This page reflects an assortment of events.
For theatrical and semi-theatrical booking inquiries for Chasing Portraits in the United States and Canada , please contact: Marc Mauceri | 212-243-0600 x20 | marcm@firstrunfeatures.com
Upcoming Events
| Date | Event Type and Location | Will Elizabeth be in Attendance? | More Info. |
| 2 Feb. 2025 | Paths to Publishing: From The Big 5 to DIY | Yes | Hosted by LitCamp and Page Street |
Previous Events
| 10 Mar 2023 | Film Screening | Via Zoom for Q&A | Pasadena Jewish Temple Center Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh |
| 12 July 2023 | Discussion | Now on YouTube. | WJRO Webinar |
| 14 July 2022 | Film Screening | Via Zoom for Q&A | Mobile, AL Jewish Film Festival |
| 25 March 2022 | Talk | Yes | Last Friday Lunch. Hillside Club. Berkeley. |
| 13 Jan 2022 | Virtual Film Screening | No | Mobile Alabama Jewish Film Festival |
| July 17-23 2021 | Lair of the Bear – Week 7 | Yes | |
| June 13, 2021 | Polin “Meet the Family” series. | A virtual in-conversation event with Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimbless | Recording |
| April 22, 2021 | West Campus High School Radio Club | Via Zoom | Private event |
| April 15, 2021 | The Ringling Benfer Courtyard | No. | The Ringling Museum |
| April 6, 2021 Yom HaShoah | Temple Beth El, Eureka Q&A | Via Zoom | Temple Beth El Calendar |
| Mar 26, 2021 | Friends Friday Film Reel Talk | Via Zoom | Greenwich Library |
| March 19, 2021 | 2G film discussion | Via Zoom | Private Event |
| Feb 23, 2021 | Classroom Q&A | Via Zoom | Private Event |
| November 8, 2020 | March of the Living – Southern Region. Kristallnacht Film Forum | Via Zoom | Kristallnacht Film Forum |
| October 27, 4:30 EST/ 1:30 PST. | Film Discussion | Via Zoom | Private Event |
| October 5, 2020 | Book Club | Via Zoom | Private Event |
| September 11, 2020 | The Metropolitan Club of San Francisco | Via Zoom | Private Event |
| August 30, 2020 | Ghetto Fighters’ House | Via Zoom | Ghetto Fighters’ House Zoom Recording |
| August 10, 2020 | Berkshire Jewish Film Festival (virtual screening) | Via Zoom (8/11) | Berkshire Jewish Film Festival |
| June 11, 2020 Noon. | Book Talk at Il Cenacolo SF Italian Cultural Club | Via Zoom | Il Cenacolo |
| July 19 and 21, 2020 Lair of the Bear has cancelled the 2020 season. | Lair of the Bear Week 7 – Talk. | Yes! Sunday in Blue Tuesday in Gold | Lair of the Bear |
| April 19, 2020 POSTPONED | Temple Beth El, Eureka (CA). Film screening. | ||
| April 19, 2020 POSTPONED | Joanne Forman Film Festival at Temple Beth-El in Providence, RI. | No. Film to be followed by a Q&A with Professor Mike Fink of the Rhode Island School of Design. | Joanne Forman Film Festival |
| Feb 29, 2020 | Centers for the Arts Bonita Springs, FL International Film Festival. | No. | Center for the Arts Bonita Springs |
| Feb 24, 2020. 20:00 | JW3 – Film Screening | I will do a Q&A via Skype | JW3 |
| February 16 and 19 | San Diego Jewish Film Festival | I will be at the 2/16 screening. | San Diego Jewish Film Festival |
| February 2, 2020. 2-4pm | Reutlinger Jewish Heritage Museum Photo Exhibit Talk. | Yes | Jewish Heritage Museum |
| January 10, 2020 | Private Speaking Engagement | Yes | |
| November 22 + 24, 2019 | Sidewalk Jewish Film Festival. Birmingham, AL | No. | Sidewalk Jewish Film Festival |
| November 21, 2019. 4:30 pm | SFSU Department of Jewish Studies. | Yes! | SFSU Department of Jewish Studies |
| November 10, 2019 | Calgary Jewish Film Festival | Yes! | Calgary Jewish Film Festival |
