Book events

Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-927-0960; bookpassage.com. March 23: Susan Van Allen discusses “100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go.” 4 p.m. in person; March 26: Kevin Fagan discusses “The Lost and the Found” with Cynthia Le Monds. 6 p.m. in person; March 27: Emma Donoghue discusses “The Paris Express” with Carol Edgarian. 4 p.m. in person and online; March 27: Peter Som discusses “Family Style” with Lauren Goodman. 6 p.m. in person; March 29: Marin resident Marinda Freeman discusses “Everything is an Event.” 1 p.m. in person; March 29: Tamsen Fadal discusses “How to Menopause” with Tiburon resident Jen Marples. 4 p.m. in person; March 30: Janice Ross discusses “The Choreography of Environments” with Kentfield resident Daria Halprin. 1 p.m. in person; March 30: James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber discuss “Microdosing for Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance.” 4 p.m. in person.

Fairfax Women’s Club: 46 Park Road, Fairfax; 415-453-1584; ptreyesbooks.com. March 27: Point Reyes Books and Fairfax Parks and Recreation present a discussion by San Anselmo resident Nina Schuyler on “In This Ravishing World.” 6 p.m. in person. Register online.

The New School at Commonweal: 451 Mesa Road, Bolinas; ptreyesbooks.com. March 29: Point Reyes Books and the New School at Commonweal present a discussion by West Marin resident David Sheff and Steve Heilig on “Yoko.” 2 p.m. in person and online. $20 suggested donation. Register online.

Sausalito Books by the Bay: 100 Bay St., Sausalito; 415-887-9967; sausalitobooksbythebay.com. March 27: Sausalito author Cynthia Nimmo moderates a panel with several co-authors of “The Uprising of Women in Philanthropy.” 6 p.m. in person.

Other talks

Belvedere Tiburon Library: 1501 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon; 415-789-2665; beltiblibrary.org. March 25: Marin Master Gardener Peter Norton discusses how to create a habitat for monarch butterflies in Marin. 1 p.m. in person. Register online; March 26: Marin Master Gardener Marie Narlock discusses “Rethinking the Lawn.” 11:30 a.m. in person. Register online; March 26: Jon Haveman discusses the economics of immigration. 6 p.m. in person. Register online.

Dominican University of California: Creekside Room, 100 Magnolia Ave., San Rafael; commonwealthclub.org/events. March 26: Bruce Miller discusses the implications of recent funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health at the Marin chapter of the Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California’s event. 7:15 p.m. in person. Admission is $15; free for students. Register online.

Marin County Genealogical Society: maringensoc.org. March 27: Lisa Vogele discusses “How To Find Your Ancestral Village.” 7 p.m. online. Register online.

— Compiled by Daniel Bromfield

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