Contact: Scott Benarde
Phone: 561-712-5231
Email: scottb@jcconline.com
Lore & Eric F. Ross JCC, 8500 Jog Road, Boynton Beach, FL 33472, (561) 740-9000
JCC North, 4803 PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418, (561) 689-7700
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: Jan. 12, 2010
Actors Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry, and comedian Carol Leifer
join novelist Chris Bohjalian as part of JCC Book Festival winter line up
BOYNTON BEACH — The best-selling author of a dozen novels; a pair of TV stars (married to each other); and a popular stand-up comedian also well-known for writing many of the laughs for Seinfeld and other hit comedies, are all coming to Palm Beach County for the winter, or at least a few days of it. Author Chris Bohjalian, who can boast that one of his books was an Oprah Book Club selection; Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry, stars of the NBC hit L.A. Law, and comedian Carol Leifer, are scheduled to discuss their latest work as part of the Annual JCC Book Festival.
The schedule is as follows:
- Annual JCC Book Festival Luncheon—presented by Ross JCC, featuring actors Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, Indian Spring Country Club in Boynton Beach.. The husband and wife are best-known for starring roles on the hit TV show L.A. Law, (1986 to 1994). Tucker, with input from Eikenberry, has written Family Meals: Coming Together to Care for an Aging Parent. Admission is $45 for JCC members, $55 for non-members. For more information, call Brooke Kochman at 561-740-9000 ext. 230.
- Laugh Out Loud! An Evening with Comedienne Carol Leifer, author of When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win. The award-winning writer, producer, and comic discusses her new book, subtitled Reflections on Looking in the Mirror, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, Ouzo Blue, PGA Commons, 5090 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. Admission is $12, ($10 for “Friends of the J” members). For more information, call Lisa Blumberg at 561-689-7700.
- An Evening with Chris Bohjalian, author of Skeletons at the Feast. “Skeletons,” Bohjalian’s 12th novel revolves around three characters fleeing the advance of the Russian Army during the waning months of WWII: Anna, a young woman from a well-to-do Prussian family; Callum, a Scottish POW; and Uri, a Jew passing himself off as a German soldier. These are, in Bohjalian’s words, “Ordinary people coping with trials they had never before imagined; young people coming of age in moments of seemingly unbearable stress; and, I hope, the sorts of moral ambiguity that give us all pause and force us to examine our values.” The author discusses his work at 7 p.m. Feb. 25, 2010 at the Players Club Restaurant, 13410 South Shore Blvd., Wellington. Admission, which includes wine, cheese, and desserts, is $36. For more information, contact Sharon Lowenstein at 561-676-4104, or sharonl@JCConline.com
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