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Week of Events
An Evening with Cher (Virtual)
An Evening with Cher (Virtual)
After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her true story in intimate detail.
In conversation with Peggy Noonan (virtual event)
In conversation with Peggy Noonan (virtual event)
Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event: Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 6pm PT/9pm ET **An Evening with Peggy Noonan discussing her book, "A Certain Idea of America: Selected Writings"** This event is taped with an audience on December 5. TICKETS: $46 Virtual Admission + signed book (includes shipping to US addresses only). Includes access to watch the event on December 10 at 6pm PT/9pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days. **From Pulitzer-prize winning Wall Street Journal columnist and New York Times bestselling author Peggy Noonan, a masterclass in how to see and love America.** **Peggy Noonan** is a Pulitzer-Prize winning opinion columnist at the Wall Street Journal where her column, Declarations, has run since 2000. She is the author of ten books on American history and culture, including the political classic *What I Saw at the Revolution*. She was a special assistant and speechwriter to President Ronald Reagan. "The only predictable thing about Noonan's column is its unpredictability."―Tim Russert For a quarter century, Peggy Noonan has been thinking aloud about America in her Wall Street Journal column, and this new collection of her essential recent work demonstrates the erudition, wisdom and wit that have made her Read More ...
WeHo Reads: Through a Lens Queerly
WeHo Reads: Through a Lens Queerly
What makes a memory? What makes an idol? Through what queer lenses do we examine ourselves and our community?What makes a memory? What makes an idol? Through what lens do we examine ourselves and our community?This discussion brings together a poet and author, a photographer, and a culture writer to discuss how they point a critical lens at themselves and their community. Charles Jensen is the author of Splice of Life: A Memoir in 13 Film Genres (Santa Fe Writer’s Project 2024) and the collection of poetry Instructions between Takeoff and Landing (University of Akron Press 2022). Manuel Betancourt is the author of The Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men (Penguin Random House 2024). Aaron Jay Young is a portrait photographer and the author of Queen (Padlock Publishing 2023). The event will open with an original poem read by Jen Cheng, current West Hollywood City Poet Laureate and author of Braided Spaces (2023).WeHo Reads is a literary series presented by the City of West Hollywood. More information and events at www.weho.org/wehoreads. BookSwell, a literary events and media company dedicated to lifting up writers from historically excluded communities, is producing the WeHo Reads Read More ...