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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press Summer Solstice 2017 Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:Nomadic Press continues to burst at the seams with programming and publications\, and we need your continued support to keep the doors open and our programming and publication schedule as robust as they currently are. \nFrom June 5-June 20 (Summer Solstice)\, we will be raising money to help Nomadic Press cover its general operating costs and publication printing costs. Our goal for this Solstice is $10\,000\, and we need your help to get there. \nDonate what you can below. If things are tight for you at the moment\, even $5 will help. For those that find themselves in a slightly better position\, consider giving $100\, $500\, or $1\,000. As always\, your donations are tax deductible and every single dollar goes directly toward the continuation of everything bi-coastal Nomadic Press does\, results that you can actually attend and hold in your hand. \nWe will be giving weekly updates on our progress. Please share this short campaign far and wide and cast your support today! Thank you for your continued support.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-summer-solstice-2017-fundraiser/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press\, 2926 Foothill Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Eastridge Open Mic: Robert Tinoco Duran
DESCRIPTION:Feature: Roberto Tinoco Duran\nopen mic follows \nRoberto Tinoco Duran is the author of six books of poetry\, A Friend of Sorrow (1980); Triple Crown (1987); Reality Ribs (1993)\, Darkspark (2006)\, Ace Race Card (2010)\, and Maximum in Minimum (2016). His work has been published in numerous anthologies and literary journals in the US and abroad. Duran has taught poetry in homeless shelters\, mental health agencies and in various City of San Jose programs supporting ‘at risk’ kids. He has performed and recited his poetry for nearly 40 years in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond and collaborated with many well known poets and writers including world renowned performance artist Guillermo Gomez Pena. Videographer Emilio Ratti of RAI Television\, Milan\, Italy\, has produced numerous videos from 2000-2016 that feature Roberto’s signature live performances from the streets of San Jose. Duran’s poetry was featured by director River O’Mahony Hagg in the 35mm experimental short film “86ed Again” which premiered at the San Diego Film Festival in 2002. Duran’s vocals and original poetry are showcased in four Music/Spoken word albums\, 86ed Again (2001); Poetry Pie (2003); Darkspark (2007); and The Poet (2010). For more information\, visit http://www.robertoduranpoet.com/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/eastridge-open-mic-robert-tinoco-duran/
LOCATION:Barnes & Noble at Eastridge Mall\, 2200 Eastridge Loop\, Suite #1420\, San José\, CA\, 95122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Children of the Love
DESCRIPTION:For decades\, Northern California has been Ground Zero for countercultural communities\, rejecting conventional suburbia in favor of individualism and personal freedom. But what happens to children with this background\, growing up amid such unorthodox family dynamics? Three Bay Area authors with recent memoirs meet on the summer solistice to discuss their experiences growing up in the shadow of the Summer of Love. \nThis program is part of San Francisco’s 50th anniversary celebration of the Summer of Love.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/children-of-the-love/
LOCATION:California Historical Society\, 678 Mission St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:One Year Anniversary Bash
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the one-year anniversary of Dog Eared Books keeping books in the Castro!! \nWe are beyond excited to have Cleve Jones\, Charlie Jane Anders\, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz\, and Jeff Chang as our featured readers. Pick up copies of their books before the big night! Faluda Islam [Zulfikar Ali Bhutto] will be our MC\, and their artwork will be on display in the store throughout June. \nThe reading schedule for the night: \n7pm – introduction by artist/performer Faluda Islam [Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]; Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz\n8pm Charlie Jane Anders; Jeff Chang\n9pm Cleve Jones \nDelicious vegetarian food will be provided by Temo’s Cafe\n\nThank you to everyone who has supported us this past year – it has been a joy to see all of your faces in the store\, and we can’t wait to celebrate with you soon! \nBios:\nCLEVE JONES is a human rights activist\, lecturer\, and author of “When We Rise: My Life in the Movement\,” which partly inspired the ABC miniseries of the same name. Mentored by LGBTQ pioneer Harvey Milk\, Cleve co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation\, conceived and founded The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt\, led the 2009 National March for Equality in Washington D.C.\, and served on the Advisory Board of the American Foundation for Equal Rights\, which challenged California’s Proposition 8 in the U.S. Supreme Court. Today he works as an organizer for the hospitality workers’ union UNITE HERE. \nCHARLIE JANE ANDERS is the author of All the Birds in the Sky\, which won a Nebula Award and a Crawford Award and has been shortlisted for the Hugo and Locus Awards. She organizes the Writers With Drinks reading series\, and was a founding editor of io9.com. Her story “Six Months\, Three Days” won a Hugo Award\, and her debut novel Choir Boy won a Lambda Literary Award. \nROXANNE DUNBAR-ORTIZ: Originally from rural Oklahoma\, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz\, has lived in San Francisco most of her adult life. She is Professor Emerita in Ethnic Studies at California State University East Bay. She is author or editor of 12 books\, including a memoir trilogy: Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie; Outlaw Woman: A Memoir of the War Years\, 1960–1975; and Blood on the Border: A Memoir of the Contra War. Her most recent book is An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States. \nJEFF CHANG is the Executive Director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University. His books include Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation\, Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop\, Who We Be: The Colorization of America (published in paperback in January 2016 under the new title\, Who We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post Civil Rights America). His latest\, We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes On Race and Resegregation\, was published in September 2016. His next book will be a biography of Bruce Lee. \nJeff co-founded CultureStr/ke and ColorLines. He was named by The Utne Reader as one of “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World” and by KQED as an Asian Pacific American Local Hero. He has been a USA Ford Fellow in Literature and the winner of the Asian American Literary Award. \nZULFIKAR ALI BHUTTO received his BA and an MAH in Art History from Edinburgh University and completed his MFA from San Francisco Art Institute this year. As an artist of mixed Pakistani and Lebanese descent and having grown up in Pakistan\, Bhutto sees his body caught in the middle of complex identity politics formed by centuries of colonialism and exacerbated by contemporary international politics. He explores political queerness and how that queerness exists in a constant in-between and non-aligned space. His work has been shown in the United States\, Pakistan\, Scotland\, Dubai\, and Colombia.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/one-year-anniversary-bash/
