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SUMMARY:Queeriosity: Writing + Performance Workshop (Youth Centered)
DESCRIPTION:Queeriosity: Writing and Performance workshops celebrates LGBTQQIA+ youth voices in the Bay Area. Taught by Youth Speaks poets including Sarah O’Neal and Janae Johnson. \nEvery Wednesday | March 20th – May 22\n5:00pm – 7:00pm\nat Qulture Collective\, 1714 Franklin St\, Oakland\, CA 94607 (near 19th Street BART) \nThis LGBTQIA+ centered workshop will explore personal and historical narratives that (re)frame perceptions of language\, sexuality & gender. Participants will be encouraged to write\, learn performance techniques\, and create the dopest space imaginable. \nSign-Up: https://goo.gl/forms/OWMXtikx5RvHzBnB3 \n**First time and/or experienced writers are encouraged to attend. This is intended to be a space where your authentic self is not only welcomed- it’s celebrated.** \nNote: This is a FREE youth-centered (13-19 years old) Workshop\, and anyone can join! 🙂
URL:https://litseen.com/event/queeriosity-writing-performance-workshop-youth-centered/
LOCATION:Qulture Collective\, 1714 Franklin Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free
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SUMMARY:BINDERY: Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny)
DESCRIPTION:Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny) is a new San Francisco comedy hour at The Bindery in the Haight district. Edna and her friends are trapped in a bottle and dying to perform! A colorful splash of sketch scenes\, story-telling\, circus talent and wacked-out adult comedy. And there’s nothing wrong with an eating contest here and there. Mark your calendars and come let us out of the bottle! \n  \nTickets are $12-25\, sliding. Seating is limited\, and this show often sells out — there’s no guarantee tickets will be available at the door\, so arrive early. Online sales close at 4pm the day of the show. \n  \n\n  \nPlease note: this event will be held at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. \n  \nThis event is 18+. \n  \nDoors open at 7:30pm. Show starts at 8pm. \n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required. \n  \nMore details coming soon — save the date and join us! \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bindery-edna-in-a-bottle-tastes-funny-2/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Susan Alexander Red Diana
DESCRIPTION:Author Susan Alexander will discuss her most recent book “Red Diana”\, a psychological thriller. Set in San Francisco\, the book is a sequel to “A Quicker Blood”.\n \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/author-talk-susan-alexander-red-diana/
LOCATION:San Francisco Public Library\, Main Branch\, 100 Larkin St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Damon Krukowski
DESCRIPTION:discussing the subject of his new book \n  \n \nWays of Hearing \nby Damon Krukowski \nforward by Emily Thompson \npublished by MIT Press \n\nA writer-musician examines how the switch from analog to digital audio is changing our perceptions of time\, space\, love\, money\, and power. \nOur voices carry farther than ever before\, thanks to digital media. But how are they being heard? In this book\, Damon Krukowski examines how the switch from analog to digital audio is changing our perceptions of time\, space\, love\, money\, and power. In Ways of Hearing—modeled on Ways of Seeing\, John Berger’s influential 1972 book on visual culture—Krukowski offers readers a set of tools for critical listening in the digital age. Just as Ways of Seeing began as a BBC television series\, Ways of Hearing is based on a six-part podcast produced for the groundbreaking public radio podcast network Radiotopia. Inventive uses of text and design help bring the message beyond the range of earbuds. \nEach chapter of Ways of Hearing explores a different aspect of listening in the digital age: time\, space\, love\, money\, and power. Digital time\, for example\, is designed for machines. When we trade broadcast for podcast\, or analog for digital in the recording studio\, we give up the opportunity to perceive time together through our media. On the street\, we experience public space privately\, as our headphones allow us to avoid “ear contact” with the city. Heard on a cell phone\, our loved ones’ voices are compressed\, stripped of context by digital technology. Music has been dematerialized\, no longer an object to be bought and sold. With recommendation algorithms and playlists\, digital corporations have created a media universe that adapts to us\, eliminating the pleasures of brick-and-mortar browsing. Krukowski lays out a choice: do we want a world enriched by the messiness of noise\, or one that strives toward the purity of signal only? \nDamon Krukowski is a writer and musician. Author of The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World\, he has taught writing and sound (and writing about sound) at Harvard University. He was in the indie rock band Galaxie 500 and is currently one half of the folk-rock duo Damon & Naomi. He lives in Cambridge\, Massachusetts. \nVisit Damon’s website: http://www.dadadrummer.com/ \n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/damon-krukowski/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Jenny Odell - - How to Do Nothing
