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SUMMARY:The Inner Voice with Lynn Goldsmith | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:This speaker event was recorded live on Thursday\, November 16\, 2023\, at 5:30 pm in the Michigan Theater\, Ann Arbor\, MI. \nOver the past 50 years\, Lynn Goldsmith has been an inventor\, a filmmaker\, a director for network television\, a co-manager of a rock band\, a songwriter and recording artist\, a business owner\, a crusader for copyright protection\, and consistently\, through it all\, a photographer. \nLynn Goldsmith’s photographic images are in numerous museum collections\, including The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery\, The Museum of Modern Art\, The Chicago Museum of Contemporary Photography\, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame\, Museum Folkwang\, The Polaroid Collection\, and The Kodak Collection. Her work over the past 50 years in the editorial world has appeared on and between the covers of publications including Life\, Newsweek\, Time\, Vanity Fair\, Rolling Stone\, National Geographic Traveler\, Sports Illustrated\, People\, Elle\, Interview\, The New Yorker. The subjects have varied from entertainment personalities to sports stars\, from film directors to authors\, from the extraordinary to the ordinary man on the street. Winning numerous prestigious awards from the Lucien Clergue to the World Press in Portraiture\, to the Lucie for Portraiture in 2020. She was included in Chronicle Book’s publication 200 Women Who Will Change the Way You See the World. \nLearn More>> \n\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2023 Season\nThis winter\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit Public Television and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/lynn-goldsmith-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Tiya Miles
DESCRIPTION:Program Description:\nNational Director of PBS Books\, Heather-Marie Montilla sits down with award-winning writer and scholar Tiya Miles to discuss her latest book “Wild Girls: How the outdoor shaped the women who challenged a nation.” This exciting new book introduces us to lesser-known trailblazing women whose strength and tenacity allowed them to break social norms and amplify the voices of American Heroes for the next generation. This book aligns with PBS’s new environmental programming initiative\, launched earlier this year that explores impacts on the country and the planet. \nThis effort marks a bold commitment to bring together the very best in science\, history and news programming. PBS has created more than 200 hours of climate and environmental content available now across various PBS platforms\, PBS and its member stations will focus on the challenges of a changing climate while highlighting examples of positive impact. This broad slate of programs explores climate change from a diversity of perspectives and include new productions such as HUMAN FOOTPRINT; Season Two of AMERICA OUTDOORS WITH BARATUNDE THURSTON\, NOVA and NATURE; a digital-first series from PBS Digital Studios which includes WEATHERED\, and more. \nAbout the Book:\nAn award-winning historian shows how girls who found self-understanding in the natural world became women who changed America. \nHarriet Tubman\, forced to labor outdoors on a Maryland plantation\, learned from the land a terrain for escape. Louisa May Alcott ran wild\, eluding gendered expectations in New England. The Indigenous women’s basketball team from Fort Shaw\, Montana\, recaptured a sense of pride in physical prowess as they trounced the white teams of the 1904 World’s Fair. Celebrating women like these who acted on their confidence outdoors\, Wild Girls brings new context to misunderstood icons like Sacagawea and Pocahontas\, and to underappreciated figures like Native American activist writer Gertrude Bonnin\, farmworkers’ champion Dolores Huerta\, and labor and Civil Rights organizer Grace Lee Boggs. \nThis beautiful\, meditative work of history puts girls of all races—and the landscapes they loved—at center stage and reveals the impact of the outdoors on women’s independence\, resourcefulness\, and vision. For these trailblazing women of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries\, navigating the woods\, following the stars\, playing sports\, and taking to the streets in peaceful protest were not only joyful pursuits\, but also techniques to resist assimilation\, racism\, and sexism. Lyrically written and full of archival discoveries\, Wild Girls evokes landscapes as richly as the girls who roamed in them—and argues for equal access to outdoor spaces for young women of every race and class today. \nAbout the Author:\nTIYA MILES is the Michael Garvey Professor of History at Harvard University\, the author of five prize-winning works on the history of slavery and early American race relations\, and a 2011 MacArthur Fellowship recipient. She was the founder and director of the Michigan-based ECO Girls program\, and she is the author of the National Book Award–winning\, New York Times best-selling All That She Carried. She lives in Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, and Bozeman\, Montana.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/author-talk-with-tiya-miles/
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SUMMARY:Policy Talks @ The Ford School: CNN anchor Jake Tapper
DESCRIPTION:Policy Talks @ The Ford School \nTalk streams on Monday\, Dec. 4\, 2023 at 8:00 PM EST \nJoin for a special event featuring CNN anchor and Chief Washington correspondent\, Jake Tapper\, as part of the continuing series: “Democracy in Crisis: Views from the Press.” \n\nJake Tapper\, CNN anchor and Chief Washington correspondent\nCNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper joined the network in January 2013. Tapper currently anchors a two-hour weekday program\, The Lead with Jake Tapper\, which debuted in March 2013. He has hosted CNN’s Sunday morning show\, State of the Union\, since June 2015. In April 2021\, he became the lead anchor for CNN for Washington\, D.C. events. \nAbout the series: Democracy in Crisis\nIn Spring 2022\, the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy\, Wallace House Center for Journalists\, and Democracy & Debate launched the series “Democracy in Crisis: Views from the Press\,” launched a series featuring award-winning journalists to share their insights into the forces threatening and protecting American democratic structures and systems. The series – which will continue into the 2023-24 academic year – also explores the current state of journalism and the role of the press in upholding democratic institutions.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/policy-talks-the-ford-school-cnn-anchor-jake-tapper/
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Cynthia Leitich Smith
DESCRIPTION:Streams on Wednesday\, November 22\, 2023 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT! (Originally aired in January of 2022). \nProgram Description:\nPBS Books\, in partnership with the American Indian Library Association\, is pleased to interview trailblazer Cynthia Leitich Smith\, author of “Sisters of the Neversea” and editor of “Ancestors Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids”. \nA prolific and award-winning author\, Cynthia will share insights into her writing process\, her latest works\, and her creative inspiration. Not only an author\, Cynthia is also the first curator of the recently launched Heartdrum\, a Native-focused imprint of Harper Collins. She’ll discuss her role as well. \nAbout the Author:\nCynthia Leitich Smith is the bestselling\, acclaimed author of books for all ages\, including Rain Is Not My Indian Name\, Indian Shoes\, Jingle Dancer\, and Hearts Unbroken\, which won the American Indian Library Association’s Youth Literature Award. She is also the anthologist of Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids. \nShe was named a NSK Neustadt Laureate\, which honors outstanding achievement in the world of children’s and young adult literature. Cynthia is the author-curator of Heartdrum\, a Native-focused imprint at HarperCollins Children’s Books\, and serves as the Katherine Paterson Inaugural Endowed Chair on the faculty of the MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is a citizen of the Muscogee Nation and lives in Austin\, Texas. You can visit Cynthia online at www.cynthialeitichsmith.com.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/author-talk-with-cynthia-leitich-smith/
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SUMMARY:Native America - Filmmaker Talk with Jennifer Johns and Arigon Star
