Gambit New Orleans: Dec. 6, 2011

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EVENTS

LISTINGS

IT’S YOURS, TAKE IT HOLIDAY ART SWAP. Hi-Ho Lounge,

2239 St. Claude Ave., 9454446; www.hiholounge. net — NoLa Rising, a group that distributes free artwork to people in New Orleans, hosts an event where a toy donation to the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program can be exchanged for a piece of art. Email nolarising504@gmail. com for details or to donate artwork. Noon. PHOTONOLA PICTURING WAR PANEL DISCUSSION.

Saturday

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2nd Saturday Each Month 10am - 4pm Local Art and Artists

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Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St., 528-3800; www.cacno. org — Photographers Ashley Gilbertson, Sebastiano Tomada Piccolomini and Jungeun Lee discuss the role of photography in documenting the effects of conflicts and their aftermath. Visit www.photonola.com for details. Free admission. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. PRIMITIVE WOODWORKING.

Fontainebleau State Park, 67825 Hwy. 190, Mandeville, (888) 677-3668 — Park rangers host a weekly demonstration of woodworking techniques. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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STAY ON YOUR FEET: FALL PREVENTION SERIES. Touro

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Infirmary, 1401 Foucher St. — Touro Physical and Occupational Therapists hosts a three-week series to help older adults prevent falls that can lead to serious injuries and early death. Preregistration is required. Call 897-8500 for details. Free admission. 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

UNITED NONPROFITS OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS.

Mignon Faget Trunk Show

Goodwill Training Center, 3400 Tulane Ave. — Nonprofit Central hosts a weekly meeting for all leaders of nonprofit groups. Email susan_unp@yahoo.com for details. 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Saturday, December 10 10 a.m.–4 p.m. 533 Royal Street

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Mine Saloon, 705 Dauphine St., 568-0745; www.goldminesaloon.net — Writers James Nolan and Martha McFerren sign and read from their books. An open mic hosted by Jimmy Ross follows. Visit www.17poets.com for details. 7:30 p.m. Thursday. 1718 READING SERIES. Columns Hotel, 3811 St. Charles Ave., 899-9308; www.thecolumns. com — The reading event features Mark Yakich, followed by a student reading. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. BRYAN BATT. Roosevelt Hotel,

123 Baronne St., 648-1200 — The actor and author signs Big, Easy Style: Creating

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Rooms You Love to Live In. 4 p.m. Saturday. CATHERINE CAMPANELLA . Maple Street Book Shop at Bayou St. John, 3141 Ponce de Leon St.; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The author discusses and signs New Orleans City Parks at the grand opening of the store’s new location. 5 p.m. Saturday. CHRISTOPHER SCHABERG & MARK YAKICH . Octavia Books,

513 Octavia St., 899-7323 — The authors sign and read from Checking In/Checking Out. 6 p.m. Thursday.

music event. Admission $6. 9 p.m. Saturdays. PHOTONOLA BOOK SIGNING . Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection, 410 Chartres St., 523-4662; www.hnoc.org — Photographers Shannon Brinkman, Ashley Gilbertson, Loli Kantor, Deborah Luster, James A. Reeves, Josephine Sacabo, Jennifer Shaw and Mary Virginia Swanson sign their recent publications. Visit www.photonola.org for details. 5 p.m. Friday.

COOKBOOK CLUB. Garden

ROBYN WALENSKY. Maple

DAVID SEDARIS. Garden

Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., 899-7323 — The group discusses Robert Heinlein’s Farnham’s Freehold. 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266 — Kathleen Flinn discusses and signs The Kitchen Counter Cooking School at the meeting. Guests are encouraged to bring food, although it is not required. 6 p.m. Thursday. District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266 — The author signs Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

DON SAWYER . Maple Street Book Shop, New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave., 304-7115; www. maplestreetbookshop. com — The author signs from and reads The Lunch Bag Chronicles. 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. FAIR GRINDS POETRY EVENT.

Fair Grinds Coffeehouse, 3133 Ponce de Leon Ave., 913-9073; www.fairgrinds.com — Jenna Mae hosts poets and spokenword readers on the second, fourth and fifth Sunday of each month. 8 p.m.

FIRST TUESDAY BOOK CLUB.

Maple Street Book Shop, 7523 Maple St., 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop.com — The group discusses Kate Atkinson’s Case Histories. 6 p.m. Tuesday.

FR. JEROME LE DOUX. 1850 House, 523 St. Ann St., 5686968 — The author signs War of the Pews: A Personal Account of St. Augustine Church in New Orleans. Noon Saturday and Sunday. JAMES NOLAN . Barnes &

Noble Booksellers, 3721 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 455-5135 — The author signs and reads from Higher Ground. 4 p.m. Saturday.

KEITH SPERA . Louisiana Music

Factory, 210 Decatur St., 5861094; www.louisianamusicfactory.com — The author signs Groove, Interrupted. 3 p.m. Saturday. PASS IT ON . George & Leah

McKenna Museum of African American Art, 2003 Carondelet St., 586-7432; www.themckennamuseum.com — Poet Gian “G-Persepect� Smith and Alphonse “Bobby� Smith host a weekly spoken-word and

Street Book Shop, 7523 Maple St., 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop.com — The author signs Beautiful Life? The CSI Behind the Casey Anthony Trial. 6 p.m. Friday.

SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB.

“SOMETHING IN THE WATER� BOOK EVENT. Maple Street

Book Shop, 7523 Maple St., 866-4916; www.maplestreetbookshop.com — The store hosts several authors from the short story compilation including James Nolan, Tim Gautreaux and John Biguenet. 6 p.m. Thursday.

SPOKEN WORD. Ebony Square, 4215 Magazine St. — The center hosts a weekly spokenword, music and open-mic event. Tickets $7 general admission, $5 students. 11 p.m. Friday. TAO POETRY. Neutral Ground Coffeehouse, 5110 Danneel St., 891-3381; www.neutralground.org — The coffeehouse hosts a weekly poetry reading. 9 p.m. Wednesday. TOM FITZMORRIS & PEGGY SCOTT LABORDE . Roosevelt

Hotel, 123 Baronne St., 6481200 — The authors sign Lost Restaurants of New Orleans. 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The authors also appear at Maple Street Book Shop (7523 Maple St., 866-4916; www. maplestreetbookshop.com) 4 p.m. Saturday.

TROY GILBERT & KENNETH HOLDITCH . Roosevelt Hotel,

123 Baronne St., 648-1200 — The authors sign Dinner With Tennessee Williams. 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. WRITING INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS COUNCIL BOOKSIGNING .

Garden District Book Shop, The Rink, 2727 Prytania St., 895-2266 — James Nolan, Richard Deichmann, Carolyn Perry, Sally Foreman and other writers sign their books. 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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