BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//vegaslocalshq.com//Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4900-20261113T020000Z@vegaslocalshq.com DTSTAMP:20261004T095256Z DTSTART:20261113T020000Z DTEND:20261113T033000Z SUMMARY:A Conversation with Sarah Lohman and Kim Foster LOCATION:Bob & Alison Kasner Academic Building\, Auditorium & Rotunda DESCRIPTION:A Conversation with Author Sarah Lohman and Kim Foster\nGreat R eads from Great Places\nNevada Center for the Book\n\nJoin us on Thursday\ , November 12th at 6 pm in the auditorium of the Kasner Academic Building for a conversation with author Sarah Lohman and Kim Foster. Nevada Humanit ies selected Nevada author Sarah Lohman and her book Endangered Eating: Am erica’s Vanishing Foods to represent Nevada at the 2026 Library of Congres s National Book Festival in Washington\, D.C. Her book is part of the Libr ary of Congress Center for the Book’s national Great Reads from Great Plac es initiative\, a list which includes recommended books for youth and adul ts from each affiliate center from the 50 states and six U.S. jurisdiction s\, including the Nevada Center for the Book\, a program of Nevada Humanit ies that is one of 56 affiliates of the Library of Congress and its Center for the Book. Nevada Humanities’ participation in the National Book Festi val and the National Book Festival Roadmap to Reading are made possible by the generous support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services\, wi th additional support from Chief Officers of State Library Agencies.\n\nSa rah Lohman is a culinary historian and the author of the bestselling books Endangered Eating: America’s Vanishing Foods and Eight Flavors: The Untol d Story of American Cuisine. She focuses on the history of food as a way t o access the stories of diverse Americans. Kim Foster is a James Beard Awa rd-winning food writer who writes about people at the intersection of food and mental illness\, family separation\, poverty\, addiction\, trauma\, a nd incarceration.\n\nThis event is presented by Nevada Humanities\, the Ma rydean Martin Writers’ Project\, and the City of Henderson. The Marydean M artin Writers’ Project is a program of the Office for the Arts at Nevada S tate University. For more information about our arts programming\, visit o ur webpage and follow us on Instagram\, Facebook\, and X at @NevadaStateAr ts. For questions about this event\, contact the Office for the Arts at Th eArts@nevadastate.edu or 702.992.2380.\n\nThursday\, November 12\, 2026\nR eception: 6:00 PM\nPresentation: 6:30 – 7:30 PM\n\nNevada State University \nBob & Alison Kasner Academic Building\nKAB Auditorium\n1300 Nevada State Drive\nHenderson\, NV 89002\nhttps://nevadastate.edu/thearts/\n\nMORE ABO UT THE AUTHORS\n\nSarah Lohman\nEndangered Eating was a New York Times Edi tors’ Choice and was named one of the Best Books of 2023 by Amazon’s Edito rs\, Food & Wine\, and Adam Gopnik on the Milk Street podcast. It was a fi nalist for the Nach Waxman Prize for Food & Drink Scholarship and winner o f the Ohioana Library Book Prize for Nonfiction. Lohman’s work has been fe atured in The Wall Street Journal\, The New York Times\, and NPR. Lohman h as lectured across the country\, from the Smithsonian Museum of American H istory in Washington\, DC\, to The Neon Museum in Las Vegas. Lohman is bas ed in Henderson.\n\nKim Foster\nYou can read Kim's work on her weekly news letter www.KimFoster.substack.com\, on her website www.kiminthewest.com an d on Instagram @KimintheWest. She lives in Las Vegas\, Nevada with her hus band\, David\, their four kids\, and many animals\n\nDetails: https://vega slocalshq.com/events/henderson/a-conversation-with-sarah-lohman-and-kim-fo ster-2026-11-12-2cb0a9cd URL:https://vegaslocalshq.com/events/henderson/a-conversation-with-sarah-lo hman-and-kim-foster-2026-11-12-2cb0a9cd STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR