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Chris Aldrich

Los Angeles, CA
Websitehttps://boffosocko.com
I'm a biomedical engineer who loves: information theory, complexity theory, abstract math, biology, #IndieWeb, journalism, education, and the entertainment industr.
Saturday, April 13
 

10:00am PDT

It Takes Two: Co-Authoring Middle Grade Fiction - Conversation 1011 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Holly Goldberg Sloan • Emily Chenoweth • Johnny Marciano • Rachel Renée Russell • Nikki Russell

10:30am PDT

The Enduring Allure of Shakespeare - Conversation 1131 - REQUIRES TICKET Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10David Bridel • Emily Anderson • Rebecca Lemon • Natsuko Ohama • Andy Stott Father Gregory Boyle, Author of "Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship," interviewed by Steve Lopez LA Times Main StageSteve Lopez • Father Gregory Boyle 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

11:00am PDT

Column One: How to Spot and Tell a Great Story LA Times LiveSteve Padilla • Carolyn Cole • Nathan Fenno • Esmeralda Bermudez • Molly Hennessy-Fiske

11:30am PDT

This is How It Happened: Young Adult Nonfiction - Conversation 1032 - REQUIRES TICKET Mudd Hall 203, Signing Area 1Andrew Aydin • Julissa Arce • Claire Hartfield • Greg Neri • Susan Goldman Rubin In Conversation: LA Times Owner Patrick Soon-Shiong and Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine LA Times Main StageNorman Pearlstine • Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong

12:00pm PDT

A Swiftly Heating Planet: Writing Climate Change Across Genres, presented by the National Book Foundation - Conversation 1092 - REQUIRES TICKET Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4Carolyn Kellogg • Arlie Russell Hochschild • Claire Vaye Watkins Science Fiction: Our Planet, Reimagined - Conversation 1072 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4Wil Kaufman • Daniel Suarez • K. Chess • Deji Olukotun

12:30pm PDT

Cooking Demonstration Featuring Alana Newhouse, Author of "The 100 Most Jewish Foods: A Highly Debatable List" with Special Guest Joshua Malina Cooking Stage, Signing Area 9Joshua Malina • Alana Newhouse David Shannon, Author of "Grow Up, David!" Reading by 9 Children's Stage Presented by Target, Signing Area 7David Shannon

1:30pm PDT

Sandra Cisneros, Author of "Puro Amor," interviewed by Esmeralda Bermudez LA Times Main StageEsmeralda Bermudez • Sandra Cisneros 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

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

Writing Across Genres: What it Means to be Black in America - Conversation 1024 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Rebecca Carroll • Morgan Parker • Nafissa Thompson-Spires • Damon Young

3:30pm PDT

Lawrence O'Donnell, Author of "Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics," interviewed by Norman Pearlstine LA Times Main StageNorman Pearlstine • Lawrence O'Donnell

3:40pm PDT

Metro Columnist Roundtable: A Conversation With Three Voices of The Times LA Times LiveChris Erskine • Steve Lopez • Frank Shyong • Robin Abcarian

4:00pm PDT

Middle Grade Fiction: The Good Parts of Growing Up - Conversation 1085 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4Regan McMahon • Kekla Magoon • Holly Goldberg Sloan • Janet Tashjian

4:30pm PDT

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
 
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

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 Connections and Consequences: Young Adult Fiction - Conversation 2071 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4Sharon Levin • Lizzy Mason • Matt Mendez • Emily X.R. Pan Creating Safe Spaces: Bullying, Violence, and Safety - Conversation 2131 - REQUIRES TICKET Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10Erroll G. Southers • Brendesha Tynes • Ron Avi Astor • Patrick Prince

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 Danica McKellar, Author of "Do Not Open This Math Book" Reading by 9 Children's Stage Presented by Target, Signing Area 7Danica McKellar 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

12:00pm PDT

Memoir: Exploring Life in Small Passages - Conversation 2112 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5Adriana Ramirez • Sarah McColl • Suzannah Lessard • Marion Winik A Lens to the Past: Historical Young Adult Fiction YA Stage Presented by HS Insider, Signing Area 9Sharon Levin • Julie Berry • Tonya Bolden • Melissa de la Cruz Books: What It Means to Be a Reader - Conversation 2072 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4Heather Scott Partington • Glory Edim • Lisa Lucas • Max Rudin • David L. Ulin

12:30pm PDT

Chelsea Clinton, Author of "Don't Let Them Disappear," in Conversation with Mary McNamara - Conversation 2042 - REQUIRES TICKET **Please click through to see signing instructions Bovard Auditorium, Signing Area 3Mary McNamara • Chelsea Clinton 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

1:30pm PDT

Chernobyl As Told On Page and Screen - Conversation 2093 - REQUIRES TICKET Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4Barry Glassner • Adam Higginbotham • Craig Mazin Janet Napolitano, Author of "How Safe Are We: Homeland Security Since 9/11," interviewed by Scott Kraft LA Times Main StageScott Kraft • Janet Napolitano Food Justice for All? Food Security in L.A. - Conversation 2133 - REQUIRES TICKET Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10Breanna Hawkins • Sarah Portnoy • Kris Coombs • LaVonna Lewis

2:00pm PDT

Off the Record: Contemporary Political Fiction - Conversation 2083 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4Eli Stokols • Seth Greenland • Tom Rosenstiel • Jessica Yellin 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

3:00pm PDT

John Scalzi, Author of "The Consuming Fire," and Cory Doctorow, Author of "Radicalized," in Conversation with Maryelizabeth Yturralde - Conversation 2024 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Maryelizabeth Yturralde • Cory Doctorow • John Scalzi

3:30pm PDT

Outside the Bubble: the Politics of Citizenship Across America - Conversation 2054 - REQUIRES TICKET Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Matt Pearce • Samantha Allen • Ben Bradlee, Jr. • Anna Merlan • Jared Yates Sexton

4:00pm PDT

Eva Chen & Derek Desierto, Author & Illustrator of "Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes" Reading by 9 Children's Stage Presented by Target, Signing Area 7Derek Desierto • Eva Chen 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