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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
For its 29th year, the MJCCA’s book festival goes virtual
By Erin Schilling
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The Book Festival of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, known for bringing bestselling authors into Dunwoody, is going virtual for its 2020 program.
Now in its 29th year, the festival’s lineup for November includes authors John Grisham (Nov. 11), Rachel Bloom (Nov. 21) and Melissa Clark (Nov. 22). Author discussions were to begin in September and continue through Dec. 2. The discussions will be hosted on the Zoom computer platform.
A season pass covering admission to most events cost $144. It does not include books or programs where book purchases are required to see the livestream. Events featuring Michael J. Fox (Nov. 19), Rachel Bloom (Nov. 21), David Baldacci (Nov. 22) and Ina Garten (Dec. 2) are not included in the season pass price. Tickets for those events can be purchased separately.
Tickets are available at atlantajcc.org/bookfestival and range from free to $72. Some of the tickets come with the speakers’ books from A Cappella Books in Decatur. The free event is with local authors Harry Stern and Sandra Berman on Nov. 17.
MJCCA is partnering with the National Jewish Community Centers Literary Consortium so other JCCs in the country can participate in the author events to help centers dealing with by revenue cuts due to the pandemic.
“The obstacles that have been borne of this global pandemic have challenged us to identify new ways of doing business and have brought people together in ways none of us could have imagined six months ago,” MJCCA CEO Jared Powers said in a press release.
Here are authors scheduled to take part in the MJCCA’s 2020 Book Festival during November and December.
Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 10 Nov. 11 Nov. 12 Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Dec. 2 Natan Sharansky, Gil Troy and Joan Lunden Esther Safran Foer Rachel Beanland, Kristin Harmel, Dale Berra John Grisham, Cameron Douglas Jim McCloskey and Philip Lerman Lawrence Wright Raffi Berg Ariel Sabr Harry Stern and Sandra Berman Michael Ian Black and Cleo Stiller Mimi Lemay Rachel Bloom Melissa Clark Ina Garten
Source: MJCCA
