The revived Kepler's Books & Music in Menlo Park, Calif., has put
together its first major events series, the Autumn Literary Festival,
which includes a sparkling night of author appearances, a music evening and a
Family Day over a long weekend.
On Thursday, November 3, the Night Out with Kepler's features:
On Friday, the store offers live music. On Saturday, Kepler's sponsors "an evening" at the Menlo School with Senator Barbara Boxer, whose new political suspense novel is A Time to Run.
On Sunday, the store offers Family Day from noon to 4 p.m. Besides having activities and events, students from Kindergarten through Grade 5 receive a 5% discount and 20% of all proceeds go to area elementary schools.
On Thursday, November 3, the Night Out with Kepler's features:
- Berkeley professor Jerome Karabel will talk about his new book, The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, at the store.
- Author Tobias Wolff, who incidentally is a Stanford professor, will speak at the Menlo College dining hall.
- Barry Eisler, a Menlo Park resident and author of the Rain thriller series, will speak at the City Council Chambers.
- Ann Packer, author of The Dive from Clausen's Pier, will appear at Trellis Restaurant in Menlo Park.
- Firoozeh Dumas, another Menlo Park resident and author of Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America, will be the focus of a dinner at a private residence.
On Friday, the store offers live music. On Saturday, Kepler's sponsors "an evening" at the Menlo School with Senator Barbara Boxer, whose new political suspense novel is A Time to Run.
On Sunday, the store offers Family Day from noon to 4 p.m. Besides having activities and events, students from Kindergarten through Grade 5 receive a 5% discount and 20% of all proceeds go to area elementary schools.