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SUMMARY:CB Follett and Joseph Zaccardi
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Connection reading series presents CB Follett and Joseph Zaccardi\, hosted by Terry Lucas\, Marin County Poet Laureate\, open mic to follow\, light refreshments\, The Fireside Room\, 240 Channing Way\, San Rafael\, free\, 7:00-9:00 (www.terrylucas.com/schedule.html)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/cb-follett-and-joseph-zaccardi/
LOCATION:The Fireside Room\, 240 Channing Way\, San Rafael
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200110T213000
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CREATED:20191230T165054Z
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SUMMARY:3rd Year Celebration Featuring Tony Aldarondo
DESCRIPTION:It’s going down!\nJan 10th @ Cafe Leila\n7-9:30 pm\nMy Word turns 3\nKicking off the season is no other than Tony Aldarondo & live recording remix of Every Knee with Poet E Spoken!!!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/3rd-year-celebration-featuring-tony-aldarondo/
LOCATION:Cafe Leila\, 1724 San Pablo Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200111T190000
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CREATED:20191124T184920Z
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SUMMARY:Book Release: 10 Books\, 1 Night\, 10 New Nomadic Press Authors
DESCRIPTION:Help us bring in 2020 right. 10 books\, 10 new Nomadic Press authors\, 1 night. Join us as we celebrate (and release) new books by: \nHugh Behm-Steinberg (Animal Children)\nJordan Boyd (Shadow Burn)\nAndrew Demcak (Cryptopedia)\nZach Goldberg (XV)\nLuiza Flynn-Goodlett (Twice Shy)\nDazié Grego-Sykes (Black Faggotry)\nYume Kim (Reserve the Right)\nAlan Pelaez Lopez (To Love and Mourn in the Age of Displacement)\nGreer Nakadegawa-Lee (A Heart Full of Hallways)\nTahtahme Xero (Apricity) \nThere will be live music\, welcome-to-the-Nomadic-fam readings by Mk Chavez\, Natasha Dennerstein\, Nazelah Jamison\, and more\, gnosh\, drinks (alcoholic and non)\, and a book signing to follow readings by each of the new authors. \nIt’s going to be a night washed with levity and deep dives\, connection and weaving together. Bring family\, friends\, bring yourself. \nDonations will be collected to help offset costs\, and as always no one will be turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF). \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-release-10-books-1-night-10-new-nomadic-press-authors/
LOCATION:Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe\, 2301 Telegraph Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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CREATED:20191230T163628Z
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Queer Zine Fest Zine Reading
DESCRIPTION:This is a night of zine readings from Bay Area Queer Zine Fest peeps on the eve of the fest. Come hear us vocalize pieces from our works. This is a free event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-queer-zine-fest-zine-reading/
LOCATION:410 13th St\, Oakland\, CA 94612
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200115T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200115T210000
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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges
DESCRIPTION:Lyrics & Dirges is a monthly reading series featuring a mix of prominent\, emerging and beginning writers. Its 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.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-3/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200117T220000
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CREATED:20191227T032133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191227T032133Z
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SUMMARY:New Sutras official release party! W/Camille Roy & drought spa
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the official release of Suzanne Stein’s 21st century technicolor epic NEW SUTRAS at The Lede in Old Oakland\, a new bar/restaurant with collaborative relationships in local media production. \nWe’re excited to present Suzanne and her incredible work alongside Bay Area luminaries Camille Roy and DROUGHT SPA (Alex Cruse and Kevin Lo). \nThe space is accessible\, a few blocks from 12th St. Oakland BART station\, with food and drink. There will be books for sale\, and copies of our chapbooks for free. \nMore information/bios of featured readers/performers to come!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/new-sutras-official-release-party-w-camille-roy-drought-spa/
LOCATION:The Lede\, 906 Washington St.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200120T210000
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SUMMARY:Caroline Goodwin\, open mic
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Express presents Caroline Goodwin in a featured poetry reading\, open mic before and after featured reading\, hosted by Bruce Bagnell\, Himalayan Flavors Restaurant\, back room\, 1585 University Avenue\, Berkeley\, free but donations appreciated\, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.blogspot.com)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/caroline-goodwin-open-mic/
LOCATION:Himalayan Flavors\, 1585 University Avenue\, Berkeley\, 94703
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Roz Chast & Patricia Marx / You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples
