Schedule By Day

Resisting Violence in A Violent World

Thu. March 27th, 2008 10:00 AM

Nelly Toll's Imagining a Better World, Healing from the Holocaust, along with commentary on violence by Dr. Roberta Culbertson, provides inspiration for anyone looking for a way to survive and find healing from life's most painful experiences.

Virginia Stories: Reconstructing the Past

Thu. March 27th, 2008 10:00 AM

Explore stories with Logan Ward (See You in a Hundred Years), Earl Swift (The Tangierman's Lament), Scott Casper( Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon).

McIntire Room

Kenn Reagle: Poetry Reading & Booksigning

Thu. March 27th, 2008 11:00 AM

Kenn Reagle, local poet, Vietnam veteran, authof of No On Calls Me Hero, will read from and sign copies of his new book.

Festival Luncheon: Jan Karon

Thu. March 27th, 2008 11:45 AM

Jan Karon, author of the Mitford series and the recent Home to Holly Springs, will discuss her books. Mood music in the Omni atrium by The Flashbacks. SOLD OUT.

IMPORTANT - This is a ticketed event. You must purchase tickets in order to attend.

Ballroom

Fifteen International Artists Create Illustrations for Storybook!

Thu. March 27th, 2008 12:00 PM

Cathy Kiehl, art therapist, creates art with senior citizens inspired by reading and showing illustrations of Susan V. Bosak's book, Dream, A Tale of Wonder, Wisdom & Wishes. Open only to the Mary Williams Senior Center Community.

Finding the Story in History

Thu. March 27th, 2008 12:00 PM

Historians Edward G. Lengel (To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918; This Glorious Struggle: George Washington's Revolutionary War Letters) and Scott E. Casper (Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon) discuss their books and the challenge of making the past compellingly present to readers.

History in These Waters: Pre-Jamestown to the Present

Thu. March 27th, 2008 12:00 PM

Amy Waters Yarsinske (The Elizabeth River) and Avery Chenoweth (Empires in the Forest: Jamestown and the Beginning of America).

Race and Place: Memoirs

Thu. March 27th, 2008 12:00 PM

With Margaret Gibson (The Prodigal Daughter: Reclaiming an Unfinished Childhood), Evans Hopkins (Life After Life: A Story of Rage and Redemption), and Kim Reid (No Place Safe: A Family Memoir).

Reading Group Choices

Thu. March 27th, 2008 12:00 PM

Barbara Mead (Reading Group Choices), James Collins (Beginner's Greek), Jill A. Davis (Girl's Poker Night, Ask Again Later), and Therese Fowler (Souvenir). Box lunches are available at Gravity Lounge. $8. For choices and to order, see www.gravity-lounge.com.

Small Justice: How the Family Court System Denies the Rights of Victims of Sexual Abuse

Thu. March 27th, 2008 12:00 PM

Our courts are mandated to protect the rights of children, but do they? Not according to authors Michael Lesher, Angela Shelton and Wendy Murphy, who will discuss the systematic failure of family courts to honor "the best interests of the children."

Across Time and Space: Fiction Capturing Personal and Public History

Thu. March 27th, 2008 2:00 PM

With Arthur Phillips, (Prague,  Angelica), Anne Landsman (The Rowing Lesson) and George Robert Minkoff (The Weight of Smoke).

In Good Keeping: Virginia's Living Traditions

Thu. March 27th, 2008 2:00 PM

Jon Lohman (author) and Morgan Miller (photographer) will discuss the making of their book, In Good Keeping on the Virginia Folklife Program. Charles McRaven, a folklife master craftsman (The Stone Primer) will discuss his books.

Independent Scholars on Important Virginia Stories

Thu. March 27th, 2008 2:00 PM

Independent researchers, Marie Tyler-McGraw (An African Republic: Black and White Virginians in the Making of Liberia), Miles Barnes (Gallows on the Marsh), James Morrison (Bedford Goes to War), discuss historical books from the region and their own story of pursuing them.

Of Vice and Men: Crime, Money, and Panic in America

Thu. March 27th, 2008 2:00 PM

Kenneth Ackerman (Young J. Edgar), Steven Harper (Crossing Hoffa: A Teamster's Story), and co-authors Robert F. Bruner and Sean Carr (The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm).

Return of Virginia's Poets Laureate

Thu. March 27th, 2008 2:00 PM

Five Virginia poets laureate present their poems: Joseph Awad, George Garrett, Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Grace Simpson, and Margaret Ward Morland.

High Tea with Jan Karon at Sage Moon Gallery

Thu. March 27th, 2008 4:00 PM

Enjoy high tea with Jan Karon, author of the Mitford Series, who will discuss her writing. Limited seating, SOLD OUT.

IMPORTANT - This is a ticketed event. You must purchase tickets in order to attend.

Tales of the Sea

Thu. March 27th, 2008 4:00 PM

Jay Worrall (Any Approaching Enemy: A Novel of the Napoleonic Wars), George Robert Minkoff ("In the Land of Whispers" trilogy), and Neal Bascomb (Red Mutiny: Eleven Fatal Days of the Battleship Potemkin) on stories of the sea.

