Valerie Bertinelli: Getting Naked

Schedule

Wed Mar 18 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

The Madison Center for the Arts | Phoenix, AZ

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Join Valerie Bertinelli for an evening of candid conversations and laughs that will leave you feeling inspired and empowered.
About this Event

Beloved actress and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli presents her new book, Getting Naked: The Quiet Work of Becoming Perfectly Imperfect. It's her most revealing and vulnerable book yet, offering wisdom hard-won through divorce, menopause, and generational pain, with a powerful message of self-acceptance and embracing the past with compassion. Ticket includes one pre-signed copy of the book and access to the photo line to meet Valerie.


ABOUT THE LIVE EVENT

  • Tickets required
  • All tickets are general admission and include one (1) pre-signed copy of Getting Naked.
  • Books will be distributed at the venue on event night.
  • Meet Valerie! Photo line to follow presentation.


ABOUT THE BOOK
With her signature warmth and disarming humor, the beloved actress and New York Times bestselling author strips away the polished façade and shares what it’s really like to grow older, love harder, and start over. Now in her mid-sixties, Valerie reflects on the hard-won lessons of aging, self-worth, and letting go. From her experiences with menopause, relationships, and family trauma, she writes with clarity and compassion about the insecurities that have haunted her for decades: shame and anxiety about her body, and the false belief that her value depended on perfection. Through it all, Valerie reflects on the quiet, daily work of self-acceptance—the kind that doesn’t make headlines but changes lives. Getting Naked isn’t just a story of survival. It’s a reckoning—with her past, her family history, and the generational pain that shaped her. It’s about the myths we believe when we’re young—about beauty, love, success—and how we carry them until they break us open. It’s about unlearning the script that says women must please, endure, and stay silent.
The result is a deeply personal, unexpectedly funny, and profoundly uplifting look at the inner journey we all share. Getting Naked isn’t about vulnerability for vulnerability’s sake. It’s about finally letting go of the need to be perfect, quieting the harsh inner critic, and choosing compassion over judgment. After all, it’s never too late to make peace with yourself—and to fall madly in love with the perfectly imperfect person you already are.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Valerie Bertinelli is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Enough Already, Losing It, and Finding It, plus fan favorites Indulge, Valerie's Home Cooking, and One Dish at a Time. She was the Emmy Award-winning host of the Food Network shows Valerie's Home Cooking and Kids Baking Championship and has starred in TV classics One Day at a Time and Hot in Cleveland.

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The Madison Center for the Arts, 5601 North 16th Street, Phoenix, United States

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