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St. Louis Camera Club: Tom Murphy Photography Seminar

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:08:38 -0500

Start: Sat, 03/13/2010 - 9:00am

End: Sat, 03/13/2010 - 5:00pm

Tom Murphy's photographs reveal wildlife interacting with each other and with their envitronment in the wildest places on earth. At this seminar, he will share tips and information about the proper selection and use of camera equipment, compositional concepts and setting equipment for maximum impact and interest in wildlife photography, an overview of digital photography (including the do's and don'ts with memory cards and digital camera settings), and his own personal in-depth workflow procedures and effective systems to label and track all images. For more information or to register, visit www.stlcameraclub.com.

River Styx at Duff's

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:46:21 -0500

Start: Mon, 03/15/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Mon, 03/15/2010 - 7:00pm

River Styx at Duff's presents poetry readings by Shane Seely (author of The Snowbound House) and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon (author of Black Swan). Admission is $5 at the door. Books will be available for purchase from Left Bank Books staff at Duff's.

Kevin Henkes - My Garden

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:10:28 -0500

Start: Wed, 03/17/2010 - 6:00pm

End: Wed, 03/17/2010 - 6:00pm

Illustrated with heavenly full-color paintings, this picture book for young children pays tribute to a child's imagination and independence and features an inquisitive and humorous text, making My Garden an ideal read-aloud to treasure. Author and illustrator Kevin Henkes was awarded the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon. He is the creator of several picture books and also writes for older children.

Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant - Uptown

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:05:30 -0500

Start: Wed, 03/17/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Wed, 03/17/2010 - 7:00pm

New York Times best-selling co-authors and best friends, Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant, who collaborated on Gotta Keep on Tryin' and What Doesn't Kill You, are back with a story as big as New York City itself, following a wealthy, prominent family caught in a storm of sexual scandal, secrets, betrayal, and politics. DeBerry and Grant fans will not be disappointed with this look into the high rolling, no holds barred world of NYC real estate development. Before becoming co-authors, both women worked as plus size models, careers that led to the opportunity to launch Maxima, a fashion and lifestyle magazine for plus size women. When the publication of Maxima ceased, they began their book writing relationship which turned into the most successful and enduring writing collaboration in African American fiction.

KMOX: Andrew Young - The Politician

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:13:33 -0500

Start: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 9:00am

End: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 11:00am

In The Politician, Andrew Young, a close aide and trusted friend to Senator John Edwards, offers a look at the trajectory which made John Edwards an ideal Democratic candidate for president, and the hubris which brought him down, leaving his career, his marriage, and his dreams in ashes. This KMOX/Fontbonne University Book Club with Charlie Brennan is a live broadcast on KMOX.

The event is free, but you must register to attend. Call (314)444.1827 or e-mail cwbrennan@cbs.com to register.

Azar Nafisi - Things I've Been Silent About

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:10:25 -0500

Start: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Thu, 03/18/2010 - 7:00pm

Lisa Lutz - The Spellmans Strike Again

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:43:41 -0500

Start: Sun, 03/21/2010 - 4:00pm

End: Sun, 03/21/2010 - 4:00pm

The Spellmans Strike Again is the final installment in the critically acclaimed, best-selling, Edgar-nominated series by Lisa Lutz featured the intrepid private investigator Izzy Spellman and her loveable--if somewhat paranoid--family. After writing the screenplay Plan B, a mob comedy made into a 2000 film, Lisa Lutz swore vowed to never write another screenplay, moving instead to novels and the odd Spellman family. Her uproarious Izzy Spellman mysteries will appeal to fans of Janet Evanovich.

James McGrath Morris - Pulitzer

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:41:14 -0500

Start: Tue, 03/23/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Tue, 03/23/2010 - 7:00pm

Biographer James McGrath Morris's groundbreaking new work, Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power, begins with Joseph Pulitzer's early years in Missouri state politics and journalism, to his work at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and later role as owner and publisher of the New York World. Based on a wealth of previously unknown material--such as the unpublished memoirs of Pulitzer's brother, formerly secret government documents, and financial and business papers found ina St. Louis trash bin--Pulitzer is the first full-scale biography in more than a generation of this seminal figure. Timely and compelling, Pulitzer illustrates the evolving landscape of American journalism and tells the remarkable story behind the birth of modern mass media.

Anne Perry - The Sheen on the Silk

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:50:08 -0500

Start: Thu, 03/25/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Thu, 03/25/2010 - 7:00pm

New York Times best-selling novelist Anne Perry has won widespread popular and critical acclaim for her Victorian mysteries, and now she turns to 13th-century Constantinople, Venice, and Rome in her new epic, historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk. On one level, a young woman risks everything to clear her brother's name. But she is not the only one at risk; the broader story captures the tensions between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches at a moment in history when any misstep could lead to a devastating crusade.