DESCRIPTION:Program Description:\nNational Director of PBS Books\, Heather-Marie Montilla sits down with Indigenous filmmaker Jennifer Johns\, series producer of “Native America“\, and Arigon Starr\, featured musician\, writer and artist from the film. This PBS Books Filmmaker Talk highlights the conversations behind the stories in the film and walks through the thoughtful way the filmmakers collaborated with voices of the Native American communities to share these undertold stories and experiences. Jennifer and Arigon reflect on the importance of preserving these stories for future generations and the need to inspire and re-imagine the national dialogue surrounding Native American history and culture. \nSeason 2 of PBS’s “Native America” premiered on OCT 24. The series can be found on pbs.org/native-america\, PBS Passport and on PBS Stations across the country. \nGuest Biographies:\nJennifer Johns (Diné)\, “Native America” Series Producer\nJennifer Johns (Diné) (Series Producer) is a digital storyteller\, designer and mentor who was raised and rooted on the Navajo Nation in northwest New Mexico. \nDeeply committed to centering cultural memory on the Native American experience\, Jen draws upon her experience to lead national research initiatives\, manage grant programs\, and co-design transformative leadership development experiences for Indigenous participants\, including co-directing the Native American Fellowship Program at the Peabody Essex Museum. She has also served on advisory committees for national and global institutions that want to create genuinely reciprocal relationships with Black\, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities\, makers and talent. She looks forward to continuing to work with BIPOC communities to uplift their voices and share their stories. \nArigon Starr (Kickapoo)\, “Native America” featured Musician\, Writer\, and Artist\nArigon Starr is an enrolled member of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma and an acclaimed artist\, musician\, writer\, comic book creator\, illustrator\, and actor. \nStarr has garnered accolades such as Best Independent Recording Artist\, Single of the Year\, and Songwriter of the Year at the Native American Music Awards for her many albums and popular single “Junior Frybread.” She transformed her comedic radio series “Super Indian” into multiple print volumes\, while her comic and illustrator work includes “Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers” and “Contenders: Two Native Americans\, One World Series.” Her art has been shown in exhibitions across the world\, including New York’s Museum of the American Indian\, the Weltmuseum in Vienna\, Austria\, the Heard in Arizona\, Santa Fe Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and Tulsa\, Oklahoma’s Gilcrease and Philbrook Museums.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/native-america-filmmaker-talk/
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SUMMARY:Filmmaker Talk with Julianna Brannum
DESCRIPTION:“THE AMERICAN BUFFALO” \nProgram Description:\nAs we celebrate Native American Heritage Month\, PBS Books hosts a conversation with award-winning filmmaker Julianna Brannum. Brannum is a consulting producer for “THE AMERICAN BUFFALO: A Film by Ken Burns”\, as well as director and producer of “HOMECOMING“. Julianna takes us through the creation of these two films and the importance of the Intertribal Buffalo Council and the Bison Conservation and Transfer Program\, which is supporting buffalo restoration to Indigenous people. \nFor thousands of years\, Native Americans lives have been spiritually and physically linked to the bison. Julianna shares about this interconnectedness\, as well as stories from her family and the Quahada band of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma. Throughout the conversation\, she discusses how experiences shaped her perspective of the past and the future for Indigenous people here in the United States. \nAbout the Films:\nTHE AMERICAN BUFFALO\, a new two-part\, four-hour series\, takes viewers on a journey through more than 10\,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent’s most iconic landscapes\, tracing the animal’s evolution\, its significance to the Indigenous people and landscape of the Great Plains\, its near extinction\, and the efforts to bring the magnificent mammals back from the brink. THE AMERICAN BUFFALO series premiered in mid-October and is available on Demand at PBS.org and on the PBS Passport app. \nHomecoming takes viewers into the 21st century and examines how the InterTribal Buffalo Council’s Bison Conservation and Transfer Program is supporting buffalo restoration to the Indigenous people whose lives\, spiritually and physically\, were inextricably linked to the bison for thousands of years. \nEach winter\, approximately 200 bison are transferred to tribal nations around the country. The film follows Jason Baldes\, an Eastern Shoshone and a member of the InterTribal Buffalo Council\, who was also an advisor to the Burns Film\, as he leads historic transfers of bison from the city of Denver\, Colorado to his own Wind River Reservation in Wyoming\, and from a Nature Conservancy Preserve in Illinois to the Menominee in Wisconsin\, communities which will maintain their bison herds to supply a healthy food source and cultural touchstone to their tribal citizens for eternity. The film discusses what living among the bison once again means for Native people––today and for future generations. \nGuest Biography:\nJulianna Brannum\, Filmmaker  \nJulianna Brannum is a documentary filmmaker based in Oklahoma. She served as Consulting Producer on The American Buffalo\, directed by Ken Burns\, and as Director and Producer of the short film Homecoming\, a companion to Burns’s two part series\, both coming to PBS in Fall 2023. \nShe was Director/Producer of the PBS documentary LaDonna Harris: Indian 101 for which she won fellowships from the Sundance Institute/Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation/Tribeca Film Institute. She was Producer of the Independent Lens documentary\, Conscience Point\, Series Producer on the 2018 Emmy-nominated PBS series\, Native America\, and Producer of Through the Repellent Fence\, which screened at MoMA and SxSW. She also served as Co-producer for Stanley Nelson’s We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee. Brannum made her directorial debut with The Creek Runs Red which aired on Independent Lens in 2007 and is a citizen of the Quahada band of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/filmmaker-talk-julianna-brannum/
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SUMMARY:Policy Talks @ the Ford School: Are smart cities smart enough?
DESCRIPTION:Policy Talks @ The Ford School \nTalk streams on Monday\, Nov. 6\, 2023 at 8:00 PM EST \nJoin the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Science\, Technology\, and Public Policy (STPP) Program for a Policy Talks @ the Ford School conversation with former New York City mayor\, Bill de Blasio. In conversation with STPP Director Professor Shobita Parthasarathy\, the discussion will explore how urban tech is shaping social policy in “smart cities” like New York and beyond. How can we ensure that emerging technology serves the public interest\, and what role can local\, state\, national\, and even international policy play? \n\nGuest Biographies\nBill de Blasio\, 109th New York City Mayor\nBill de Blasio is an American political leader who served as the 109th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party\, he held the office of New York City Public Advocate from 2010 to 2013. De Blasio started his career as an elected official on the New York City Council\, representing the 39th district in Brooklyn from 2002 to 2009. \nRead More\nAs mayor\, de Blasio led NYC through the Covid-19 pandemic\, turning what was once a global epicenter into the safest city in the country. In 2014\, de Blasio created a groundbreaking initiative which ensured that early childhood education became a universal right in the five boroughs. The universal Pre-K and 3-K programs in NYC have become a national model. During his tenure\, NYC financed the preservation and construction of over 200\,000 affordable homes\, the most created by any administration in the City’s history. In 2019\, de Blasio launched a first-in-the nation\, 6-point action plan to end long-term homelessness. “The Journey Home” initiative was designed to increase access to housing and health care in combination with rapid-response outreach efforts for homeless individuals living in the streets. In fulfilling his campaign promise to end a “tale of two cities\,” de Blasio implemented policies which successfully reduced income inequality among New Yorkers and fought alongside them to secure a $15 minimum wage for all workers. In response to the growing climate crisis\, de Blasio and the NYC Council passed the Climate Mobilization Act (or the NYC Green New Deal) to make NYC net-carbon-neutral by 2050\, as well as groundbreaking legislation to reduce building emissions and to end fossil fuel use in new buildings. Prior to being an elected official\, de Blasio served as the campaign manager for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s successful senatorial campaign of 2000 and got his start in NYC government working for Mayor David Dinkins. De Blasio graduated from New York University with a B.A. in Metropolitan Studies and from Columbia University with an M.A. in International Affairs. \nShobita Parthasarathy\, Professor of Public Policy; Director\, Science\, Technology\, and Public Policy Program\nParthasarathy studies the governance of emerging science and technology and the politics of evidence and expertise in policy in comparative and international perspective. Her current research focuses on equity in innovation and innovation policy. She co-hosts The Received Wisdom podcast.
