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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Ned Beauman discusses Venomous Lumpsucker
DESCRIPTION:Ned Beauman\, in conversation with Joshua Cohen\, discusses Venomous Lumpsucker \nThis is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Visit www.vromansbookstore.com to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nCROWDCAST REGISTRATION LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ned-beauman-in \nVenomous Lumpsucker\nThe near future. Tens of thousands of species are going extinct every year. And a whole industry has sprung up around their extinctions\, to help us preserve the remnants\, or perhaps just assuage our guilt. For instance\, the biobanks: secure archives of DNA samples\, from which lost organisms might someday be resurrected . . . But then\, one day\, it’s all gone. A mysterious cyber-attack hits every biobank simultaneously\, wiping out the last traces of the perished species. Now we’re never getting them back. \nKarin Resaint and Mark Halyard are concerned with one species in particular: the venomous lumpsucker\, a small\, ugly bottom-feeder that happens to be the most intelligent fish on the planet. Resaint is an animal cognition scientist consumed with existential grief over what humans have done to nature. Halyard is an exec from the extinction industry\, complicit in the mining operation that destroyed the lumpsucker’s last-known habitat. \nAcross the dystopian landscapes of the 2030s–a nature reserve full of toxic waste; a floating city on the ocean; the hinterlands of a totalitarian state–Resaint and Halyard hunt for a surviving lumpsucker. And the further they go\, the deeper they’re drawn into the mystery of the attack on the biobanks. Who was really behind it? And why would anyone do such a thing? \nVirtuosic and profound\, witty and despairing\, Venomous Lumpsucker is Ned Beauman at his very best.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-ned-beauman-discusses-venomous-lumpsucker/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211122T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Andrew Lawler discusses Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World's Most Contested City
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: TBA \nIn 1863\, a French senator arrived in Jerusalem hoping to unearth relics dating to biblical times. Digging deep underground\, he discovered an ancient grave that\, he claimed\, belonged to an Old Testament queen. News of his find ricocheted around the world\, evoking awe and envy alike\, and inspiring others to explore Jerusalem’s storied past. \nIn the century and a half since the Frenchman broke ground\, Jerusalem has drawn a global cast of fortune seekers and missionaries\, archaeologists and zealots\, all of them eager to extract the biblical past from beneath the city’s streets and shrines. Their efforts have had profound effects\, not only on our understanding of Jerusalem’s history\, but on its hotly disputed present. The quest to retrieve ancient Jewish heritage has sparked bloody riots and thwarted international peace agreements. It has served as a cudgel\, a way to stake a claim to the most contested city on the planet. Today\, the earth below Jerusalem remains a battleground in the struggle to control the city above. \nUnder Jerusalem takes readers into the tombs\, tunnels\, and trenches of the Holy City. It brings to life the indelible characters who have investigated this subterranean landscape. With clarity and verve\, acclaimed journalist Andrew Lawler reveals how their pursuit has not only defined the conflict over modern Jerusalem\, but could provide a map for two peoples and three faiths to peacefully coexist. (Doubleday Books)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-andrew-lawler-discusses-under-jerusalem-the-buried-history-of-the-worlds-most-contested-city/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211120T110000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Special Storytime featuring Michael Slack presenting Dinosaurs on Kitty Island
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: TBA \nA playdate between intrepid kitties and cautious dinosaurs doesn’t go quite as planned in this hilarious story of friendship and compromise! \nLife on Dinosaur Island is so boring. Who wants to watch stuff sink in tar pits all day? So the dinosaurs are escaping to Kitty Island to play with their new kitty friends\, even though the level-headed narrator warns them that it will end in cat-astrophe. After all\, the kitties are fearless and feisty! And these dinos? Well\, cuddles are more their speed. Now these tiny kitties and hulking dinos need to find some common ground before their playdate and friendship go extinct. (Dial Books)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-special-storytime-featuring-michael-slack-presenting-dinosaurs-on-kitty-island/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Jung Yun discusses O Beautiful
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: TBA \nElinor Hanson\, a forty-something former model\, is struggling to reinvent herself as a freelance writer when she receives an unexpected assignment. Her mentor from grad school offers her a chance to write for a prestigious magazine about the Bakken oil boom in North Dakota. Elinor grew up near the Bakken\, raised by an overbearing father and a distant Korean mother who met and married when he was stationed overseas. After decades away from home\, Elinor returns to a landscape she hardly recognizes\, overrun by tens of thousands of newcomers. \nSurrounded by roughnecks seeking their fortunes in oil and long-time residents worried about their changing community\, Elinor experiences a profound sense of alienation and grief. She rages at the unrelenting male gaze\, the locals who still see her as a foreigner\, and the memories of her family’s estrangement after her mother decided to escape her unhappy marriage\, leaving Elinor and her sister behind. The longer she pursues this potentially career-altering assignment\, the more her past intertwines with the story she’s trying to tell\, revealing disturbing new realities that will forever change her and the way she looks at the world. \nWith spare and graceful prose\, Jung Yun’s O Beautiful presents an immersive portrait of a community rife with tensions and competing interests\, and one woman’s attempts to reconcile her anger with her love of a beautiful\, but troubled land. (St. Martins Press)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-jung-yun-discusses-o-beautiful/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211117T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Dorie Greenspan discusses Baking with Dorie: Sweet\, Salty & Simple
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: TBA \nSay “Dorie Greenspan” and think baking. The renowned author of thirteen cookbooks and winner of five James Beard and two IACP awards offers a collection that celebrates the sweet\, the savory\, and the simple. Every recipe is signature Dorie: easy–beginners can ace every technique in this book–and accessible\, made with everyday ingredients. Are there surprises? Of course! You’ll find ingenious twists like Berry Biscuits. Footlong cheese sticks made with cream puff dough. Apple pie with browned butter spiced like warm mulled cider. A s’mores ice cream cake with velvety chocolate sauce\, salty peanuts\, and toasted marshmallows. It’s a book of simple yet sophisticated baking. The chapters are classic: Breakfast Stuff – Cakes – Cookies – Pies\, Tarts\, Cobblers and Crisps – Two Perfect Little Pastries – Salty Side Up. The recipes are unexpected. And there are “Sweethearts” throughout\, mini collections of Dorie’s all-time favorites. Don’t miss the meringue Little Marvels or the Double-Decker Caramel Cake. Like all of Dorie’s recipes\, they lend themselves to being remade\, refashioned\, and riffed on. (Mariner Books)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-dorie-greenspan-discusses-baking-with-dorie-sweet-salty-simple/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211113T110000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Special Storytime featuring Yuyi Morales presenting Bright Star
