Book events

Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-927-0960; bookpassage.com. Feb. 21: Ben Jealous discusses “Never Forget Our People Were Always Free.” 6 p.m. in person; Feb. 22: Erica Berry discusses “Wolfish” with Talia Lakshmi Kolluri. 6 p.m. in person; Feb. 23: Christopher J. Preston discusses “Tenacious Beasts.” 6 p.m. in person; Feb. 25: Jake Bittle discusses “The Great Displacement.” 1 p.m. in person; Feb. 25: H.H. Leonards discusses “Beyond the Bus” with LaDonna Boyd. 4 p.m. online; Feb. 26: Graham Rayman discusses “Rikers.” 1 p.m. in person; Feb. 28: Lesley-Ann Brown discusses “Blackgirl on Mars” with Elisa Donovan. 1 p.m. online.

Copperfield’s Books: copperfieldsbooks.com. March 9: Martin Puchner discusses “Culture: The Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-Pop.” Noon online. Register online.

Mill Valley Public Library: 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley; 415-389-4292; millvalleylibrary.org. Feb. 23: Newly appointed California poet laureate Lee Herrick, San Francisco poet laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin and Marin County poet laureate emerita Becky Foust will share poems and answer questions. This event is in collaboration with the Marin Poetry Society. 7 p.m. in person. Registration required.

Other talks

Creekside Room: Magnolia Avenue at Palm, Dominican University of California, San Rafael. Feb. 21: The Marin chapter of the World Affairs Council presents a talk by Federal Reserve Board governor Robert Heller on “Can We Defeat Inflation Without Causing a New Recession?” 7 p.m. in person. $10. For more information, contact Frank Rettenberg at rettenfs@gmail.com.

HopMonk Tavern: 224 Vintage Way, Novato; wonderfest.org/shuffling-math. Feb. 21: Wonderfest presents Cornelia Van Cott, professor of mathematics at the University of San Francisco, with a discussion on “The Mathematics of Card Shuffling.” 7 p.m. in person. Masks recommended, which are provided.

Marin County Free Library: marinlibrary.org/events. Feb. 25: Music educator Karlus Trapp discusses “The Roots of Black Music in America.” 4 p.m. online. Register online.

Marin County Genealogical Society: maringensoc.org. Feb. 23: Jeffrey Vaillant discusses “Lies, Lies, Damn Lies: Can DNA Solve My Paternal Lineage?” 7 p.m. in person at 220 North San Pedro Ave. in San Rafael as well as online on Zoom. For access online, email info@maringensoc.org.

St. Andrew Presbyterian Church: 101 Donahue St., Marin City; 415-332-1011; saintandrewpc.org. Feb. 24: Di’ara Reid discusses “A Conversation about Gender: Whose Choice is it Really?” with moderator the Rev. Floyd Thompkins. 11 a.m. in person.

Westminster Presbyterian Church: 240 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon; wpctiburon.org. Feb. 23: The Rev. Floyd Thompkins of Marin City’s St. Andrew Presbyterian Church speaks as part of the Faith Traditions Speaker Series. 7 p.m. in person.

— Compiled by Colleen Bidwill

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