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First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art.

The festival, Saturday and Sunday, will end with a tribute to award-winning poet and activist Sonia Sanchez. Special guests - including Bernice Johnson Reagon, Talib Kweli, and Ruby Dee - will perform poetry, prose, and music in honor of Sanchez. This tribute will be filmed live for inclusion in a feature-length documentary, BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez.

Kids Cook for the Holidays at Essene Market & Cafe.

From 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, vegan chef Christina Martin will show kids how to prepare Thanksgiving goodies such as seitan-turkey sandwiches, mashed sweet potatoes, pumpkin muffins, and more. An art project from noon to 1 p.m. with Zipora Schulz will teach the importance of compassion for animals; children can take their completed projects home. Although the cooking class is designed for kids 3 to 10, all ages are welcome to participate.

New this week: Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

***1/2 (out of four stars) Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney interviews the disgraced former governor of New York and a band of power brokers in business and politics who were happy to watch his demise. A fascinating tale of a man undone by his libido, and maybe by a conspiracy, too.

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(profanity, adult themes)