Events Calendar

Hope you can join me all over the country!

Good thing I love traveling. All my upcoming events are below. Super excited. Please join me on the road, virtually, or right here at home!

FEBRUARY

SANTA MONICA. Friday, February 27th. 7:00 pm. WIN Awards Honoree for the Community Activist Honoree for my work after the Palisades Fire. Info here. (Note: Can give away 10 tickets to this! Email info@zibbyowens.com if you’d like to attend!)

MARCH

NEW YORK. Sunday, March 1st: Sunday Brunch and Book Talk celebrating International Women’s Day with amazing authors including Anna Quindlen, Allison Pataki, Tovah Feldshuh, Alli Frank & Asha Youmans, Brian Platzer, and Alexandra Potter. Tickets on sale here.

NAPLES, FL. Monday, March 2nd at 5:30 pm: Event at Books on Third in Naples. Tickets here.

VIRTUAL. Monday, March 2nd at 7 pm ET: Zoom Q&A session with Belle Burden’s #1 New York Times bestselling author of Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage. Register for free here. Added more tickets - not sold out!

NAPLES, FL. Tuesday, March 3rd: Private Jewish Federation Snowbirds event.

NEW YORK. Thursday, March 5th at 6:30 pm ET: “The Truth About Being Jewish: Educating Children to Be Proud American Jews” hosted by EMET Classical Academy. I’ll be doing a talk with Rebecca Sugar — exclusively for parents of fourth to ninth graders in NYC schools. Learn more here.

VIRTUAL. Monday, March 9th at 7:00 pm ET: Jewish Women’s Foundation of the Berkshires interview with author Tova Mirvis, Would Never. Join here.

PALM BEACH, FL. Tuesday, March 10th from 10:30 am - 12 pm ET. Distinguished Author Series: “Resilience, Reinvented” with Annabelle Gurwitch, The End of My Life is Killing Me. The Mandel JCC in Palm Beach. Info here.

VIRTUAL. Wednesday, March 11th at 7:00 pm ET. Allegra Goodman, This is Not About Us Q&A event at Zibby’s Book Club. Register here. (Might have double-booked. Will have someone help moderate if time change doesn’t work out.)

LOUISVILLE, KY. Wednesday, March 11th. 6 pm - 8 pm. Jewish Joy Annual Women’s Philanthropy Event at the Jewish Federation of Louisville, KY. Speaker at the cocktail reception. The Ice House, 226 E. Washington Street. Register here.

NEW ORLEANS, LA. Thursday, March 12th, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. New Orleans JCC - Uptown event with Meryl Poster. Register here.

NEW ORLEANS, LA. Friday, March 13th, 10 am - 10:45 am. The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University. “Don’t Miss the Plot: Finding Meaning and Purpose in Life Through Fiction” with John Kenney and Wally Lamb, moderated by me. Info here.

NEW YORK. Monday, March 16th at 2:45 pm. ADL Heroes Against Hate Conference. “Parenting Through Antisemitism: Helping Children Face Hate with Strength and Empathy.” Moderating a conversation with Yonit Levi and Bianna Goldryga, Don’t Feed the Lion. Info here. Register here.

NEW YORK. Tuesday, March 17th at 9:00 am. ADL Heroes Against Hate Conference. Main Stage with other “Heroes” plus breakfast. Info here. Register here.

VIRTUAL. Tuesday, March 17th at 8 pm ET. The Braid Kick-off for members of the play “On Being Jewish Now.” More info here.

NEW YORK. Wednesday, March 18th: Israel Matters event with UJA New York. I’ll be moderating a conversation with Rabbi Raphael Shore, Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Jew, and producer of the documentary, Tragic Awakening: A New Look at the Oldest Hatred, and Jonathan Tobin, Editor-in-Chief of the Jewish New Syndicate (JNS). 5:30 pm: Cocktails. 6:00 pm: Panel conversation. 7:00 pm: Film screening. Tickets here.

L.A. Sunday, March 22nd at 7:00 pm PT: Opening night of “On Being Jewish Now” the play. SOLD OUT. Info here.

