Book events

Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-927-0960; bookpassage.com. April 13: Mill Valley resident Osprey Orielle Lake discusses “The Story is in Our Bones.” 1 p.m. in person; April 17: Brooke Williams discusses “Encountering Dragonfly” with Toby McLeod. 6 p.m. in person; April 19: Barbara Ramos discusses “A Fearless Eye.” 11 a.m. in person; April 19: Elizabeth Weingarten discusses “How to Fall in Love with Questions” with May Samali. 1 p.m. in person and online; April 19: Martin Goodman discusses “My Head for a Tree.” 4 p.m. in person.

College of Marin: Academic Center, room 255, 835 College Ave., Kent?eld; bookpassage.com. April 18: Arlie Russell Hochschild discusses “Stolen Pride,” presented by Emeritus Students of College of Marin. 1 p.m. in person and online.

Dance Palace: 503 B St., Point Reyes Station; 415-663-1075; dancepalace.org. April 19: Brooke Williams discusses “Encountering Dragonfly” with Gavin Van Horn, presented by Point Reyes Books. 4 p.m. in person.

First Presbyterian Church: 1510 Fifth Ave., San Rafael; marinhistory.org. April 15: Marin historian Dewey Livingston discusses “Point Reyes and Tomales Bay.” 7 p.m. in person. $20 at the door.

Mill Valley Public Library: 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley; 415-389-4292; millvalleylibrary.org. April 17: LeeAnn Pickrell and Fairfax resident Cathryn Shea read their poetry. 6:30 p.m. in person. Register online.

Sausalito Books by the Bay: 100 Bay St., Sausalito; 415-887-9967; sausalitobooksbythebay.com. April 16: Laura Jean McKay discusses “The Animals In That Country” and “Gunflower.” 5 p.m. in person; April 16: Dominican University MFA reading. 6 p.m. in person.

The Spinnaker: 100 Spinnaker Drive, Sausalito; sausalitobooksbythebay.com. April 17: Authors Abrahm Lustgarten, Obi Kaufmann and Mary Ellen Hannibal speak at the Earth Day symposium, presented by Sausalito Books by the Bay. 6 p.m. in person. Register online.

Other talks

Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-927-0960; bookpassage.com. April 17: Marin Theatre Artistic Director Lance Gardner and Rebecca Wear discuss “It’s True, It’s True, It’s True.” 6 p.m. in person.

HopMonk Tavern: 224 Vintage Way, Novato; 415-892-6200; hopmonk.com/novato. April 15: Wonderfest presents two of its Science Envoys: University of California at Berkeley neuroscientist Stephanie Reeves discussing “The Horizontal Saccade Bias” and Stanford astrophysicist Viraj Manwadkar discussing “Tiny Galaxies and Big Cosmic Mysteries.” 7 p.m. in person.

San Rafael Community Center: 618 B St., San Rafael; nwprrhs.org. April 14: Mike Polk, Norman Ten and Patrick Goggins discuss Utah’s transcontinental rail history at the Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society event. 7 p.m. in person. Donations accepted.

— Compiled by Daniel Bromfield

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