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SUMMARY:Word for Word Presents: “EXACTLY!” THEY SAID…  A Festival of Short Stories by California Writers Brought Straight to the Stage
DESCRIPTION:Word for Word Presents:\n“EXACTLY!” THEY SAID…\nA Festival of Short Stories by California Writers Brought Straight to the Stage  \nSUBMISSIONS NOW CLOSED\nNovember 1-7 \nHaving transformed short stories verbatim to the stage for the past 25 years\, Word for Word now wants to extend this singular experience to writers throughout California. The selected short stories reflect many points of view\, from a rich diversity of California’s writers. Festival activities will include a writers salon featuring Greg Sarris (Grand Avenue\, Watermelon Nights\, How A Mountain was Made) and Amy Tan (“The Bonesetter’s Daughter”\, “The Joy Luck Club”) and other activities. The festival will culminate in staged readings of five jury selected short stories by adults and six jury selected stories by teens\, performed in Word for Word’s signature Off the Page style.  \nClick Here to see a full list of winners\, including picture and bios. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFESTIVAL SCHEDULE\nLaunch of the Festival Of Short Stories\nwith Greg Sarris and Amy Tan\nFriday November 1\, 7 PM\nJewish Community High School of the Bay\, 1835 Ellis St.\, San Francisco 94115 \nKick of the festival with a writer’s Salon with two of Word for Word’s favorite authors\, Greg Sarris and Amy Tan! These two luminaries will speak about the nature of the short story and their experiences with having Word for Word bring their works to the stage. \nWord for Word will revisit snippets the companies past productions of “Citizen” (Sarris) and “Immortal Heart” (Tan). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“I am so in love with Word for Word and what they do. I come from a community who generally does not read. After my American Indian community had seen Slaughterhouse\, they were inspired to read.”  \n–Greg Sarris \nGreg Sarris is a Native American author whose books include Grand Avenue and Watermelon Nights. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Word for Word is a marvel. While respecting the author’s every word\, the company also manages to create something completely new\, going well beyond the page into an art that has no words. I was completely bowled over by the acting\, the stage\, the costumes\, the choreography—the sheer power of the experience of watching words come to life.” \n–Amy Tan \nAmy Tan is the celebrated author of The Joy Luck Club\, The Bonesetter’s Daughter\, Saving Fish from Drowning\, and other novels. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS TO FESTIVAL LAUNCH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdult Winners – Program #1\nFeaturing “Arithmetic” by Michael Alenyikov\, “The 14 Mission” by Anita Cabrera”\, “The Ruins” by Lindsey Crittenden \nSaturday\, November 2\, 8 PM – Z Below\, 470 Florida St\, San Francisco 94110 \nThis program features staged readings of our jury selected winners. \n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS TO ADULT PROGRAM #1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdult Winners – Program #2\nFeaturing “Blue Ruin” by Katherine Lieban\, “Cancer Poems” by Kim Addonizio \nSunday\, November 3\, 5 PM – Z Below\, 470 Florida St\, San Francisco 94110 \nThis program features staged readings of our jury selected winners. \n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS TO ADULT PROGRAM #2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTeen Winners\nFeaturing”Middle School Advice” by Kenzo Fukuda\, “Atop the Saltback Mountain” by Tess Horton\, “Here’s a Theory Darling” by Sofi Orkin\, “The Magnolia Man” by Stella Pfahler\, “Matter of the Heart and Mind” by Charlotte Pocock and “Cancer” by Maya Reihanian  \nThursday\, November 7\, 7:30 PM – Children’s Creativity Museum at Yerba Buena Gardens \nThis program features staged readings from our teen category. Come out and revel at our next generation of writers! \n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS TO TEEN WINNERS\n\n\n\n\nStand with the bear! Be a literary champion and support California writers by sponsoring or partnering with “Exactly!” They Said…\nSponsorship / Partner benefits available.\nContact Vanessa Flores at vflores@zspace.org or at 415. 659.8134 to learn more.
