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SUMMARY:Women Bike Book Club
DESCRIPTION:For our meeting in August\, we’ll be reading Cat\, by Freya North. This title is a bit of a departure from our past books\, and will be a blast to dissect and discuss! Author’s description: \nShe’s in for the ride of her life. \nHer career is stuck in a rut. \nHer love life has been a tangle. \nBut fortune favours the brave… \nWhen journalist Cat McCabe lands a job reporting on the Tour de France she’s confident it might give her stuttering career the boost it needs and provide a welcome distraction from a messy break-up. Or so she hopes. \nShe quickly realizes Le Tour is not just all about the bikes. Large bulges\, huge egos\, lashings of Lycra and plenty of sexy shenanigans play their part and\, soon enough\, her own life starts to mirror the high peaks and perilous lows of the race as she battles for more than just a scoop. \nWhatever happens\, it’s going to be the ride of her life.\nWith sex\, drugs\, and egos\, the soap opera that is the Tour de France unfolds\, with Cat’s life frequently mirroring the peaks and perils of the race. \nPick up a copy of Cat at Golden Gate! Please call 510-597-5023 or email esanders@oaklandlibrary.org to make sure copies are available.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/women-bike-book-club/
LOCATION:Oakland Public Library – Golden Gate Branch\, 5606 San Pablo Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94608
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:J. Ryan Stradal
DESCRIPTION:J. Ryan Stradal\n\n\n\n\nreads from his much-anticipated The Lager Queen of Minnesota\, a novel of family\, Midwestern values\, hard work\, fate\, and the secrets of making a world-class beer\, from the author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest. Please join us for a festive evening of books and brews at Novel Brewing Company (www.novelbrewing.com). \n“Warm\, whimsical\, incredibly well-written and infused with Stradal’s signature sympathy for his characters–those everyday heroes we all know and love. . . a thorough delight\, from beginning to end.”–Nickolas Butler \nYou may order a copy of The Lager Queen of Minnesota in the store\, by clicking below\, or at the event. \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, August 1\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nEdith Magnusson’s rhubarb pies are famous in the Twin Cities–they were named the third-best in the state of Minnesota and St. Anthony-Waterside Nursing Home has quickly become the hottest dinner ticket in town. Still\, she lies awake wondering how her life might have been different if her father hadn’t left their family farm to her sister Helen\, a decision that split their family in two. \nWith the proceeds from the farm\, her sister\, Helen Blotz\, built her husband Orval’s family soda business into the top selling brewery in Minnesota. She single-handedly created the light beer revolution and made their corporate motto ubiquitous: “Drink lots\, it’s Blotz.” But Helen dismisses IPAs as a fad\, and the Blotz fortune begins its inevitable decline. Soon\, though\, she finds a potential savior that’s surprisingly close to home. . . \nDiana Winter earns a shot at learning the beer business from the ground up just as the IPA revolution begins. The stakes couldn’t be higher: just as she’s launching her own brewpub\, she’s due to deliver a baby girl. When the unthinkable happens\, it’s up to Grandma Edith–and a delightfully surprising cadre of grandmother friends–to secure the next generation’s chances for a better future. Can Grandma Edith’s Rhubarb Pie In A Bottle Ale save Diana’s fledgling brewery\, and change their hearts and fortunes forever? \nJ. Ryan Stradal is a contributing editor at Taste Magazine. His bestselling debut\, Kitchens of the Great Midwest\, won the 2016 American Booksellers Association Indie’s Choice Award for Adult Debut Book of the Year and also the 2016 Midwest Booksellers Choice Award for debut fiction. Born and raised in Minnesota\, he now lives in Los Angeles. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nNovel Brewing Co.\n6510 San Pablo Ave\n\nOakland\, CA 94608
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LOCATION:Novel Brewing Company\, 6510 San Pablo Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94608
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Jenny Odell: How to Do Nothing
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, Aug 06\, 2019 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM \nLocation:\nIn the basement of the store.\n2476 Telegraph Ave.\, Berkeley \nWebsite \nNothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity\, doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. \nIn HOW TO DO NOTHING: Resisting the Attention Economy\, artist and critic Jenny Odell argues that our attention is the most precious –and overdrawn— resource we have. She dares us to question what we currently perceive as productivity\, then proposes that instead we do “nothing.” However\, that “nothing” is actually a plan of action and an act of political resistance. \nJenny argues that if we disengage from the attention economy –that endless cycle where communication is stunted\, time is money\, and our overstimulation is ever-present– we can re-route and deepen our attention to time and place\, allowing us to better connect with our environment and each other. \nAbout the Author: \nJenny Odell is an artist and writer who teaches at Stanford University. She has been an artist-in-residence at places such as the San Francisco dump\, Facebook\, the Internet Archive\, and the San Francisco Planning Department\, and has exhibited her art all over the world. She lives in Oakland\, California\, with her sometimes-pet crow.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jenny-odell-how-to-do-nothing-2/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, BERKELEY\, 94704-2322
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories.
