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Events This Week

Listings AMERICA READS. Wendy Black, Coordinator of the America reads program, and volunteer tutors from the program, host a reading for children from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, October 10, to demonstrate to parents and grandparents how the volunteers provide one-on-one tutoring. See Parents Corner for details.

BOOKSIGNING. The Book Mark. 5001 E. Speedway. 881-6350. Antonio Garcez autographs Adobe Angels, Arizona Ghost Stories, from noon to 3 p.m. Friday, October 9. Barbara Kingsolver reads from and sings Poisonwood Bible, a novel set in the Belgian Congo about the evangelical Price family, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, October 15.

BOOKSIGNING. Clues Unlimited. 123 S. Eastbourne. 326-8533. James Doss discusses and signs The Shaman's Game from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, October 9. Randy Wayne White discusses and signs The Mangrove Coast from
12:30 to 2:30 Monday, October 12.

BOOKSIGNING. UA Bookstore, west end of the Student Union on the UA Mall. Nanci Kincaid celebrates the launch of her third published work, Balls, with a signing from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, October 10.

CONTEMPORARY FICTION DISCUSSION. Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. 791-4393. Join the group from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, October 15, for a discussion of Here on Earth, by Alice Hoffman.

DUNN READS. Ada Peirce McCormick Building Little Chapel. 1401 E. First St. (corner of Highland). Steven Dunn presents Poetry and Prose, a free reading at 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 9. A reception will follow. Dunn has authored
10 collections of poetry, including Loosestrife, which was a finalist for the National Book Critic's Circle Award in 1995. For more information, call 626-4444.

EVERYWOMAN'S STORY PROJECT. Antigone Books. 411 N. Fourth Ave. 792-3715. Peggy Andrew offers Everywoman's Story Project: A Time for Women to Begin Writing Their Own Stories, from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, October 11. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first women's rights convention, the Spirit of Seneca Falls steering committee initiated this project to encourage as many women as possible to recall and record their personal histories, especially the steps they've taken privately and publicly to improve their own lives and those of other women and girls. Start recording your personal history, with an opportunity to share it by putting it in the National Women's History Archives in Washington, D.C. There's a $2 fee for materials. Bring your own blank book. Space is limited, so please call 792-3715 in advance to reserve a space.

POETS AND ARTISTS SERIES. Dinnerware Contemporary Artists Gallery. 135 E. Congress St. 792-4503. POG presents the Poets and Artists series, featuring a poetry reading by Tony Lopez, and video artist Nancy Solomon, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 13. Gallery hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, and Downtown Saturday Nights. TW


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