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SUMMARY:How Do We Remember? with Cannupa Hanska Luger | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:This speaker event is recorded live on Thursday\, October 26\, 2023\, at 5:30 pm in the Michigan Theater\, Ann Arbor\, MI. \nMultidisciplinary artist Cannupa Hanska Luger creates monumental installations\, sculptures\, and performances\, to communicate urgent stories about 21st-century Indigeneity\, incorporating ceramics\, steel\, fiber\, video\, and repurposed materials to reclaim and reframe a more accurate version of Native American culture and its global relevance. Luger combines critical cultural analysis with dedication and respect for the diverse materials\, environments\, and communities he engages while provoking diverse audiences to engage with Indigenous peoples and values apart from the lens of colonial social structuring. \nCo-commissioned by UMMA and Monument Lab\, the centerpiece of Luger’s newest project You’re Welcome resides on the exterior of UMMA’s building and responds to the question: ​“How do we remember on this campus?” Luger’s work asks the campus and community to reconsider the memories molded into the Museum’s stone — the perspectives that shaped those traditions and the stories that remain unseen in our façade. This artistic interrogation dissects colonialist norms of monument-making\, explores the roles of buildings in upholding dominant cultural narratives\, and offers an approach to memorials that centers Indigenous perspectives and collaboration to tell fuller stories and histories. \nLearn More>> \n\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2023 Season\nThis winter\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit Public Television and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/cannupa-hanska-luger-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:The Legend of Golem - Author Talk with Adam Mansbach and Dr. Justin Sledge
DESCRIPTION:This program may not be appropriate for children. \nProgram Description:\nPBS Books presents a conversation with New York Times #1 best-selling author\, Adam Mansbach\, discussing his latest book\, “The Golem of Brooklyn”\, just released this fall. It’s been described as a “dazzlingly imaginative\, ferociously funny story of an art teacher\, a bodega clerk and a five-thousand-year-old clay crisis monster (aka the Golem).” Mansbach is joined by Dr. Justin Sledge\, a professor of Ethics\, Religion and Social-Political Philosophy\, to discuss the fabled history of the Golem in Jewish thought\, and its history and lessons for contemporary life\, including the concept of “tikkun olan (repairing the world).” The moderator is Angelique Power\, president and CEO of the Skillman Foundation. The event was hosted by Reboot – a national arts and culture nonprofit that reimagines and reinforces Jewish thought and traditions\, in partnership with Detroit Public Television and Detroit Public Theatre.  \n\nAbout Reboot:\nReboot is an arts and culture non-profit that reimagines and reinforces Jewish thought and traditions. As a premier research and development platform for the Jewish world\, Reboot catalyzes a network of preeminent creators\, artists\, entrepreneurs and activists to produce experiences and products that evolve the Jewish conversation and transform society. \nTo learn more about their work and this program\, please visit www.rebooting.com. \nReboot Social Links: 
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SUMMARY:Filmmaker Talk with Dayton Duncan
DESCRIPTION:“THE AMERICAN BUFFALO” \nStreams on Wed.\, Nov. 1\, 2023 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT \nProgram Description:\nPBS Books hosts a conversation with award-winning filmmaker and writer Dayton Duncan to discuss his latest projects: “THE AMERICAN BUFFALO” a film by Ken Burns and “Blood Memory: The Tragic Decline and Improbably Resurrection of the American Buffalo”. The conversation is especially important as we celebrate Native American Heritage Month in November. \nJoin us to hear from Ken Burns’ long-time collaborator Dayton Duncan and learn about his work and process in exploring the American Buffalo\, their relationship with Native Americans\, the impact of calculated Westward expansion\, and the unlikely advocates for saving them from extinction. \nAbout the Film:\n“THE AMERICAN BUFFALO” a film by Ken Burns\, is the biography of America’s national mammal that has found itself at the center of many of the country’s most mythic and heartbreaking tales; this docuseries is a new two-part\, four-hour series that premiered Oct. 16 and 17 at 8pm ET and can now be viewed on pbs.org and on the Passport App. \nGuest Biography:\nDayton Duncan is an award-winning writer and filmmaker. He is the author of fourteen books and for more than thirty years has collaborated with Ken Burns as a writer and producer of historical documentaries\, including “The West\, Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery”\, “The Dust Bowl”\, “Benjamin Franklin”\, “Country Music”\, and “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea” (for which he won two Emmy awards).  \nRead More About Dayton Duncan\nDuring those thirty years\, he has also served as a consultant or consulting producer on virtually all of Burns’s other documentaries\, including “The Civil War”\, “Baseball”\, “Jazz”\, “The War”\, “Hemingway” and many others. \nHis most recent collaboration with Burns is as the writer of a four-hour documentary\, “THE AMERICAN BUFFALO”\, to be broadcast by PBS in October. His book\, “Blood Memory: The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo”\, will be released at the same time. \nDuncan has also been involved in many conservation organizations. President Bill Clinton appointed him chair of the American Heritage Rivers Advisory Committee and Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt appointed him to the board of the National Park Foundation. In the spring of 2009\, the director of the National Park Service named Duncan as an Honorary Park Ranger\, an honor bestowed on fewer than 50 people. He has served on the boards of the Student Conservation Association and the National Conservation Lands Foundation\, and as a member of the advisory committee for the 2016 centennial of the National Park Service. \nHe and his wife Dianne split their time between homes in Rindge\, New Hampshire\, and Savannah.
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SUMMARY:AI with a Thinking Brush with Refik Anadol | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:This speaker event is recorded live on Thursday\, October 19\, 2023\, at 5:30 pm in the Michigan Theater\, Ann Arbor\, MI. \nIf machines can ​“learn” or ​“process” individual and collective memories\, can they also dream or hallucinate about them? Since 2016\, world-renowned new media artist Refik Anadol has been exploring the relation between the human mind\, aesthetics\, machine learning technologies\, and architecture to speculate responses to this question. Coining the terms ​“AI Data Painting\,” ​“AI Data Sculpture\,” and ​“latent cinema\,” Anadol has been reflecting on new multi-sensory forms of narrating collective memory in physical and virtual spaces and inviting his audience to imagine alternative and dynamic realities. \nAnadol\, a Turkish native who is based in LA\, is a pioneer in the aesthetics of data and machine intelligence. His work locates creativity at the intersection of humans and machines. Taking the data that surrounds us as primary material\, and the neural network of a computerized mind as a collaborator\, Anadol offers us radical visualizations of our digitized memories and expands the possibilities of interdisciplinary arts. Anadol’s site-specific data paintings and sculptures\, live audio/​visual performances\, and immersive installations take many forms\, while encouraging us to rethink our engagement with the physical world\, collective experiences\, public art\, decentralized networks\, and the creative potential of AI. \nLearn More>> \n\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2023 Season\nThis winter\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit Public Television and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/refik-anadol-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:"Little Amal" Artist Talk with Amir Nizar Zuabi
DESCRIPTION:Streams on Thursday\, Oct. 26 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT \nProgram Description:\nThis PBS Books presentation of “Little Amal” shares the power of artist Amir Nizar Zuabi extraordinary message of “One Little Girl. One Big Hope.” as his embodiment of a 10-year-old girl is brought to life in the form of a 12-foot puppet who journeys\, as many young refugees have\, over many miles and many countries. \nLittle Amal has become a global symbol of human rights and has received invitations from towns and cities all over the world\, from people who are eager to help her spread her urgent message: “Don’t forget about us”. \nAs “Little Amal Walks Across America”\, our PBS partner station Detroit Public Television captures the experience in the series One Detroit. Amir reflects on his humbling experience in the creation along with the impact the project has had within himself\, the people who have come to share in the experience and Little Amal herself. \n\nFind out more about Little Amal and where her journeys will take her next at WalkWithAmal.org 
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SUMMARY:Visions of America: Exploring the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle - Stories of the Asian Pacific American Experience
