 Men Alive Event |
 Please join us on Thursday, June 2 at 6 pm for an event with members of Men Alive, the Orange County Gay Men's Chorus. They have published a 10 year anniversary cookbook called Dishing With Men Alive, which is filled with delicious recipes. Some are treasured family keepsakes and some are new, but they all reflect the love of good cooking.
You won't want to miss this event that also occurs on Art Walk night, as refreshments and entertainment will be provided. Men Alive is about people making great music and music making great people-- we hope you'll be able to attend! |
| Poetry Reading with Colette LaBouff Atkinson & Collier Nogues |
Please join us on Sunday, June 5 at 4 pm for a poetry reading with Colette LaBouff Atkinson and Collier Nogues. Both authors will read from their latest works and also take time to answer questions.
 Colette LaBouff Atkinson is the author of Mean, a collection of prose poems. Her prose has appeared in the following: Santa Monica Review, River Teeth, Seneca Review, Los Angeles Times, Babble, The Rumpus, and The Morning News. She is currently Acting Director at the International Center for Writing and Translation at UC Irvine, and has taught poetry recently at Pitzer College and UC Irvine.
Collier Nogues's first book of poems, On the Other Side, Blue, was published in April 2011. She has been a MacDowell Fellow and a Ucross Foundation Resident, and was recently the Fishtrap Writer-in-Residence for two years in Enterprise, Oregon. Her poems were a special feature of the Spring 2010 issue of Pleiades, and other poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Jubilat, The Massachusetts Review, Blackbird, and The Pinch, among other journals. She's a graduate of UC Irvine's MFA Program in Poetry, and lives in Long Beach. |
| Super Pet Adoption Event and Book Signing |
We are so pleased to be a part of Orange County's largest pet adoption event at the Irvine Animal Care Center on Saturday, June 11 from 10 am to 4 pm.
 We will be at the booth of the wonderful pet organization Desperate Paws of Orange County, selling books for W. Bruce Cameron, author of A Dog's Purpose, who will be there from 10 am to 1 pm to sign books and take photos with his fans. We are donating 10% of all book sales to Irvine Animal Care to help continue in their mission of serving animals in need.
There will also be over a hundred pet vendors, exhibitors, and rescues, with over 800 adoptable animals there too. Everyone who purchases a book at the event will receive a raffle ticket for a drawing for two  passes to the world-famous Improv Comedy Club.
Parking is free and plentiful, and admission is $1 per person, which helps Irvine Animal Care to keep providing the fantastic services they do for the animals in need in our community. For more information and to RSVP for this event, check out the Desperate Paws of Orange County website.
Irvine Animal Care Center is located at 6443 Oak Canyon in Irvine, and can be reached at 949-724-7740. |
| Event with Ken Auster |
Please join us on Sunday, June 12 at 4 pm for an event with Laguna artist Ken Auster. He will be signing copies of his latest book, Intellect and Passion. This event is free of charge.
 Ken's new book is a compilation of fifteen years of painting San Francisco, with over sixty pages and sixty-eight paintings. A visual story of the City by the Bay, this is a handsomely-designed coffee table book. Words about the obstacles and rewards of painting San Francisco accompany the paintings.
It was in his formative years in Long Beach where Ken grew up with his feet deeply planted in the surfing culture that he first learned to express his art talent. Caught up in the ground swell of the 1960s surfing culture, Ken not only plunged into the sport of surfing but into the art and graphics of surfing as well.
At the heart of Ken's work was always the awareness of the fine line between man-made and nature. Throwing himself into the splendor of "plein air" (on location) painting, Ken discovered the richness and broad colors of the city life he long avoided. As he will tell you, he rejoiced in this newfound ability to paint anything and everything - cafes, train stations, airports, street scenes, and of course, never far away, was the beach, his first love.
 Ken's passion for painting is shared with hundreds of students who each year travel from around the world to attend his workshops in Laguna Beach and Carmel. With his wife, Paulette Martinson, they have a thriving art world centered at their studio and gallery in picturesque Laguna Canyon.
In a relatively short time since this transition to plein air painting, Ken Auster has moved to the forefront of American contemporary impressionists. He consistently walks away with gold medals and first place awards at juried exhibits. His work is collected by some of the most respected corporations and patrons. |
| Memoir Writing Workshop |
On Saturday, August 20 from 1 to 4 pm, Kathryn Abajian will be offering a writing workshop titled "Write Your Life into Literature in First Person Memoir."