The Railroad Passenger Train: A Fond Remembrance and A Look Ahead

Thu. March 27th, 2008 4:00 PM

Elaborating on entries from the Encyclopedia of North American Railroads, William D. Middleton, Don Phillips, George M. Smerk and Meredith Richards look at the history and the future of passenger train service. Historic train equipment will be displayed. Wine and cheese will be served.

Unforgettable Sports Stories

Thu. March 27th, 2008 4:00 PM

Marc Bloom (God on the Starting Line), Neal Thompson (Hurricane Season: A Coach, His Team and Their Triumph in the Time of Katrina), Tim Wendel (Far from Home: Latino Baseball Players in America) and Peter Zheutlin (Around the World on Two Wheels).

UVa Creative Writing Alumni Reading

Thu. March 27th, 2008 4:00 PM

Fiction and poetry with Taylor Antrim (The Headmaster Ritual), Aaron Baker (Mission Work), John McLaughlin (Run in the Fam'ly), Nicole Pekarske (Intermissa, Venus).

Writing Through a Crisis

Thu. March 27th, 2008 4:00 PM

Lee Stringer will discuss how his life as a homeless crack addict led him to writing and a new career as a chronicler of life on the streets and off.

Battles of the Civil War

Thu. March 27th, 2008 6:00 PM

Jack Hurst (Men of Fire: Grant, Forrest, and the Campaign that Decided the Civil War), John Baldwin (Last Flag Down: The Epic Journey of the Last Confederate Warship), and Marc Leepson (Desperate Engagement).

Excuse Me, Your God is Waiting

Thu. March 27th, 2008 6:00 PM

Michelle Prosser (Excuse Me, Your God is Waiting), author and success coach, discusses how to receive divine guidance, find your true self, and living the life of your dreams. 

McIntire Room

Guy Lines: A Poetry Reading

Thu. March 27th, 2008 6:00 PM

Insights into men's lives and relationships with Kyle Dargan (Bouquet of Hungers), James Hoch (Miscreants), and Jon Pineda (The Translator's Diary).

Three Cups of Tea with Greg Mortenson

Thu. March 27th, 2008 6:00 PM

Greg Mortenson (Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time) will discuss his work building schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Free tickets will be distributed one hour prior to the event at the Culbreth. Each person can receive two tickets. Each person may request two tickets for the 8 p.m. "Fiction Favorites," at 5 p.m., too. (However, all attendees must leave the auditorium, and reenter after the 6 p.m. event.) No reserved or pre-ordered tickets.

Voices of Adult Learners

Thu. March 27th, 2008 6:00 PM

Area literacy and adult education students read aloud their winning written compositions on topics such as family, work, citizenship, education, and much more. Reception begins at 6 pm with readings following at 6:30.

Jeffrey Cohen: The Asperger Parent

Thu. March 27th, 2008 6:30 PM

An evening with Jeffrey Cohen, author of The Asperger Parent: How to Raise a Child with Asperger Syndrome and Maintain Your Sense of Humor and Guns A'Blazing: How Parents of Children on the Autism Spectrum and Schools Can work Together-Without a Shot Being Fired

Medieval Mapmakers: Putting America on the Map

Thu. March 27th, 2008 7:00 PM

Evelyn Edson (The World Map, 1300-1492) discusses mapmakers in the 14th and 15th centuries were changing the form and layout of the traditional world map, making room for the discoveries that would follow the voyages of Columbus, Bartholomew Diaz, Vasco da Gama, and their successors.

Running with Marc Bloom

Thu. March 27th, 2008 7:00 PM

Journalist and author Marc Bloom (God on the Starting Line) discusses his experience as a Jewish coach at a Catholic high school.

Guitar and Mandolin in Palmyra

Thu. March 27th, 2008 7:30 PM

Guitar and mandolin players Anderson & Strickland will perform at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 27, at Village Concerts in the historic village of Palmyra. Suggested donation $15-20, which includes pizza (BYOB) and all the music your ears can take. Main Street, Palmyra. For reservations and directions, send an email to pk24paws@comcast.net

Analyses of the Civil War

Thu. March 27th, 2008 8:00 PM

Aaron Sheehan-Dean (Why Confederates Fought: Family & Nation in Civil War Virginia), Burrus M. Carnahan (Act of Justice: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the Law of War), and Christian Spielvogel (Valley SIM: An Online Reenactment of the American Civil War).

Crazy About Paris: A Poetry Reading

Thu. March 27th, 2008 8:00 PM

With Stuart Dischell (Backwards Days), Barbara Hamby (Babel), and David Kirby (The House on Boulevard St.: New and Selected Poems).

Evil and Sin

Thu. March 27th, 2008 8:00 PM

With authors Barbara Oakley (Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Enron Rose, Hitler Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend), John Portmann (A History of Sin) and Jennifer Geddes (Evil After Postmodernism)

Fiction Favorites

Thu. March 27th, 2008 8:00 PM

With Adriana Trigiani (The Big Stone Gap series), Homer Hickam (Rocket Boys, Red Helmet), and Jill A. Davis (Ask Again Later, Girl's Poker Night.) Free tickets will be distributed one hour before the event. No reserved or pre-ordered tickets available.

Roads, Rivers, and Quests

Thu. March 27th, 2008 8:00 PM

Casey Clabough (The Warrior's Path), Thorpe Moeckel (Making a Map of the River), and Steven Faulkner (Waterwalk: A Passage of Ghosts).