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December 2008

12/10 - Nicholas Fox Weber, author of Le Corbusier: A Life. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. Municipal Art Society, 457 Madison Ave. at 51st St. (in the Villard Townhouses where Random House was founded, Le Cirque used to be, and the Helmsley Palace Hotel subsumes) 212.935.2075. $15 AN
------- Daniel Libeskind , renowned architect, winner of the design competition for the World Trade Center site (altered beyond recognition by the powers that be), and Paul Goldberger , distinguished architecture critic for the NYTimes, authors of Counterpoint: Daniel Libeskind in Conversation with Paul Goldberger. Reservations required. 6:00 PM. Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Pl. 212.683.0023. CFA
------- Richard Sennett and other contributors to The New York 2030 Notebook. Reservations encouraged. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. The Municipal Art Society's Urban Center Books, 457 Madison Ave. at 51st St. 212.935.2075 (RSVP) CFA
------- Jessica Lange, screen actress (King Kong, Crimes of the Heart) and photographer of Jessica Lange: 50 Photographs. In connection with an exhibition of her work. Opening reception, too. Books by powerHouse Books. 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Howard Greenberg Gallery, 41 East 57th St. 212.334.0010. pHB

12/9 - Debbie Weiner, interior designer and author of Slob Proof! Real-life Design Solutions. 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble Park Slope, 267 Seventh Ave., Park Slope, Brooklyn. 718.832.9066. BN
------- Nicholas Fox Weber, author of Le Corbusier: A Life. Reservations encouraged. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. The Municipal Art Society's Urban Center Books, 457 Madison Ave. at 51st St. 212.935.2075 (RSVP) CFA
------- James Stewart Polshek, principal in Polshek Partnership Architects, architects for, among many others, the Rose Center at the American Museum of Natural History, the Clinton Presidential Library and Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Polshek and Polshek Partners are the subject of editor Sean Sawyer's Polshek Partnership Architects: 1988 - 2004, published on the 40th anniversary of the firm's founding. A presentation of the Museum's Spotlight on Design series. Reservations required. Not specifically listed as a signing event and is most likely BYOBook, author may sign. Tickets required. 6:30 PM. Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave. at 103rd St. 212.534.1672 ext 3395 (reservations, information). $9 CFA

12/8 - Marlene Dumas, artist and author/subject of Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave (and several more). In connection with the opening of an exhibition of her work. Not specifically listed as a signing event and may be BYOBook, or, since this is the tie-in book, pick one up in the MoMA store, author may sign. Tickets through the website. 5:45 PM. Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd St. 212.708.9400. MOM

12/6 - Ed Roth, artist and founder of Stencil 1, creator of Stencil 101. RSVP required to [rsvp at powerhousearena dt com]. 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM.  powerHouse Books' powerHouse Arena, 37 Main St., Brooklyn. 718.666.3049. pHB

12/5 - Annie Leibovitz, cover photographer for Vanity Fair whose insistence on shooting 15-year old Miley Cyrus nude nearly put Miley out of business, photographer of, most recently, Annie Leibovitz at Work. 7:00 PM. Reservations by phone requested. 7:00 PM. 192 Books, 192 Tenth Ave. at 21st St. 212.255.4022. ONE
------- Jessica Lange, screen actress (King Kong, Crimes of the Heart) and photographer of Jessica Lange: 50 Photographs. 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. The Store at the International Center of Photography, 1133 AOA (Sixth Ave.) at 43rd St. 212.857.9725. See also 12/10 for Ms. Lange. pHB

12/3 - Fritz Haeg, architect/landscape architect/artist, author of Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn, a Project by Fritz Haeg (about, among other things, yards planted with edibles. Not specifically listed as a signing event and may be BYOBook, author may sign. Sponsored by The Architectural League NY. 6:45 PM. Urban Center, 457 Madison Ave. at 51st St. (in the Villard Townhouses where Random House was founded, Le Cirque used to be, and the Helmsley Palace Hotel subsumes) 212.935.2075. AL
------- Annie Leibovitz, cover photographer for Vanity Fair, photographer most recently of Annie Leibovitz at Work. 8:00 PM. 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. at (where else?) 92nd St. 212.415.5500. $27 92Y
------- Judith Gura, design historian and author of New York Interior Design 1935 - 1985. 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. New York School of Interior Design, 170 East 70th St. betw Lex & 3rd Aves. 212.472.1500 x405. CFA

12/2 - Peter L. Gluck, principal in Peter L. Gluck and Partners, architect and author, with editor Oscar Ojeda, of The Modern Impulse: Peter L. Gluck & Partners, Architects. Reservations encouraged. 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. The Municipal Art Society's Urban Center Books, 457 Madison Ave. at 51st St. 212.935.2075 (RSVP) CFA
------- Photographers Elliott Erwitt, Mary-Ellen Mark, Susan Meiselas, Bruce Davidson, Livia Corona, (architecture category winner, Sony World Photography Awards 2008), Moises Saman (photojournalism category winner, Sony World Photography Awards 2008) Nigel Parry and Elliott Landy, and possibly others, each with monographs to their credit. In connection with the Sony World Photography Awards 2008 Exhibition. Some monographs may be made available by the publisher, powerHouse books. RSVP required to [rsvp at powerhousearena dt com]. 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. powerHouse Books' powerHouse Arena, 37 Main St., Brooklyn. 718.666.3049.

12/1 - Michael Sorkin, Distinguished Professor of Architecture and the Director of the Graduate Urban Design Program at CCNY, author of Indefensible Space : The Architecture of the National Insecurity State and Against the Wall: Israel's Barrier to Peace. In connection with his lecture Eutopia Now! Not specifically listed as a signing event and may be BYOBook, author may sign. 6:00 PM. City College, 25 Broadway, Seventh F. 212.925.6625. CUNY
------- Mary Ellen Mark, photographer of Seen Behind the Scene. 7:00 PM. McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince St. 212. 274.1160. MCJ

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