DESCRIPTION:The perfect Valentine’s Day or anniversary gift: An illustrated collection of love and relationship advice from New Yorker writer Patricia Marx\, with illustrations from New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. \nEveryone’s heard the old advice for a healthy relationship: Never go to bed angry. Play hard to get. Sexual favors in exchange for cleaning up the cat vomit is a good and fair trade. \nOkay\, not that last one. It’s one of the tips in You Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing at a Time: Rules for Couples by the authors of Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It: A Mother’s Suggestions. This guide will make you laugh\, remind you why your relationship is better than everyone else’s\, and solve all your problems. \nNuggets of advice include: \nIf you must breathe\, don’t breathe so loudly. \nIt is easier to stay inside and wait for the snow to melt than to fight about who should shovel. \nQueen-sized beds\, king-sized blankets. \nWhy not give this book to your significant or insignificant other\, your anti-Valentine’s Day crusader pal\, or anyone who can’t live with or without love? \n—– \nRoz Chast has loved to draw cartoons since she was a child growing up in Brooklyn. She attended Rhode Island School of Design\, majoring in Painting because it seemed more artistic. However\, soon after graduating\, she reverted to type and began drawing cartoons once again. \nPatricia Marx has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1989. She is a former writer for Saturday Night Live and Rugrats\, and is the author of several books. Marx was the first woman elected to the Harvard Lampoon. She has taught screenwriting and humor writing at Princeton\, New York University\, and Stonybrook University. She was the recipient of a 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship. \n—– \n*** Please note *** \nDoors at 6pm. Program at 7pm. Duration of event is subject to authors’ 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/berkeley-arts-letters-presents-roz-chast-patricia-marx-you-can-only-yell-at-me-for-one-thing-at-a-time-rules-for-couples/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Oakland\, 2501 Harrison St\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T210000
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SUMMARY:Ian Haney López
DESCRIPTION:presens Merge Left:Fusing Race and Class\, Winning Elections\, and Saving America. \n“The book for anyone interested in cross-racial solidarity on behalf of racial and economic justice for all!”–Jane Fonda \n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, January 22\, 2020 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 2014\, Ian Haney López in Dog Whistle Politics named and explained the coded racial appeals exploited by right-wing politicians over the last half century–and thereby anticipated the 2016 presidential election. Now the country is heading into what will surely be one of the most consequential elections ever\, with the Right gearing up to exploit racial fear-mongering to divide and distract\, and the Left splintered over the next step forward. Some want to focus on racial justice head-on; others insist that a race-silent focus on class avoids alienating white voters. \nCan either approach–race-forward or colorblind–build the progressive supermajorities necessary to break political gridlock and fundamentally change the country’s direction? \nFor the past two years\, Haney López has been collaborating with a research team of union activists\, racial justice leaders\, communications specialists\, and pollsters. Based on conversations\, interviews\, and surveys with thousands of people all over the country\, the team found a way forward. \nBy merging the fights for racial justice and for shared economic prosperity\, they were able to build greater enthusiasm for both goals–and for the cross-racial solidarity needed to win elections. What does this mean? It means that neutralizing the Right’s political strategy of racial division is possible\, today. And that’s the key to everything progressives want to achieve. \nA work of deep research\, nuanced argument\, and urgent insight\, Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class\, Winning Elections\, and Saving America is an indispensable tool for the upcoming political season and in the larger fight to build racial justice and shared economic prosperity for all of us. \nIan Haney López is a law professor at the UC Berkeley\, where he teaches in the areas of race and constitutional law. Haney López is the author of Dog Whistle Politics plus two other books and two anthologies. He co-founded the Race-Class Narrative Project\, and also co-chaired the AFL-CIO’s Advisory Council on Racial and Economic Justice. He holds an endowed chair as the Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at UC Berkeley and lives in Richmond. \nIn collaboration with KPFA.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ian-haney-lopez/
LOCATION:Kehilla Synagogue\, 1300 Grand Ave.\, Piedmont\, CA\, 94610\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200123T170000
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SUMMARY:Fifteen Year Anniversary at Books Inc. Alameda
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Books Inc. Alameda to celebrate 15 years of serving our community! Come for snacks\, activities for the kids\, music\, and fun with neighbors and friends to celebrate the New Year and 15 years of Books Inc. in Alameda! The party will run from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. *Free and open to the public*
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fifteen-year-anniversary-at-books-inc-alameda/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Alameda\, 1344 Park Street\, Alameda\, CA\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200124T203000
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CREATED:20200123T071314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200123T071314Z