DESCRIPTION:Visions of America HomeEpisodes \nProgram Description:\nIn this episode\, Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Crosby Kemper explores Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) history and culture in Seattle beginning with a visit to the Wing Luke Museum. Established in 1967\, the Wing Luke Museum is an art and history museum that focuses on art\, history\, and culture of Asian Americans\, Pacific Islanders\, and Native Hawaiians; it is the only pan-Asian community-based museum in the US. \nAfter a museum exhibition tour with current director Joel Tan\, Crosby meets with recently retired director Beth Takekawa and author Lawrence Matsuda for a discussion of the resilience of Japanese Americans during the internment of World War II. Then\, former Washington governor Gary Locke shares about his own Seattle roots and the history of the city’s Chinatown-International District before a visit with Bettie Luke\, the youngest sister of Wing Luke. Bettie discusses her brother’s legacy in the community and her own lifetime spent working for social justice concerns. \nAbout Visions of America\nVisions of America – All Stories\, All People\, All Places\, hosted by Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Crosby Kemper\, explores our great nation and uses its diverse collection of museums\, libraries and historians both familiar and new to tell some of the lesser-known stories that have flown under the radar in our shared legacy of American Independents. Over the course of 3 half-hour episodes in its first season\, the program journeys to different historical sites throughout the nation for conversations that will tell the engaging but sometimes hidden stories that resonate with where we are at as a nation today. and maybe give some insight and inspiration on how we got here. But history doesn’t just exist in a museum. Each episode will also venture out into the cities these institutions call home to delve further into what makes each of these communities so important to our national identity\, all with the help of local historians who know the stories of their community better than anyone. \n\nGuest Biographies:\nJoël Barraquiel Tan\, Executive Director of the Wing Luke Museum \nJoël Barraquiel Tan is the executive director of the Wing Luke Museum\, a community-focused Asian and Pacific Islander museum in Seattle dedicated to arts\, culture\, heritage and preservation. An executive with 30 years of leadership experience\, Barraquiel Tan is responsible for leading the Wing Luke Museum through its growth and expansion. A passionate cultural entrepreneur and artist with a proven track record of success\, he brings experience in community building\, innovating new programming and promoting arts engagement to his role.      \nRead More\nBarraquiel Tan earned a BA from the University of California\, Berkley\, an MFA from Antioch University and an MFT from Northcentral University.  \nAffiliated with the Smithsonian Institute and the National Parks Service\, the Wing Luke Museum is the only pan-Asian and Pacific Islander Museum in the country that promotes inspired action through authentic storytelling and community co-created exhibitions\, tours\, public programs\, retail\, advocacy\, media\, and a wide array of educational programs.  \n  \nBeth Takekawa\, Former Executive Director of the Wing Luke Museum \nBeth Takekawa retired in August 2021 from her position as Executive Director of the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (The Wing). She joined the Museum staff 24 years previously as its first Associate Director. She became Executive Director in January 2008.  \nRead More\nThe Wing Luke Museum is a community-based cultural anchor in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. It is the nation’s only museum representing Asian Americans\, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. The Wing is the first Smithsonian Institution affiliate in the Northwest\, and an Affiliated Area of the National Park Service.   \nAt the start of her employment The Wing’s operating budget was under $1Million and it leased a historic auto garage as its home. During the next ten years the Museum’s board\, staff and supporters strengthened its public impact and financial strength. They conducted an unprecedented capital campaign and expansion project\, raising $25 Million. With these funds the museum purchased a historic 1910 rooming house in Seattle’s Chinatown\, the first major structure in the neighborhood. Over the years it became largely vacant when the descendants of the early Chinese immigrants who built it were unable to maintain it.  \nIn 2008 the Wing Luke Museum opened its doors in its rehabilitated home\, the East Kong Yick Building. Simultaneously the 2008/9 Great Recession occurred. This was an intensely difficult climate to expand the business\, especially in a low-income urban setting. Everybody pulled together and learned fast\, resulting in a successful expansion. Today the Museum is recognized as the district’s economic driver\, and it programs its business offerings to serve this role.  \nBeth served as a board member of the National Museum and Library Services Board (2017-2023)\, nominated by President Obama in 2016. Former WA state governor Christine Gregoire appointed her a Washington State Arts Commissioner (2009-2015). She was a National Planning Committee member for the Minidoka National Internment Site\, which recognizes the U.S. government’s unjust incarceration of 120\,000 Americans of Japanese descent during WWII\, including her entire family.  \nBeth is a 2011 Salzburg Global Seminars Fellow\, one of 56 leaders worldwide discussing museums and libraries in the era of participatory culture. She continues over 21 years of service as a board member for the International District Emergency Center\, an emergency response nonprofit serving Seattle’s Chinatown-International District.   \nShe is a former cellist\, with music degree from University of Minnesota/Hunter College.  \n  \nGary Locke\, 21st Governor of Washington State\, U.S. Secretary of Commerce\, and American Ambassador to China \nAs Governor of Washington State (the first Chinese American to be elected governor in United States history and the first Asian American governor on the mainland)\, U.S. Secretary of Commerce\, and America's Ambassador to China\, Gary Locke has been a leader in the areas of education\, employment\, trade\, health care\, human rights\, and the environment.  \nRead More\nAs Washington’s 21st Governor from 1997-2005\, the nation’s most trade dependent state\, Mr. Locke increased exports of Washington State products and services by leading trade missions to Mexico\, Europe\, and Asia\, more than doubling the state’s exports to China.   \nDuring his tenure\, he achieved bipartisan welfare reform and oversaw the gain of 280\,000 private sector jobs\, despite two national recessions. Mr. Locke also had the most diverse cabinet in state history.  More than half his judicial appointments were women and 25% were people of color.    \nHis innovations in government efficiency\, customer focus\, and priority-based budgeting\, as well as successful and under-budget management of high-risk initiatives\, have won him acclaim from nationally recognized authors and organizations\, including Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. In his two-terms as Governor\, Washington was ranked one of America’s four best managed states.  \nU.S. Secretary of Commerce from 2009-2011\, he led President Obama’s National Export Initiative to double American exports in five years; assumed a troubled 2010 Census process but which under his active supervision achieved the most accurate Census in U.S. history\, on time and $2 billion under budget; and achieved the most significant reduction in patent application processing in the agency’s history: from 40 months down to one year. With U.S. Secretary of Defense Bob Gates\, Mr. Locke also oversaw a significant first step in the president’s export control reform effort that strengthened national security\, while making U.S. companies more competitive by easing their licensing burden for high-tech exports.  \nAs U.S. Ambassador to China from 2011-2014\, he opened markets for made-in-USA goods and services; reduced wait times for visa interviews of Chinese applicants from 100 days to 3 days; and through the Embassy’s air quality monitoring program\, exposed the severity of the air pollution in China\, causing the Chinese people to demand action by the government and the government in turn beginning to address the issue.   \nHe is currently Interim President of Bellevue College\, the third largest higher education institution in Washington State.  \nMr. Locke is Chairman of Locke Global Strategies\, providing strategic advice and consulting services to businesses in the U.S. and China across a spectrum of issues including international trade.   \nHe currently serves on the boards of AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE:  AMC)\, and nLight  (Nasdaq:  LASR).   \nMr. Locke began his career in public service in the Washington State House of Representatives\, serving from 1983-1994. He was then elected King County Executive\, serving from 1994-1997.     \nHe is an Eagle Scout and is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. He attended Yale University\, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in political science and received his law degree from Boston University.  \nFull Length Conversation with Gary Locke \nCrosby Kemper full conversation with former Washington governor Gary Locke who shares about his own Seattle roots and the history of the city's Chinatown-International District.  \nLawrence Matsuda\, Writer and Poet \nLawrence Matsuda was born in the Minidoka\, Idaho Concentration Camp during World War II. He and his family were among the approximately 120\,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese held without due process for three years or more years.   \nRead More\nMatsuda has a Ph.D. in education from the University of Washington and was:  a secondary teacher\, university counselor\, state level administrator\, school principal\, assistant superintendent\, educational consultant\, visiting professor at Seattle University (SU)\, and school design consultant.  He retired in 2000 from the School District and from Seattle University in 2006.   Currently he is a poet and writer.    \nIn July of 2010\, his book of poetry entitled A Cold Wind from Idaho was published by Black Lawrence Press in New York.  In 2014\, Glimpses of a Forever Foreigner was released\, a collaboration between Matsuda and artist Roger Shimomura\, who contributed 17 original sketches.     \nIn 2015\, Matsuda collaborated with artist Matt Sasaki\, and produced two graphic novels:    \nAn American Hero – Shiro Kashino and Fighting for America: Nisei Soldiers funded by the National Park Service and available through the Nisei Veterans Committee Foundation or the Wing Luke Museum.  The Shiro Kashino animated version won a 2016 regional Emmy and is available online. \nAlso in 2016\, he and Tess Gallagher collaborated on Boogie-Woogie Crisscross\, a book of poetry developed from e-mails they exchanged over a period of three years when she was in Ireland and he was in Seattle.  It was reprinted by Cave Moon Press in 2023.     \nIn 2019\, his novel based on his mother's life\, My Name is Not Viola \, was published by Endicott and Hugh Books.  His latest book of poetry\, Shape Shifter\, A Minidoka Concentration Camp Legacy\, was released in 2022 by Endicott and Hugh Books and won an honorable mention for the 2022 Idaho Book of the Year award.   \n  \nBettie Luke \nBettie Luke is the sister of Wing Luke\, after whom Seattle's Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience is named. Her career spans over four decades\, during which she has been a champion for diversity and cultural competency. She has conducted diversity training in 36 different states\, serving K-12 and higher education institutions\, government bodies\, and businesses.   \nRead More\nIn 1986 and 2011\, she organized significant events to commemorate the 1886 Expulsion of Chinese from Seattle and also played a key role in the dedication ceremony of the new Wing Luke Elementary School in August 2021. In September of 2023\, she was awarded the prestigious Spirit of America Award by the Chinese American Citizens Alliance.   \nLuke is also an artist and co-author of two Chinese activity books for children. \nFull Length Conversation with Bettie Luke \nCrosby Kemper full conversation with Bettie Luke\, the youngest sister of Wing Luke\, where she discusses her brother's legacy in the community and her own lifetime spent working for social justice concerns.  \nFull Length Roundtable Conversation at Wing Luke\nCrosby Kemper full conversation with recently retired director Beth Takekawa and author Lawrence Matsuda for a discussion of the resilience of Japanese Americans during the internment of World War II. 
