Author: Scott Hutchins
Author Scott Hutchins will give a free reading from his new novel, "A Working Theory of Love," at 7 p.m. tonight, Jan. 23, in Levinthal Hall in Stanford University's Humanities Center, 424 Santa Teresa St. Hutchins teaches at Stanford and is a former Truman Capote Fellow in the school's Wallace Stegner Program. Go to arts.stanford.edu.

Talk: John Mackey
Whole Foods co-founder and CEO John Mackey will give a talk on his approach to capitalism at 7 p.m. tonight, Jan. 23. The event will be at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center at 3921 Fabian Way in Palo Alto. Tickets are $20 general and $40 for "premium" tickets that include "Conscious Capitalism," the book that Mackey co-wrote with Raj Sisodia. Student admission is $7. Go to commonwealthclub.org.

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