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SUMMARY:Splitting the World Open: An International Roundtable of Dangerous Women Writers
DESCRIPTION:In 1968\, poet Muriel Rukeyser famously wrote\, “What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.” More than half a century later\, women themselves feel split into a million pieces. This past year has been especially challenging for women\, typically society’s primary caretakers. Indeed\, mothers have been carrying an especially heavy load. Speaking one’s truth is hard when you’re totally exhausted. \nSo what better Mother’s Day gift for women (and all who love them) to spend an hour\, free of charge\, with three brilliant female authors\, writing from and about multiple corners of the globe—India\, the Middle East\, North Africa\, South America\, the United States—with woman-focused stories? And these aren’t just any stories: the work of all three novelists was shortlisted for the Booker Prize or the Booker International Prize\, the most prestigious literary awards in the world. \nIn Burnt Sugar\, Dubai-based Indian author Avni Doshi explores the intimate dynamics of mother-daughter conflict and postpartum depression with an ambivalence and caustic wit that ruffled some feathers. It’s that fearless artistry that landed her on the 2020 Booker Prize shortlist with Ethiopian-American novelist Maaza Mengiste\, whose novel The Shadow King (“a masterpiece\,” said the Washington Post) features a female soldier fighting fascism during Mussolini’s invasion of Ethiopia. The story is inspired by the author’s great-grandmother\, one of those women who\, in Mengiste’s words\, “stepped forward out of the shadows and made themselves known.” Chilean author Alia Trabucco Zerán\, trained as a human rights lawyer before turning to literary work\, wrote The Remainder\, a finalist for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize\, to delve into the legacy of Chile’s military dictatorship. Her new novel\, Las Homicidas\, to appear in English translation in 2021\, explores an arguably even more dangerous topic: how rage against injustice can be so profound that it drives some women to kill\, and how that rage\, as with the frustrated anger of any oppressed group\, is often minimized and deflected. \nThis conversation offers a Mother’s Day like no other! The event is co-presented by Words Without Borders and moderated by Karen Phillips\, its executive director. Words Without Borders expands cultural understanding through the translation\, publication\, and promotion of the finest contemporary international literature. \nRegister Here\nFree of charge\, but you must register to receive the viewing link. \nThis event is also part of the Festival’s Women Lit series
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LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #58
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210516T130000
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SUMMARY:CWC Speaker Series Panel: Race as Context: BIPOC California Writers
DESCRIPTION:We are so excited to offer a unique opportunity for members to join in this timely discussion. Panelists are California BIPOC writers from many vantage points including: \nA Millenial with his first complete manuscript. \nAuthors with years of experience helping others in their craft. \nA recent award-winning MFA graduate newly arrived to California. \nA mid-career writer publishing fiction prose for the first time. \nAnd\, San Francisco’s 7th Poet Laureate\, whose work and life have shone like a high beacon illuminating the country from here in the Bay. \nPlease come enjoy an illuminating conversation between Alex Sato\, Gabriel Campbell\, Jhon Valdes Klinger\, and Kim Shuck\, moderated by member Ellen McBarnette. This diverse and talented group of writers and poets will share their perspectives on race as context\, and inspire discussion and exploration for others. \nEllen McBarnette is a CWC Berkeley member and active in the Afrosurrealist Writers Workshop of Oakland and the Women’s National Book Association SF Branch. Learn more about Ellen at about.me/ellenmcbarnette. \nJhon Valdes Klinger is an Afro-Latinx writer born in Colombia and raised in New York. He holds an MFA from The New School. His work has been published in the 12 Street Journal\, Ipstori App\, Monsters of the Bronx\, and Acentos Review. \nKim Shuck served as the 7th poet laureate of San Francisco. Shuck is author of seven books\, editor or assistant editor of a handful of anthologies\, and appears in a few dozen anthologies edited by other people. Learn more about Kim at KimShuck.com. \nGabriel Campbell graduated with a minor in Creative Writing. He has completed his first novel\, Love\, Legends\, and Legacies\, Book One of The Keita Daze and is seeking representation. He lives in Oakland. \nAlex Sato’s short stories and novels are often placed in Northern California where he’s lived for his entire life. His preferred genres are horror\, fantasy and sci fi. Learn more about Alex at QuantumKatana.com. \n$10 General Admission\, $5 For Members. \nhttps://cwc-berkeley.org berkeley.cwc@gmail.com 510-629-1909
