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SUMMARY:Santa Clara University Osher: Exciting Adult Learning Zoom Classes
DESCRIPTION:Fall Quarter Open Now through December 4th\, 2020 \nOLLI@SCU: Enjoy learning from home with exciting Zoom (virtual) classes taught by instructors who design their varied courses for curious audiences like you. Join and take advantage of our classes\, events\, and programs (currently remote until safe to be in-person) designed for adult learners who love learning. We offer more than 15 thought-provoking courses each quarter\, on a variety of topics including history\, science\, art\, current events\, law\, literature and culture – all without homework\, tests or grades. There are member-only Special Interest Groups exploring such topics as food\, genealogy\, Italy\, mystery books\, memoir writing\, photography and contemporary issues. OLLI@SCU is here for you\, now. Join us! \nMembership is $55; course fees vary from $50 – $110 depending on length. \nPresented by Santa Clara University Osher Lifelong Learning.
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SUMMARY:Jackie Morris: Artist and illustrator of The Lost Spells and The Lost Words joins us from her studio in Wales
DESCRIPTION:Artist and illustrator Jackie Morris\, who has collaborated with Robert Macfarlane on The Lost Words and The Lost Spells\, joins us from her studio in Wales to talk about her recent projects\, what’s sustaining her through the pandemic\, and her new pillow book\, The Unwinding. \nNOTE: We are currently in the process of securing copies of The Unwinding from the UK. If you are interested in ordering a copy\, please contact sparks@ptreyesbooks.com. You can read more about The Unwinding on Brainpickings. \nThis event will be streamed on our Crowdcast channel. REGISTER HERE. \nAbout The Lost Spells and The Lost Words\nSince its publication in 2017\, The Lost Words has enchanted readers with its poetry and illustrations of the natural world. Now\, The Lost Spells\, a book kindred in spirit and tone\, continues to re-wild the lives of children and adults. \nThe Lost Spells evokes the wonder of everyday nature\, conjuring up red foxes\, birch trees\, jackdaws\, and more in poems and illustrations that flow between the pages and into readers’ minds. Robert Macfarlane’s spell-poems and Jackie Morris’s watercolour illustrations are musical and magical: these are summoning spells\, words of recollection\, charms of protection. To read The Lost Spells is to see anew the natural world within our grasp and to be reminded of what happens when we allow it to slip away. \nAbout Jackie Morris\nJackie Morris is an author and illustrator. She lives in a small house beside the sea in Wales\, with cats and dogs for company. She studied illustration at Hereford College of Art and Bath Academy and has illustrated many books\, and written some. The Lost Words\, co-authored with Robert Macfarlane won the Kate Greenaway Medal 2019.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jackie-morris-artist-and-illustrator-of-the-lost-spells-and-the-lost-words-joins-us-from-her-studio-in-wales/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Conversations with Authors - Thomas Keller (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Thomas Keller‘s newest release\, The French Laundry\, Per Se is filled with meticulously detailed recipes for 70 beloved dishes that will change how young chefs\, determined home cooks\, and dedicated food lovers understand and approach their cooking. \nThomas is the author of Bouchon\, Under Pressure\, Ad Hoc at Home\, and Bouchon Bakery and has six restaurants and five bakeries in the United States. He is the first and only American chef to have two Michelin Guide three-star-rated restaurants\, the French Laundry and Per Se\, both of which continue to rank among the best restaurants in America and the world. In 2011 he was designated a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor\, the first American male chef to be so honored. He has received countless accolades\, including The Culinary Institute of America’s “Chef of the Year” Award and the James Beard Foundation’s “Outstanding Chef” and “Outstanding Restaurateur” Awards.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/conversations-with-authors-thomas-keller-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:This Is Now: Beyond the Bottom Line
DESCRIPTION:This event is online.\nCan a company satisfy its shareholders while improving the world around us? For some businesses\, the shareholders come first— that’s their very structure. Others have broken away from that template\, to put the good of humanity on a par with profit. \nAwareness has deepened that businesses can and must be partners in tackling urgent issues like global warming and inequality. Now there are B-corps and social purpose corporations\, balancing profits with real purpose. Yet now some businesses also use “greenwashing” and other feel-good posturing to exploit the image of responsibility and play on consumer ethics in order to move product. \nCan the business world move beyond the bottom line? \nAdam Grant and Ben Cohen have long made the case for businesses doing well by doing good. Grant specializes in organization psychology at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His Ted talks and books— especially Give and Take— show that generosity and altruism benefit everyone: company\, employees\, clients. And Ben Cohen\, together with co-founder Jerry Greenfield\, birthed the landmark Ben & Jerry’s ice cream company. The endeavor thrived\, even as its two creators openly endorsed political causes for the public good. \nJoin Adam Grant and Ben Cohen for a This Is Now conversation with Kepler’s in-house journalist\, Angie Coiro\, as they ponder the vision of a robust economy and a better world existing together. \n**Please consider joining with a donation to support the production of this event and make it possible for us to continue bringing you great conversations. Registration will close one hour before the event; please reserve your spot early to guarantee access\, as registrations are limited. ** 
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CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Launch for Ron Nyren / The Book of Lost Light\, with Ann Packer\, Angela Pneuman\, Ann Cummins\, Lisa Michaels\, Cornelia Nixon\, Sarah Stone\, Rafael Yglesias + Vendela Vida
