April 11, 7:30 pm: Jacqueline Winspear and Cara Black in conversation with David Kipen Two private detectives, Maisie Dobbs and Aimee Leduc, live in two different eras and in two different countries.  They are both enormously popular,  extraordinarily delightful and take us into two vastly different ways of solving crimes. Jackie Winspear sets her Maisie Dobbs mysteries in the interwar years in and around London.  Maisie does have a telephone, and does have the occasional use of an automobile, but high tech ends there. World…

You know you’re desperate for another Michael Connelly novel when you’re walking on a city street, see a Lincoln Town Car, in a town full of Lincoln Town Cars, and wonder if perhaps itinerant attorney Mickey Haller is conducting his law practice inside the car.  You know you’re desperate for that new Michael Connelly novel when you just assume that Mickey Haller is on his way to or from trouble or dodging a bullet, or perhaps just preparing a brief.  But wait! If trouble is…

It can be argued that Steve Martin is our most visible Renaissance Man—our most public creator of so much art.  He’s an award winning banjo player. He’s an actor and comedian whose appeal crosses who knows how many generations.  His tweets alone delight multitudes.  He has also written and appeared in many films, television shows and specials.  Steve’s writing—whether in short humor bursts (150 characters can make us laugh more than we thought possible) or in slightly longer prose form in the shape of novels…