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Martin Baron and Stephen Henderson
DESCRIPTION:Talk streams live on Monday\, Oct. 23 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT \nProgram Description:\nFor eight years\, Martin Baron served as executive editor of The Washington Post\, leading its newsroom from Jeff Bezos’s purchase of the paper to the election and presidency of Donald Trump. Join Baron in conversation with Stephen Henderson for a discussion on Baron’s new book\, “Collision of Power: Trump\, Bezos\, and The Washington Post\,” as he details his tenure at The Post and examines larger issues of the press and its role in democracy.  \n The author’s book will be available for sale onsite by Source Booksellers. \nSee more Wallace House events>>
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SUMMARY:His Final Presentation with Chris Van Allsburg | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:This speaker event was recorded live on Thursday\, October 12\, 2023\, at 5:30 pm in the Michigan Theater\, Ann Arbor\, MI. \nChris Van Allsburg is one of America’s most innovative picture book creators. Since 1979\, his books have blurred the line between fantasy and reality. His illustrations are provocative and eerie\, often hinting at an alternate reality lurking behind the next page. His book Jumanji and its sequel Zathura became a series of Hollywood films. His most recognized book\, The Polar Express\, was also adapted for the big screen and is one of the bestselling children’s books of all time. \nVan Allsburg has written and/​or illustrated 21 books. He was awarded the Caldecott Medal for Jumanji and The Polar Express and received a Caldecott Honor for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. He has received the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement in children’s literature\, a National Book Award\, and has been inducted into The Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame\, among many other honors. He lives outside of Boston\, Massachusetts. \nLearn More>> \n\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2023 Season\nThis winter\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit Public Television and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
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SUMMARY:Climate Conversation with Author Ben Goldfarb
DESCRIPTION:Streams live on Wed. October 18\, 2023 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT \nProgram Description:\nPBS Books talks with award-winning journalist and author Ben Goldfarb to discuss his latest book “CROSSING: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet” and his Award-winning book “Eager: The Surprising\, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter”. This program is offered in conjunction with the new PBS initiative to explore the environmental and climate impacts on the country and planet; PBS Books is committed to highlighting the environment and its impacts on history and society.  \nBen discusses the science of how roads and transportation infrastructure have shaped our natural world\, the importance of habitat connectivity that can impair wildlife access to resources needed for survival\, and the efforts to balance how humans and nature can co-exist in this ever-changing world. Ben also talks about the importance of re-introducing North America’s greatest architect\, the beaver\, who can help bring back much of the North American natural landscape.   \nPBS is committed to bringing together the very best in science\, history\, and news programming.  PBS is proud to offer a broad slate of programs\, building on more than 200 hours of climate and environmental content currently available on its various platforms. The programs explore climate change from a diversity of perspectives and include new productions such as “Human Footprint“;  Season Two of  “America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston” \, “NOVA” and “Nature“;  ”Weathered“\, a digital-first series from PBS Digital Studios; and more. \nAbout the Author:\nBen Goldfarb\, Award-Winning Conservation Journalist & Author \nBen Goldfarb is an environmental journalist whose work has appeared in publications including National Geographic\, the Atlantic\, and the New York Times.  He is the author of “Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet” and “Eager: The Surprising\, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter”\, winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. He lives in Colorado with his wife\, Elise\, and his dog\, Kit — which is\, of course\, what you call a baby beaver. \nAbout the Book:\n“CROSSING: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet” \nAn eye-opening account of the global ecological transformations wrought by roads\, from the award-winning author of Eager. Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth\, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. \nWhile roads are so ubiquitous they're practically invisible to us\, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. In "Crossings"\, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb travels throughout the United States and around the world to investigate how roads have transformed our planet. A million animals are killed by cars each day in the U.S. alone\, but as the new science of road ecology shows\, the harms of highways extend far beyond roadkill. This book explores these impacts.  \n 
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SUMMARY:Recover Faster: Building Resilience in Uncert(AI)n Times with John Maeda | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:This speaker event is recorded live on Thursday\, October 5\, 2023\, at 5:30 pm in the Michigan Theater\, Ann Arbor\, MI. \nLife is a series of hurdles\, and setbacks are inevitable. Join John Maeda as he explores the art of recovering faster and developing resilience in the face of adversity. In this talk\, Maeda shares practical strategies for overcoming obstacles\, bouncing back from failures\, and navigating the many uncertainties in life. And given that we have entered a new era of disruptive AI technologies\, Maeda also walks through how to deal with the new breed of uncert(AI)nties coming our way. \nJohn Maeda (MBA\, PhD) is a Vice President of Design and Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft. He is an American technologist and designer whose work explores where business\, design\, and technology merge to make space for the ​“humanist technologist.” \nLearn More>> \n\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2023 Season\nThis winter\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit Public Television and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
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SUMMARY:Visions of America: Author Talk with Carlos Eire
DESCRIPTION:Visions of America HomeEpisodes \n Streams on Wednesday\, Oct. 11\, 2023 8pm ET | 5pm PT  \nProgram Description:\nPBS Books and Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)  are partnering on "Visions of America: All Stories\, All People\, All Places\,"   PBS Books premiered "Visions of America: A Journey to the Freedom Tower – Stories of Cuban Migration to Miami" in September. The inspiration for this episode is Carlos Eire's "Waiting for Snow in Havana" and "Learning to Die in Miami". IMLS Director Crosby Kemper speaks with award-winning writer and scholar Carlos Eire to discuss his books\, his life\, and his experiences as an immigrant\, an exile\, and an American. Gain personal insights into a Cuban's experience and Pedro Pan\, an unaccompanied children's exodus from Cuba. As you celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month\, don't miss this opportunity to hear a lesser-known American story.  \nTo hear more about "Visions of America: A Journey to the Freedom Tower – Stories of Cuban Migration to Miami" go to visionsofamerica.org.  \nAbout the Author: Carlos Eire\nCarlos Eire is a historian of late medieval and early modern Europe at Yale University who focuses on the Protestant and Catholic Reformations; the history of popular piety; the history of the supernatural\, and the history of death.  \nRead More\nAt Yale he has served as chair of the Religious Studies Department and the Renaissance Studies Program. Before joining the Yale faculty in 1996\, he taught at St. John’s University in Minnesota and the University of Virginia\, and was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton for two years. He is the author of War Against the Idols (1986); From Madrid to Purgatory(1995); A Very Brief History of Eternity (2010); Reformations: The Early Modern World (2016); and The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila: A Biography (2019)\, and They Flew: A History of the Impossible (2023). He is also co-author of Jews\, Christians\, Muslims: An Introduction to Monotheistic Religions (1997). In 2003 he won the National Book Award in Nonfiction for his first memoir Waiting for Snow in Havana (2003)\, which covers the Cuban Revolution and its immediate aftermath and has been translated into more than a dozen languages.  \nHis second memoir\, Learning to Die in Miami (2010)\, explores his early years in exile. His book Reformations won the R.R.Hawkins Prize for Best Book of the Year from the American Publishers Association\, as well as the award for Best Book in the Humanities. It was also awarded the Jaroslav Pelikan Prize by Yale University Press. All of his books are banned in Cuba\, where he has been proclaimed an enemy of the state – a distinction he regards as the highest of all honors.   \n“Waiting for Snow in Havana” \nRead More\n“Waiting for Snow in Havana“ is both an exorcism and an ode to a paradise lost. For the Cuba of Carlos’s youth—with its lizards and turquoise seas and sun-drenched siestas—becomes an island of condemnation once a cigar-smoking guerrilla named Fidel Castro ousts President Batista on January 1\, 1959. Suddenly the music in the streets sounds like gunfire. Christmas is made illegal\, political dissent leads to imprisonment\, and too many of Carlos’s friends are leaving Cuba for a place as far away and unthinkable as the United States. Carlos will end up there\, too\, and fulfill his mother’s dreams by becoming a modern American man—even if his soul remains in the country he left behind. Narrated with the urgency of a confession\, Waiting for Snow in Havana is a eulogy for a native land and a loving testament to the collective spirit of Cubans everywhere.  \n“Learning to Die in Miami” \nRead More\nThe memoir\, “Waiting for Snow in Havana”\, won the 2003 National Book Award. Carlos Eire narrates his coming of age in Cuba just before and during the Castro revolution. That book literally ends in midair as eleven-year-old Carlos and his older brother leave Havana on an airplane—along with thousands of other children—to begin their new life in Miami in 1962. It would be years before he would see his mother again. He would never again see his beloved father.  “Learning to Die in Miami ” opens as the plane lands and Carlos faces\, with trepidation and excitement\, his new life. He quickly realizes that in order for his new American self to emerge\, his Cuban self must “die.” And so\, with great enterprise and purpose\, he begins his journey.  We follow Carlos as he adjusts to life in his new home. Faced with learning English\, attending American schools\, and an uncertain future\, young Carlos confronts the age-old immigrant’s plight: being surrounded by American bounty\, but not able to partake right away. The abundance America has to offer excites him and\, regardless of how grim his living situation becomes\, he eagerly forges ahead with his own personal assimilation program\, shedding the vestiges of his old life almost immediately\, even changing his name to Charles. Cuba becomes a remote and vague idea in the back of his mind\, something he used to know well\, but now it “had ceased to be part of the world.”  \nAbout the Moderator: Crosby Kemper\nCrosby Kemper is the sixth director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. He was commissioned by the White House on January 24\, 2020\, following his confirmation by the United States Senate. IMLS\, an independent government agency\, is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s museums and libraries.  \nRead More\nKemper is a dedicated advocate for education and learning for people of all ages and backgrounds. He came to IMLS from the Kansas City Public Library\, where as director\, he established the library as one of the city’s leading cultural destinations and a hub of community engagement. Kemper also served as chair of the board of directors of the Schools\, Health\, & Libraries Broadband Coalition\, which supports open\, affordable broadband connections for local community organizations.   \nBeginning his IMLS tenure at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic\, Kemper provided exceptional support and leadership to communities by elevating issues of pandemic impact\, poverty\, race\, and the digital divide as part of the IMLS grantmaking process. Understanding the urgent need\, Kemper delivered American Rescue Plan Act and CARES Act monies to grantees quickly and efficiently\, with a focus on community impact in a time of extreme dislocation. Under his leadership\, IMLS also created the REALM (REopening Archives\, Libraries\, and Museums) project using CARES Act funds\, a partnership to directly respond to the lack of information on the virus specifically for library and museum materials and spaces\, as well as to research protocols and procedures for reopening.  \nAlong with leaders of fellow cultural agencies the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)\, Kemper is a member of the re-established President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities\, as well as the congressionally mandated Information Literacy Taskforce.  \nHe is an ex officio member of the US Semiquincentennial Commission. As such\, he has engaged museum\, library\, and arts leaders in deep conversations about American history and the Semiquincentennial. He also launched IMLS’s 250 initiative\, “IMLS 250: All Stories. All People. All Places.” 
