EVENTS
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Book Launch East Coast with Marisa Tomei
readings by Jessica Hecht, Charlayne Woodard, and Julia Sweeney
March 2, 2021, 7pm, EST
West Coast Launch with Andie MacDowell
March 7th, 6pm Pacific
Dynasty Typewriter and Skylight Books
Laraine Newman hosts
March 9th, 730pm, est
Dave Barry hosts
March 11th, 8pmEST
Books&Books and The Marcus Family JCC in Atlanta
Judy Gold hosts
Reading with Robin
March 15th 4pm PST
Robin Homonoff's FB live author series
Woolfer TV with Nina Lorenz Collins, March 16th
Faith Salie hosts
March 22nd, 4pm Pacific
anad cosponsors Chappaqua and Scarsdale Libraries
Susan Orlean hosts
March 29th, 7:30pm Pacific
Seattle Town Hall and Third Place Books
Next Tribe, March 25th FB Live conversation
Cynthia Sweeney hosts
April 6th, 5pm
Writer's Bloc LA
Women's Media Group
April 13th , 6p
with Sandra Tsing Loh
April 20th, 7pm EST
my cohost Laura House and I air a new
epsiode every Monday, you can listen wherever you get your
podcasts, but our home is the Maximum Fun Podcast Network
Nov. 20th
hosted by Sandra Tsing Loh
Arden Myrin and I join Sandra!
Sponsored by the Southern Cal. News Group
Nov. 15th, 4:00pm east coast time
Robin Homonoff hosts a pre-pub bonanza
with 36 authors
Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
October 30th
I gave a keynote and taught a
comedy writing punch up class,
we were supposed to be on campus
at the U of Dayton, but we did it online and it was amazing!
Maine Media College
every year I work with folks on a dual track
of writing and performing, culminating in a
live performance, this year live online:
guest teachers include Moth storytellers Jenny Allen
Brian Kett and Brian Finklestein
Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop and Festival
University of Dayton, Ohio
I'll be keynoting and teaching a humor punchup
workshop, friends Wendy Liebman and Mike Reiss
along with other great folks are speaking and teaching
Jewish Women's Theater
Comedy in the time of Covid
Cindy Chupack and I in conversation
Next Tribe
August 29-30th
Memoir Writing Retreat
spend the weekend writing with my tribe
this one's sold out, but join us next time!
February 8th, LA
Facing Homelessness
Benefit for Jewish Free Loans,
Jewish Federation Los Angeles
I'll be MCing this event
Luxe Hotel
December 8, Los Angeles
Strong Words
reading salon
7:30pm
November 19th, Brooklyn, NY
Uncommon Voices series
If You Lived with Me You'd Be Home by No
based on the op-ed in the
November 12th, New York City
En Garde Arts Gala
I'll be MCing, info TBD
October 30th, Vroman's Bookstore
interviewing author Meghan Daum
7:00pm
October 25-26th, Brooklyn
The Moth
NightFall Festival
Brooklyn, New York
October 10, New York City
Fall Comedy Series
reading along with author Lisa Birnbach
Uptown Library Society
info to come:website
June 21th, Seattle
Moore Theater
Chelsea Handler, Sit Down Comedy Tour
May 15th,2019, New York City:
Carolines on B'way
with Phoebe Robinson
benefit for Women in Media
April 8th,2019, Michigan:
Oakland University
Key note for Opening Celebration
for the Cis Maisel Center for
Judaic Studies and Community Engagement
March 12, 2019, Los Angeles: Live Talks LA
interview with Gretchen Rubin
New Roads School, Santa Monica
March 9th,2019, Los Angeles:
Women Comedians of a Certain Age
Beyond Baroque
December, Los Angeles:
Sit Spin
Holiday Show! Comedy Central Theater
October 3rd, New York City: Next Tribe
event with Katleen Kennedy Townsend, Veronica Chambers, Sheila Weller,
and Judy Collins
October 11th, 7pm: New York City: New York Society Library
"Uptown Library Series"
reading with Henry Alford
October 8-12th, 2018, Maine Media Workshops, Rockport Maine
I'm teaching a one week writing and storytelling intensive
August 31st, Mission Viejo, CA: Library Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon
keynote,author talk
June 2nd: two events in the Southlands of CA
2pm:Carlsbad Library,CA,
author talk
June 2nd, 1018, 6pm: Milton's Jewish Deli, Del Mar, CA
Sponsored by Adventures by the Book
May 31th, 2018:New York, New York
Merkin Concert Hall
In Your Face New York literary series
May 16th, Long Island, New York
UJA, keynote
Annual Spring Event
May 4th, 2018, Los Angeles
Writers Bloc, with Sandra Tsing Loh and Nina Collinz
May 3rd, 2018 6:30pm: Scottsdale, AZ
Valley of the Sun JCC, author talk
Federation Women's Philanthropy & NowGen (Young Adult) Women
April 30th, 2018: Brooklyn, NY
Egg Restaurant: Table of Contents series
with Meghan Daum and Jack Livings
April 29th, 2018: Long Island, New York
Long Island Literary Fest
April 28, 2018: Annapolis Book Fair
Details: TDB, author talk, signing
