Programs & Events
Chronological List of Programs
Fall Literary Series
Benefiting
826 Valencia Scholarship Program
Cultural Studies
On Art & Politics
Social Studies
Special Events
California Academy of
Sciences Series
end of season specials
Herbst Theatre
Tickets:
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Books:
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The 29th Annual Literary Events Series Benefiting the 826 Valencia
College Scholarship Program presents nine Herbst Theater conversations
with celebrated writers. David Byrne will moderate a forum dedicated
to bicycle advocacy. Margaret Atwood will host a special evening
of music and performance inspired by her new novel, The Year
of the Flood. A diverse group of talented writers, Nick Hornby,
Joyce Carol Oates, Jonathan Lethem, Zoë Heller and Barbara Kingsolver,
bring their latest novels to light and explore their inspiration
and process. Michael Chabon will discuss his forthcoming essay collection,
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures & Regrets of a Husband, Father
& Son, with longtime New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik.
Tuesday
September
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29
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David
Byrne hosts
"Bike Advocacy
and the Urban Environment"
With guests David Chiu, Leah Shahum and Mike
Teitz
Musician . Singer, Songwriter . Artist The Bicycle Diaries
. Talking Heads
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Tuesday
october
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06
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Music, Performance and Readings inspired by
The Year of the Flood
The Year of the Flood . The Blind Assassin .
The Door: Poems
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Thursday
october
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08
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In conversation with Dave Eggers
Juliet, Naked . Slam . About A Boy . High Fidelity
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monday
october
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19
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In conversation with Michael Krasny
Little Bird of Heaven . What I Lived For .
The Gravedigger's Daughter
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monday
october
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26
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In conversation with Robert Hass
The Children's Book . The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
. Possession
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wednesday
october
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28
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In conversation with Paul Lancour
Chronic City . You Don't Love Me Yet . Motherless Brooklyn
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monday
november
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09
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In conversation
Manhood for Amateurs . The Yiddish Policemen's Union
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tuesday
november
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17
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In conversation with Patricia Holt
The Lacuna . The Poisonwood Bible .
The Bean Trees
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wednesday
december
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02
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In conversation with Vendela Vida
The Believers . Notes on a Scandal .
Everything You Know
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