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Thursday, February 11th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Friday, February 26 2010
Brookside Gardens
Wheaton Maryland
www.montgomeryparks.org

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Thursday, February 11th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Friday, February 26 2010
Brookside Gardens
Wheaton Maryland
www.montgomeryparks.org
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Friday, March 19 2010
Professor Nancy Romer
Brooklyn College, CUNY
Brooklyn, New York
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Wednesday, March 24 2010
Frances Moore Lappé & Anna Lappé – Hope’s Edge: Rethinking Old Myths, Building Sustainable Communities
College of Lake County
Grayslake, Illinois
www.clcillinois.edu
Monday, February 8th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Monday, March 29 2010
Professor Christopher Schlottmann
Environmental Studies Program
New York University
New York, New York
Sunday, February 7th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Thursday, April 1 2010
Join The Food Studies Program at The New School, with Bloomsbury USA, Edible Manhattan, Glynwood Institute, Just Food, Sustainable Table, WhyHunger to celebrate the release of Diet for a Hot Planet.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
6:30 p.m.
Wollman Hall at The New School
Eugene Lang Building
65 West 11th Street, 5th floor
Free admission, reservations required by emailing dhplaunch@gmail.com.
Friday, February 5th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Thursday, April 8 2010
Book signing – 6:30 pm
Program & Reception – 7 to 9 pm
MLK Auditorium at the Santa Monica Main Library
601 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, California
Join us for a special event as Santa Monica signs onto the Cool Foods campaign and Anna launches Diet for a Hot Planet on the west coast!
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010, 12:00 AM
Friday, April 9 2010
6 to 7:30 pm
7:30 to 9 pm
18 Reasons
593 Guerrero Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
www.18reasons.org
18 Reasons will host Anna for a spirited event, including a special short reading and eco-themed nibbles.
Tickets are $10. Get yours now.
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010, 12:00 AM
Saturday, April 10 2010
11 am
Ferry Building, Port Commission Hearing Room
San Francisco, California
Sponsored by Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA), Book Passage, Food First, Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Rainforest Action Network, Oakland Institute, and Center for Food Safety.
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010, 12:00 AM
Saturday, April 10 2010
3 pm
Author appearance and book signing
Green Festival
San Francisco, California
www.greenfestivals.org
Monday, February 1st, 2010, 12:00 AM
Monday, April 12 2010
12 pm
312 Sutter Street, Second Floor
San Francisco, California
World Affairs Council – event info and tickets
Saturday, January 30th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Monday, April 12 2010
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
University of California at Santa Cruz talk sponsored by the Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) & partners
Santa Cruz, California
For more info
Friday, January 29th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Tuesday, April 13 2010
6:30 pm
Eat, Drink, Be Ecological About It – Anna Lappé in conversation with Frances Moore Lappé
595 Market Street
San Francisco, California
www.commonwealthclub.org
Thursday, January 28th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Wednesday, April 14 2010
7:00 pm
Lair Auditorium
Thursday, April 15 2010
9:30 am
Hagan Center
Spokane Community College
Spokane, Washington
www.outreach.ewu.edu/getlit
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Thursday, April 15 2010
6:30 pm
Tom Douglas’ Palace Ballroom
2030 5th Avenue (at Lenora)
Seattle, Washington
www.kimricketts.com
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Friday, April 16 2010
Private event with PCC Natural Markets
Seattle, Washington
www.pccnaturalmarkets.com
Monday, January 25th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Saturday, April 17 2010
2 pm
The Elliott Bay Book Company
Seattle, Washington
www.elliottbaybook.com
Co-sponsored by UFCW Local 21, Climate Solutions and PCC Natural Markets.
Check out their flyer for this event!
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010, 12:00 AM
Sunday, April 18 2010
1 pm
Portland, Oregon
1:00 P.M. Rededication of the City Hall Better Together Garden
City Hall (1221 S.W. Fourth)
2:00 P.M. Food and the Climate Challenge: What You Can Do About It – panel discussion with Anna Lappé
Portland Building (1120 SW Fifth)
Click here for more information.
Friday, January 22nd, 2010, 12:00 AM
Sunday, April 18 2010
7:30 pm
Powell’s Bookstore
Portland, Oregon
www.powells.com
Co-sponsored by the City of Portland, Slow Food Portland and Edible Portland.
Thursday, January 21st, 2010, 2:28 AM
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
10 am
Earth Week keynote address by Anna Lappé
Norwalk Community College
188 Richards Ave.
Norwalk, CT 06854
Thursday, January 21st, 2010, 1:07 AM
Just Food celebrates Joan Dye Gussow.
Sunday, April 25 2010
7 pm
Sotheby’s
1334 York Avenue @ 72nd Street
New York, NY
Thursday, January 21st, 2010, 12:00 AM
Monday, April 26 2010
Professor Marion Nestle
Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health
New York University
New York, New York
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010, 10:05 AM
Tuesday, April 27 2010
6:00 pm
Brattle Theater
Cambridge, Massachusetts
With Frances Moore Lappé
www.brattlefilm.org
Monday, January 18th, 2010, 10:00 AM
Thursday, April 29 2010
10:00 am
Kingsborough College, CUNY
Brooklyn, New York
Eco-Festival information
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010, 1:22 PM
25th Anniversary New York City Benefit
Thursday, April 29, 2010
7 to 10 pm
Hosted by Chris Noth
Live Music by Tift Merritt
Anna Lappé, Host Committee
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleeker Street
New York, NY
Buy tickets and sponsorships
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010, 1:18 PM
Thursday, May 6 2010
6:30 pm to all night long!
The Brooklyn Food Coalition celebrates its first anniversary with delicious local food, drink and conversation. Anna will talk about her new book and emcee as BFC activists share what they’ve been up to throughout the year.
DJ Nicodemus and DJ Sabo spinning from 9:30 PM – 12:00 AM
Food + 1 drink included with $15-50 suggested donation; then cash bar
388 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010, 9:48 AM
Friday, May 14, 2010
6:45 pm
Class by Stephanie Creaturo with Anna Lappé to celebrate Diet for a Hot Planet and to benefit the amazing work of Just Food.
Suggested $10-$20 donation. All proceeds go to Just Food.
Mala Yoga
162 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010, 12:00 AM
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
7 pm
Join Anna and Slow Food NYC members for a discussion about Diet for a Hot Planet.
Book Court
163 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010, 2:00 AM
Friday, May 21, 2010
7 pm
Flyleaf Books
752 MLK Jr Blvd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010, 1:45 AM
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
5:30 to 6:30 pm – special pre-event reception.
7 to 9 pm – event and book signing
First Christian Church
2201 First Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN
Click here for details and RSVP information.
Click here for a flyer.
Sponsored by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010, 1:30 AM
Thursday, June 17, 2010
9 am
Anna Lappé and Frances Moore Lappé present at NCGA’s National Retailer Meeting, with representatives of hundreds of cooperatives from around the country.
Macalester College
St. Paul, MN
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010, 1:20 AM
Tuesday, June 22
7 pm screening of the new film “What’s Organic About Organic?
HERE, Dorothy B. Williams Theater
145 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY, 10013
Discussion to follow about organic farming as a solution for climate change; panelists include:
Anna Lappé
Paul Mankiewicz, Executive Director, Gaia Institute
Karen Washington, President, NYC Community Gardens Coalition
Maria-Paolo Sutto, Program Coordinator, Urban Design Lab of Columbia’s Earth Institute
Urvashi Rangan, Environmental Health Scientist, Consumer’s Union
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010, 1:15 AM
Anna will be joined by SolarOne for a fun book signing at the Union Square Greenmarket.
Come learn about solar panels, climate change and how food fits in! And, of course, buy your farmers’ market fruits and veggies.
10:30 am to 1 pm
Union Square Greenmarket
14th Street
New York, NY
THIS EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED.
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010, 1:12 AM
New short film by WhyHunger on the food and climate connection
Featured at Lincoln Center’s Green Screens
Thursday, July 29, 2010
6:30 pm
Info and tickets
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010, 1:10 AM
Keynote address by Anna Lappé
Monday, August 2, 2010
9 am
Teachers College at Columbia University
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010, 1:00 AM
Anna Lappé and Greenmarket Director Michael Hurwitz team up for an evening of conversation, food and music at the “Food For Thought and Waterlily Concert” series at The Edible Garden at the beautiful New York Botanical Garden.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
7 pm
Bronx, NY
For information and to purchase tickets, click here.
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010, 12:30 AM
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
7 pm
Longfellow Books
Monument Square
Portland, Maine
Join Anna and the Spannocchia Foundation for a Diet for a Hot Planet book event!
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009, 4:54 PM
Come to the Anthology Film Archives tonight to see excerpts from six food and agricultural related films. A filmmaker panel discussion will follow, hosted by Anna.
Short clips from What’s “Organic” About Organic?”, Big River and Truck Farm, The Greenhorns, Grown in Detroit, Faces From the New Farm and an Untitled Film by Sara Grady will be screened.
Hungry Filmmakers
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Doors open at 7 pm, screenings begin at 7:30 pm,
after-party at 9 pm at Jimmy’s No. 43 (43 East 7th Street)
Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Avenue (at E. 2nd Street)
New York, NY 10003
Admission: $10
Tickets available at www.hungryfilmmakers.blogspot.com
Thursday, October 29th, 2009, 6:37 PM
Tuesday, November 17 2009
5:30 pm
Fall Speaker Forum
Morganton, North Carolina
www.wpcc.edu
Thursday, October 29th, 2009, 6:00 PM
Tuesday, December 1 2009
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
KGB Bar
New York, New York
www.kgbbar.com
Thursday, October 29th, 2009, 5:45 PM
Friday, December 11 2009
12:00 pm – 12:40 pm
www.wnyc.org
Thursday, October 29th, 2009, 5:39 PM
Saturday, December 12 2009
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Plenary
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
566 LaGuardia Place
11:15 am – 12:45 pm
Breakout Session, 1st Round: Introduction to Food and Climate Issues. Hear an overview of how the food system impacts climate change locally and globally, and its effects on health, hunger, and the economy.
Kimmel Center
60 Washington Square South
New York City, New York
www.justfood.org
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009, 12:40 PM
Tuesday, December 15 2009
7:00 pm
Anthology Film Archives
New York, New York
www.noteatingoutinny.com
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009, 10:00 AM
Saturday, January 9 2010
7:00 pm
Princeton Environmental Film Festival
Princeton, New Jersey
www.princeton.edu/sustainability
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009, 9:00 AM
Real Food Challenge
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Friday, February 5, 2010
Anna Lappé – Keynote Speaker
www.syfas.org
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009, 8:00 AM
Duke Community Garden
Duke University
Saturday, February 6, 2010
A Lecture by Anna Lappé
11 am
Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008, 8:00 AM
The Brooklyn Food Conference was a hit! Read the transcript of Anna’s speech and learn more about this year’s event and future plans here.
May 2, 2009
All-day event
Brooklyn, NY
Monday, July 14th, 2008, 9:10 AM
Anna gave a lecture on sustainability and signed books at Hanes Auditorium of Salem College.
March 9, 2009
7:00 pm
Winston-Salem, NC