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SUMMARY:Readings from ZYZZYVA's Bay Area Issue
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS celebrates the latest issue of their dear friends at ZYZZYVA on Friday\, January 24! \nZYZZYVA dedicates its most recent issue to the region it has called home since 1985. Join the editors of ZYZZYVA and some of its contributors from the Bay Area Issue for a night of short readings and celebration. Tonight’s feature readers include Lydia Conklin\, Sara Mumolo\, Andrew Roe\, sam sax\, Nina Schuyler\, and Matthew Zapruder. \nABOUT THE READERS \nLYDIA CONKLIN is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford. Her fiction has appeared in Tin House\, The Southern Review\, The Gettysburg Review\, and other publications. \nSARA MUMOLO is the author of the poetry collection Day Counter (Omnidawn)\, and is the associate director for the MFA Creative Writing Program at St. Mary’s College of California. \nANDREW ROE is the author of the novel The Miracle Girl (Algonquin Books)\, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. \nsam sax is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford and the author of Bury It (Wesleyan University Press)\, winner of the James Laughlin Award. \nNINA SCHUYLER is the author of the novels The Translator (Pegasus Books) and The Painting (Algonquin Books)\, a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. \nMATTHEW ZAPRUDER is the author of several poetry collections\, most recently Father’s Day (Copper Canyon Press)\, as well as the nonfiction book Why Poetry (Ecco)\, and is an associate professor at St. Mary’s College of California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/readings-from-zyzzyvas-bay-area-issue/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200124T213000
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SUMMARY:Diverse Voices from Civil Liberties United
DESCRIPTION:Prose\, poetry and artwork from the Civil Liberties United anthology\, featuring Lorraine Bonner\, Sue Granzella\, Anahita Miller\, Sridevi Ramanathan & Shizue Seigel\, The anthology includes prose\, poetry\, and art by 100 writers/artists of color and allies. As civil liberties continue to be eroded nationwide\, it’s more important that ever to stand together and be counted in support of multicultural understanding.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/diverse-voices-from-civil-liberties-united/
LOCATION:Oakland Center for Spiritual Living\, 5000 Clarewood Dr.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94618\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200124T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200124T213000
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CREATED:20200123T075528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200123T075528Z
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SUMMARY:Speak\, easy Vol. 12
DESCRIPTION:An artist showcase and open mic night honoring the voices of black women.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/speak-easy-vol-12/
LOCATION:Joyce Gordon Gallery\, 406 14th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200125T120000
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SUMMARY:Saturday Write-In!
DESCRIPTION:Come Write With Us! \nNovelists\, poets\, nonfiction writers\, artists\, all genre/ genrequeer/ no genre. \nWe’ll bring a few writing prompts/ poems to help start you off if you’d like\, or just bring a current project. \nJust show up\, the writing will take care of itself!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/saturday-write-in/
LOCATION:Farley’s East\, 33 Grand Avenue\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200125T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200125T213000
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CREATED:20191220T051221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191220T051221Z
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SUMMARY:Saturday Night Special presents: Out of the Dark
DESCRIPTION:Welcome back! I’m excited to see my SNS family following our annual holiday hiatus\, for our first reading of 2020. Our January theme (suggested by Lisa Martinovic) is “Out of the Dark” and it can’t come soon enough. Whether it’s the dark of winter you’re tired of\, politics\, ennui\, a mono-chromatic fashion sense\, the cave of your own dirty mouth\, or something darker you’re exiting\, this month we’ll explore emergence—wake up from your long sleep; unfold your wings; turn on the sun! Write something. \nJanuary featured writers: Vernon Keeve III and Alvin Orloff \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! \nAfter the reading\, stick around for karaoke starting at 10pm \nSaturday\, January 25\, 2020\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 \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-out-of-the-dark/
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:20200128T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200128T203000
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SUMMARY:Bob Perelman\, Norman Fischer\, James Sherry
DESCRIPTION:Norman Fischer is a poet\, essayist\, and Zen Buddhist priest. The latest of his more than twenty-five prose and poetry titles are the serial poems On a Train at Night and Untitled Series: Life As It is. His latest prose works are Experience: Thinking\, Writing\, Language and Religion and The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path. His website is http://www.normanfischer.org/ \nBob Perelman will be reading from his new book\, Jack and Jill in Troy (Roof\, 2019). He is the author of numerous poetry collections\, including Iflife\, Virtual Reality\, The First World and Ten to One: Selected Poems. He collaborated with his wife\, the painter Francie Shaw\, on Playing Bodies. His latest critical book is Modernism the Morning After. He taught at UPenn for 25 years and now lives in Berkeley. \nJames Sherry is the author of 10 books of poetry and prose. He is editor of Roof Books and president of the Segue Foundation\, Inc. in New York City. … He lives in New York City with his wife\, Deborah Thomas\, publisher of Extra!\, the magazine of Fairness And Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bob-perelman-norman-fischer-james-sherry/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, BERKELEY\, 94704-2322