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/visions-of-america-author-talk-with-carlos-eire/
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SUMMARY:The Land of the Sun and the River of Spirits with Carolina Caycedo\, David de Rozas\, and Juan Macias Somi Se’k | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:This speaker event is recorded live on Thursday\, September 28\, 2023\, at 5:30 pm at the Michigan Theater\, Ann Arbor\, MI. \nSomi Se’k (The Land of the Sun-La tierra del Sol) is how the Estok Gna\, the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas\, refer to the lands on both sides of the River of Spirits (Rio Grande)\, comprising the Chihuahuan Desert\, the Rio Grande Valley\, and its delta. Somi Se’k\, is not just a name\, nor a neutral place\, but a multilayered net of universes where the region’s present\, past\, and future are still in conversation. Caycedo\, de Rozas\, and Mancias’s talk will focus on Texas’ native people’s philosophy\, their profound knowledge and relationship to the land\, and their continuous struggle to maintain their culture and lifeways against ongoing forms of colonization\, erasure\, and extraction. \nLearn More>> \n\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2023 Season\nThis winter\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit Public Television and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/carolina-caycedo-david-de-rozas-and-juan-macias-the-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:2023 Hispanic Heritage Month - Author Highlights
DESCRIPTION:Streams on Wed.\, Oct. 4\, 8 pm ET | 5 pm PT \nOver the years\, PBS Books has interviewed numerous talented Hispanic authors who write across various genres and for ages. In Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month\, PBS Books pays tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively impacted and enriched our nation and society. To celebrate US Latinos and their culture and history\, PBS Books will feature moments of our conversations with Hector Tobar\, Maria Hinijosa\, Kelly Lytle Hernández\, Juliet Menendez\, Claribel Oretega\, Meg Medina and many more.    \nTo see the full PBS Books Library of Author Talks and our suggested booklist\, go to pbsbooks.org/hispanicheritage.  \nFeatured Authors\nHector Tobar \nMaria Hinijosa \nKelly Lytle Hernández \nJuliet Menéndez \nClaribel Ortega \nMeg Medina
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/2023-hispanic-heritage-month-author-highlights/
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SUMMARY:Policy Talks @ the Ford School: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo
DESCRIPTION:Policy Talks @ The Ford School \nTalk streams on Monday\, Oct. 2 at 8:00 PM EDT \nPolicy Talks @ the Ford School presents U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo. Secretary Raimondo will reflect on economic growth\, innovation\, and American competitiveness in conversation with Professor Betsey Stevenson. \n\nGuest Biographies\nGina M. Raimondo\, Secretary of Commerce\nDepartment of Commerce \nGina M. Raimondo serves as the 40th U.S. Secretary of Commerce and was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris on March 3\, 2021. \nAs Secretary of Commerce\, she is focused on a simple but vital mission — to spur good-paying jobs\, empower entrepreneurs to innovate and grow\, and help American workers and businesses compete. \nSecretary Raimondo was formerly the 75th Governor of Rhode Island and its first woman governor. She grew up in Smithfield in a tight-knit Italian American family. Her family history and her childhood experiences shaped her core beliefs in hard work\, opportunity for all\, and the importance of financial security. \nShe graduated with honors from Harvard\, where she was recognized as the top economics student in her class. She won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University where she earned a doctorate and met her future husband\, Andy Moffit. She later graduated from Yale Law School. Secretary Raimondo clerked for US District Judge Kimba Wood and served as founding employee and senior vice president at Village Ventures. \nWanting to start her own business and be close to family\, she returned home to Rhode Island and founded Point Judith Capital\, a venture capital firm. In November 2010\, Secretary Raimondo was elected to serve as General Treasurer of Rhode Island\, receiving the largest number of votes of any statewide candidate. When she took office as General Treasurer\, she tackled the state’s $7 billion unfunded pension liability. Secretary Raimondo was sworn into office as Governor in January 2015 and won a second term in 2018. During her time as Governor\, Secretary Raimondo kick-started the state’s economy and made record investments in infrastructure\, education\, and job training. She focused on creating economic opportunities and good-paying jobs for all Rhode Islanders. Early in her administration\, she launched an innovative workforce development program that develops business-led partnerships to address unique workforce challenges. \nShe also served as chair of the Democratic Governors’ Association in 2019. \nBetsey Stevenson\, Professor of Public Policy and Economics\nStevenson is a labor economist who publishes widely about the labor market and the impact of public policies on outcomes both in the labor market and for families. \nHer research explores women’s labor market experiences\, the economic forces shaping the modern family\, and how these experiences and forces influence each other. She served as the chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor from 2010 to 2011\, participating as the secretary’s deputy to the White House economic team.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/policy-talks-ford-school-gina-m-raimondo/
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SUMMARY:We Are Each Other with Sonya Clark | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:This speaker event is recorded live on Thursday\, September 21\, 2023 at 5:30 pm in the Michigan Theater\, Ann Arbor\, MI. \nSonya Clark is an artist and educator who creates installations and objects rooted in craft’s legacy. She employs the language of textiles and politics of hair to celebrate Blackness\, reclaim freedoms\, and interrogate historical and contemporary injustices. The work is grounded in the exchange of stories and the transmission of craft techniques between individuals\, communities\, and generations. \n“Sonya Clark: We Are Each Other\,” currently on view at Cranbrook Art Museum through September 26\, is a traveling mid-career survey focusing on Clark’s community-centered and participatory projects created over the past 25 years. Among them are the Hair Craft Project (a collaboration with 12 hairstylists)\, The Healing Memorial (created with thousands from the Detroit community as a salve for pandemic grief)\, Monumental Cloth: the flag we should know ( a series of interactive works that bring to light the little-known cloth that ended the Civil War)\, and Finding Freedom (a 1500 square foot canopy created in part by incarcerated individuals). Her work has been exhibited in over 500 venues worldwide. ​“Sonya Clark: We Are Each Other” marks her 60th solo exhibit. \nClark is the Winifred Arms Professor of Arts and Humanities at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Previously\, she held the title of Commonwealth Professor and was a Distinguished Research Fellow in the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has received awards from many organizations\, including United States Artists\, Pollock-Krasner\, Art Prize\, and Anonymous Was a Woman. \nLearn More>> \n\n\nThe Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series Fall 2023 Season\nThis winter\, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields to Ann Arbor’s historic Michigan Theater for weekly in-person events. \nDetroit Public Television and PBS Books\, in partnership with the Stamps School\, will stream each week’s event Fridays at 8pm. \nSee the full schedule of events livestreamed by PBS Books here. \nSome programs may not be available online\, depending on artist requests. Interested in receiving notifications before online videos go live? Sign up to receive a reminder before each event begins streaming. \nWatch Past Penny Stamps Episodes
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/sonya-clark-penny-stamps-distinguished-speaker-series/
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SUMMARY:Unforgotten | Masterpiece Filmmaker Talk with Chris Lang
