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Amy Sassenberg

Behind The Blues
Owner/Writer
Seattle
Websitebehindtheblues.com
Writing about music and musicians, festivals and clubs, profiles and publicity.
Writing about seniors, elders, memory, health care, humanity. Photography-Publishing-Blogging=Poetry.
Saturday, April 13
 

10:00am PDT

Erica Jong, Reading from "The World Began With Yes" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Erica Jong

10:30am PDT

The Art of the Podcast - Conversation 1121 - REQUIRES TICKET Norris Theater, Signing Area 5Clint Schaff • Camila Victoriano • Joanne Faryon • Jonathan Hirsch • Paige Hymson • Daniel Miller Susan Orlean, Author of "The Library Book," in Conversation with Julia Turner - Conversation 1021 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Julia Turner • Susan Orlean

11:30am PDT

Tayari Jones, Author of "American Marriage: A Novel," in Conversation with Michael Silverblatt - Conversation 1102 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5Michael Silverblatt • Tayari Jones

12:00pm PDT

The Art of Presence: Into an Immersive Future - Conversation 1122 - REQUIRES TICKET Norris Theater, Signing Area 5Noah Nelson Terry Tempest Williams, 2018 Robert Kirsch Award Winner, in Conversation with Tom Curwen - Conversation 1112 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5Tom Curwen • Terry Tempest Williams

12:50pm PDT

The Trojan Men—a cappella Musical Performance USC StageThe Trojan Men

1:00pm PDT

Tommy Orange, Author of "There There," in Conversation with Natashia Deón - Conversation 1103 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5Natashia Deón • Tommy Orange

1:30pm PDT

Memoir: Who We Came From and Who We Came to Be - Conversation 1073 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4Samantha Dunn • Nicole Chung • Rigoberto González • Vanessa McGrady • Sophia Shalmiyev LANDLIGHTS Instant Choir: Come build a Community through Creativity in 60 Minutes - Conversation 1123 - REQUIRES TICKET Norris Theater, Signing Area 5Greg Delson Print Journalism: Where Do We Go from Here? - Conversation 1133 - REQUIRES TICKET Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10Christina Bellantoni • Will Hearst • Daniel Hernandez • Norman Pearlstine • Christa Scharfenberg

2:30pm PDT

Travel on a Budget: How to Find Your Retreat Without Eyeing Your Receipt LA Times LiveCatharine Hamm • George Hobica • John DiScala Gigi Gorgeous, Author of "He Said, She Said: Lessons, Stories and Mistakes from My Transgender Journey," interviewed by Jessica Roy LA Times Main StageJessica Roy • Gigi Gorgeous Set Me Free: Novels of War, Internment, and Enslavement - Conversation 1084 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4Scott O'Connor • Esi Edugyan • Christian Kiefer • Crystal Hana Kim The Internet: How Technology Shapes Our Lives - Conversation 1054 - REQUIRES TICKET Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Johana Bhuiyan • Jeff Kosseff • Roger McNamee • Jennifer Rothman • Andrew Smith Final Draft: Writing Hollywood's Stories - Conversation 1014 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Claudia Puig • Geoff Dyer • Stephen Jay Schwartz • Kenneth Turan • Elizabeth Weitzman

3:00pm PDT

Hollywood Remembered: A Screening of "Bombshell" and Conversation - Conversation 1124 - REQUIRES TICKET Norris Theater, Signing Area 5Mark Olsen • Karina Longworth Publishing Poets: On The Best American Poetry - Conversation 1134 - REQUIRES TICKET Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10Callie Siskel • Brendan Constantine • Dana Gioia • Sonia Greenfield • Robin Coste Lewis Excavating The Past: Writing International Histories - Conversation 1004 - REQUIRES TICKET Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1Bill Boyarsky • Ruby Lal • Scott Martelle • Priya Satia Who We Are: Looking at Life At Every Stage - Conversation 1094 - REQUIRES TICKET Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4Emily Rapp Black • Marc Freedman • Sunita Puri • Michael Reichert

