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May 14, 2008
Hear Eleanor Coppola Read
From Her, "Notes On A Life"
"Eleanor Coppola shares her extraordinary life as an artist, filmmaker, wife, and mother in a book that captures the glamour and grit of Hollywood and reveals the private tragedies and joys that tested and strengthened her over the past twenty years.
Her first book, Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now, was hailed as “one of the most revealing of all first hand looks at the movies” (Los Angeles Herald Examiner). And now the author brings the same honesty, insight, and wit to this absorbing account of the next chapters in her life.
In this new work we travel back and forth with her from the swirling center of the film world to the intimate heart of her family. She offers a fascinating look at the vision that drives her husband, Francis Ford Coppola, and describes her daughter Sofia’s rise to fame with the film Lost in Translation. Even as she visits faraway movie sets and attends parties, she is pulled back to pursue her own art, but is always focused on keeping her family safe. The death of their son Gio in a boating accident in 1986 and her struggle to cope with her grief and anger leads to a moving exploration of her deepest feelings as a woman and a mother.
Written with a quiet strength, Eleanor Coppola’s powerful portrait of the conflicting demands of family, love and art is at once very personal and universally resonant."(Random House, 2008)
Click here to purchase, "Notes on a Life."
Upcoming Book Signing Events:
5/19/2008 - 7:30 pm
Kepler's Books
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
650-324-4321
5/20/2008
- 6 p.m.
Tosca Cafe
242 Columbus Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94133
415-986-9651
5/22/2008 - 7 pm
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA 94925
415-927-0960
5/28/2008 - 7:30 pm
Capitola Book Cafe
1475 41st Avenue
Capitola, CA 95010
831-462-4415
6/3/2008 - 7 pm
Rubicon Estate (Click here for information on the 'Music in the Vineyards' event)
1991 St Helena Highway
Rutherford, CA 94573
To purchase tickets for this event: 707-258-5559
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Posted by Pamela at 10:54 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) | Art Education , Books , Non-wine activities in Napa Valley
On the left, Writing on the Body, ©1999 Charles Hobson.
On the right, #001, from the series, Evocations ©2007 Mary Daniel Hobson
May 1, 2008
Father-Daughter Artists Provide
Two Reasons for Palo Alto Field Trip
Experiments in Navigation: The Art of Charles Hobson
Exhibition Explores Making of Artist's Books at Two Venues on Stanford University Campus
April 30 - July 6, 2008 at Cantor Arts Center
April 30 - August 17, 2008 at Peterson Gallery, Green Library, Stanford, California
The Stanford University Libraries and the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University present the exhibition "Experiments in Navigation: The Art of Charles Hobson,” which opens at two locations on campus April 30. Hobson's work explores themes of classical mythology, astronomy, surrealism, shipwrecks, and love affairs of famous historical figures, among other topics, through the medium of the artist's book.
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Two Reasons for Palo Alto Field Trip"
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April 17, 2008
Summer Garden Cooking Inspired
By Sonoma Author in 2 New Books
Guest posting by Janet Fletcher
Anybody who loves fruits and vegetables as much as Jeff Cox clearly does is, for me, a kindred spirit. Cox, a prolific writer, has spent his distinguished professional career promoting organic gardening, wine appreciation and good cooking, all passions I share. For those of us who believe that good eating begins with a home garden—or, lacking that, a local farmer’s market—Cox’s two new books, The Organic Cook’s Bible and The Organic Food Shopper’s Guide (both from John Wiley & Sons), reinforce our prejudices. Like him, I’m persuaded that varieties matter (nothing beats an O’Henry peach), that the season should steer the menu, and that fresh produce offers endless inspiration.
A Sonoma County resident and longtime restaurant critic for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Cox spent much of his early career at Organic Gardening magazine. Organic food was a fringe movement then; today’s shoppers have many more organic choices, and Cox’s new books give readers the tools to make the most of them.
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Audrey Hepburn starred in Billy Wilder’s, “Sabrina,” wearing costumes designed by Edith Head.
February 22, 2008
Academy Awards 2008, Watch the Costumes
“No One Knows Our Name”
If you read, “Dressed: A Century Of Hollywood Costume Design,” published by Harper Collins last November, you’ll be hypersensitive to the difference between red carpet fashion and the art of costume design when you watch the Academy Awards Sunday night. Written by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, president of The Costume Designers’ Guild, “Dressed” takes the reader from the lavish productions of Hollywood’s Golden Age to contemporary blockbusters, illustrating the pivotal role the costume designer plays in creating the authentic characters that move an audience to tears and to laughter.
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December 5, 2006
Heidi Swanson Book Announcment
December 4, 2006
Dear Friends,
In the February 2007 Ten Speed Press will publish the second book
by our talented and progressive friend, Heidi Swanson. This isn't
old material re-packaged. She's created an original we'll all want
on our reference shelves. In fact, if I were on your gift list, I'd be
glad to receive an IOU for this book.
To receive an e-vite to the party I'll host in her honor in Napa, send me a return e-mail indicating your interest.
Happy Holidays,
Pam Hunter
Studio 707
68 Coombs Street, Ste. C
Napa, CA 94559
Mailing address: P.O. Box 670, Napa, CA 94559
707-258-1699 Office
707-258-1604 Fax
707-738-3506 Mobile
pam@studio-707.com
www.studio-707.com
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