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Schedule of Events:
Friday, November 4
12 noon Luncheon and Lecture with Judith Viorst author of I'm Too Young To Be Seventy, $30 JCC members/$35 general public.
Sunday, November 6
9:30 a.m. Breakfast and Lecture with George Solomon, author of All Those Mornings…At The Post.; $10 JCC members/$12 general public.
10:30 a.m. Family Fun with Joel Ben-Izzy author of The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness; Free.
12 noon Lecture with Art Buchwald, author of Beating Around the Bush $7 JCC members/$20 general public.
2:00 p.m. Kids program with Jacqueline Jules & Katherine Janus Kahn, authors of Noah and the Ziz; Free.
3:00 p.m. Afternoon Tea with Miss Manners featuring Judith Martin, author of Miss Manners Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior, $20 JCC members/$25 general public.
6:00 p.m. Lecture, Cooking Demonstration, Multi-Course Dinner with Don Siegel, author of From Lokshen to Lo Mein; $25 JCC members/$30 general public.
7:30 p.m. Lecture with Rachel DeWoskin, author of Foreign Babes in Beijing $7 JCC members/$10 general public.
Monday, November 7
1:30 p.m. Lecture, Music and Sing-Along with David Leopold, author of Irving Berlin's Show Business; $5.
7:00 p.m. Lecture with Susan Shaffer and Linda Gordon, authors of Why Boys Don't Talk and Why it Matters, Why Girls Talk and What They're Really Saying, Mom Can I Move Back in with You? $7 JCC members/$10 general public.
7:30 p.m. Steve Roberts, author of My Father's Houses $7 JCC members/$10 general public.
Tuesday, November 8
12 noon Brown Bag in Lunch and Lecture with Hella Winston, author of Unchosen; $5 JCC members/$7 general public.
4:30 p.m. Family Programming with Louise Borden, author of The Journey that Saved Curious George; $5.
5:00 p.m. Family Spaghetti Dinner $5 per person/$15 per family.
6:30 p.m. Cookies & Milk Storytime with Curious George; Free.
7:30 p.m. Lecture with Jennifer Miller, author of Inheriting the Holy Land $7 JCC members/$10 general public.
Wednesday, November 9
12 noon Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture with Shulamit Reinharz, author of American Jewish Women and the Zionist Enterprise; $5 JCC members/$7 general public.
6:15 p.m. Lecture with Menu Samplings with Matthew Goodman, author of Jewish Food: The World at Table; $10 JCC members/$12 general public.
7 p.m. Lecture with Rabbi Yaakov Kleiman, author of DNA & Tradition $7 JCC members/$10 general public.
8:15 p.m. Lecture with Jack Klugman, author of Tony & Me; $10 JCC members/$12 general public.
Thursday, November 10
8:30 a.m. Power Breakfast with Senator Barbara Boxer, author of A Time to Run $20 JCC members/$25 general public.
12 noon, Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture with Ernestine Bradley, author of The Way Home; $5 JCC members/$7 general public
7 p.m. David Israel, author of Behind Everyman; $7 JCC members/$10 general public.
8:15 p.m. Ken Feinberg, author of What is Life Worth? $7 JCC members/$10 general public.
Friday, November 11
12 noon Luncheon and Lecture with Judith Warner, author of Perfect Madness; $20 JCC members/$25 general public.
Sunday, November 13
9:30 a.m. Breakfast and Lecture with Abigail Pogrebin, author of Stars of David $10 JCC members/$12 general public.
12 noon Luncheon, Lecture, and Fashion Show with Ilene Beckerman, author of Makeovers at the Beauty Counter of Happiness; $35 JCC members/$40 general public.
2:30 p.m. Family Concert with Carol Boyd Leon; $12 per family
3:30 p.m. Local Author Panel - How to Get a Book Published featuring Alte Karper, Senior Editor Random House Books and a panel of authors including Maurice Atkin, author of Life's Voyage; Alan Elsner, author of Guarded by Angels; Lisa Tillman, author of Blood Relations and Allan Topol, author of Enemy of my Enemy; $7 JCC members/$10 general public.
