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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100316T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100316T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/river-styx-duffs-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/river-styx-duffs-0 SUMMARY:River Styx at Duff's DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100318T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100318T000000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/kevin-henkes-my-garden URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/kevin-henkes-my-garden SUMMARY:Kevin Henkes - My Garden DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100318T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100318T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/virginia-deberry-donna-grant-uptown URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/virginia-deberry-donna-grant-uptown SUMMARY:Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant - Uptown DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100318T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100318T170000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/kmox-andrew-young-politician URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/kmox-andrew-young-politician SUMMARY:KMOX\: Andrew Young - The Politician DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100319T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100319T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/azar-nafisi-things-ive-been-silent-about URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/azar-nafisi-things-ive-been-silent-about SUMMARY:Azar Nafisi - Things I've Been Silent About END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100321T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100321T220000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/lisa-lutz-spellmans-strike-again URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/lisa-lutz-spellmans-strike-again SUMMARY:Lisa Lutz - The Spellmans Strike Again DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100324T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100324T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/james-mcgrath-morris-pulitzer URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/james-mcgrath-morris-pulitzer SUMMARY:James McGrath Morris - Pulitzer DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100326T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100326T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/anne-perry-sheen-silk URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/anne-perry-sheen-silk SUMMARY:Anne Perry - The Sheen on the Silk DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100330T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100330T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/jabari-asim-taste-honey URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/jabari-asim-taste-honey SUMMARY:Jabari Asim - A Taste of Honey DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100331T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100331T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/laura-skandera-trombley-mark-twains-other-woman URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/laura-skandera-trombley-mark-twains-other-woman SUMMARY:Laura Skandera Trombley - Mark Twain's Other Woman DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100401T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100401T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/jerry-holkins-mike-krahulik-splendid-magic-penny-arcade URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/jerry-holkins-mike-krahulik-splendid-magic-penny-arcade SUMMARY:Jerry Holkins & Mike Krahulik - The Splendid Magic of Penny Arcade DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100403T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100403T180000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/st-louis-writers-guild-workshop-jeffrey-copeland URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/st-louis-writers-guild-workshop-jeffrey-copeland SUMMARY:St. Louis Writers Guild Workshop with Jeffrey Copeland DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100407T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100407T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/elisa-glick-materializing-queer-desire URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/elisa-glick-materializing-queer-desire SUMMARY:Elisa Glick - Materializing Queer Desire DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100409T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100409T000000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/lyah-beth-leflore-world-mine URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/lyah-beth-leflore-world-mine SUMMARY:Lyah Beth LeFlore - The World Is Mine DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100409T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100409T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/bellaspark-productions-presents-don-miguel-ruiz URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/bellaspark-productions-presents-don-miguel-ruiz SUMMARY:BellaSpark Productions presents Don Miguel Ruiz DESCRIPTION: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.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE:20100314T031317Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100411T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100411T010000Z UID:http://www.left-bank.com/event/anne-lamott-imperfect-birds URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.left-bank.com/event/anne-lamott-imperfect-birds SUMMARY:Anne Lamott - Imperfect Birds DESCRIPTION: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.
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