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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191114T190000
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SUMMARY:The Oakland Poetry Slam Ft. L7
DESCRIPTION:We’re back and better than ever! Come join us at our new venue\, The Flight Deck\, conveniently located in Downtown Oakland near 19th St BART Station . Bring your poetry\, your music\, your dance\, you art\, but most importantly bring yourself! \nOur feature for the night is non other than Chris Cuadrado aka “L7!” \nChris “L7” Cuadrado is a culture worker & propagandist from Inglewood\, CA. L7 uses words\, sights\, and sounds to further radical and critical thought. L7 draws from the aesthetic and political traditions of revolutionaries\, agitators\, and poor peoples movements from across the globe. L7 is committed to creating work that reflects the struggle of colonized and oppressed people\, while aligning with their movements for liberation\, self-determination\, and decolonization. \nL7 is also founder and co-host of the Poets of Color Podcast. \nLive Stream Provided by Berkeley Poetry Slam! \nDoors Open at 7 pm\nWorkshop @ 7:20\nSign up lists go out at 7:15 pm \nShow starts at 8:15 pm! \n💲Cover💲 \n$5 for performers \n$10 for audience \nPlease email oakslambooking@gmail.com for any questions regarding the space\, accessibility and accommodations!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-oakland-poetry-slam-ft-l7/
LOCATION:The Flight Deck\, 1540 Broadway\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Oakland Poetry Slam & Open Mic":MAILTO:oakslambooking@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191114T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191114T210000
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SUMMARY:Wendy Taylor Carlisle & Kimi Sugioka
DESCRIPTION:WENDY TAYLOR CARLISLE’s new book is The Mercy of Traffic. Tony Hoagland said\, “Wendy Carlisle’s poems come out wearing their red shoes and ready to dance. The lives she sketches flame underfoot so the soles of your feet are ‘burned like little suns’ and when we read this book of grace and empathy ‘we are assured there will be sparks\, then blasts and blowups\, offerings of flame and dust…’”Her publications include the full-length books Reading Berryman to the Dog and Discount Fireworks\, plus five chapbooks\, most recently They Went Down to the Beach to Play. Her work is in anthologies such as In Plein Air\, Untold Arkansas\, and 50/50: Poems and Translations by Womxn Over Fifty. She has an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives in the Arkansas Ozarks.\n\nKIMI SUGIOKA’s brand new poetry book is Wile & Wing. Anne Waldman said\, “Kimi Sugioka is a poet with a lot of guises: maternal\, witchy\, passionate\, detached observer…She moves through the female cycle confidently\, poised\, strong in her observance and power.” Born in Chapel Hill\, North Carolina and raised in Berkeley\, California\, Kimi Sugioka is a poet\, songwriter\, and educator. She performs her work frequently throughout the Bay Area. She has worked in public education for decades\, and earned her BA from San Francisco State University and MFA from the Naropa Institute in Boulder\, Colorado.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/wendy-taylor-carlisle-kimi-sugioka/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, BERKELEY\, 94704-2322
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191117T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191117T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
CREATED:20191118T074237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191118T074237Z
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SUMMARY:David L. Eng: Racial Melancholia\, Racial Dissociation
DESCRIPTION:In Racial Melancholia\, Racial Dissociation David L. Eng draws on psychoanalytic case histories from the mid-1990s to the present to explore how first- and second-generation Asian American young adults deal with difficulties such as depression\, suicide\, and coming out within the larger social context of race\, immigration\, and sexuality. \nThe New Yorker’s Hua Hsu writes: “There’s a power in being able to recognize our struggles as the result of paradoxes we live within rather than seeing them as purely private failings. It’s a step toward imagining lives that we might be the authors of\, with endings that we write ourselves.” \nDavid L. Eng is Richard L. Fisher Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. \nPresented by Eastwind Books of Berkeley & Ethnic Studies \nFree and open to the public; The ESL has an ADA accessible front entrance and access to two ADA accessible restrooms | asiabookcenter.com | 510-548-2350
URL:https://litseen.com/event/david-l-eng-racial-melancholia-racial-dissociation/
LOCATION:UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library\, 30 Stephens Hall\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eastwind Books":MAILTO:eastwindbooks@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191117T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191117T200000
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SUMMARY:Family Sacrifices: Book Talk with Dr. Russell Jeung
DESCRIPTION:The first book based on national survey data on Asian American religious practices\, Family Sacrifices is a seminal text on the fastest-growing racial group in the United States. Fifty-two percent of Chinese Americans report having no religious affiliation\, making them the least religiously identified ethnic group in the United States. Family Sacrifices reveals that Chinese Americans employ familism\, not religion\, as the primary narrative by which they find meaning\, identity\, and belonging. \nDr. Russell M. Jeung is Chair and Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University. The author of books and articles on Asian Americans\, religion\, and race\, he’s a community activist and church leader in East Oakland\, CA. Dr. Jeung’s memoir\, At Home in Exile\, shares his family’s six generations in the U.S. and his life with refugees. \nCo-sponsored by Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, Eastwind Books of Berkeley\, and San Francisco State University Asian American Studies Department.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/family-sacrifices-book-talk-with-dr-russell-jeung/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eastwind Books":MAILTO:eastwindbooks@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191118T210000
