This Week at Bookworks with Hester Bass, Gabrielle Zevin, and More!

Below are this week's events at Bookworks. For more information, visit bkwrks.com/event.

Thursday, February 19
7pm • Philip Connors • All the Wrong Places
At the age of twenty-three, Connors was a young man on the make. He'd left behind the Minnesota pig farm on which he'd grown up and the brother with whom he'd never been especially close. Then one phone call changed everything. All the Wrong Places is a searingly honest account of the aftermath of his brother's shocking death.

Friday, February 20 & 21
Southwestern International Dyslexia Assoc Conference at the Sandia Resort 30 Rainbow Rd NE
Bookworks will be at this conference selling books on the subject of dyslexia and early childhood literacy, along with any books by keynote speakers and presenters.

NM Organic Farming Conference • at the Marriott Pyramid North 5151 San Francisco Rd NE
Organized annually through a collaboration between Farm to Table, the New Mexico Department of Agriculture's Organic Program, and the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service, the Conference provides producers and researchers from around the Southwest an opportunity to share their experiences and expertise.

Saturday, February 21
1:30pm • Michael Shermer at the Unitarian Church 3701 Carlisle Blvd NE with the NM Coalition for Excellence in Science & Math • The Moral Arc: How Science & Reason Lead Humanity Toward Truth, Justice, & Freedom
Bestselling author Michael Shermer's exploration of science and morality that demonstrates how the scientific way of thinking has made people, and society as a whole, more moral.

3pm • Charles McLeod • Settlers of Unassigned Lands

In these seven stories spanning the Midwest to California, Charles McLeod brings us characters estranged from their homelands and locked in conflict with their past and present selves.

Sunday, February 22

1pm • Jennifer Jacobson • Tarot Soul Cards Readings
$10 for a 10-15 minute read.

3pm • James McGrath Morris • Eyes on the Struggle
Acclaimed biographer James McGrath Morris brings into focus the riveting life of one of the most significant yet least known figures of the civil rights era--pioneering journalist Ethel Payne, the "First Lady of the Black Press"--elevating her to her rightful place in history at last.

Monday, February 23
7pm • Lee Marmon & Tom Corbett • Laguna Pueblo: A Photographic History
The distinguished American Indian photographer Lee Marmon has documented over sixty years of Laguna history: its people, customs, and cultural changes. Here more than one hundred of Marmon's photos showcase his talents while highlighting the cohesive, adaptive, and independent character of the Laguna people. Along with Marmon's own oral history of the tribe and his family photos dating back to 1872, Tom Corbett presents archival images and historical research, making this the most complete published history of any southwestern pueblo. More »

Tuesday, February 24
7pm • Billy Brown presents the new Fixed & Free Anthology
Local poets read from their works.

Wednesday, February 25
7pm • Gabrielle Zevin • The Storied Life of AJ Fikry
In the spirit of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Gabrielle Zevin's enchanting novel is a love letter to the world of books--and booksellers--that changes our lives by giving us the stories that open our hearts and enlighten our minds.

Thursday, February 26
7pm • Jocelyn Y. Buckley • Submerged in the Prophetic: A Guided Exploration into the Depths of Prophecy
All of the processing you have ever experienced was designed to refine the prophetic in you and to propel you into the prophetic promises God preordained from the beginning. Author Jocelyn Y. Buckley provides considerable insight on the prophetic that extends beyond the walls of tradition and into the realm of the supernatural.

Friday, February 27
6pm • Lucy Lippard • Undermining • Art Opening at Central Features Art Gallery 109 5th SW
Exhibition opening and public reception Friday, February 27, 6 - 8 pm with artist talk at 7 p.m., followed by a book signing of Undermining.
"I'm obsessed with too many disasters at the moment, local and global, but for this series I've zeroed in on outrage over police murders of Black boys and men (Hands Up, Don't Shoot; Black Lives Matter; I Can't Breathe....) and the longer-term impacts of climate change on the lands around us (water crises, gas and oil depredations, thoughtless development). Six diptychs will juxtapose images of different kinds of beauty." - Lucy Lippard

9pm • Expressway to Yr Skull - Sonic Youth Tribute at the Launchpad
In support of our March 1 event with Kim Gordon, the Launchpad hosts a Sonic Youth tribute night, "Expressway To Yr Skull!" Sonic Youth Interpretations featuring Hounds Low * Death Convention Singers * AJ Wildewood * Rabid Childs * Shitty & The Terribles * Huron Valley Listening Club. The event will be held at Bookworks and there is a $5 entry fee.

Friday, February 28
3pm • Elaine Carey • Women Drug Traffickers
In the flow of drugs to the United States from Latin America, women have always played key roles as bosses, business partners, money launderers, confidantes, and couriers--work rarely acknowledged. Elaine Carey's study of women in the drug trade offers a new understanding of this intriguing subject, from women drug smugglers in the early twentieth century to the cartel queens who make news today.

For Kids

Saturday, February 21
10:30am • Hester Bass • Seeds of Freedom
Explore a little-known story of the Civil Rights movement, in which black and white citizens in one Alabama city worked together nonviolently to end segregation.

Wednesday, February 25
4:30pm • Magic Treehouse Book Club! Carnival at Candlelight #33
Enjoy a craft activity and snack alopng with a discussion of Carnival at Candlellight. New members welcome.

Thursday, February 26
10:30am• Story Time!
Enjoy a craft activity and snack along with a story. New members welcome.

Looking Ahead

Sunday, March 1
7pm • Kim Gordon • Girl in a Band at UNM's Student Union Ballrooms B & C
Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story--a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of Patti Smith's Just Kids.
Tickets at www.bkwrks.com/kim-gordon.

Tuesday, March 10
7pm • Lisa See • China Dolls
It's 1938 in San Francisco: a world's fair is preparing to open on Treasure Island, a war is brewing overseas, and the city is alive with possibilities. Grace, Helen, and Ruby, three young women from very different backgrounds, meet by chance at the exclusive and glamorous Forbidden City nightclub. Grace Lee, an American-born Chinese girl, has fled the Midwest with nothing but heartache, talent, and a pair of dancing shoes.

Thursday, March 12
7pm • Hannah Nordhaus in conversation with Sharon Niederman • American Ghost
The award-winning journalist and author of The Beekeeper's Lament attempts to uncover the truth about her great-great-grandmother, Julia-whose ghost is said to haunt an elegant hotel in Santa Fe-in this spellbinding exploration of myth, family history, and the American West. Thursday, March 26

7pm • Michael Finkelstein • Slow Medicine: Hope & Healing for Chronic Illness
Are you as healthy as you could be, as healthy as you would like to be? What would you do with your life if your health were completely restored? Slow Medicine will gently guide you off the treadmill of quick fixes and onto the path of lasting wellness.