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:20200129T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200129T193000
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SUMMARY:Journalism and Politics in the Corn Belt: Art Cullen in conversation with Michael Pollan
DESCRIPTION:Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Art Cullen in conversation with Michael Pollan \nArt Cullen is editor of The Storm Lake Times\, a family-run newspaper published in Storm Lake\, Iowa (population 10\,076). In 2017\, Cullen won a Pulitzer prize for his reporting on polluted water\, fertilizer runoff\, and powerful corporate agricultural interests. Just a few days before the Iowa Caucuses\, Cullen and Pollan will sit down together to discuss Trump and the farm vote; trade wars; journalism in rural America; immigration; agricultural consolidation and antitrust laws; regenerative agriculture; and the potential for farmers to sequester carbon and help curb climate change. \nThis event is sponsored by the UC Berkeley-11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/journalism-and-politics-in-the-corn-belt-art-cullen-in-conversation-with-michael-pollan/
LOCATION:Sibley Auditorium\, University of California\, Berkeley\, Bechtel Engineering Center\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200129T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200129T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T201118
CREATED:20191227T175511Z
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SUMMARY:Peggy Orenstein
DESCRIPTION:Discussing Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups\, Love\, Porn\, Consent\, and Navigating the New Masculinity. \nWatch this space for info on ticketing. \n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, January 29\, 2020 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\nIn collaboration with East Bay School for Boys.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/peggy-orenstein-3/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley\, 2345 Channing Way\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:#we music - a talk and performance series of queer perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the seventh installment of #we\, a talk and performance series of queer perspectives hosted by Richard Loranger. Each event features two writers\, musicians\, or performers from various segments of the queer spectrum\, who each give a talk on their perspective on or experience of queerness\, along with a reading or performance of their creative work. \nFor our seventh event\, Chinese-American vocalist and performance artist Sidney Chen will speak on expressing gayness in two cultures and languages in his talk “Mother Tongues: Reclaiming a Discarded Self”\, and perform vocally as well as play us a few of his handmade music box pieces; and non-binary singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rybree Tree will give a talk titled “In Between: Visions from the Outskirts & People People” and regale us with their amazing and joyous voice and music. \nNote that #we has a new home through 2020 at ProArts Gallery in downtown Oakland. We 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\, and ASL translation for the deaf is available on request\, with a two-week notice preferred. \n  \n#we music \na talk and performance series of queer perspectives \n  \nfeaturing \nSidney Chen \nand Rybree Tree \n  \nHosted by Richard Loranger \n  \nPERFORMER BIOS \nSinger and performance artist Sidney Chen specializes in the creation of new works for voice. He is fascinated by the voice’s infinite capacity to communicate\, both with and without words. In recent seasons he has toured with composer/choreographer Meredith Monk as a member of her Vocal Ensemble\, and as a guest musical artist with ODC/Dance. Current projects include Anne Hege’s The Furies\, a laptOpera with SLOrk (Stanford Laptop Orchestra); Brian Baumbusch’s The Pressure\, with a large ensemble of custom metallophones; Ryan Brown’s medical oratorio Mortal Lessons; and solo work with DIY music boxes. \nRybree Tree is a transient genderfull singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from San Diego\, CA. They move with the seasons and have come home to Oakland for the past 11 years. They have played a number of tours in the continental US\, both solo and in groups such as Belligerence and This Body Wants To Live!. Currently\, they play here and there in the Bay Area while working toward some life goals\, musical and otherwise. They are a child care provider on some days and unemployed on others. They love people\, animals\, and plants and are striving toward a balanced way of life in harmony with our planet and all that is. You can support their music here: https://rybreetree.bandcamp.com/releases
URL:https://litseen.com/event/we-music-a-talk-and-performance-series-of-queer-perspectives/
LOCATION:ProArts\, 150 Frank Ogawa Plaza (around the corner from Awaken Café)\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200129T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200129T223000
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SUMMARY:The Berkeley Slam ft Mycah Miller!