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SUMMARY:Joyce E. Young at Poetry Express Nov 18
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic + free (except for restaurant purchases) 7pm. 11/18/2019\nJoyce E. Young is the author of How it Happens\, published by Nomadic Press. Her writing has been nominated for both a Pushcart and a California Book Award\nand has appeared in Smith Alumnae Quarterly\, WORDPEACE\, riverbabble\, The New Poets of the American West\, and elsewhere. She has received grants from the California Arts Council\, the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation and Writers on Site residency program at the Oakland Museum and Oakland Public Library through\nPoets & Writers\, Inc. Joyce has been awarded residencies at Virginia Center for\nthe Creative Arts\, Hedgebrook\, Soapstone and Vermont Studio Center. She works as a Writing Consultant at John F. Kennedy University\, teaches writing privately\, and is currently at work writing poetry\, essays\, and Parallel Journey\, a novel.\nJoyce maintains regular Yoga and Chi Gung practice and is a semi-retired Afro\nCuban folkloric and modern dancer. She keeps lots of music in her life\,\nparticularly Jazz\, Salsa\, Reggae\, Samba\, and combinations of notes that defy \ncategory. In reality\, though\, she really doesn’t like to assign categories for music. \nBecause \nLike angels are supposed to\nYou don’t do it because\nyou want to be good\,\nget candy\, or ice cream \nYou do it because you love\nAnd forgetting all else\nYou tend to her or him\,\nwatching\, waiting\, praying\nfor life\, health\, the best\nfor that person or persons \nyou love
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joyce-e-young-at-poetry-express-nov-18/
LOCATION:Poetry Express\, 1585 University Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191118T210000
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SUMMARY:East Bay Release for Disasterama! at Badass Bookworm’s Lit Loft
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the East Bay release of “Disasterama”\, Alvin Orloff’s fantabulous new memoir of ’90’s SF wild club kid\, AIDS-activism\, agitprop performance\, and homocore culture. He hit it spot on with both wit and gravitas. \nAlvin will read from the book\, of course\, preceded by shiny crew Sam Sax\, Dena Rod\, Richard Loranger\, Vernon Keeve III\, & Anna Allen. Clearly a gathering that is not to be missed. \nI’ve made a second invite for this because Facebook\, in all its culture-crushing wisdom\, won’t let me send the original to more than 30 people or so. This one won’t even let me invite more than 50. I’ve tried to avoid repeats\, but if you’ve received both\, my apologies. If you can\, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD. 🙂
URL:https://litseen.com/event/east-bay-release-for-disasterama-at-badass-bookworms-lit-loft/
LOCATION:The Legionnaire Saloon\, 2272 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Power Unit 17":MAILTO:hello@richardloranger.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191119T210000
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SUMMARY:Big Familia Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:I am both thrilled & nervous to announce the book release party for 💥Big Familia!! on November 19 at East Bay Booksellers / Diesel. \nIt’s a reading & conversation with Nancy Au. \nDrinks & mingling & celebration. \nKid Friendly (though it’s a school night!) \nTOMAS MONIZ edited Rad Dad\, Rad Families\, and the kids book Collaboration/Colaboración. He’s recently been published by Barrelhouse and Longleaf Review. In July 2019\, he released a chapbook with Mason Jar Press and his debut novel\, Big Familia\, on Acre Books\, will be out in November . He has stuff on the internet but loves letters and penpals: PO Box 3555\, Berkeley CA 94703. He promises to write back. \nNancy Au’s stories and essays have appeared or are forthcoming 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.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/big-familia-book-launch/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T210000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
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SUMMARY:Marilyn Chin & Genny Lim
DESCRIPTION:CO-SPONSORED BY PEN WEST \nMARILYN CHIN’s new book of poems is A Portrait of the Self as Nation: New and Selected Poems. Adrienne Rich said\, “Marilyn Chin’s poems excite and incite the imagination through their brilliant cultural interfacings\, their theatre of anger\, ‘fierce and tender\,’ their compassion\, and their high mockery of wit.” Born in Hong Kong\, currently living in San Diego\, she is the author of four previous poetry collections and a novel. Widely anthologized\, in Best American Poetry\, The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women\, and elsewhere\, her honors include five Pushcart Prizes\, the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award\, and fellowships from the United States Artists Foundation and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She serves as a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. \nGENNY LIM—San Francisco Jazz Poet Laureate\, born in San Francisco—is the author of the poetry collections Winter Place\, Child of War\, and Paper Gods and Rebels. She also wrote the plays Paper Angels and Bitter Cane and the children’s book Wings for Lai-Ho\, among other works. Winner of the American Book Award in 1981\, she founded the theater company Paper Angels Productions\, later known as XX Theater\, and produced many experimental performance pieces. Recipient of the Bay Guardian Goldie for Local Discovery in 1991\, she went on to record and collaborate with musician-composers Jon Jang\, Francis Wong\, Anthony Brown\, the late Max Roach\, and Herbie Lewis. Her new poetry book KRA! is a power house political and historical\, biographical work invoking figures such as James Baldwin\, Amiri Baraka\, Francisco X. Alarcon\, Fred Ho\, and Alfonso Texidor\, and is a salute to Flint\, Michigan\, Standing Rock\, and Black Lives Matter.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/marilyn-chin-genny-lim/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, BERKELEY\, 94704-2322
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T230000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
CREATED:20191118T074824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191118T074824Z
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Slam with Asha!
