Palm Springs Public Library - Discover, Enrich, Enjoy, Connect! 22 April 2008, Tuesday Early Learning with Families (ELF) Time: 6:00pm Location: Youth Room ELF Night at the Library serves families with children from birth to age five (5). The program supports parents and caregivers in their role as their children’s first teacher, creating an opportunity for families to share time and learn together. Local agencies will be available to address families’ interests and needs. The program will begin at 6:00 p.m. For more information call Youth Services at 323-8199. Author Lecture: Jim Berg Time: 6:30pm Location: The Learning Center Author Lecture: Jim Berg at the Palm Springs Public Library. Jim Berg, one of the editors of "The Isherwood Century: Essays on the Life and Work of Christopher Isherwood" (winner of the Lambda Literary Award) will be talking about his latest work "Isherwood on Writing". Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was a major figure in twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights movement. James J. Berg is Dean of Social Sciences and Arts at College of the Desert. The lecture will begin at 6:30 p.m. in The Learning Center (TLC), seating is limited. A publishing event:Isherwood's lectures on writing and writers, available for the first time. In the 1960s, Christopher Isherwood gave a series of lectures at California universities. During this time Isherwood, who would liberate the memoir and become the founding father of modern gay writing, spoke openly for the first time about his craft-on writing for film, theater, and novels-and on spirituality. Isherwood on writing brings these public addresses together to reveal a distinctly-and surprisingly-American Isherwood. A major figure in twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights movement, Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) is the author of "Christopher and His Kind"," The Condor and the Cows", "Down There on a Visit", "Kathleen and Christopher", "Lions and Shadows"," A Meeting by the River", "The Memorial", "My Guru and His Disciple", "Prater Violet", "A Single Man", and "The World in the Evening". A selection of his finest writing is collected in"Where Joy Resides". James J. Berg is dean of liberal arts and sciences at Lake Superior College in Duluth, Minnesota. He is editor, with Chris Freeman, of The Isherwood Century: Essays on the Life and Work of Christopher Isherwood (winner of the Lambda Award) and Conversations with Christopher Isherwood. For questions regarding this calendar, contact: The Webmatrix Licensed To: Palm Springs Public Library