DESCRIPTION:Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, August 6\, 7:30 pm\nPegasus Books Solano \nPeople love hearing jazz…and hearing about it. Musicians like Miles Davis\, Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich were original\, colorful characters artists who said and did astonishing things. Fortunately their colleagues cared enough to document these moments in stories and pictures and we now have a rich repository of photos and anecdotes about these artists\, and about the American songwriters and composers who created the raw material of jazz. \nJazz Stories is a performance of the songs of jazz from its most creative periods intensified with illuminating\, funny and touching true stories of the time. \nCome hear music and jazz stories you probably have never heard…but will never forget. Hosted by Richard Leiter. \nThe first Tuesday of every month at Pegasus Books Solano.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jazz-stories-live-jazz-wonderful-stories-4/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books on Solano\, 1855 Solano Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94707\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Alexander Tilney in Conversation with Katharine Dion
DESCRIPTION:Alexander Tilney in Conversation with Katharine Dion\n\n\n\n\ndiscussing Tilney’s new novel\, The Expectations\, “a deeply resonant\, brilliantly nuanced meditation on privilege\, social ambition\, and the folly (and cruelty) of youth.”–Kate Walbert \n“Alexander Tilney applies supple\, panoramic prose to the deep interior of an exclusive Northeastern prep school\, with arresting results: at once anthropological and visceral\, The Expectations provides an authoritative glimpse into a rarefied world of privilege–and announces a dazzling new voice in American fiction.”– Jennifer Egan \nTo reserve your seat\, please purchase a copy of The Expectations by speaking to a bookseller or clicking on the cover below. \n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, August 7\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nSt. James is an exclusive New England boarding school known for grooming generations of leaders. Ben Weeks is a true insider–his ancestors helped found the school\, his older brother taught him all the slang\, and he’s just won a national championship in squash.\nBut after fourteen long years of waiting\, Ben arrives only to find that the reality of St. James doesn’t quite match up with his imaginings. At the same time\, his new roommate\, Ahmed Al-Khaled\, the son of a fabulously wealthy Emirati sheik\, can’t navigate the unspoken rules of New England blue bloods. Even as Ben and Ahmed struggle to prove themselves in the place they have revered for so long\, each of them must face losing it forever. \nThe Expectations is at once a finely drawn portrait of American privilege and a subtle exploration of class\, race\, and tradition. Above all\, it is a tender\, sharp\, and evocative debut about the pain and treachery of adolescence\, and the difficulty–wherever one finds oneself–of truly belonging. \nAlexander Tilney received an MFA from Warren Wilson College and has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony. He lives in New York with his partner\, theater artist Sarah Hughes. \nKatharine Dion is the author of The Dependents. She lives in Berkeley. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alexander-tilney-in-conversation-with-katharine-dion/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Kids 8-12/ Susan Adrian in Conversation with Anne Nesbet
DESCRIPTION:Kids 8-12/ Susan Adrian in Conversation with Anne Nesbet\n\n\n\n\ndiscussing Adrian’s new book\, Forever Neverland\, a contemporary sequel to J. M. Barrie’s timeless classic Peter Pan. \n“A magical ode to childhood that updates the classic while keeping its flavor.”–Kirkus Reviews  \n“One of the best representations of autism in middle grade literature. A must purchase for all children who love magic and adventure\, especially those who have longed to see someone like Fergus on the page.”–Lizzie Huxley-Jones\, editor of Stim \nTo reserve your seat\, please purchase a copy of Forever Neverland by speaking to a bookseller or clicking on the cover below. Neurodiversity welcome. \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, August 8\, 2019 – 6:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat if Peter Pan wanted to take you to Neverland? Would you go? \nClover and Fergus are the great-great-grandchildren of Wendy Darling (yes\, that Wendy). And now Peter Pan wants to take them to Neverland for the adventure of their lives! But Clover is a little nervous–she’s supposed to look after her brother. Fergus is autistic\, and not everyone makes him feel welcome. What will happen to him in this magical world? \nFergus isn’t nervous at all. To him\, Neverland seems like a dream come true! He’s tired of Clover’s constant mothering and wants some independence\, like Peter and the Lost Boys have. He wonders\, Why can’t the real world be more like Neverland? \nNeverland is fun and free\, but it’s also dangerous and even scary at times. Unfamiliar creatures lurk in the shadows\, and strange sounds come from the waters. And then the mermaids start to go missing. . . . \nIn an imaginative and thoughtful continuation of the story of Peter Pan\, Susan Adrian explores Neverland with a fresh perspective and indelible warmth\, offering a new adventure based on a beloved classic! \nSusan Adrian is a fourth-generation Californian who somehow stumbled into living in Montana. By day she is a scientific editor\, and by night she dreams up wild adventures that sometimes turn into books. She is the author of the holiday fantasy Nutcracked and two thrilling books for teens. Follow her on Twitter @susanadrian and visit her on the web at susanadrian.net. \nAnne Nesbet is the author of The Orphan Band of Springdale\, Cloud and Wallfish\, The Wrinkled Crown\, A Box of Gargoyles\, and The Cabinet of Earths. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kids-8-12-susan-adrian-in-conversation-with-anne-nesbet/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Babar in Exile #19: A Family Affair
DESCRIPTION:Babar in Exile hosts an intriguing and unique lineup of readers for their 19th installment\, namely an entire family of poets resulting from the original series. You can often say that a reading series encourages new poets\, but rarely can you say that it’s created one. Back in the good ol’ 90s\, poet and songwriter Kimi Sugioka met writer and activist Richard Stone at the Café Babar\, and eventually collaborated to produce Kai Sugioka-Stone\, a fine piece of writing who is now a poet\, artist\, and world-changer himself. We are proud and excited to feature the one and only (known) family of poets that the Babar series\, however brusquely\, caused. \n  \nSo come on down to check out a slice of Bay Area poetry history\, now and in the making\, and make your way home with a bindle full of inspiration and a thimbleful more hope for the species. \n  \n  \nBabar in Exile #19: A Family Affair \na revival of the Cafe Babar\, Paradise Lounge\, and Club Chameleon reading series \n  \nfeaturing \nKimi Sugioka \nRichard Stone \nand Kai Sugioka-Stone \n  \nand you\, in our infamous open mic \n  \nHosted by Richard Loranger and Paul Corman-Roberts \n  \nPERFORMER BIOS \n  \nKimi Sugioka is a poet\, songwriter\, and educator