DESCRIPTION:Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1999\, and third in the nation at the 2015 National Poetry Slam! \nhttp://berkeleyslam.org/\nTwitter: @berkeleyslam\nInstagram: @berkeleyslam\nPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/berkeleyslam \n—————�————-\nWe’ll be bringing Asha to feature for slam this week! \nAsha is an artist\, educator\, and revolutionary. Originally from LA\, she worked as a community organizer for workers/tenant rights\, and anti-police brutality\, as well as a coach with the non-profit Playworks in East-Oakland. Her passion for social justice informs her work educating youth and prospective teachers. She is currently an 8th grade teacher and adjunct professor at USF. As a performer\, she has toured London showcasing her poetry\, including at the famous Troy Bar\, Emceed the San Jose Womxn’s March in January 2017 and performed in 2018\, as well as performed at the March For Our Lives Event in 2018. She has also Emceed the San Jose Womxn’s Showcase for all 3 years\, featured at Cinequest Film Festival in 2017 and 2018\, and graced the cover of South Bay’s CONTENT magazine in August of 2017. KQED created a short documentary on Asha and her artistry. Her music\, art and spoken word act as a mirror into the passion and activism she lives out daily. \n—————�————-\nUPCOMING\n11/27: No slam\n—————�————- \nTHE STARRY PLOUGH\n3101 Shattuck Avenue\, 510-841-2082\n(1 block uphill from the Ashby BART).\nEVERY WEDNESDAY\n$7 – $10 sliding scale (most nights)\nCash Prizes!\nWorkshop: 6:30 p.m. Sign-up: 7:30 p.m. Show: 8:15 p.m.\nALL AGES before 10 p.m. \nDon’t have cash or Venmo? Like being extra prepared? Get a presale ticket while you can!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-slam-with-asha/
LOCATION:The Starry Plough\, 3101 Shattuck Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191121T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191121T213000
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SUMMARY:Elaine Sciolino in Conversation with Thad Carhart
DESCRIPTION:Elaine Sciolino in Conversation with Thad Carhart\n\n\n\n\n(and introduced by L. John Harris) discussing Sciolino’s new book The Seine: The River that Made Paris. \nA soulful\, transformative voyage along the body of water that defines the City of Light. Elaine Sciolino is the perfect guide to the world’s most romantic river.”–Lauren Collins \nTo reserve your seat\, please purchase a copy of The Seine by speaking to a bookseller or clicking on the cover. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, November 21\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nElaine Sciolino came to Paris as a young foreign correspondent and was seduced by a river. In The Seine\, she tells the story of that river from its source on a remote plateau of Burgundy to the wide estuary where its waters meet the sea\, and the cities\, tributaries\, islands\, ports\, and bridges in between. \nSciolino explores the Seine through its rich history and lively characters: a bargewoman\, a riverbank bookseller\, a houseboat dweller\, a famous cinematographer known for capturing the river’s light. She discovers the story of Sequana–the Gallo-Roman healing goddess who gave the Seine its name–and follows the river through Paris\, where it determined the city’s destiny and now snakes through all aspects of daily life. She patrols with river police\, rows with a restorer of antique boats\, sips champagne at a vineyard along the river\, and even dares to go for a swim. She finds the Seine in art\, literature\, music\, and movies from Renoir and Les Misérables to Puccini and La La Land. Along the way\, she reveals how the river that created Paris has touched her own life. A powerful afterword tells the dramatic story of how water from the depths of the Seine saved Notre-Dame from destruction during the devastating fire in April 2019. \nElaine Sciolino is a contributing writer and former Paris bureau chief for the New York Times. She is the author of five books\, including The Seine\, The Only Street in Paris and La Seduction. Sciolino was decorated as a chevalier of the Legion of Honor\, the highest honor of the French state\, in 2010 for her “special contribution” to the friendship between France and the United States. She and her husband have lived in Paris since 2002. \nThad Carhart is the author of The Piano Shop on the Left Bank and Finding Fontainebleau. A resident of Paris for 25 years\, he now lives in San Francisco. \nL. John Harris is the author/illustrator of Cafe French. He lives in Berkeley. \n  \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/elaine-sciolino-in-conversation-with-thad-carhart/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191121T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191121T220000
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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. \nDonations will be kindly requested to help pay the features and cover the cost of the space. \nFYI the 10 slot open mic list starts at 7:30 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). \n!AQUI ESTAMOS Y NO NOS VAMOS!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/speaking-axolotl-reading-and-open-mic-2/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press/Fairmount\, 111 Fairmount Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94611
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191122T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191122T183000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
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SUMMARY:Moscow Conceptualism: New Translations from the Russian
DESCRIPTION:Official Site:\nhttp://slavic.berkeley.edu/moscow-conceptualism-new-translations-from-the-russian/ \nA spate of new translations is bringing the writers and artists of Moscow Conceptualism to an English-language readership for the first time. Even as they drew on currents in western art\, the Moscow Conceptualists (1970s-1980s) were distinguished by a singular focus on the Soviet experience\, from the legacies of the avant-garde to the official culture of the Era of Stagnation. Serving as an ironic commentary on the entire arc of Soviet history\, Moscow Conceptualism continues to exert a powerful influence on performance art in Putin’s Russia. \nSchedule is as follows: \n1.30 p.m.\nWelcome: Prof. Harsha Ram\, Slavic Languages and Literatures \n1.45-3.00 p.m.\nThe Poets and their Verse\nModerated by Matvei Yankelevich\, editor of the Eastern European Poets Series at Ugly Duckling Presse\nAinsley Morse and Bela Shayevich read Vsevolod Nekrasov\nYelena Kalinsky and Brian Droitcour read Andrei Monastyrski\nSimon Schuchat reads Dmitrii Prigov\nMatvei Yankelevich reads Lev Rubinstein \n3.15 p.m.\nMonastyrski and Prigov\nModerated by Prof. Edward Tyerman\, Slavic Languages and Literatures\nChristina Schwarz\, Slavic Languages and Literatures\n“Remontnye Raboty: Anamnesis in the life- writings of Andrei Monastyrski” \n3.40 p.m.\nProf. Olga Matich\, Slavic Languages and Literatures\n“Conceptualist Total Art Prigov” \n4.30-5.30 p.m.\nRoundtable Discussion\nModerated by Prof. Alexei Yurchak\, Anthropology \n5.30 p.m.\nProf. Lyn Hejinian\, English\n“The Eros of Russian-American Poetic Exchange” \nAll will take place in the Geballe Room at the Townsend Center for the Humanities\, 220 Stephens Hall.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/moscow-conceptualism-new-translations-from-the-russian/
