BORDERS
BOOKSTORES
Various
locations
www.borders.com
· Eugene
Drucker -- The
Savior (9/15, Tyson's Corner)
·
Michael Korda
-- Ike:
An American Hero (9/18, 18th & L
Sts. NW)
· Douglas Crandell
-- The Flawless Skin of Ugly People
(9/18, Tyson's Corner)
· Bruce
E. Bechtol, Jr. -- Red
Rogue (9/19, 18th & L Sts. NW)
·
Dave
Barry --
Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So Far),
signing only, scheduled for one hour
(9/21, 18th & L Sts. NW)
· David
Harsanyi -- Nanny
State (9/27, 18th & L Sts. NW)
GOETHE-INSTITUT
WASHINGTON
812
Seventh St. NW
202-289-1200
www.goethe.de/Washington
· Prof.
Heinrich August Winkler -- Still
a Community of Values? Historical Reflections on the Normative Basis
of the West (10/9, Johns Hopkins
Kenny Auditorium)
· Daniel Kehlmann
-- Die Vermessung der Welt (Measuring
the World). This historical novel has
been on German bestseller lists for more than a year; it was second
as international bestseller in 2006. Kehlmann presents a twin
biography of science giants A. v. Humboldt (1769-1859) and C. F.
Gauss (1777-1855) (11/29)
· Password
Project --
Conceived by writers and visual artists in Graz, Austria, a recent
European Cultural Capital, as a unique means of uniting visual and
verbal creativity on a digital canvas through the World Wide Web.
These nearly 40 artists, who represent more than a dozen nations,
exchange inspirations via the internet. The project will be projected
in the Goethe Theater and read by participating poets Daniel Thomas
Moran, Walter Hölbling and Gabriele Pötscher (12/11)
HILLWOOD
MUSEUM & GARDENS
4155
Linnean Ave. NW
202-686-8500
www.hillwoodmuseum.org
· Curatorial Lecture: A Quest for Fabulous -- Anne Odom, curator of the special exhibition A Quest for Fabulous: Thirty Years of Collecting, 1977-2007, discusses these objects and their fascinating history. Odom will sign copies of the exhibition catalogue after the lecture (9/27)
JEWISH
LITERARY FESTIVAL
DCJCC
1529
16th St. NW
202-777-3250
www.washingtondcjcc.org
· Selected
Hightlights. Finding
Home: A Theatrical Celebration --
Jewish short stories, acted by Naomi Jacobson, Isabelle Thompson,
Jerry Whiddon and Harry Winter. Directed by Nick Olcott (10/6)
·
Ruth Wisse
-- Jews
& Power (10/7)
·
Steven Lee Beeber
-- The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's: A
Secret History of Jewish Punk (10/9,
at the Black Cat)
· Jewish
Washington: Scrapbook of an American Community
(10/11)
· Meredith
Jacobs -- The
Modern Jewish Mom's Guide to Shabbat
(10/12)
· Daniel Mendelsohn
-- The
Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
(10/14)
· Shalom
Auslander
-- Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir
(10/15)
· Walter Isaacson
-- Einstein, His Life and Universe
(10/16)
LAMBDA
RISING
202-462-6969
1625
Connecticut Ave. NW
www.lambdarising.com
· Mike
Warren -- A
Private Affair (9/27)
· Dr.
Jay Littell --
Soul Sailings (9/30)
· Bob Smith
-- Selfish and Perverse
(10/3)
· Alex Sanchez
-- The God
Box (10/17)
· Victor
J. Banis -- Longhorns
(11/15)
· Frederick
Smith -- Right
Side of the Wrong Bed (12/19)
NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC LIVE!
The
Grosvenor Auditorium
National
Geographic Society Headquarters
1600
M St. NW
202-857-7700
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/nglive/
· Through
the Eyes of the Condor --
Robert B. Haas focuses his aerial photographic artistry on Latin
America (9/18)
· From
Eden to Exile --
Archaeologist Eric H. Cline explores some of the Bible's most
enduring mysteries to see what light archaeology, Bible studies and
comparative literature may shed on the biblical accounts of the
Garden of Eden, Noah's Ark and other topics (9/19)
· Planetwalker
-- In the early 1970s, John Francis gave up using motorized vehicles
after witnessing the devastating effects of an oil spill in San
Francisco Bay. In early 1973 he took a more radical step still: a vow
of silence that lasted 17 years, during which he undertook a
pilgrimage by foot across America on behalf of the environment and
world peace, earning a Ph.D. in land management along the way (10/17)
· Running the Sahara
-- In November 2006, a team of three endurance athletes led by
Charlie Engle, one of the world's top ultradistance-marathon runners,
set out from the coast of Senegal on a seemingly impossible quest: to
run 4,300 miles across northern Africa's Sahara to the Red Sea. For
the next 111 days, these intrepid harriers averaged 44 to 50 miles a
day in one of the most hostile environments on Earth (10/18)
·
Extreme Dinosaurs -- National
Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno introduces one of the
most bizarre dinosaurs ever discovered -- the Nigersaurus, with 1,000
teeth and a head permanently rotated toward the ground (11/16)
·
Wings of the Albatross
-- Frans Lanting documented the world of the albatross, a bird
enshrined in legend and poetry, capturing hauntingly beautiful images
of these graceful birds in flight, as well as intimate moments in
their island breeding grounds (11/28)
· 21st-Century
Cowboys -- Photographer Robb Kendrick
traveled the western U.S. and Mexico to produce a fascinating
portrait of the modern heirs to the cowboy legacy. A master of
tintype, a technique of wet plate photography on tin that was widely
used in the mid-19th century, Kendrick has created a portfolio of
images that evoke the look and feel of another time while faithfully
recording modern subjects and views (12/4)
·
New Discoveries at Stonehenge
-- A series of excavations carried out by the Stonehenge Riverside
Project offers a new perspective on this ancient monument by placing
it in the context of its broader landscape (12/6)
OLSSON'S
BOOKS
Various
Locations
www.olssons.com
· John
W. Dean -- The former White House
counsel discusses his book Broken
Government: How Republican Rule Destoyed the Legislative, Executive,
and Judicial Branches (9/15,
Arlington Courthouse)
· Jeffrey
Lewis --
Theme Song for an Old Show
(9/18, Dupont)
· John
Leland -- Why
Kerouac Matters (9/19, Penn Quarter)
· Patricia McConnell
-- For the
Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend
(9/19, Old Town)
· Carl Bernstein
-- A Woman In Charge: The Life of
Hillary Rodham Clinton (9/20, Penn
Quarter)
· Pat
Graham
-- Silent Pictures
(9/23, Dupont)
· Ann
Packer
-- Songs Without Words, A Novel
(9/27, Old Town)
· Frances
Madeson
-- Cooperative Village, A Novel
(9/27, Dupont)
· Mike
Sager
-- The Revenge of the Donut Boys: True
Stories of Lust, Fame, Survival and Multiple Personality
(9/28, Dupont)
POLITICS
AND PROSE
5015
Connecticut Ave. NW
202-364-1919
www.politics-prose.com
· John
W. Dean
-- Broken Government
(9/14)
· Christopher
Dodd
-- Letters from Nuremberg: My Father's
Narrative of a Quest for Justice
(9/17)
· Kenneth
Oppel
-- Darkwing
(9/20)
· Dave
Barry
-- Dave Barry's History of the
Millennium (So Far) (9/20)
· Jeffrey
Toodbin
-- The Nine: Inside the Secret World
of the Supreme Court (9/26)
