CAREY PERLOFF
Beautiful Chaos: A Life in the Theater
Tuesday, March 24 at 7 PM
We are pleased to welcome this award-winning playwright, theater director, and artistic director of the legendary American Conservatory Theater. Carey Perloff will share her lively and revealing memoir of over 20 years at the helm, which includes a passionate account of why the theater matters in today's technology-infused world.
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C.W. GORTNER
Mademoiselle Chanel
Thursday, March 26 at 7 PM
Join us as C.W. Gortner returns to read from his latest book, a stunningly imagined novel about the life of iconic fashion designer Coco Chanel, an ambitious laundrywoman's daughter who revolutionized fashion, built an international empire, and became one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.
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JANE HIRSHFIELD
The Beauty: Poems and Ten Windows
Tuesday, April 7 at 7 PM
We are pleased to welcome Jane Hirshfield, current chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, who will read from her latest poetry collection, The Beauty, and Ten Windows, a collection of essays.
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BRUCE HENDERSON
Rescue at Los Banos
Tuesday, April 14 at 7 PM
Bestselling author Bruce Henderson (Hero Found) shares the incredible true story of one of the greatest military rescues of all time: The 1945 World War II prison camp raid at Los Baños in the Philippines.
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SAM QUINONES
Dreamland
Thursday, April 30 at 7 PM
In his fascinating new book, Sam Quinones chronicles how sugar cane farmers on the west coast of Mexico created a unique distribution system that brought black tar heroin - the cheapest, most addictive form of the opiate - to people across the United States.
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