DESCRIPTION:THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST!\nBringing 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/\nhttps://twitter.com/berkeleyslam\nInstagram: @berkeleyslam \n—————�————-\nThis week we’re bringing you a voice from Santa Cruz! Welcome Mycah Miller! \nMycah Miller is a Santa Cruz\, CA-based poet\, artist\, and student\, and most recently was a member of the 2018 Legendary Collective Slam Team\, the winners of the 2018 Southwest Shootout held in Albuquerque. She currently attends SJSU as an English major. She creates art as an escape from and commentary on the outside world in a continuous attempt to both understand and connect with others. Her poetry is done on whatever paper\, napkin\, or phone is closest\, and her art is done with various materials in various places in various bursts of sudden inspiration. In her free time\, she can be found not writing enough\, drinking tea\, and riding her motorcycle(s). Her work is a protest\, a love letter\, and a canvas she has weaved herself thoroughly into. She can be contacted through her facebook page “Mycah Miller Art\,” Instagram @MycahMillerArt\, or emailed at mycahmillerart@gmail.com. \n—————�————-\nUPCOMING\nTBD–see the calendar post!\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)\n$15 for No Man’s Slam\nCash Prizes!\nWorkshop: 6:30 p.m. Sign-up: 7:30 p.m. Show: 8:15 p.m.\nALL AGES before 10 p.m.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-berkeley-slam-ft-mycah-miller/
LOCATION:The Starry Plough\, 3101 Shattuck Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200130T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200130T133000
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SUMMARY:We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race\, Resegregation\, and Public Art
DESCRIPTION:Jeff Chang gives a talk related to his latest book\, We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation. Published in 2016\, it was named the Northern California Nonfiction Book of the Year\, and the Washington Post declared it “the smartest book of the year.” \nJeff Chang is vice president for narrative\, arts and culture at Race Forward. His books include Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation\, Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop\, and Who We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post Civil Rights America. Cofounder of CultureStr/ke and ColorLines\, Chang was named by The Utne Reader as one of “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World” and by KQED as an Asian Pacific American Local Hero. He has been a USA Ford Fellow in Literature and the winner of the Asian American Literary Award. He was recently named to the Frederick Douglass 200.\nFor more information\, visit artsdesign.berkeley.edu. \nJeff Chang has written extensively on culture\, politics\, the arts\, and music. \nHis first book\, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation\, garnered many honors\, including the American Book Award and the Asian American Literary Award. Slate named it one of the best nonfiction books of the past 25 years. He edited the book\, Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop. \nWho We Be: The Colorization of America (St. Martin’s Press) was released on October 2014\, to critical acclaim. It was published in paperback in January 2016 under the new title\, Who We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post Civil Rights America (Picador). The book won the Ray + Pat Browne Award for Best Work in Popular Culture and American Culture and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award\, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize\, and Books For A Better Life Award. \nHis latest book\, We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes On Race and Resegregation (Picador)\, was published in September 2016 on Picador. It was named the Northern California Nonfiction Book Of The Year\, and the Washington Post declared it “the smartest book of the year.” In May 2019\, he and director Bao Nguyen created a four-episode digital series adaptation of the book for PBS Indie Lens Storycast. \nHis next project is a biography of Bruce Lee (Little\, Brown). \nJeff has been a USA Ford Fellow in Literature. He was named by The Utne Reader as one of “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World\,” by KQED as an Asian Pacific American Local Hero\, and by the Yerba Buena Center for The Arts to its 2016 YBCA 100 list of those “shaping the future of American culture.” He was recently named to the Frederick Douglass 200\, as one of “200 living individuals who best embody the work and spirit of Douglass.” \nHe has also been a winner of the North Star News Prize\, and the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association’s Ray & Pat Browne Award for Best Single Work in Popular Culture and American Culture. With H. Samy Alim\, he received the St. Clair Drake Teaching Award at Stanford University. \nJeff co-founded CultureStr/ke and ColorLines. He has written for The Guardian\, Slate\, the New York Times\, The Nation\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, The Believer\, N+1\, Mother Jones\, Salon\, and Buzzfeed\, among many others. \nBorn and raised in Honolulu\, Hawai’i\, he is a graduate of ‘Iolani School\, the University of California at Berkeley\, and the University of California at Los Angeles. \nFor the past seven years he was the Executive Director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University. He serves as the Vice President for Narrative\, Arts and Culture at Race Forward. \nArts + Design Thursdays @ BAMPFA is made possible thanks to support from the Big Ideas Courses Program in the College of Letters & Science at UC Berkeley and from generous supporters of Berkeley Arts + Design. In-kind support is provided by BAMPFA.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/we-gon-be-alright-notes-on-race-resegregation-and-public-art/
