Readings and other Events
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Recent Past Events
May 2008
May 27, 7 P.M.
Islamic Society of Milwaukee
Salam School
4707 S 13th St
( 13th & Layton )
Milwaukee WI 53221
Contact:
Sr Ahlam Mustafa
414 282 1812
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Tuesday, May 20, 7 P.M.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cuyahoga Public Library, Beachwood Branch
Co-sponsored by the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
25501 Shaker Blvd.
Beachwood, OH 44122-2306
Contact: Wendy Bartlett: wbartlett@cuyahogalibrary.org, 216-831-6868 or Tracy Strobel: 216-749-9419
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Monday, May 19, 6:30 P.M.
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
610 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
312.322.1700
The Third Coast Festival Listening Room presents the original Lemon Tree radio documentary, originally aired on WHYY’s Fresh Air in 1999. This forty-minute audio documentary will be “screened” and WBEZ’s Gwen Macsai will host a question-and-answer session with Sandy about the documentary and the book, which will also be available for purchase.
A production of Chicago Public Radio, the Third Coast International Audio Festival celebrates the best documentary and feature work being produced worldwide for radio and the Internet. Contact: Julie Shapiro
This event is held as part of Spertus’ recognition of Israel’s 60th anniversary.
Tickets: $10 | $8 for students, Spertus members and Chicago Public Radio members. Tickets available through the Third Coast Festival. 312.948.4682.
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May 17, 4:15 P.M.
Ann Arbor Book Fair
Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern and North African
Studies, University of Michigan
Contact: Marya Ayyash
mayyash@umich.edu
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Saturday, May 17, 7:30-9:00 P.M.
Arab American National Museum
13624 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn, MI 48126
Contact: Celine Taminian: 313-624-0208
Read the announcement for this event on the blog of the Detroit Area Library Network
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Friday, May 16, 6:00 - 7:30PM
Reading and book signing
Busboys and Poets Bookstore
2021 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20009
Langston Room
Contact: Don Allen 202 387-7638
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Wednesday, May 14, 7 P.M.
Edwards Church
297 Main Street
Northampton, MA 01060
Contact: Randy Ross
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Tuesday, May 13, 7 - 8:30 P.M.
YMCA 820 Mass. Ave. Central Square, Cambridge
Free and Open to the Public. Tickets available in advance at:
Cambridge Library Main Branch: 359 Broadway
Harvard Book Store: 1256 Mass. Ave.
Sponsored by : Cambridge Peace Commission 617-349-4694, peace@cambridgema.gov
Co-sponsored by: Cambridge Public Library
With thanks to Harvard Book Store
Contact: Cathy Hoffman
choffman@CambridgeMA.GOV
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Thursday, May 8, 7:00 P.M.
Portland State University
Smith Hall, Room 238, 1825 SW Broadway (at Montgomery)
contact: Lori Huskey
Literary Arts Coordinator
Portland State University
503.725.5666
litac@pdx.edu
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Wednesday, May 7, 7:00 P.M.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Bainbridge Public Library
1270 Madison Avenue N
Contact: Kathleen Thorne, dthorne@ix.netcom.com
Or the library: 206-842-4162
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April 2008
Thursday, April 3, 2008 10:30 A.M. -3:00 P.M.
18th Annual Brandeis University National Woman’s Committee
Lunch With The Authors
The Historic Del Monte Building
Sunnyvale, California
Firoozeh Dumas is the bestselling author of Funny In Farsi : A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America. You may have heard her on NPR or read her work in the New York Times. She is an expert at helping us look at the funny side of life while reminding us of our shared humanity. Her next book, Laughing Without an Accent will be published in May 2008 by Random House. She lives in the bay area with her family.
Rita Golden Gelman, Brandeis ‘58, is the author of more than seventy children’s books. In 1987, after a divorce, she decided to live her dream. She sold everything she owned and took off to discover and live other ways of life. Twenty-one years later, she still has no possessions and no permanent address. In her book, Tales of a Female Nomad (2001), she writes about her adventures and shares the joy of connecting with people all over the world.
Sandy Tolan is an award winning journalist, teacher and documentary radio producer. He is the author of The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East. Based on his award winning documentary for NPR’s Fresh Air about a Palestinian man, an Israeli woman and the common bond: a stone home between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. He is presently teaching Journalism at USC.
Lalita Tademy left her postion as a VP in Silicon Valley to become an award winning author. Her novels combine historical reconstruction with unforgettable story telling. Her first novel Cane River was an Oprah summer read in 2001. It explores the author’s roots from slavery through the civil war and into the Jim Crow south. Red River explores Reconstruction and the lives of generations on her father’s side. She lives in the bay area with her family.
Caryn Huberman Yacowitz returns this year as our moderator. She is the award winning author of 15 children’s books, poetry and musical theater. Also a playwright for adults, one of Caryn’s short plays, PIG ME, opens April 4 at Pear Avenue Theater in Mountain View. She lives in the Bay Area with her family
Minimum Donation- $72.00 Bookmarks (special donors) - begins at $90.00
For more information contact Rocki Kramer- rockik@sbcglobal.net
Thursday, April 3, 2008 7:00 P.M
Arab Jewish Dialogue Group
Congregation Shir Hadash
20 Cherry Blossom Lane
Los Gatos, CA 95032-4637
Free
For more information contact Rabbi Melanie Aron rabbiaron@shirhadash.org
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March 2008
Saturday, March 1, 4:00-10:00 pm
Authors on the Move, Sacramento (Fundraising event for Sacramento Public Library).
Contact Kathy Les: fmit@aol.com
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February 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 8:00 P.M.
Taubman Symposia Lecture, UC-Santa Barbara
Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies
Free
For more information contact: leonard.wallock@cappscenter.ucsb.edu or (805) 893-2317
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Saturday, February 9, First Presbyterian Church, Livermore, CA
Contact: Donald Griggs: dongriggs@mac.com
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