LOCATION:Geballe Room at the Townsend Center for the Humanities\, 220 Stephens Hall\, UC Berkeley\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191122T210000
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SUMMARY:In Common Writers Series: Vanessa Angélica Villarreal and Raquel Salas Rivera\, reading and in conversation
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 22 – 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm\n\n\n\n\nMoe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue (btw Haste and Dwight Way)\, Berkeley\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe In Common Writers Series moves across the Bay\, to Moe’s Books on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley\, for what will be a powerful evening featuring poets Vanessa Angélica Villareal\, joining us from Southern California\, and—from Puerto Rico via Philadelphia\, Raquel Salas Rivera. The In Common Writers Series\, now in its second year\, is supported by the Walter & Elise Haas Fund. Both this event and a reading and conversation by both poets the prior evening at The Poetry Center are free and open to the public. Join us! \nVanessa Angélica Villarreal is the author of Beast Meridian (Noemi Press\, 2017)\, a recipient of a 2019 Whiting Award\, a 2018 Texas Institute of Letters Poetry Prize\, and a 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery Award finalist. Her work appears or is forthcoming in The New York Times\, Poetry Magazine\, BuzzFeed\, The Boston Review\, The Rumpus\, and elsewhere. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Los Angeles\, where she is raising her son with the help of a loyal dog. More at vanessaangelicavillarreal.com Photo: Self-portrait. \nRaquel Salas Rivera es la Poeta Laureada de la ciudad de Filadelfia del 2018-19. Fue la recipiente inaugural del Premio Ambroggio  y la Beca de Laureada\, ambos de la Academia de Poetas Americanos. Cuenta con la publicación de seis plaquetas y cinco poemarios. Su cuarto libro\, lo terciario/the tertiary\, fue finalista para el Premio Nacional del Libro del 2018 y ganó el Premio Literario Lambda a una obra de poesía transgénero del 2018. Su quinto poemario\, while they sleep (under the bed is another country)\, fue publicado por Birds\, LLC en el 2019. Recibió su Doctorado en Literatura Comparada y Teoría Literaria de la Universidad de Pensilvania. Raquel ama y vive por Puerto Rico\, Filadelfia y un mundo libre de la supremacía blanca. Por mas: raquelsalasrivera.com/es Foto por Paloma Alicea. \nRaquel Salas Rivera is the 2018-19 Poet Laureate of Philadelphia. They are the inaugural recipient of the Ambroggio Prize and the Laureate Fellowship\, both from the Academy of American Poets. They are also the author of six chapbooks and five full-length poetry books. Their fourth book\, lo terciario/the tertiary\, was on the 2018 National Book Award Longlist and won the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry. Their fifth book\, while they sleep (under the bed is another country)\, was published by Birds\, LLC in 2019. They received their Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory from the University of Pennsylvania. Raquel loves and lives for Puerto Rico\, Philadelphia\, and a world free of white supremacy. More at raquelsalasrivera.com Photo by Paloma Alicea. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRelated event: \nIn Common Writers Series: Raquel Salas Rivera and Vanessa Angélica Villarreal\, reading and in conversation\n\n\nThursday\, November 21 – 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm\n\n\n\n\nThe Poetry Center\, Humanities 512\, San Francisco State University\n\n\n\nFeatured:\n\n“Fierce as Fuck: The Future of Poetry is Brown and Queer\,” Vanessa Angélica Villarreal and Vickie Vértiz (interview by Sorayo Membreno)\, at Bitch Magazine\n\n“The Anti-Lineage of Raquel Salas Rivera\,” (interviewed by Candace Williams)\, at Shondaland\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent contact:\n\nThe Poetry Center\n\n\n\nEvent email:\n\npoetry@sfsu.edu\n\n\n\nEvent phone:\n\n415-338-2227\n\n\n\nEvent sponsor:\n\nThe Poetry Center and Moe’s Books
URL:https://litseen.com/event/in-common-writers-series-vanessa-angelica-villarreal-and-raquel-salas-rivera-reading-and-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, BERKELEY\, 94704-2322
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Egypt + Holiday Potluck
DESCRIPTION:Holidays can be difficult for many of us. Join us in Fellowship Hall (at the Oakland Peace Center—entrance off of 29th Street) as we band together for an early evening\, relaxed community celebration on Sunday and break bread together before the end of 2019. Publisher J. K. Fowler will share a few photos of\, and stories about\, his recent community-funded trip to the Tanta international festival of poetry. \nBring one of your favorite dishes\, a dish that speaks to a favorite book of yours\, or try your hand at an Egyptian dish: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipes/15039/world-cuisine/african/north-african/egyptian \nWine and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/egypt-holiday-potluck/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press/Fairmount\, 111 Fairmount Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94611
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191124T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191124T163000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
CREATED:20191118T074428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191118T074428Z
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SUMMARY:Marcia Falk & Steven Rood