April 26th, 2018, : Rancho Mirage, CA
Luncheon and author talk, paperback launch
sponsored by the Rancho Mirage Writers Fest
April 17th, 2018: Los Angeles, CA
Words and Ideas at the Skirball Center
Novelist Jade Change and I discuss writing Chinese/Jewish immigrant stories
April 7th: Orange County, CA
Literary Orange
Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa
I'll be moderating a panel on humor
March 10, 2018: Laguna Beach, CA
American Assocation of University Women Luncheon
March 2, 2018: Miami: TEDX , Coconut Grove
Speaker, time TBD
February 14th, 2018, 1pm: Naples, FL
Jewish Federation of Collier County, author talk
November18, 2017: 3pm panel, Miami, FL
Miami Book Fair at Miama Dade College, author panel
with Jenny Allen and Steve Rushin
November 15th 7:30pm: Dunwoody, GA
Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, author talk
November 14th 7pm: Jacksonville, FL
Jewish Community Alliance, author talk
November 13th 7pm: Memphis, TN
Memphis Jewish Community Center, author talk
November 9th 11:00am: Omaha, NE
Jewish Federation of Omaha, author talk
November 4th 9:30-1pm: Placentia, CA
Soroptimists of La Habra/Brea brunch, author talk
November 1st, 10am: Livingston, NJ
MetroWest JCC
Women of Valor luncheon, keynote speaker
October 29th 4pm: Maitland, FL
Greater Orlando Jewish Community Center, closing keynote
October 20th, 730pm: Pasadena, CA
Vroman's Bookstore, interviewing
New York Times contributing writer Carina Chocano
October 18th 7pm: Penn Valley, PA
Har Zion Temple, author talk
October 5th: San Francisco, CA
As You Sow: for people and the planet
25th Anniversary Bash, emcee
September 8th: Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Spoken Interludes Literary Series at Riverview Restaurant
with Jane Green and Will Schwalbe
6pm dinner 7:30pm reading with Q & A 8:30pm book signing
Previous events:
January 28 & 29 : Rancho Mirage, California
Rancho Mirage Writers Festival, keynote and panels
February 10 : Mesa, Arizona
Mesa Arts Center I See You Made An Effort, solo show.
February 17 & 18 : Springfield, Massachusetts
City Stage I See You Made An Effort, solo show.
February 21 - March 12 : Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines Performing Arts Center I See You Made An Effort, solo show.
April 13 7:30 pm : Los Angeles, California
Skylight Bookstore, Gumbo Party Book Lunch
with Pulitzer Prize winning food critic Jonathon Gold
April 21 : San Francisco area, California
Sausilito, Book Passage, author talk and signing.
April 20, 7:00 pm : Petaluma, California
Copperfield Books, author talk and signing.
April 23 12:30-130pm : Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Times Book Fest panel with Jillian Lauren, Dani Shapiro, Joshua Mohr
April 24, 7:00 pm : New York, New York
Barnes and Noble Upper West Side, 82nd st. author talk and signing with Jessica Hecht,
Tonya Pinkins
April 26, 6:30 pm : Washington, DC
Politics and Prose, 14th and V location
Busboys and Poets, author talk and signing with Barbara Ehrenreich.
April 27, 7:30 pm : Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach JCC author talk and signing.
April 29-30th: Little Rock, Arkansas
Arkansas Literary Fest, author talk and signing TBD
May 1, 6:00 pm : Fairhope, Alabama
Page and Palette, author talk and signing.
May 3, 11:30 am : Chicago, Illinois
Standard Club, luncheon.
May 3, 7:00 pm : Chicago, Illinois
Anderson's Bookshop, author talk and signing with Julia Sweeney.
May 4, : Columbus, Ohio
Thurber House, memoir workshop, daytime.
May 5, 7:30 pm : Columbus, Ohio
Thurber House, author talk and signing.
May 8, 10:00 am : Greenwich, Connecticut
JCC author talk and signing.
May 8, 7:30 pm : Maplewood, New Jersey
Words Maplewood author talk and signing.
May 10, 7:00 pm : New York, New York
Joe's Pub, House Of Speakeasy Literary Series.
May 11, 7:30pm : Seattle, Washington
Town Hall, RESCHEDULE in the works!
May 22, 7pm: Boulder, Colorado
Boulder Theater, Conversation with Richard Dawkins
May 22, noon: Los Angeles, CA
Google campus, Google Talk
May 26, 7pm: West Hollywood, CA
WeHo Library, with Meredith Maran and Lisa Napoli
June 2-4 : Toronto, Canada
Imagine No Religion Conference, featured speaker.
June 8, 9, 10,11 : Charleston, South Carolina
American Humanist Association's 76th Annual Conference
June 12: Brooklyn, New York
The Bell House, Ask Me Another, NPR
June 18, 4-6:00 pm: Los Angeles
Angel's Flight Literary Series, with Heather Havirlesky
July 19th 7pm: Manhattan Beach, CA
reading and conversation with Jade Chang
August 14th: Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
Nude bathing on the standby line: Where funny begins and ends,
panel with Adam Mansbach