who tries to confront and illuminate the cognitive dissonance she experiences at every turn in society\, politics\, and media. She has an MFA from The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Publications include various anthologies: Standing Strong! Fillmore & Japantown and Endangered Species\, Enduring Values\, and Civil Liberties United. She has published a book of poetry\, The Language of Birds\, and\, soon to be published\, Wile & Wing. \n  \nAt 54\, Richard Stone is a 31-year-long resident of the Bay Area\, currently residing in a rent controlled shoebox in the heart of the Mission District in SF. He’s served on the Green Party County Council since 2008\, and is a postal delegate to the SF Labor Council. In addition\, Richard serves on the Community Advisory Board at KPFA\, the original public and flagship radio station of the Pacifica Network. Also\, in splitting his range between baritone and bass\, he sings the songs of a Leonard Cohen with the fabulous Conspiracy of Beards. And as a Transcendental Agnostic\, he believes the Oracle and the Architect will redesign the Matrix once the replacement parts are no longer delayed in shipment. \n  \nKai Sugioka-Stone is a writer\, musician\, photographer\, video editor\, and world traveler from the Bay Area. He is currently studying Music at Berkeley City College\, and he recently returned from internships in Brazil and Ecuador. The two trips were part of a gap year program he completed known as LEAPYEAR\, a college-level program that’s accredited through Naropa University in Colorado. He wishes to pursue his life as an artist in mixed media\, writing\, and meditation. Follow him on Instagram @mind.compassion. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/babar-in-exile-19-a-family-affair/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Maryann Price and Joshua Raoul Brody
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URL:https://litseen.com/event/maryann-price-and-joshua-raoul-brody/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Poetry Flash presents Grace Marie Grafton and Judy Maher
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, Aug 08\, 2019 7:30 PM \nLocation: \nIn the basement\n2476 Telegraph Ave.\, Berkeley \nWebsite \nGrace Marie Grafton’s new book of poems is Lens. Tobey Hiller says\, “The book is a paean to the nature and majesty of California\, to the peoples and animals that have lived within her changing\, rich landscape\, and to the importance of knowledge\, contemplation\, and art.” She is the author of six previous books of poems\, includingJester; Whimsy\, Reticence and Laud; and Other Clues. Widely published in literary journals and anthologies\, she has also taught for thirty years through the California Poets in the Schools program\, winning twelve Artist in Residence grants from the California Arts Council for her teaching. She was awarded “Teacher of the Year” by the River of Words Poetry & Art Competition for K-12 students\, sponsored by Robert Hass. \n  \nJudy Maher’s debut collection is Dear Circus God. Her book is divided into four sections\, beginning with circus metaphors and ending at new starting points\, with poems of humor and compassion throughout. Born in Asheville\, North Carolina to a minister father\, she lived with her family in many temporary homes across the country; then she travelled more with her husband\, including a three-year adventure in Saudi Arabia. Having raised two children\, they’ve since settled in Oakland\, where she’s blossoming as a poet.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-presents-grace-marie-grafton-and-judy-maher/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, BERKELEY\, 94704-2322
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:The Affinities: An online literary journal
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LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190814T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190814T213000
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SUMMARY:Neil Shister in Conversation with Harley Dubois
DESCRIPTION:discussing Radical Ritual: How Burning Man Changed the World. \n“An all-in history of\, and love letter to\, this one-of-a-kind event. If you’ve been there\, or want to go\, you couldn’t possibly find better companions than Neil Shister and his engaging book.”–Daniel Okrent\, author of Last Call and The Guarded Gate \nTo reserve your seat\, please purchase a copy of Radical Ritual in advance by speaking to a bookseller or by clicking on the cover below. \n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, August 14\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nThrough interviews with fabled Burning Man personages\, Radical Ritual traces the festival’s evolution from the first scrap wood bonfire on a San Francisco beach to the week-long extravaganza in Black Rock City. Written from Neil Shister’s perspective as a five-time participant\, journalist\, and student of American culture\, Radical Ritual presents Burning Man as vitally\, historically important\, a significant player in the avant-garde\, forging new social paradigms as liberal democracy unravels. Burning Man’s contribution to this new order is post-post modern\, a fusion of sixties humanism with state-of-the-art Silicon Valley wizardry. Shister is not alone in his opinion. Led by conservative activist Grover Norquist\, the Cato Institute recently held an event on what libertarians can learn from Burning Man. The festival intertwines conservative and progressive ideas. On one hand it is a celebration of self-reliance\, personal accountability\, and individual freedom; on the other hand it is based on strong values of inclusion\, consensual decision-making\, and centered\, collaborative endeavor. \nNeil Shister has been a correspondent with Time\, television critic for the Miami Herald\, and editor of Atlanta magazine. He’s taught at Hampshire College\, Boston University\, and The George Washington University. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Côte d’Ivoire (1968-1970). He lives in Washington\, D.C. \nHarley Dubois is a founding board member and chief transition officer\, Burning Man Project. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/neil-shister-in-conversation-with-harley-dubois/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Owen Dunkel + Greg Pond - featured readers followed by an open mic
DESCRIPTION:Owen Dunkel + Greg Pond – featured readers followed by an open mic
URL:https://litseen.com/event/owen-dunkel-greg-pond-featured-readers-followed-by-an-open-mic/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190820T190000