4:00pm PDT

Stories From the Mexican Border - Conversation 1055 - REQUIRES TICKET Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Molly Hennessy-Fiske • Gary Coronado • Aaron Bobrow-Strain • Francisco Cantú

4:30pm PDT

Dave Barry, Author of "Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog," Interviewed by Patt Morrison LA Times Main StagePatt Morrison • Dave Barry Fiction: The Trouble Starts At Home - Conversation 1095 - REQUIRES TICKET Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4Diana Wagman • Alyson Hagy • Katya Apekina • Shobha Rao A Shared Future for Mixed Reality - Conversation 1065 - REQUIRES TICKET Annenberg Auditorium, Signing Area 3Kristopher Layng • Gabe Zetter Pleasure as Antidote to Adversity—Relating in Today's World: A Somatic, Storytelling Experience Newstory StageBrittany Ballard • Kamali Minter Entertainment, Information, and Addiction: Our New Digital, Social World - Conversation 1135 - REQUIRES TICKET Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10Varun Soni • Ali Abbas • Julie Albright • David Craig Blood, Sand, Rocks, and Roots: A Scientific Look At the Elements That Create Our World - Conversation 1005 - REQUIRES TICKET Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1Jia-Rui Cook • Vince Beiser • Marcia Bjornerud • Rose George • Thomas Hager Pitchapalooza - Conversation 1115 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5The Book Doctors

5:00pm PDT

#Unsent - Personal Storytelling and Podcast Newstory StageNancy Witt • Clint Schaff • Tamika Butler • Salvador Benavides • Erica Dawson • Noah Nelson • Jadah Parks Chatterjee • Lisa Daron Grossman • Jasmine Guillory • Chani Nicholas • Brittany Ballard • Hanna Bowens
 
Sunday, April 14
 

10:15am PDT

Designing with Light: The Upcoming Wave of Ubiquitous Projection - Conversation 2121 - REQUIRES TICKET Norris Theater, Signing Area 5Phil Reyneri

10:30am PDT

Cultural Preservation Through Writing, Curated by Marty Preciado - Conversation 2091 - REQUIRES TICKET Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4Marty Preciado • Yeiry Guevara • Yesika Salgado • Karla T. Vasquez Biography: The Lives of Legendary African Americans - Conversation 2001- REQUIRES TICKET Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1Marcus Anthony Hunter • Raymond Arsenault • David W. Blight • Ron Rapoport • Jeffrey C. Stewart CANCELED: Joyce Carol Oates, Author of "Hazards of Time Travel," in Conversation with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett - Conversation 2041 - REQUIRES TICKET Bovard Auditorium, Signing Area 3Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Notes From The 'Ovary Office': A Celebration of Wombin - Conversation 2061 - REQUIRES TICKET Annenberg Auditorium, Signing Area 3Pam Ward • Tchise Aje • Kay Benjamin • Bridgette Bianca • Sequoia Mercier • El Rivera • S Pearl Sharp • Jaha Zainabu • V. Kali

11:00am PDT

Bret Easton Ellis, Author of "White," in Conversation with Scott Timberg - Conversation 2081 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4Scott Timberg • Bret Easton Ellis Travel Memoirs: Searching For Serenity - Conversation 2031 - REQUIRES TICKET Mudd Hall 203, Signing Area 1Michelle Nijhuis • Brian Castner • Megan Griswold • Diana Marcum • Caroline VanHemert Walter Mosley, Author of "Down the River Unto the Sea," in Conversation with Christopher Goffard - Conversation 2051 - REQUIRES TICKET - CANCELED Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Christopher Goffard • Walter Mosley

11:30am PDT

Karamo Brown, Author of "My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope," Interviewed by Yvonne Villarreal LA Times Main StageYvonne Villarreal • Karamo Brown SPHERES: The Songs of the Cosmos In Virtual Reality - Conversation 2122 - REQUIRES TICKET Norris Theater, Signing Area 5Eliza McNitt

