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Nick Hornby will be at Politics and Prose Thursday signing copies of his new book.
Tuesday:
>> Today begins the Smithsonian's three day online conference on climate change from 11 a.m. to 3:50 p.m. today through Thursday. Registration is free; find out all about it on their website, which includes a live webcast.
>> Head to Politics and Prose tonight for a 7 p.m. book talk with NYT restaurant critic Frank Bruni, who will be joined by Maureen Dowd. They'll discuss his memoir, Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater, which "recounts a lifelong love-hate relationship with food, which began when he was a bulimic baby and progressed to eating in his sleep and binging."
Wednesday:
>> Get out your dancin' shoes and head to the 14th Street Busboys and Poets this evening. At 6 p.m., the authors of The Beat! Go-Go Music From Washington, D.C will give a lecture about the history of Go-Go and sign their book. Author Ms. Mahdi will interview the Godfather of Go-Go, Chuck Brown, and show clips from the new film Jazz In the Diamond District. The early events are free, but stick around for a performance from Faycez U Know at 9 p.m., which costs $10.
>> Or choose the K Street Busboys instead for a 6 p.m. author event with Christina Asquith and her book Sisters in War: A Story of Love, Family, and Survival in the New Iraq.
>> Head to the National Zoo's Visitor Center Auditorium at 7 p.m. for a panel discussion on Cheetahs in Crisis. Panelists include Laurie Marker, founder and executive director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund; Adrienne Crosier, research biologist at the Zoo; Craig Saffoe, biologist at the Zoo; and Carlos Sanchez, veterinarian at the Zoo. Show up at 6 p.m. to mix and mingle at the cash bar.
>> Or, see artist William Wiley at one of the American Art Museum's Clarice Smith Distinguished Lectures in American Art. 7 p.m. at the McEvoy Auditorium.
Thursday:
>> The Hamiltonian Artist Speaker Series brings us a workshop titled Better Communicate Through the Web with web developer Phil Jones at 7 p.m. at the U Street gallery.
>> Novelist Nick Hornby (of High Fidelity and About a Boy fame) will be reading from his sixth novel Juliet, Naked at Politics and Prose at 7 p.m. The book centers around a long-term relationship between "a man obsessed with a 1980's singer-songwriter " and a woman who dares to criticize her boyfriend's number one star.
>> At 7 p.m., Sixth and I brings us performance-artist-turned-author A.J. Jacobs, who "immerses himself in month-long exercises in self-illumination—from assuming the identity of a beautiful young woman to living a life of total honesty" and has written two NYT bestsellers from his experiences. His newest book The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment will be available for signing after the event. $6.
Friday:
>> The American Art Museum starts their two-day symposium on A Long and Tumultuous Relationship: East-West Interchanges in American Art today, which runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Saturday.
Saturday:
>> The Corcoran holds a lecture at 4 p.m. to introduce their exhibit Edward Burtynsky: Oil. The author will be joined by ecological economist Dr. William Rees, who will "respond to the show and discusses humanity’s impact on the earth and how to move towards achieving a more sustainable future." $10 for non-members.
>> At Saturday's 2:30 p.m. Inside Media event at the Newseum, Carlotta Walls LaNier will recall her experiences as the youngest of the "Little Rock Nine" with the WaPo's Lisa Frazier Page, with whom she co-wrote her latest memoir, A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School.
>> Spend a full day at Politics and Prose and hear three very different book talks. At 1 p.m., Rachel Simmons discusses The Curse Of The Good Girl, which reveals the results of her studies of adolescent girls, who often care too much about being liked to grow up healthy. At 3:30 p.m., Jess Walter reads from his third novel, The Financial Lives Of The Poets, and at 6 p.m., David L. Bosco gives his portrayal of the U.N. Security Council in Five To Rule Them All: The U.N. Security Council and the Making of the Modern World.
Sunday:
>> Join local director Jennifer L. Nelson at 4 p.m. at the 14th Street Busboys for A.C.T.O.R. (A Continuing Talk on Race). She'll discuss her latest production, Black Pearl Sings! at Ford's Theatre and lead the talk.
Monday:
>> Join Congressman Barney Frank and author Stuart Weisberg at 8 p.m. at Sixth and I to discuss the politician's biography Barney Frank: The Story of America’s Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman. $6.
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>> The American Art Museum runs Thursday & Friday, not Friday and Saturday. Oh, disappointment.