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210518T190000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Get Lit #72
DESCRIPTION:We’re in our 6th consecutive year as we continue to celebrate 12–15 writers taking risks and reading never-before-read work (rough drafts/debuts) within a 3-minute time limit + live music. All ages are welcome. Emceed by Abe Becker.\n\nNomadic Press’ Safe Space Statement and Process: https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess\n\nPoster by Jevohn Tyler Newsome\n\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\n\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here https://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-monthly-get…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\n\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $200.\n\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Monthly Get Lit\nTime: Feb 16\, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery month on the Third Tue\, until Dec 21\, 2021\, 11 occurrence(s)\nFeb 16\, 2021 07:00 PM\nMar 16\, 2021 07:00 PM\nApr 20\, 2021 07:00 PM\nMay 18\, 2021 07:00 PM\nJun 15\, 2021 07:00 PM\nJul 20\, 2021 07:00 PM\nAug 17\, 2021 07:00 PM\nSep 21\, 2021 07:00 PM\nOct 19\, 2021 07:00 PM\nNov 16\, 2021 07:00 PM\nDec 21\, 2021 07:00 PM\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZIkcOmhrD8qGNS4vvapk6…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86970924020\nMeeting ID: 869 7092 4020\nOne tap mobile\n+13126266799\,\,86970924020# US (Chicago)\n+19292056099\,\,86970924020# US (New York)\nDial by your location\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\nMeeting ID: 869 7092 4020\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kc84C7yxDO
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SUMMARY:Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic #35
DESCRIPTION:A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic entering into our 3rd consecutive year that happens every third Thursday of the month en el Zoom mundo. Curated y hosted by Josiahluis Alderete.\n\nSign up for the 10-slot virtual open mic by filling out this form:\nhttps://forms.gle/aHgoJxdUFXZXHjgQA\n\nThis month’s features: TBA\n\nIf you enjoy spaces like these\, please support Nomadic Press by donating via:\n\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating or buying a “ticket” at Eventrbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-monthly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\n\nWe will be posting the features’ Venmo handles during the event.\n\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Monthly Speaking Axolotl\nTime: Jan 21\, 2021 08:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery month on the Third Thu\, 12 occurrence(s)\nJan 21\, 2021 08:00 PM\nFeb 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nMar 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nApr 15\, 2021 08:00 PM\nMay 20\, 2021 08:00 PM\nJun 17\, 2021 08:00 PM\nJul 15\, 2021 08:00 PM\nAug 19\, 2021 08:00 PM\nSep 16\, 2021 08:00 PM\nOct 21\, 2021 08:00 PM\nNov 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nDec 16\, 2021 08:00 PM\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZYtd…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82006774895\nMeeting ID: 820 0677 4895\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,82006774895# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,82006774895# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\nMeeting ID: 820 0677 4895\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/koTOCjKqF
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-speaking-axolotl-reading-and-open-mic-35/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210521T180000
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #59
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-59/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210523T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210523T150000
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SUMMARY:Learn WordPress: A Workshop with Karma Bennett
DESCRIPTION:At last month’s meeting we gave you tips on improving your website\, now we’ll teach the skills to do it\, in a hands-on workshop on WordPress. The workshop will be held over Zoom\, so you can beautify your website from the comfort of your own computer. \nWordPress is a way for you to run a website without having to know a single line of code. Just as you don’t have to know how to code to write an email in Gmail\, WordPress is an interface that you can use to create content for your website. \nWhat is WordPress? \nWordPress is open source\, so it is free forever. \nIt is incredibly popular. 