It’s time for the Third Annual Swain Lot Festival. This year, the festival will be at The Varsity Theater on Thursday May 2 and Thursday May 9 at 7:00 PM. If you have any questions, please email me at regarner@email.unc.edu

We say we want to better manage our time, but what do we mean? Meet the author Julia Scatliff O’Grady in conversation with some of the fascinating people she profiles in GOOD BUSY: Productivity, Procrastination, and the Endless Pursuit of Balance. O’Grady’s profiles of 10 GOOD BUSY people focus on time, productivity, procrastination, and the endless pursuit of balance and help us figure out what it means to be GOOD BUSY.

Julia Scatcliff O’Grady will appear on The State of Things on Thursday September 13th!

Events are free and open to the public.

Thursday, September 13, 7:00 p.m. at The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University—DURHAM, NC

Duncan Murrell, writer-in-residence and Harper’s contributing editor, interviews the author of GOOD BUSY Julia Scatliff O’Grady and Tom Rankin (photographer and CDS director and one of the 10 people profiled in this fascinating book). O’Grady’s profiles of 10 GOOD BUSY people, focus on time, productivity, procrastination, and the endless pursuit of balance—and help us define individually what it means to be GOOD BUSY.
(This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase. )
CDS / 1317 W. Pettigrew Street, Durham, NC 27705 / documentarystudies.duke.edu
Saturday, September 15, 2:00 p.m. at McIntyre’s Bookstore—FEARRINGTON VILLAGE, NC
A conversation about what it means to be GOOD BUSY. Author Julia Scatliff O’Grady and Kari Andrade, who is profiled in the book in the “Buffer” chapter.
McIntyre’s / 220 Market Street. Fearrington Village, Pittsboro, NC 27312 /fearrington.com/village/mcintyres.asp
Thursday, October 4, 7:00 p.m. at Flyleaf Bookstore—CHAPEL HILL, NC
A conversation about what it means to be GOOD BUSY. Author Julia Scatliff O’Grady will be introduced by Dennis Mumby, Chair, Communication Studies, UNC at Chapel Hill.
Flyleaf / 752 MLK Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 / www.flyleafbooks.com
Wednesday, October 24, 7:00 p.m. at The Regulator—DURHAM, NC
A conversation about what it means to be GOOD BUSY. Author Julia Scatliff O’Grady with  Sandy Dang, who is profiled in the book in the “Hunt” chapter, and Sandy’s father Tuong Quoc Dang.
The Regulator Bookshop / 720 Ninth St., Durham, NC 27705 / regulatorbookshop.com
Thursday, November 8, 3:30 p.m. at The Bull’s Head Bookshop—Chapel Hill, NC
Author Julia Scatliff O’Grady will read from GOOD BUSY.
UNC Student Stores / 207 South Road, CB# 1530, Daniels Bldg., Chapel Hill, NC 27599 /bullsheadbookshop
TOUR CITIES (Dates TBA): WASHINGTON, DC; RALEIGH, NC; ASHEVILLE, NC; LAS VEGAS; MINNEAPOLIS; HOUSTON; LOS ANGELES.