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<div align="center"> <p><br> </p> <img src="/2ndpagetitles/CALENDAR.gif" width="504" height="54" border="0" alt="Calendar of Events"><br> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="454" align="center"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i>Lectures, Readings, and Forums</i></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" color="#660000"><i><br> </i></font><font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times"><i> Ann Arbor is an educated and educational community, providing an ample selection of brown bag lectures, seminars, and other colloquia. The Calendar covers events from authors on book signing tours to politicians on the stump. </i></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><br> <br> </font></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> <a name="top"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i>Highlights this week:</i></font></div> <div align="left"> <p><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"> <A HREF="#event16300"><B>Bobby Flay: Waters Place Borders/Ann Arbor Book Festival.</B></A><P> <A HREF="#event16319"><B>John Sandford: Nicola's Books/Ann Arbor Book Festival.</B></A><P> <A HREF="#event16348"><B>Rick Riordan: Liberty Borders.</B></A><P> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C12.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="12" border="0" align="top"> Monday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">May, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event16300"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 12:30 p.m. <br><b>Bobby Flay:</b> Waters Place Borders/Ann Arbor Book Festival. This Food Network star and grill master signs copies of his 4th grilling cookbook, Bobby Flay's Grill It! Borders, 3140 Lohr Rd. Free. 997-8884.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event16319"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 7 p.m. <br><b>John Sandford:</b> Nicola's Books/Ann Arbor Book Festival. This suspense novelist (and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist) reads from Phantom Prey, the 18th novel in his best-selling series about homicide detective Lucas Davenport. Signing; preregistration for a place in the signing line recommended. Nicola's Books, Westgate shopping center. Free. 662-0600.<br clear=right><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C13.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="13" border="0" align="top"> Tuesday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">May, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event16348"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 7 p.m. <br><b>Rick Riordan:</b> Liberty Borders. This best-selling San Antonio novelist is on hand to sign copies of the latest novel in his popular Percy Jackson young adult series The Battle of the Labyrinth. Borders, 612 Liberty. Free. 668-7652.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event16350"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 7 p.m. <br><b>Elizabeth Goodenough:</b> Shaman Drum Bookshop/Ann Arbor Book Festival. This U-M Residential College lecturer reads Under Fire: Childhood in the Shadow of War, her study of the representation of war in books for children and young adults. Signing. Shaman Drum, 315 S. State. Free. 662-7407.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event16349"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 7 p.m. <br><b>Jillian Moreno:</b> Nicola's Books. This local writer and knitting expert discusses her most recent book, More Big Girl Knits: 25 Designs Full of Color and Texture for Curvy Women <b>. </b> Signing. Nicola's, Westgate shopping center. Free. 662-0600.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event16346"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 7-8:30 p.m. <br><b>"Climate Change and Ann Arbor's Sister City Tuebingen":</b> Ann Arbor District Library. Tuebingen mayor <b>Boris Palmer </b> discusses the aggressive climate protection campaign he started in his 1st year in office. Palmer, a rising star in the German Green Party, is in town leading a delegation of 29 Tuebingen citizens to learn about Ann Arbor's environmental initiatives and strengthen support for artist exchanges between the 2 cities. AADL multipurpose room (lower level), 343 S. Fifth Ave. at William. Free. 327-4560.<br clear=right><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C14.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="14" border="0" align="top"> Wednesday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">May, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event16368"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 3 p.m. <br><b>"Human Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Full of Surprises":</b> U-M Department of Human Genetics 8th Annual James V. Neel Lectureship. Talk by University of Chicago genetics professor Janet Rowley. U-M Biomedical Science Research Bldg., 109 Zina Pitcher Place. Free. 763-0682.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event16994"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 4:00 p.m. <br><b>"Cooking for Wellness":</b> Wellness Community of Southeast Michigan Talk by local naturopath Diana Christoff Quinn. TWC Center, 2010 Hogback Rd. Free. Preregistration requested. 975-2500.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event16383"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 7 p.m. <br><b>Kathi Appelt:</b> Waters Place Borders/Ann Arbor Book Festival. This children's book writer from Texas reads from The Underneath, her harrowing yet sweet new tale about the power of love and hate. Borders, 3140 Lohr Rd. Free. 997-8884.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event16381"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 7-8:30 p.m. <br><b>"Freedom, Slavery, and the Roots of American Music":</b> Ann Arbor District Library. Talk, with musical examples, by veteran Detroit blues and jazz singer-guitarist <b>Ray Kamalay. </b> AADL multipurpose room (lower level), 343 S. Fifth Ave. at William. Free. 327-4560.<br clear=right><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C15.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="15" border="0" align="top"> Thursday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">May, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event16402"></a> 10-11:30 a.m. <br><b>"Information Technology and Its Effects on Us":</b> U-M Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Distinguished Lecture Series. <i>Every Thursday, April 17-May 22. </i> A series of 6 lectures by U-M and visiting scholars. Today: Feld Entertainment creative development vice-president (and former U-M music professor) Jerry Bilik discusses <b>"Pixels versus Pixies: Information Technology and Its Influence on the Creative Process in Entertainment." </b> Best Western Executive Conference Center, 2900 Jackson Rd. $45 (members, $30) for the 6-lecture series. Memberships are $15 a year. Preregistration required. 998-9351.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event16422"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 7-8:30 p.m. <br><b>"How to Shape Personal and Family-Based Stories":</b> Ann Arbor District Library. Talk by <b>Donald Davis, </b> a very popular storyteller from North Carolina whose stories include traditional mountain lore and contemporary tales about his neighbors and kin. AADL multipurpose room (lower level), 343 S. Fifth Ave. at William. Free. 327-4560.<br clear=right><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C17.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="17" border="0" align="top"> Saturday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">May, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event16520"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 2-4 p.m. <br><b>Steve Lehto:</b> Barnes & Noble/Ann Arbor Book Festival. This Farmington Hills attorney reads from and discusses Death's Door: The Truth Behind Michigan's Largest Mass Murder, his book about a fatal 1913 stampede of people fleeing what they thought was a burning building. Signing. Barnes & Noble, 3235 Washtenaw. Free. 973-1618.<br clear=left><br><br> <div align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman,Georgia,Times" size="+4" color="#660000"><i><img src="/2ndpagetitles/calendardates/C18.gif" width=55 height=43 alt="18" border="0" align="top"> Sunday</i></font><br> <font color="#660000">May, 2008</font></div> <br> <a name="event16570"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 11 a.m. <br><b>First Presbyterian Church Adult Education.:</b>Today: <b>"Quantum Leaps of Faith," </b> a series of talks by former NASA scientist Michael Bodner on the relationship between science and theology. All invited. First Presbyterian Church Lewis Room, 1432 Washtenaw. Free. 662-4466.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event16600"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 2-4 p.m. <br><b>"Your Life Your Way: The Essential Guide for Women":</b> Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tea Room. Michigan-based professional coactive coach Judith Molner discusses this self-help book she cowrote with Lynn Hull. Signing. Crazy Wisdom, 114 S. Main. Free. 665-2757.<br clear=left><br><br> <a name="event16611"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 3-5 p.m. <br><b>"Writing as Spiritual Practice":</b> First Unitarian Universalist Congregation. Talk by Evanston, Illinois, Unitarian Universalist minister Nancy Shaffer, author of the meditation manual <i>Instructions in Joy. </i> First Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 4001 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. at Ellsworth. Free. 665-6158.<br clear=right><br><br> <a name="event16612"></a> <IMG SRC="/2ndpagetitles/free.gif" width=50 height=16 ALT="Free!"> 3 p.m. <br><b>Alison Weir:</b> Liberty Borders/Ann Arbor Book Festival. This acclaimed best-selling British historian reads from The Lady Elizabeth, her intriguing new novel about Elizabeth I. Signing. Borders, 612 Liberty. 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