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: TBA \nChild\, you are awake!\nYou are alive!\nYou are a bright star\,\nInside our hearts. \nTold with a combination of powerful\, spare language and sumptuous and complex imagery that is typical of Yuyi Morales’s work\, this is the story of a fawn making her way through a border landscape teaming with flora and fauna native to the region. A gentle but empowering voice encourages her to face her fears when she comes across an obstacle in the form of an insurmountable barrier. \nYuyi Morales’ first book since her New York Times bestseller Dreamers is a book for very young children looking for their place in a world full of uncertainty. It is a book with resonance for all children\, especially those whose safety is threatened due to the immigration crisis in the US. (Neal Porter Books)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-special-storytime-featuring-yuyi-morales-presenting-bright-star/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211109T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Wil Haygood discusses Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: TBA \nThis unprecedented history of Black cinema examines 100 years of Black movies–from Gone with the Wind to Blaxploitation films to Black Panther–using the struggles and triumphs of the artists\, and the films themselves\, as a prism to explore Black culture\, civil rights\, and racism in America. From the acclaimed author of The Butler and Showdown. \nBeginning in 1915 with D. W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation–which glorified the Ku Klux Klan and became Hollywood’s first blockbuster–Wil Haygood gives us an incisive\, fascinating\, little-known history\, spanning more than a century\, of Black artists in the film business\, on-screen and behind the scenes. \nHe makes clear the effects of changing social realities and events on the business of making movies and on what was represented on the screen: from Jim Crow and segregation to white flight and interracial relationships\, from the assassination of Malcolm X\, to the O. J. Simpson trial\, to the Black Lives Matter movement. He considers the films themselves–including Imitation of Life\, Gone with the Wind\, Porgy and Bess\, the Blaxploitation films of the seventies\, Do The Right Thing\, 12 Years a Slave\, and Black Panther. And he brings to new light the careers and significance of a wide range of historic and contemporary figures: Hattie McDaniel\, Sidney Poitier\, Berry Gordy\, Alex Haley\, Spike Lee\, Billy Dee Willliams\, Richard Pryor\, Halle Berry\, Ava DuVernay\, and Jordan Peele\, among many others. \nAn important\, timely book\, Colorization gives us both an unprecedented history of Black cinema and a groundbreaking perspective on racism in modern America. (Knopf Publishing Group)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-wil-haygood-discusses-colorization-one-hundred-years-of-black-films-in-a-white-world/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211108T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Saraciea Fennell Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: TBA \nEdited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors\, Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hope. \nIn Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed\, bestselling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and stereotypes about the Latinx diaspora. These fifteen original pieces delve into everything from ghost stories and superheroes\, to memories in the kitchen and travels around the world\, to addiction and grief\, to identity and anti-Blackness\, to finding love and speaking your truth. Full of both sorrow and joy\, Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed is an essential celebration of this rich and diverse community. (Flatiron Books)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-saraciea-fennell-wild-tongues-cant-be-tamed-15-voices-from-the-latinx-diaspora/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211106T110000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Special Storytime featuring Victoria Kahn presenting Rubylicious
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: TBA \nThe #1 New York Times bestselling author-artist of the Pinkalicious series\, Victoria Kann\, is back with an all new-picture book about generosity and kindness\, starring Pinkalicious and Peterrific. \nPinkalicious is searching for stones for her rock collection when suddenly–POOF!–out pops a surprise! Rocky is here to grant Pinkalicious and her brother Peter one wish\, and one wish only\, so they must choose wisely. \nShould they wish for a pile of sweets? Or the ability to fly? Or maybe a castle with a fire-breathing dragon? But are any of those things good enough to be their very best\, most special wish in the whole wide world? And what will happen to Rocky after they make their wish? \nThis gem of a book looks at how being selfless can be its own best reward. Rubylicious is a sparkling addition to the Pinkalicious library! (HarperCollins)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-special-storytime-featuring-victoria-kahn-presenting-rubylicious/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211105T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: hristina Diaz Gonzalez discusses Concealed
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: TBA \nWhat if you had no name\, no past\, and no home? \nIvette. Joanna. And now: Katrina \nWhatever her name is\, it won’t last long. Katrina doesn’t know any of the details about her past\, but she does know that she and her parents are part of the Witness Protection Program. Whenever her parents say they have to move on and start over\, she takes on a new identity. A new name\, a new hair color\, a new story. \nUntil their location leaks and her parents disappear. Forced to embark on a dangerous rescue mission\, Katrina and her new friend Parker set out to save her parents–and find out the truth about her secret past and the people that want her family dead. \nBut every new discovery reveals that Katrina’s entire life has been built around secrets covered up with lies and that her parents were actually the ones keeping the biggest secret of all. Katrina must now decide if learning the whole truth is worth the price of losing everything she has ever believed about herself and her family. (Scholastic Press)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-hristina-diaz-gonzalez-discusses-concealed/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211030T110000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Local Author Day – Kids edition featuring Louise Wannier\, Cecilia Caballero\, and Dr. Antoinette Corley-Newman
