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11/03/2019 - Talk: Should We Doubt Shakespeare's Identity?Join us and Bryan H. Wildenthal for a friendly and fascinating journey into the authorship question. More than 400 years after Shakespeare's time, and more than 150 years after modern alternative authorship theories began running riot in the mid-19th century, what do we really know for sure? Did William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon work with numerous co-authors, most of them uncredited at the time, as most mainstream scholars now argue? Is the case for his primary authorship really as airtight as most mainstream scholars claim? Why have some of the greatest writers, artists, intellectuals, and judicial and political leaders of modern times doubted that traditional story? Was Shakespeare of Stratford a front-man for a hidden aristocratic author? What did Ben Jonson know, and slyly hint at? What can the "Shakespeare" plays and poems themselves tell us about this issue? In his new book, "Early Shakespeare Authorship Doubts", Bryan subjects both the traditional story and the various skeptical theories to careful scrutiny.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Mission Valley Library
2123 Fenton Parkway
San Diego, CA 92108
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Sunday, November 3 - 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
For more information, please visit: www.eventbrite.com
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11/02/2019 - Book Signing: J. Elke ErtleNovember 9 marks the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. As the world commemorates this historic event, J. Elke Ertle, will discuss the factors that led to the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 and the dynamics that brought it down in 1989. Elke, born and raised in West Berlin, was fifteen years of age on that summer day in August when construction of the Wall first began. She vividly recalls how West Berliners, whose city was no more than a tiny capitalist island within a large communist sea, were terrified of winding up behind the Iron Curtain. Elke will end the discussion by reading a brief excerpt from her memoir, "Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl's Journey to Freedom" that describes the panic, the doom, the confusion, the lack of reliable information and the rumors of collusion, under-the-table deals and nuclear war that swept thought the city. Copies of Ms. Ertle's book will be available for sale from the author after the event.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Coronado Library
640 Orange Avenue
Coronado, CA 92118
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Saturday, November 2 - 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
For more information, please visit: www.walled-in-berlin.com
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10/26/2019 - Travel Writing WorkshopTransform your passion for writing and traveling and break into travel writing. Award-winning travel writer, blogger and author, Lenore Greiner will show you how to sell your stories. Get practical advice on traditional freelancing, digital opportunities, blogging, social media, authoring your travel memoir and much more. She'll cover details such as finding story angles, reading writers guidelines, picking your niche, pitching and press trips for free travel. Plus, get tips on breaking in with local travel writing opportunities.
Admission/Cost: $45 - $54
Location:
The Ink Spot
Barracks 16 #202
2730 Historic Decatur Road
San Diego, 92106
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Saturday, October 26 - 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
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10/28/2019 - Book Signing: Alice HoffmanAlice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including The Rules of Magic, The Marriage of Opposites, Practical Magic, The Red Garden, the Oprah's Book Club selection Here on Earth, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, and The Dovekeepers. She lives near Boston.
In 1941, during humanity's darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive.
In Berlin, at the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her twelve-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime. She finds her way to a renowned rabbi, but it's his daughter, Ettie, who offers hope of salvation when she creates a mystical Jewish creature, a rare and unusual golem, who is sworn to protect Lea. Once Ava is brought to life, she and Lea and Ettie become eternally entwined, their paths fated to cross, their fortunes linked.
Lea and Ava travel from Paris, where Lea meets her soulmate, to a convent in western France known for its silver roses; from a school in a mountaintop village where three thousand Jews were saved. Meanwhile, Ettie is in hiding, waiting to become the fighter she's destined to be.
What does it mean to lose your mother? How much can one person sacrifice for love? In a world where evil can be found at every turn, we meet remarkable characters that take us on a stunning journey of loss and resistance, the fantastical and the mortal, in a place where all roads lead past the Angel of Death and love is never ending.
Notes:
• General Admission Check-In at 6:15 PM.
• Please print out your tickets.
• Seating is first-come, first served.
• You will receive a copy of Alice's book when you check in.
• Please enter campus from the west entrance and park in the west lot. Shuttles will be available from the parking structure to the theater.
• he event will begin on time, so please allow plenty of time to get from the parking structure to the theater.
Please call the Warwick's Book Department at (858) 454-0347 for more information.
