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Here is a tentative list of some of Diane’s Reign of Error book tour dates.
Monday, September 16:
PITTSBURGH
6:00 pm: Great Public Schools Pittsburgh at the Temple Sinai, 5505 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217.
Tuesday, September 17:
PHILADELPHIA
7:30 pm: Philadelphia Free Library event in Montgomery Auditorium, 1901 Vine St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.
Wednesday, September 25:
DENVER
6:30 pm: North High School, 2960 N. Speer Blvd., Denver, CO 80211. (Co-sponsored by the Denver Classroom Teachers Association).
Thursday, September 26:
SEATTLE
7:00 pm: University of Washington, location TBA
Friday, September 27:
SACRAMENTO
6:30 pm: Memorial Auditorium, 1515 J St., Sacramento, CA 95814. (Co-sponsored by the Sacramento City Teachers Association).
Saturday, September 28:
BERKELEY
7:00 pm: Martin Luther King Middle School, 1781 Rose St., Berkeley. (Co-sponsored by KPFA, Berkeley Federation of Teachers, and Oakland Education Association).
Monday, September 30:
PALO ALTO/SAN FRANCISCO
Schedule TBA
Tuesday, October 1:
LOS ANGELES
7:00 pm: Occidental College, Thorne Hall, 1600 Campus Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90041.
Wednesday, October 2:
NORTHRIDGE
7:00 pm: College of Education at California State University, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91330.
Tuesday, October 8:
BROOKLYN
7:30 pm: Brooklyn By the Book, Congregation Beth Elohim and Community Bookstore, 274 Garfield Place, Brooklyn, NY 11215. (Diane will be in conversation with David Denby of the New Yorker).
Thursday, October 10:
MARQUETTE
7:30 pm: Northern Michigan University in Marquette, MI 49855.
Tuesday, October 15:
KINGSTON, RHODE ISLAND
6:30 pm: University of Rhode Island School of Education, Kingston, RI 02881.
Friday, October 18:
WASHINGTON, DC
7:00 p.m. -- Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008.
Friday, November 1:
ATLANTA
Schedule TBA
Monday, November 4:
PRINCETON
8:00 pm: Princeton University
Schedule TBA
Wednesday, November 13:
CHICAGO
7:30 pm: Women & Children First at First Free Church, 5255 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60640.
Friday, November 22:
RICHMOND
Schedule TBA
Friday, December 6
LAS VEGAS
Schedule TBA
Please Note: Other dates to be announced, details subject to change. Details to be forthcoming as they become available.
