Program - VABook! 2006
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Thursday, March 23
10 a.m.
The War Within: Psychological Memoirs
Poet Pamela Spiro Wagner and psychiatrist Carolyn Spiro (Divided Minds:
Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia) join war correspondent
John Falk (Hello to All That: A Memoir of War, Zoloft, and Peace) to
discuss their strengths and struggles dealing with mental illness. (Mental Health
Association, UVa Humanities in Medicine)
City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street
11:45 a.m.
Festival Luncheon: Judith Viorst
With the author of I'm Too Young to Be Seventy and Other Delusions and the children's classic Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day. NOTE: TICKETED EVENT, SOLD OUT
Music before the luncheon by "The Flashbacks" of the Senior Center
in Charlottesville--22 players, averaging 73 years in age. Since 1998, the group
has worked up a repertoire of 160 big band charts and in 2005 they played 11 local
events. Contact: Stephen Millard, director, 434-295-2188.
Omni Hotel Ballroom
235 W. Main Street
Noon
Beyond Banjos: Another Appalachia
Jeff Biggers (The United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers
Brought Independence, Culture, and Enlightenment to America) and Jeff Mann
(Loving Mountains, Loving Men) explore widely unacknowledged
cultural and personal histories of Appalachia. Moderated by Rudy Abramson.
UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds
2 p.m.
Remembering Polio
Brenda Serotte (The Fortune Teller's Kiss) and Linda Logan (A
Summer Without Children).
City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street
Can There Be Peace in the Middle East?
A conversation with Milton Viorst (Storm from the East: The Struggle Between
the Arab World and the Christian West) and UVa professor William Quandt (Peace
Process: American Diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967).
McIntire Room, Central Library
201 E. Market Street
Short Stories: A Reading
With Richard McCann (Mother of Sorrows), Roxana Robinson (A Perfect
Stranger), and Kurt Rheinheimer (Little Criminals). Moderated by
Diane Oaks.
UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds
Letters of a Freedom Writer
Patricia Sullivan (Freedom Writer: Virginia Foster Durr) reads letters
from a prominent figure of Civil Rights era. Joined by Julian Bond and Lucy Durr
Hackney.
UVa Rotunda
UVa Central Grounds
For Sports Fanatics
With Warren St. John (Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Brief Trip into the
Heart of Fan Mania) and Derek Catsam (Bleeding Red: A Red Sox Fan's Diary
of the 2004 Season).
The Student Bookstore (on the Corner)
1515 University Avenue
Stories from Appalachia
With Ron Rash (The World Made Straight), Gwyn Rubio (The Woodsman's
Daughter), James Person (Earl Hamner:From Walton's Mountain to Tomorrow)
and Joe Jackson (How I Left the Great State of Tennessee and Went on to Better
Things). Moderated by Rudy Abramson. (Appalachian College Association )
Barnes & Noble
1035A Emmet Street, Barracks Road Shopping Center
Sharing Family Stories
Libby Miller Fitzgerald (Bill Miller: Do You Know Me?) writes about
her family and her father, who was Barry Goldwater's running mate and Faith Andrews
Bedford (Barefoot Summers) writes about memories with her family.
Jefferson Heights on Pantops Mountain
1550 Pantops Mountain Place
4 p.m.
What's Right? What's Left?
In search of the mostly normal and slightly peculiar with Kevin O'Keefe (The
Average American: The Extraordinary Search for the Nation's Most Ordinary Citizen)
and David Wolman (A Left-Hand Turn Around the World: Chasing the Mystery and
Meaning of All Things Southpaw).
City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street
Family Feud: Novelist Jeanne Ray
Join Jeanne Ray for a reading and discussion of Julie and Romeo Get Lucky.
McIntire Room, Central Library
201 E. Market Street
UVa Graduates Reading
With poets Lara Glenum (The Hounds of No), Mary Szybist (Granted),
and Gail Wronsky (Poems for Infidels). (UVa Creative Writing)
UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds
Megatrends 2010: The Rise of Conscious Capitalism
New scandals, downturns, and disasters...how are business leaders and consumers
responding? Author Patricia Aburdene (Megatrends 2010) discusses
the rise and impact of conscious capitalism. (UVa McIntire School’s Institute
for Wisdom and Integrity in Commerce)
UVa Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room (374)
UVa Central Grounds
Picturing Nature, Understanding Conservation: Hotspots Revisited
Join co-authors Thomas Brooks, Michael Hoffmann, John Lamoreux and Piotr Naskrecki for a panel discussion. Through photographs and cutting-edge
analysis, get a tour of the world's richest ecosystems from scientists and photographers
who stand at the frontlines of conservation biology today. (UVa Office of the
President)
Science and Engineering Library, Clark Hall
UVa Central Grounds
6 p.m.