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SUMMARY:Get Lit Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:August: 20:\nSeptember 17:\nOctober: 15:\nNovember 19:\nDecember 17: \nSuggested donations of $10-25 will be kindly requested at the door\, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF). \nSafe Space Statement \nNomadic Press events are safe spaces for those who have been silenced and marginalized. There is no room for racism\, misogyny\, homophobia\, or transphobia whether in the content of one’s reading or in one’s interactions with members of the community. We will protect the safety of this space by revoking a reader’s access to the microphone if we feel they have violated these guidelines\, and we encourage community members to come to us if someone has violated these guidelines away from the microphone. We are a community\, and we will work together to ensure that the safety of our most vulnerable members is prioritized above all else. \nGet beer. Get lit. Then get tacos. \nPast performers: \nApril 16 lineup: Jan Steckel\, Gary Turchin\, Barbara Saunders\, Anna Allen\, Yume Kim\, LadiRev\, Gamal Abdel Chasten\, Beverly Parayno\, Michael Gallagher\, Caesar Kent\, Josiahluis Alderete\, Gaia Thomas\, Charlie Getter\, Leticia Garcia Bradford\, and music by Kiva Uhuru. \nFebruary 19: Maggie Tokuda-Hall\, Ricardo Tavarez\, Jordan Wilson-dalzell\, Hilary Brown\, Jenee Darden\, Chad Koch\, Jeanne Lupton\, Lorenz Damuk\, Emily Podhorcer\, Becca Gomez Farrell\, Phyllis Oscar\, Esmerelda Mezcal\, Katie Aliferis\, Dee Allen.\, Kimi Sugioka\, Kai Sugioka-Stone\, Giavanna Ortiz de Candia “The Open Minds” (music)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/get-lit-reading-series-2/
LOCATION:Ale Industries\, 3096 E 10th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190821T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190821T213000
DTSTAMP:20260420T053415
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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, August 21\, 7:30 pm\nPegasus Books Downtown \nLyrics & Dirges is our flagship monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent\, emerging and beginning writers. It’s aim is to highlight various forms of writing in an effort to spotlight the diverse literary community of the Bay Area. Hosted and curated by Sharon Coleman and Mk Chavez. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, August 21\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94704\n\n\n\n\nEvent Category:\n\nShattuck Location
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-a-monthly-reading-series-11/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190823T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190823T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T053415
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190707T191035Z
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SUMMARY:Jan Dederick & John Rowe
DESCRIPTION:August 23: Jan Dederick & John Rowe\nJan Dederick has published two chapbooks\, including Ear to the Rail and Between a Rock and a Soft Place\, and a full length collection\, Hammer it into Horseshoes\, a Memory in Poetry.  She was for several years a co-host of the long-running\, weekly Berkeley poetry series\, Poetry Express\, and currently serves on the editorial board of Poetalk\, the journal of the Bay Area Poets Coalition.  Accolades include honors from the Soul Making Keats literary competition and the Dancing Poetry Festival. She is a practitioner of homeopathic medicine and Kairos therapy. \nJohn Rowe  is the author of Beyond Perspective(Finishing Line Press\, 2015)\, Winsome Losesome(Eventuality Press\, 2010)\, and At My Wit’s Beginning(Eventuality Press\, 2003/2007). His poems have appeared in various small press journals and anthologies. Honors include numerous prize-winning poems from the Artists Embassy International’s Annual Dancing Poetry Festival Contests\, and Grand Prize in the Bay Area Poets Seasonal Review Contest 2010. He is a co-host of the monthly Last Word Poetry Reading Series in Berkeley\, a co-editor of Poetalk\, and the long-time President of the Bay Area Poets Coalition. http://www.rowepoet.com  \nThe reading will begin at 7:00 p.m. and end at 9:00 p.m. A limited open reading\, and a short interview with the featured readers will be included. This is a free event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jan-dederick-john-rowe/
LOCATION:St. Alban’s Episcopal Church\, 1501 Washington Avenue\, Albany\, CA\, 94706
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190824T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190824T170000
DTSTAMP:20260420T053415
CREATED:20190709T003359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190709T003359Z
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SUMMARY:Oakland Peace Festival
DESCRIPTION:WELCOME\nJoin us at the inaugural Oakland Peace Festival organized by Nomadic Press and hosted at the Oakland Peace Center for a celebration of all that is Oakland and peaceful through music\, art\, writing\, food\, guest speakers\, and community building. All are welcome\, and this is a kid-friendly event. The schedule is below and will be updated as performers are confirmed. \nThe event will take place on three Saturdays: July 27 (theme: Justice)\, August 24 (theme: Equity)\, and will culminate  on September 21 (theme: Peace)\, which is International Day of Peace. Food trucks\, art vendors\, a “Poet’s Corner” with poets reading and BadAss Bookworm podcasting\, beer\, and coffee will be present in the parking lot just off of Fairmount Avenue. The indoor programming will take place in the sanctuary: a DJ\, 5 poets\, a guest speaker series on peace building in community with a different speaker each event\, and live music by 2 local music groups. \nLanterns will be hung throughout the sanctuary as part of a three-month celebration of lights and peace and separate lanterns will be available for folks to hang with individually written messages of peace on them for a small donation toward future iterations of the festival. \nOutdoor programming is free. There will be a $10 ticket for indoor programming. We welcome anyone who can afford to purchase two or more tickets to pay for others to attend who otherwise may not be able to. \nThis event is organized by Nomadic Press with support from a large and loving community\, both old and new. All proceeds will go toward the production of this\, and future\, festivals. \nOUTSIDE PROGRAMMING (PARKING LOT — FREE AND OPEN TO PUBLIC) \n\n\n5 FOOD VENDORS \n\n\n18 GENERAL VENDORS \n\n\nMURAL UNVEILING IN POET’S CORNER + BADASS BOOKWORM PODCAST \n\n\nICED COFFEE BY NOMADIC COFFEE \n\n\nBEER BY ALE INDUSTRIES \n\n\nINSIDE PROGRAMMING (SANCTUARY — MIN CHARGE OF $10; VIP TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE) \n\n\n11:30–12:30 PM: DJ \n\n\n12:30–1:15 PM: POETS (6 min each) \n\n\n1:15–2:30 PM: GUEST SPEAKERS + Q&A \n\n\n2:45–3:15 PM: MUSICIAN (OPENER) \n\n\n3:30–4:30 PM: MUSICIAN (HEADLINER) \n\n\n4:30–5 PM: DJ \n\n\nSCHEDULE\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJULY 27\, 12–5 PM\n(THEME: JUSTICE) \nDJ \nDJ XCairocitosX \nPOETS \nAyodele Nzinga\nTongo Eisen-Martin\nTony Aldarondo\nTureeda Mikell\nJames Cagney \nGUEST SPEAKER \nTBA \nMUSICIANS \nSamba Guisse \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAUGUST 24\, 12–5 PM\n(THEME: EQUITY) \nDJ \nDJ XCairocitosX \nPOETS \nJosiah Luis Alderete\nThea Matthews\nDarius Simpson\nDaniel B. Summerhill\nVernon Keeve III \nGUEST SPEAKER \nCat Brooks \nMUSICIANS \nNo Lovely Thing\nEarth Amplified \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSEPTEMBER 21\, 12–5 PM\n(THEME: PEACE) \nDJ \nDJ XCairocitosX \nPOETS \nTerry Taplin\nJevohn Tyler Newsom\nMadi Dangerously\nJoyce E. Young\nTBA \nGUEST SPEAKER \nSandhya Jha \nMUSICIANS \nAzuah\nImerald Brown
URL:https://litseen.com/event/oakland-peace-festival/
LOCATION:Oakland Peace Center\, 111 Fairmount Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94611
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190824T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190824T200000
DTSTAMP:20260420T053415
CREATED:20190822T231720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190822T231720Z