Jabari Asim - A Taste of Honey

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:38:17 -0500

Start: Mon, 03/29/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Mon, 03/29/2010 - 7:00pm

Poignant and powerful, this debut collection from preeminent writer and critic Jabari Asim heralds his arrival as an exciting new voice in African American fiction. Through a series of fictional episodes set against the backdrop of one of the most turbulent years in modern history, Asim brings into pin-sharp focus how the tumultuous events of '68 affected people's lives and shaped the country we live in today. The sixteen connected stories are set in the fictional midwestern town of Gateway City, where police brutality is on the rise, the civil rights movement gains momentum, and wars rage at home and abroad while the community stands on edge. Jabari Asim is the author of What Obama Means… For Our Culture, Our Politics, The N Word, and several books for children. He is also a scholar-in-residence at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and editor-in-chief of The Crisis, the magazine of the NAACP.

Laura Skandera Trombley - Mark Twain's Other Woman

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:44:35 -0500

Start: Tue, 03/30/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Tue, 03/30/2010 - 7:00pm

An enduring mystery in Mark Twain's life concerns the events of his last decade, from 1900 to 1910. Despite many Twain biographies, no one has ever determined exactly what took place during those final years after the death of Twains wife of thirty-four years and how those experiences affected him, personally and professionally. Laura Skandera Trombley, the preeminent Twain scholar at work today and president of Pitzer College, went in search of the one woman whom she suspected had played the largest role in Twain's life during those final years and who possibly held the answer to her questions about Twain's life and writings. Trombly tells the full story through Isabel Lyon's meticulous daily journals, the only detailed record of Twain's last years that exists, journals overlooked by Twain's previous biographers, in Mark Twain's Other Woman.

Jerry Holkins & Mike Krahulik - The Splendid Magic of Penny Arcade

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:39:40 -0500

Start: Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:00pm

Join us in celebrating 11 1/2 years of Penny Arcade--the incrediby popular Web comic for and about gamers--as the creators, Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, present The Splendid Magic of Penny Arcade. This collection includes anecdotes from the creators and commentary for well-known game-industry professionals. At this special event, Jerry and Mike will talk, do a Web comic demonstration, take questions from the audience, and autograph books--which are available from Left Bank Books before and at the event. Plus, Jerry, Mike, and a bunch of their friends will do an exhibit of Web comic art at Mad Art Gallery. Mad Art Gallery will also have a cash bar at this very cool all-in-one event.

St. Louis Writers Guild Workshop with Jeffrey Copeland

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:20:55 -0500

Start: Sat, 04/03/2010 - 10:00am

End: Sat, 04/03/2010 - 12:00pm

St. Louis Writers Guild presents author Jeffrey Copeland for a workshop, "The Story Behind the Story: Conducting Background Research for a Book (or, How I Spent a Year in Dives, Diners, and Archives…)." The workshop is free to members, and there is a modest $5 fee to non-members. Email workshops@stlwritersguild.org for more information or to register.

Elisa Glick - Materializing Queer Desire

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:43:01 -0500

Start: Tue, 04/06/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Tue, 04/06/2010 - 7:00pm

Boldly bringing modernism into dialogue with Marxist and queer theory, Elisa Glick (Associate Professor of English and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Missouri) offers an innovative, materialist account of modern queer consciousness that challenges tendencies to oppose "private" eroticism and the systems of value that govern "public" interests.

Lyah Beth LeFlore - The World Is Mine

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:46:25 -0500

Start: Thu, 04/08/2010 - 6:00pm

End: Thu, 04/08/2010 - 6:00pm

Six teens living in the diverse landscape of Washington, D.C. are on the grind at school, home, and work in Lyah Beth LeFlore's new Young Adult novel, The World Is Mine. The first in a trilogy (The Come Up), in which each book showcases 30 pieces of photo-illustrated art by D.L. Warfield meshed within the frenetic, contemporary storyline, this book is sure to connect with fans of hip-hop and popular culture. Lyah Beth LeFLore, a native of St. Louis, is a television producer and author.

BellaSpark Productions presents Don Miguel Ruiz

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:52:08 -0500

Start: Thu, 04/08/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Thu, 04/08/2010 - 7:00pm

Don Miguel Ruiz, a Nagual, shaman and teacher in the Toltec wisdom tradition, is best known for his interantionally acclaimed book, The Four Agreements. Raised by a curandera (healer) mother and a Nagual (shaman) grandfather, Ruiz chose, instead, to attend a traditional medical school and work as a surgeon, only reconnecting with his Toltec roots after a near-death experience. This event is part of the Extraordinary People Series, and tickets are available through bellaspark.com.

Anne Lamott - Imperfect Birds

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:39:12 -0500

Start: Sat, 04/10/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Sat, 04/10/2010 - 7:00pm

Imperfect Birds is a powerful and redemptive novel of love and family from Anne Lamott (Blue Shoe, Grace Eventually, and Operating Instructions). Rosie Ferguson is everything her mother hoped she could be. But after the family moves, there are disturbing signs that the life Rosie claims to be living is a sham, and that Elizabeth's hopes for her daughter to remain immune from the pull of the darker impulses of drugs and alcohol are dashed. An honest and heartrending novel, Imperfect Birds explores our human quest for connection and salvation as it reveals the traps that can befall all of us.