Book Fair Road Map

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o help navigate your 2006
book fair experience, we've
prepared a combined sched-
ule of events at the Metro Detroit
and Ann Arbor fairs, listing both
author presentations and associated
activities.

Locales are the Jewish Community
Center in West Bloomfield, D. Dan
and Betty Kahn Building (WB); the
Jewish Community Center in Oak
Park, Jimmy Prentis Morris Building
(JPM); and the Jewish Community
Center of Washtenaw County in Ann
Arbor (AA). This schedule is subject
to change. For updates, go to the
Metro Detroit JCC Web site at
www.jccdet.org or to the Washtenaw
JCC Web site at jccannarbor.org .

Events are free unless otherwise
noted. To purchase tickets or for
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more information about any events
in West Bloomfield or Oak Park, con-
tact Dalia Keen at (248) 432-5577;
for tickets or information about
events in Ann Arbor, contact Rachel
Rosenthal at (734) 971-0990.

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Wednesday, Nov. 1

6:30 p.m. (WB)
Opening Night Patron Reception
with Elie Wiesel (Book Fair patrons
only)
8 p.m. (WB)
Elie Wiesel, Night
$10 members; $12 nonmembers;
$5 students/seniors; $15 at the door

Thursday, Nov. 2

10:30 a.m. (WB)
Iris Krasnow, I Am My Mother's
Daughter
1 p.m. (WB)
Leslie Goldman, Locker Room
Diaries
7:30 p.m. (WB)
Second Annual Book Club Night
Michael Lavigne, Not Me
$25 ($30 at the door) pre-sale book
dessert reception and book signing;
$15 book only; $15 reception only
8:15 p.m. (WB)
Michael Lavigne, Not Me

Friday, Nov. 3

10:30 a.m. (WB)
Sharona Muir, The Book of Telling

Saturday, Nov. 4

8 p.m. (WB)
Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival:
Blues by the Beach
Special guest: filmmaker Joshua
Faudem

All seats $9. Available at the door,
but advance reservations recom-
mended

Sunday, Nov. 5

10:30 a.m. (WB)
Kids Event: Ann Stampler, Shlemazel
and the Remarkable Spoon of Pohost
$5/family in advance; $7/family at
the door
11 a.m.-3 p.m. (WB)
Local Author Fair
11 a.m. (OP)
Brenda A. Ferber, Julia's Kitchen
1 p.m. (WB)
Claire and Mia Fontaine, Comeback:
A Mother and Daughter's Journey
Through Hell and Back
Noon (WB)
Maria Sirois, Every Day Counts:
Lessons in Love, Faith and Resilience
From Children Facing Illness
1.4 p.m. (WB)
Kids Kicking Cancer Demonstrations
3 p.m. (WB)
Jonathan Miller, The Compassionate
Community
3 p.m. (WB)
Jewish News Cartoon Contest
5 p.m. (WB)
Arie Kaplan, Masters of the Comic-
Book Universe Revealed
5 p.m. (OP)
Kids Event: Ann Stampler, Shlemazel
and the Remarkable Spoon of Pohost
$5/person in advance; $7/person at
the door; babies under 2 years old,
free.
This event includes one slice of
kosher pizza and beverage per per-
son.
5:30 p.m. (AA)
Opening Night Sponsor Reception
with Steve Roberts
7 p.m. (AA)
Steve Roberts, My Fathers' Houses
8:15 p.m. (WB)
Nonie Darwish, Now They Call Me
Infidel

Monday, Nov. 6

10:30 a.m. (WB)
Jennifer Gilmore, Golden Country
Noon (AA)
Jeffrey Goldberg, Prisoners: A
Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle
East Divide
Lunch available for $8; author pre-
sentation, free.
1 p.m. (WB)
Sandy Tolan, The Lemon Tree
6:30 p.m. (WB)
Liel Leibovitz, Allya
7 p.m. (OP)
Sandy Tolan, The Lemon Tree
7:30 p.m. (AA)

Ruth Ellenson, The Modern Jewish
Girl's Guide to Guilt
8:15 p.m. (WB)
The Second Annual Irwin Shaw
Memorial Lecture
Jeffrey Goldberg, Prisoners: A
Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle
East Divide

Impossible Pursuits
7 p.m. Book and Author Dinner (AA)
Ayelet Waldman, Love and Other
Impossible Pursuits
$15; reservations required
7 p.m. (OP)
Jonny Geller, Yes, But Is It Good For
the Jews?
7:30 p.m. (WB)
YAD Reception with comedian Harry
Shearer
8:15 p.m. (WB)
Harry Shearer, Not Enough Indians