LOCATION:Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive\, 2155 Center St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200130T210000
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SUMMARY:Poets Michael Gottlieb\, Brian Ang\, Sara Larsen\, and James Sherry
DESCRIPTION:Michael Gottlieb is the author of twenty books\, most recently Mostly Clearing\, from Roof Books\, published in November 2019. Other recent titles include What We Do: Essays for Poets\, I Had Every Intention\, Dear All\, and Memoir and Essay\, an account of NYC in the 70s and the early days of the Language school. To mark its publication\, selections from Mostly Clearing were staged at the Poetry Project at St. Marks in New York in November. Other work of his which has been adapted for the stage include We Will Never Speak of This Again and The Dust\, his 9/11 poem\, which was also produced at the Poetry Project\, on the 10th anniversary of the attacks. He works in tech and divides his time between New York and Connecticut. \nBrian Ang’s current poetic project is The Totality Cantos\, for Atelos. Editor: ARMED CELL (2011-17). Radio: A Thousand Records on KALX. \nSara Larsen is a poet and writer living in Oakland\, CA. Her newest book is a polyvocal exploration of punk and poetics\, The Riot Grrrl Thing (Roof\, 2019). Previous books include Merry Hell (Atelos\, 2016)\, and All Revolutions Will Be Fabulous (Printing Press\, 2014). She is also the author of several chapbooks including Our Ladies\, Riot Cops En Route To Troy\, The Hallucinated\, among others. \nJames Sherry is the author of 13 books of poetry and prose\, most recently The Oligarch (London: Palgrave MacMillan\, 2017) and the poetry book Entangled Bank (Victoria\, TX: Chax Press\, 2016). Since 1976\, he has edited Roof Books and Roof Magazine\, publishing more than 150 titles of seminal works of language writing\, flarf\, conceptual poetry\, new narrative\, and environmental poetry. He started The Segue Foundation\, Inc. in 1977\, producing over 10\,000 events of poetry and other arts in New York City. Tonight\, he’ll read from his new manuscript\, Selfie: Ecology & Individuals\, forthcoming from Palgrave this year.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-michael-gottlieb-brian-ang-sara-larsen-and-james-sherry/
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:20200201T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200201T170000
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poets Coalition
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\nAfter the reading\, join us for dinner if you’d like at a nearby restaurant
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poets-coalition-9/
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:20200204T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200204T193000
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SUMMARY:Poetry & the Senses: Readings by Indira Allegra\, Chiyuma Elliott\, and Lyn Hejinian
DESCRIPTION:Poetry and the Senses Program Launch + Celebration\nWith Readings by Indira Allegra\, Chiyuma Elliott\, and Lyn Hejinian\nTuesday\, February 4\, 2020 \n5:30 – 7:00pm: Readings + Conversation\n7:00 – 7:30pm: Reception + Celebration\nMorrison Library\, UC Berkeley (inside Doe Library) \nCo-sponsored by Arts Research Center and Engaging the Senses Foundation \n\nThe launch party for the Art Research Center’s new “Poetry and the Senses” 2-yr program\, generously sponsored by Engaging the Senses Foundation\, will include local poets Indira Allegra\, Chiyuma Elliott\, and Lyn Hejinian\, who will offer readings and comments followed by a conversation. How does poetry offer a model for engaging the world\, and how can we think of it as a political or ethical resource? \nThis event is free and open to the public\, seating first-come\, first-served until capacity is met. For more information and events\, please visit the Arts Research website at arts.berkeley.edu. \n\nIndira Allegra is re-imagining what a memorial can feel like\, the scale on which it can exist and how it can function through the practice of writing\, performance\, sculpture and installation. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at The Arts Incubator in Chicago\, John Michael Kholer Art Center\, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts\, Center for Craft Creativity and Design\, Mills College Art Museum\, Weinberg/Newton\, 808 Gallery\, The Alice Gallery and SOMArts among others. Her commissions include performances for SFMOMA\, de Young Museum\, The Wattis Institute\, City of Oakland and SFJAZZ Poetry Festival. Allegra’s work has been featured by BBC Radio 4\, Art Journal\, KQED and Surface Design Magazine. She was the recipient of the Artadia Award\, Tosa Studio Award\, Windgate Craft Fellowship and Jackson Literary Award and has received support from the Mike Kelley Artist Project Grant\, MAP Fund and Queer Cultural Center. Allegra is a former Lambda Literary Fellow\, her writing has been widely anthologized\, and she has contributed works to 2019 Lambda Literary Finalist Foglifter Magazine\, 2012 Lambda Literary Finalist Sovereign Erotics: A Collection of Two Spirit Literature\, Canal Magazine\, Cream City Review\, HYSTERIA Magazine\, make/shift Magazine\, and Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal of Indigenous Literature\, Art and Thought among others. \nChiyuma Elliott is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies at the University of California\, Berkeley. A former Stegner Fellow\, Chiyuma’s poems have appeared in the African American Review\, Callaloo\, the Notre Dame Review\, the PN Review\, and other journals. She has received fellowships from the American Philosophical Society\, Cave Canem\, and the Vermont Studio Center. She is the author of two books: California Winter League (2015) and Vigil (2017). \nLyn Hejinian teaches in the English Department at the University of California\, Berkeley\, where her academic work is addressed principally to modernist\, postmodern\, and contemporary poetry and poetics\, with a particular interest in avant-garde movements and the social practices they entail. She is the author of over twenty-five volumes of poetry and critical prose\, the most recent of which are Positions of the Sun (Belladonna\, 2019) and Tribunal (Omnidawn\, 2019).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-the-senses-readings-by-indira-allegra-chiyuma-elliott-and-lyn-hejinian/
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:20200204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200204T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T201118
CREATED:20191227T174010Z
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SUMMARY:Ian Brennan in conversation with Kevin Army on Silenced by Sound
DESCRIPTION:Ian Brennan in conversation with Kevin Army about Silenced by Sound: The Music Meritocracy Myth at Moe’s Books in Berkeley\, CA on Tuesday\, February 4th at 7pm. \n“Silenced by Sound is a powerful exploration of the challenges facing art\, music\, and media in the digital era. It is “full of wisdom from someone who cares deeply about the power of real music.”—MOJO \nIan Brennan is a Grammy-winning music producer who has produced three other Grammy-nominated albums. He is the author of four books and has worked with the likes of filmmaker John Waters\, Merle Haggard\, and Green Day\, among others. His work with international artists such as the Zomba Prison Project\, Tanzania Albinism Collective\, and Khmer Rouge Survivors\, has been featured on the front page of the New York Times and on an Emmy-winning 60 Minutes segment with Anderson Cooper reporting. Since 1993 he has taught violence prevention and conflict resolution around the world for such prestigious organizations as the Smithsonian\, New York’s New School\, Berklee College of Music\, the University of London\, the University of California–Berkeley\, and the National Accademia of Science (Rome).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ian-brennan-in-conversation-with-kevin-army-on-silenced-by-sound/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, BERKELEY\, 94704-2322
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:20200205T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200205T133000
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SUMMARY:The New Global Politics of Waste
DESCRIPTION:This lecture addresses how wastes have become globalized\, but also how one decision – such as China’s decision not to import paper and plastic scrap – can affect all of us right down to weekly decisions about taking out the trash. \nKate O”Neill is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Science\, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley\, teaching and working on global environmental politics and the global politics of waste.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-new-global-politics-of-waste/
LOCATION:Freight & Salvage\, 2020 Addison St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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ORGANIZER;CN="Osher Lifelong Learning Institute":MAILTO:berkeley_olli@berkeley.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200205T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200205T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T201118
CREATED:20191124T200213Z
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SUMMARY:Tomas Moniz in Conversation with Nancy Au
DESCRIPTION:Big Familia follows Juan Gutiérrez\, a self-employed single father\, as he navigates a tumultuous year of inescapable change. His daughter\, Stella\, is on the verge of moving away to college; his lover\, Jared\, is pressing him for commitment; and his favorite watering hole—a ramshackle dive presided over by Bob the Bartender—is transforming into a karaoke hotspot. The story is set in a neighborhood that is also changing\, gentrification inciting the ire of the established community. \nUpon the unexpected death of one of the bar’s regulars\, Juan is sent reeling\, and a series of upheavals follow as he both seeks and spurns intimacy\, pondering the legacy of distant parents and a failed marriage and grappling with his sexuality—all the while cycling and dating\, drinking at Nicks Lounge\, and parenting a determined and defiant child-become-woman. \nWhen his incarcerated father dies and Stella reveals she’s pregnant\, Juan is forced to examine the emotional bonds that both hold and hinder him\, to reassess his ideas of commitment\, of friendship\, of love. His encounters with various characters—his mother\, his ex-wife\, a middle-aged punker\, an aspiring acupuncturist\, a dapper veteran—lead Juan to the realization that he himself must change to thrive. \nThis is a story of making family and making mistakes\, of rending and of mending. As a Latinx queer father with a mixed-race daughter\, Juan exemplifies the ways identity connects and divides us. With wit\, insight\, and tenderness\, Big Familia explores the complexities of desire\, devotion\, and the mysteries of the heart. \nAUTHOR BIOS \nTomas Moniz is the editor of Rad Dad and Rad Families\, as well as the children’s book Collaboration/Colaboración\, and the author of the novella Bellies and Buffalos. He is the recipient of the SF Literary Arts Foundation’s 2016 Award\, the 2016 Can Serrat Residency\, the 2017 Caldera Residency\,and the 2018 SPACE on Ryder Farm residency. \nNancy Au’s is the author of Spider Love Song and Other Stories (Acre Books\, 2019). 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/tomas-moniz-in-conversation-with-nancy-au/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200206T121000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200206T125000