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SUMMARY:Socialist Realism | Trisha Low\, Jane Gregory & Brandon Brown
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the launch of SOCIALIST REALISM (Emily Books/Coffee House\, 2019)! \nTRISHA LOW will read\, with special guests JANE GREGORY & BRANDON BROWN. \nThere will be cake.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/socialist-realism-trisha-low-jane-gregory-brandon-brown/
LOCATION:moe’s books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, Berkeley\, 94704
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Moe's Books":MAILTO:owenmoes@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190827T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190827T200000
DTSTAMP:20260420T053415
CREATED:20190707T190943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190707T190943Z
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SUMMARY:E.R. Ramzipoor:The Ventriloquists
DESCRIPTION:E.R. Ramzipoor is a writer based in California. She also works as a content marketer\, writing about cybercrime and online fraud. She studied political science at UC Berkeley\, where she researched underground literature in resistance movements and discovered the forgotten story of Faux Soir. Her writing has been featured in McSweeney’s and The Ventriloquists is her first novel. She lives with her partner and a terrier mix named Lada.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/e-r-ramzipoorthe-ventriloquists/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, Bekeley\, 94 704
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190828T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190828T193000
DTSTAMP:20260420T053415
CREATED:20190822T232042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190822T232042Z
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SUMMARY:Folkland Book Club: THE COMPLETE STORIES OF LEONORA CARRINGTON
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a monthly book club featuring titles from Small Press Distribution. Pick up a free copy of our August book at the July Book Club meeting on 7/31\, or at the Main Library Reference desk starting on 8/1 while supplies last. \nOur August Book Club Pick:\nTHE COMPLETE STORIES OF LEONORA CARRINGTON \nFiction. Surrealist writer and painter Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was a master of the macabre\, of gorgeous tableaus\, biting satire\, roguish comedy\, and brilliant\, effortless flights of the imagination. Nowhere are these qualities more ingeniously brought together than in the works of short fiction she wrote throughout her life. \nWith a startling range of styles\, subjects\, and even languages (several of the stories are translated from French or Spanish)\, THE COMPLETE STORIES captures the genius and irrepressible spirit of an amazing artist’s life. \n“This definitive collection of Carrington’s short fiction is a treasure and a gift to the world. A stunning achievement.”—Jeff VanderMeer \n“Leonora Carrington has unswervingly followed the intensity of her own particular vision and way of being…Her work bristles with a fierce\, unconventional brand of feminism; anger gives it its final edge of irony and power.”—Angela Carter \n“Her delirious fantasy reveals to us a little of the secret magic of her paintings.”—Luis Buñuel \n“Carrington’s stories are optimistic and nihilistic\, beautiful and grotesque\, tender and cruel. She never contented herself with something simple or trite\, a philosophy of life that can be shortened and simplified and put in a fortune cookie.”—Sheila Heti \n“Her stories are vivid\, funny and surprisingly fresh…[combining] satire with surrealist situations to deftly mock the pomposity of organized religion\, sexual repression or the endless forms of bureaucratic hypocrisy and ineptitude.”—The New York Times
URL:https://litseen.com/event/folkland-book-club-the-complete-stories-of-leonora-carrington/
LOCATION:Oakland Public Library – Main Branch\, 125 - 14th Street\, Oakland\, 94612
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190905T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190905T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T053415
CREATED:20190823T200006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190823T200006Z
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SUMMARY:Left Margin LIT 3rd Birthday Party (and Reading)
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate with us as we cap our 3rd year (and enter our 4th) as the East Bay’s creative writing center/workspace. This is also our 3rd event at Novel Brewing\, the most literary brewery in California. \nSample Novel Brewing’s finest beers and ales on tap. Soak in their friendly\, neighborhood atmosphere. Socialize with our writing community. Eat cake!\n​\nAnd enjoy some short readings by Left Margin instructors: Zubair Ahmed\, Katharine Dion\, Rachel Richardson\, and Laleh Khadivi.\n​\nZubair Ahmed was born and raised in Bangladesh. He and his family immigrated to the U.S in 2005 after winning the DV Lottery. He is the author of Ashulia\, a chapbook\, and City of Rivers\, the third book in the McSweeney’s Poetry Series. He lives in Oakland\, where he works as a software engineer.\n​\nKatharine Dion is the author of the novel The Dependents\, which has been translated into four languages. The San Francisco Chronicle called the novel “a gorgeously meditative debut about how unfully we live our lives or know ourselves and our loved ones.”\n​\nLaleh Khadivi’s novels include The Age of Orphans\, The Walking\, and A Good Country. She teaches in the MFA program at the University of San Francisco and was the recipient of a 2016 National Endowment for the Arts Grant and a 2016 Pushcart Prize.\n​\nRachel Richardson is co-founder and co-director of Left Margin LIT. She is also the author of two books of poems\, Hundred-Year Wave and Copperhead.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/left-margin-lit-3rd-birthday-party-and-reading/
LOCATION:Novel Brewing Company\, 6510 San Pablo Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94608
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Left Margin Lit":MAILTO:david@leftmarginlit.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190912T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190912T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T053415
CREATED:20190729T191107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190729T191107Z
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SUMMARY:Marika Lindholm - - We Got This
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome Marika Lindholm and more (tba) to celebrate the publication of We Got This: Solo Mom Stories of Grit\, Heart\, and Humor\, on Thursday\, September 12th at 7pm. \nWe Got This celebrates the 15 million solo moms who parent on their own in the United States. A compelling\, moving\, and humorous compilation of essays\, poems\, and inspirational quotes by moms raising kids on their own\, this book gives voice to women who–despite their differences in age\, race\, culture\, sexual orientation\, economic circumstance\, and route to single motherhood–are bound together in a conscious coalition that is strong\, proud\, and dedicated to their children. We Got This reminds solo moms that they are powerful and important–and that there’s a whole community of women out there who understand what they are going through.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/marika-lindholm-we-got-this/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190915T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190915T160000
DTSTAMP:20260420T053415
CREATED:20190708T193559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190731T023116Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry in Parks 2019
DESCRIPTION:The 5th Annual Poetry in Parks / Ayala Cove on Angel Island\n\nSunday\, Sept 15\, 2019\, 11a – 4pm\nYouth readings\nA literary mixtape curated by Katie Tandy and July Westhale\nNeighborhood Heroes curated by Kearny Street Workshop\nMusic + Dance curated by Kearny Street Workshop\nLive painting by ArtSpan\nBeer courtesy Lagunitas\nRSVP / SUBMIT\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Quiet Lightning \nNow in its 10th year\, Quiet Lightning is a San Francisco-based literary nonprofit with the mission to foster community based on literary expression and to provide a safe and supportive arena for said expression. Its flagship is the literary mixtape\, a submission-based series with a completely blind selection process and different curators for every show\, for which there are no introductions or banter. The shows are published as books\, handed out free to the first 100 people at each show. All participating artists are paid and the shows are free to attend. We’ve now produced 126 shows\, featuring 1\,200+ readings by 900+ different authors in 80+ venues and 100+ books. Quiet Lightning also maintains Litseen.com\, a daily calendar of literary events. \nAbout California State Parks \nThe mission of CA State Parks is to provide for the health\, inspiration and education of the people of California by helping to preserve the state’s extraordinary biological diversity\, protecting its most valued natural and cultural resources\, and creating opportunities for high-quality outdoor recreation. \nAbout Kearny Street Workshop \nFounded in 1972\, during the height of the Asian American cultural movement\, Kearny Street Workshop (KSW) is the oldest Asian Pacific American multidisciplinary arts organization in the country. We offer classes and workshops\, salons\, and student presentations\, as well as professionally curated and produced exhibitions\, performances\, readings\, and screenings. KSW makes artists out of community members and community members out of artists. For the past 45 years\, KSW has nurtured the creative spirit\, offered an important platform for new voices to be heard\, and connected artists with community. \nAbout ArtSpan \nArtSpan believes in the power of art to enrich lives. For 20-plus years we’ve championed an inclusive art experience and provided diverse audiences with an authentic connection to local art and artists. We support emerging and established artists who contribute to San Francisco’s inimitable creative energy\, while bolstering the next generation of artists and encouraging the public to engage in preserving and furthering our vibrant art community. \nWith crucial support from SOMArts Cultural Center \nSOMArts leverages the power of art as a tool for social change through multi-disciplinary events and exhibitions. Equipping artists with the space\, mentorship and support they need to shift perspectives and innovate solutions\, SOMArts fosters access to arts and culture for collective liberation and self-determination. \n\nimage: Angel Island by Evan Karp
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-in-parks-2019/
LOCATION:Ayala Cove\, Angel Island\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,North Bay,San Francisco,South Bay
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ORGANIZER;CN="Quiet Lightning":MAILTO:evan AT quietlightning DOT org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190915T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190915T160000
DTSTAMP:20260420T053415
CREATED:20190707T193510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190816T221737Z
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SUMMARY:Chuck Poling's "Growing Up Bernal"
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://litseen.com/event/chuck-polings-growing-up-bernal/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190916T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190916T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T053415
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190729T191347Z
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SUMMARY:The Diesel Readers Book Group - - Future Home of the Living God
DESCRIPTION:East Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group’s discussion of Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich\, on Monday September 16th at 7pm. \nLouise Erdrich\, the New York Times bestselling\, National Book Award-winning author of LaRose and The Round House\, paints a startling portrait of a young woman fighting for her life and her unborn child against oppressive forces that manifest in the wake of a cataclysmic event. \nThe world as we know it is ending. Evolution has reversed itself\, affecting every living creature on earth. Science cannot stop the world from running backwards\, as woman after woman gives birth to infants that appear to be primitive species of humans. Twenty-six-year-old Cedar Hawk Songmaker\, adopted daughter of a pair of big-hearted\, open-minded Minneapolis liberals\, is as disturbed and uncertain as the rest of America around her. But for Cedar\, this change is profound and deeply personal. She is four months pregnant. \nThough she wants to tell the adoptive parents who raised her from infancy\, Cedar first feels compelled to find her birth mother\, Mary Potts\, an Ojibwe living on the reservation\, to understand both her and her baby’s origins. As Cedar goes back to her own biological beginnings\, society around her begins to disintegrate\, fueled by a swelling panic about the end of humanity. \nThere are rumors of martial law\, of Congress confining pregnant women. Of a registry\, and rewards for those who turn these wanted women in. Flickering through the chaos are signs of increasing repression: a shaken Cedar witnesses a family wrenched apart when police violently drag a mother from her husband and child in a parking lot. The streets of her neighborhood have been renamed with Bible verses. A stranger answers the phone when she calls her adoptive parents\, who have vanished without a trace. It will take all Cedar has to avoid the prying eyes of potential informants and keep her baby safe. \nA chilling dystopian novel both provocative and prescient\, Future Home of the Living God is a startlingly original work from one of our most acclaimed writers: a moving meditation on female agency\, self-determination\, biology\, and natural rights that speaks to the troubling changes of our time. \n  \n\n** The Diesel Readers is an ongoing group\, and is open to all. ** \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nMonday\, September 16\, 2019 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-diesel-readers-book-group-future-home-of-the-living-god/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190918T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190918T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T053415
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190729T192520Z
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SUMMARY:Sarah M. Broom -- The Yellow House
