| Literary Events ********************************************************************************** Litchfield County Writers Project “Word and Spirit” Events at UConn Torrington March 17 - God in the White House Randall Balmer discusses his book about faith and politics March 24 - The Amish and the Shakers: Two Spiritual Communities in Today’s America Tom Shachtman, author of Rumspringa: To Be or Not To Be Amish Robley Whitson, author of The Shakers: Two Centuries of Spiritual Reflection April 14 - An evening celebrating the spirit of Frank McCourt April 28 - Spiritual questions of life, death and love Dani Shapiro discusses her new memoir Devotion May 14 -LCWP Second Annual Creative Conversation Series Diane Meier, author of the novel, The Season of Second Chances ****************************************************************************************** ORDINARY EVENING READING SERIES in the Mermaid Room, Anchor Bar & Restaurant, 272 College Street, New Haven Events begin at 7:00 PM February 16 - A Tribute to Wallace Stevens, with work by poets including Richard Deming March 23 - Susan Barr-Toman and Robin Abrahams April 20 - Allan Appel and Jake Halpern May 18 - Rebecca Chace and Sven Birkerts ****************************************************************************************** January 31 at 2:00 Julian Padowicz at Ferguson Library, Stamford February 7 at 4:00 Donna Ferber at Millrace Bookstore, Farmington. Co-sponsored by Farmington Valley Literary Arts Center. "Words of Love" focuses on creating a stellar dating profile as the first step in making a romantic connection through internet dating. Based on her book, Profileactics: A Guide to the Prevention of Ill-Conceived Personal Ads February 18 at 7:00 Carole Shmurak at Avon Public Library discussion of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. (snow date, Feb 25) February 24 at 7:00 Donna Ferber at Borders Books, Fairfield. Round table discussion on romance. March 5 at 9:00 Carole Shmurak at Southington Public Library discussion of The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. (snow date March 11) March 9 TBA. Donna Ferber at Simsbury Library. “Lookin’ for Love in Internet Spaces.” A discussion about Baby Boomers dating on the Internet. |
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