| November 6, 2019 7pm | Bates Film Festival | Yes! | Bates Film Festival |
| October 29 and 31 at 7pm | Washington DC JxJ | No. | Washington (DC) Jewish Film Festival |
| October 29, 2019 2-4pm | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Booksigning | Yes! | No website information! Just come visit the USHMM bookstore at 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW in Washington, DC. |
| October 27 at 6:30 | Washington DC JxJ | Yes. Elizabeth will do a Q&A | Washington (DC) Jewish Film Festival |
| October 27 1pm | Washington DC JxJ | No. | Washington (DC) Jewish Film Festival |
| October 26 at 8:20pm | Washington DC JxJ | Yes! Elizabeth will do a Q&A | Washington (DC) Jewish Film Festival |
| October 26 at 6pm | Washington DC JxJ | Yes! Elizabeth will do an in-conversation event at this screening with Deborah Kalb. | Washington (DC) Jewish Film Festival |
| October 25 at 1pm | Washington DC JxJ | No. | Washington (DC) Jewish Film Festival |
| October 23, 2019 | Rockland (NY) | via Skype | Rockland JCC |
| September 22, 2019 | Corvallis (OR) Jewish Film Festival | No. | Corvallis (OR) Jewish Film Festival |
| September 17, 2019 | Film Screening at Temple Akiba | Yes. | Temple Akiba Screening |
| August 18, 2019 | St. Louis Jewish Film Festival | By Skype. | St Louis Jewish Film Festival |
| July 17, 2019 | Avalon Theatre in Grand Junction, CO. | No. | Avalon Theatre |
| July 7, 2019. | Rochester Jewish Film Festival, NY. | By Skype. | Rochester Jewish Film Festival |
| June 30, 2019 | Cleveland Art Museum | No. | Cleveland Art Museum |
| May 17 – 23, 2019 | Laemmle’s Music Hall in Beverly Hills, CA. | Yes – for some of the screenings. | Laemmle Music Hall |
| May 12, 3pm. | Academy Members ONLY screening at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles | No. | Academy Members |
| May 9, 2019 | Detroit Jewish Film Festival. | No. | Detroit Jewish Film Festival |
| May 10 + 12 | Toronto Jewish Film Festival | Yes, for both! | Toronto Jewish Film Festival |
| April 30 + May 3, 2019 | JCC of the North Shore Film Festival in Marblehead, MA. | No. | JCC of the North Shore Film Festival |
| April 26 – May 2, 2019 | Cinema Village in New York, NY. | Yes – for the following screenings: Friday April 26 at 7pm Saturday April 27 at 3 and 7 Sunday April 28 at 3 and 7 | Cinema Village |
| Apr. 12, 2019: 3:00PM Apr. 14, 2019: 11:00AM, 2:00PM | Tallahassee Film Society, FL | No. | www.tallahasseefilms.com/ |
| March 29, 2019 | Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival, Springfield, MA. | No. | http://pvjff.org/ |
| March 24, 2019 4pm. | Film Festival. Palm Springs Jewish Film Festival. Opening Night Film! | Yes | Palm Springs Jewish Film Festival |
| Mar. 10, 2019 12:30pm. | Sacramento Jewish Film Festival | Yes | Sacramento Jewish Film Festival |
| Feb. 11, 2019 10am. | A Skirball Cultural Center Members Only Screening | Yes | Skirball Members-Only Screening |
| Feb. 10, 2019 | Or Shalom, San Francisco | Yes. | An in conversation with Irene Butter about her book: Shores Beyond Shores |
| Feb. 7, 2019 | The Paley Center for Media (Los Angeles) | Yes | Eyewitness: Documenting the Holocaust on Film |
| Jan 16, 2019 7pm. | Miami Jewish Film Festival | No | Details |
| Jan. 16, 2019 1pm. | New York Jewish Film Festival at Lincoln Center | Yes | Details |
| Jan. 14, 2019 6pm. | New York Jewish Film Festival at Lincoln Center | Yes | Details |
| Dec. 6, 2018 17:00 | Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival | Yes | Details |