Tuesday, Nov. 7

10:30 a.m. (WB)
Merrill Markoe, Walking in Circles
Before Lying Down
11:45 a.m. (WB)
Hadassah Luncheon; $25 per person
by reservation only; author presen-
tation free
Call (248) 683-5030
Lynn Sherr, Outside the Box
Noon (AA)
Rich Cohen, Sweet and Low
Lunch available for $8; author pre-
sentation free.
1 p.m. (OP)
Janna Malamud Smith, My Father is
a Book
4 p.m. (WB)
Arie Kaplan Cartoon Workshop
6:30 p.m. (WB)
Janna Malamud Smith, My Father is
a Book
7 p.m. (OP)
Cooking demonstration, $10 in
advance
Rise Routenberg and Barbara
Wasser, Kosher Divine
7:30 p.m. (AA)
Rabbi Irwin Kula, Yearnings:
Embracing the Secret Messiness of
Life
7:45 p.m. (WB)
Honor Our Local Heroes: Join the
police and fire departments of West
Bloomfield and Farmington Hills;
outdoor activities planned (weather
permitting)
8:15 p.m. (WB)
David Friend, Watching the World
Change: The Stories Behind the
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Friday, Nov. 10

9 a.m. (WB)
Health Awareness Day Power
Breakfast with Dr. Mark Hyman; $15
per person; reservations required
9:30 a.m. (WB)
Dr. Mark Hyman, Ultrametabolism
11 a.m. (WB)
Michael B. Seidman, M.D., Save Your
Hearing Now
1 p.m. (WB)
Seth Baum, M.D., Age Strong, Live
Long: Lessons from My Patients

Wednesday, Nov. 8

11 a.m. (WB)
Rabbi Michael Strassfield, A Book
of Life: Embracing Judaism as a
Spiritual Practice
Noon (AA)
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Laura Zigman, Piece of Work;
Beth Gutcheon, Leeway Cottage
Lunch available for $8; author pre-
sentations free.
1 p.m. (WB)
Ayelet Waldman, Love and Other
Impossible Pursuits
6 p.m. (AA)
Ayelet Waldman, Love and Other

Thursday, Nov. 9

10:30 a.m. (WB)
Scott Miller, Refuge Denied
Noon (AA)
Nicholas Delbanco, Spring and Fall
Lunch available for $8; author pre-
sentation free
12:15 p.m. (WB)
Luncheon with the Authors
Elizabeth Rosner, Blue Nude;
Beth Gutcheon, Leeway Cottage;
Laura Zigman, Piece of Work
Lunch $25, advance reservations
required; author presentations free.
6:30 p.m. (WB)
Ruth Ellenson, The Modern Jewish
Girl's Guide to Guilt
7 p.m. (OP)
Scott Miller, Refuge Denied
7:30 p.m. (AA)
Jim Keen, Inside Intermarriage: A
Christian Partner's Perspective on
Raising a Jewish Family
8:15 p.m. (WB)
Daniel Mendelsohn, The Lost: A
Search for Six of the Six Million

8:15 p.m. (WB)
Dennis Prager, Think a Second Time

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Sunday, Nov. 12

10 a.m. (AA)
Local Authors Brunch
11 a.m. (WB)
Rachel Kadish, Tolstoy Lied: A Love
Story
Noon (AA)
Adventures in Literacy: Activities
for children in preschool through
second grade, with surprise guest
author.
1 p.m. (WB)
Henry Greenspan and Agi Rubin,
Reflections: Auschwitz, Memory and
a Life Recreated
2 p.m. (OP)
Aliza Shevrin, "Sholem Aleichem
and Yiddish Literature"
2 p.m. (WB)
George Cantor, A Season in the Big
House: An Unscripted, Insider Look
at the Marvel of Michigan Football
and Out of Nowhere:
The Detroit Tigers' Magical 2006
Season
3 p.m. (AA)
Movie Presentation, Michigan
Theater
Water; a film by Deepa Mehta, with
special guest Devyani Saltzman
5 p.m. (WB)
Come Out and Read!
T. Cooper, The Lipshitz Six, or Two
Angry Blondes;
Lev Raphael, Secret Anniversaries of
the Heart
6 p.m. (AA)
Indian Buffet Dinner, $15 per person;
advance reservations required
6:30 p.m. (WB)
Shira Nayman, Awake in the Dark
7:30 p.m. (AA)
Devyani Saltzman, Shooting Water:
A Memoir of Second Chances, Family
and Filmmaking
8:15 p.m. (WB)
Mystery Night
Marshall Karp, The Rabbit Factory;
Joseph Finder, Killer Instinct

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Compiled by Diana Lieberman

Saturday, Nov. 11

5:45 p.m. Evening of Learning and
Music (AA)
Dinner and Presentation
Dinner is $18 in advance.
7:30 p.m. (AA)
Ted Merwin, In Their Own image:
New York Jews in Jazz Age
American Popular Culture
Including a performance by Phil
Ogilvie's Rhythm Kings.

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