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July 2019
phren-Z Live Reading
Join Santa Cruz’s online literary magazine phren-Z who will host local writers as they read their new and recent work. Reading authors will be announced soon. Refreshments will be served! phren-Z—a quarterly online literary magazine dedicated to showcasing Santa Cruz writers—is a publication of Santa Cruz Writes, a grass roots organization dedicated to promoting the local literary community. Santa Cruz Writes is a sponsored project of the William James Association, a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation. Visit www.phren-z.org for more information. This free event will…
Find out more »Kalyn Josephson with Tara Sim
We’re launching Kalyn Josephson's debut novel, The Storm Crow a thrilling new fantasy that follows a fallen princess as she ignites a rebellion to bring back the magical elemental crows that were taken from her people. In the tropical kingdom of Rhodaire, magical, elemental Crows are part of every aspect of life until the Illucian empire invades, destroying everything. That terrible night throws Princess Anthia into a deep depression. Her sister Caliza is busy running the kingdom after their mother's…
Find out more »This is Now: Richard A. Clarke on Cyber Threat
Cyberwar"— or cyber-anything, for that matter— has always carried a whiff of science fiction about it. But it's not fiction, it's certainly not entertainment, and - as terrorism expert Richard A. Clarke warns us— multiple cyberwars are underway already. The battlefronts range from simple identity theft to the disruption of nuclear programs and medical care. The Pentagon even has a word for this new front line: the fifth domain. That's where ongoing skirmishes for our security as individuals and as citizens are being fought. Richard Clark has long experience in American security…
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- EastWest StoryfestEth-Noh-Tec, a kinetic story theater organized by artists Nancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo, presents a night of storytelling from near and far: Karin Amano, from Mt. Airy, GA; Linda Yemoto, from Berkeley, CA; Anne Shimojima, from Lorton Grove, IL; Motoko, from Amherst, CA; Kiran Rana, from Alameda, CA; and Archy Arch J (Archy Jamjun), from […]
- Sarah Rose Etter with Trisha Low & Tommy PicoSarah Rose Etter ("Tongue Party") celebrates her anticipated debut novel "The Book of X" with a launch party featuring poets Trisha Low and Tommy Pico. The book follows Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot, from childhood on the family meat farm to a desk job in the […]
- M. the Heir ApparentIn 2015, after Berkeley-based songwriter Kyle Terrizzi immersed himself in the I Ching, which he stumbled on in a used bookstore, he was inspired to abandon his previous work (The Plastic Arts) to launch a new creative life as M. the Heir Apparent. Drawing comparisons to Ed Sheeran and Jeff Buckley, the literary musician is […]
- Brandon R. BrownProfessor of Physics at USF Brandon R. Brown presents his new book "The Apollo Chronicles: Engineering America's First Moon Missions" (Oxford University Press), which follows a handful of engineers of that time as they recount the largely behind-the-scenes work they did to take mankind to the moon. Himself a son of an Apollo engineer, Brown […]
- Peg Alford Pursell w/Caille Millner & SugartownAuthor of "Show Her a Flower, A Bird, A Shadow," Peg Alford Pursell launches her anticipated second book, "A Girl Goes Into the Forest," which explores and illuminates love and loss in 78 hybrid stories and fables. Caille Millner ("The Golden Road: Notes on My Gentrification") joins Peg in conversation, and the event will be […]
- ruth weissSome three weeks after her 91st birthday, famed Beat poet and Mendocino resident ruth weiss visits Far Out Gallery for an afternoon performance of her poetry. Weiss is a firebrand, performing regularly over recent years in a range of environments: with budding experimental musicians in small cafes, with seasoned improv musicians at larger venues, or […]
- Lore Podcast LiveCreator of some of the most popular podcasts in the world, Aaron Mahnke presents an evening of new stories set in the world of Lore, featuring rare and exclusive tales that won't be found on a podcast. Lore explores the dark side of history; it's been adapted for television by Amazon, and spawned the book […]
- In the Fields of the NorthA factory worker and union organizer for two decades with the United Farm Workers and other unions, and author of several books about migration, photojournalist David Bacon presents "In the Fields of the North / En los campos del norte," which in 302 images and 10 narratives documents the lives of farmworkers as the harvest […]
- Smack Dab Queer Open MicSmack Dab, the long-running, free LGBTQIA community event, returns for the second time to its new home at Manny's. In addition to the open mic--anyone can sign up for five-min stories, poems, songs, dances, etc. in person--each event has a feature who is given additional time to perform or share their work. July's feature is […]
- Fahrenheit 451Quantum Dragon Theatre presents a stage adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953), about a man named Guy who works for 10 years as a fireman, burning books for the state, before meeting a woman with strange ideas who shakes him out of his complacency and into a battle against the powers […]