BOOK EVENTS April 24, 2011
TODAY
Mystery Book Group- Antigone Books, 411 N. Fourth Ave. Group will discuss THE INDIAN BRIDE by Karin fossum. 12:30 p.m. April 24. Free. 792-3715
Buddhist Book Group- Antigone Books, 411 Fourth Ave. Group will discuss LIVING AS A RIVER: FINDING FEARLESSNESS IN THE FACE OF CHANGE. 2 p.m. April 24. Free. 792-3715.
THE GOOD ATHEIST: LIVING A PURPOSE-FILLED LIFE WITHOUT GOD- DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave. Dan Barker with disccuss his book. 10:00 a.m- noon. April 24. Free; donations appreciated. 297-9919
MONDAY
Local Mystery writer- Himmel Park Library, 1035 N. Treat Ave. Rebecca Cramer discusses writing projects. 6-8 p.m. April 25. Free. 594-5305.
MARICHI FOR GRINGOS- Mercado de San Agustin, 100 S. Avenida del Convento. Gil Sperry, author of MARIACHI FOR GRINGOS, kicks off the Tucson International Mariachi Festival. With live mariachi music. 6-8 p.m. April 25. Free. 850-5779.
TUESDAY
Science Fiction Book Club- Oro Valley Public Library. This month’s selection: THE SEARCH FOR WONDLA by Tony DiTerlizzi. April 26. Free. 229-5300.
WEDNESDAY
Sonoran Sleths Mystery Book Club- Oro Valley Public Library. This month’s selection: THE BISHOP by Steven James. 11 a.m.- noon. April 27. Free. 229-5300.
THURSDAY
DEATH CLOUDS ON MT. BALDY Book Event- Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel Street. Tubac. Presentation and book signing by Cathy Hufault. 10 am. April 28. $5 398-2252.
“I Love Books” Group- El Dorado Health Campus, 1400 N. Wilmot Road. This month’s s selection is NOAH’S COMPASS by Anne Tyler. 2-4 p.m. April 28. Free. 324-4345.
Read to a Dog- Oro Valley Public Library. Practice reading aloud to a trained, certified therapy dog. All ages are welcome 4-5 p.m. April 28. Free. 229-5300.
FRIDAY
“Immigrants Raising Citizens: undoecumented Parents and Their Young Children” John and Doris Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, McClellan Park, Room 195, 650 N. Park Ave. Hirokazu Yoshikawa views undocumented immigrants as the parents of citizens whose productivity will be essential to the nation’s future. Reservations requestred, ericaruegg@email.arizona.edu. 2-3:30 p.m. April 29. Free. 621-8067
THOSE DAYS IN DECEMBER- A FRONTIER FAMILY’S SOUTHWESTERN jOURNEY- Western National Parks Association Store, 12880 N. Vistoso Village Drive, Oro Valley. Author Nancy Lucia Humphry will speak as the narrator, her aged Hispanic grandmother. Reservations required. Noon and 2 p.m. April 29. Free. 622-6014
Meet Gary Nabhan- Antigone Books, 411 N. Fourth Ave. Author discusses CHASING CHILES: HOT SPOTS ALONG THE PEPPER TRAIL, co-written with Kurt Friese and Kraig Kraft. 7 p.m. April 29. Free. 792-3715.
Tucson Tea Party University with author Larry Schwelkart- Radisson Suites, 6555 E. Speedway. Author of THE PATRIOT’S HISTORY will speak and sign books. 530-730 p.m. April 29. $10 979-2231.
