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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.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/santa-clara-university-osher-exciting-adult-learning-zoom-classes/
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CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Marin Poetry Center Present Jane Hirshfield & Meryl Natchez
DESCRIPTION:November 19\, 2020\nJewish Community Center/Marin Poetry Center Present Jane Hirshfield & Meryl Natchez\nMill Valley poet Jane Hirshfield’s most recent\, ninth poetry collection is Ledger (Knopf\, 2020). Among her many honors are the California Book Award\, the Northern California Book Award\, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, and the Rockefeller Foundation. A former chancellor of the Academy of American Poets\, she was elected in 2019 to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Meryl Natchez\, the chair of the Marin Poetry Center\, is a poet\, translator and reviewer. Her fourth book\, Catwalk\, was released in June from Longship Press. The two poets will read from their new books and talk about their experiences as writers during a time of crisis\, the importance of community\, and their shared sense of reverence for the natural world. This event is cosponsored by The Marin Poetry Center. \n  \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/marin-poetry-center-present-jane-hirshfield-meryl-natchez/
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center of San Francisco\, 3200 California St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Crashing galaxies and conspiracy theories
DESCRIPTION:Crashing galaxies and conspiracy theories\n\nFacebook event \nTickets from Eventbrite (£4 Regular nerds / £3 Concessions) \nNerd Nite Brighton is back! Evidence-based entertainment in the comfort of your own living room. We have two nerdishly passionate speakers\, nerdy news and our fabulous quiz. It’s BYOCAB (bring your own cake and beer). Be there and be square! \nHosted by Dr Mick Taylor\, our speakers this month are: \nDr Jillian Scudder: The Galaxy is crashing. (Don’t worry.) \nBen Bailey: We Are All Conspiracy Theorists Now \nAll proceeds from our online events will go to a different local charity each month. This month we are supporting Impact Initiatives. Established 40 years ago\, Impact Initiatives aims to give individuals and communities the support they need to improve their quality of life and feel a part of a wider community. From social activities or after school care to advocacy or counselling\, employment support or housing they support people of all ages. \nOur speakers this month:\nJillian Scudder \nJillian is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Oberlin College\, in Oberlin\, Ohio. Her research focuses on how and why galaxies form stars\, and the physics of how galaxies collide. She has a popular astronomy book in paperback: Astroquizzical: a beginner’s guide to the cosmos. Twitter @Jillian_Scudder. \nBen Bailey \nIt’s been a great year for conspiracy theories. What used to be a fringe hobby for eccentrics and an amusing sideshow for sceptics is now a driver of world events. Join Ben as he surfaces for air after spending months lost in an ever-expanding warren of insane rabbit holes. What happened? And who can he really trust? Naturally\, he’s had no choice but to deliver his findings in the form of a PowerPoint presentation. \nBen is a journalist and musician who sometimes gives talks on nerdy topics. He is probably on several blacklists and is almost certainly considered a threat to national security\, but he could also just be a government shill. No one really knows\, not even him.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/crashing-galaxies-and-conspiracy-theories/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Special Event for Kids: Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver with Varian Johnson and Lisa Yee — Alien Superstar (Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:mmy Award winner Henry Winker and Lin Oliver are back for the second installment of the New York Times bestselling middle grade series that Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney calls “truly out of this world!” \nAfter escaping his oppressive red dwarf planet and landing a role on a popular Hollywood sitcom\, Buddy Burger seems destined for high-flying success. His legions of fans love his six eyes\, his suction cup feet\, and even his excessive need for avocados. It seems nothing can stop his rise to super-stardom—until the arrival of Citizen Cruel\, a shape-shifting Squadron member sent from Buddy’s home planet to bring him back by any means necessary. Will Buddy conquer this clever and unpredictable enemy? How long can he continue to keep his alien identity secret from his friends and fans? Is there enough guacamole on Earth to sustain him? And chips to go with it? Action-packed and full of laughs\, Alien Superstar: Lights\, Camera\, Danger! is the second book in the exciting New York Times bestselling middle grade series. \nHenry Winkler is an Emmy Award–winning actor\, writer\, director\, and producer who has created some of the most iconic TV roles\, including Arthur “the Fonz” Fonzarelli on Happy Days and Gene Cousineau on Barry. \nLin Oliver is a children’s book writer and a writer and producer for both TV and film. She is currently the executive director of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). She and Henry both live in Los Angeles. \nVarian Johnson is the author of nine novels\, including The Parker Inheritance\, which was named a 2019 Coretta Scott King Honor Book and a 2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book among other accolades. His middle grade caper novel\, The Great Greene Heist\, has been named to over twenty-five state reading and best-of lists. In addition\, Varian has written for the Spirit Animals: Fall of the Beasts middle-grade fantasy series as well as novels and short stories for YA audiences. \nLisa Yee’s debut novel\, Millicent Min\, Girl Genius\, won the prestigious Sid Fleischman Humor Award. Her other novels for young people include Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time\, So Totally Emily Ebers\, Absolutely Maybe\, and a series about a 4th grader\, Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally) and Bobby the Brave (Sometimes). She also the author of American Girl’s Kanani books\, the DC Super Hero Girls middle grade novel series\, Good Luck\, Ivy\, and the Lea Clark series.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/special-event-for-kids-henry-winkler-and-lin-oliver-with-varian-johnson-and-lisa-yee-alien-superstar-virtual-event/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:AUTHOR REYNA GRANDE IN CONVERSATION WITH CBC HOST JOHN FREEMAN
DESCRIPTION:The Distance Between Us \nBY REYNA GRANDE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrande puts a human face on the fraught issue of immigration in her acclaimed memoir. At age nine\, Grande leaves Mexico as an undocumented immigrant to join her father in the United States—El Otro Lado\, or “the other side.” The pursuit of happiness is elusive and filled with tragedy\, but Grande finds her own path\, becoming the first person in her family to go to college. A 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist\, The Distance Between Us has been selected by many citywide reading programs throughout the U.S.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/author-reyna-grande-in-conversation-with-cbc-host-john-freeman/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Author: Rand Quinn\, Class Action: Desegregation and Diversity in San Francisco Schools
DESCRIPTION:Quinn discusses the contentious racial politics that emerged from school desegregation and why the school district gradually resegregated despite a court mandate. \nSan Francisco’s school board is once again rethinking its student assignment system. Debates over student assignment trace back over a half century and map the long struggle to desegregate the city’s schools. In Class Action: Desegregation and Diversity in San Francisco Schools\, Rand Quinn explains the contentious racial politics that emerged from school desegregation and why the school district gradually resegregated despite a court mandate. Student assignment — once the remedy for government discrimination through busing and other desegregative mechanisms — soon became a tool intended to create diversity. \nRand Quinn is associate professor of education at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the origins and political consequences of private sector engagement in public education\, the politics of race and ethnicity in urban school reform and the impact of community-based institutions\, organizations and action in education.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/author-rand-quinn-class-action-desegregation-and-diversity-in-san-francisco-schools/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Reza Farazmand / City Monster
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith and The Bindery host New York Times bestselling author and artist Reza Farazmand for his first graphic novel City Monster! \nPlease note: This is a ticketed event\, with each ticket including a *signed* copy of City Monster. The book can be picked up from Booksmith in San Francisco or we can ship it to you\, anywhere in the world. We’re currenrly offering free shipping throughout San Francisco and the East Bay\, otherwise additional shipping fees will apply (we’ll invoice you separately once the book ships). If you have any questions\, don’t hesitate to email events@booksmith.com. \nCity Monster is set in a world of supernatural creatures and follows a young monster who moves to the city. As he struggles to figure out his future\, his new life is interrupted by questions about his mysterious roommate—a ghost who can’t remember