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TODAY

Francine du Plessix Gray will speak about her just-released book

“Them: A Memoir of Parents.” The author’s mother, Tatiana du Plessix,

was the wife of a French diplomat and muse of the Russian poet

Vladimir Mayakovsky. Her father, Alexander Liberman, was a gifted

magazine editor and aspiring artist. Both were part of the

progressive artistic Russian emigre community living in Paris in the

30s. They fled to New York with young Francine during WWII and rose

to the top of New York City’s high society.

The author will speak from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Newport Beach

Central Library in the Friends meeting room, 1000 Avocado Ave.,

Newport Beach. Cost is $10 for students with I.D., $15 for library

foundation members and $20 for general audience. Coffee, tea and

desserts will be served. Information: (949) 717-3890, (949) 644-3296

or https://www.nbpl foundation.org.

Robert Corell will present “Rapid Warming of the Arctic,” a

four-year study involving eight Arctic countries. Corell chaired the

Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, which confirmed the Earth’s climate

is changing more rapidly and persistently than at any time since the

beginning of civilization. He is a senior research fellow in the

Atmospheric Policy program of the American Meteorological Society and

a participant in the Initiative for Science and Technology for

Sustainability. Corell also helped establish the U.S. National

Assessment of the Consequences of Climate Variability and Change.

Program begins at 7 p.m., with a reception at 6 p.m., at the

Beckman Center Auditorium, UC Irvine campus. Information: (949)

824-7252.

A free seminar on “Energy: We all want more and run out too soon”

is being presented by master herbalist Mark J. Kaylor from 6:30 to

8:30 p.m. at Mother’s Market, 225 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa.

Information: (949) 631-4741.

MAY 26

David Markovitz brings Teddy Roosevelt back to life by using

anecdotes, quotes and stories at the Newport Harbor Republican

Women’s luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at Five Crowns Restaurant, 3801 Coast

Highway East, Newport Beach. Information: (949) 644-0539.