Arvada Library
7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada
Sat: 5:30 p.m. Hosting the 10th annual Jefferson County Library Foundation benefit, “A Rare & Novel Experience: Al Fresco at the Arvada Library.” Festivities include an Italian dinner, live and silent auctions and live musical entertainment. Guests include Gene Smaldone and Dick Kreck, longtime Denver Post reporter and author of “Smaldone: The Untold Story of an American Crime Family.” Tickets are $50, call 303-275-6179 or e-mail natalie .martinez@jeffcolibrary.org. Proceeds support the Knott’s Kids Traveling Children’s Library and Summer Reading Club.
Boulder Book Store
1107 Pearl St., Boulder
Mon: 7:30 p.m. Meredith Ogilby and Corinne Platt will discuss and sign “Voices of the American West.”
Tue: 6:30 p.m. Gary Paulsen will discuss and sign “Woods Runner” and “Lawn Boy Returns.”
Wed: 7:30 p.m. Brigitte Mars will discuss and sign “Sexual Herbal: Prescriptions for Enhancing Love and Passion.”
Thu: 7:30 p.m. Timothy Stokes will discuss and sign “What Freud Didn’t Know: A Three-Step Practice for Emotional Well-Being through Neuroscience and Psychology.”
Colorado Springs Marriott
5580 Tech Center Drive, Colorado Springs
Thursday, Friday-April 25: The 19th annual Pikes Peak Writers’ Conference offers a variety of writing workshops, author programs and more. Call 719- 531-5723 or visit or to register. Author Linda Rohrbough presents “Learn to Talk About Your Work to an Editor or Agent” at a pre-conference workshop at 9 a.m. Thursday. Call for details.
Denver Country Club
1700 E. First Ave.
Fri: 11 a.m. The Women’s Library Association and Friends of Penrose Library are hosting a “Lunch, Laugh, Learn” luncheon featuring Dr. Elliot Engel, professor of literature from Chapel Hill, N.C. Tickets are $75; $125 includes reception with Engel. Proceeds benefit the Penrose Library. Call 303-759-4719.
Murder by the Book
1574 S. Pearl St., Denver
Thu: 5:30 p.m. Sandra Dallas will discuss and sign “Whiter Than Snow.”
Tattered Cover, Colfax
2626 E. Colfax Ave.
Mon: 7:30 p.m. Brad Watson will read from and sign “Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives.”
Tue: 7:30 p.m. Karen Tack and Alan Richardson will demonstrate and sign “What’s New Cupcake? Ingeniously Simple Designs for Every Occasion.”
Thu: 7 p.m. Melissa Marr will read from and sign “Radiant Shadows: A Wicked Lovely Book.”
Tattered Cover, Highlands Ranch
9315 Dorchester St.
Wed: 7 p.m. Gary Paulsen will read from and sign “Woods Runner” and “Lawn Boy Returns.” Free tickets for the signing will be available at 6 p.m.
Thu: 7:30 p.m. Jennifer Chiaverini will read from and sign “The Aloha Quilt.”
