Schedule of Events

International Panel and Performance

• Wednesday, March 28, 7 p.m.
  International Center of Austin, 201 E. 2nd Street.
  Scholars and artists from Russia, China, and Cuba, the three countries Griest reflects on in Around the Bloc, reflect on their own identities and their impressions of American identity. Featuring Yevgeniy Sharlat, visiting lecturer in Music Composition, UT Austin; Luda Voskov, president and founder of the Russian Speakers’ Society; Dr. Qing Zhang, professor of Linguistics, UT Austin; Jafari Allen, professor of Anthropology, UT Austin; work by photographer Eduardo Muñoz Ordoqui; and music by hip hop percussion ensemble Las Krudas.

Around the Bloc Book Discussions

• Tuesday, April 3, 7 p.m.
  Yarborough Branch, 2200 Hancock Drive.
  Book Discussion
  Led by Dr. Thomas Garza, Director, UT Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
• Thursday, April 5, 7 p.m.
  Hampton Branch at Oak Hill, 5125 Convict Hill Road.
  Book Discussion
  Led by Dr. Chiu-Mi Lai, UT professor of Chinese literature, language, and culture
• Tuesday, April 10, 7 p.m.
  Austin History Center, 810 Guadalupe Street.
  Book Discussion
  Led by Lawrence Gutman, Fulbright-Hays Fellow and Affiliated Researcher at the Instituto de Historia de Cuba

Meet the Author Events

• Tuesday, April 17, 6 p.m.
  Mercury Hall, 615 Cardinal Lane.
  (Off S. 1st St., two blocks north of Ben White Blvd.)
  Mayor Will Wynn’s Event
  with the Author
  A reception and book signing with the author, Stephanie Griest, will begin at 6 p.m. with an interview and discussion moderated by Texas Monthly writer Mike Shea at 7 p.m. Featuring music by Cerronato.
• Wednesday, April 18, 7 p.m.
  Bookpeople Bookstore, 603 N. Lamar Blvd.
  Author signing her new book
  100 Places Every Woman Should Go
• Thursday, April 19, 5 p.m.
  Follett’s Intellectual Property Bookstore, 2402 Guadalupe
  “The Art of Travel and Travel Writing,”
  A discussion of women’s experiences traveling, writing about their travels, and getting their work published. Featured guests include the author and Austin-based Lonely Planet guide writer Alex Hershey. Parking will be validated for the University Co-op Parking Garage, 23rd and San Antonio.

Visit our previous Mayor's Book Club resource guides online:
Spring 2006: The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
Spring 2005: Writing Austin's Lives by Metro Austin Residents
Spring 2004: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Spring 2003: Holes by Louis Sachar
Spring 2002: Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

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