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READINGS AND TALKS AT THE SKIRBALL!
This winter, hear from comic geniuses Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel, novelist Shalom Auslander, artist Kim Abeles, and award-winning journalist Katherine Boo. For information about these and other offerings, including online ticketing, visit www.skirball.org.
| | Upcoming Author Appearances | | DAVE BARRY AND ALAN ZWEIBEL
Tuesday, January 17, 7:30 p.m.
FREE! Listen in as comic geniuses Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel discuss their new book, Lunatics. Legendary comedian David Steinberg moderates the conversation. Presented in association with Book Soup. Learn more and reserve tickets... | | SHALOM AUSLANDER IN CONVERSATION WITH PETER MEHLMAN
Tuesday, January 24, 8:00 p.m.
FREE! Shalom Auslander (Foreskin’s Lament) has been hailed as a brilliant, provocative, and honest voice in American literature. Hear him in conversation with Seinfeld writer/producer Peter Mehlman about his mordantly funny first novel, Hope: A Tragedy. Learn more and reserve tickets... | | KATHERINE BOO—FINDING HOPE IN THE MUMBAI SLUMS
Wednesday, February 15, 8:00 p.m.*
FREE! Listen as Pulitzer Prize-winning author Katherine Boo discusses her new book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, where she tells the story of men, women, and children who must contend with corruption, poverty, religious tensions, and caste in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement of Mumbai. Presented as part of Zócalo at the Skirball Learn more...
*Presented in association with Women Hold Up Half the Sky. Arrive early and view the exhibition—the gallery will remain open until 8:00 p.m. Program ticketholders gain FREE gallery admission! | | Artist's Talk | | ARTIST'S TALK WITH KIM ABELES
Sunday, January 22, 2:30 p.m.
FREE! Join renowned artist Kim Abeles for a slide-illustrated talk on the exhibition Pearls of Wisdom: End the Violence, where domestic violence survivors and concerned community members recast personal memories of domestic pain into unique, iridescent objects. Abeles will also discuss selections from her numerous community-based artworks. Learn more... | | More for Book Lovers and Writers | | This winter, readers and writers can discuss great books and develop their own writing skills with courses from Learning for Life at the Skirball. Registration is now open!
• EMERGING AMERICAN JEWISH AUTHORS Learn more and register...
• WRITING FROM YOUR LIFE Learn more and register...
• AUTOBIOGRAPHY, MEMOIR, OR FICTION Learn more and register... |
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