12:00pm PDT

Funny With a Twist: Putting the Personal in Pop Culture - Conversation 2092 - REQUIRES TICKET Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4Emily Heller • Guy Branum • Kristi Coulter • Erin Gibson Memoir: Exploring Life in Small Passages - Conversation 2112 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5Adriana Ramirez • Sarah McColl • Suzannah Lessard • Marion Winik Music and Emotion: Sonic storytelling using Tactile Audio technology - Conversation 2062 - REQUIRES TICKET Annenberg Auditorium, Signing Area 3Darin McFadyen Aren't We American? Race, Class, Immigration, and Citizenship - Conversation 2132 - REQUIRES TICKET Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10Jody Agius Vallejo • Duncan Ryuken Williams • Sam Erman • Juan De Lara • Elda María Román

12:30pm PDT

Amber Tamblyn, Author of "Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution," interviewed by Mariel Garza LA Times Main StageMariel Garza • Amber Tamblyn Girls to the Front: Women Breaking Barriers - Conversation 2102 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5Alex Cohen • Robin Green • Joy Press • Wyomia Tyus • Leslie Zemeckis Fiction: Versions of California - Conversation 2082 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4Antoine Wilson • Vanessa Hua • Lydia Kiesling • Nina Revoyr • Susan Straight Literary Endings: Death in the Novel - Conversation 2032 - REQUIRES TICKET Mudd Hall 203, Signing Area 1Alex Espinoza • Martin Riker • David Vann • Katharine Weber Freedom of the Press: Reporting in the Age of Trump - Conversation 2052 - REQUIRES TICKET Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Del Quentin Wilber • Jennifer Medina • Patt Morrison • Robert Scheer

12:45pm PDT

REACH: Democratizing Technology, Tools, and Distribution to Empower XR Storytellers - Conversation 2145 - REQUIRES TICKET Norris Theater, Signing Area 5Nonny de la Peña

1:00pm PDT

Essays and Memoir: Living Our Best Lives - Conversation 2013 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Chris Erskine • Lori Gottlieb • Cathy Guisewite • Heather Havrilesky • Mary Laura Philpott

1:30pm PDT

Sound Trip: An Immersive Experience - Conversation 2063 - REQUIRES TICKET Annenberg Auditorium, Signing Area 3Hernan Lopez • Rico Gagliano

2:00pm PDT

Jen Sincero, Author of "You Are a Badass Every Day," in Conversation with Kimi Yoshino - Conversation 2103 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5Kimi Yoshino • Jen Sincero T.C. Boyle, Author of "Outside Looking In," with an Introduction From Norman Pearlstine - Conversation 2053 - REQUIRES TICKET Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Norman Pearlstine • T.C. Boyle

2:30pm PDT

Justine Bateman, Author of "Fame: The Hijacking of Reality," interviewed by Deborah Vankin LA Times Main StageDeborah Vankin • Justine Bateman

3:00pm PDT

Showgirls and Superstars: Gender in Music, Dance, and Comedy - Conversation 2134 - REQUIRES TICKET Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10Allison Wolfe • Guy Branum • Karen Tongson • Leslie Zemeckis Kino Industries Screens Participatory Movie "Late Shift" w/ Q&A Newstory StageScott C. Silver • Chady Eli Mattar • Tobias Weber

3:30pm PDT

Music Storytelling Unplugged with Linda Perry, Beatie Wolfe, Jason Flom and Kerry Brown - Conversation 2125 - REQUIRES TICKET Norris Theater, Signing Area 5Craig Marks • Beatie Wolfe • Linda Perry • Jason Flom • Kerry Brown Day to Day: Finding A Way to a Better Self - Conversation 2084 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4Amy Alkon • Sam Horn • Humble the Poet

4:00pm PDT

Writing & Publishing: Inside Stories of the Book Business - Conversation 2015 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Oscar Villalon • Dan Smetanka • Colleen Dunn Bates • Betsy Amster • Nicole Dewey