DESCRIPTION:The Magic of Masterpiece \nPBS Books\, in collaboration with MASTERPIECE\, presents a conversation with creator\, writer and executive producer of UNFORGOTTEN Chris Lang\, discussing the much-anticipated Season 5.  \nUnforgotten Season 5 – Preview\n \nUNFORGOTTEN Season 5 airs on MASTERPIECE Mystery! on PBS\, beginning Sunday\, SEPT. 3 at 9pm ET. Watch Here! \nSet in London\, DCI Jessica James joins DI Sunny Khan to investigate the discovery of human remains in a newly renovated antique home in West London. While referencing the loss of DCI Cassie Stuart\, strains on interpersonal relationships are front and center throughout this season.   \nHear from creator\, writer and executive producer of "Unforgotten"\, Chris Lang\, about the themes and plot in Season 5\, the challenges and opportunities with developing a new main character\, and more.  Don't miss special behind-the-scenes insights! \n\nChris Lang – Creator\, Writer and Executive Producer \, “Unforgotten”\nChris Lang is the writer and producer of over 120 hours of prime-time British drama. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\, leaving in 1983 to work at Nottingham Playhouse for six months. There he met fellow actor Hugh Grant\, and the two of them formed a comedy writing partnership (later joined by fellow RADA student Andy Taylor) called The Jockeys of Norfolk\, who enjoyed great success at the Edinburgh Festival\, and who went on to star in their own TV comedy showcase.  \nLang then moved in to writing for other comedians\, including Jack Dee\, Jonathan Ross\, David Frost and Smith & Jones before turning to drama in the early 90’s. Since then\, he has written and created over 85 hours of original prime time drama\, including “Torn” (nominated for an RTS award)\, “Amnesia” (nominated for an Edgar Award) and “A Mother’s Son” (nominated for a Broadcast Award). He created\, wrote and executive produced “Unforgotten” starring Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar. In 2018\, the series premiered on MASTERPIECE on PBS to much critical acclaim and quickly became a fan favorite. The show’s fifth season saw the addition of new cast member Sinéad Keenan and is currently airing in the fall of 2023. 
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/masterpiece-unforgotten-filmmaker-talk-chris-lang/
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SUMMARY:American Experience: The Harvest | Filmmaker Talk
DESCRIPTION:THE HARVEST Filmmaker Talk streams on PBS Books Wednesday\, Sept. 13\, 2023\, 8 p.m. ET  \nTHE HARVEST premieres Tuesday\, Sept. 12\, 2023\, 9-11 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS\, PBS.org and the PBS App.  \n \nPBS Books hosts a program with award winning filmmakers Sam Pollard and Douglas A. Blackmon\, to discuss part two of the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE “The School Integration” series\, THE HARVEST: Integrating Mississippi’s Schools” on PBS.  \nIn September 2023\, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE premieres two new documentaries by Emmy Award-winning producer\, writer and journalist Cameo George\, that examines the deeply mixed legacy of America’s efforts to racially integrate public schools; she is the Executive Producer for both of these films.   \nTHE HARVEST The film narrated by Blackmon\, himself one of the Leland students\, is a personal and powerful look at Leland\, Mississippi’s attempts to desegregate its schools. The film follows Blackmon and his fellow classmates through their early experiences\, exploring deep friendships\, awkward separations\, in classrooms and playgrounds\, in plays and athletics\, at homecoming and graduation. 50 years later\, many members of that first class have returned to Leland\, committed to giving back to their community.  \n\nABOUT THE FILMMAKERS \nSAM POLLARD\, Producer of THE HARVEST  \nSam Pollard is an accomplished feature film and television video editor\, and documentary producer/director. 2022 and 2023 have been very productive years for Pollard. In December 2022 Peacock began streaming Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power\, a film Pollard co-directed with Gandbhir\, which tells the story of the courageous campaign of citizens and activists who faced violence and oppression in the struggle for the right to vote.   \nPollard’s two-part documentary\, Bill Russell: Legend\, about legendary Boston Celtic and civil rights icon premiered on Netflix on February 8.   \n Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes\, a film that Pollard co-directed with Ben Shapiro\, had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival on March 12.   \n South to Black Power\, inspired by New York Times columnist Charles Blow’s book\, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto\, was co-directed by Pollard and Llewellyn Smith and will premiere on HBO in Fall 2023.   \nDOUGLAS A. BLACKMON\, Producer and Writer of THE HARVEST\nDouglas A. Blackmon (Writer & Producer) is a Pulitzer-Prize winning author\, journalist\, and filmmaker. His bestselling first book\, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II\, won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009. He was co-executive producer of the acclaimed documentary film based on Slavery by Another Name\, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012 and continues to be regularly rebroadcasted. As a journalist\, Blackmon has witnessed some of the most important events of our time\, including the fall of the Berlin Wall\, multiple presidential elections\, Hurricane Katrina\, post-Apartheid South Africa\, and war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. He is a Gerald Loeb Award winner and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2011. A native of the Mississippi Delta\, he directs the Narrating Justice Project and teaches in the Creative Media Industries Institute at Georgia State University in Atlanta. 
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SUMMARY:American Experience: The Busing Battleground
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books hosts a program with award winning directors Sharon Grimberg and Cyndee Readdean\, to discuss their AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’s THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND: THE DECADE-LONG ROAD TO SCHOOL DESEGREGATION on PBS. \nIn September 2023\, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE premieres two new documentaries by Executive Producer Cameo George\, that examine the deeply mixed legacy of America’s efforts to racially integrate public schools. \nTHE BUSING BATTLEGROUND tells the story of the bitter struggle to integrate Boston’s school and captures the class tensions and racial violence that ensued when Black and white students in Boston were bused for the first time between neighborhoods to comply with a federal desegregation order. It premieres on September 11 at 9pm ET; check your local listing. It is streamable for free at pbs.org. \nABOUT THE FILMMAKERS\nSharon Grimberg: Writer\, Producer\, Director for THE BUSING BATTLEGROUND  \nSharon Grimberg is an award-winning filmmaker with 25 years of experience working for public television. According to The Baltimore Sun\, her latest film McCarthy\, about the infamous Wisconsin senator\, met “the highest hopes that the most enlightened founders of public broadcasting had for the medium.” Her previous project\, a mini-series on the history of the circus\, garnered a Writer’s Guild nomination and was on The Wall Street Journal’s list of the best television of 2018. Grimberg was the executive producer of The Abolitionists\, which was nominated for a Primetime Emmy and of the multi-platform mini-series We Shall Remain\, which retold US history from a Native perspective. According to The Washington Post\, the project “shifted the focus and the weight of history.” From 2003-2015\, Grimberg was the senior producer of American Experience where\, she played a key role in the origination\, development\, acquisition\, and editorial oversight of more than 130 films. \nCyndee Readdean: Producer and Director  \nCyndee Readdean (Producer and Director) is an award-winning director\, producer\, and writer. Her films have appeared on PBS\, ABC\, MSNBC and EPIX. Readdean directed and produced episode two of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University award-winning series Reconstruction: America after the Civil War and the Emmy-nominated film The FBI & the Panther. She served as the series producer on the four-hour series By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem. Her producer credits include Freedom Summer\, the 2014 American Experience film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the George Foster Peabody Award; the Emmy-nominated Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities\, which also premiered at the Sundance Film Festival; and the two-hour premiere episode of the OBAMA series. Readdean is a member of DGA\, PGA and WGA. \nThis event is also available on Facebook and Youtube.