LOCATION:Dog Eared Books Castro\, 489 Castro Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Get Lit #25
DESCRIPTION:An amazing gathering of writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute time limit. \nThe emcee for the night will be the one and only NO ‘HARE (Isobel O’Hareand Christine No.) \nFeatured lineup of writers include: and more TBA! \nMusical Guest: \nBeer made by Ale Industries on site and coffee by our good friends next door\, Red Bay Coffee. \nDonations will be kindly requested\, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds. All ages are welcome\, though profanity will be present. \n\nCommunity\, Fruitvale Literary\, Ale Industries\, Nomadic Press\, Fruitvale Beer
URL:https://litseen.com/event/get-lit-25/
LOCATION:Ale Industries\, 3096 E 10th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:The WordParty Poetry & Jazz Night
DESCRIPTION:Featured Poet: Val Ibarra! \nHosted by Jennifer Barone\, Ingrid Keir. Live jazz with Daniel Heffez\, Geordie Van Der Bosch and friends. FREE admission\, all ages\, full menu and bar in the front room. Open Mic for poetry only – 3min time limit\, pick your best poem to read with live jazz accompaniment.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-wordparty-poetry-jazz-night-4/
LOCATION:PianoFight\, 144 Taylor St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170620T193000
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SUMMARY:Laurie King
DESCRIPTION:The bestselling author of the Mary Russell mysteries\, Laurie King\, celebrates the release of an altogether new novel\, an ominous and stunningly intricate story set in an inner-city middle school. \nOn the eve of career day at Guadalupe Middle School\, Principal Linda MacDonald is dead-set on changing the course of a school known only for its truancy\, gang violence\, and failing test scores. But she never expects the cop with too many questions\, or the kid under pressure to prove himself\, or the basketball player with an affection guns … \nJoin one of Northern Californias most renowned mystery writers for the release of her most exciting thriller yet!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/laurie-king/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170620T213000
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SUMMARY:Brontez Purnell Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join Brontez Purnell at Pegasus Books Downtown for the launch of his debut novel\, Since I Laid My Burden Down. \nDeShawn lives a high\, creative\, and promiscuous life in San Francisco. But when he’s called back to his cramped Alabama hometown for his uncle’s funeral\, he’s hit by flashbacks of handsome\, doomed neighbors and sweltering Sunday services. Amidst prickly reminders of his childhood\, DeShawn ponders family\, church\, and the men in his life\, prompting the question: Who deserves love? \nA raw\, funny\, and uninhibited stumble down memory lane\, Brontez Purnell’s debut novel explores how one man’s early sexual and artistic escapades grow into a life. \nAuthor Bio \nBrontez Purnell has been publishing\, performing\, and curating in the Bay Area for over ten years. He is author of the cult zine Fag School\, frontman for his band The Younger Lovers\, and founder and choreographer of the Brontez Purnell Dance Company. Formerly a dancer with Gravy Train!!!\, a queer electro indie band that gained national prominence in the mid-2000s\, Purnell’s other prominent artistic collaborations include his supporting role in the queer independent feature film\, “I Want Your Love” (dir. Travis Mathews\, 2012). \nHe was a guest curator for the Berkeley Art Museum’s L@TE program in 2012\, awarded an invitation to the 2012 Radar Lab queer arts summer residency\, honored by Out Magazine’s 2012 Hot 100 List and 2013 Most Eligible Bachelors List\, and most recently won the 2014 SF Bay Guardian‘s Goldie for Performance/Music.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/brontez-purnell-book-launch/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Naomi Klein presents her new book No is Not Enough
DESCRIPTION:NAOMI KLEIN presents her new book No Is Not Enough\nTuesday\, June 20\, 7:30PM\nat First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley\, 2407 Dana St.\, Berkeley\nTICKETS ON SALE NOW \nJoin us for a discussion of resistance in the Trump era with internationally acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Naomi Klein. \nDonald Trump’s takeover of the White House is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises. His reckless agenda — including a corporate coup in government\, aggressive scapegoating and warmongering\, and sweeping aside climate science to set off a fossil fuel frenzy — will generate waves of disasters and shocks to the economy\, national security\, and the environment. \nAcclaimed journalist\, activist\, and bestselling author Naomi Klein has spent two decades studying political shocks\, climate change\, and brand bullies. From this unique perspective\, she argues that Trump is not an aberration but a logical extension of the worst\, most dangerous trends of the past half-century — the very conditions that have unleashed a rising tide of white nationalism the world over. It is not enough\, she tells us\, to merely resist\, to say no. Our historical moment demands more: a credible and inspiring yes\, a roadmap to reclaiming the populist ground from those who would divide us — one that sets a bold course for winning the fair and caring world we want and need. \nThis timely\, urgent book from one of our most influential thinkers offers a bracing positive shock of its own\, helping us understand just how we got here\, and how we can\, collectively\, come together and heal. \nBook signing to follow. Copies of No Is Not Enough will be available for purchase at the event. A discounted ticket/book bundle is also available in advance. \n— \nTickets on sale at this link. \nSponsored by Booksmith\, The Nation\, The Leap\, The Intercept and Haymarket Books.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/naomi-klein/
LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley\, 2407 Dana St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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