Perhaps best known as an NPR journalist and host of ‘Weekend Edition,’ the Peabody award-winning Scott Simon is an accomplished writer as well, with countless articles (politics, sports, food) and well-regarded books (fiction, non-fiction, memoir) to his credit. On Monday, August 13, he appears, in a time of great challenge for journalists, at the Hanna Boys Center as part of the Sonoma Speaker Series.
7 p.m. $35-$75. 17000 Arnold Drive. Sonomaspeakerseries.com.