the past. Joined by their neighbor\, a vampire named Kim\, they explore the city\, meeting a series of strange and spooky characters and looking for answers about life\, memories\, and where to get a good beer. \nWith Reza’s signature style\, and familiar snark\, this graphic novel is equal parts irreverent and insightful\, the perfect vehicle for conveying the utter absurdity of our bizarre and confusing times. \nReza Farazmand lives and draws in Los Angeles. He started putting his comics on the internet in college at PoorlyDrawnLines.com and was soon surprised to learn that this activity could make for an actual career. His work has since been featured in and around such places as television sets\, websites\, magazines\, and now this book. When he’s not writing or drawing\, Reza enjoys drinking coffee and looking at things on screens. He is generally a pretty good guy. \nPlease note: This is a ticketed event\, with each ticket including a *signed* copy of City Monster. The book can be picked up from Booksmith in San Francisco or we can ship it to you\, anywhere in the world. We’re currenrly offering free shipping throughout San Francisco and the East Bay\, otherwise additional shipping fees will apply (we’ll invoice you separately once the book ships). If you have any questions\, don’t hesitate to email events@booksmith.com. \nTo order additional signed copies of City Monster\, order here. \n​ \nThis is an all-ages\, virtual event that begins at 6pm PST. Duration of event is subject to author’s preference. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-reza-farazmand-city-monster/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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SUMMARY:You're Going to Die: ALL THE FEELS 2020
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, November 19\, 2020\n6:30 PM  9:00 PM\nGLOBALLY (map)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou’re Going to Die: ALL THE FEELS 2020\nan ONLINE Open Mic & Listening Space\nfor communal connection & mortal vulnerability\nw/Ned Buskirk\, the You’re Going to Die Team\n& music Hugo de la Lune! \nThursday\, November 19th\nVirtual Doors at 6:30pm\nShow at 7pm\nREGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/3jlX4ut \nYou’re Going to Die: ALL THE FEELS 2020\n…an ONLINE open mic & listening space\, an excavation & deepening for ourselves\, with our community & the world\, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying\, to embrace our mortality\, to grieve\, bereave & honor what we’ve lost\, love & stand to lose eventually… while still somehow celebrating\, together\, the extraordinary fact of being ALIVE at all. \nSign-ups will be during the Zoom Call & the list will fill up quickly\, so if you want to share\, say so sooner rather than later. \nIf you’re going to perform\, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And YES – We will\, as kindly & gently as possible\, let you know when your time is UP. \nPoetry\, prose\, music\, dancing\, artwork\, photography\, comedy\, drama\, happy\, sad\, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES\, so share whatever you want. And you don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers. \nLike so many other artists & nonprofits with a live event focus\, much of our in person work for the foreseeable future is cancelled. For this special online event\, we suggest that people pay between $10-50\, but do not hesitate to go above or below based on what feel is possible. And PLEASE\, if you are in financial danger\, DO NOT pay us. We’re just happy you’re alive & able to join. If you’re still earning income (or are just generally resourced)\, we very much welcome your generosity.\nYOU CAN DONATE VIA… \nVENMO: https://venmo.com/YG-2D – @YG-2D\nor\nPAYPAL: chelsea@yg2d.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youre-going-to-die-all-the-feels-2020-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Third Thursdays @ Willow Glen Library
DESCRIPTION:Third Thursdays @ Willow Glen Library\nThursday\, November 19\, 7:00pm\nfeaturing Patricia J. Machmiller & Mimi Ahern \nonline on Zoom (login to come)\nor find your local number here \nPatricia J. Machmiller began writing haiku in 1975 with Kiyoshi and Kiyoko Tokutomi\, founders of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society (YTHS). With Jerry Ball\, and now Emiko Miyashita\, she writes a column of haiku commentary\, “Dojin’s Corner\,” for GEPPO\, the YTHS newsletter. She has two books of haiku\, Blush of Winter Moon (Jacaranda Press\, 2001) and Utopia: She Hurries On (Swamp Press\, 2017). Her haiku have twice been honored with the Haiku Foundation’s Touchstone Award. With Fay Aoyagi she translated the haiku of Kiyoko Tokutomi\, Kiyoko’s Sky (Brooks Books\, 2002). She has four books of haiga\, including Mountain Trail: Following the Master (www.lulu.com). The three others\, The Sweet Reverence of Little Birds\, Wild Heart of One Bird Singing\, and Yard Birds: The Impertinence