OTHER SPEAKERS WHO: Ted Kooser, Pulitzer prize-winning poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Oct. 26 WHERE: Wyatt Pavilion Theatre Reading followed by question-and-answer session with Jack Hicks of the English faculty (free) ••• WHO: Bob Dole, former Republican senator and presidential candidate WHEN: 8 p.m. Nov. 4, as part of the Mondavi Center’s Distinguished Speakers Series (tickets required) WHERE: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center ••• WHO: Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay WHEN: Nov. 13 (two appearances) 4 p.m., Forum@MC, “Ask Michael,” a conversation about the arts, with Jack Hicks of the English faculty (free) 8 p.m., Provocations Series, “An Evening with Michael Chabon” (tickets required) WHERE: Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center ••• TICKETS for Dole’s talk and Chabon’s evening talk are available through the Mondavi Center ticket office: (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787 www.mondaviarts.org