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Sunday October 14, 2012
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Michael Chabon Discusses Telegraph Avenue: A Novel
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Sunday, October 14, 7:30 pm
$25, Discounted $20
VIP $50 (front-row seating and priority book-signing)
Washington Hebrew Congregation
3935 Macomb Street NW, Washington, DC
Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon’s newest novel is a sprawling yet intimate multi-character story that tackles the issues of race and class in urban America. Kung Fu, Blaxploitation films, vinyl LPs, jazz and soul music animate the latest from this “immensely gifted writer and magical prose stylist” (The New York Times). The author will sign books after his talk.
Followed by a reception.
Sponsored by Tamara and Harry Handelsman
The Washington DCJCC presents the annual Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival, October 14-24. The Festival includes 15 events, with celebrated authors and scholars including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon speaking on his latest book, Telegraph Avenue: A Novel and Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel in conversation with The New York Times columnist David Brooks.
The Festival also includes an evening of film and theater focused on Franz Kafka, biographer William Mann on Barbra Streisand’s electrifying rise to fame, a local author fair and a day of storytelling, crafts and fun for children including Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Tickets and a full event schedule are available at washingtondcjcc.org/litfest, or call (202) 777-3251 for more information.
Sunday, October 14, 7:30 pm
$25, Discounted $20
VIP $50 (front-row seating and priority book-signing)
Washington Hebrew Congregation
3935 Macomb Street NW, Washington, DC
Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon’s newest novel is a sprawling yet intimate multi-character story that tackles the issues of race and class in urban America. Kung Fu, Blaxploitation films, vinyl LPs, jazz and soul music animate the latest from this “immensely gifted writer and magical prose stylist” (The New York Times). The author will sign books after his talk.
Followed by a reception.
Sponsored by Tamara and Harry Handelsman
The Washington DCJCC presents the annual Hyman S. & Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival, October 14-24. The Festival includes 15 events, with celebrated authors and scholars including Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon speaking on his latest book, Telegraph Avenue: A Novel and Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel in conversation with The New York Times columnist David Brooks.
The Festival also includes an evening of film and theater focused on Franz Kafka, biographer William Mann on Barbra Streisand’s electrifying rise to fame, a local author fair and a day of storytelling, crafts and fun for children including Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Tickets and a full event schedule are available at washingtondcjcc.org/litfest, or call (202) 777-3251 for more information.
For More Information:
Location/Venue:
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Address:
3935 Macomb Street NW
City:
Washigton, DC
Contact Name:
Washington DCJCC
Phone:
(202) 777-3251
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