Sonia Sotomayor News

Bookworks hosts Sonia Sotomayor, at the KiMo Theater for a free public event on Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 5 pm.

The Bronx Children's Museum will host its third annual gala on May 7, 2019, in New York City at Manhattan's Gotham Hall. The theme of this year's celebration is "Bronx-grown," celebrating the ingenuity and imagination of the children - past, present and future - born or raised in the Bronx.

Award-winning, breakout Native American author Tommy Orange comes to The Music Hall as part of the Writers on a New England Stage series on Thursday, May 16. He will discuss his national bestseller THERE THERE, which explores the Urban Indian experience through twelve unforgettable characters in Oakland, California who converge and collide on one fateful day.

Heroines conquer fears, overcome obstacles, and achieve their dreams as Bay Area Children's Theatre (BACT) presents She Persisted, the Musical. Based on the New York Times #1 best-seller, She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World, written by Chelsea Clinton and illustrated by Alexandra Boiger, fourth-grader Naomi becomes her own hero in the world premiere opening Saturday, Feb. 2, at BACT's Berkeley Theatre Center.

The 2019 Kennedy Center Arts Summit: The Human Journey: Creating the Story of US will take place Monday, April 29, 2019 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Kennedy Center. The one-day annual convening brings together thought leaders from the arts and related fields to investigate the power and potential of the arts.

Have you ever wondered how heroines conquer their fears, overcome obstacles and achieve their dreams?

Teen country music prodigy EmiSunshine will join country-roots singer/songwriter Grant Maloy Smith on stage for the first time at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville at 2:00 on Sunday, October 14. Admission is free.

New York Times bestselling author Lee Child returns to Portsmouth as part of the Writers on a New England Stage series on Tuesday, November 6 with his latest electrifying thriller, in which Jack Reacher is haunted by family secrets...in New Hampshire!  

The world's largest free jazz festival kicks off this weekend, and Detroit Public Television for the first time will be broadcasting live from the Detroit Jazz Festival in a 90-minute program hosted by our own Fred Nahhat and Jazz Fest President Chris Collins.

Celebrating its most-watched season in four years, “The View” returns for Season 22 with a new co-host, the hottest topics, headline-making conversations, politics, pop culture, celebrity guests and newsmakers beginning TUESDAY, SEPT. 4 (11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT). Abby Huntsman has been named co-host joining the panel of smart and talented women led by moderator Whoopi Goldberg with Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Meghan McCain. Huntsman joins ABC's award-winning talk show from Fox News where she most recently served as an anchor and host of “Fox & Friends Weekend.” Plus Joy Behar, who is an original cast member, celebrates her 20th season on “The View.”

The AT&T Performing Arts Center and Interabang Books are pleased to announce an evening with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at 6:30 p.m. Friday, September 7, 2018 at the Wyly Theatre in the downtown Dallas Arts District to celebrate the release of her two new children's books, TURNING PAGES: My Life Story (available in English and Spanish) and THE BELOVED WORLD OF SONIA SOTOMAYOR. This is a family-friendly event, children are welcome and encouraged to attend. Tickets will go on sale today at 10 a.m.

Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) today announced its 2018 fall season, convening a U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, scholars, activists, performers, and artists to discuss issues that are vital to communities in Brooklyn, New York City, and across the nation. Serving as a leader in redefining libraries as centers for ideas and explorations, BPL continues its commitment to providing access to educational, economic, and cultural enrichment opportunities of the highest quality, as well as building civic engagement and strengthening the fabric of communities through the nearly 65,000 free programs offered each year.

In conjunction with U. S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's first memoir for young people, the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers is pleased to announce the opening of The Art of Turning Pages: Illustrations by Lulu Delacre for Sonia Sotomayor's Life Story on September 15. Justice Sotomayor shares her inspiring story about growing up and her deep love of reading in Turning Pages: My Life Story, which will be published by Philomel Books on September 4, along with a Spanish version, Pasando paginas: La historia de mi vida. The exhibition features nearly 30 objects on loan from award-winning children's author and illustrator Lulu Delacre, including her oil and collage art, preparatory drawings, and research material, on public view for the first time. Bilingual labels, in English and Spanish, accompany the works. Ms. Delacre will speak at Art After Hours: First Tuesdays on October 2.

Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers announces new exhibitions for Fall 2018!

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan returns to The Music Hall as part of the Writers on a New England Stage series to talk about her New York Times bestseller, MANHATTAN BEACH, winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and named one of the best books of the year by NPR, Esquire, Vogue, The Washington Post, USA TODAY, and Time.