
1107 Pearl Street
Boulder, CO 80302
Alan Gilbert will speak about and sign his new book, Black Patriots & Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence.
For more information contact Carrie Adams at (773) 702-4216.
