Bookshop Santa Cruz presents an evening with two local memoirists, Helene Simkin Jara, Life on the Stand, about her time as an artist's model, and Stephany Buswell, Tasting Life Twice: A Memoir with Recipes Included, co-sponsored by The Wellstone Center in the Redwoods, Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, free, 7:00 pm PST (Register to attend: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/jara-buswell)