Raising awareness April is sexual
assault awareness month. Today on Insight, you'll meet a
Sacramento woman who was raped last year by a cruise ship
employee while aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise to the Mexican
Riviera. Laurie Dishman tells you about her ordeal and why she
recently testified about it before Congress.
Anne Lamott The author of "Operating
Instructions," a memoir about her first year of being a single
parent, and "Bird by Bird," her practical book on the art of
writing, has a new book out. "Grace (Eventually)" is the third
essay collection in Anne Lamott's "Thoughts on Faith" series.
The popular Marin County author tells you about the new book
and what led her to write this particular series.
Anne Lamott speaks and signs books at 7 pm today at
Borders, 2339 Fair Oaks Blvd., Sacramento. Information: (916)
564-0168.
Artistic ambitions Sacramento artist
and Department of Education employee Steve Yee has visions of
a museum dedicated to Chinese laborers who lived and worked in
the area as part of the downtown railyard development project.
He'll tell you about his plans and about an exhibit of his
work currently on display at the Triangle Gallery in San
Francisco.
Steve Yee's work is on display through April 28 at the
Triangle Gallery, 47 Kearny St., San Francisco. Hours are 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Information: (415)
392-1686.