Spring 2025

Best-selling author Susan Orlean comes to the Sunset Center on April 22 to deliver a thought-provoOing presentation to benefit the 'armel 0ibrary *oundation. S usan Orlean has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1992 and has written for major publications such as Rolling Stone , The Village Voice and the Boston Globe . Her bestselling novel “The Orchid Thief” was produced as a motion picture, “Adaptation,” starring Meryl Streep. The Library Foundation’s annual fundraiser will feature Orlean in “The American Storyteller Edition: a Life in Words” at Carmel’s Sunset Center. “It is a true honor to bring Susan Orlean to Carmel,” says Carmel Library Foundation Executive Director Alexandra Fallon. “Her abil- ity to find e\traordinary stories in ordinary places while providing profound insights is sure to captivate our audience and deliver a thought-provoking event.” The program begins at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, April 22, with general admission tickets ranging from $45 to $75 that include wine tasting, a program, book sale and signing. A 6:30 VIP reception Jeatures hors d’oeuvres, fine [ines, advanced book signing and premium seating for $175. All proceeds from the Carmel Public 0ibrary *oundation event benefit the Carmel Public Library. *or tiGOets, GontaGt the 7unset 'enter bo\ oJfiGe at 831/620-2048 or www.sunsetcenter.org . For more information on this event, visit www.carmelpubliclibraryfoundation.org or email info@carmelpubliclibraryfoundation.org. Carmel Librar y Foundation Presents Author Susan Or lean B Y M I CHA E L CHAT F I E LD SHORT CUTS EVENT 70 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • S P R I N G 2 0 2 5 Photo: Corey Hendrickson