My Father's Paradise by Ariel Sabar
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
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Note: Though this list strives for accuracy, please confirm times and locations with local venues. Sat., May 15, 2010 – GAITHERSBURG, MD Gaithersburg Book Festival, afternoon (time TBA) City Hall grounds, Olde Towne Gaithersburg * * * PAST EVENTS The dates below are in the past and are posted for informational purposes only. PAPERBACK TOUR Tues., Sept. 22, 2009 – WASHINGTON, DC Southeast Neighborhood Library, 6:30 pm Fri, Oct. 16, 2009 – WILMETTE, IL Sponsored by Congregation Sukkat Shalom Location: Community Church of Wilmette, 7:30 pm Mon., Oct. 19, 2009 – WORCESTER, MA JCC Author Series Congregation Beth Israel, 7:30 pm Tues., Oct. 20, 2009 – CAMBRIDGE, MA Enormous Room, 7 pm sponsored by Harvard Book Store with Harvard Hillel and the New Center for Arts & Culture Weds., Oct. 21, 2009 – PHILADELPHIA AREA Barnes & Noble store#2697, 7 pm Fairless Hills, PA Thurs., Oct. 22, 2009 – MADISON, C T RJ Julia Booksellers, 7 pm Fri, Oct. 23, 2009 – RYE, NY Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, 7:30 pm Kickoff talk for a Scholar-in-Residence Weekend featuring Ariel and his father, Prof. Yona Sabar Sat, Oct. 24, 2009 – RYE, NY Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, 9 am Saturday breakfast and talk by Prof. Yona Sabar for Scholar-in-Residence Weekend Tues., Oct. 27, 2009 – SEATTLE, WA Elliott Bay Book Co., 7 pm Weds., Oct. 28, 2009 – BELLINGHAM, WA World Issues Forum, Noon Fairhaven College, Western Washington University Weds, Oct. 28, 2009 – BELLINGHAM, WA Congregation Beth Israel, 7 pm Co-sponsored with Village Books Tues, Nov. 3, 2009 – LOS ANGELES ***NOTE NEW VENUE*** NEW LOCATION: UCLA Faculty Club, in the club's California Room, 7:30 pm Post-talk Q&A with Ariel and his father, UCLA Professor Yona Sabar Preregistration required: cjsrsvp@humnet.ucla.edu Sponsored by The UCLA Center for Jewish Studies Weds., Nov. 4, 2009 – SANTA ROSA, CA Congregation Shomrei Torah, 7 pm co-hosted by Copperfield's Books Thurs., Nov. 5, 2009 – CAPITOLA, CA Capitola Book Café, 7:30 pm Weds., Nov. 11, 2009 – DENVER, CO 43rd Festival of Jewish Books & Authors Mizel Arts & Culture Center, 7 pm My Father's Paradise is the festival's "2009 Denver Jewish Community Read" Sat, Nov. 14, 2009 – MIAMI Miami Book Fair International, 4:30 pm Auditorium Pavillion B (Parking Lot #9) Ariel joins a panel discussion with authors Kati Marton and Sadia Shepard Tues., NOV 17, 2009 - BALTIMORE Enoch Pratt Free Library, 7 pm Poe Room, Central Library Thurs., Nov. 19, 2009 – LONG ISLAND "On the Same Page" Author Breakfast Sid Jacobson JCC, East Hills, NY, 10:30am My Father's Paradise is Long Island's 2009 "On the Same Page" Jewish Community Read Mon., Nov. 23, 2009 – NEW YORK CITY McNally Jackson Books, 7 pm Weds., Dec. 2, 2009 – SYKESVILLE, M D Fairhaven Retirement Community, 7:30 pm Weds., Dec. 9, 2009 – POTOMAC, MD Congregation Har Shalom, Noon Daytimers Forum * * * HARDCOVER TOUR Weds., Aug. 20, 2008 – NEW YORK CITY The Jewish Week's Literary Summer In conversation with Sadia Shepard, author of The Girl from Foreign Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 7 pm Sun., Sept. 7, 2008 – SPENCERTOWN, NY Festival of Books, 2 pm Spencertown Academy Arts Center Paired discussion with Sadia Shepard Tues, Sept. 16, 2008 – BEAVERCREEK, OH Books & Co., 7 pm Thurs., Sept. 18, 2008 - CHICAGO Highland Park Public Library, 7 pm consponsored with The Book Stall Highland Park, Ill. Tues., Sept. 23, 2008 – WASHINGTON, DC Jewish Literary Festival Washington DC JCC, 7:30 pm Weds, Sept. 24, 2008 - FAIRFAX, VA Fall for the Book Literary Festival, 3 pm Provident Bank Tent (Outside Johnson Center) George Mason University - Fairfax Thurs., Sept. 25, 2008 - MIAMI AREA Books & Books, 8 pm Coral Gables, Fl. Thurs., Oct. 2, 2008 - CORTE MADERA, CA Book