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/local-author-day-kids-10-30 \nLouise Wannier presents Tree Spirits\n“What do you see when you look up at this tree?” Tree Spirits is a book written in rhyme which encourages children to develop their imagination\, creativity and emotional intelligence. “How do you imagine they/he/she is feeling today?” For parents and grandparents and friends and family it is a fun book to read with the children in their lives. It includes an interactive drawing section. \nCecilia Caballero presents Lavender Little Girl\nAn ode to love of a darling daughter. A celebration of the love for a clever\, strong\, and compassionate girl. A cherished book by little girls everywhere. Parents will snuggle and read this every night to their daughters. A book for all women\, sisters\, and mothers who were also little girls once. A heartwarming story that makes this book a wonderful addition to your library. \nDr. Antoinette Corley-Newman presents Trick or Treat\nEvery year on October 31\, the witch and warlock children of Transylvania jump on their magic brooms and fly into town to take part in the mortal’s Harvests celebration. Although she enjoys the festivities\, Abigail – the most precocious little witch of them all – wishes to bring back enough mortal treats to share with all of Transylvania to enjoy all year long! One day\, after accidentally slipping into her mother’s brewing pot\, Abigail comes up with a brilliant plan. \nJoin Abigail as she embarks on a delightful and historical journey to change the mortal Harvest celebration to the miraculous birth of Trick or Treat and how the Switch Witch came to be.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-local-author-day-kids-edition-featuring-louise-wannier-cecilia-caballero-and-dr-antoinette-corley-newman/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211025T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Local Author Day featuring Jared Seide and José L. Recio
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/jared-seide-jose-recio \nJared Seide presents Where Compassion Begins\nCompassion is sometimes confused with empathy\, or even sympathy. It is neither\, though it includes some aspects of both. Compassion begins when we allow ourselves to really hear and attune to suffering\, that of others\, as well as ourselves. And hearing and perceiving this anguish\, we are moved to do something about it. What takes compassion beyond sympathy or empathy is that it includes action\, action that is considered\, skillful and beneficial.\nCouncil is a foundational practice that builds our capacity to perceive the experience of others and invites us to pay attention. When we listen differently to someone’s story\, without judging\, we create the conditions for compassion to arise. Council asks us to lean in\, to learn ways we can skillfully attend to the pain we recognize in ourselves and others\, and to do something helpful in response. This book is an invitation to build the muscle of compassion\, through exercises and practices that enhance our capacity to listen from the heart and\, in so doing\, take care of ourselves and those around us. \nJosé L. Recio presents Transitions\nTransitions is a book of mainstream fiction\, written in the tradition of the short stories classics. Like Joseph Conrad\, the author of “Transitions” put fictional characters in situations different from his own experiences but suitable to trigger the same or very similar set of emotions when dealing with those situations.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-local-author-day-featuring-jared-seide-and-jose-l-recio/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211021T180000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: oshua Lurie discusses History is Delicious
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/joshua-lurie \nJoshua Lurie\, in conversation with Minh Phan\, discusses History is Delicious \nFrom well-known cultures to those just being rediscovered\, History Is Delicious explores the history of different dishes\, cultural traditions\, and even a few great recipes. What does Ethiopian cuisine look and taste like? Find out for yourself with each beautifully illustrated page that makes learning about food fun. Discover the role cuisine plays in the fabric of unique cultures from around the world and enjoy some great tasting food along the way. Featured sections include History of European Cuisine\, Dining Do’s and Don’ts\, Dumplings of the World\, Recipes from Around the World\, and so much more. (Honest History)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-oshua-lurie-discusses-history-is-delicious/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211020T190000
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Sutton Foster\, in conversation with Jennifer Garner
DESCRIPTION:Event location: Pasadena Presbyterian Church located at 585 E. Colorado Blvd\, Pasadena\nDoors open at 6:00pm; Event starts at 7:00pm.\nVaccinations and masks are required for all audience members attending this event. (more info below) \n  \nVroman’s presents Sutton Foster discussing Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life \nFrom the 2-time Tony Award-winner and the star of TV’s Younger\, funny and intimate stories and reflections about how crafting has kept her sane while navigating the highs and lows of family\, love\, and show business (and how it can help you\, too). \nWhether she’s playing an “age-defying” book editor on television or dazzling audiences on the Broadway stage\, Sutton Foster manages to make it all look easy. How? Crafting. From the moment she picked up a cross stitch needle to escape the bullying chorus girls in her early performing days\, she was hooked. Cross stitching led to crocheting\, crocheting led to collages\, which led to drawing\, and so much more. Channeling her emotions into her creations centered Sutton as she navigated the significant moments in her life and gave her tangible reminders of her experiences. Now\, in this charming and poignant collection\, Sutton shares those moments\, including her fraught relationship with her agoraphobic mother; a painful divorce splashed on the pages of the tabloids; her struggles with fertility; the thrills she found on the stage during hit plays like Thoroughly Modern Millie\, Anything Goes\, and Violet; her breakout TV role in Younger; and the joy of adopting her daughter\, Emily. Accompanying the stories\, Sutton has included crochet patterns\, recipes\, and so much more! \nWitty and poignant\, Hooked will leave readers entertained as well as inspire them to pick up their own cross stitch needles and paintbrushes. (Grand Central Publishing) \nThis ticketed event will take place at Pasadena Presbyterian Church located at 585 E. Colorado Blvd\, Pasadena. Ticket includes one entry plus one signed copy of Hooked.  \nQuestions? Email us at email@vromansbookstore.com \n  \nCOVID-19 EVENT SAFETY GUIDELINES \nWe love in-person events and have missed everyone so much! To do this safely\, in partnership with author and publisher\, Vroman’s is requiring vaccinations for all audience members attending our events. \nIn addition\, the following guidelines must also be observed: \nMasks are required at all times\nProof of vaccination required from all attendees at the time of check in\, prior to entering the venue. \nVROMAN’S ADHERES TO PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES. SHOULD PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS CHANGE GUIDELINES REGARDING IN-PERSON EVENTS\, WE WILL CONTACT YOU. NO REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE YOUR FULL VACCINATION STATUS UPON ENTRY. \nBy visiting our in-person event\, you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-sutton-foster-in-conversation-with-jennifer-garner/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211017T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211017T140000
DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T180440Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny discussing State of Terror
DESCRIPTION:This ticketed event will take place on Crowdcast. There will not be an opportunity to submit questions during the live event\, but you can submit questions when you purchase your ticket\, at check out. \nABOUT THE BOOK:\nAfter a tumultuous period in American politics\, a new administration has just been sworn in\, and to everyone’s surprise the president chooses a political enemy for the vital position of secretary of state. \nThere is no love lost between the president of the United States and Ellen Adams\, his new secretary of state. But it’s a canny move on the part of the president. With this appointment\, he silences one of his harshest critics\, since taking the job means Adams must step down as head of her multinational media conglomerate. \nAs the new president addresses Congress for the first time\, with Secretary Adams in attendance\, Anahita Dahir\, a young foreign service officer (FSO) on the Pakistan desk at the State Department\, receives a baffling text from an anonymous source. \nToo late\, she realizes the message was a hastily coded warning. \nWhat begins as a series of apparent terrorist attacks is revealed to be the beginning of an international chess game involving the volatile and Byzantine politics of Pakistan\, Afghanistan\, and Iran; the race to develop nuclear weapons in the region; the Russian mob; a burgeoning rogue terrorist organization; and an American government set back on its heels in the international arena. \nAs the horrifying scale of the threat becomes clear\, Secretary Adams and her team realize it has been carefully planned to take advantage of four years of an American government out of touch with international affairs\, out of practice with diplomacy\, and out of power in the places where it counts the most. \nTo defeat such an intricate\, carefully constructed conspiracy\, it will take the skills of a unique team: a passionate young FSO; a dedicated journalist; and a smart\, determined\, but as yet untested new secretary of state. \nState of Terror is a unique and utterly compelling international thriller cowritten by Hillary Rodham Clinton\, the 67th secretary of state\, and Louise Penny\, a multiple award-winning #1 New York Times bestselling novelist. (Simon & Schuster/St. Martin’s Press) \n  \nThis event ticket includes a hardcover copy of State of Terror with signed bookplate\, as well as online access to the event for your household. You will receive a link and password to attend the Crowdcast event on the afternoon of Thursday\, October 14th. \n  \nPlease note: Ticket options include in-store pick up; shipped domestically (allow up to 3 weeks for delivery); or shipped internationally (allow 4-5 weeks for delivery). Books will be mailed to you shortly after the event. For those who choose in-store pick up\, you will be contacted by Vroman’s via email shortly after the event and alerted as to when your book will be ready for pick up. \n  \nQuestions? Email us at email@vromansbookstore.com
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-hillary-rodham-clinton-and-louise-penny-discussing-state-of-terror/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211016T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211016T160000
DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
CREATED:20211004T180320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T180320Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Congressman Adam Schiff\, in conversation with Jason Alexander
DESCRIPTION:Event location: Pasadena Presbyterian Church located at 585 E. Colorado Blvd\, Pasadena\nDoors open at 3:00pm; Event starts at 4:00pm.\nVaccinations and masks are required for all audience members attending this event. (more info below) \n  \nIn the years leading up to the election of Donald Trump\, Congressman Adam Schiff had already been sounding the alarm over the resurgence of autocracy around the world\, and the threat this posed to the United States. But as he led the probe into Donald Trump’s Russia and Ukraine-related abuses of presidential power\, Schiff came to the terrible conclusion that the principal threat to American democracy now came from within. \nIn Midnight in Washington\, Schiff argues that the Trump presidency has so weakened our institutions and compromised the Republican Party that the peril will last for years\, requiring unprecedented vigilance against the growing and dangerous appeal of authoritarianism. The congressman chronicles step by step just how our democracy was put at such risk\, and traces his own path to meeting the crisis–from serious prosecutor\, to congressman with an expertise in national security and a reputation for bipartisanship\, to liberal lightning rod\, scourge of the right\, and archenemy of a president. Schiff takes us inside his team of impeachment managers and their desperate defense of the constitution amid the rise of a distinctly American brand of autocracy. \nDeepening our understanding of prominent public moments\, Schiff reveals the private struggles\, the internal conflicts\, and the triumphs of courage that came with defending the republic against a lawless president–but also the slow surrender of people that he had worked with and admired to the dangerous immorality of a president engaged in an historic betrayal of his office. Schiff’s fight for democracy is one of the great dramas of our time\, told by the man who became the president’s principal antagonist. It is a story that began with Trump but does not end with him\, taking us through the disastrous culmination of the presidency and Schiff’s account of January 6\, 2021\, and how the anti-democratic forces Trump unleashed continue to define his party\, making the future of democracy in America more uncertain than ever. (Random House) \n“If there is still an American democracy fifty years from now\, historians will be very grateful for this highly personal and deeply informed guide to one of its greatest crises. We should be grateful that we can read it now.”—Timothy Snyder\, #1 New York Times bestselling author of On Tyranny \n“Although he failed to secure the conviction of Donald Trump in the first impeachment trial\, Adam Schiff has now vanquished him forever in these pages. This book will stand as the touchstone of truth against any attempts to distort or rewrite this crucial piece of history. Congressman Schiff has restored our faith in the nobility of public service and has shown what one dedicated patriot—courageous\, intelligent\, and fearless—can still accomplish even in a divided country.”—Ron Chernow\, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Washington: A Life and Alexander Hamilton  \n“When American democracy faced a near-death experience\, Adam Schiff served as an able guardian\, protecting our nation from enemies foreign and domestic. Schiff not only provides riveting details in this compelling account\, he delivers a much-needed warning about the threats facing America from within and an urgent how-to guide for preserving our nation.”—Stacey Abrams\, founder of Fair Fight Action  \n  \nThis ticketed event will take place at Pasadena Presbyterian Church located at 585 E. Colorado Blvd\, Pasadena. Ticket includes one entry plus one copy of Midnight in Washington. \nQuestions? Email us at email@vromansbookstore.com \n  \nCOVID-19 EVENT SAFETY GUIDELINES \nWe love in-person events and have missed everyone so much! To do this safely\, in partnership with author and publisher\, Vroman’s is requiring vaccinations for all audience members attending our events. \nIn addition\, the following guidelines must also be observed: \nMasks are required at all times\nProof of vaccination required from all attendees at the time of check in\, prior to entering the venue. \nVROMAN’S ADHERES TO PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDELINES. SHOULD PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS CHANGE GUIDELINES REGARDING IN-PERSON EVENTS\, WE WILL CONTACT YOU. NO REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE YOUR FULL VACCINATION STATUS UPON ENTRY. \nBy visiting our in-person event\, you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-congressman-adam-schiff-in-conversation-with-jason-alexander/