DESCRIPTION:MARCIA FALK’s new book is Inner East: Illuminated Poems and Blessings\, which contains her own artwork side-by-side with her poetry and new blessings in English and Hebrew. She will be showing images of the artwork with her poetry at this event. Mark Podwal\, artist and scholar of Jewish culture\, says\, “Inner East is a symbiosis of word and image…Falk’s beautiful visual images are poems in paint that do not merely illustrate her written words but illuminate them.” A Fulbright Scholar at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem\, she returned there four years later as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Among her many other books are The Days Between: Blessings\, Poems\, and Directions of the Heart for the Jewish High Holiday Season and The Book of Blessings: New English Prayers for Daily Life\, the Sabbath\, and the New Moon Festival. She is also the author of a classic verse translation of the biblical Song of Songs\, The Song of Songs: Love Lyrics from the Bible\, about which Adrienne Rich said\, “it’s always a thrill when (as rarely happens) the scholar’s mind and the poet’s soul come together.” A translator from Yiddish as well\, she’s published The Spectacular Difference: Selected Poems of Zelda\, poetry of the twentieth century mystic\, Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky\, and With Teeth in the Earth\, poems of the Yiddish modernist Malka Heifetz Tussman. \nSTEVEN ROOD’s debut book of poems is I Say Your Name\, devoted to the memory of both the late\, great poet Jack Gilbert and Rood’s own psychotherapist. For these many years he’s been a member of the writing workshop that Gilbert founded at San Francisco State in 1967\, and he was a primary caregiver of Gilbert’s during his last Alzheimer days.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/marcia-falk-steven-rood/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191124T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191124T180000
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SUMMARY:Poets Laureate on Social Justice
DESCRIPTION:Poets Laureate on Social Justice at Alibi Bookshop in downtown Vallejo\, California. Part of the tour for Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice. \nPoets Laureate on Social Justice–Vallejo\nSunday\, Nov. 24\, 4PM at Alibi Bookshop in Vallejo; Napa County Poet Laureate Jeremy Benson\, former San Mateo Co. Poet Laureate Caroline Goodwin\, former Sonoma Co. Poet Laureate Iris Jamahl Dunkle\, Richmond Poet Laureate Robert Lipton\, and hosted by Ron Reikki\n\nNapa Poet Laureate Jeremy Benson (2017-2021) writes poems; he has also written novels\, short stories\, articles\, personal essays\, stand-up comedy routines\, short films\, and many letters. Jeremy aims to cultivate a rich community of writers\, readers\, and artists\, whether as a participant\, patron\, or planner. He has emceed open mics\, curated readings\, hosted craft-ins\, led workshops\, and cof-founded the Broken Nose Collective\, an annual exchange of hand-made chapbooks.\n\nCaroline Goodwin moved to California in 1999 from Sitka\, Alaska to attend Stanford as a Wallace Stegner Fellow in poetry. Her books are Trapline (2013)\, Peregrine (2015)\, The Paper Tree (2017) and Custody of the Eyes (2019). She teaches at UC Berkeley Extension\, CA College of the Arts and Stanford Continuing Studies. In fall 2013\, she was appointed San Mateo County’s first Poet Laureate\, and served for three years (2014 – 2016). http://carolinegoodw.com/\n\n\nSonoma County Poet Laureate Iris Jamahl Dunkle‘s (2017-2018) poetry collections include Interrupted Geographies (Trio House Press\, 2017) Gold Passage (Trio House Press\, 2013) and There’s a Ghost in this Machine of Air (Word Tech\, 2015). Her poem “Listening to the Caryatids on the Palace of Fine Arts” poem will be featured on 100 buses as part of the San Francisco Beautiful and Poetry Society of America Muni Art 2020 campaign. Her works have been published in Tin House\, San Francisco Examiner\, Fence\, Los Angeles Review of Books\,  Split Rock Review\, Taos Poetry Journal\, Pleiades\, Calyx\, Catamaran\, Poet’s Market\, Women’s Studies and Chicago Quarterly Review. Her biography on Charmian London\, Jack London’s wife will be published by University of Oklahoma Press in 2020. Dunkle teaches at Napa Valley College and is the Poetry Director of the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference.\n\n\n\n\nRichmond Poet Laureate Robert Lipton is helping develop a literary arts center for the city. He has been a Pushcart nominee and Gregory O’Donoghue Competition winner. His work has appeared in Interbang\, Jacaranda Review\, King Log\, Shades of Contradiction\, The Texas Observer\, Parthenon West\, New Orleans Quarterly\, Journal of Human Architecture\, Quillpuddle\, Opium Magazine\, Red Wheelbarrow\, Oberon\, Written Here\, and Southword. His book\, A Complex Bravery was published by Marick Press. He works as a spatial epidemiologist. \n\n\n\nRon Riekki wrote My Ancestors are Reindeer Herders and I Am Melting in Extinction (Loyola University Maryland’s Apprentice House Press)\, U.P.: a novel (Ghost Road Press)\, and Posttraumatic: A Memoir (Small Press Distribution). He edited Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice (Michigan State University Press)\, And Here: 100 Years of Upper Peninsula Writing\, 1917-2017 (MSU Press)\, Here: Women Writing on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (MSU Press\, Independent Publisher Book Award)\, The Way North: Collected Upper Peninsula New Works (Wayne State University Press\, Michigan Notable Book)\, and The Many Lives of The Evil Dead: Essays on the Cult Film Franchise (McFarland). Riekki is contracted for seven upcoming books.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-laureate-on-social-justice/
LOCATION:Alibi Bookshop\, 624 Marin Street\, Vallejo\, 94591
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191126T210000
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SUMMARY:#we - a talk and reading series of queer perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the sixth installment of #we\, a talk and reading series of queer perspectives hosted by Richard Loranger. Each event features two writers from various segments of the queer spectrum\, who each give a talk on their perspective on or experience of queerness\, followed by a reading of their creative work. \nFor our sixth event\, trans poet Natasha Dennerstein will give a talk titled “Rebel\, rebel\, you’ve torn your dress”\, along with reading from Seahorse\, her Nomadic Press chapbook about her years of trans prostitution and transition in a harsher time of the 1980s; and Pushcart-nominated writer and queer disability activist Hilary Brown will give a talk titled “I’m a Mover and a Shaker: Thoughts From an Epileptiqueer”\, and will read a variety of relevant work. \nWe try to start promptly at 7 pm. Q&A and chat time will follow. \nAbsolutely all are welcome to this sharing of perspectives. The venue is wheelchair accessible (rest room in the restaurant next door)\, and