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The Los Angeles Times 21st annual Festival of Books

04.08.16

The Los Angeles Times 21st annual Festival of Books on Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10 is a free weekend-long celebration of ideas, creativity and the written word. The largest literary festival in America features more than 500 authors, celebrities, musicians, artists and chefs will lead conversations, live performances and demonstrations throughout the weekend.

It’s located in the Downtown Arts and Education Corridor, adjacent to Exposition Park.

Thought leaders, personalities and experts scheduled to appear include: Buzz Aldrin, Kwame Alexander, Reza Aslan, Lidia Bastianich, Zac Brewer, T.C. Boyle, Alexander Chee, Nate Corddry, Taye Diggs, Duff Goldman, Juan Felipe Herrera, Laila Lalami, Padma Lakshmi, Jonathan Lethem, Diana Nyad, Joyce Carol Oates, Susan Orlean, James Patterson, Anna Quindlen, Holly Robinson Peete, Luis J. Rodriguez, Jonathan & Drew Scott, Tavis Smiley, Somini Sengupta, Shaka Sengor, Sabaa Tahir, David L. Ulin, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Henry Winkler, Rainn Wilson, Nicola Yoon and more.

The Festival will also feature two installments of the Ideas Exchange speaker series, which debuted last year. On the morning of April 10, author, actress and musician Carrie Brownstein (Portlandia, Transparent) will discuss her recent memoir Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl; that afternoon, Arianna Huffington (The Sleep Revolution, The Huffington Post) appears in conversation with Times columnist Robin Abcarian.

Tickets to each of these events also include a signed copy of the author’s latest book; VIP ticketholders have the opportunity to attend a meet-and-greet.

On Saturday evening, the Festival will present the LA Times Book Prizes, a ticketed event featuring James Patterson, winner of this year’s Innovator’s Award, and U.S. poet laureate  Juan Felipe Herrera, receiving the Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement, alongside honorees in 10 literary categories.

For more information about the schedule, location, ticket and transportation information can be found on the Festival website.

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Necessary Supplies Needed OC Rescue Mission

04.07.16

The Orange County Rescue Mission is in dire need of necessary supplies and materials for its record number of formerly homeless children and their families currently living at the Village of Hope, its Orange County transitional living facility.

The Rescue Mission currently houses more than 56 families and a total of 103 children, which places the mission at its highest capacity of children and families since its inception in 2008.

The Orange County Rescue Mission is asking the local community to donate items that can help provide these basic necessities for families and their children, including: pack and play crib sheets; Two (2) high chairs; gentle ease infant formula; Eucerin lotion, humidifiers, reams of construction paper, coloring books, children’s books, oriental trading art projects for various holidays (Memorial Day, 4th of July, etc.). Dreft laundry detergent for babies and stickers.

The donation warehouse is open between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Those wishing to donate can drop off these donations at the Orange County Rescue Mission’s Village of Hope located at 1 Hope Drive in the city of Tustin.

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