 Learn more about narrative nonfiction essay writing as we study the craft, write, discuss, and write some more. Instruction is useful for beginners as well as experienced writers. We'll learn about the narrator's voice, how to structure content, and how to revise for effect.
Enrollment of $75 includes all materials and one follow-up email consultation. Enrollment is limited to ten students; we will hold the workshop with as few as six writers. Interested writers are encouraged to contact Kathryn at kabajian@gmail.com for more information if desired.
Kathryn Abajian earned her M.A. in English at San Francisco State University and has since helped countless students find their writing voices and make literary meaning of life experience. She teaches as an emeritus professor of creative writing for Diablo Valley College, facilitates writing workshops, and edits manuscripts. Her travel, memoir, and arts essays have appeared in various publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, American Art Review, Salon.com, and Travelers' Tales anthologies. |
| For the Hungry Man | |
Ryan D'Agostino
$30.00
So long, dude food. Most men who love food have a roasting pan and a decent spice rack, but they're still looking for that one book that has all the real food they love to eat and wish they could cook. Esquire food editor Ryan D'Agostino is here to change that with his unapologetically male-centric Eat Like a Man, a choice collection of 75 recipes and food writing for men who like to eat, cook, and read about great food. Satisfying, sexy, definitive, and doable.
Gwyneth Paltrow
$30.00
The Academy-Award winning actress and avid foodie shares a sumptuous collection of recipes and gorgeous photographs celebrating the joy of preparing food for loved ones, a passion she learned from her beloved father. She discusses how he has influenced her in the food she loves, how she involves her kids in cooking, and how she balances healthy food with homemade treats. |
| For the History Buff | |
Henry Kissinger
$36.00
In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book-length to a country he has known intimately for decades, and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape. Drawing on historical records as well as his conversations with Chinese leaders over the past forty years, Kissinger examines how China has approached diplomacy, strategy, and negotiation throughout its history, and reflects on the consequences for the global balance of power in the 21st century.
Laura Hillenbrand
$27.00
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. Telling an unforgettable story of a man's journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. |
| For the Man Who Likes to Laugh | |
Mike Bender & Doug Chernack
$15.00
Based on the hit website, this full-color book features never-before-seen photos and hilarious personal stories covering everything from uncomfortable moments with relatives, teen angst, sibling rivalry, and family vacations from hell. Cringe at the forced poses, bad hair, and matching outfits-- all prompting us to look at our own families and celebrate the fact that we're not alone. Nothing says awkward better than an uncomfortable family photograph!
Henry Winkler
$21.95
A veteran of showbiz and television legend, Winkler's paramount pastime has always been fishing. His fishing exploits have been featured on Fly Fishing the World and he regularly recounts them during his speaking engagements around the country. A novel volume to live by, or at least learn something about dry flies and woolly buggers, I've Never Meet an Idiot on the River is Winkler's collection of everyday wisdom learned from fatherhood, family, and fly-fishing. |
| Gifts for Grads | |
Peter Buffett
$14.00
From composer, musician, and philanthropist Peter Buffett comes a warm, wise, and inspirational book that asks, Which will you choose: the path of least resistance or the path of potentially greatest satisfaction? Buffett expounds on the strong set of values given to him by his trusting and broadminded mother, his industrious and talented father, and the many life teachers he has met along the way. Personal and revealing, instructive and intuitive, this book is about transcending your circumstances, taking up the reins of your destiny, and living your life to the fullest.
This is Water
David Foster Wallace
$14.99
Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in This is Water. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others.
 The Best Four Years
Adam Shepard
$14.99
Drawing on his visits to campuses across the country, expert advice, and his own rewarding college experience, Adam explores the most pressing concerns of today's university students and examines the many aspects (and surprises) of college living. From transitioning to a life away from home to managing on a tight budget; from the necessity of scheduling to taking your health seriously; from the subtleties of campus social life to the dos and don'ts of networking, Adam offers hope, motivation, and direction to help you sail smoothly through the best four years of your life and beyond.
What Color is Your Parachute? Guide to Job-Hunting Online
Mark Emery Bolles & Richard Nelson Bolles
$12.99
This companion to What Color Is Your Parachute?, the best-selling job-hunting book in the world, has been completely rewritten for our changing times and includes hundreds of updated website recommendations and descriptions. The Guide to Job-Hunting Online shows you how to quickly find the data that will be most helpful to you, how to identify and research the places where you will most enjoy working, how to leverage the power of social networking sites, and how to use your Internet time most effectively, avoiding the common pitfalls and setting you up for success. |
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