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FULL COLOR Fred Basten discusses and signs his new book, the 90th anniversary edition of “Glorious Technicolor: The Movies’ Magic Rainbow” (Easton Studio Press), an illustrated tribute to Technicolor films throughout Hollywood history. Actress Cammie King Conlon, best known for playing Scarlett and Rhett’s dauther Bonnie Blue Butler in the Technicolor classic “Gone With the Wind,” joins him. She is also the stepdaughter of the founder of Technicolor, Herbert Kalmus. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., Coliseum Books, 11 W. 42nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-803-5890, free.
YOUNG LIFE Anne Rice signs her new novel, “Christ the Lord”(Knopf),a fictional version of the childhood of Jesus Christ. Each attendee at the signing is allowed to bring one older book and one copy of “Christ the Lord” to be signed. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 E. 17th St. at Broadway, 212-253-0810, free.
FADED BEAUTY Mary Gaitskill reads from and signs her novel “Veronica” (Pantheon), the dark story of a former model remembering her friendship with an older woman who eventually died of AIDS. The novel has been nominated for the National Book Award. Tonight, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Chelsea, 675 Sixth Ave. at 21st Street, 212-727-1227, free.
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