The Arab American National Museum will hold its annual Book Award Ceremony in Washington D.C. on Monday, October 4 at 8 p.m.  The guest of honor is long-time, pioneering White House correspondent and Lebanese American journalist Helen Thomas, who is expected to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Tickets for the ceremony are $25.  More information and tickets are available online at www.arabamericanmuseum.org. The event will be at The Carnegie Institute of Science, 1550 P Street NW.