Silicon Valley Reads Kick-Off

Sumbul Ali-Karamali, author of The Muslim Next Door, and G. Willow Wilson, author of The Butterfly Mosque, are interviewed onstage by San Jose Mercury News columnist Mike Cassidy. Book signing follows. Welcoming music performed by the Westmont High School Chamber Brass and Clarinet Choir.

Attendees who make a tax deductible donation of $100 or more to Silicon Valley Reads at the kick-off event receive a free pass to "Ingenious Innovations: Islamic Science Rediscovered" at the Tech Museum.

Open seating. First come, first seated.