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LOCATION:various venues\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:50 Hikes with Kids Reading and Nature Scavenger Hunt
DESCRIPTION:50 Hikes with Kids Reading and Nature Scavenger Hunt\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Solano\nSunday\, November 3\, 2pm – 3pm \nPegasus families\, come join author Wendy Gorton for an afternoon of adventure with your littles! \nWe will: \n-Read an adventure storybook\n-Read a local map\n-Plan our adventure!\n-Take photos and identify scavenger hunt plants out front and try a fun identification app on a phone\n-Trace plants and sketch in a provided nature journal\n-Read “”50 Hikes with Kids” to plan your next adventure!\n-Sign books \nA Love of Nature Starts Here! \nCalifornia kids live in a magnificent natural playground\, and 50 Hikes with Kids California helps them explore its beaches\, deserts\, mountains\, and forests. Scavenger hunts for every hike make it fun for families to learn about the region’s geology\, flora\, and fauna. For successful adventures with even the youngest trekkers\, award-winning author Wendy Gorton includes a detailed map\, trustworthy and intuitive directions\, a difficulty rating\, restroom info\, and places to grab a snack nearby for every trip. \nWendy Gorton holds a master’s degree in learning technologies and is a former classroom teacher. She has worked as a National Geographic Fellow in Australia researching Tasmanian devils\, a PolarTREC teacher researcher in archaeology in Alaska\, an Earthwatch teacher fellow in the Bahamas and New Orleans\, and a GoNorth! teacher explorer studying climate change via dogsled in Finland\, Norway\, and Sweden. Today\, she is a global education consultant who has traveled to more than fifty countries to design programs\, build communities\, and train other educators to do the same. \n  \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nSunday\, November 3\, 2019 – 2:00pm to 3:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Solano\n1855 Solano Ave\n\nBerkeley\, CA
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LOCATION:Pegasus Books on Solano\, 1855 Solano Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94707\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Ramesh Srinivasan
DESCRIPTION:discussing his new book \nBeyond the Valley: How Innovators around the World are Overcoming Inequality and Creating the Technologies of Tomorrow \nPublished by The MIT Press \n\nHow to repair the disconnect between designers and users\, producers and consumers\, and tech elites and the rest of us: toward a more democratic internet. \nIn this provocative book\, Ramesh Srinivasan describes the internet as both an enabler of frictionless efficiency and a dirty tangle of politics\, economics\, and other inefficient\, inharmonious human activities. We may love the immediacy of Google search results\, the convenience of buying from Amazon\, and the elegance and power of our Apple devices\, but it’s a one-way\, top-down process. We’re not asked for our input\, or our opinions—only for our data. The internet is brought to us by wealthy technologists in Silicon Valley and China. It’s time\, Srinivasan argues\, that we think in terms beyond the Valley. \nSrinivasan focuses on the disconnection he sees between designers and users\, producers and consumers\, and tech elites and the rest of us. The recent Cambridge Analytica and Russian misinformation scandals exemplify the imbalance of a digital world that puts profits before inclusivity and democracy. In search of a more democratic internet\, Srinivasan takes us to the mountains of Oaxaca\, East and West Africa\, China\, Scandinavia\, North America\, and elsewhere\, visiting the “design labs” of rural\, low-income\, and indigenous people around the world. He talks to a range of high-profile public figures—including Elizabeth Warren\, David Axelrod\, Eric Holder\, Noam Chomsky\, Lawrence Lessig\, and the founders of Reddit\, as well as community organizers\, labor leaders\, and human rights activists.. To make a better internet\, Srinivasan says\, we need a new ethic of diversity\, openness\, and inclusivity\, empowering those now excluded from decisions about how technologies are designed\, who profits from them\, and who are surveilled and exploited by them. \nRamesh Srinivasan is Professor of Information Studies and Design Media Arts at UCLA. He makes regular appearances on NPR\, The Young Turks\, MSNBC\, and Public Radio International\, and his writings have been published in the Washington Post\, Quartz\, Huffington Post\, CNN\, and elsewhere. \nvisit: http://rameshsrinivasan.org/
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LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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