Admission/Cost: $30.16 - $40.16
Location:
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
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Monday, October 28 - 7:00 PM
For more information, please visit: www.warwicks.com
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11/02/2019 - Raising Bilingual-Multilingual ChildrenRachele will share what makes children polyglots and what steps parents should take to ensure their children can successfully grow up speaking several languages perfectly. While speaking to your children in the language may seem to be an obvious step, there are many other factors contributing to them speaking several languages. From personal and professional experience to intensive research, Rachele will share the keys so you can successfully raise your children bilingual / multilingual / multicultural (whether you speak the language(s) or not). Free workshop in English. Donations accepted.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Alliance Francaise de San Diego
6640 Lusk Boulevard, suite 104
San Diego, CA 92121
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Saturday, November 2 - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
For more information, please visit: www.afsandiego.org
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10/25/2019 - Book Signing: J. Elke ErtleNovember 9 will mark the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. As the world prepares to commemorate this historic event,J. Elke Ertle, will discuss the factors that led to the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 and the dynamics that brought it down in 1989.
Elke, born and raised in West Berlin, was fifteen years of age on that summer day in August when construction of the Wall first began. She vividly recalls how West Berliners, whose city was no more than a tiny capitalist island within a large communist sea, were terrified of winding up behind the Iron Curtain.
Elke will end the discussion by reading a brief excerpt from her memoir, "Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl's Journey to Freedom" that describes the panic, the doom, the confusion, the lack of reliable information and the rumors of collusion, under-the-table deals and nuclear war that swept thought the city.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
San Carlos Public Library
7265 Jackson Dr.
San Diego, CA
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Friday, October 25 - 2:00 PM
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10/29/2019 - In Celebration of Toni Morrison: Reflecting on a LegendThe passing of Nobel laureate, Toni Morrison, in August 2019, has been felt as an irreplaceable loss by many who were inspired by the power and beauty of her writing, her advocacy for Black writers, and the incisive and uncompromising commentary on race in the United States in her novels, essays and interviews. Morrison's work features in courses and scholarship at universities and colleges around the nation, including UC San Diego.
Join us for a panel of scholars who will read from Toni Morrison's works and reflect on her impact.
Panelists and moderator include:
Boatema Boateng, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, UC San Diego, Carlton Floyd, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of San Diego, Theresa Ford, Member, Toni Morrison Society & Professor Emerita, Grossmont College, Sara Clarke Kaplan, Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego, Charles Toombs, Professor, Department of Africana Studies, San Diego State University
This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Seuss Room
Geisel Library
U.C. San Diego
La Jolla, CA
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Tuesday, October 29 - 12:00 PM
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10/22/2019 - Book Signing: Kate QuinnWarwick's will host Kate Quinn as she discusses and signs her new book, "Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution's Women." Quinn is the "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Alice Network" and "The Huntress."
This event is free and open to the public. Reserved seating is available when the book is pre-ordered from Warwick's for the event. Only books purchased from Warwick's will be signed.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Warwick's
7812 Girard Ave.
La Jolla, CA
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Tuesday, October 22 - 7:30 PM
For more information, please call: (858) 454-0347
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10/14/2019 - Book Signing: Simon TamSimon Tam, founder of Asian American dance rock band The Slants, will be presenting his new memoir, Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court. He'll be joined by Slants' guitarist, Joe x. Jiang, and will be performing some songs from the band's latest release. Gripping, funny, enlightening, and ultimately uplifting, Slanted proves that no obstacle is too difficult to conquer -as long as you have a little heart and a lot of rock n' roll. It's an irrepressible story that is fresh, alive, and defines what it means to be American.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Mysterious Galaxy Books
5943 Balboa Avenue #100
San Diego, CA 92111
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Monday, October 14 - 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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10/07/2019 - Book Talk: Native American Historian Walter Echo-HawkThe Barona Cultural Center & Museum invites you to an evening with renowned Native American legal scholar, author and historian, Walter Echo-Hawk as he discusses his newest book, The Sea of Grass: A Family Tale from the American Heartland. The Sea of Grass chronicles 10 generations of Echo-Hawk's Pawnee family and explores the history of the Pawnee Nation which was shaped by the land, animals, and plants of the Central Plains and by the long sweep of Indigenous history in the grasslands. This historical fiction novel covers the Pawnee Nation's spiritual side and recounts the Native life, based on real people and events. Books will be available for purchase at the event for $26. RSVP 619-443-7003 ext. 219
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Barona Cultural Center and Museum
1095 Barona Road
Lakeside, CA 92040
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Monday, October 7 - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
For more information, please visit: www.baronamuseum.com
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