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Sarah Broom to discuss her expansive yet probing biography The Yellow House on Wednesday\, September 18th at 7pm. \nIn 1961\, Sarah M. Broom’s mother Ivory Mae bought a shotgun house in the then-promising neighborhood of New Orleans East and built her world inside of it. It was the height of the Space Race and the neighborhood was home to a major NASA plant–the postwar optimism seemed assured. Widowed\, Ivory Mae remarried Sarah’s father Simon Broom; their combined family would eventually number twelve children. But after Simon died\, six months after Sarah’s birth\, the Yellow House would become Ivory Mae’s thirteenth and most unruly child. \nA book of great ambition\, Sarah M. Broom’s The Yellow House tells a hundred years of her family and their relationship to home in a neglected area of one of America’s most mythologized cities. This is the story of a mother’s struggle against a house’s entropy\, and that of a prodigal daughter who left home only to reckon with the pull that home exerts\, even after the Yellow House was wiped off the map after Hurricane Katrina. The Yellow House expands the map of New Orleans to include the stories of its lesser known natives\, guided deftly by one of its native daughters\, to demonstrate how enduring drives of clan\, pride\, and familial love resist and defy erasure. Located in the gap between the “Big Easy” of tourist guides and the New Orleans in which Broom was raised\, The Yellow Houseis a brilliant memoir of place\, class\, race\, the seeping rot of inequality\, and the internalized shame that often follows. It is a transformative\, deeply moving story from an unparalleled new voice of startling clarity\, authority\, and power. \nAbout the Author \nSarah M. Broom is a writer whose work has appeared in the New Yorker\, The New York Times Magazine\, The Oxford American\, and O\, The Oprah Magazine among others. A native New Orleanian\, she received her Masters in Journalism from the University of California\, Berkeley in 2004. She was awarded a Whiting Foundation Creative Nonfiction Grant in 2016 and was a finalist for the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Nonfiction in 2011. She has also been awarded fellowships at Djerassi Resident Artists Program and The MacDowell Colony. She lives in New York state. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, September 18\, 2019 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sarah-m-broom-the-yellow-house/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190920T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190920T220000
DTSTAMP:20260420T053415
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SUMMARY:SALMAN RUSHDIE presents QUICHOTTE
DESCRIPTION:SALMAN RUSHDIE presents QUICHOTTE\nFriday\, September 20\, 2019\, 7:00pm\nFirst Congregational Church of Oakland\, 2501 Harrison Street\, Oakland\nTickets are available here! \nBerkeley Arts & Letters presents world-renowned storyteller and internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie (Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses) as he presents an electrifying\, modernized classic that fractures and reforms our conception of love in a whirlwind journey across present-day America. \nPlease note: This event is ticketed\, and will take place at First Congregational Church of Oakland\, 2501 Harrison Street\, Oakland. Tickets\, including discounted book bundles\, will be available in advance here soon. Advance sales are highly recommended. Unless otherwise noted here\, general admission tickets will be available at the door. \nInspired by the Cervantes classic\, Sam DuChamp\, mediocre writer of spy thrillers\, creates Quichotte\, a courtly\, addled salesman obsessed with television who falls in impossible love with a TV star. Together with his (imaginary) son Sancho\, Quichotte sets off on a picaresque quest across America to prove worthy of her hand\, gallantly braving the tragicomic perils of an age where “Anything-Can-Happen.” Meanwhile\, his creator\, in a midlife crisis\, has equally urgent challenges of his own. \nJust as Cervantes wrote Don Quixote to satirize the culture of his time\, Rushdie takes the reader on a wild ride through a country on the verge of moral and spiritual collapse. And with the kind of storytelling magic that is the hallmark of Rushdie’s work\, the fully realized lives of DuChamp and Quichotte intertwine in a profoundly human quest for love and a wickedly entertaining portrait of an age in which fact is so often indiscernible from fiction. \n——————- \nSalman Rushdie is the author of thirteen previous novels: —Luka and the Fire of Life\, Grimus\, Midnight’s Children (for which he won the Booker Prize and the Best of the Booker)\, Shame\, The Satanic Verses\, Haroun and the Sea of Stories\, The Moor’s Last Sigh\, The Ground Beneath Her Feet\, Fury\, Shalimar the Clown\, The Enchantress of Florence\, Two Years\, Eight Months\, and Twenty-Eight Nights\, and The Golden House — and one collection of short stories: East\, West. He has also published four works of nonfiction — Joseph Anton\, The Jaguar Smile\, Imaginary Homelands\, and Step Across This Line — and coedited two anthologies\, Mirrorwork and Best American Short Stories 2008. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University. A former president of PEN American Center\, Rushdie was knighted in 2007 for services to literature. \n​Please note: \nDoors at 6pm. Program at 7pm. Duration of event is subject to author’s preference. \nSigning details TBA soon. \nTickets are non-refundable and non-transferable. All ticket sales are final. \nThis 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.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/salman-rushdie-presents-quichotte/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Oakland\, 2501 Harrison St\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Deborah Fruchey and Jan Steckel at Expressions Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Reading featuring Zeitgeist Press poets Jan Steckel and Deborah Fruchey at Expressions Gallery\, 2035 Ashby Ave. in Berkeley – Open Mic to follow! \nJan Steckel is a former pediatrician who stopped practicing medicine because of chronic pain. Her latest book Like Flesh Covers Bone (Zeitgeist Press\, December 2018) was a finalist for the poetry category of the Bi Book Awards. Her poetry book The Horizontal Poet (Zeitgeist Press\, 2011) won a 2012 Lambda Literary Award. Her fiction chapbook Mixing Tracks (Gertrude Press\, 2009) and poetry chapbook The Underwater Hospital (Zeitgeist Press\, 2006) also won awards. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Scholastic Magazine\, Bellevue Literary Review\, Yale Medicine\, and elsewhere. She works as a medical editor and lives in Oakland\, California. \nDeborah Fruchey tried to write her first book at the age of 8. Her first novel was chosen as a Best Book by the American Bookseller’s Association. Her poetry book Armadillo was released by Cyborg Productions in 2014. Her latest is a volume of flash fiction called Priestess of Secrets. She is the editor of an upcoming anthology in tribute to Julia Vinograd\, from Zeitgeist Press\, and also editor of a volume of Vampyre Mike Kassel’s unpublished work\, due in November 2019 from Last Laugh Productions.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/deborah-fruchey-and-jan-steckel-at-expressions-gallery/