LOCATION:Pasadena Presbyterian Church\, 585 East Colorado Boulevard\, Pasadena \, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211012T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211012T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
CREATED:20211004T180112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T180112Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Dhonielle Clayton\, Tiffany D. Jackson\, Nic Stone\, Angie Thomas\, Ashley Woodfolk\, and Nicola Yoon discuss Blackout With moderator Adam Silvera
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/black-out-panel  \nSix critically acclaimed\, bestselling\, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teens in love to this charming\, hilarious\, and heartwarming novel that shines a bright light through the dark. \nA summer heatwave blankets New York City in darkness. But as the city is thrown into confusion\, a different kind of electricity sparks… \nA first meeting. \nLong-time friends. \nBitter exes. \nAnd maybe the beginning of something new. \nWhen the lights go out\, people reveal hidden truths. Love blossoms\, friendship transforms\, and new possibilities take flight. (Quill Tree Books) \nDHONIELLE CLAYTON is the New York Times bestselling author of The Belles series and the coauthor of the Tiny Pretty Things duology\, which was made into a Netflix original series. She is COO of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books\, and owner of CAKE Literary. \nTIFFANY D. JACKSON is the New York Times bestselling author of Grown; Allegedly; Monday’s Not Coming\, a Walter Dean Myers Honor Book and Coretta Scott King New Talent Award winner; and Let Me Hear a Rhyme. \nNIC STONE is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of William C. Morris Award finalist Dear Martin\, Dear Justyce\, Odd One Out\, JackPot\, Clean Getaway\, and the Shuri novel series with Marvel Comics. \nANGIE THOMAS’s award-winning\, acclaimed debut novel\, The Hate U Give\, is a #1 New York Times bestseller and major motion picture from Fox 2000. She is also the author of On the Come Up and Concrete Rose. \nASHLEY WOODFOLK worked in children’s book publishing before becoming an author full-time. Her novels include the highly-acclaimed The Beauty that Remains and When You Were Everything. \nNICOLA YOON is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Instructions for Dancing; Everything\, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star. She is a National Book Award finalist\, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book recipient\, and a Coretta Scott King New Talent Award winner. Two of her novels have been made into major motion pictures. She’s also co-publisher of Joy Revolution\, a Random House young adult imprint focused on love stories starring people of color. \nAdam Silvera is the New York Times bestselling author of More Happy Than Not\, History Is All You Left Me\, They Both Die at the End\, Infinity Son\, and—with Becky Albertalli—What If It’s Us. He was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start for his debut. Adam was born and raised in the Bronx. He was a bookseller before shifting to children’s publishing and has worked at a literary development company and a creative writing website for teens and as a book reviewer of children’s and young adult novels. He is tall for no reason and lives in Los Angeles. Visit him online at www.adamsilvera.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-dhonielle-clayton-tiffany-d-jackson-nic-stone-angie-thomas-ashley-woodfolk-and-nicola-yoon-discuss-blackout-with-moderator-adam-silvera/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211011T180000
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DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
CREATED:20211004T180030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T180030Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Myriam J. A. Chancy in conversation with Zinzi Clemmons
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK:T https://www.crowdcast.io/e/myriam-chancy \nAt the end of a long\, sweltering day\, as markets and businesses begin to close for the evening\, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capital of Haiti\, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy masterfully charts the inner lives of the characters affected by the disaster-Richard\, an expat and wealthy water-bottling executive with a secret daughter; the daughter\, Anne\, an architect who drafts affordable housing structures for a global NGO; a small-time drug trafficker\, Leopold\, who pines for a beautiful call girl; Sonia and her business partner\, Dieudonné\, who are followed by a man they believe is the vodou spirit of death; Didier\, an emigrant musician who drives a taxi in Boston; Sara\, a mother haunted by the ghosts of her children in an IDP camp; her husband\, Olivier\, an accountant forced to abandon the wife he loves; their son\, Jonas\, who haunts them both; and Ma Lou\, the old woman selling produce in the market who remembers them all. Artfully weaving together these lives\, witness is given to the desolation wreaked by nature and by man. \nBrilliantly crafted\, fiercely imagined\, and deeply haunting\, What Storm\, What Thunder is a singular\, stunning record\, a reckoning of the heartbreaking trauma of disaster\, and-at the same time-an unforgettable testimony to the tenacity of the human spirit. (Tin House Books)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-myriam-j-a-chancy-in-conversation-with-zinzi-clemmons/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211009T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211009T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
CREATED:20211004T175910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T175910Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Teacher's Night In
DESCRIPTION:  \nYou are cordially invited to join Vroman’s for our Annual Teacher’s Night In\, featuring a book chat with recommendations for all ages and raffle drawings for those in attendance. \nThe Vroman’s Kids Department manager\, booksellers\, and the Random House Kids Rep will be on hand to recommend great new books for your classroom discussions and libraries. Use the chat function in the event to ask questions\, specific to your needs. \nTickets to join are available for free on Eventbrite. Tickets to participate are free! Sign up for yours and we will send you the Crowdcast link to join our evening book chat. When signing up for your ticket\, please let us know what school and grade you teach for! \nAND following the event they will email you a 20% off coupon to use for any personal shopping. In-store or online. \n  \nNote: Signing up for the event will automatically enter you into the raffle. Raffle winners will be called the night of and you must be in the event to win. Raffle prizes will be available for pick up in store the following Tuesday. \n  \nQuestions? Please send them to email@vromansbookstore.com.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-teachers-night-in/
