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SUMMARY:Weekend of Words
DESCRIPTION:A free virtual literary festival to celebrate the written word and those behind it. Fill your day with workshops\, panels and talks and top it off with nightly readings from incredible poets and authors.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/weekend-of-words/
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SUMMARY:Together on the 9th: A Virtual Candlelight Vigil with Jack Kornfield
DESCRIPTION:Join us to honor the dead\, those who are sick\, and all of us on the planet. Please bring a candle and invite any friends or loved ones who would like to participate. During the vigil\, we will hear reflections from visionary meditation leader\, Jack Kornfield. \n\n\n\nTonight’s vigil will be co-created by all those joining with candles on Zoom and will be led by Jack Kornfield. \nIf you can\, please show up with a candle to honor those we’ve lost and those that are suffering during this difficult time. Our hope is for this invitation to become a monthly occurrence\, helping spark other rituals and fostering a deeper sense of togetherness in the face of what is both separating and connecting us all. \nFull Vigil Program to be Announced \nJack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand\, India and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. After graduating from Dartmouth College in Asian Studies in 1967 he joined the Peace Corps and worked on tropical medicine teams in the Mekong River valley. He met and studied as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah\, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. Returning to the United States\, Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre\, Massachusetts\, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre\, California. Over the years\, Jack has taught in centers and universities worldwide\, led International Buddhist Teacher meetings\, and worked with many of the great teachers of our time. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a father\, husband and activist. \nHis books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies. They include\, A Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology\, A Path with Heart; After the Ecstasy\, the Laundry; Teachings of the Buddha; Seeking the Heart of Wisdom; Living Dharma; A Still Forest Pool; Stories of the Spirit\, Stories of the Heart; Buddha’s Little Instruction Book; The Art of Forgiveness\, Lovingkindness and Peace\, Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are\, and his most recent book\, No Time Like the Present: Finding Freedom\, Love\, and Joy Right Where You Are.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/together-on-the-9th-a-virtual-candlelight-vigil-with-jack-kornfield/
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CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Marcus Books fundraiser: Daveed Diggs\, Robin Coste Lewis and Danez Smith!
DESCRIPTION:A fundraiser for Marcus Books\, oldest Black bookstore in the US. With Daveed Diggs\, Robin Coste Lewis\, Danez Smith\, Chinaka Hodge and more!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nIt’s a tough time for local bookstores\, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to help local Bay Area bookstores stay in business\, with a series of fundraisers. This time\, we’re doing a poetry reading\, featuring Daveed Diggs\, Robin Coste Lewis\, Danez Smith\, Chinaka Hodge\, Tongo Eisen-Martin and more poets TBA. It’s a fundraiser for Marcus Books! \nThe performers \nDaveed Diggs is an actor\, singer\, producer\, writer\, and rapper. He is the vocalist of the experimental hip hop group Clipping. Diggs originated the role of Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson in the 2015 musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda which he won a Grammy and Tony for. He also cowrote\, produced\, and stars in the film Blindspotting. And he is starring in Snowpiercer\, the upcoming TNT series based on the movie of the same name. \nRobin Coste Lewis is the author of Voyage of the Sable Venus (2015)\, the winner of National Book Award for Poetry. Her work has appeared in various journals and anthologies\, including The Massachusetts Review\, Callaloo\, The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review\, Transition\, and VIDA. Lewis earned her MFA from NYU’s Creative Writing Program where she was a Goldwater fellow in poetry. She also earned a MTS degree in Sanskrit and comparative religious literature from Harvard Divinity School. She is a Cave Canem fellow and was awarded a Provost’s fellowship in the Creative Writing & Literature PhD Program at USC. Other fellowships and awards include the Caldera Foundation\, the Ragdale Foundation\, the Headlands Center for the Arts\, the Can Serrat International Art Centre in Barcelona\, and the Summer Literary Seminars in Kenya. She was a finalist for the International War Poetry Prize\, the National Rita Dove Prize\, and semi-finalist for the “Discovery”/Boston Review Prize and the Crab Orchard Series Open Poetry Prize. \nDanez Smith is a Black\, Queer\, Poz writer & performer from St. Paul\, MN. Danez is the author of “Homie” (Graywolf Press\, 2020)\, “Don’t Call Us Dead” (Graywolf Press\, 2017)\, winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection\, the Midwest Booksellers Choice Award\, and a finalist for the National Book Award\, and “[insert] boy” (YesYes Books\, 2014)\, winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. They are the recipient of fellowships from the Poetry Foundation\, the McKnight Foundation\, the Montalvo Arts Center\, Cave Canem\, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Danez’s work has been featured widely including on Buzzfeed\, The New York Times\, PBS NewsHour\, Best American Poetry\, Poetry Magazine\, and on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Danez has been featured as part of Forbes’ annual 30 Under 30 list and is the winner of a Pushcart Prize. They are a member of the Dark Noise Collective and is the co-host