DTSTAMP:20260405T201118
CREATED:20191219T072901Z
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SUMMARY:Lunch Poems: Robert Hass
DESCRIPTION:Robert Hass’s many awards include the National Book Award\, the Pulitzer Prize\, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Additionally\, he served as U. S. Poet Laureate (1995-1997) and also founded the long-running Lunch Poems series at University of California\, Berkeley where he is Distinguished Professor in Poetry and Poetics. Among his published books are Apple Trees at Olema: New and Selected Poems\, Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005 and the forthcoming Summer Snow: New Poems (HarperCollins\, 2020).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lunch-poems-robert-hass/
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:20200206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200206T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T201118
CREATED:20200123T161819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200123T161819Z
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SUMMARY:Lidia Yuknavitch VERGE Book Tour
DESCRIPTION:Lidia Yuknavitch will read from her new book\, VERGE\, on Thursday\, February 6 at 7:00 PM at East Bay Booksellers. A Q&A and Signing will follow. This event is free and open to the public. \nNamed one of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year by Vogue\, VERGE is a fiercely empathetic group portrait of the marginalized and outcast in moments of crisis\, from one of the most galvanizing voices in American fiction. \nLidia Yuknavitch photo by William Anthony
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lidia-yuknavitch-verge-book-tour/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200206T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T201118
CREATED:20191120T015758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191120T015758Z
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Shauna Shapiro / Good Morning\, I Love You: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm\, Clarity\, and Joy with Eve Ekman
DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Arts & Letters and The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley co-present an evening with Shauna Shapiro\, Ph.D. for her new book\, Good Morning\, I Love You: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm\, Clarity\, and Joy. \nIn Good Morning\, I Love You\, Dr. Shauna Shapiro — one of the leading scientists studying the effects of mindfulness on well-being — shows us that acting with compassion toward ourselves is the key. \nIn short\, lively chapters\, Dr. Shapiro explains the basic brain science and offers numerous mindfulness and self-compassion practices. Stories from her life and research demonstrate how this powerhouse combination alleviates anxiety\, boosts creative thinking\, and enlarges our sense of belonging and purpose. \nWe can see it on brain scans. Negative and critical thoughts (and the vast majority of our thoughts are negative) cause the part of the brain responsible for learning to literally shut down. Kind and self-compassionate thoughts\, by contrast\, turn on the parts responsible for growth and change. With practice\, we can literally rewire our brains for greater feelings of calm\, joy\, and possibility. \nTry it and see  even if it makes you squirm. When you wake up tomorrow\, take a deep breath\, hand on heart\, and say\, Good morning\, I love you. Then try it the next day. And the next. See what happens. \n——————-\n​\nShauna Shapiro\, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and internationally recognized expert in mindfulness and self-compassion. She is a widely published scholar whose TEDx talk\, The Power of Mindfulness\, has been viewed over one million times. She is a professor at Santa Clara University and a fellow of the Dalai Lamas Mind and Life Institute. Dr. Shapiro lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information\, visit drshaunashapiro.com.    ​ \nEve Ekman\, Ph.D.\, MSW\, is the GGSC’s director of training. Eve is a second-generation emotion researcher who has had meaningful collaborations with her father\, renowned emotion researcher Dr. Paul Ekman\, including on The Atlas of Emotions\, an online visual tool commissioned by the Dalai Lama to teach emotional awareness\, and Cultivating Emotional Balance\, an intensive\, evidence-based training for compassion and mindfulness. \n​\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/berkeley-arts-letters-presents-shauna-shapiro-good-morning-i-love-you-mindfulness-and-self-compassion-practices-to-rewire-your-brain-for-calm-clarity-and-joy-with-eve-ekman/
LOCATION:Hillside Club\, 2286 Cedar St\,  Berkeley\, CA\, 94709\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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