Author Laurie King discusses new book 'Pirate King' 

Laurie King (Courtesy photo) - LAURIE KING (COURTESY PHOTO)
  • Laurie King (Courtesy photo)
  • Laurie King (Courtesy photo)

Who's in town

Laurie King: The author talks about her new detective novel, “Pirate King.” Partial proceeds from this pirate-themed bookstore event benefit 826 Valencia. [6 p.m., Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, S.F.]

Lectures

Frances Moore Lappe: The author of “Diet for a Small Planet” dismantles seven common “thought traps” that impede our ability to combat environmental crises. [6 p.m., Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St., S.F.]

Janet Bishop: The curator of the “Steins Collect” exhibition explores how Sarah and Michael Stein transformed San Francisco’s appreciation for modern art. [Noon, SFMOMA, 151 Third St., S.F.]

Literary events

Book talk: The Commonwealth Club hosts a discussion of “The Great Crash 1929,” by John Kenneth Galbraith. [5:30 p.m., 595 Market St., S.F.]

At the colleges

Asian Pacific American arts: Slack-key guitarist Steven Espaniola and the hula troupe Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu perform. [Noon, UCSF, Mission Center, Carmelina’s Cafe patio, 1855 Folsom St., S.F.]

Architecture projects: The exhibition features studio projects from spring 2011 architecture final reviews that were nominated for a Jury Prize. [10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., California College of the Arts, 1111 Eighth St., S.F.]

College volleyball: SFSU hosts Central Washington. [7 p.m., SFSU, Main Gym, 1600 Holloway Ave., S.F.]

At the public library

History of life: Morrison Planetarium’s Ryan Wyatt and Jeroen Lapre discuss the making of the new planetarium show “Life: A Cosmic Story.” [6 p.m., Main Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin St., S.F.; RSVP: (800) 794-7576]

Library tour: A tour of the Main Library reveals the results of the $6 million first-floor facelift received by this Civic Center institution. [Noon, Atrium (meet at information desk), Main Library, 100 Larkin St., S.F.]

Homework help: Volunteers assist K-7 students with homework assignments. [4 to 6 p.m., Mission Branch, 300 Bartlett St., S.F.]

Local activities

Comical science: Scientist turned comedian Tim Lee, whose shows blend stand-up comedy with science and humorous PowerPoint visuals, performs at the Punch Line. [8 p.m., Punch Line Comedy Club, 444 Battery St., S.F.]

Actor salute: “Cary Grant: Definitive Star,” a film tribute to the actor, presents “Notorious” (3 and 7 p.m.) and “Suspicion” (4:55 and 8:55 p.m.), both directed by Alfred Hitchcock. [Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., S.F.]

About The Author

Staff Report

Staff Report

Bio:
A daily newspaper covering San Francisco, San Mateo County and serving Alameda, Marin and Santa Clara counties.
Pin It
Favorite

More by Staff Report

Latest in Calendar

Tuesday, Sep 26, 2017

Videos

Most Popular Stories

© 2017 The San Francisco Examiner

Website powered by Foundation
https://archives.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/author-laurie-king-discusses-new-book-pirate-king/Content?oid=2180737
archives.sfexaminer.com
crawl=CC-MAIN-2017-39
97321
application/http; msgtype=response
sha1:VUPC6JZEOEA4T4KMTDIECQ6K6GTPKBOG
<urn:uuid:140059de-488f-41aa-9c2f-00278c11f02d>
2017-09-26T12:43:14Z
209.104.5.157
application/xhtml+xml
sha1:QBNSW56T6QVGP6FSEHHAJKC5GMKIYJKM
<urn:uuid:972abb27-8e38-426b-aa2f-77d5410088c7>
https://archives.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/author-laurie-king-discusses-new-book-pirate-king/Content?oid=2180737
length
response
<urn:uuid:6d4f8a67-9ee4-4f8c-9a4a-08cd419bdad3>
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-167-232-168.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2017-39
operator: Common Crawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for September 2017
publisher: Common Crawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf