BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Litseen - ECPv6.15.11//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Litseen X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://litseen.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Litseen REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20180101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190205T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190205T200000 DTSTAMP:20260501T034135 CREATED:20190101T033321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190101T033321Z UID:49148-1549389600-1549396800@litseen.com SUMMARY:Silent Reading Party DESCRIPTION:Presented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read to yourself in silence. Drinks and light snacks will be available. There is no admission cost and no reservations necessary. Proceeds from drink sales this month will benefit the library of Thurgood Marshall High School\, a public school in San Francisco. \nSign up to receive emails about upcoming Silent Reading Parties here. \nMore information at this link. See you there\, readers! URL:https://litseen.com/event/silent-reading-party-2/ LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://litseen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/SRP.Feb19.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190205T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190205T203000 DTSTAMP:20260501T034135 CREATED:20190103T084343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190103T084343Z UID:49255-1549393200-1549398600@litseen.com SUMMARY:Elizabeth Treadwell\, Charles Alexander\, and Karen Randall DESCRIPTION:Elzabeth Treadwell’s Penny Marvel & the book of the city of selfys is just out from Dusie. Her other books include LILYFOIL + 3 (O Books\, 2004)\, Wardolly (Chax\, 2008)\, and Virginia or the mud-flap girl (Dusie\, 2012). A selection from her earlier collections of poetry is included in Out of Everywhere 2: Linguistically Innovative Poetry by Women in North America & the UK (Reality Street\, 2015). Materials from her current projects sometimes appear at instagram.com/vivian_rialto and Penny exists in another iteration at pennymarvel.tumblr.com. \nCharles Alexander is an artist\, poet\, bookmaker\, and the founder/director of Chax Press. He is the author of six full-length books of poetry and thirteen chapbooks\, editor of one critical work on the state of the book arts in America\, and author of multiple essays\, articles\, and reviews. Alexander’s most recent book of poetry is AT the Edge OF the Sea (Singing Horse Press 2018). Two Pushing Waters is his most recent chapbook\, from Little Red Leaves. He gave lectures and readings for US Poets in Mexico in 2016. In 2019 he will be a featured participant at the American Poetry Conference at The 7th International Conference of Chinese/American Poetry and Poetics in Wuhan\, China. He has taught literature and writing at Naropa University\, the University of Arizona\, the University of Houston-Victoria\, and elsewhere. Currently at work on Collected Essays and a new book of poetry\, he lives in Tucson\, Arizona\, with his partner\, the painter Cynthia Miller. \n  \nKaren Pava Randall is the proprietrix of Propolis Press and resides in Northampton\, Massachusetts. She is in San Francisco to participate in the Codex Book Fair where she is showcasing two interactive book sculptures: The Leyden Jar Project  with poems by Cole Swensen and The Apothecary of Amulets with poems by Laynie Browne. URL:https://litseen.com/event/elizabeth-treadwell-charles-alexander-and-karen-randall/ LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://litseen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Moes.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190205T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190205T210000 DTSTAMP:20260501T034135 CREATED:20190101T053236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190101T053236Z UID:49177-1549393200-1549400400@litseen.com SUMMARY:A William S Burroughs Birthday Celebration DESCRIPTION:with Steven Taylor\, Peter Hale\, Peter Carlaftes\, and V Vale \ncelebrating the release of \nDon’t Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg \nEdited by Stephen Taylor \nPublished by Three Rooms Press \nIn DON’T HIDE THE MADNESS\, the fathers of the Beat movement converse about deeply intimate and personal history while gathered at Burroughs’ house in Lawrence\, Kansas. The conversation includes discussion of: \n\nDavid Cronenberg’s film adaptation of Burroughs’ classic novel Naked Lunch\nShamanism\, including a detailed description of the shamanic exorcism of the demon Burroughs believes forced him to kill his common-law wife in 1951\nLiterary associates\, influences\, techniques\, and insights\nPunk rock’s contributions to counterculture lore\n\nWith the current political landscape mirroring many aspects of the early Beat period\, DON’T HIDE THE MADNESS is particularly timely. Interest in both authors’ work is on the rise. Many consider these legendary icons’ perspectives to particularly prophetic. \nDON’T HIDE THE MADNESS features a newly-commissioned illustration of Burroughs and Ginsberg by celebrated artist R. Crumb on the cover\, as well as 17 rare photos by Ginsberg\, many taken during the session. \nWilliam S. Burroughs was a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author whose influence is considered to have affected a range of popular culture as well as literature. Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas\, including Naked Lunch\, Junky\, and Queer\, as well as six collections of short stories and four collections of essays. In 1991\, director David Cronenberg adapted Naked Lunch for the screen in a film starring Peter Weller\, Judy Davis\, Roy Scheider\, and Ian Holm. Burroughs also collaborated on projects and recordings with numerous performers and musicians\, and made many appearances as himself in films. \nAmerican poet\, philosopher\, and photographer Allen Ginsberg is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the counterculture that soon followed. He vigorously opposed militarism\, economic materialism and sexual repression and was known as embodying various aspects of this counterculture\, such as his views on drugs\, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions. He was one of many influential American writers of his time known as the Beat Generation\, which included famous writers such as Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. Among his many published poetry collections\, he is best known for Howl and Other Poems\, Kaddish and Other Poems\, and Collected Poems\, 1947-1997. \nSteven Taylor is a poet\, musician\, songwriter\, and ethnomusicologist. He has published two books of poems and a musical ethnography\, False Prophet: Field Notes from the Punk Underground . He has composed music for the theater\, film\, radio drama\, and installations and made more than a dozen records with various artists His articles\, reviews\, essays\, and poems have appeared in various anthologies and zines. From 1976-1996 he collaborated on music and poetry works with Allen Ginsberg\, and has been a member of the seminal underground rock band The Fugs since 1984. He has also toured and recorded with Anne Waldman\, Kenward Elmslie\, and the New York hardcore band False Prophets. From 1990-2008 he was on the faculty at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University. He is senior editor at Reality Sandwich. He lives in Brooklyn. \n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://litseen.com/event/a-william-s-burroughs-birthday-celebration/ LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://litseen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DHTM.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190205T190000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190205T210000 DTSTAMP:20260501T034135 CREATED:20190130T000533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190130T000533Z UID:49638-1549393200-1549400400@litseen.com SUMMARY:The Poetry Center presents Tom Clark & Vincent Katz DESCRIPTION:7:00pm\nThe Poetry Center presents\nTom Clark & Vincent Katz\nat The Green Arcade\n1680 Market Street\nSan Francisco URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-poetry-center-presents-tom-clark-vincent-katz/ LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://litseen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shampoo.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Shampoo Poetry":MAILTO:delraycross@gmail.com. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190205T193000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190205T213000 DTSTAMP:20260501T034135 CREATED:20190130T000722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190130T000722Z UID:49640-1549395000-1549402200@litseen.com SUMMARY:a YesYes Books Tour reading featuring Aricka Foreman\, Jay Deshpande\, Taryn Schwilling & Phillip B. Williams DESCRIPTION:7:30pm\na YesYes Books Tour reading\nfeaturing Aricka Foreman\, Jay Deshpande\, Taryn Schwilling & Phillip B. Williams\nat Studio One Arts Center\n365 45th Street\nOakland\nfree URL:https://litseen.com/event/a-yesyes-books-tour-reading-featuring-aricka-foreman-jay-deshpande-taryn-schwilling-phillip-b-williams/ LOCATION:Studio One Arts Center\, 365 45th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94609\, United States CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://litseen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/shampoo.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Shampoo Poetry":MAILTO:delraycross@gmail.com. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR