Cokie Roberts

Cokie Roberts discusses Our Haggadah: Uniting Traditions for Interfaith Families.; Steve Roberts discusses Our Haggadah: Uniting Traditions for Interfaith Families.

A Page from the Book Festival presents A New Perspective on Seder Traditions with Cokie and Steve Roberts. During this interactive program, you will experience a taste of Passover with Cokie and Steve as they take you on a journey through their new book, Our Haggadah: Uniting Traditions for Interfaith Families. Learn how to make your first seder or discover new ways of celebrating Passover with friends and family. You will have the opportunity to taste new Passover recipes, shop local Judaica vendors and visit the Jewish Life and Learning new holiday pushcart. Our Haggadah: Uniting Traditions for Interfaith Families will be sold onsite for $25.00 Cokie Roberts is a political commentator for ABC News and a senior news analyst for NPR. From 1996 to 2002, she and Sam Donaldson co-anchored the weekly ABC interview program, This Week. She is the bestselling author of We Are Our Mothers’ Daughters, Ladies of Liberty, and Founding Mothers. Steve Roberts is the author of From Every End of This Earth and My Fathers’ Houses. He has worked as a journalist for over forty years, and appears regularly as a political analyst on the ABC radio network and National Public Radio. Steve has taught politics and writing at George Washington University for the last 20 years; he often counsels young interfaith couples and has actually performed two weddings. Fees: Couple with book $60.00; Individual with book $35; Individual without book $28. For more info contact: Amy Schaaf, amy.schaaf@atlantajcc.org and 678-812-3694. (jasbro)… (more)

Cokie Roberts reads from Ladiesof Liberty: the Women Who Shaped Our Nation.

Minnesota Public Radio presents Cokie Roberts at the Fitzgerald Theater on Tuesday, September 23rd at 7:00 p.m. Host Kerri Miller talks with Cokie Roberts about her latest book, Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation. The book is a look at the remarkable women who helped build our nation by facing challenges and becoming reformers and advocates for education, orphans and abolition. Roberts will also speak about the contemporary American political scene that she knows so well in her roles as senior news analyst for National Public Radio and as a regular roundtable analyst for ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos.
Tickets go on sale Tuesday, August 5th at noon. All tickets are $20.00. There will be an additional $2.50 facility fee added to the price of each ticket. Minnesota Public Radio members receive a discount. (mprfitz)… (more)

Cokie Roberts , Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation.

Political analyst and author Cokie Roberts follows up her bestselling book, Founding Mothers, with a look into the lives and times of the incredible women who have helped shape America. Her new book, Ladies of Liberty, spans the times between the election of John Adams in 1796 and the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828, and features stories on such women as Rebecca Gratz, Sacajawea and Dolley Madison, a strong-willed woman whose bravery and insight shaped the new capital of Washington, DC. This is a ticketed event. To obtain a ticket you must purchase your copy of Ladies of Liberty from Vroman's main store. No phone or Internet orders will be accepted. Tickets are available now at Vroman's main store. If you've already purchased your copy of Ladies of Liberty, please bring in your Vroman's receipt, and we'll give you a ticket. (booksense)… (more)