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SUMMARY:Peninsula Virtual Bookfest
DESCRIPTION:PENINSULA VIRTUAL BOOKFEST\n2020 SCHEDULE\n\n\nWelcome Message from San Mateo County Supervisor Carole Groom and local librarians\nhttps://youtu.be/D__YAzFYfV0\n\n\nSeptember 2\, 1pm PT\nBurlingame Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring NPR’s Malaka Gharib\, Sari-Sari Storybooks’ founder Christina Newhard & NYT bestselling YA author Erin Entrada Kelly. Webinar/FB Live. (Fiction\, Middle School/YA)\nhttps://youtu.be/k4U_bDFfrmo\n\n\nSeptember 3\, 5pm PT\nSan Mateo County Libraries presents “Poetry & Home in Diaspora” featuring Kai Coggin\, Lee Herrick\, Antonio Lopez & Persis Karim. SMCL YouTube (Poetry)\nhttps://youtu.be/rH_thzyluCc\n\n\nSeptember 7\, 5pm PT\nSan Mateo County Libraries presents a virtual bookfest featuring Irenosen Okojie\, London-based author & winner of the 2020 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing\, Murzban Shroff\, Mumbai-based author & recipient of the John Gilgun Fiction Award\, and Ricco Siasoco\, San Francisco-based author & National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow. Facebook Watch Party. (Fiction)\nhttps://youtu.be/8eI1E8NySAg\n\n\nSeptember 10\, 6pm PT\nBurlingame Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring Thea Matthews with MK Chavez\, Natasha Dennerstein & Tongo Eisen-Martin. Webinar/FB Live. (Poetry)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/480Primrose/videos/1475338219322119\n\n\nSeptember 16\, 6pm PT\nDaly City Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring Veronica Montes with Alan Chazaro\, Elsa Valmidiano & Ricco Siasoco. Webinar/FB Live. (Fiction)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/DalyCityLibrary/videos/2661021164214044\n\n\nSeptember 17\, 6pm PT\nDaly City Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring Barbara Jane Reyes with Arlene Biala\, Marianne Chan\, Janice Lobo Sapigao & Jean Vengua. Webinar/FB Live. (Poetry)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/DalyCityLibrary/videos/754302115300958\n\n\nSeptember 20\n“The Makers’ Call to Action” featuring Kai Coggin\, Samuel Getachew\, Tureeda Mikell\, Dena Rod and Michael Simms.\nhttps://www.instagram.com/tv/CFVnf_YhmoM/\n\n\nSeptember 21\, 2:30pm PT\nBurlingame Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring Ellen Bass\, Hugh Behm-Steinberg\, Danusha Lameris\, hosted by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Emerita Lisa Rosenberg. Webinar/FB Live. (Poetry)\nhttps://youtu.be/TLLuK6Jp-_Y\n\n\nSeptember 21\, 6pm PT\nSan Mateo County Libraries presents a virtual bookfest featuring Johanna Ely\, Joel Katz\, Phyllis Klein\, Ron Riekki\, Jacki Rigoni\, Kim Shuck\, Tanuja Wakefield & July Westhale. Hosted by San Mateo County Inaugural Poet Laureate Caroline Goodwin. SMCL YouTube Channel. (Poetry)\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/311565253246052/\n\n\n\nSeptember 22\, 6pm PT\nDaly City Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring Janet Stickmon with Michelle Bautista\, Herna Cruz-Louie & Melinda Luisa de Jesus. Webinar/FB Live. (Nonfiction)\nhttps://www.facebook.com/DalyCityLibrary/videos/681790089360727\n\n\nSeptember 24\, 6pm PT\nDaly City Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring Maw Shein Win with Jennifer Hasegawa\, Jenny Qi & Audrey T. Williams. Webinar/FB Live. (Poetry)\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/2312434539051532/\n\n\n\nSeptember 30\, 6pm PT\nSan Mateo County Libraries presents a virtual bookfest featuring Carole Bumpus\, Joan Gelfand\, Audrey Kalman & Geri Spieler\, with California Writers Club Immediate Past President Lisa Meltzer Penn. SMCL Youtube Channel. (Fiction/Nonfiction)\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/3266256730087640/\n\n\n\nOctober 3\, 1pm PT\nSouth San Francisco Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring children’s book authors Christina Newhard\, Gayle Romasanta & Justine Villanueva\, and illustrator Lynnor Bontigao. Webinar/FB Live. (Fiction/Nonfiction)\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/3407003262725443/\n\n\n\nOctober 5\, 5pm PT\nSan Mateo County Libraries presents a virtual bookfest featuring Cody Tolmasoff. SMCL YouTube Channel. (Middle School/YA Fiction)\nhttps://youtu.be/A5dmcSeWnPE\n\n\nOctober 13\, 3pm PT\nSan Mateo County Libraries presents a virtual bookfest with devorah major\, Jason Bayani & James Cagney. SMCL Youtube Channel. (Poetry)\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/719854585237673/\n\n\n\nOctober 23 (time TBA)\nSouth San Francisco Public Library presents a virtual bookfest featuring July Westhale\, author of “Occasionally Accurate Science” and Nomadic Press’ J.K. Fowler.\n\n\nOctober 26\, 5pm PT\nSan Mateo County Libraries presents a virtual bookfest featuring Francesca Bell\, Barbara Berman\, Joe Cottonwood\, Peter N. Carroll\, Ken Haas\, Kathleen McClung\, Connie Post\, & Lee Rossi. Hosted by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Emerita Lisa Rosenberg. Facebook Watch Party/SMCL Youtube Channel. (Poetry)\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/4134399856630670/\n\n\n\nOctober 29 (details TBA)\n\n\n#virtualbookfest #bookfest #PeninsulaBookfest