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SUMMARY:Angeline Boulley and Trang Thanh Tran
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books\, in collaboration with Kansas City PBS and KERA in Dallas\, Texas\, interviews Angeline Boulley followed by Trang Thanh Tran.    \nAlso available on Facebook and Youtube. \nExplore the 2023 Library of Congress National Book Festival Virtual Author Talks \nAbout “Warrior Girl Unearthed”\nPerry Firekeeper-Birch has always known who she is – the laidback twin\, the troublemaker\, the best fisher on Sugar Island. Her aspirations won’t ever take her far from home\, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. But as the rising number of missing Indigenous women starts circling closer to home\, as her family becomes embroiled in a high-profile murder investigation\, and as greedy grave robbers seek to profit off of what belongs to her Anishinaabe tribe\, Perry begins to question everything.\nIn order to reclaim this inheritance for her people\, Perry has no choice but to take matters into her own hands. She can only count on her friends and allies\, including her overachieving twin and a charming new boy in town with unwavering morals. Old rivalries\, sister secrets\, and botched heists cannot – will not – stop her from uncovering the mystery before the ancestors and missing women are lost forever.\n\nAbout “She Is a Haunting”\nWhen Jade Nguyen arrives in Vietnam for a visit with her estranged father\, she has one goal: survive five weeks pretending to be a happy family in the French colonial house Ba is restoring. She’s always lied to fit in\, so if she’s straight enough\, Vietnamese enough\, American enough\, she can get out with the college money he promised. \nBut the house has other plans. Night after night\, Jade wakes up paralyzed. The walls exude a thrumming sound\, while bugs leave their legs and feelers in places they don’t belong. She finds curious traces of her ancestors in the gardens they once tended. And at night Jade can’t ignore the ghost of the beautiful bride who leaves her cryptic warnings: Don’t eat.\n\nNeither Ba nor her sweet sister Lily believe that there is anything strange happening. With help from a delinquent girl\, Jade will prove this house—the home her family has always wanted—will not rest until it destroys them. Maybe\, this time\, she can keep her family together. As she roots out the house’s rot\, she must also face the truth of who she is and who she must become to save them all.\nAbout Angeline Boulley\nAngeline Boulley\, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians\, is a storyteller who writes about her Ojibwe community in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She is a former director of the Office of Indian Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Boulley lives in southwest Michigan\, but her home will always be on Sugar Island\, Michigan. Her debut novel\, “Firekeeper’s Daughter\,” received many awards\, including a Michael L. Printz Award\, William C. Morris Award\, Walter Dean Myers Award and an American Indian Youth Literature Honor. Her newest release\, “Warrior Girl Unearthed\,” will be featured at the 2023 National Book Festival. \nAbout Trang Thanh Tran\nTrang Thanh Tran is a Vietnamese-American author who writes emotional\, speculative stories that highlight food\, belonging and the Vietnamese diaspora. They’re an alum of the Writing Barn’s Rainbow Weekend and Tin House’s Young Adult Fiction Workshop. When not writing\, they are busy trying new food and watching zombie movies. Tran’s debut novel\, “She Is a Haunting\,” will be featured at the 2023 National Book Festival.
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SUMMARY:LOC National Book Festival - Héctor Tobar
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books\, in collaboration with PBS SoCal\, interviews Héctor Tobar\, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist. Tobar is the author of the critically-acclaimed bestseller “Deep Down Dark” as well as “The Barbarian Nurseries\,” “Translation Nation” and “The Tattooed Soldier.”   \n“Latino” is the most open-ended and loosely defined of the major race categories in the United States. Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino” assembles the Pulitzer Prize winner Héctor Tobar’s personal experiences as the son of Guatemalan immigrants and the stories told to him by his Latinx students to offer a spirited rebuke to racist ideas about Latino people. Our Migrant Souls decodes the meaning of “Latino” as a racial and ethnic identity in the modern United States\, and seeks to give voice to the angst and anger of young Latino people who have seen latinidad transformed into hateful tropes about “illegals” and have faced insults\, harassment\, and division based on white insecurities and economic exploitation. \n\nAlso available on Facebook and Youtube.\nExplore the 2023 Library of Congress National Book Festival Virtual Author Talks \nAbout Héctor Tobar\nHéctor Tobar is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed bestseller “Deep Down Dark” as well as “The Barbarian Nurseries\,” “Translation Nation” and “The Tattooed Soldier.” Tobar is also a contributing writer for the New York Times opinion pages and an associate professor at the University of California\, Irvine. He has written for The New Yorker\, The Los Angeles Times and other publications. Tobar’s short fiction has appeared in the Best American Short Stories anthology series\, “Los Angeles Noir\,” Zyzzyva and Slate. The son of Guatemalan immigrants\, he is a native of Los Angeles\, where he currently lives with his family. His newest release\, “Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of ‘Latino\,’” will be featured at the 2023 National Book Festival.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/loc-national-book-festival-hector-tobar/
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SUMMARY:Richard Florida: Exploring American Cities
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books\, in collaboration with DPTV\, is pleased to host a program with best-selling New York Times author Richard Florida in conversation with journalist Zoe Clark.  Florida discusses the importance of cities and Urbanism trends in the 21st century post-pandemic.  Join us to gain important insights into the future of American cities and how creativity and innovation drives urban growth.  \nAlso available on Facebook and Youtube.  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR: Richard Florida \nHe is a researcher and professor\, serving as University Professor at University of Toronto’s School of Cities and Rotman School of Management\, and a Distinguished Fellow at NYU’s Schack School of Real Estate.  \nRichard Florida is a writer and journalist\, having penned several global best sellers\, including the award winning The Rise of the Creative Class and his most recent book\, The New Urban Crisis. He is co-founder of CityLab\, the leading publication devoted to cities and urbanism.  \nHe is an entrepreneur\, as founder of the Creative Class Group which works closely with companies and governments worldwide.  \n 
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/richard-florida-exploring-american-cities/
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SUMMARY:LOC National Book Festival - TJ Klune
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books\, in collaboration with South Florida PBS\, presents TJ Klune\, the bestselling author of “The House in the Cerulean Sea\,” “Into This River I Drown” and “Under the Whispering Door.”  \nIn a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees\, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson\, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine\, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson\, a human\, lives there too. They’re a family\, hidden and safe.\n\nThe day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled “HAP\,” he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio–a past spent hunting humans.\n\nWhen Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio’s former life to their whereabouts\, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together\, the rest of Vic’s assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission\, or worse\, reprogramming.\n\nAlong the way to save Gio\, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap\, Vic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached?\n\nAlso available on Facebook and Youtube. \nExplore the 2023 Library of Congress National Book Festival Virtual Author Talks \nAbout TJ Klune\nTJ Klune is the bestselling author of “The House in the Cerulean Sea\,” “Into This River I Drown” and “Under the Whispering Door.” He is also the author of multiple fantasy series\, including Green Creek and Tales from Verania\, as well as the young adult series The Extraordinaries. Klune has won a Lambda Literary Award and an Alex Award\, and has been nominated for a Locus Award. Being queer himself\, Klune believes it’s important—now more than ever—to have accurate\, positive queer representation in stories. His latest novel\, “In the Lives of Puppets\,” will be featured in the 2023 National Book Festival.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/loc-national-book-festival-tj-klune/
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SUMMARY:LOC National Book Festival - Matthew Desmond
DESCRIPTION:PBS Books\, in collaboration with WTTW in Chicago\, hosts Matthew Desmond\, a professor of sociology at Princeton University to discuss his latest release “Poverty\, by America.”  \nThe United States\, the richest country on earth\, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities\, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets\, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages?\n\nIn this landmark book\, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history\, research\, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Those of us who are financially secure exploit the poor\, driving down their wages while forcing them to overpay for housing and access to cash and credit. We prioritize the subsidization of our wealth over the alleviation of poverty\, designing a welfare state that gives the most to those who need the least. And we stockpile opportunity in exclusive communities\, creating zones of concentrated riches alongside those of concentrated despair. Some lives are made small so that others may grow.\n\nElegantly written and fiercely argued\, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. He calls on us all to become poverty abolitionists\, engaged in a politics of collective belonging to usher in a new age of shared prosperity and\, at last\, true freedom.\n\nAlso available on Facebook and Youtube. \nExplore the 2023 Library of Congress National Book Festival Virtual Author Talks \nAbout Matthew Desmond\nMatthew Desmond is the Maurice P. During professor of sociology at Princeton University and the founding director of the Eviction Lab\, a lab that studies housing insecurity and evictions in the United States. His previous book\, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City\,” won a Pulitzer Prize\, a National Book Critics Circle Award and a PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award\, among others. The recipient of a MacArthur fellowship\, Desmond is also a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. His latest release\, “Poverty\, by America\,” will be featured at the 2023 National Book Festival.
URL:https://www.pbsbooks.org/event/loc-national-book-festival-matthew-desmond/
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