of Ordinary (all at www.lulu.com) were done in collaboration with the artist\, Floy Zittin\, and the calligrapher\, Martha Dahlen. Her latest book\, Zigzag of the Dragonfly: Writing the Haiku Way\, (YTHS\, 2020) encapsulates what she has learned about writing haiku. She is also a brush painter and printmaker; some of her haiga\, can be seen at www.dandelions.us. \nThe creative process has intrigued Mimi Ahern for over 50 years. Midlife\, she  became serious about it\, returning to school to earn an interdisciplinary masters in Creativity at San Jose State University. Throughout her personal and professional life (as a teacher\, designer\, and staff developer) this interest in creativity has continued. For the past decade\, her creative energy has been focused on haiku\, which she was first drawn to in 2006 at PCSJ’s first Poetry Festival organized by Sally Ashton. At noon\, in a Kelly Park Trolley\, she was smitten when listening to members of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society (YTHS) read their own haiku. More interested in process than product\, she does manage to finish some haiku\, submit them for publication\, and enjoy seeing them in print. Mimi Ahern has been a member of PCSJ since she first discovered the Thursday night readings at the Willow Glen Bookstore and Jean Emerson\, the moderator\, invited her to a workshop in her home. Now President of YTHS\, she really is consumed with the poetry of haiku. \nUpcoming at Third Thursdays:\nTBA
URL:https://litseen.com/event/third-thursdays-willow-glen-library-6/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Mazza Writer in Residence Wendy Trevino\, with Zaina Alsous
DESCRIPTION:“A Border\, like race\, is a cruel fiction.” Mazza Writer in Residence Wendy Trevino\, with Zaina Alsous\, reading and in conversation\n\n\nThursday\, November 19 – 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm \nRegister to Attend\n—or—\nWatch Live Stream at YouTube \nUnder the heading “A border\, like race\, is a cruel fiction”—a line from a poem in Wendy Trevino’s remarkable book\, Cruel Fiction—Trevino\, The Poetry Center’s Mazza Writer in Residence for Fall 2020\, will be joined\, as part of her week-long residency\, by Palestinian American poet Zaina Alsous\, both poets reading and in conversation with one another and the audience. With emcee\, alex cruse. \nThis remote access event starts promptly at 7:00 pm Pacific Time\, and is free and open to the public. Real-Time Captioning provided on request (Media Captioning provided after the event); for reasonable accommodations please contact poetry@sfsu.edu. \nSupported by the Sam Mazza Foundation. Co-sponsored by The Poetry Center and AMED: the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative at the College of Ethnic Studies\, San Francisco State University\, with our thanks to Professor Rabab Abdulhadi. \n\nWendy Trevino’s Cruel Fiction (Commune Editions) tells the truth about life as we know and endure it\, restlessly picking at the hangnails of both history and heartbreak. Trevino posits race as a “cruel fiction\,” nationality as its attendant mythology. Trevino asks: How do we resist these fictions without reproducing their murderous\, hierarchical logics? For Trevino\, “poetry is not enough” as long as we are not enough. Trevino’s insurgent colloquialism is a sleight of hand. Cruel Fiction speaks plainly but never simply. Trevino reflects on the lies with which we arm ourselves to refute the lies used against us. Against the near-orgasmic collective delusions of Obamamania\, Trevino recounts solidarities fostered during the Occupy movement. Exhilarating sonnet sequences titled “Popular Culture & Cruel Work\,” and “Brazilian Is Not a Race” interrogate the inter-sections of pop and protest.\n—Momtaza Mehri\, Somali-British poet\, Young People’s Laureate for London 2018-19\n\nWendy Trevino was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. She now lives and works in San Francisco. Her chapbook 128–131 was published by Perfect Lovers Press in 2013. Her chapbook Brazilian Is Not a Race was published by Commune Editions in 2016\, followed by her first full-length book\, Cruel Fiction\, also from Commune Editions\, 2018. Her chapbook #YourHarveyWeinstein was also published by Spoilsport Editions—an online press she started with writer Oki Sogumi—in 2017. Her poems have appeared in various print and online journals\, including Abraham Lincoln\, Armed Cell\, the Capilano Review\, LIES\, Macaroni Necklace\, Mondo Bummer\, ELDERLY\, and Open House. Wendy is not an experimental writer. \nZaina Alsous is a prison abolitionist\, a daughter of the Palestinian diaspora\, and a movement worker in South Florida. Her poetry\, reviews\, and essays have been published in POETRY Magazine\, The Kenyon Review\, The New Inquiry\, Adroit\, and elsewhere. She edits for Scalawag Magazine\, a publication dedicated to unsettling dominant narratives of the U.S. South. Her chapbook Lemon Effigies won the