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ORGANIZER;CN="San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto":MAILTO:acassine@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Zach Norris\,  We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure\, Just\, and Inclusive Communities
DESCRIPTION:Zach Norris is the Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights\, author of We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure\, Just\, and Inclusive Communities\, and co-founder of Restore Oakland\, a community advocacy and training center that will empower Bay Area community members to transform local economic and justice systems and make a safe and secure future possible for themselves and for their families. Zach is also a co-founder of Justice for Families\, a national alliance of family-driven organizations working to end our nation’s youth incarceration epidemic. \nZach helped build California’s first statewide network for families of incarcerated youth which led the effort to close five youth prisons in the state\, passed legislation to enable families to stay in contact with their loved ones and defeated Prop 6—a destructive and ineffective criminal justice ballot measure. \nWe Keep Us Safe\, released in 2020\, has been praised by Forbes\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Boston Globe and Kirkus Reviews. To purchase Zach’s book we recommend Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore Literary & Garden Arts. #WeLoveBookstores \nIn addition to being a Harvard graduate and NYU-educated attorney\, Zach is also a graduate of the Labor Community Strategy Center’s National School for Strategic Organizing in Los Angeles\, California and was a 2011 Soros Justice Fellow. He is a former board member at Witness for Peace\, Just Cause Oakland and Justice for Families. Zach was a recipient of the American Constitution Society’s David Carliner Public Interest Award in 2015\, and is a member of the 2016 class of the Levi Strauss Foundation’s Pioneers of Justice. \nZach is a loving husband and dedicated father of two bright daughters\, whom he is raising in his hometown of Oakland\, California. \nThe Ella Baker Center works locally\, statewide and nationally to shift resources away from prisons and punishment and towards opportunities that make our communities safe\, healthy and strong. We believe that what you water grows. That’s why we mobilize everyday people to build power and prosperity in our communities. Our work includes the Decarcerate Alameda County campaign\, policy work abolishing abusive practices in prisons\, Night Out for Safety and Liberation and more. \nConnect with Zach Norris – Website | Twitter | Facebook \nConnect with The Ella Baker Center – Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook \nRegistration: https://bit.ly/ZachNorris10-9-20 \nSFPL YouTube Live: https://youtu.be/DI–fPefE04 \n–
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ORGANIZER;CN="San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Library":MAILTO:anissa.malady@sfpl.org
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SUMMARY:13th Annual Life is Living Festival
DESCRIPTION:Life is Living is going virtual! \nMark your calendars to join in the largest celebration of Oakland taking place October 9th-11th\, online. \nLive Music\nTheater Stage\nKids Zone\nGrocery Giveaway\nDance Classes\nWorkshops\nAnd More! \nLife is Living will remain the beloved event you know and love so RSVP to get full access to all of your favorite zones and activations. \nStay tuned for more information about performers\, schedules\, and zones. \nABOUT THE FESTIVAL \nLife is Living is an eco-equity\, interdisciplinary festival that centers historically underserved neighborhoods and communities with programming in public spaces that have been otherwise neglected. For the last 13 years\, the Life is Living Festival has taken place at Little Bobby Hutton Park in West Oakland but due to the impacts of COVID and wildfires\, we must host the festival virtually this year. \nOur cohort consists of 100+ artists and organizations that power the festival as an intergenerational kaleidoscope of Oakland life. We’ve been Keeping Oakland\, Oakland Since 08\, holding sacred space in the vein of resistance\, art\, love\, honoring Black and Brown Lives\, and being a catalyst for larger discussions around environmental racism\, social ecology\, and social responsibility.
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SUMMARY:Autumn Write-Ins with the Writers Grotto\, October Sessions (via Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Take some time for your writing this fall with a series of virtual write-ins hosted by the Grotto. Led by one the Grotto’s many talented and accomplished writers\, each of the sessions below provides 90 minutes of space and guidance in which to get your creative energy flowing\, generate new material\, bring old material up to snuff\, and just make contact with the community of writers that is the Grotto\, our teachers\, and our students. \nChoose one or more of the sessions below\, and show up for generative exercises designed to help instill confidence in your writing\, shift your focus and get you out of a rut\, document the emotions and experience of challenging times\, and more. Writing prompts\, craft tips\, timed exercises\, accountability—you’ll encounter any or all of these as you write in community with your fellow narrative artists and learn from our writers about what has worked for them. Finish a story you’ve started or free-write your way to something new. Find inspiration and energy writing in virtual community! \nWrite-ins are held every Wednesday from 12:00 noon to 1:30pm\, and every Friday from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. Click the “show details” button beside each session below for instructor bios and contact information. \nAll write-ins are held via Zoom. Registered students\, please contact the instructor directly for Zoom login information. \nQuestions and information: grottoclasses@gmail.com \nDates and times: Wednesdays\, 12:00pm – 1:30pm; Fridays 6:00pm – 7:30pm Pacific Time \nCourse fee: $25 \nInstructors: \n\nFriday\, October 2\, 6pm\, with Celeste Chan (diy.queer.arts@gmail.com)\nWednesday\, October 7\, 12pm\, with Mary Ladd (writereadeat@gmail.com)\nFriday\, October 9\, 6pm\, with Jesus Sierra (chiche415@gmail.com)\nWednesday\, October 14\, 12pm\, with Celeste Chan (diy.queer.arts@gmail.com)\nFriday\, October 16\, 6pm\, with Laurie Ann Doyle (doyle.l@berkeley.edu)\nWednesday\, October 21\, 12pm\, with Mary Ladd (writereadeat@gmail.com)\nFriday\, October 23\, 6pm\, with Laird Harrison (lairdharrison@gmail.com)\nWednesday\, October 28\, 12pm\, with Mary Ladd (writereadeat@gmail.com)\nFriday\, October 30\, 6pm\, with Celeste Chan (diy.queer.arts@gmail.com)
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LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Shannon Lee and Jeff Chang
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Friday\, October 9 at 7pm PDT when Shannon Lee\, discusses her book\, Be Water\, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce Lee\, with author Jeff Chang on Zoom!\nSigned bookplates available while supplies last! Preorder now! \nZoom Login Info\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82886901195\nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,82886901195#  or +13462487799\,\,82886901195#\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 669 900 9128  or +1 346 248 7799  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 301 715 8592  or +1 312 626 6799  or +1 646 558 8656\nWebinar ID: 828 8690 1195\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbz9GiV2MP \nAbout Be Water\, My Friend \nBruce Lee’s daughter illuminates her father’s most powerful life philosophies—demonstrating how martial arts are a perfect metaphor for personal growth\, and how we can practice those teachings every day. \n“Empty your mind; be formless\, shapeless like water.” \nBruce Lee is a cultural icon\, renowned the world over for his martial arts and film legacy. But Lee was also a deeply philosophical thinker\, learning at an early age that martial arts are more than just an exercise in physical discipline—they are an apt metaphor for living a fully realized life. \nNow\, in Be Water\, My Friend\, Lee’s daughter Shannon shares the concepts at the core of his philosophies\, showing how they can serve as tools of personal growth and self-actualization. Each chapter brings a lesson from Bruce Lee’s teachings\, expanding on the foundation of his iconic “be water” philosophy. Over the course of the book\, we discover how being like water allows us to embody fluidity and naturalness in life\, bringing us closer to our essential flowing nature and our ability to be powerful\, self-expressed\, and free. \nThrough previously untold stories from her father’s life and from her own journey in embodying these lessons\, Shannon presents these philosophies in tangible\, accessible ways. With Bruce Lee’s words as a guide\, she encourages readers to pursue their essential selves and apply these ideas and practices to their everyday lives—whether in learning new things\, overcoming obstacles\, or ultimately finding their true path. \nBe Water\, My Friend is an inspirational invitation to us all\, a gentle call to action to consider our lives with new eyes. It is also a testament to how one man’s exploration and determination transcended time and place to ignite our imaginations—and to inspire many around the world to transform their lives. \nAbout the Shannon Lee \nShannon Lee is the CEO and Owner of the Bruce Lee Family Companies and President of the Bruce Lee Foundation\, as well as the daughter of the legendary martial artist and cultural icon\, Bruce Lee. Shannon’s mission is to provide access to her father’s philosophy and life through education and entertainment. She is the creator of Camp Bruce Lee through the Bruce Lee Foundation\, and has spoken at TED\, TEDx\, and Creative Mornings\, to name a few. Shannon lives in California with her daughter\, Wren\, where she co-hosts the Bruce Lee Podcast and executive produces Cinemax’s Warrior. \nAbout Jeff Chang \nJeff Chang is the Vice President for Narrative\, Arts and Culture at Race Forward. 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\, and Who We Be: A Cultural\nHistory of Race in Post Civil Rights America. His latest\, We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes On Race and Resegregation\, was published in September 2016. It was named the Northern California Nonfiction Book Of The Year\, and the Washington Post declared it “the smartest book of theyear.” In May 2019\, he and director Bao Nguyen created a four-episode digital series adaptation of the book for PBS Indie Lens Storycast. He is featured in the PBS documentary series\, Asian Americans. Recently he helped to write the Cultural New Deal alongside a number of artists and culture bearers. A national leader in narrative and cultural strategy\, Jeff 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. He was recently named to the Frederick Douglass 200. His next project is a biography of Bruce Lee.
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