LOCATION:Vroman’s Bookstore\, 695 E. Colorado Blvd.\, Pasadena\, CA\, 91101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211008T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
CREATED:20211004T175742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T175917Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Ryan Hampton discusses Unsettled: How the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Failed the Victims of the American Overdose Crisis
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ryan-hampton \nIn September 2019\, Purdue Pharma–the maker of OxyContin and a company controlled by the infamous billionaire Sackler family–filed for bankruptcy to protect itself from 2\,600 lawsuits for its role in fueling the U.S. overdose crisis. Author and activist Ryan Hampton served as co-chair of the official creditors committee that acted as a watchdog during the process\, one of only four victims appointed among representatives of big insurance companies\, hospitals\, and pharmacies. He entered the case believing that exposing the Sacklers and mobilizing against Purdue would be enough to right the scales of justice. But he soon learned that behind closed doors\, justice had plenty of other competition–and it came with a hefty price tag.\nUnsettled is the inside story of Purdue’s excruciating Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings\, the company’s eventual restructuring\, and the Sackler family’s evasion of any true accountability. It’s also the untold story of how a group of determined ordinary people tried to see justice done against the odds–and in the face of brutal opposition from powerful institutions and even government representatives. \nAlthough America was envisioned as an equitable place\, where the vulnerable are protected from the greed of the powerful\, the corporate-bankruptcy process betrays those values. In its heart of hearts\, this system is built to shield the ultra-wealthy\, exploit loopholes for political power\, promote gross wealth inequality\, and allow companies such as Purdue Pharma to run amok. \nThe real story of the Purdue bankruptcy wasn’t that the billion-dollar corporation was a villain\, a serial federal offender. No matter what the media said\, Purdue didn’t do this alone. They were aided and abetted by the very systems and institutions that were supposed to protect Americans. Even on-your-side elected officials worked against Purdue’s victims–maintaining the status quo at all costs. \nAmericans deserve to know exactly who is responsible for failing to protect people over profits–and what a human life is worth to corporations\, billionaires\, and lawmakers. Unsettled is what happened behind closed doors–the story of a sick\, broken system that destroyed millions of lives and let the Sacklers off almost scot-free. (St. Martin’s Press)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-ryan-hampton-discusses-unsettled-how-the-purdue-pharma-bankruptcy-failed-the-victims-of-the-american-overdose-crisis/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211007T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
CREATED:20211004T175712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T175921Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Alexandra Leigh Young in conversation with Lauren Gibaldi & Eric Smith
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK:  https://www.crowdcast.io/e/alexandra-leigh-young \nAlexandra Leigh Young\, in conversation with Lauren Gibaldi & Eric Smith\, discusses Idol Gossip\nEvery Friday after school\, seventeen-year-old Alice Choy and her little sister\, Olivia\, head to Myeongdong to sing karaoke. Back in San Francisco\, when she still had friends and earthly possessions\, Alice took regular singing lessons. But since their diplomat mom moved them to Seoul\, her only musical outlet is vamping it up in a private karaoke booth to an audience of one: her loyal sister. Then a scout for Top10 Entertainment\, one of the biggest K-pop companies\, hears her and offers her a spot at their Star Academy. Can Alice navigate the culture clashes\, egos\, and extreme training practices of K-pop to lead her group onstage before a stadium of 50\,000 chanting fans–and just maybe strike K-pop gold? Not if a certain influential blogger and the anti-fans get their way . . .\nThis debut novel is about standing out and fitting in\, dreaming big and staying true. It will speak to fans of K-pop and to anyone who is trying to take their talents to the next level. (Walker Books Us) \nLauren Gibaldi and Eric Smith are co-authors of the book\, Battle of the Bands.\nLauren Gibaldi is a public librarian and the author of The Night We Said Yes\, Autofocus\, and This Tiny Perfect World. She has also contributed short stories to the anthologies Welcome Home and Color Outside the Lines. Lauren Gibaldi lives in Orlando\, Florida\, with her husband and daughters. \nEric Smith is a literary agent and the author of The Geek’s Guide to Dating\, The Girl and the Grove\, Don’t Read the Comments\, and You Can Go Your Own Way. Eric Smith lives in Philadelphia with his wife and son.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-alexandra-leigh-young-in-conversation-with-lauren-gibaldi-eric-smith/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211004T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211004T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
CREATED:20211004T175633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211004T175927Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Kate Bowler in conversation with Lori Gottlieb
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast.\nRegister for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/kate-bowler \nIt’s hard to give up on the feeling that the life you really want is just out of reach. A beach body by summer. A trip to Disneyland around the corner. A promotion on the horizon. Everyone wants to believe that they are headed toward good\, better\, best. But what happens when the life you hoped for is put on hold indefinitely? \nKate Bowler believed that life was a series of unlimited choices\, until she discovered\, at age 35\, that her body was wracked with cancer. In No Cure for Being Human\, she searches for a way forward as she mines the wisdom (and absurdity) of today’s “best life now” advice industry\, which insists on exhausting positivity and on trying to convince us that we can out-eat\, out-learn\, and out-perform our humanness. We are\, she finds\, as fragile as the day we were born. \nWith dry wit and unflinching honesty\, Kate Bowler grapples with her diagnosis\, her ambition\, and her faith as she tries to come to terms with her limitations in a culture that says anything is possible. She finds that we need one another if we’re going to tell the truth: Life is beautiful and terrible\, full of hope and despair and everything in between–and there’s no cure for being human. (Random House)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-kate-bowler-in-conversation-with-lori-gottlieb/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210928T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210928T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
