Bestselling and award-winning author Naomi Alderman will join us to talk about women in science fiction and writing dystopian worlds featuring her new book, The Future. This new novel delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it. By turns thrilling, hilarious, tender, and always piercingly brilliant, The Future unfolds at a breakneck speed, highlighting how power corrupts the few who have it and what it means to stand up to them. The future is coming. The Future is here. What are you waiting for?

Do you have an overgrown garden and don't know what to do or where to start? Discover why, when and how we prune with Marin Master Gardeners Katherine Randolph and David Ross. This presentation will include the biology of woody trees, shrubs, and vines, as well as how trees respond to different types of cuts and the best times plants should be pruned.