Winter’s chill and post-holiday doldrums are no match for the intrepid authors, editors, and staff of JHU Press, who will be as busy as ever in January with book signings, special events, and an array of academic meetings. Chicago, every discerning traveler’s winter destination, hosts both the APA and MLA meetings this month. Goshen, IN, will be keeping warm with a veritable Amish Quilts extravaganza, featuring several events with Janneken Smucker starting January 11. And already beautiful San Francisco and Santa Cruz will seem even better when Michael Wolfe reads from Cut These Words into My Stone on January 14 and 17. Please spread the word, keep warm, and launch your new year with the very best wishes of your friends at the JHU Press.
2–5 January 2014
JHUP Exhibit – American Historical Association
Washington, DC
Information: 2014 Annual Meeting
2–5 January 2014
JHUP Exhibit – American Philological Association
Chicago, IL
Information: 2014 Annual Meeting
8 January 2014, 1:00 p.m.
Book Talk & Signing – Alfred Sommer
10 Lessons in Public Health
Pikesville Library
Baltimore, MD
Admission: Free; 410-887-1234
9–12 January 2014
JHUP Exhibit – Modern Language Association
Chicago, IL
Information: 2014 Annual Meeting
10 January 2014, 2:00 p.m.
Book Talk & Signing – M. Nils Peterson
Housing Bomb: Why Our Addiction to Houses Is Destroying the Environment and Threatening Our Society
Quail Ridge Books
Raleigh, NC
Admission: Free; visit Quail Ridge Books.
11 January 2014, 12:00–2:00 p.m.
Book Talk & Signing – Janneken Smucker
Amish Quilts: Crafting an American Icon
Better World Books
Goshen, IN
13 January 2014, 10:00 a.m.
Book Talk & Signing – Janneken Smucker
Amish Quilts: Crafting an American Icon
Goshen College Convocation
Goshen, IN
14 January 2014, 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Book Talk & Signing – Janneken Smucker
Amish Quilts: Crafting an American Icon
Mennonite Historical Society, Goshen College
Goshen, IN
Book Talk & Signing – Michael Wolfe
Cut These Words into My Stone
Capitola Book Cafe
Santa Cruz, CA
15–18 January 2014
JHUP Exhibit – Joint Mathematics Meetings
Baltimore, MD
Information: 2014 Annual Meeting
17 January 2014, 7:00 p.m.
Book Talk & Signing – Michael Wolfe
Cut These Words into My Stone
Books Inc., Opera Plaza
San Francisco, CA
24 January 2014,7:30–9:30 p.m.
Concert & Book Signing – Mark Osteen
“Night Songs: The Music of Film Noir”
Featuring Mark Osteen, author of Nightmare Alley, and the Cold Spring Jazz Quartet
Germano’s Trattoria
300 South High Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
Mark Osteen, JHUP author of Nightmare Alley: Film Noir and the American Dream, is also the saxophonist and vocalist for the Cold Spring Jazz Quartet. This event combines his considerable talents as he introduces and plays music from some of the genre’s most memorable films. “Night Songs” is a dazzling and unique multi-media event that is sure to delight both jazz aficionados and classic movie fans.
Admission: $10 per person. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. for pre-show dining. Performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Reservations strongly suggested. Call Germano’s to purchase tickets and make a reservation at 410-752-4515 or visit http://www.germanostrattoria.com for more information. For more about CSJQ, check their website: http://www.coldspringjazz.com.
25 January 2014, 2:00 p.m.
Book Talk & Signing – Janneken Smucker
Amish Quilts: Crafting an American Icon
Quilt Lecture Series, Alma Sue Quilt Shop
Sarasota, FL