WHO: Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, an account of the Islamic revolution in Iran and how it affected a university professor and her seven female students as they studied The Great Gatsby, Lolita and other classics in the privacy of Nafisi's home while the world around them crumbled.

TOPIC: The Republic of the Imagination.

WHEN: 8 p.m. Dec. 4

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WHO: Andrew Weil, physician and author of a best-selling series of books on natural, holistic paths to health. His books include Health and Healing: The Philosophy of Integrative Medicine and Optimum Health, The Healthy Kitchen, Healthy Aging, and Dr. Andrew Weil's Self Healing.

TOPIC: The Future of Medicine: An Integragrative Approach to Treating Patients.

WHEN: 8 p.m. March 3.

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ALSO COMING UP: Terry Gross, host of National Public Radio's Fresh Air, April 21. Anthropologist Jane Goodall's talk on April 9 is sold out.

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VENUE AND ADMISSION: All talks in Jackson Hall. Tickets: (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787, or www.mondaviarts.org.