CREATED:20210819T072551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173338Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Jay Coles\, in conversation with Dave Connis
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK:  https://www.crowdcast.io/e/xqhb1h96 \n  \nFrom one of the brightest and most acclaimed new lights in YA fiction\, a fantastic new novel about a bi Black boy finding first love . . . and facing the return of the mother who abandoned his preacher family when he was nine. \nThere’s always been a hole in Gio’s life. Not because he’s into both guys and girls. Not because his father has some drinking issues. Not because his friends are always bringing him their drama. No\, the hole in Gio’s life takes the shape of his birth mom\, who left Gio\, his brother\, and his father when Gio was nine years old. For eight years\, he never heard a word from her . . . and now\, just as he’s started to get his life together\, she’s back. \nIt’s hard for Gio to know what to do. Can he forgive her like she wants to be forgiven? Or should he tell her she lost her chance to be in his life? Complicating things further\, Gio’s started to hang out with David\, a new guy on the basketball team. Are they friends? More than friends? At first\, Gio’s not sure . . . especially because he’s not sure what he wants from anyone right now. \nThere are no easy answers to love — whether it’s family love or friend love or romantic love. In Things We Couldn’t Say\, Jay Coles\, acclaimed author of Tyler Johnson Was Here\, shows us a guy trying to navigate love in all its ambiguity — hoping at the other end he’ll be able to figure out who is and who he should be. (Scholastic Press)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-jay-coles-in-conversation-with-dave-connis/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210927T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210927T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
CREATED:20210819T072400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173344Z
UID:10000492-1632765600-1632765600@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Local Author Day featuring David F. D’Orazi and Vicki Childs
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/21p36qai  \nDavid F. D’Orazi presents The In-Between Artist: The Story of Tony D’Orazi\nThe successes and struggles of influential twentieth century artist Tony D’Orazi are detailed in this first-ever biography\, The In-Between Artist: The Story of Tony D’Orazi\, from his early years as a child prodigy in Missoula\, Montana\, to his ascension into an award-winning artist by way of New York City and Chicago and his days working for Disney to ultimately becoming the radio and television personality known as Uncle Tony O’Dare\, “the first cartoonist of the air.” Tony’s personal struggles would repeatedly attempt to derail his artistic ambitions\, but the art would always find a way to persevere. \nAlong his ascent\, he would also meet his true love\, whom he formed a vaudeville act with\, which found them entertaining crowds across America. From there\, he became a husband and father of four\, who constantly struggled to find balance between his roles as a visual artist and family man\, all while battling with severe bouts of mental illness. \nThis is a portrait of an artist and entertainer which also includes later chapters of his life\, in which he went on to become a successful salesman and character actor\, all while still pursuing his need to create. In the end\, despite all these roles he played and the countless hurdles he faced\, Tony remained an artist in between. Ultimately\, his story proves that no matter what obstacles he faced\, his art always found a way. \n  \nVicki Childs presents Rachel’s Butterflies\nWhat would you need to lose in order to find yourself? \nGrowing up in their elite British private school\, three girls became inseparable. Decades later and worlds apart\, they’ll soon discover that some bonds last forever. \nLiz\, an ambitious businesswoman\, is beholden to nobody and determined to keep it that way. Emily\, a homebody with a countryside cottage\, is happy to be surrounded by her family and her crafts. Chrissy\, a writer turned realtor\, is living the American dream in sunny Los Angeles. But are their lives as perfect as they seem? \nA sudden tragedy reunites the childhood friends\, but just as they begin to reconnect\, their lives are derailed. Each will be forced to re-examine who they are and make some life-altering decisions. Can they embrace their chance for true happiness\, or will they continue to be molded by those around them? \nIn this compelling tale of struggle and redemption\, three women learn that when your world turns upside down it’s your true friends that lead you back home.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-local-author-day-featuring-david-f-dorazi-and-vicki-childs/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210925T110000
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DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
CREATED:20210819T072326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173157Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Special Story Time with Laurenne Sala and Zara González Hoang presenting Mi Casa Is My Home
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/0rgucsrf \n  \nLucia invites you to visit her bustling casa and meet an intergenerational array of loved ones in a charming Spanglish celebration of family life. \nEste es el baño . . . It’s where I shave my barba con Abuelo.\nBienvenidos to Lucía’s home. Lucía lives in her casa with her big\, loud\, beautiful familia\, and she’s going to show you around! From la puerta\, where Abuela likes to wave to the neighbors and wait for packages from Puerto Rico or Spain\, to la cocina\, where Lucía watches her Mamá turn empty pots into soups and arroces\, to el patio\, where Lucia and her cousins (and her cousin’s cousins!) put on magic shows\, Lucía loves her busy and cozy casa. With warmth and joy\, author Laurenne Sala and illustrator Zara González Hoang celebrate home in this bilingual picture book that feels like an abrazo from your most favorite people\, your familia. (Candlewick Press (MA))
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-special-story-time-with-laurenne-sala-and-zara-gonzalez-hoang-presenting-mi-casa-is-my-home/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210924T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210924T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
CREATED:20210819T072234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173204Z
UID:10000490-1632506400-1632506400@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Marisa Kanter\, in conversation with Becky Albertalli
