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• • SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

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AN EVENING WITH

Steve Aoki

IN CONVERSATION WITHHowie Mandel

DISCUSSING HIS MEMOIR

Blue: The Color of Noise

September 4, 8pm
Aratani Theatre,
Downtown Los Angeles

Steve Aoki is an electronic

musician, record producer,

DJ, music executive and

philanthropist. A global

trendsetter and tastemaker

instrumental in defining

contemporary youth culture,

he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance/

Electronica Album in 2013 forWonderland. He has

collaborated with artists such as BTS, Daddy Yankee,

Migos, Tiesto, Linkin Park, blink-182, Lil Jon, and Fall

Out Boy, and has released severalBillboard-charting studio

albums. His most recent album,Neon Future III, which

serves as the third chapter of theNeon Futureconcept

albums, featured Louis Tomlinson, Lil Yachty, Bill Nye,

Mike Posner, and many more. He is ranked among the top

ten DJs in the world today.

Blue: The Color of Noiseis Aoki’s remarkable story—in

pictures and words. The superstar DJ/producer started his

career as a vegan straightedge hardcore music kid hell-bent

on defying his flamboyant, millionaire father, Rocky Aoki,

founder of Benihana. He recounts the epic highs of music

festivals, clubs and pool parties around the world, as well

as the lows of friendships lost to drugs and alcohol.

“He’s a tastemaker, for real.” —Rolling Stone, “50 Most

important People in EDM”

Howie Mandel is a comedian, television host, producer,

actor and author. He has served as a judge for a decade on

NBC’s hit summer talent competition series,America’s Got

Talent.

AN EVENING WITH

Walter Mosley

DISCUSSING HIS BOOK

Elements of Fiction

September 5, 8pm

Peltz Theater, Museum of Tolerance

Walter Mosley is the author of more than fifty critically-

acclaimed books, including the bestselling mystery series

featuring Easy Rawlins. His work has been translated into

twenty-fivelanguages and includes literary fiction, science

fiction, political monographs, and a young adult novel. He

is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry

Award, the Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master

Award, a Grammy, PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement

Award, and an Edgar Award.

InElements of Fiction, Mosley guides the writer

through the elements of writing that transcend convention.

In a series of instructive and conversational chapters,

Mosley demonstrates how to master fiction’s most essential

elements: character and character development, plot and

story, voice and narrative, context and description, and

more. It is a vivid depiction of the writing process, from

the blank page to the first draft to rewriting, enriched by

brilliant demonstrative examples Mosley has written here

for the first time.

“Mosley’s spirited generosity helps make [writing] less

daunting. A concise work that aspiring writers will find

useful.” —Kirkus Reviews

AN EVENING WITH

Emma Donoghue

DISCUSSING HER NOVEL

Akin

September 10, 8pm

William Turner Gallery,

Bergamot Arts Station,

Santa Monica

Emma

Donoghue migrates

between genres,

writing literary

history, biography,

stage and radio

plays as well as

fairy tales and short

stories. She is best

known for her

novels, which range from the historical (Slammerkin,Life

Mask,Landing,The Sealed Letter) to the contemporary

(Stir-Fry,Hood,Landing). Her international

bestsellerRoomwas aNew York TimesBest Book of 2010

and was a finalist for the Man Booker, Commonwealth,

and Orange Prizes.

In her new novel,Akin, a retired New York professor’s

life is thrown into chaos when he takes a young great-

nephew to the French Riviera, in hopes of uncovering his

own mother’s wartime secrets.

Noah Selvaggio, a widower living on the Upper West

Side, but born in the South of France, is days away from

his first visit back to Nice since he was a child, bringing

with him a handful of puzzling photos he’s discovered from

his mother’s wartime years. But he receives a call from

social services: he is the closest available relative of an

eleven-year-old great-nephew he’s never met, who urgently

needs someone to look after him. Out of a feeling of

obligation, he agrees to take Michael along on his trip.

Much has changed in this famously charming seaside

mecca, still haunted by memories of the Nazi occupation.

The unlikely duo, suffering from jet lag and culture shock,

bicker about everything from steak frites to screen time.

But Noah gradually comes to appreciate the boy’s truculent

wit, and Michael’s ease with tech and sharp eye help Noah

unearth troubling details about their family’s past. Both

come to grasp the risks people in all eras have run for their

loved ones, and find they are more akin than they knew.

Akinis a funny, heart-wrenching tale of an old man and

a boy, born two generations apart, who unpick their

painful story and start to write a new one together.

FALL 2019

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reception before the talk. Tickets are available for

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INTERVIEWERS: Events are presented in a conversation

format. Interviewers confirmed at press time are

included. For updates on interviewers, please visit each

event on our website.

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