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host a virtual launch for Ron Nyren and his debut novel\, The Book of Lost Light\, winner of the 2019 Black Lawrence Press Big Moose Prize. Join us for this special evening\, which will include a reading from the book and a panel discussion with Ron’s writers group of nearly two decades: Ann Packer (The Children’s Crusade)\, Angela Pneuman (Lay It on My Heart)\, Ann Cummins (Yellowcake)\, Lisa Michaels (Grand Ambition) Cornelia Nixon (The Use of Fame)\, Sarah Stone (Hungry Ghost Theater)\, Rafael Yglesias (The Wisdom of Perversity)\, and Vendela Vida (The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty). \nThis event is free and all ages\, but RSVP is required. \nYou can order The Book of Lost Light here – we’re offering free shipping throughout San Francisco and the East Bay. \nJoseph Kylander’s childhood in early 20th century San Francisco has been shaped by his widowed father’s obsessive photographic project and by his headstrong cousin Karelia’s fanciful storytelling and impulsive acts. The 1906 earthquake upends their eccentric routines\, and they take refuge with a capricious patron and a group of artists looking to find meaning after the disaster. The Book of Lost Light explores family loyalty and betrayal\, Finnish folklore\, the nature of time and theater\, and what it takes to recover from calamity and build a new life from the ashes. \n“Ron Nyren’s The Book of Lost Light is a beautifully written novel about the early days of photography; the capturing of time; acting; love\, and much else. At its center is a wonderfully complex relationship between a father and his son\, which is played out before\, during\, and after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The book is absolutely riveting\, and its images will stay with you long after you finish reading it. I loved it.” – Charles Baxter \n“I learned so much from this novel about the mad visions technology has always given us. In this quietly fabulous story\, an early-twentieth-century photographer believes he’s solving the mystery of time\, while his niece and his son have their own rocky fates. It’s so astute about ambition and has such a wise historical sense of the rich wreckage of San Francisco—I couldn’t stop reading.” – Joan Silber \nRon Nyren‘s novel\, The Book of Lost Light\, won the 2019 Black Lawrence Press Big Moose Prize. His fiction has appeared in The Paris Review\, The Missouri Review\, The North American Review\, Glimmer Train Stories\, Mississippi Review\, Fourteen Hills\, Able Muse\, Dalhousie Review\, 100 Word Story\, and elsewhere. His stories have been shortlisted for the O. Henry Awards and the Pushcart Prize. He is the coauthor\, with his spouse and writing partner Sarah Stone\, of Deepening Fiction: A Practical Guide for Intermediate and Advanced Writers\, and a former editor of Furious Fictions: The Magazine of Short-Short Stories. Ron earned his MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan. A former Stegner Fellow\, he teaches fiction writing for Stanford University. \nThis event is free and open to all ages\, but RSVP is required. \nYou can order The Book of Lost Light here – we’re offering free shipping throughout San Francisco and the East Bay. The same applies for the other authors’ books – if you’d like a copy\, you can click on their titles\, above. \n  \n\n\n\nPolicies\n\nRefund Policy:\nNo refunds or returns. \nCancellation Policy:\nIn the event the venue cancels an event\, you will be refunded within 4 business days of the event date for your purchase.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-launch-for-ron-nyren-the-book-of-lost-light-with-ann-packer-angela-pneuman-ann-cummins-lisa-michaels-cornelia-nixon-sarah-stone-rafael-yglesias-vendela-vida/
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SUMMARY:Bookseller Happy Hour: BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
DESCRIPTION:Choosing our “best” books of the year is always a challenge\, but talking about them is anything but. Grab a beverage and join us from the comfort of home as our booksellers reveal which books made the cut—and made their mark on us this year. \nRegister for this free Crowdcast event here!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bookseller-happy-hour-best-books-of-the-year/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Rooting Your Voice in Community: A Poetry Class with Alan Chazaro
DESCRIPTION:“Contemporary U.S. poetry is vibrant\, complicated\, and realer than ever — something that gives me hope as a writer\,” says instructor Alan Chazaro. “It’s a family I’m proud to be a part of\, and one that can teach us how to become our best creative selves while representing not only individual perspectives\, but those of communities.” \nIn this online class\, we will tap into the wider world we are rooted in–and the communities we are shaped by–as sources of inspiration for our poems. Each session will provide generative writing exercises\, prompts\, group dialogues\, and select reading materials that will align with centering our voices within our respective communities. \nWhether thinking from the perspective of an immigrant or using our gardening club as a source of philosophy\, we will tune in to the spaces that define us off the page in order to expand ourselves on the page. While reading the work of contemporary poets from various communities such as Jose Olivarez\, Danez Smith\, and Sara Borjas\, we will ask questions of ourselves in our own writing. Who do we speak for? How is community creatively and genuinely reflected in our poetry? And in what ways can we express who we are within the larger context of the cultures\, traditions\, and heritages that we claim? \nAlan says\, “After five weeks in this class\, you will gain a deeper sense of the techniques and craft used by living\, eclectic poets\, while also gaining a sense of what community you speak for and what that looks like in poetic form.” \nNovember 16 – December 14\n5 Mondays\, (PST) 7:00pm – 9:30pm\n\n$274.35 for members \n$295 for non-members
URL:https://litseen.com/event/rooting-your-voice-in-community-a-poetry-class-with-alan-chazaro/
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