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK:  https://www.crowdcast.io/e/y0x0ihqv \n  \nLifelong rivals Natalie and Reid have never been on the same team. So when their school’s art budget faces cutbacks\, of course Natalie finds herself up against her nemesis once more. She’s fighting to direct the school’s first ever student-written play\, but for her small production to get funding\, the school’s award-winning band will have to lose it. Reid’s band. And he’s got no intention of letting the show go on. \nBut when their rivalry turns into an all-out prank war that goes too far\, Natalie and Reid have to face the music\, resulting in the worst compromise: writing and directing a musical. Together. At least if they deliver a sold-out show\, the school board will reconsider next year’s band and theater budget. Everyone could win. \nExcept Natalie and Reid. \nBecause after spending their entire lives in competition\, they have absolutely no idea how to be co-anything. And they certainly don’t know how to deal with the feelings that are inexplicably\, weirdly\, definitely developing between them… (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-marisa-kanter-in-conversation-with-becky-albertalli/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210923T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210923T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
CREATED:20210819T072200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173213Z
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SUMMARY:Vroman's: Richard Powers Bewilderment
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with Point Reyes Books and Diesel\, a Bookstore\, we present Richard Powers\, who will discuss Bewilderment his highly anticipated follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize winning The Overstory.\nThis event will be streamed on the Point Reyes Books Crowdcast channel. \nRegister here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/bewilderment/register \n\nLonglisted for the 2021 Booker Prize\nBewilderment is a heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory.\nNamed one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021 by New York Magazine\, Chicago Tribune\, BookPage\, Literary Hub\, The Millions\, New Statesman\, and Times of London \nThe astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old\, Robin\, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm\, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He’s also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled\, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robin’s emotional control\, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mother’s brain… \nWith its soaring descriptions of the natural world\, its tantalizing vision of life beyond\, and its account of a father and son’s ferocious love\, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers’s most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful\, imperiled planet? \nRichard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His most recent book\, The Overstory\, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains. \nPLEASE NOTE: This is not a Vroman’s Live event. We have partnered with Point Reyes Books and Diesel\, a Bookstore for this virtual event to be held via Crowdcast hosted by Point Reyes Books.
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-richard-powers-bewilderment/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210920T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210920T130000
DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
CREATED:20210819T072049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173233Z
UID:10000488-1632142800-1632142800@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Stuart Neville discusses The House of Ashes
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK:  https://www.crowdcast.io/e/m19baems \n  \nSara Keane’s husband\, Damien\, has uprooted them from England and moved them to his native Northern Ireland for a “fresh start” in the wake of her nervous breakdown. Sara\, who knows no one in Northern Ireland\, is jobless\, carless\, friendless–all but a prisoner in her own house. When a blood-soaked old woman beats on the door\, insisting the house is hers before being bundled back to her care facility\, Sara begins to understand the house has a terrible history her husband never intended for her to discover. As the two women form a bond over their shared traumas\, Sara finds the strength to stand up to her abuser\, and Mary–silent for six decades–is finally ready to tell her story . . . \nThrough the counterpoint voices–one modern Englishwoman\, one Northern Irish farmgirl speaking from half a century earlier–Stuart Neville offers a chilling and gorgeous portrait of violence and resilience in this truly haunting narrative. (Soho Crime)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-stuart-neville-discusses-the-house-of-ashes/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210918T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210918T160000
DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
CREATED:20210819T071750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173241Z
UID:10000487-1631980800-1631980800@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: T.C. Boyle discusses Talk to Me
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/le96paf9 \nWhen animal behaviorist Guy Schermerhorn demonstrates on a TV game show that he has taught Sam\, his juvenile chimp\, to speak in sign language\, Aimee Villard\, an undergraduate at Guy’s university\, is so taken with the performance that she applies to become his assistant. A romantic and intellectual attachment soon morphs into an interspecies love triangle that pushes hard at the boundaries of consciousness and the question of what we know and how we know it. \nWhat if it were possible to speak to the members of another species–to converse with them\, not just give commands or coach them but to really have an exchange of ideas and a meeting of minds? Did apes have God? Did they have souls? Did they know about death and redemption? About prayer? The economy\, rockets\, space? Did they miss the jungle? Did they even know what the jungle was? Did they dream? Make wishes? Hope for the future? \nThese are some the questions T.C. Boyle asks in his wide-ranging and hilarious new novel Talk to Me\, exploring what it means to be human\, to communicate with another\, and to truly know another person–or animal… (Ecco Press)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-t-c-boyle-discusses-talk-to-me/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210918T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210918T110000
DTSTAMP:20260507T075658
CREATED:20210819T071642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210908T173247Z
UID:10000479-1631962800-1631962800@playhousevillage.org
SUMMARY:Vroman's: Special Story Time with Jonathan Stutzman & Dan Santat presenting Bear is a Bear
DESCRIPTION:This is a virtual event and will take place on Crowdcast. Register for FREE ahead of time to save your spot and get an email reminder! Scroll down to purchase your copy of the book from Vroman’s. \nEVENT LINK:  https://www.crowdcast.io/e/m19baems \n  \nA gorgeous\, classic gift book about the enduring love between a little girl and her childhood friend\, Bear\, from popular author Jonathan Stutzman and Caldecott Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Dan Santat. \nBear is . . . a new friend\, a fellow mischief-maker\, a protector\, and a dreamer. \nThrough all the many ups and downs of a little girl’s childhood\, Bear is there to provide love and support. Until it is time to say goodbye . . . and hello again. \nBear Is a Bear is a tender and surprising tribute to the beloved companions of our childhoods. (Balzer & Bray/Harperteen)
URL:https://playhousevillage.org/event/vromans-special-story-time-with-jonathan-stutzman-dan-santat-presenting-bear-is-a-bear/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual,Vroman's Bookstore
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