WRITERS IN THE LOFT Presents Author Dava Sobel

The New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel comes to town on Wednesday, December 7 with her latest book, THE GLASS UNIVERSE: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars. Elegantly written and enriched by excerpts from letters, diaries, and memoirs, Sobel recounts the little-known true story of a group of women at the Harvard College Observatory whose remarkable contributions to the burgeoning field of astronomy forever changed our understanding of the stars and our place in the universe.

Tickets: The ticket package for Writers in the Loft: Dava Sobel on Wednesday, December 7 at 7pm is $44 ($42, members). In addition to a reserved seat, the package includes a copy of THE GLASS UNIVERSE: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars ($30, hardcover), a bar beverage, and book signing meet-and-greet. Packages can be purchased through The Music Hall Box Office, located at 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, over the phone at 603.436.2400, or online at www.themusichall.org

About the Author: DAVA SOBEL, a former New York Times science reporter, is the author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter, and Letters to Father. In her thirty years as a science journalist, she has written for many magazines, and coauthored six books, including Is Anyone Out There? with astronomer Frank Drake and The Illustrated Longitude with William J. H. Andrews. Sobel has been awarded the National Science Board's prestigious Individual Public Service Award, the Bradford Washburn Award from The Boston Museum of Science, and the Harrison Medal from the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.

About Writers in the Loft

Akin to The Music Hall's anchor literary series, Writers on a New England Stage, Writers in the Loft features bestselling authors in a smaller, more intimate space. The series brings audiences today's top authors, the best of fiction and nonfiction, and award-winners across categories. The evening package includes a reserved seat and bar beverage, author presentation and Q+A, a copy of the book, and a meet-and-greet book signing with the featured writer.

Series Sponsor: RMC Research Corporation

Contributing Partner: The University of New Hampshire

Season Sponsors: Carey & Giampa Realtors; Portwalk Place; The River House restaurant

About The Music Hall

The Music Hall is a performing arts center featuring curated entertainment from around the world in two theaters in its downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire campus - one, a landmark 1878 Victorian theater, designated an American Treasure for the Arts by the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures Program, the other the intimate Music Hall Loft around the corner, recently named "best performing arts venue" by Yankee Magazine and the recipient of the NH AIA award for design excellence.

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