Rick Campbell Chapbook Prize and was published by Anhinga Press. Her first full-length collection of poetry\, A Theory of Birds\, won the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize\, selected by Hayan Charara and Fady Joudah\, and was published by the University of Arkansas Press\, Fall 2019. Born and raised in North Carolina\, she currently lives in Miami\, Florida\, while pursuing an MFA in poetry and teaching undergraduate writing at the University of Miami. More at zainaalsous.com \n\nfrom “Brazilian Is Not A Race\,” Wendy Trevino\n\nA border\, like race\, is a cruel fiction\nMaintained by constant policing\, violence\nAlways threatening a new map. It takes\nTime\, lots of people’s time\, to organize\nThe world this way. & violence. It takes more\nViolence. Violence no one can confuse for\nAnything but violence. So much violence\nChanges relationships\, births a people\nThey can reason with. These people are not\nUs. They underestimate the violence.\nIt’s been awhile. We are who we are\nTo them\, even when we don’t know who we\nAre to each other & culture is a\nRecord of us figuring that out.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mazza-writer-in-residence-wendy-trevino-with-zaina-alsous/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:An Unnatural History of America A panel discussion on the work of Charles Bowden
DESCRIPTION:Join the bookstore’s Stephen Sparks and a panel of writers for a discussion of the work of the late Charles Bowden\, whose “Unnatural History of America” series has just been published in full by the University of Texas Press. \nMore information on participants soon. For more on Charles Bowden\, read this tribute on Aeon. \n“Like the beasts and criminals he admired\, Bowden was a complicated\, contradictory creature. He loved dogs\, dirt\, wine\, worms\, Cadillacs\, cacti. He held backyard parties to watch summer cereus flowers bloom at midnight\, and owned scores of guns but was reluctant to shoot them lest they scare the birds.” — Wes Enzinna\, Harper’s Magazine \nThis event will be streamed on our Crowdcast channel. \nREGISTER HERE. \nAbout Charles Bowden\nCharles Bowden (1945-2014) was the author of many acclaimed books about the American Southwest and US-Mexico border issues\, Bowden was a contributing editor for GQ\, Harper’s\, Esquire\, and Mother Jones and also wrote for the New York Times Book Review\, High Country News\, and Aperture. His honors included a PEN First Amendment Award\, Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction\, and the Sidney Hillman Award for outstanding journalism that fosters social and economic justice. He wrote The Red Caddy in 1994.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/an-unnatural-history-of-america-a-panel-discussion-on-the-work-of-charles-bowden/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T210000
DTSTAMP:20260610T091045
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SUMMARY:Great Good Gifts for the Holidays #3: Adult Nonfiction
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, November 19\, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on adult nonfiction in this third episode of our Great Good Gifts for the Holidays series. \nThe Zoom meeting will be at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81183755875 \nThis is our third recommendations night of the season. Mark your calendar for these events too: \n\n11/5: Cook books and Gift Books;\n11/12: Kids’ books and graphic novels\n12/3: Adult fiction\n12/10: Recommendations for the Hard-to-Shop-For Person on Your List\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation:\n\n\n\nZoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81183755875\n\nOakland\, CA 94611\nUnited States
URL:https://litseen.com/event/great-good-gifts-for-the-holidays-3-adult-nonfiction/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201119T220000
DTSTAMP:20260610T091045
CREATED:20200929T171633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200929T171633Z
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SUMMARY:Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in “The Chapel” at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided by the one-and-only L7. Hosted by Josiahluis Alderete. \nThis month’s features are TBA. \nDonations will be kindly requested to help pay the features and cover the cost of the space. \nThe 10-slot open mic list opens at 7:30 PM and fills up pretty quick so if you plan on reading get there early \nFree parking in the back of the building and the closest BART station is 19th Street BART in Oakland (about a 15-minute walk straight down Broadway).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/speaking-axolotl-reading-and-open-mic-13/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press/Fairmount\, 111 Fairmount Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94611
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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