A Current Adventure: In the Wake of Lewis & Clark
Author Chris Bechtold, author of A Current Adventure - In the Wake of
Lewis & Clark, tells how he and his faithful dog, Herschel,
traveled over 3,100 miles in a 14-foot boat on the same path of Lewis and Clark's
venture to the west.
McIntire Room, Central Library
201 E. Market Street
Women Poets Writing Past: A Reading
Virginia poets of historically-based collections--Sarah Kennedy (Double
Exposure), Claudia Emerson (Late Wife), and Camille Dungy (What
To Eat, What To Drink, What To Leave for Poison)--read and discuss their
research processes.
New Dominion Bookshop
404 E. Main Street
Enchantments: A Novel and Its Translation CANCELLED
The program with Linda Ferri (Enchantments) and John Casey on the
translation process has been cancelled.
UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds
Confessions of a Darwinist: Niles Eldredge
Author of Darwin: The Tree of Life, curator of Paleontology at the
American Museum of Natural History, and curator of their recent Darwin exhibit,
Eldredge will discuss his experience of working with Darwin's manuscripts and
materials, and what it means to be "a true Darwinist." (Virginia
Quarterly Review)
UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds
Your Next Fifty Years
Author Pamela D. Blair (The Next Fifty Years: A Guide for Women at Midlife
and Beyond) will discuss how, in a youth-obsessed culture, a woman might
embrace the best years of her life. FOCUS Women's Resource Center will host a
reception at this reading.
FOCUS Women's Resource Center
1508 Grady Avenue
How Kids Think, How Schools Teach
E.D. Hirsch, Jr. (The Knowledge Deficit) and Angeline Stoll Lillard
(Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius)
Barnes & Noble
1035A Emmet Street, Barracks Road Shopping Center
You're Not Dead Yet: Retirement Ideas
Bruce Juell, author of The Retirement Activities Guide, 165 Ideas for
Finding Fulfillment and Meaning (When Golf and Grandkids Aren't Enough), will
discuss his transition from CEO of Six Flags to being a visionary and motivator
for increasing the productivity (and happiness) of seniors. (Senior Center Inc.)
Senior Center
1180 Pepsi Place
Voices of Adult Learners: 10th Anniversary Event
Writers from literacy and adult education programs throughout central Virginia
will share their published stories about family, life changes, and work. The Regional
Literacy Coordinating Committee has collected over 1,000 published stories with
this year's contest. (RLCC)
Burnley-Moran Elementary School
1300 Long Street
8 p.m.
Being Jewish in America
Abigail Pogrebin (Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk about Being Jewish),
Samuel Freedman (Who She Was: My Search for My Mother's Life), and Ruth
Andrew Ellenson (The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt).
Congregation Beth Israel
301 E. Jefferson Street
Intersections: Poetry and Painting
A reading of poems that interact with visual art, with Aaron Baker, Jen Chang,
Temple Cone, Jeffrey Levine, Mong-Lan, Gregory Orr, and Susan Williamson.
Les Yeux du Monde
115 S. First Street
An Evening of Fiction: Mary Doria Russell
Mary Doria Russell, author of science fiction bestsellers The Sparrow
and Children of God, will read from and discuss her new historical fiction,
set in Italy in World War II, A Thread of Grace.
UVa Culbreth Theatre
UVa Central Grounds
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Fernando Opere: Poetry in Spanish and English
Poet Fernando Opere reads from his work in this bilingual program. (UVa Department
of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese)
UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds
Vietnam Fiction
With readings and discussion of the impact of the era by Sydney Blair (Buffalo)
and Richard Galli (Of Rice and Men).
Barnes & Noble
1035A Emmet Street, Barracks Road Shopping Center
Camping and Hiking: Virginia Guides
With Randy Porter (The Best in Tent Camping: Virginia) and Nathan
Lott (60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Richmond).
Blue Ridge Mountain Sports
1125 Emmett Street
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