ASL translation for the deaf is available on request\, with a two-week notice preferred. \n  \n#we \na talk and reading series of queer perspectives \nfeaturing \nNatasha Dennerstein\nand Hilary Brown \n  \nHosted by Richard Loranger \n  \nPERFORMER BIOS \nNatasha Dennerstein was born in Melbourne\, Australia. She worked as a psychiatric nurse which gave her an interesting perspective on the human condition. She has an MFA from San Francisco State University. Natasha has had poetry published in many journals including Landfall\, Shenandoah\, Bloom\, Red Light Lit\, Spoon River Poetry Review\, Foglifter and North American Review. Her collections Anatomize (2015)\, Triptych Caliform (2016) and her novella-in-verse About a Girl (2017) were published by Norfolk Press in San Francisco. Her trans chapbook Seahorse (2017) was published by Nomadic Press in Oakland. She collaborated on a book with visual artist Kaye Freeman Turn and Face the Strange (2019). She lives in Oakland\, California\, where she is an editor at Nomadic Press and works at St James Infirmary\, a clinic for sex-workers in San Francisco. She was a 2018 Fellow of the Lambda Literary Writer’s Retreat. \nHilary Brown is a Pushcart-nominated writer and queer disability activist living in Oakland\, California. Their chapbook\, When She Woke She Was an Open Field (Headmistress Press)\, was a finalist for the Charlotte Mew Prize. Their work appears or is forthcoming in Queerly\, APT\, The Ocotillo Review\, The South Carolina Review\, and A Disabled Woman’s Reader. They enjoy reading their work around the Bay Area.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/we-a-talk-and-reading-series-of-queer-perspectives-2/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191130T213000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
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SUMMARY:Saturday Night Special presents: Obsession
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss the last SNS of the year! The last (fifth!) Saturday of November\, right after Thanksgiving\, we’re celebrating OBSESSION. Every writer is obsessed with something: love\, loss\, longing\, the past\, the future\, the end of the world\, your mother\, my sister\, owls\, spiders\, scissors\, salt\, bones\, little red wagons\, the perfect pun. You know what yours is; you don’t need me to tell you. Write it down. And again. And again. Then come share. \nBring your (three-minute) poems\, stories\, comedic sketches\, songs\, or dances\, on our (optional) theme (or any topic). \nFirst come first served. Sign-up starts at 7pm and closes when it fills up or when the reading starts\, so get there early if you want to read! (Note: Sometimes the list is full by 7:03pm) \nEach reader will have 3 minutes maximum. For prose writers this is about one and a half double-spaced pages. \nPLEASE NOTE: We are strict about the 3 minute max. When you reach your time limit at SNS\, we turn on the disco lights! So\, please plan ahead. Practice your piece out loud. Time yourself! \nNovember features Giavanna Ortiz de Candia & Norman Zelaya \nGiavanna Ortiz de Candia is a Bay Area born and bred writer\, musician and photographer. In 2011\, at age 22\, Giavanna wrote David Jacobs\, who was serving a nine year sentence for white collar crimes. Giavanna and David corresponded for two years\, engaging in topics of art\, music\, literature\, and how to live a life without compromise. A Story That Could Be True is an accumulation of these letters and includes illustrations\, cards\, lyrics-tablature\, cooking recipes\, and photographs. \nGiavanna and David lived together for two years after his release in Brooklyn\, New York and Oakland\, California. He is currently in Federal Prison\, and Giavanna is finishing what the pair began. \nAfter the reading\, stick around for karaoke starting at 10pm \nSaturday\, November 30\, 2019\n7 – 9:30 pm \nNick’s Lounge (21+)\n3218 Adeline Street\, Berkeley\, CA\n1 block south of Ashby BART\nBetween Fairview St & Martin Luther King Jr Way \nFREE!\nBut bring CASH if you want to buy drinks (which you sort of have to\, because there’s a 1-drink minimum!) \nHosted by: Hollie Hardy\nGuest Hosted by: Abe Becker \nPlease help out by liking our FB page\, where you can also find more details and photos from past events: \nhttps://www.facebook.com/Saturday-Night-Special-an-East-Bay-open-mic-112174188880786/ \nBIOS forthcoming
URL:https://litseen.com/event/saturday-night-special-presents-obsession/
LOCATION:Nick’s Lounge\, 3218 Adeline St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191201T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191201T163000
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SUMMARY:Joan Baranow & Joan Aleshire
DESCRIPTION:This reading will feature a festive book launch for JOAN BARANOW’s new book of poems\, In the Next Life. Alicia Suskin Ostriker says\, “The lilt and love\, the trust and thrust\, the pain and gain of these poems\, is simply marvelous. In the Next Life reminds me of what I often forget—that poetry can be radiant.” Her previous collection is Living Apart. With her husband David Watts she produced the PBS documentary Healing Words: Poetry & Medicine. Her feature-length documentary The Time We Have draws an intimate portrait of a young woman facing terminal illness.\nJOAN ALESHIRE’s new memoir in poems is Days of Our Lives. Reginald Dwayne Betts says\, “Most poets choose: navigate the personal or navigate the public. In Days of Our Lives\, Aleshire abandons the choice. Instead\, opts for the gospel that is all the ways our private turns at living are never as private as we imagine. As if\, all of it\, our love and the nation’s loss\, hang by the thinnest of wires.” She’s published five previous collections and is working on a novel. She lives in Vermont and is the founder of SAGE\, an organization that supports sustainable agricultural education and the arts.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joan-baranow-joan-aleshire/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191201T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191201T213000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
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SUMMARY:Beasts of Bourbon II
DESCRIPTION:Beasts of Bourbon returns with a stellar lineup of kick ass writers poets and musicians to close out the New Year with it’s second edition featuring Kim Shuck\, James Cagney\, Cassandra Dallett\, Juba Kalamka\, Alexandra Naughton and Red O’ Hare with musical guests Oddly Even (featuring Ashley Macachor and Calvin Sturges.)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/beasts-of-bourbon-ii/
