Author Events

at the University of Washington Department of Geography
 

University of Washington
Smith Hall 304
Seattle, WA 98195
 

Tom Koch, author of Disease Maps: Epidemics on the Ground, will be delivering a lecture based on his research for the book.

For more information please contact Liz Fischer at (773) 702-0890.

at the Florida Aquarium, Tampa Bay
 

701 Channelside Drive
Tampa, FL 33602
 

Ellen Prager, author of Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter, will be the featured speaker for the February edition of the aquarium's Evening Tide Talks.

A complimentary reception begins at 5:45 p.m., the featured presentation begins at 6:15 p.m. Entry is through the Florida Aquarium’s business entrance.

For Information and to R.S.V.P. call (813) 273-4568

at the Newberry Library
 

Ruggles Hall
60 West Walton Street
Chicago, IL 60610
 

Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, author of American Nietzsche: A History of an Icon and His Ideas, will speak.

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

at the Elliott Bay Book Company
 

1521 Tenth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
 

Benjamin Cawthra, author of Blue Notes in Black and White: Photography and Jazz, will speak and sign books.

For more information contact Jeff Waxman at (773) 702-0279.

at the Harvard Square Coop
 

3rd floor of the main book building
1400 Massachusetts Avenue
18 Palmer Street
Cambridge,  MA 02238
 

Franco Mormando, author of Bernini: His Life and His Rome, will speak and sign books.

For more information contact Levi Stahl at (773) 702-0289 or contact the Coop at (617) 499-2000.

at the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Visitor Center
 

MM 102.5
Oceanside Overseas Highway
 

Ellen Prager, author of Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter, will be the featured guest speaker for the park's Delicate Balance of Nature lecture series.

For more information call the Visitor Center at 451-9570.

at the Oak Park Public Library
 

Second Floor – Veterans Room
834 Lake St.
Oak Park, IL 60301
 

Bob Riesman and singer/guitarist Chris Walz will use live and recorded music, as well as anecdotes and commentary, to trace Big Bill Broonzy’s remarkably influential career. 

For more information please contact Liz Fischer at (773) 702-0890.
 

at Studio-X NYC
 

180 Varick St., Suite 1610
New York, NY 10014
 

Studio-X NYC willl host photographer Stanley Greenberg for an interview and public discussion of his work inclusding his new book, Stanley Greenberg: Time Machines.

For more information please contact Melinda Kennedy at (773) 702-2945.

at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, San Francisco
 

814 Montgomery Street
San Francisco CA 94133
 

Franco Mormando, author of Bernini: His Life and His Rome, will speak.

Register for the event at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura website, or for more information call (415) 788-7142. Admission is free.

at Jewish Book Week, London
 

Kings Place
90 York Way N1 9AG
 

Simon Goldhill, author of Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Brontë's Grave, will be reading as part of Jewish Book Week 2012.

This is a free but ticketed event.

To book, call 020 7520 1490 or pick up your ticket from the box office on your way in - subject to availability.

at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting
 

The Institute for Public Knowledge
20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor
New York, NY
 

The ESS "Craft of Ethnography" working group will host a reception celebrating three ethnographies including Claudio E. Benzecry's Opera Fanatic: Ethnography of an Obsession.

RSVP to Jessica Coffey at Jessica.Coffey@nyu.edu by friday, February 10th.

at The Book Stall
 

811 Elm Street
Winnetka, IL 60093
 

Richard Wasserman will discuss his recently released book, Midstream, which features large-format black and white photographs of the Chicago River, shot over ten years with the aim of documenting the nuances of the river and the city at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

For more information please contact Liz Fischer at (773) 702-0890.

at the Whitworth Art Gallery
 

Gallery Shop
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester M15 6ER UK
 

Visual artist Anne Wilson, whose work is featured in Anne Wilson: Wind/Rewind/Weave, performs a piece titled "Walking the Warp Manchester."

For more information contact Miranda Sklaroff at (773) 702-1964.

at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater
 

Navy Pier
800 East Grand Avenue
Chicago IL, 60611
 

Kieran Egan, author of Learning in Depth: A Simple Innovation That Can Transform Schooling, will speak as part of the "Beyond These Times" lecture series – a detailed look with leading authors, educators, and visionaries at the future of education.

Event is free and open to the public.

Advance reservations are available at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater website.
 

at Ravenna Science on Tap, A Seattle Science Cafe
 

Ravenna Third Place Books
6504 20th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98115
(206) 525-2347
 

Chris Linder, author of Science on Ice: Four Polar Expeditions, will speak.

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

at the Rock Bottom
 

One West Grand Avenue
Chicago, IL 60654
 

Steve Tomasula, author of In & Oz: A Novel will be reading alongside a host of other authors as part of the Assocaition of Writers and Writing Programs 2012 Festival of Language. Presented in three 90-minute sessions.

For more information see the AWP facebook page for the event or contact Miranda Sklaroff at (773) 702-1964.

at the Downtown Fullerton Art Walk
 

Violethour Studio & Gallery
225 W. Santa Fe Avenue
Fullerton, CA 92832
 

Benjamin Cawthra, author of Blue Notes in Black and White: Photography and Jazz, will read.

For more information contact Jeffrey Waxman at (773) 702-0279.

at Southern Methodist University
 

DeGolyer Library
6404 Robert S. Hyer Lane
Dallas, TX 75205
 

Jennifer Clarvoe, author of Counter-Amores, will read.

For more information please contact Micah Fehrenbacher at (773) 702-7717.
 

at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
 

1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028-0198
 

Argentinean artist Tomás Saraceno, whose work is documented in the recent exhibition catalog, Tomás Saraceno: Cloud-Specific from Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, will create a monumental constellation of interconnected, room-sized modules specifically for the Met's Roof Garden.

For more information contact the Museum at (212) 535-7710.

at Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeehouse
 

202 Galisteo Street
Santa Fe, NM 87501
 

Atsuro Riley, author of Romey's Order, will read.

For more information please contact Micah Fehrenbacher at (773) 702-7717.
 

at Boswell Book Company
 

2559 N Downer Ave.
Milwaukee WI 53211
 

Benjamin Cawthra, author of Blue Notes in Black and White: Photography and Jazz, will read.

For more information contact Jeffrey Waxman at (773) 702-0279.
 

at the University of South Florida

USF Graphicstudio
3702 Spectrum Blvd.
Suite 100
Tampa, FL 33612-9498
 

Jennifer Clarvoe, author of Counter-Amores, will read for the USF Humanities Institute's celebration of National Poetry Month.

For more information please contact Micah Fehrenbacher at (773) 702-7717.
 

at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas
 

The University of Texas at Austin
300 West 21st Street
Austin, Texas 78712
 

Helen Moore, editor of Manifold Greatness: The Making of the King James Bible and Fellow and Tutor in English at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, speaks about the history of the King James translation. A reception follows. Co-sponsored by Corpus Christi College, Oxford and The Wall Street Journal.
 
For more information please contact Melinda Kennedy at (773) 702-2945.