LOCATION:Expressions Gallery\, 2035 Ashby Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190921T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190921T170000
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SUMMARY:Oakland Peace Festival: Peace
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the inaugural Oakland Peace Festival organized by Nomadic Press and hosted at the Oakland Peace Center. It’ll be a daytime celebration of all that is Oakland and peaceful through music\, art\, writing\, food\, guest speakers\, and community building. All are welcome\, and this is a kid-friendly event. \nThe festival will take place on three Saturdays: July 27 (theme: Justice)\, August 24 (theme: Equity)\, and will culminate on September 21 (theme: Peace)\, which is International Day of Peace. \nOutside in the parking lot (free) just off of Fairmount Avenue\, there will be food and arts/crafts vendors\, a Poet’s Corner with a 5-hour open mic\, a new mural by Gremlin1114\, beer by Ale Industries\, and iced coffee by Nomadic Coffee. \nInside in the sanctuary ($10 GA / $20 VIP): \n11:30–12:30 PM: DJ XCairocitosX\n12:30–1:15 PM: Poetry by Gondola Perpetua (Terry Taplin)\, Jevohn Tyler Newsome\, Madi Dangerously\, Joyce E. Young\, Asantewaa Bee Boykin\n1:15–2:30 PM: Guest speakers\, Sandhya Jha and Yvette Felarca\n2:45–3:15 PM: Music by Azuah\n3:30–4:30 PM: Music by Imerald Brown Music \nLanterns will be hung throughout the sanctuary as part of a three-month celebration of lights and peace and separate lanterns will be available for folks to hang with individually written messages of peace on them for a small donation of $10. \nThis event is organized by Nomadic Press with support from a large and loving community\, both old and new. All proceeds will go toward the production of this\, and future\, festivals.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/oakland-peace-festival-peace/
LOCATION:Oakland Peace Center\, 111 Fairmount Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94611
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190924T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190924T200000
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SUMMARY:Meet Author E.R. Ramzipoor
DESCRIPTION:Join author E.R. Ramzipoor for a reading of her debut novel\, The Ventriloquists. Publishers Weekly calls her book a “magnetic debut… Sprawling and ambitious\, with crisp pacing and fully realized characters\, this will fascinate anyone looking for an unusual\, enthralling war story.” Kirkus Reviews touts her novel as one “that will have special resonance for today’s resisters.” \nBooks will be available for sale and signing courtesy of Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore. \nThe Ventriloquists is set in Brussels\, 1943. Twelve-year-old street orphan Helene survives by living as a boy and selling copies of the country’s most popular newspaper\, Le Soir\, now turned into Nazi propaganda. Helene’s world changes when she befriends a rogue journalist\, Marc Aubrion\, who draws her into a secret network that publishes dissident underground newspapers.The Nazis track down Aubrion’s team and give them an impossible choice: turn the resistance newspapers into a Nazi propaganda bomb that will sway public opinion against the Allies\, or be killed. Faced with no decision at all\, Aubrion has a brilliant idea. While pretending to do the Nazis’ bidding\, they will instead publish a fake edition of Le Soir that pokes fun at Hitler and Stalin — daring to laugh in the face of their oppressors.   The ventriloquists have agreed to die for a joke\, and they have only eighteen days to tell it. Featuring an unforgettable cast of characters and stunning historical detail\, E.R. Ramzipoor’s dazzling debut novel illuminates the extraordinary acts of courage by ordinary people forgotten by time. It is a moving and powerful ode to the importance of the written word and to the unlikely heroes who went to extreme lengths to orchestrate the most stunning feat of journalism in modern history. \nE.R. Ramzipoor is a writer based in California. She also works as a content marketer\, writing about cybercrime and online fraud. She studied political science at UC Berkeley\, where she researched underground literature in resistance movements and discovered the forgotten story of Faux Soir. Her writing has been featured in McSweeney’s and The Ventriloquists is her first novel. She lives with her partner and a terrier mix named Lada.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/meet-author-e-r-ramzipoor/
LOCATION:Oakland Main Library\, 125 14th St\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190925T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190925T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Nancy Au -- Spider Love Song and Other Stories
DESCRIPTION:Nancy Au’s debut collection is rich with scents\, sounds\, imaginative leaps\, and unexpected angles of vision. These seventeen stories present the challenges facing characters whose inner and outer lives often do not align\, whose spirits attempt flight despite dashed hopes and lean circumstances. Marginalized by race\, age\, and sexuality\, they endeavor to create new worlds that honor their identities and their Chinese heritage. SPIDER LOVE SONG AND OTHER STORIES treads the fault line that forms between lovers\, families\, friends\, cultures—exposing injuries and vulnerabilities\, but also the strength and courage necessary to recast resentment and anger into wonder and power. Au’s lyrical style\, humor\, and tender attention to her characters’ fancies and failings make this powerful debut a delight to read. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR: \nNancy Au’s stories and essays have appeared in Redivider\, Gulf Coast\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, Cincinnati Review\, and The Pinch\, among many others. She has an MFA from San Francisco State University and teaches creative writing at California State University–Stanislaus. She is co-founder of The Escapery\, a writing and art un-school. Her flash fiction\, which is included in the Best Small Fictions 2018\, also won The Vestal Review’s 2018 VERA Flash Fiction Prize as well as Redivider’s Blurred Genre Contest. \n  \nPraise for SPIDER LOVE SONG AND OTHER STORIES: \n“These stories sparkle with life and secrets\, joy and power\, pain and hilarity and sharp insights into the\nhuman heart. Nancy Au is a rare and blazing talent\, and this debut collection is a house of wonders\,\nthrilling and unforgettable.”    —Carolina De Robertis\, author of CANTORAS \n“Foxes\, turtles\, ducks\, oysters\, fish\, badgers\, beetles\, damselflies\, bees: all manner of creatures scratch\, swim\, thrum\, and shimmer through these tender and fantastic stories. Characters struggle with the entanglements of the living and the dead\, like the “spiders’ webs [that] can wind around anything that doesn’t pay attention\,” while they long to be out in the world that both compels and terrifies. I was spellbound by Au’s unique vision and language that pay attention to the many wild\, rich worlds that hold us.”  —Peg Alford Pursell\, author of A GIRL GOES INTO THE FOREST
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-launch-nancy-au-spider-love-song-and-other-stories/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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