| Dec. 5, 2018 19:00 | Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival | Yes | Details |
| Nov. 27, 2018 7pm | Film Screening. In conjunction with Jewish Book Month, OJMCHE presents Chasing Portraits at Whitsell Auditorium. Portland (OR) | Yes | Tickets |
| Nov. 18, 2018 2:30 | Film Festival. Boston Jewish Film Festival screens at the Museum of Fine Arts | Yes | Details |
| Nov. 12, 2018 7:30pm | Film Screening. Southern Circuit. Georgia Southern University. | Yes | Details |
| Nov. 11, 2018 7pm | Film Screening. Southern Circuit. Athens Cultural Affairs Commission. | Yes | Details |
| Nov. 11, 2018 2pm | Book Reading. Barnes and Noble. Athens, GA. | Yes. | Details |
| Nov. 9 2018 7:15pm | Film Screening. St. Louis International Film Festival. | No. | Details |
| Nov. 8, 2018 7pm | Film Screening. Southern Circuit. Presbyterian College. | Yes | Details |
| Nov. 7, 2018 7:30pm | Film Screening. Southern Circuit. Oxford College of Emory University. | Yes | Details |
| Nov. 6, 2018 7pm | Film Screening. Southern Circuit. Clayton Center for the Arts. | Yes | Details |
| Nov. 5, 2018 7pm | Film Screening. Southern Circuit. East Tennessee State University. | Yes | Details |
| Oct. 14, 2018 | UrbanReads | Yes | Private Event |
| Oct. 8 at NOON | Film Festival. Buffalo International Film Festival. Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. | No. | Tickets |
| Sept. 2018 | DocUtah | Yes. | https://rynecki.org/docutah/ |
| Aug. 23, 2018 | Women’s Wellness Weekend (CAL Alumni Association at the Lair) | Yes | Details |
| Aug. 19, 2018 | @Litsybookclub (online discussion) | Yes | Join Litsy |
| Aug. 12, 2018 | Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival | No | Details |
| Aug. 1, 2018 | San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (Albany) | Yes | Details |
| July 25, 2018 | San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (Palo Alto) | Yes | Details |
| June 14, 2018 | Private Event | ||
| June 13, 2018 | Private Event | ||
| May 26, 2018 | Jewish Motifs International Film Festival (Warsaw, Poland) | Yes | Details |
Previous Talks
Congregation Bet Haverim in Davis—Davis, California
Boston 3G—Boston, Massachusetts
Jewish Genealogical Society of Sacramento—Sacramento, California
University of Toronto’s Center for Jewish Studies—Toronto, Canada
Holocaust education class—University of Nebraska, Omaha
The Kaneko (a public non-profit cultural organization in the Old Market District)—Omaha, Nebraska
Oregon Jewish Museum at Havurah Shalom
San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society
Art Table—San Francisco
September 4, 2014
Event sponsored by ArtTable, located at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
Temple Beth El—Eureka, California (Read the blog post about my visit)
September 14, 2014
JCC – Krakow, Poland
October 26th, 2014
Jewish Community Library—San Francisco
January 8, 2015
Sausalito Woman’s Club—Sausalito, California
January 23, 2015
San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society, Los Altos Hills, California
October 19, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015 – 9 am to 5pm
New York County Lawyers’ Association
8th Annual Art Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Institute
Private event. May 2016
Stanford Law School—Palo Alto, California
August 11, 2016
Rakestraw Books. Summer Camp for Grownups.
September 6, 2016. 7:30pm
Powell’s City of Books
Elizabeth in conversation with Judy Margles of the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
(1005 W. Burnside St., Portland, OR).
September 12, 2016. 7pm
NOTE: This event was recorded and can be viewed here.
San Francisco JCC
(3200 California Street | San Francisco, CA)
October 4, 2016. 7pmBook Passage
(51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA)
October 16, 2016. 3pm
Jewish Historical Society of Napa Valley
Congregation Beth Shalom
(1455 Elm Street, Napa)
This program is free for JHSNV members and $5.00 for non-members. There will be refreshments served.
October 17, 2016. Private Event. Book Club. Skype author visit.
October 25, 2016. 7pm
Towne Center Books
(555 Main Street, Pleasanton, CA)
November 1, 2016. 7:30pm
Congregation Beth David
(19700 Prospect Rd, Saratoga, CA)
November 3, 2016. Private Event. Book Club. Skype author visit.
November 6, 2016. 3pm
The Urban School 50th Anniversary Alumni panel
to be moderated by beloved history teacher, Leroy Votto
(1563 Page Street, San Francisco, CA)
November 12, 2016. Noon-3pm
Marin Country Day School Book Fair
I will be on site to sign books at my grade school alma mater!
(5221 Paradise Drive, Corte Madera, CA)
November 13, 2016. 3pm.
Congregation Bet Haverim
(1715 Anderson Road Davis, CA)
November 15, 2016. 7:30pm
Belvedere-Tiburon Library.
(1501 Tiburon Blvd, Belvedere/Tiburon, CA)
November 26, 2016. 10-3
I’ll be at Diesel Books (Larkspur) for #IndiesFirst 2016 to help you choose gifts for your friends and family (or yourself!). After all, what makes a better gift than a book, and who knows books better than authors? [And yes, Chasing Portraits will be available for sale and I can certainly sign it if you’d like!]
November 28, 2016. 7pm
Books Inc.
(Town & Country Village. 855 El Camino Real #74. Palo Alto, CA)
December 4, 2016. Private Event (Miami, FL). Virtual presentation and author visit.
December 15, 2016. 6:30-8:30
Peninsula Temple Shalom
(1655 Sebastian Drive, Burlingame, CA)
January 19, 2017. Luncheon event. 12-1:30
Orinda Books
(276 Village Square. Orinda, CA)
February 6, 2017. 6:30pm.
Illicit Trade in Art and Antiquities class at Stanford University.
February 15, 2017. 12-1
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
(2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA)
[Books will be available for purchase!]
February 19, 2017. Private Event (Southern California). Book Club. Skype author visit.
February 26, 2017. 1:30
Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelphia
Congregation Rodeph Shalom
(615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA)
[Books will be available for purchase from Main Point Books!]
February 28, 2017. Noon.
92nd Street Y
(1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY)
March 4, 2017. 5-10pm
Authors on the Move. Sacramento’s Premier Literary Event.
(Hyatt Regency Sacramento downtown, 1209 L St, Sacramento, CA.)
March 9, 2017. 7pm
UTD Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies
in conjunction with the Center for Jewish Education
(Aaron Family JCC. 7900 Northhaven Road. Dallas, TX)
June 29, 2017
Private Event
Rhoda Goldman Plaza
(San Francisco, CA)
August 17, 2017 (5-8pm)
Art History Happening Here
Sacramento Public Library Foundation Event
Tickets
October 8, 2017 (2-3:30pm)
Deerfield Public Library
(920 N. Waukegan Rd., Deerfield, IL)
October 9, 2017 (6:30-7:30pm)
Fox Cities Book Festival
Appleton Public Library
(225 N. Oneida St. Appleton, WI)
October 15, 2017 (4pm)
Fred Marcus Memorial Holocaust Lecture
Elaine Wolf Theatre, MACC at the JCC
(350 S. Dahlia St. Denver, CO 80246)
Tickets are $18
November 14, 2017 (6pm)
CapRadio Reads interview with Donna Apidone
Capital Public Radio
7055 Folsom Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95826
Tickets are $10