Fall 2008

An Evening with Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 * 7pm

Tickets for this event are $35 per person (includes a copy of Know Your Power) and can be purchased at www.bookpassage.com or by calling 415-927-0960 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              415-927-0960      end_of_the_skype_highlighting. Tickets can also be purchased in person at the Book Passage store in Corte Madera or San Francisco.

When Nancy Pelosi became the first woman Speaker of the House, she made history. She gaveled the House to order that day on behalf of all of America's children and said, "We have made history, now let us make progress." She continues to inspire women everywhere with a new thought-provoking book entitled Know Your Power: A Message to America’s Daughters. The collection is a combination of her own words and those of the important people who played pivotal roles in her journey. She encourages mothers and grandmothers, daughters and granddaughters to never lose faith, to speak out and make their voices heard, to focus on what matters most and follow their dreams wherever they may lead.

Ticketed events: Some events require tickets and can be purchased by contacting  ILS@dominican.edu or call 415-458-3202

An Evening with Author Amy Tan and Composer Stewart Wallace

Making of the Opera: The Bonesetter's Daughter
Sunday, September 21, 2008 * 7pm

This event offers a “behind-the-scenes” look at the making of a major artistic event. The Bonesetter’s Daughter, a new opera based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Amy Tan, was commissioned by the San Francisco Opera. The music is by Stewart Wallace with a libretto by the author herself. Excerpts from the Opera performance will be presented.

An Evening with Cherie Blair

Speaking for Myself: My Life from Liverpool to Downing Street
Monday, October 20, 2008 * 7pm

Tickets for this event are $35 per person (includes a copy of Blair's book) and can be purchased at www.bookpassage.com or by calling 415-927-0960. Tickets can also be purchased in person at the Book Passage store in Corte Madera or San Francisco.

In Speaking for Myself: My Life from Liverpool to Downing Street, Cherie Blair shares her astonishing journey from an unconventional childhood to her life as a working mother and wife of the Prime Minister. She writes about her encounters with scores of foreign leaders and her friendships with Presidents Clinton and Bush, as well as the royal family.

An Evening with Marian Wright Edelman

The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation
Monday, October 27, 2008 * 7:30pm, Caleruega Hall

Tickets for this event are $30 per person (includes a copy of Edelman's book) and can be purchased at www.bookpassage.com or by calling 415-927-0960. Tickets can also be purchased in person at the Book Passage store in Corte Madera or San Francisco.

In her newest book, The Sea is So Wide and My Boat is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation, civil rights leader Marian Wright Edelman implores America to pay attention to the state of America’s children and argues that every step we take to improve the lives of children improves the lives of all of us.