of VS with Franny Choi\, a podcast sponsored by the Poetry Foundation and Postloudness. \nChinaka Hodge is a poet\, educator\, playwright\, and screenwriter from Oakland. She received her BA from NYU’s Gallatin School\, and studied Writing for Film and Television at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts MFA program. Chinaka has served as Educator\, Program Director and Associate Artistic Director at Youth Speaks/The Living Word Project\, she is a Senior Fellow at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts\, and serves on the Advisory Board at Marin Headlands Center for the Arts. Chinaka has been recognized as a Glide Legacy Gala Honoree\, an Oakland Indie Award winner in the category of Oakland Soul\, one of Diablo Magazine’s 40 under 40\, and one of KQED’s Women to Watch. Her 2016 book of poems\, Dated Emcees\, won Northern California Independent Booksellers Association’s Book of the Year\, and was nominated for the Northern California Book Award. Chinaka is currently working as a screenwriter in Los Angeles. Her credits include Jason Katims’ RISE\, TNT’s highly anticipated SNOWPIERCER and Steven Spielberg’s Apple+ project\, AMAZING STORIES. \nOriginally from San Francisco\, Tongo Eisen-Martin is a poet\, movement worker\, and educator. His latest curriculum on extrajudicial killing of Black people\, We Charge Genocide Again\, has been used as an educational and organizing tool throughout the country. His book titled\, “Someone’s Dead Already” was nominated for a California Book Award. His latest book “Heaven Is All Goodbyes” was published by the City Lights Pocket Poets series\, was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize and won a California Book Award and an American Book Award. \nThe beneficiary \nMarcus Books is the oldest independent Black bookstore in the country. The bookstore’s founders\, Drs. Raye and Julian Richardson met at Tuskegee University which they both attended. In 1946 Julian started Success Printing Co. in the Fillmore District of San Francisco and in 1960\, the two founded Marcus Books (named after political activist and author Marcus Garvey). Together — and through both the publishing press and bookstore — they fiercely advocated for Black history\, exchange\, and knowledge of self. They published now canonical books (that had before their resurrection gone out of print) and work by independent authors\, poets\, and artists. Marcus Books is an institution where those who have written books\, produced visual work and more can see themselves on a shelf\, wall or counter surrounded by other Black makers. \nAlongside Marcus Books’ legacy of Black publishing is an investment in nourishing Black readership\, no matter what age. Generations of families have grown up in the store: the student coming to find course material\, our incarcerated brothers and sisters writing to put in book orders\, the parents who bring their children to the store much like their parents did for/with them. World renowned author or prophetic local poet\, elder or toddler\, Marcus Books has provided something for you. \nAt Marcus Books “Black” is not a subject\, a single month\, or a niche; it is the universe. “Black” is not just history; it is the present and the future. \nEvery penny you spend on this event will directly to Marcus Books. \nHow does it work? \nWe use the conferencing system Zoom. After you sign up you’ll get an email with the Zoom access code—it’ll be described as “links for this event are available.” (Check that Eventbrite is using your current email address.) You don’t have to join with video\, but it’s nice to see faces.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/marcus-books-fundraiser-daveed-diggs-robin-coste-lewis-and-danez-smith/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Zoom Forward! #7 with Clifford Henderson\, Thad Nodine\, Richard Lange
DESCRIPTION:Phren-Z\, The Hive Poetry Collective\, and Bookshop Santa Cruz present Zoom Forward! #7 with Clifford Henderson\, Thad Nodine\, Richard Lange part of the Zoom Forward Reading Series—an ongoing reading series to showcase writers\, keep our cultural spritits high\, and support Bookshop Santa Cruz.  \nJoin the Santa Cruz Writes/phren-Z email list by subscribing here. Weekly Zoom links will be emailed to you. Contact Jory Post with any questions at jory@cruzio.com.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/zoom-forward-7-with-clifford-henderson-thad-nodine-richard-lange/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #8
DESCRIPTION:FREE AND ALL WELCOME! \nAll forms of support matter. One of those forms is financial. Money = energy to us\, and donating sends one signal (of many) that you would like our work to continue. If you can swing it in these tough times\, please consider supporting us via: \n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress; \n2) donating via the “ticket” option here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-2-tickets-100581457848; \nOR 3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate \n90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom! \nIt feels really important to gather in these times\, and we need to prioritize the health of most vulnerable community members (our elders\, those who work with elders\, and those with suppressed immune systems). So we are hosting another virtual open mic! Feel free to join just to listen\, too! We can hold up to 100 people. \nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with J. K. on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us! \nSIGN-UP SHEET:\nhttps://forms.gle/1ZNKSnnzRZpXxvUE7 \nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess. \nZoom Joining information \nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #8\nTime: May 8\, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81969682054 \nMeeting ID: 819 6968 2054\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,81969682054# US (San Jose)\n+12532158782\,\,81969682054# US (Tacoma) \nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 819 6968 2054\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kCvvm6Chi
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-8/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:*Virtual* Reading feat. Garrett Caples and Ava Koohbor
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Friday\, May 8th from 6:30-7:10 pm PST \nfor our first ever virtual reading featuring  \nGarrett Caples and Ava Koohbor!  \n  \n***** \n  \nauthor bios & photos below. \nZoom link to be emailed to participants & posted on the day of event. \nPlease RSVP for the reading here to have the link emailed to you.  \nwe hope you and your loved ones are safe & well\,  \nand we look forward to sharing this new experience with you!  \nGarrett Caples is a poet living in San Francisco. His most recent book of poems is the bilingual Noches Apátridas: Poesía escogida\, 1999-2019 (Unstated Nights: Selected Poems\, 1999-2019) (Juan Malasuerte\, 2019). He’s an editor at City Lights Books\, where he curates the Spotlight Poetry Series. \nAva Koohbor is a native Farsi speaker\, poet and visual artist. Her poems have appeared in various publications. Her chapbooks include Triangle Squared (Bootstrap Press) and Sinusoidal Forms (Lew Gallery). Death Under Construction is her first full collection of poetry in English by Ugly Duckling Presse. She believes that each artist is a medium to transfer the world of possibilities to what is. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-reading-feat-garrett-caples-and-ava-koohbor/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:BERKELEY ARTS & LETTERS: Shaun King / Make Change: How to Fight Injustice\, Dismantle Systemic Oppression\, and Own Our Future
DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Arts & Letters hosts activist and journalist Shaun King for his new book Make Change: How to Fight Injustice\, Dismantle Systemic Oppression\, and Own Our Future. Please join us! \nPlease note: This event is ticketed\, and will take place at First Congregational Church of Berkeley\, 2345 Channing Way\, Berkeley. Tickets\, including discounted book bundles\, are available in advance here. \n \nAdvance tickets are highly recommended — night-of tickets are not guaranteed. Unless otherwise noted here\, general admission tickets will be available at the door. \n\nAs a leader of the Black Lives Matter movement\, Shaun King has become one of the most recognizable and powerful voices on the front lines of civil rights in our time. In Make Change\, King offers an inspiring look at the moments that have shaped his life and considers the ways social movements can grow and evolve in this hyper-connected era. He shares stories from his efforts leading the Raise the Age campaign and his work fighting police brutality\, while providing a roadmap for how to stay sane\, safe\, and motivated even in the worst of political climates. By turns infuriating\, inspiring\, and educational\, Make Change will resonate with those who believe that America can — and must — do better. \n\nShaun King was recently named by Time Magazine as one of the 25 most important people in the world online. He covers civil rights issues for the Intercept and is writer-in-residence at the Fair Punishment Project at Harvard Law School. Previously\, King served as a pastor\, teacher\, and full time motivational speaker in Atlanta’s juvenile justice system. In 2019\, King launched the media platform The North Star\, which has hundreds of thousands of members and subscribers. His podcast The Breakdown has remained one of the most popular news and politics category on Apple with over 100k subscribers. He lives in Brooklyn with his family. \n\nPlease note: \n–  Duration of event is subject to author’s preference. \n–  Signing and additional details coming soon. \n–  This event is all ages. Accessibility is important to us! If you have special needs of any kind\, please write events AT booksmith DOT com and we will do our best to accommodate you. \n– If you can’t attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of Make Change\, order below and be sure to enter your request in the special field. \n–  To reserve a seat and a discounted book bundle\, get your tickets in advance. \n–  Facebook RSVP not required\, but always appreciated.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-arts-letters-shaun-king-make-change-how-to-fight-injustice-dismantle-systemic-oppression-and-own-our-future/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley\, 2345 Channing Way\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:In Common Writers Series: John Yau and Claudia La Rocco\, reading and in conversation
DESCRIPTION:Wrapping up Spring 2020 with another double-program in The Poetry Center’s In Common Writers Series\, we are delighted to host renowned poet and art critic John Yau\, on a rare visit from New York City. Following his reading and conversation with poet\, translator\, and SF State faculty member Andrew Joron\, at The Poetry Center on Thursday May 7\, we move across the Bay on Friday May 8\, for John Yau together with poet/performer and editor of SFMOMA’s online magazine Open Space\, Claudia La Rocco\, reading and in conversation at Pro Arts Gallery & Commons\, right downtown (12th Street BART) in Frank Ogawa Plaza. Supported by the Walter & Elise Haas Fund\, these events are free and open to the public. \nDetails soon \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRelated event: \nIn Common Writers Series\nJohn Yau and Andrew Joron \nreading and in conversation\nThursday May 7\n7:00 pm @ The Poetry Center\nHumanities 512\, SF State University\nfree and open to the public\nsupported by the Walter & Elise Haas Fund \n\n\n\n\nEvent contact:\n\nThe Poetry Center\n\n\n\nEvent email:\n\npoetry@sfsu.edu\n\n\n\nEvent phone:\n\n415-338-2227\n\n\n\nEvent sponsor:\n\nThe Poetry Center and Pro Arts Gallery & Commons
URL:https://litseen.com/event/in-common-writers-series-john-yau-and-claudia-la-rocco-reading-and-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Pro Arts Gallery\, 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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