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Thu, Dec 1, 7 PM
Oren Jacoby
“The Passion of
Sister Rose”
Screening of Jacoby’s award-winning documentary about Sister Rose Thering, a nun who has made the battle against anti-Semitism her life’s work. Discussion with the filmmaker.

Tue, Dec 6, 7 PM
Anna Pavord
The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants
The author of the worldwide bestseller, The Tulip, takes us on a thrilling adventure into botanical history, from Athens in third century BC to Padua in the 15th century; and involving the cultured scholars of Islam, the first expeditions to the Indies and the first settlers in the New World.

Thu, Dec 8, 7 PM
Michael Connelly and Leslie S. Klinger
“Clues and Deductions: Sherlock Holmes
and Harry Bosch in
the Post 9/11 World”
Connelly, best-selling author of crime thrillers and Klinger, the world’s foremost authority on Sherlock Holmes, discuss the enduring appeal of the detective novel.
Presented by The Council of the Library Foundation and sponsored by City National Bank and KPMG LLP.

Tue, Dec 13, 7 PM
Alan Ball and
Thomas Lynch
“Once You Put a
Dead Guy in the Room You Can Talk about Anything”
Ball, creator of the HBO series “Six Feet Under,” and Lynch—poet, essayist and Michigan funeral director—discuss life, death, and letting go.

WED, DEC 14, 7pm
ZÓCALO
“An Evening with
Culture Clash:
Confused and Still
Full of Rage”
The infamous Chicano performance trio joins us to discuss their two upcoming world premiers, Hollywood’s relationship with Latinos, and the ever widening gap between art and politics.
Tue, DEC 13, 7 PM
Alan Ball and
Thomas Lynch
Top: Alan Ball
Bottom: Thomas Lynch
Photo © Brian Doyle, Loophead studio
Alan Ball is the creator and Executive Producer of "Six Feet Under," the critically acclaimed drama series on HBO. The series, about a family-run funeral home in Los Angeles, has garnered unprecedented ratings for the network, two Golden Globes (including Best Drama Series) and six Emmy awards. Alan was awarded an Emmy and a DGA award for directing the pilot of "Six Feet Under", his directorial debut. Alan's first produced feature film screenplay was "American Beauty," for which he received the 1999 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, the Writers Guild of America award for Best Original Screenplay, and the Golden Globe award for Best Screenplay, among others. His other television credits include "Oh Grow Up", "Cybill" and "Grace Under Fire." Prior to moving to Hollywood, he was a noted comedic playwright in New York. Among his numerous credits are "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress," which premiered February 1993 at Manhattan Class Company, starring Thomas Gibson, Ally Walker and Allison Janney; "The M Word," which premiered at the inaugural Lucille Ball Festival of New American Comedy in 1991; "Made For a Woman;" "Bachelor Holiday;" "The Amazing Adventures of Tense Guy;" and "Your Mother's Butt." Born in Atlanta, Ball was raised in Marietta, Georgia. He attended Florida State University, where he majored in theater, with an emphasis in acting and playwriting. After college, he moved to New York, where he first worked as an art director for various trade publications.

Thomas Lynch is the author, most recently, of Booking Passage: We Irish and Americans, a book he describes as "an ethnography of everyday life." His book, The Undertaking, won an American Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Bodies in Motion and at Rest won the Great Lakes Book Award. Of his three collections of poems, Still Life in Milford is the most recent. For thirty years he has been the funeral director in Milford, Michigan. He divides his time between homes in Michigan and West Clare.

www.thomaslynch.com