23rd Annual Dinner in the Library, a benefit for the Fresno County Public Library. Sponsored by Friends of the Fresno County Library.

Sunday, November 4, 2012, at the Central Library, 2420 Mariposa Street in downtown Fresno, 5 p.m. social, 6 p.m. dinner.

Plans are underway for the twenty-third annual Dinner in the Library: a Literary Repast which will be held on Sunday, November 4, 2012, and catered by The Painted Table. We invite you to join the Friends of the Library for an elegant evening of delicious food, good company, and great conversation.

This year’s Dinner will give you the opportunity to engage with old friends and new about literature, music, culinary adventure, and much more! A special feature of the evening will be a Literary Silent Auction featuring private beer and wine tastings and four passes to Disneyland, among other items.

Reservations for the dinner are $75 for members of Friends of the Fresno County Library; $90 for non-members; $100 for everyone after October 20.

Bibliophile sponsorship at $300 includes two dinners, table choice priority and program acknowledgement. Literary Lion sponsorship at $1,000 includes eight dinners, table choice priority and program acknowledgement.

Friends of the Fresno County Library has generated more than $450,000 from its annual Dinner in the Library benefit, with all proceeds from the dinner going into the Library Endowment Fund. For reservations and information, email Hilary at hilarymalveaux@gmail.com or call (559) 301-5793.

Table hosts and their topics:

Armen Bacon - Griefland: An Intimate Portrait of Love, Loss and Unlikely Friendship
James Collier - Let's Talk About Your Food
Hazel Dixon-Cooper - Astrology and You
Art Dyson - Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture and Life
Margarita Engle - Picture Books: An Endangered Species?
Connie Hales - Walt Whitman and American Poetry
Coke & Joell Hallowell - Take Me to the River
Bonnie Hearn-Hill - Publishing in the Digital Age
Sharon Hiigel - Tales from the Vaults: Fresno Historical Society
Peter Hoss - Born in Yosemite
Jim Kennedy - Fine Wines from Warm Climates
Janet Lynch - Anything About the 1960s
Bill McEwen - Things About Fresno That Make Me Shake My Head
Donald Munro - The Local Arts Scene: Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
Rosemary Nightingale - Recipes & Remedies
Mike Osegueda - Learning to Love Fresno
Laurel Prysiazny - Libraries in the 21st Century: Do We Really Need Them?
Carol Robles - The Life of John Steinbeck
Craig Scharton - A Solution for Downtown
David Scheidt - Italian American Cellars and Fresno's "A" Street
Joshua Tehee - Sounds of the City: A Mixtape
Klaus Tenbergen - Food for Thoughts
Peterangelo Vallis - New Trends in Wine Tastes