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 18\n7:00pm\n\nEAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Jenny Odell to discuss her new new book How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy\, on Thursday\, March 18th at 7pm. \nA galvanizing critique of the forces vying for our attention—and our personal information—that redefines what we think of as productivity\, reconnects us with the environment\, and reveals all that we’ve been too distracted to see about ourselves and our world \nNothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity . . . doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. \nSo argues artist and critic Jenny Odell in this field guide to doing nothing (at least as capitalism defines it). Odell sees our attention as the most precious—and overdrawn—resource we have. Once we can start paying a new kind of attention\, she writes\, we can undertake bolder forms of political action\, reimagine humankind’s role in the environment\, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress. \nFar from the simple anti-technology screed\, or the back-to-nature meditation we read so often\, How to do Nothing is an action plan for thinking outside of capitalist narratives of efficiency and techno-determinism. Provocative\, timely\, and utterly persuasive\, this book is a four-course meal in the age of Soylent. \n* * * \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nJenny Odell is an artist and writer who teaches at Stanford\, has been an artist-in-residence at places like the San Francisco dump\, Facebook\, the Internet Archive\, and the San Francisco Planning Department\, and has exhibited her art all over the world. She lives in Oakland. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nThursday\, April 18\, 2019 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jenny-odell-how-to-do-nothing/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:David Presti: Mind Beyond Brain
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, Apr 18\, 2019 7:00 PM \nLocation: \nThe Basement at Moe’s\n2476 Telegraph Ave.\, Berkeley \nWebsite \nMind Beyond Brain is about expanding an empirical science of mind and consciousness. One way forward in developing an expanded science of mind is to take seriously empirical data for phenomena that are not accounted for within the current explanatory framework – the anomalies within contemporary science. The discussion in this book is placed in the context of the contemporary dialogue between Buddhism and science – specifically neuroscience\, psychology\, and physics – a conversation that has evolved substantially over the last 35 years. Despite many developments that have arisen from this conversation\, an important aspect that has not thus far been much appreciated is the engagement of complementary worldviews – one wherein mind is a relatively late evolutionary addition\, and another wherein mind and world are far more deeply and interdependently related. \nDavid Presti teaches neurobiology\, psychology\, and cognitive science at the University of California\, Berkeley\, where he has been on the faculty for 28 years. For ten years he worked in the clinical treatment of substance abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder at the VA Medical Center in San Francisco. And for the last 15 years he has been teaching neuroscience and dialoguing about science with Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns in India\, Nepal\, and Bhutan. He is author of Foundational Concepts in Neuroscience: A Brain-Mind Odyssey (2016) and Mind Beyond Brain: Buddhism\, Science\, and the Paranormal (2018).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/david-presti-mind-beyond-brain/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Lori Gottlieb with Irvin D. Yalom
DESCRIPTION:Lori Gottlieb is the bestselling author\, therapist and speaker behind the Dear Therapist advice column at The Atlantic. In Maybe You Should Talk to Someone\, Gottlieb offers a bird’s eye-view into the therapist’s office in a book that is part clinician’s journal\, part memoir\, part reckoning with the experience of living. Literary with a spot of self-help\, Kirkus calls Gottlieb’s latest “an irresistibly addictive tour of the human condition\,” while Susan Cain goes even further: “Wise\, warm\, smart\, and funny… if you have even an ounce of interest in the conundrum of being human\, you must read this book.” \nWith a degree from Stanford\, a successful writing career\, kids\, and years of experience in private practice under her belt\, Gottlieb most prizes her credentials as “a card-carrying member of the human race.” She advocates healing and a healthy life through the revision of our own well-worn personal stories. \nJoin this brilliant\, down-to-earth and talented human being as she visits Kepler’s for a conversation with the legendary Irvin D. Yalom\, bestselling author of Love’s Executioner and Professor Emeritus at Stanford. \nTogether\, these two great minds will explore Gottlieb’s book\, therapeutic practice\, and what it means to grow in connection with others.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lori-gottlieb-with-irvin-d-yalom/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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SUMMARY:Lydia Fitzpatrick
DESCRIPTION:Lydia Fitzpatrick discusses her debut novel\, Lights All Night Long. \n\nPraise for Lights All Night Long \n“Lights All Night Long is as delicious as it is dazzling—a mystery I was tempted to read in one sitting as well as a startling\, clear-eyed exploration of what holds us together\, regardless of location or distance. Brilliantly conceived and exquisitely observed\, Lydia Fitzpatrick’s debut shines as brightly as its title.”—Chloe Benjamin\, author of The Immortalists \n“For readers drawn to literary thrills\, Lights All Night Long offers drugs\, sex\, and murder\, but this supple\, sparkling novel is really about tender souls navigating unfamiliar terrain and human bonds warm enough to thaw snowbanks. The indecipherable language of loss\, love\, and longing is normally impossible to understand. At last\, thankfully\, we have Lydia Fitzpatrick to interpret it.”—Adam Johnson\, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Orphan Master’s Son \n“Lights All Night Long is utterly brilliant and completely captivating. Lydia Fitzpatrick writes with cinematic clarity about life on margins of contemporary Russia and America. The result is one of the most propulsive\, un-put-downable literary novels I’ve read in ages.”—Anthony Marra\, author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena \n“This intricate\, capacious\, startlingly inventive novel is so vivid\, and rings so true\, that its characters have taken up permanent residence in my imagination. What an accomplishment.”—R.O. Kwon\, author of The Incendiaries \n“A cross-cultural coming-of-age story that breaks your heart in the best way. Full of tender hopes and hard truths\, Lydia Fitzpatrick’s first novel marks the debut of a gifted storyteller.”—Maggie Shipstead\, author of Seating Arrangements \n  \nAbout Lights All Night Long \nFifteen-year-old Ilya arrives in Louisiana from his native Russia for what should be the adventure of his life: a year in America as an exchange student. The abundance of his new world–the Super Walmarts and heated pools and enormous televisions–is as hard to fathom as the relentless cheerfulness of his host parents. And Sadie\, their beautiful and enigmatic daughter\, has miraculously taken an interest in him. \nBut all is not right in Ilya’s world: he’s consumed by the fate of his older brother Vladimir\, the magnetic rebel to Ilya’s dutiful wunderkind\, back in their tiny Russian hometown. The two have always been close\, spending their days dreaming of escaping to America. But when Ilya was tapped for the exchange\, Vladimir disappeared into their town’s seedy\, drug-plagued underworld. Just before Ilya left\, the murders of three young women rocked the town’s usual calm\, and Vladimir found himself in prison. \nWith the help of Sadie\, who has secrets of her own\, Ilya embarks on a mission to prove Vladimir’s innocence. Piecing together the timeline of the murders and Vladimir’s descent into addiction\, Ilya discovers the radical lengths to which Vladimir has gone to protect him–a truth he could only have learned by leaving him behind. \nA rich tale of belonging and the pull of homes both native and adopted\, Lights All Night Long is a spellbinding story of the fierce bond between brothers determined to find a way back to each other. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lydia-fitzpatrick/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Timothy Hampton
DESCRIPTION:Timothy Hampton\n\n\n\n\nPresents Bob Dylan’s Poetics: How the Songs Work. \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, April 18\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/timothy-hampton-2/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Lydia Fitzpatrick and Tony Marra
DESCRIPTION:Lydia Fitzpatrick discusses her debut novel\, Lights All Night Long with Tony Marra. \n\nPraise for Lights All Night Long \n“Lights All Night Long is as delicious as it is dazzling—a mystery I was tempted to read in one sitting as well as a startling\, clear-eyed exploration of what holds us together\, regardless of location or distance. Brilliantly conceived and exquisitely observed\, Lydia Fitzpatrick’s debut shines as brightly as its title.”—Chloe Benjamin\, author of The Immortalists \n“For readers drawn to literary thrills\, Lights All Night Long offers drugs\, sex\, and murder\, but this supple\, sparkling novel is really about tender souls navigating unfamiliar terrain and human bonds warm enough to thaw snowbanks. The indecipherable language of loss\, love\, and longing is normally impossible to understand. At last\, thankfully\, we have Lydia Fitzpatrick to interpret it.”—Adam Johnson\, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Orphan Master’s Son \n“Lights All Night Long is utterly brilliant and completely captivating. Lydia Fitzpatrick writes with cinematic clarity about life on margins of contemporary Russia and America. The result is one of the most propulsive\, un-put-downable literary novels I’ve read in ages.”—Anthony Marra\, author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena \n“This intricate\, capacious\, startlingly inventive novel is so vivid\, and rings so true\, that its characters have taken up permanent residence in my imagination. What an accomplishment.”—R.O. Kwon\, author of The Incendiaries \n“A cross-cultural coming-of-age story that breaks your heart in the best way. Full of tender hopes and hard truths\, Lydia Fitzpatrick’s first novel marks the debut of a gifted storyteller.”—Maggie Shipstead\, author of Seating Arrangements \n  \nAbout Lights All Night Long \nFifteen-year-old Ilya arrives in Louisiana from his native Russia for what should be the adventure of his life: a year in America as an exchange student. The abundance of his new world–the Super Walmarts and heated pools and enormous televisions–is as hard to fathom as the relentless cheerfulness of his host parents. And Sadie\, their beautiful and enigmatic daughter\, has miraculously taken an interest in him. \nBut all is not right in Ilya’s world: he’s consumed by the fate of his older brother Vladimir\, the magnetic rebel to Ilya’s dutiful wunderkind\, back in their tiny Russian hometown. The two have always been close\, spending their days dreaming of escaping to America. But when Ilya was tapped for the exchange\, Vladimir disappeared into their town’s seedy\, drug-plagued underworld. Just before Ilya left\, the murders of three young women rocked the town’s usual calm\, and Vladimir found himself in prison. \nWith the help of Sadie\, who has secrets of her own\, Ilya embarks on a mission to prove Vladimir’s innocence. Piecing together the timeline of the murders and Vladimir’s descent into addiction\, Ilya discovers the radical lengths to which Vladimir has gone to protect him–a truth he could only have learned by leaving him behind. \nA rich tale of belonging and the pull of homes both native and adopted\, Lights All Night Long is a spellbinding story of the fierce bond between brothers determined to find a way back to each other.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lydia-fitzpatrick-and-tony-marra/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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