entertainment - "book"

- The Public theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew Hamingson) and Joe's Pub (Director, Shanta Thake; General Manager Kevin Abbott) are proud to announce the Joe's Pub 10th Anniversary Weekend featuring 10 for the 10th, a two-day series of 10 free concerts at Joe's Pub, and an anniversary Gala paying tribute to legendary musician, champion of emerging artists, and New Yorker Judy Collins.

A tower of strength: An excerpt of Michael Daly's new book on the brave FDNY pastor who gave all on 9-11

Steppenwolf Theatre Company launches its 2008-2009 season, an exploration of the imagination, with the world premiere of Kafka on the Shore, adapted for the stage and directed by ensemble member Frank Galati, based on the book by Haruki Murakami. The production, featuring ensemble members Francis Guinan and Jon Michael Hill with Christine Bunuan, Gerson Dacanay, Mary Ann de la Cruz, Christopher Larkin, Aiko Nakasone, Andrew Pang, David Rhee and Lisa Tejero, runs September 18 - November 16, 2008 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St.

Last September, Nikki Sixx's harrowing memoir of addiction, 'The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star,' debuted at No. 7 on the new york Times book review nonfiction best-seller list.

Film Festivals: Festival unveils Canadian Images lineup -- The Vancouver Film festival unveiled the Canadian Images lineup on Wednesday, and literary adaptations figure highly again.

The Language of God by Francis S. Collins. I saw Mr. Collins interviewed on BookTV and ordered the book. He was the head of the Human Genome Project. Much of the book was above my head or boring to me but it is also a testimony to Collins???s faith in God. I found it wonderful [...]

Brad Meltzer's new novel threads together the biblical story of Cain and Abel with the actual details of Superman creator Jerry Siegel's life.

An item in today’s Shelf Awareness (a daily newsletter aimed at independent bookstore owners) reports that bookseller Mitchell Kaplan (owner of Books & Books with branches in southern Florida and the Cayman Islands) has teamed up with Hollywood producer Paula Mazur to create the Kaplan/Mazur Company, a group designed to turn books into films.

AFTER WRITING way more than 1,000 Tattle columns, we've been called every name in the book by angry e-mailers and anonymous callers.

With thorough reporting and an eye for rich detail, veteran National Public Radio correspondent Tom Gjelten traces the story of the Bacardi family, whose product helped shape Cuba's soul until Fidel Castro nationalized its facilities in 1960.