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Thursday, March 2510 a.m.The Garden as Poet's Muse: Anne Spencer's Garden and SalonCo-authors Reuben Rainey and Rebecca Frischkorn (Half my World: The Garden of Anne Spencer) explore this historic Virginia garden with a slide presentation and discuss the creative explorations of this Harlem Renaissance Poet. (Spencer House and Garden Museum) City Council Chambers Albemarle: A Story of Landscape and American IdentityAuthor Avery Chenoweth and photographer Robert Llewellyn show and discuss their book on the beautiful and historically significant county around us: Albemarle. The Rotunda Women with Power: A PanelBetsy Prioleau (Seductress), Amy Schapiro (Millicent Fenwick: Her Way), Mary Cartledgehayes (Grace), and Courtney Febbroriello (Wife of the Chef). UVa Bookstore History of Christianity in VirginiaWith authors Stephen Longenecker (Shenandoah Religion), John G. Sparks (The Roots of Appalachian Christianity), Rob Hewitt (Where the River Flows: Finding Faith in Rockingham County, Virginia), and Gerald P. Fogarty (Commonwealth Catholicism). The Student Bookstore The Shock of the New Parent: A PanelWith authors Faulkner Fox (Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life), Andrea Buchanan (Mother Shock), and Scott Mactavish (The New Dad's Survival Guide). C'ville Coffee 11:45 a.m.Festival Luncheon: Clyde EdgertonEnjoy Lunch at the Piccadilly with its author, Clyde Edgerton. Pre-lunch
entertainment by Flashbacks Jazz Ensemble at Senior Center, Inc.( with CART --Communications
Access Realtime Translation, which provides access for the hard-of-hearing). SOLD
OUT.(Wachovia Foundation) 2 p.m.A Woman's Place: A PanelExplore the changing roles of women with authors Elizabeth O'Leary (From Morning to Night), Mary Collins (The Essential Daughter), and Jane Turner Censer (The Reconstruction of White Southern Womanhood). McIntire Room, Central Library Resting Places: America's Lost HeroesWith Earl Swift (Where They Lay: Searching for America's Lost Soldiers) and Orin Starn (Ishi's Brain). (Daily Progress) City Council Chambers Book Signing and Chat: Clyde EdgertonMeet Clyde Edgerton (Lunch at the Piccadilly) on the downtown mall for an afternoon chat and booksigning. New Dominion Bookshop UVa Graduates ReadingHear UVa graduates Talvikki Ansel (Jetty and Other Poems), Deborah Slicer (The White Calf Kicks), Karen Kevorkian (White Stucco Black Wing) read from their recent books. (UVa Creative Writing) UVa Bookstore The Bausch Bash: FictionReadings by 2003 Virginia Literary Award finalists Richard Bausch (Hello to the Cannibals) and Robert Bausch (The Gypsy Man). Barnes & Noble 4 p.m.Brown v. Board--50 Years of IntegrationA viewing of the documentary film The Road to Brown, followed by reactions and reflections by John Ritchie, former Executive Assistant to Governor Linwood Holton, and Elaine Carter of the Christiansburg Institute. Moderated by David Bearinger, VFH. (WMRA, Bank of America) City Council Chambers Science and Society: A PanelExplore recent issues with authors Jim Robbins (A Symphony in the Brain), Robin Marantz Henig (Pandora's Baby, The Monk in the Garden), James Shreeve (The Genome War; Neandertal Enigma), and Carl Zimmer (Soul Made Flesh; Evolution). (Biotage) McIntire Room, Central Library Imagined Americas: Fiction Reading and DiscussionFiction steeped in the American social conscience with authors Denise DeVries (The Disappearance of Bobo Blando), Richard Galli (remfs) and Peter Skinner (White Buffalo). Gravity Lounge History as Fiction: A Reading and DiscussionWith authors David Poyer (A Country of Our Own), Thomas Mallon (Bandbox), and David L. Robbins (Last Citadel). Village School The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: Alexander McCall Smith ReadsAuthor Alexander McCall Smith reads and comments on his beguiling tales of southern Africa, the inimitable Precious Ramotswe, and the work of his No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. (Humanities in Medicine, UVa School of Medicine) UVa Bookstore Mountain Music of the Blue RidgeWith Paula Hathaway Anderson-Green (Hotbed of Musicians), Philip Gura (C.F. Martin and His Guitars) and Billy Edd Wheeler. Moderated by Jon Lohman. (Virginia Folklife Program, VFH) The Prism Common Wealth: Virginia PoetsReadings by anthologized Virginia poets Kelly Cherry (Rising Venus), Claudia Emerson (Pinion), George Garrett (Days of Our Lives Lie in Fragments) and R.H.W. Dillard (Sallies). (UVa Press) Barnes & Noble The Louisiana Purchase: Jefferson's Noble Bargain?After two centuries, most Americans consider the Louisiana Purchase an inevitability. Author James Lewis shows that, at the time, many considered it impossible, undesirable, and unconstitutional. Author Jon Kukla introduces and offers his own insights. (Internat'l Center for Jefferson Studies, Monticello) The Jefferson Library, 1325 Kenwood Farm Wife of the Chef: A DiscussionAuthor Courtney Febbroriello discusses her tough and funny life as restaurant co-owner of Metro Bis and wife of the chef. With chef Chris Prosperi. (In the Kitchen) Ron Martin Design Center 6 p.m.Legal Constructions of Race in VirginiaWith Monacan tribe member Karenne Wood, Peter Wallenstein (Tell the Court I Love My Wife and Blue Laws, Black Codes) and Woody Holton (Forced Founders). Moderated by David Bearinger, VFH. City Council Chambers A Reading by Arturo AriasArturo Arias, author of Rattlesnake and screenwriter of El Norte, will read from and discuss his fiction. UVa Bookstore Double Lives: Spoken Word and FlutePoets Susan Imhof and Judy Longley (My Journey Toward You) read their poetry focusing on the double lives of mythic figure Persephone and American artist Georgia O'Keeffe. Poet Danielle Dubrasky and composer Gerard Yun follow with a performance of Persephone Awakened--poetry accompanied by Japanese shakuhachi flute. The Prism Wife of the Chef: A DemonstrationChef Chris Prosperi and author Courtney Febbroriello demonstrate food from their restaurant Metro Bis. (In the Kitchen) Ron Martin Design Center The Joys of Chinese Calligraphy: Writing Chinese Words of Virtue and CelebrationMartha Dahlen, author of Brush with Life, will discuss and demonstrate how and why Chinese calligraphy can generate creativity, peace and joy, even if you can write only a few characters. Quest Bookshop 6:30 p.m.Voices of Adult LearnersWriters from area literacy and adult education programs share their very special written stories with the community-at-large. (Regional Literacy Coordinating Committee) Burnley- Moran Elementry School 7 p.m.A Call to Order: Readings, Music and
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