Upcoming Events: Good Lit
Mon 1/28
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Date: Mon, January 28, 2013Time: 12:00 PM
Sonia Sotomayor
Regular seating tickets sold out. Premium tickets still available.
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court; Author, My Beloved World
in conversation with M. Elizabeth Magill, Dean and Richard E. Lang Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with candor and intimacy, she recounts the arc of her life from a Bronx housing project to an appointment on the nation's highest court.
Sotomayor graduated summa cum laude from Princeton in 1976 and from Yale Law School in 1979. She worked as an assistant district attorney in New York and then at the law firm of Pavia & Harcourt. From 1992 to 1998, she served as a judge of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, and from 1998 to 2009 on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In May 2009, President Obama nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; she assumed this role in August 2009.
Location: Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave.
Time: 11 a.m. box office opens, noon program, 1 p.m. book signing
Cost: Premium (includes seating in front and copy of the book): $70 standard, $50 members. Please register through City Box Office at this link or by calling (415) 392-4400.
Also know: Underwritten by The Bernard Osher Foundation as part of the Good Lit Series.
Wed 1/30
SV Reads 2013: Invisible Wounds of War with Brian Castner and Sue Diaz
Date: Wed, January 30, 2013Time: 7:30 PM
2013 Silicon Valley Reads: One Book. One Community. Kick-Off Event
Brian Castner, Author, The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows
Sue Diaz, Author, Minefields of the Heart: A Mother’s Stories of a Son at War
In conversation with Mike Cassidy, Columnist, San Jose Mercury News
This year’s selections include two memoirs that deal with the invisible wounds of war. The two authors – a soldier and a soldier’s mother – come together to share their personal stories and discuss what happens when soldiers return home from war and must deal with the challenges of readjusting back to civilian life. Castner served three tours of duty in the Middle East and was commander of an explosive ordinance disposal unit in Iraq. Diaz has documented the emotional rollercoaster she experienced during her son’s deployment.
Location: Campbell Heritage Theatre, 1 W. Campbell Ave., Campbell
Time: 7 p.m. doors open, 7:30 p.m. program, 8:30 p.m. book signing
Cost: FREE
Also know: In assocation with the Santa Clara County Office of Education, Santa Clara County Library and San Jose Public Library Foundation
Fri 2/15
Jeffrey Frank, Senior Editor of The New Yorker and Author of "Ike and Dick"
Date: Fri, February 15, 2013Time: 12:00 PM
Jeffrey Frank
Senior Editor, The New Yorker; Deputy Editor, Outlook section, The Washington Post; Author, Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage
Joe Tuman, Professor of Legal and Political Communications, San Francisco State University; Political Analyst, CBS 5 Television, San Francisco - Moderator
Veteran journalist Frank presents groundbreaking narrative of the relationship between Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon – from the politics that divided them to the marriage that united their families. Frank’s book Ike and Dick relates much that occurred out of public view, such as the sensitive discussions among senior staffers concerned about Nixon’s proper role when Eisenhower suffered illnesses that might have incapacitated him. Based on deep archival research and interviews with dozens of men and women who knew and worked with both men, including family members, it offers fresh views of Nixon, the striving tactician, and Eisenhower, the legendary general, a distant man with a warm smile, who could, and did, make Nixon’s life miserable.
Location: SF Club Office
Time: 11:30 a.m. check-in, noon program, 1 p.m. book signing
Cost: $20 standard, MEMBERS FREE
Also know: Part of the Good Lit Series, underwritten by The Bernard Osher Foundation. Photo: Jon Reis .
Thu 2/21
Michelle Rhee: Fighting to Put Students First
Date: Thu, February 21, 2013Time: 6:00 PM
Michelle Rhee
Founder and CEO, StudentsFirst; Former Chancellor, D.C. Public School System; Author, Radical
Rhee, a fearless pioneering advocate for education reform, delivers her plan for better American schools. Informing her proposal are her years of teaching in inner-city Baltimore; her turbulent tenure as chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public schools; and her current role as CEO of the nonprofit StudentsFirst.
Location: SF Club Office
Time: 5:30 p.m. check-in, 6 p.m. program, 7 p.m. book signing
Cost: Regular: $20 standard, $12 members, $7 students (with valid ID); Premium (seating in the front and a copy of the book): $40 standard, $40 members
Also know: Underwritten by The Bernard Osher Foundation. Photo by Phil Kampel.
Fri 2/22
Madeleine K. Albright in San Francisco
Date: Fri, February 22, 2013Time: 12:00 PM
Madeleine K. Albright
Former U.S. Secretary of State; Author, Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
When Albright was U.S. secretary of state in the 1990s, she brought to her job as America's top diplomat a deeply felt understanding of the lessons and wounds of history. Come hear Albright share her remarkable personal story of growing up in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation. From the historical accounts of World War II to the onset of the Cold War, she reflects on the complex events, experiences, and moral choices faced by that generation. Albright served as secretary of state under President Bill Clinton and was the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. In 2012, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
Location: Grand Ballroom, Fairmont Hotel, 950 Mason St.
Time: 11:15 a.m. check in, noon program, 1 p.m. book signing
Cost: Regular: $25 standard, $15 members, $10 students (with valid ID). Premium (includes seating in first few rows and copy of the book): $65 standard, $45 members
Also know: Underwritten by The Bernard Osher Foundation as part of the Good Lit Series. Albright will also be speaking in Palo Alto on 2/22
Madeleine K. Albright in Palo Alto
Date: Fri, February 22, 2013Time: 7:00 PM
Madeleine K. Albright
Former U.S. Secretary of State; Author, Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
When Albright was U.S. secretary of state in the 1990s, she brought to her job as America's top diplomat a deeply felt understanding of the lessons and wounds of history. Come hear Albright share her remarkable personal story of growing up in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation. From the historical accounts of World War II to the onset of the Cold War, she reflects on the complex events, experiences, and moral choices faced by that generation. Albright served as secretary of state under President Bill Clinton and was the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. In 2012, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
Location: Schultz Cultural Hall, Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto
Time: 6:15 p.m. check-in, 7 p.m. program, 8 p.m. book signing
Cost: $25 standard, $15 members, $10 students (with valid ID). Premium (seating in first few rows and copy of book) $65 standard, $45 members.
Also know: Part of the Good Lit Series, underwritten by The Bernard Osher Foundation. Albright will be speaking at the San Francisco Club office on 2/22 at noon.
Wed 2/27
Deborah Strobin and Ilie Wacs: An Uncommon Journey
Date: Wed, February 27, 2013Time: 6:30 PM
Deborah Strobin and Ilie Wacs: An Uncommon Journey
Deborah Strobin, Philanthropist; Co-author, An Uncommon Journey
Ilie Wacs, Fashion Designer; Artist; Co-author, An Uncommon Journey
Strobin and her brother Wacs fled from Nazi Austria to the Shanghai Jewish ghetto. Hear their story of escape from Vienna to Shanghai to the U.S. during World War II and the ultimately uplifting tale of survival as seen through the eyes of two children with their different memories of the period that shaped their lives. Today, Strobin is a well-known San Francisco philanthropist, and Wacs is a highly successful fashion designer and prominent artist. Join these two as they tell their remarkable story and put a spotlight on a piece of Holocaust history that's not widely known.
Location: Schultz Cultural Hall, Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto
Time: 6 p.m. check-in, 6:30 p.m. program, 7:30 p.m. book signing
Cost: $15 standard, $10 members, $5 students (With valid ID)
Also know: Part ofthe Good Lit Series, underwritten by The Bernard Osher Foundation. In association with the Oshman Family JCC.