Passage, 7 pm Sat., Oct. 4, 2008 – BERKELEY, CA Congregation Netivot Shalom, 1:30 pm Mon., Oct. 6, 2008 - SONOMA, CA Readers' Books, 7:30 pm Tues, Oct. 7, 2008 – PALO ALTO, CA Albert L. Schultz JCC, 10 am Tues., Oct. 7, 2008 - MENLO PARK, CA Kepler's, 7:30 pm Thurs., Oct. 23, 2008– PROVIDENCE, RI Brown University Bookstore, 4 pm Sun., Oct. 26, 2008 - WASHINGTON, DC Politics & Prose, 5 pm Wed., Oct. 29, 2008 – DALLAS, TX Aaron Family JCC, 7 pm Sat., Nov. 1, 2008 – DOVER, DE Delaware Book Festival, 1:15 pm Memoir Panel with Lily Koppel, author of The Red Leather Diary First State Heritage Park Sun., Nov. 2, 2008 - PHILADELPHIA AREA One Book, One Jewish Community, which made My Father's Paradise its 2008-2009 "Community Read" Kickoff Conversation, 7 pm Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El Wynnewood, PA Thurs., Nov. 6, 2008 – HOUSTON, TX 36th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair, 8 pm JCC of Houston Sun., Nov. 9, 2008 – NEW YORK CITY Culture Shock: Jewish Writing in America On panel with authors Andre Aciman (Out of Egypt) and Dalia Sofer (The Septembers of Shiraz) and moderator Sara Ivry, of Nextbook. At 92Y Tribeca, 1:30 pm. For ticket info, click here. Tues., Nov. 11, 2008 – DETROIT AREA JCC of Metropolitan Detroit, 7 pm 15110 West Ten Mile Rd., Oak Park, MI Weds., Nov. 12, 2008– DETROIT AREA JCC of Metropolitan Detroit, 10:30 am 6600 West Maple Rd., West Bloomfield, MI Thurs., Nov. 13, 2008 – SAN DIEGO San Diego Jewish Book Fair, 9:30 am San Diego Center for Jewish Culture La Jolla, Calif. Thurs., Nov. 13, 2008 – SAN FRANCISCO BJE Jewish Community Library, 7:30 pm Sun., Nov. 16, 2008 – ATLANTA Book Festival of the Marcus JCC of Atlanta MJCCA Zaban Park, Dunwoody, 7 pm Panel discussion with authors Sadia Shepard and Peter Godwin Tues., Nov. 18, 2008 – SAINT PAUL, MINN. Twin Cities Jewish Book Fair, 7:30 pm The Saint Paul JCC My Father's Paradise is the fair's "Community Read" Fri., Nov. 21, 2008 – PHILADELPHIA AREA Author-in-Residence Program, 7:30 pm Main Line Reform Temple Wynnewood, PA Tues., Nov. 25, 2008 – FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CT Bethel Public Library, 7 pm Tues, Dec. 2, 2008 – LOS ANGELES Sinai Temple, Noon Weds., Dec. 3, 2008 – PASADENA, CA Vroman's Bookstore, 7 pm Ariel's father, UCLA Professor Yona Sabar, on hand after talk to answer questions Sat., Dec. 6, 2008 – REDONDO BEACH, CA Temple Menorah, 5 pm Please click here for details (pdf) Sat., Dec. 6, 2008 – PASADENA, CA Jewish Book Festival, 7:30 pm Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center Ariel's father, UCLA Professor Yona Sabar, on hand after talk to answer questions Weds., Jan. 14, 2009 – WASHINGTON, DC Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, 7 pm Got Roots? Genealogy Speaker Series Paired with testimony expert Amelia Klein Sun., Jan. 25, 2009 – CHICAGO Spertus Institute, 2 pm Co-sponsored by Nextbook Weds., Feb. 11, 2009 – WASHINGTON, DC Library of Congress, Noon Thurs., Feb. 12, 2009 – FAIRFAX, VA 3rd Annual Jewish Book Festival JCC of Northern Virginia, 7:30 pm Fri., March 20, 2009 – CHARLOTTESVILLE Virginia Festival of the Book Searching for Our Roots: Memoirs, 2 pm Panel Discussion with authors Lise Funderburg (Pig Candy), Martha Frankel (Hats & Eyeglasses), & Randall Kenan (The Fire This Time) Thurs., March 26, 2009 – PHILADELPHIA Germantown Jewish Centre, 7 pm Panel with Ariel, his father UCLA Professor Yona Sabar & Villanova U. Sociologist Donna Shai Thurs., April 30, 2009 – NEW YORK CITY The Jewish Museum, 6:30 pm Books in Focus series Joint appearance with Sadia Shepard, author of The Girl from Foreign Thurs., May 7, 2009 – BALTIMORE Center for Jewish Education, 7 pm Weinberg JCC My Father's Paradise is the 2009 nonfiction "Community Read" for On the Same Page Baltimore Weds, June 10, 2009 – CHERRY HILL, NJ Author Talk, Katz JCC, 7:30 pm |
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