If all this talk of superdelegates, caucuses and revotes has your head spinning, try focusing on the larger world next week with an expert on international relations.

On Monday, Trita Parsi (right), president of the National Iranian American Council and adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins University, will discuss and sign his book, Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the U.S. at Memorial Episcopal Church. The discussion concludes with coffee and dessert. Who can resist good conversation coupled with good eats?

Tonight at 6, memoirist Michael Miller discusses how he turned from years of rebelliousness to earn a college degree and found the Beating the Odds Foundation. At the Cherry Hill library.

For something completely different, tickets are still available to the Baltimore Ink tattoo runway show and afterparty Saturday night.

The same night, Smartish Pace is celebrating its 15th issue at The Whole Gallery with food, drink and live music. Ten bucks gets you in the door, with a copy of your own.

For more info on these events and other local goings-on, check out the Read Street Calendar.

(Photo courtesy of Susanna Song at tritaparsi.com)