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New World Library
(2018-09-04)
304 pages
ISBN: 978-1608685646

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Events

Contact us if you have a recommendation for Bill to speak or attend an event in your community or with a specific organization or university.

For upcoming events please see Bill’s Facebook Fan page.

A Brief Sampling of Past Events William Powers: Keynote Theme Speaker August 2021, Life on a Star summer conference

Recent past events:

WEDNESDAY – January 16, 2019 – GRAND RAPIDS, MI
12:30-1:30 pm          Keynote talk, January Series
1:30pm                       Book Signing
Calvin College
3201 Burton SE
Grand Rapids, Michigan

WEDNESDAY – July 18, 2018– Moscow, Russia

Bill spoke on the Moscow Urban Forum Business Program Well-Being Panel: “No Stress City”.

6:15pm to 7:15pm
Zaryadye Park
Varvarka Street, Estate 6
Moscow

MONDAY – July 22, 2018– Moscow, Russia

Bill gave a talk on his book “New Slow City: Living Simply in the World’s Fastest City” at the MUF City Festival.

1:15pm to 2:15pm
Haussmann Hall
Zaryadye Park
Moscow

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MONDAY – August 20, 2018 – CHAPEL HILL, NC
10:30am
Carolina Meadows
100 Carolina Meadows
Chapel Hill, NC 27517

MONDAY – August 20, 2018 – CHAPEL HILL, NC
7:00pm
Flyleaf Books
752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

WEDNESDAY – September 5, 2018 – SANTA FE, NM
6:30pm
Collected Works Bookstore
202 Galisteo Street
Santa Fe, NM 87501

THURSDAY—September 6, 2018 – ALBUQUERQUE, NM
6:00pm
Bookworks Bookstore
4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW
Albuquerque, NM 87107

TUESDAY – September 11, 2018 – BOULDER, CO
7:30pm
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl St
Boulder, CO 80302

WEDNESDAY – September 12, 2018 – BOULDER, CO
5:30 -7pm
SEEC campus
University of Colorado (CU) Boulder
Wolf Law Building, Classroom 207
Event with the Latin American Studies Center,
Global Studies Residential Academic Program, and
the Governor’s Climate and Forests Task Force

THURSDAY – September 13, 2018 – DENVER, CO
7:00pm
The Tattered Cover Bookstore
With Slow Food Denver
Lower Downtown (LoDo)
1628 16th Street
Denver, CO 80202

TUESDAY – September 18, 2018 – LOS ANGELES
7:00pm
Keynote Speaker – Environmental Student Assembly Speaker’s Series
University of Southern California
Social Sciences Building
Classroom B2 3502
Trousdel Parkway
Los Angeles, CA 90089

SATURDAY – September 22, 2018 – SEBASTOPOL, CA
7:00pm
Copperfield’s Books
138 N. Main St.
Sebastopol, CA  95472

SUNDAY – September 23, 2018 – CORTE MADERA, CA
1:00pm
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA 94925

TUESDAY – September 25, 2018 – NEW YORK CITY, NY
7:00pm
McNally Jackson Books
52 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012

THURSDAY – September 27, 2018 – WASHINGTON, DC
7:00pm
Politics and Prose Bookstore at Union Market
1270 5th St NE
Washington, DC 20002

TUESDAY – October, 2 – BOSTON, MA
7:00pm
Trident Booksellers and Cafe
338 Newbury St
Boston, MA 02115

WEDNESDAY – October 3, 2018 – JAMAICA PLAIN, MA
7:00pm
Keynote Lecture
Jamaica Plain Forum
The First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist
6 Eliot St.
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

THURSDAY – October 4, 2018 – WELLFLEET, MA
6:00-7:30pm
Wellfleet Preservation Hall
335 Main St, Wellfleet, MA
For tickets: http://www.wellfleetpreservationhall.org/
Brought to you by: Wellfleet Farmers Market

TUESDAY – October, 9 – BARNSTABLE, MA
6:30pm
Sturgis Public Library
3090 Main St.
Barnstable, MA 02630

THURSDAY – October 11, 2018 – ASHLAND, WI
7:00pm
Keynote Lecture
Northland College Student Association (NCSA)
Northland College
Ashland, WI

THURSDAY – October 18, 2018 – SARASOTA, FL
5:30pm
Keynote Lecture
New Topics Lecture Series
The New College
Mildred Sainer Auditorium
5313 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL
*Requires reservation to attend

 

 

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