SANTA MONICA. Tuesday, March 24th at 7:30 pm PT: Performance of “On Being Jewish Now” the play. Info here.

ENCINO. Wednesday, March 25th at 7:30 pm PT: Performance of “On Being Jewish Now” the play. Info here.

SANTA MONICA. Thursday, March 26th from 10 am - 12:30 pm. Jewish Federation of Los Angeles Pritzker Society private event. Organization details here.

CALABASAS. Thursday, March 26th at 7:30 pm PT. Performance of “On Being Jewish Now” the play. Info here.

WEST L.A. Sunday, March 29th at 2:00 pm PT. Performance of “On Being Jewish Now” the play. Info here.

(Note: additional performances I can’t attend include in Palo Alto on Saturday, April 11th at 7:30 pm; Los Gatos on Sunday, April 12th at 2:00 pm; Beverly Hills on Wednesday, April 15th at 7:30 pm; Zoom on April 19th at 2:00 pm PT; April 23rd at 7:30 pm PT. “On Being Jewish Now” the play. Info here.)

APRIL

SANTA MONICA, CA. Thursday, April 2nd at 6 pm PT. Interviewing Wade Rouse, That’s What Friends Are For, at Zibby’s Bookshop for a Totally Booked: Live episode. Register here.

NEW YORK. Wednesday, April 8th from 10 am - 2:30 pm. Friendship, Setbacks, and Secrets, a Totally Booked: Live event with Jessica Knoll, Emma Brodie, Judy Batalion, Marisa Renee Lee, Kelly Yang, and Annabelle Gurwitch. Tickets on sale here.

PHOENIX, AZ. Tuesday, April 14th. Cocktails and dinner. Honored as one of “100 Women to Know in America” at KNOW Media’s Summit. The Kimpton, Phoenix. Register here.

VIRTUAL. Wednesday, April 15th at 7:00 pm ET. Q&A with Emma Tourtelot, No One You Know, for Zibby’s Book Club. Register here.

NEW YORK. Thursday, April 16th from 9:30 am - 2:30 pm. Self-Discovery, Humor, and Love, a Totally Booked: Live event, with Morgan Radford, Kerry Clare, Sonya Walger, Jess H. Gutierrez, Kerry Docherty, Amy Landino, and Camille Pagan. Register here.

VIRTUAL. Thursday, April 16th at 7:00 pm ET. Zoom performance of “On Being Jewish Now” the play. Info here.

MAY

NEW YORK. May 6th. Private book club for UJA. Upper West Side.

GREENWICH, CT. Thursday, May 7th at 10:00 am. UJA-JCC event at the Greenwich Reform Synagogue. Register here.

STAMFORD, CT. Thursday, May 7th from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm. United Jewish Federation of Stamford, New Canaan, and Darien UJF Women’s Philanthropy Spring Dinner speaker. Register here.

VIRTUAL. Thursday, May 14th at 7:00 pm ET. Virtual Zibby’s Book Club with Emma Grey, Start at the End. Register here.

OYSTER BAY. May 16th or 17th. Panelist for Gold Coast Book Fair about On Being Jewish Now with Brenda Janowitz, David Kaufman, and Jane Rosen. Info here.

SUMMER

SALT LAKE CITY, UT. July 20th at 12:00 pm. United Jewish Federation of Utah. Luncheon speaker.

HIGHLAND PARK, IL. July 25th at 4:00 pm. Matchmaker Bookshop event with Renee Rosen.

CHICAGO, IL. July 26th at 12:00 pm. ORT’s “Lunch with a View” speaker at Riverwoods.

WASHINGTON, DC. August 2nd. Israel On Campus Coalition National Leadership Summit speaker with Samantha Ettus.

FALL

PHILADELPHIA, PA. September 23rd at 12:00 PM. Jewish Federation of Philadelphia. Luncheon speaker.

PRINCETON, NJ. September 27th at 10:00 am. Princeton Library event.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN. October 21st. Carmel Clay Public Library Gilded Leaf speaker.

VIRTUAL. November 19th. 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm. All Before Dinner women’s event.