Book events

Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-927-0960; bookpassage.com. May 27: Hampton Sides discusses “The Wide Wide Sea.” 6 p.m. in person; May 28: Kirsten Mickelwait discusses “The Ashtrays are Full and the Glasses are Empty” with San Anselmo resident Nina Schuyler. 6 p.m. in person; May 31: Susan Lieu discusses “The Manicurist’s Daughter” and Genevieve Kingston discusses “Did I Ever Tell You?” with Katia Savchuk. 11 a.m. in person; May 31: Jordan Rosenfeld discusses “Fallout” with San Anselmo resident Nina Schuyler. 1 p.m. in person; May 31: Ocean Vuong discusses “The Emperor of Gladness.” 6 p.m. online. Admission is $33. Register online; June 1: Sarah Allaback and Monique F. Parsons discuss “Green Gold” with Kate Leahy. 1 p.m. in person; June 1: Mill Valley resident Eve Aino Roza Wirth discusses “Elegant Hungarian Tortes and Homestyle Desserts for American Bakers.” 4 p.m. in person.

Mill Valley Community Center: 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley; 415-383-1370; millvalleylit.com. May 28: Dennis McNally discusses “The Last Great Dream” with Marin IJ columnist Paul Liberatore. 6 p.m. in person. Admission is $20 to $55.20. Register online.

Mill Valley Public Library: 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley; 415-389-4292; millvalleylibrary.org. May 28: Alka Joshi discusses “Six Days in Bombay.” 6:30 p.m. in person. Register online.

Sausalito Books by the Bay: 100 Bay St., Sausalito; 415-887-9967; sausalitobooksbythebay.com. May 25: Lucia Coppola discusses “Tempo” and Scott Waters discusses “Trains of Thought.” 4 p.m. in person; May 28: Sausalito resident Neil “Nitai” Hammari discusses “100 Sketches of Japan.” 6 p.m. in person.

Other talks

Belvedere Tiburon Library: 1501 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon; 415-789-2665; beltiblibrary.org. May 27: Dinna Davis discusses the history of mahjong. 6 p.m. in person. Register online; May 29: Marin Ballet’s Corinne Jonas discusses Sergei Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet.” 11 a.m. in person. Register online. Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-927-0960; bookpassage.com. May 29: Panel event on “Teaching Social Studies with Academic Freedom Under Fire” with Marin IJ columnist Mark Phillips, Arielle Lehmann and Alex Robins. 6 p.m. in person.

Civic Center Library: 3501 Civic Center Drive, room 427, San Rafael; 415-473-6057; marinlibrary.org. May 29: Marin Master Gardener Peter Norton discusses how to help monarch butterflies survive. Noon in person.

HopMonk Tavern: 224 Vintage Way, Novato; wonderfest.org. May 27: Wonderfest hosts two of its Science Envoys: Savvas Marcou discussing “Smartphone Seismology” and Ashley Moses discussing “Histamine Neurology.” 7 p.m. in person.

Mill Valley Public Library: 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley; 415-389-4292; millvalleylibrary.org. May 29: Spencer Sherman discusses cultivating a mindset of “financial wellness.” 6:30 p.m. in person.

— Compiled by Daniel Bromfield

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