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Penny Ford

Saturday, April 21
 

10:30am

Joyce Carol Oates in Conversation with Michael Silverblatt, Conversation 1061 Bovard Auditorium, Signing Area 3Michael Silverblatt • Joyce Carol Oates Writing Big Science, Conversation 1091 Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4Carol Tavris • Antonio Damasio • Cornelia Dean • Leonard Mlodinow

11:00am

What You Need to Know to Travel the World: Tips from Times Experts L.A. Times CentralCatharine Hamm • Anne Harnagel • Christopher Reynolds Ed Asner & Ed Weinberger, Authors of "The Grouchy Historian" in Conversation with Patt Morrison Los Angeles Times Main Stage, Signing Area 8Patt Morrison • Ed Asner • Ed Weinberger

11:30am

Seeing the Unseen with The Studio at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Newstory StageDan Goods

12:00pm

The California Exception: Shaping America’s Future or Distant Outlier, Conversation 1142 Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC, Signing Area 10William Deverell • William Randolph Hearst, III • Manuel Pastor • Narda Zacchino

12:10pm

Vivica A. Fox, Author of "Every Day I'm Hustling" in Conversation with Laurie Ochoa Los Angeles Times Main Stage, Signing Area 8Vivica A. Fox • Laurie Ochoa

12:30pm

Outlander on Page and Screen: Diana Gabaldon in Conversation with April Wolfe, Conversation 1062 Bovard Auditorium, Signing Area 3April Wolfe • Diana Gabaldon

1:20pm

Gabrielle Union, Author of "We're Going to Need More Wine" in Conversation with Tre'vell Anderson Los Angeles Times Main Stage, Signing Area 8Tre'vell Anderson • Gabrielle Union We're Opinionated: A Conversation with the Times Editorial Board L.A. Times CentralNicholas Goldberg • Robert Greene • Carla Hall • Jon Healey

2:00pm

The Power of Music as Medicine – Celebrating the True Power of Music to Heal, Connect and Restore Newstory StageBeatie Wolfe • Walter Werzowa

2:30pm

A Street-Level View of the Homelessness Crisis L.A. Times CentralSteve Lopez • Francine Orr • Anthony Ruffin

3:00pm

National Geographic Presents A Screening of One Strange Rock from Executive Producers Darren Aronofsky & Jane Root, Conversation 1085 Annenberg Auditorium, presented by Newstory, Signing Area 3 From the Women’s March to #MeToo: Gender and Activism in the U.S. Today, Conversation 1144 Wallis Annenberg Hall, presented by USC, Signing Area 10Jessica Hoffmann • Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro • Sue Luftschein • Karen Tongson

3:30pm

Alison Clare Steingold, Author of "The L.A. Cookbook," with special guest Roxana Jullapat Pacific Sales Cooking Stage, Signing Area 6Roxana Jullapat • Alison Clare Steingold

4:45pm

Surprise Secret Session Newstory Stage

4:50pm

Curtis Armstrong, Author of "Revenge of the Nerd" in Conversation with Chris Barton Los Angeles Times Main Stage, Signing Area 8Chris Barton • Curtis Armstrong
 
Sunday, April 22
 

1:20pm

Maria Shriver, Author of "I've Been Thinking" in Conversation with Robin Abcarian Los Angeles Times Main Stage, Signing Area 8Robin Abcarian • Maria Shriver

2:00pm

The Newspaper & the City: Patt Morrison & Chris Erskine in Conversation with Steve Padilla, Conversation 2113 Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4Steve Padilla • Chris Erskine • Patt Morrison Valerie Bertinelli, Author of "Valerie's Home Cooking" Pacific Sales Cooking Stage, Signing Area 6Valerie Bertinelli Fiction: Epics Old & New, Conversation 2023 Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Chris Daley • Janet Fitch • Laila Lalami • A.G. Lombardo • Madeline Miller

3:00pm

Story Smash: The Storytelling Gameshow! Live at LA Times Newstory! (Parental guidance suggested), Conversation 2084 Annenberg Auditorium, presented by Newstory, Signing Area 3Christine Blackburn • Jon Cohen • Christina Anthony • Kelly Carlin • Margot Leitman • Melanie Maras • Peter Mehlman • Matt Oswalt • Christopher Rivas • Paul Shirley

3:40pm

Leslie Odom, Jr., Author of "Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning" in Conversation with Mary McNamara Los Angeles Times Main Stage, Signing Area 8Leslie Odom, Jr. • Mary McNamara Los Angeles: The Sports Capital of the World L.A. Times CentralAngel Rodriguez • Sam Farmer • Dylan Hernandez • Bill Plaschke • Lindsey Thiry • David Wharton