LOCATION:The Legionnaire Saloon\, 2272 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191203T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191203T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191001T201512Z
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SUMMARY:The Bushwick Book Club Oakland - - There\, There
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome The Bushwick Book Club Oakland on Sunday\, November 3rd\, from 6:30-8 pm (doors at 6). \n**Please Note** This event will take place after the store’s regular Sunday hours (10 am-6 pm). Attendees of the event are welcome to shop before or after but we will not be open to regular browsing in order to minimize disruption to the performances. \n\n\n\nThe Bushwick Book Club was started in 2009 by Brooklyn based singer-songwriter\, Susan Hwang.  At every Bushwick Book Club performance\, a book is selected\, and a collection of local musicians read the book and write songs inspired by them.  Over the past decade\, branches of the book club have sprouted all over the world\, in cities such as Portland\, LA\, Seattle\, Malmo\, Sweden\, Santa Barbara\, New Orleans\, Greenville\, SC and Toronto\, Canada. \n​Now\, Oakland\, CA has its very own Bushwick Book Club!  BBC Oakland specifically selects literature written by authors of color and members of LGBTQ communities. Each season a book is chosen and group of select singer-songwriters and composers read the book\, write a song inspired by it\, and perform their pieces for an audience of enthusiastic book people.  Bushwick Book Club Oakland selects books that take up issues of race\, gender\, class\, and mental health giving a place for artists of these communities to share their voices to an audience of similar representation and allies. Audience members are welcomed to read the book ahead of time for added fun. \nFor more information click here. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nThere There lives and breathes its setting — the streets and neighborhoods of Oakland — and is a full-throated voicing of the urban Native American experience(s). A brutal history has made for a painful present that is as complex as the people living it. The characters in There There are angry\, funny\, heartbroken\, and their stories are woven together by having been silenced — their tongues and heads removed in past lives unseen in the present. What of their futures? \n— Brad \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nSunday\, November 3\, 2019 – 6:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-bushwick-book-club-oakland-there-there/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T121000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T125000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
CREATED:20191023T082409Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch Poems: Margaret Ross
DESCRIPTION:Margaret Ross is the author of A Timeshare. Her poems and translations appear in The New Republic\, The Paris Review\, and POETRY. Her honors include a Fulbright arts grant\, a VSC/Luce Chinese Poetry & Translation Fellowship\, and a Wallace Stegner Fellowship. She currently teaches at Stanford University where she is a Jones Lecturer.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lunch-poems-margaret-ross/
LOCATION:Morrison Library\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T220000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
CREATED:20191028T070510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191028T070510Z
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SUMMARY:Dan Pfeiffer
DESCRIPTION:I’m incredibly grateful to be able to be part of something that I think makes a small bit of difference in helping people cope with this time and most importantly\, to think about ways to take action to ensure we don’t live in this time for that long. \n—Dan Pfeiffer\, Delaware News Journal \n\nSpeakers Series\n\nDan Pfeiffer\n\n\nDan Pfeiffer combines wry wit\, spot-on political instincts\, and formidable storytelling chops in an optimistic exploration of how politics and digital media interact in modern-day America. The former White House communications director\, noted political strategist and commentator\, and Pod Save America co-host is credited with breaking new ground in harnessing the power of social media during the Obama presidential campaign and subsequent administration. He is the author of the New York Times #1 best-seller Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama\, Twitter and Trump—a colorful account of how politics\, the media\, and the internet changed during the Obama presidency alongside the evolution of social media. Far from a jaded insider\, Pfeiffer infuses his talks with optimism for America’s political system\, and stresses the value and impact of civic engagement. \nCal Performances’ Speaker Series is a season-long series of presentations by some of the leading creative and intellectual voices of our time—thinkers\, activists\, strategists\, satirists\, journalists\, and pioneers at the leading edge of culture and politics.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dan-pfeiffer-2/
LOCATION:Zellerbach Hall\, UC Berkeley\, 101 Zellerbach Hall #4800\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191206T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191206T203000
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SUMMARY:Wherever There's a Fight: 10th Anniversary Reading
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the 10th Anniversary Edition of Wherever There’s a Fight\, Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi’s sweeping story of the social movements and activists who have changed California and made ripples beyond. \nElaine Elinson was the communications director of the ACLU of Northern California and editor of the ACLU News for more than two decades. She is a coauthor of Development Debacle: The World Bank in the Philippines\, which was banned by the Marcos regime. \nStan Yogi is the coauthor\, with with Laura Atkins\, of the children’s book Fred Korematsu Speaks Up. He managed development programs for the ACLU of Northern California for fourteen years and is the coeditor of two books\, Highway 99: A Literary Journey through California’s Great Central Valley and Asian American Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. \nPresented by Eastwind Books and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center \nEvent is wheelchair accessible. Free and open to the public.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/wherever-theres-a-fight-10th-anniversary-reading/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eastwind Books":MAILTO:eastwindbooks@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
CREATED:20191124T194850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T194850Z
