APS Cat Adoption Event
Sunday, September 10, 2:00PM
Durham Animal Protection Society holds a monthly cat adoption event at the Regulator. Come visit our furry friends from 2:00 - 3:30. Note the time and date.
BENJAMIN RACHLIN
Tuesday, September 12, 7:00 PM
The Regulator welcomes Benjamin Rachlin, author of
Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption 
for a reading and book signing. During the last two decades, more than two thousand American citizens have been wrongfully convicted. Ghost of the Innocent Man brings us one of the most dramatic of those cases and provides the clearest picture yet of the national scourge of wrongful conviction and of the opportunity for meaningful reform.
"An absorbing true-crime saga . . . [Ghost of An Innocent Man] combines a gripping legal drama with a penetrating exposé of the shoddy investigative and trial standards nationwide . . . His narrative offers a moving evocation of faith under duress." -Publishers Weekly's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2017
Benjamin Rachlin grew up in New Hampshire. He studied English at Bowdoin, where he won the Sinkinson Prize, and writing at the UNC-Wilmington, where he won Schwartz and Brauer fellowships. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in the New York Times Magazine, TIME, and the Virginia Quarterly Review. He lives near Boston.
PRESCHOOL STORY TIME
Wednesday, September 13, 10:15AM
Join us for Preschool Storytime at The Regulator with Amy Godfrey. Free!
M DRESSLER
Wednesday, September 13, 7:00PM
The Regulator welcomes M Dressler, author of
The Last to See Me, a spellbinding American ghost story a haunting narrative about a young woman's fight for a life of her own-long after her life is over, for a supernatural reading and book signing.
Emma Rose Finnis was born and died in the California town she now haunts. She was once a lowly chambermaid and worse, a Finnis. When a determined ghost hunter arrives with instructions to remove her once and for all, Emma Rose refuses to be hounded from her haunt, the stately Lambry Mansion. She's earned her place and she'll keep it-even if it means waging a war on the living. After all, she's got nothing left to lose. The same might not be said for those who still enjoy the luxury of a breath . . .
M Dressler's stories and nonfiction have appeared in the Kenyon Review, Creative Nonfiction, and Literary Hub, among others. Her honors include the Fulbright Fellowship and the Paisano Fellowship in literature, as well as writing residencies at Hedgebrook and the Carson McCullers Center. She is a professor and current writer-in-residence at Guilford College. She lives in Greensboro and in Moab, Utah.
NANCY WERKING POLING
Thursday, September 14, 7:00PM
In 1986 Nancy interviewed Daniel and Anna Winters, the subjects of Before It Was Legal. It is not a happily-ever-after story but an honest portrayal of the love and hurt that any two people, not just a bi-racial couple, can encounter in an intimate relationship. It is the story of an independent white woman, a talented black man, and the times in which this remarkable couple lived.
Nancy Werking Poling's motivation to write comes from a concern for women's struggles and triumphs. Their experiences have inspired her published works: Had Eve Come First and Jonah Been a Woman, a collection of short stories imagining male biblical heroes as women; Out of the Pumpkin Shell, a novel about women's friendship and family secrets; and a book she edited, Victim to Survivor: Women Recovering From Clergy Sexual Abuse. She and her husband live in the mountains of western North Carolina.
MINDFUL PARENTING: From Chaos to Calm
With Sumi Loundon Kim
Sunday, September 17, 3:00PM
Many of us parents strive to be more patient, stop yelling, spend more time with our kids, be less distracted and stressed out, model kindness and wise choices - only to find it incredibly hard to change our habits. Mindfulness -- becoming attuned both to what's happening inside us and to what's happening around us -- is a highly effective skill applicable to all aspects of our lives. This workshop introduces several essential mindfulness practices that can help us grow as parents. We'll also talk about mindfulness practices for our children. Beginners and all are welcome!
Note: this workshop is for adult caregivers (parents, grandparents, teachers, etc.): older children can come but younger ones will probably enjoy being elsewhere.
Sumi Loundon Kim is a Buddhist chaplain at Duke University and minister to the Buddhist Families of Durham. She is editor of the anthologies Blue Jean Buddha and The Buddha's Apprentices, from Wisdom Publications. Her book Sitting Together: A Family-Centered Curriculum on Mindfulness, Meditation, and Buddhist Resources, is a three-volume set that provides children's lesson plans, an activity book, and an adult study guide for parents and teachers. Sumi lives with her husband and two children in Durham.
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