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Free tix: Peter Guber and David Ulin *

Writers Bloc is making five pairs of tickets available to LA Observed readers who would like attend a conversatiion between Hollywood veteran Peter Guber and David Ulin, the Los Angeles Times book critic whose new book is "The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time." The event is Tuesday night (Feb. 1) at 7:30 PM at the MGM Building in Century City. Event info is here. The first five readers who email me here — and who say tix somewhere in the subject line — will receive a pair.

* Update: Tix are gone. Thanks.


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