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SUMMARY:East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest
DESCRIPTION:2019 marks the 10th year of EBABZ! This year\, we’re “Renewing Our Vows” with a gaudy\, affectionate\, wedding-themed fest. Whether you’re tabling\, volunteering or browsing\, we hope you can make it out to enjoy a fun\, festive day of zines!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/east-bay-alternative-book-zine-fest/
LOCATION:Omni Commons\, 4799 Shattuck Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94609\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T170000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
CREATED:20191120T033813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191120T033813Z
UID:53813-1575730800-1575738000@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Bay Area Poets Coalition Open Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE\n1320 Addison St.\, Berkeley\, CA\n \nAddison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave.\nbetween Acton & Bonar St.\nParking on the street (NOT in the S.C.L. parking lot)\n\nCheck in at the front desk and you will be directed to the meeting location\n(usually Movie Room\, or backyard garden)\n \nAll Ages Welcome\n\nCome and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around —\n3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too 🙂\n \n \n\n\n\n\nAfter the reading\, join us for dinner if you’d like at a nearby restaurant
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poets-coalition-open-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T190000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
CREATED:20191124T195443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T195443Z
UID:54089-1575734400-1575745200@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Eastwind's End of Year Celebration!
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the end of the year with friends at Eastwind Books of Berkeley! We would like to thank our dedicated volunteers\, customers\, and community members for all of the support they have given Eastwind throughout the year. Come for the fun\, raffle prizes\, food and entertainment. Stock up on holiday gifts and books tor the winter break. \nHappy Holidays and New Year from Eastwind Staff!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/eastwinds-end-of-year-celebration/
LOCATION:Eastwind Books of Berkeley\, 2066 University Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eastwind Books":MAILTO:eastwindbooks@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T210000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
CREATED:20191124T194524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T194524Z
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SUMMARY:I Think About Your Hands - Belgium-based Poet Marina Kazakova
DESCRIPTION:As the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death is commemorated this year\, a Belgium-based poet Marina Kazakova prepared a poetry programme inspired by and devoted to the great artist and his gorgeous country. The hands drawn by da Vinci in his portrait paintings as well as his famous study of arms and hands probably represent the most exquisite visualisation of hands in the history of art. \nMarina will perform a selection of poems inspired by da Vinci’s works\, Italy and Russia. The selected poems reflect the scope of human emotion\, as well as relevant issues facing present-day world of Europe: hate crimes\, migrants\, discrimination\, body commodification. \n*** \nMarina Kazakova (b. Gorky\, Russia\, 1983) is a Belgium-based writer\, poet and audio-visual artist. Published internationally in magazines and journals (Three Rooms Press “Maintenant”\, “AntiNarrative Journal”\, “Crannog”\, “Duck Lake Books”\, “Writing in a Woman’s Voice”)\, Marina is a frequent performer\, she has been shortlisted at different poetry/ film-poetry competitions and was awarded various prizes. \nShe is author of verse novel “Tishe…Piano”\, the film adaptation of which was shortlisted for International Short Film Festival Leuven 2013\, Miami Indie Wise Festival 2018\, XpoNorth Festival 2018\, and got ’The Best Narrative Short’ Award at the International Film Festival behalf Savva Morozov in Moscow in 2015. \nHer literature works deal to a large degree with confrontation with the past and explore the challenges posed both by memory and grief. \nMarina holds a Master in Public Relations and in Transmedia. Currently\, she is PR Officer at ‘Victim Support Europe’ (Brussels) and working on her practice-based PhD in Arts “Lyric Poem. A research on how the unique characteristics of lyric poetry can be expressed in audio-visual medium” at Luca School of Arts (KULeuven).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/i-think-about-your-hands-belgium-based-poet-marina-kazakova/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T220000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
CREATED:20191028T065440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191028T065440Z
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SUMMARY:Ugly Beauty
DESCRIPTION:Poetry & Performance Art Open Mic
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ugly-beauty/
LOCATION:The Beat Dance Studio\, 2560 9th St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94710\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ugly Beauty":MAILTO:uglybeautyopenmic@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191208T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191208T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T143456
CREATED:20191031T061715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191031T061715Z
UID:53551-1575828000-1575835200@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Mondo Bummer 10th Anniversary Non-Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating Mondo Bummer’s 10th anniversary! \nMondo Bummer started in 2009 as sort of a joke and grew into a small press / mail art project that’s published 40+ titles. In honor of the fact that Mondo Bummer hasn’t published anything new in a few years\, the theme of this event is not-publishing and not-writing. \nMondo Bummer authors including Lauren Levin\, Taylor Brady\, Sarah Fontaine\, Wendy Trevino\, and others will give short talks on not-writing and/or do anything other than read poems. \nThere will be\n*cake\n*Mondo Bummer books (and other things) for sale \nMore information about Mondo Bummer at http://mondobummer.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mondo-bummer-10th-anniversary-non-reading/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,San Francisco
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