Program - VABook! 2006

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Wednesday, March 22

7:30 a.m.

Business Breakfast: Patricia Aburdene

Patricia Aburdene, author of Megatrends 2010 and co-author of previous Megatrends titles, discusses the rise of "conscious capitalism." For $25 tickets, call 434-243-5520. (Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, Crown Porsche, UVa Darden School of Business, Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce) For more...
Omni Hotel Ballroom
235 W. Main Street

Noon

Opening Ceremony

Proclamations by dignitaries, winners of The Hook fiction contest, Letters About Literature award winners, and celebration of ten years of the "Voices of Adult Learners."
McIntire Room, Central Library
201 E. Market Street

Divided Minds: Twin Sisters' Journey through Schizophrenia

What is the experience of schizophrenia -- for someone who has the disease but also for someone close to the sufferer? Sisters Carolyn Spiro and Pamela Spiro Wagner (Divided Minds) reflect on schizophrenia, a bond between them stronger even than their twinship. (Medical Center Hour, UVa Humanities in Medicine)
UVa Jordan Conference Center Auditorium
1300 Jefferson Park Avenue

2 p.m.

The Shape of Our Lives: Building Communities

From city-planning to civic strategies with authors Douglas Morris (journalist; author, It's a Sprawl World) and Suzanne Morse (Pew Partnership for Civic Change; author, Smart Communities). (South Atlantic Humanities Center)
City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street

Of Adze and Anvil: Log Homes and Blacksmithing

With author Charles McRaven (The Classic Log-Hewn House, The Blacksmith's Craft).
New Dominion Bookshop
404 E. Main Street

Unleashing Couple Power

Join authors and clinical psychologists Phyllis Koch-Sheras and Peter Sheras (Couple Power Therapy) as they discuss their new theory about what makes relationships work and how to be a happy couple.
Gravity Lounge
103 S. First Street

Contemporary Art and Complicity!

Johanna Drucker, author of Sweet Dreams: Contemporary Art and Complicity, explores how artists draw inspiration and materials from popular culture. She is the curator of a UVa Art Museum exhibition scheduled for September on this theme.
UVa Art Museum, Pine Room
UVa Central Grounds

Realistic Visionary: George Washington

Join Washington scholar Peter Henriques, author of Realistic Visionary: A Portrait of George Washington. Introduced by Theodore J. Crackel, Editor-in-Chief, Papers of George Washington.
The Student Bookstore (on the Corner)
1515 University Avenue

Best New Poets: A Reading

Sample South Indian cuisine and hear poets from Best New Poets 2005: Temple Cone, Brian Brodeur, Valerie Bandura, and Sandra Beasley. Introduction by George Garrett and series editor Jeb Livingood. (Meridian)
Maruthi Indian Restaurant
923 Preston Plaza (next to Integral Yoga)

What Are Old People For? Elder Care Discussion

With William Thomas, M.D., leader in a new concept of nursing home care, discusses his work What Are Old People For? How Elders Will Save the World. (Community Partnership for Improved Long-term Care)
V. Earl Dickinson Building, Piedmont Virginia Community College
501 College Drive

4 p.m.

Flags: America's Embattled Emblems

With authors Marc Leepson (Flag: An American Biography) and John Coski (The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem). (South Atlantic Humanities Center)
City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street

The Nature of Creativity: Discovering What Works for You

Authors Lynn Hamilton, Debby Prum, Mara Rockliff and Andy Straka will lead a workshop to help writers pursue conditions that foster creativity in their lives. Moderated by Jennifer Elvgren. (Moseley Writers Group)
McIntire Room, Central Library
201 E. Market Street

What Next? Writing as a Second Career

With Stephen H. King (Wind Killer), Laurence Hutner (Dawson's Way), and Robert L. and Fran Smith (Time Out: A Fulbright Year of Travel).
Lexis Nexis
701 E. Water Street

The Many Kinds of Memoir

A diversity of memoirists elucidate their art: Brenda Serotte (The Fortune Teller's Kiss), Susan Garrett (Quick-Eyed Love: Photography and Memory), Devyani Salzman (Shooting Water: A Memoir of Second Chances, Family and Film Making), and Elaine Orr (The Gods of Noonday).
UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds

Curl Up With a Companion: Tough Times Companion II

Readings, performances, and discussion of how and why a companion book for hard times--by contributors Angela Daniel, Judy Longley, Christopher Morris, and Julie Portman. (VFH Institute on Violence and Survival)
Gravity Lounge
103 S. First Street

A Passion for Horses

Vicky Moon (The Private Passion of Jackie Kennedy Onassis), Peter Winants (The Sporting Art of Franklin B. Voss), and George Rowand (Diary of a Dream: My Journey in Throroughbred Racing).
Barnes & Noble
1035A Emmet Street, Barracks Road Shopping Center

6 p.m.

Connecting Writers and Resources in Virginia

Tim Lewis (Piedmont Writers Institute), Rick Dixon (Chatham Books), and Pete Freas (Chesapeake Bay Poets). (Piedmont Writers Institute)
Albemarle County Historical Society
200 Second Street, NE

Founding Fathers, Secret Societies

Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D., author of Founding Fathers, Secret Societies: Freemasons, Illuminati, Rosicrucians and the Decoding of the Great Seal, is a historian, visual artist and radio host who invesitgates the connections between the Freemasons, Rosicrucians and other esoteric orders, including the League of the Iroquois and the founding of this nation. (Quest Bookshop)
McIntire Room, Central Library
201 E. Market Street

Road Trips: A Fiction Reading

Unexpected journeys with Ed Falco (Wolf Point) and Elizabeth Dewberry (His Lovely Wife).
New Dominion
404 E. Main Street

Neglected Histories--Fascinating Tales

Fintan O'Toole (White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America), Melvin Patrick Ely (Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s Through the Civil War), and Lindsay Robertson (Conquest by Law: How The Discovery Of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples Of Their Land ).
UVa Culbreth Theatre
UVa Central Grounds
Parking Information

First Person Public: Writing the Personal

Authors Faith Andrews Bedford (Barefoot Summers), J.E. Matzer (Millionaire Boy), Margaret Mohrmann, M.D. (Attending Children), and Laura Cockerille Giannini (The Kokopelli Journals) read vignettes and talk about the challenges of writing personal material.
Northside Library
300 Albemarle Square

7 p.m.

Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr. and The Playhouse

A viewing of two silent films with live musical accompaniment by Matthew Marshall, followed by commentary Edward McPherson, author of Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat Hat. Admission $8. (Virginia Film Society)
Vinegar Hill
220 W. Market Street

2010: Are You Ready?

Author Patricia Aburdene (Megatrends 2010) will discuss with business and education leaders how they might integrate her forcast for new trends into their work. (Charlottesville Company of Friends, UVa Darden School of Business)
UVa Darden School
100 Darden Boulevard

In-Spirited Indigenous Visions of World Healing

How Western humanities perspectives and indigenous healing traditions can impact healing worldwide. With Rainbow Eagle (A Walk in the Woods), Barbara Tedlock (The Woman in the Shaman's Body), and Edie Turner (Among the Healers: Stories of Ritual and Spiritual Healing Around the World). (UVa Library, Office of the Vice President and Chief Office for Diversity and Equity, Faculty Committee on Diversity, The Center for Undergraduate Excellence; VFH Institute on Violence and Survival, Quest Bookshop)
UVa Minor Hall
UVa Central Grounds

7:30 p.m.

Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka

In this fun-filled, world-premiere stage musical based on Roald Dahl's beloved children's novel, Charlie Bucket and four other Golden Ticket winners get the tour of a lifetime in a mysterious candy-maker's fantastical factory! For tickets: http://www.theparamount.net or 434-979-1333.
Paramount Theater
215 E. Main Street

8 p.m.

Making History: John Hope Franklin and Rita Dove

John Hope Franklin (Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin) and Virginia Poet Laureate Rita Dove (American Smooth) reading from their works, followed by a conversation between them on personal and cultural history.
UVa Culbreth Theatre
UVa Central Grounds
Parking Information

Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains

Leonard Adkins (Walking the Blue Ridge) presents a multi-media exploration of the floral wonders of our area, from the lowest elevations to the loftiest heights.
Blue Ridge Mountain Sports
1125 Emmett Street

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