COGNOTES JUNE 27 SATURDAY Edition SAN FRANCISCO, CA USE THE TAG #alaac15 AMERICAN LIBRARY AssOCIATION Haifaa al-Mansour, Award-Winning Director and Screenwriter Offers Insight, Inspiration ward-winning film director and screenwriter from Saudi Arabia Haifaa al-Mansour Haifaa al-Mansour – outspoken, Auditorium Speaker A 10:30 a.m., MCC Esplanade 305 smart, and media-savvy – adds ALA to a long list of high-profile appearances, including being interviewed by Jon Stewart on “The Audience Award at the Los Angeles Film Daily Show” and Dave Eggers for McSwee- Festival, among other awards, and is the first ney’s journal Wholphin. Al-Mansour joins feature-length movie filmed entirely in Saudi the 2015 Annual Conference Auditorium Arabia; the first feature filmed by a female Speaker series today, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Saudi Arabian director; and the first Saudi United States House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi recognizes the efforts of Winner of an EDA Female Focus Award, Arabian film submitted for the Best Foreign Roberta A. Kaplan after the Opening General Session. al-Mansour’s first feature-length film “Wad- Language Oscar. jda” also won the Best International Feature The film is the basis of al-Mansour’s middle-grade (and Author and “Social Observer” debut) novel The Green Bicycle, about Sarah Vowell Brings Wit, History to a spunky and sly eleven-year-old liv- Auditorium Speaker Series ing in Riyadh, the 015 ALA Annual Conference attend- capital of Saudi ees will be among the first to hear Sarah Vowell Arabia, who con- journalist, essayist, social commen- Auditorium Speaker 2 12:00 p.m., MCC Esplanade 305 stantly pushes the tator, and New York Times bestselling author boundaries of what’s of nonfiction books on American history considered proper – and culture Sarah Vowell talk (among other Lafayette was a general who became going out without a things) about her humorous and perceptive wildly unpopular in his native France but headscarf, wearing account of the Revolutionary War hero Mar- so beloved by Americans that George Wash- Converse sneakers quis de Lafayette. Vowell will appear as an ington considered him a son and 90,000 Auditorium Speaker today, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Haifaa al-Mansour » see page 3 » see page 3 QUICK LOOK Join ALA and “Show Your Registration Pride in the Sat. 6/27: 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sun. 6/28: 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Exhibits” Mon. 6/29: 7:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Exhibit Hours LA is planning many special Moscone Center Halls A,B,C,D Aactivities to coincide with Pride Sat. 6/27: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Week. Begin Sunday with a continental Sun. 6/28: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. breakfast in the Exhibits at 9:30 a.m. Mon. 6/29: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Exhibitors will be promoting special events, pricing, and giveaways at their Gloria Steinem 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. booths throughout the day. Make sure MCC Esplanade 305 to check out the featured Exhibitors on page 19 of this issue of Cognotes. Attendees hit the floor during Friday’s ALA/ERT Exhibits Opening Reception. 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To learn more, visit www.baker-taylor.com/axis360. SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2015 CTEOGNO S . 3 Nick Offerman: Actor, Author, Humorist, and Woodworker Actor Nick Offerman – best known for his His Aunt Michele still works at the Three role as Ron Swanson on NBC’s “Parks and Rivers Public Library; sister Lauren Offerman Nick Offerman Recreation” – promises conference attend- is executive director of the Three Rivers Public Auditorium Speaker 3:30 p.m., MCC Esplanade 305 ees plenty of laughter when he appears as an Library District. Auditorium Speaker today, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Offerman acted with Chicago theatre Offerman is also a humorist, woodworker, companies, worked as a fight choreographer Attendees can look forward to a humor- and the author of the New York Times best- and master carpenter at Steppenwolf Theatre filled hour if the introduction on Offerman’s seller Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man’s Company, and appeared in many films. Prior to professional woodshop’s website is any indi- Fundamentals for Delicious Living and the “Parks and Recreation,” for which he received cation: “We like to carve spoons, chainsaw forthcoming Gumption: Relighting the Torch of the Television Critics Award for Individual stumps, plank canoes, keep our chisels sharp Freedom with America’s Gutsiest Troublemakers Achievement in Comedy, his most prominent with stones, build pinball machines, and fine (Dutton, May 2015). role was as factory worker and Benny-Lopez- furniture. From refined modern designs to As a lifelong reader coming from a fam- love-interest Randy McGee on “George Lo- enormous Middle-Earth masterpieces, we ily of librarians, he credits his aunt, Michele pez.” In 2007, he co-starred in the Comedy build it all while smiling a lot.” Houchens, the local history librarian at the Central series “American Body Shop.” Other Offerman’s appearance at ALA Annual Three Rivers Public Library in Minooka, Il- TV appearances include “Will & Grace,” “The Conference is sponsored by Dutton, a division linois, with encouraging his love of reading. Nick Offerman (Photo © Emily Shur) King of Queens,” “24,” and “The West Wing.” of Penguin Publishing. to school, and The daughter of a poet, al-Mansour stud- people showed up editor for This American Life and an original al-Mansour speaking with ied comparative literature in Cairo and later Vowell to cheer for him contributor to McSweeney’s. She has been a » from page 1 » from page 1 boys in public attended film school in Australia. Her 2005 when he sailed into columnist for Salon, Time, and San Fran- places. The story of her attempt to get a bi- documentary “Women Without Shadows” New York Harbor after a 30-year absence. cisco Weekly and writes occasional essays for cycle, considered improper for girls to ride, speaks to the hidden lives of women in Arab In the forthcoming book Lafayette in the the opinion page of The New York Times. unfolds against the shifting social attitudes States of the Persian Gulf and was shown at Somewhat United States (October 2015), In addition to making numerous appear- of the Middle East, and explores gender 17 international festivals; received the Golden Vowell offers an insightful look at a na- ances on the “Late Show with David Let- roles, conformity, and the importance of Dagger for Best Documentary in the Muscat tion’s idealism and its reality through her terman,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” family with warmth, spirit, and humor. Film Festival; and got a special jury mention portrait of the one Frenchman we could and the “Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” in the fourth Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam. all agree upon. Vowell is also the voice of teen superhero Her next film, “A Storm in the Stars,” about Vowell is often referred to as a “social Violet Parr in the Academy Award-winning REMINDER Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and starring Elle observer,” and her previous books include animated film “The Incredibles.” Shuttle buses drop off attend- Fanning, is set to release in 2016. Unfamiliar Fishes, The Wordy Shipmates, Vowell’s appearance at the Annual ees at Moscone North and pick Al-Mansour’s appearance is sponsored by Assassination Vacation, The Partly Cloudy Conference is sponsored by Riverhead, a up attendees at Moscone South. Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint Patriot, and essay collections Take the Can- division of Penguin. of Penguin Young Readers. noli and Radio On. 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