37% of all websites on the Internet run on WordPress. \nWhy Writers Need This Workshop \nSave Money: WordPress is designed for noncoders to use\, so you shouldn’t have to hire a coder or web designer just to update promotions of your book on your website. Save money by taking this workshop. \nIncrease Engagement: You should have a blog or news area where you update your fans on you readings\, publications\, readings\, and ruminations. Taking this workshop will make blogging easier and make your posts more beautiful. And if you’re more familiar with what WordPress can do\, you’ll feel comfortable blogging more often. \nTest It Out: If you don’t use WordPress currently\, you can use this workshop to decide if it is right for your next web project. \nMake Editors Want To Hire You: If you get hired to write for someone else’s site\, there is a good chance it will be on WordPress. Having WordPress expertise is a marketable skill for writers. \nAbout Workshop Presenter\, Karma Bennett \nKarma Bennett is a marketing strategist and publishing pro who has been working with WordPress for over ten years… let’s dispense with the formalities\, shall we? I’m Karma! I’m writing this post on WordPress right now\, since I built this website for the CWC Berkeley\, where I am currently serving as president. \n$15 General Admission\, $10 For Members. \nhttps://cwc-berkeley.org berkeley.cwc@gmail.com 510-629-1909
URL:https://litseen.com/event/learn-wordpress-a-workshop-with-karma-bennett/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210528T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210528T193000
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #60
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-60/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210603T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210603T190000
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SUMMARY:JoAnn Wypijewski & Kris Welch:What We Don't Talk About: Sex\, Authority
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents a Zoom event: \nJoAnn Wypijewski & Kris Welch \nWhat We Don’t Talk About: Sex\, Authority and the Mess of Life \nWhat if we took sex out of the box marked “special\,” the contents of which are either the worst or best thing a person can experience\, and considered it within the complexity of human life in general? In this extraordinary book – in defiance of the long-standing media obsessions that turn every sexual topic into a morality tale of monsters and victims\, shame and virtue-journalist JoAnn Wypijewski does exactly that in this searing indictment of modern sexual politics. \nFrom the criminalization of HIV to the frenzy over “pedophile priests\,” from unexamined assumptions about the murder of Matthew Shepard to the accusations made against Woody Allen\, from Brett Kavanaugh to Abu Ghraib\, Wypijewski takes some of the most famous stories of recent decades and turns them inside out. The result is a searing indictment of modern sexual politics. She exposes the myriad ways moral panic and a punitive culture are intertwined\, considering along the way the nature of pleasure\, censorship\, self-deception\, memory and much more. What emerges is a picture of a culture in which crude morality plays acted out in the media have contributed to an imprisoning embrace of the repressive power of the state. Politics exists in the mess of life. Sex does too\, Wypijewski insists\, and so must sexual politics\, if it is to make any sense at all. \nJoAnn Wypijewski is a writer and editor based in New York. From 1982 to 2000\, she was an editor at the Nation magazine. She has written for the Nation\, Harper’s\,  CounterPunch\, the New York Times Magazine\, the Guardian\, and other publications. \nKris Welch is a veteran\, very popular KPFA on-air host\, as well as a devoted mother and grandmother. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joann-wypijewski-kris-welchwhat-we-dont-talk-about-sex-authority/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210604T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210604T193000
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #61
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-61/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210608T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210608T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
CREATED:20210513T045046Z
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SUMMARY:Mick LaSalle & Richard Wolinsky: Dream State: California at the Movies
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents \nMick LaSalle & Richard Wolinsky: A Zoom Event \nDREAM STATE: CALIFORNIA IN THE MOVIES \nDream State is a freewheeling journey through several dozen big-screen visions of the Golden State\, with LaSalle’s unmistakable contrarian humor as the guide. His writing\, unerringly perceptive and resistant to cliche\, brings clarity to the haze of Hollywood reverie and self-regard. \nIt hardly needs to be argued: nothing has contributed more to the mythology of California than the movies. Fed by the film industry\, the California dream is instantly recognizable to people everywhere\, yet remains elusive for nearly everyone\, including Californians themselves. That paradox is the subject of longtime San Francisco Chronicle columnist film critic Mick LaSalle’s first book in nearly a decade. The opposite of a dry historical primer\, Dream State leaps effortlessly between genres and generations\, moving with ease from Double Indemnity to the first two versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers to Boyz n the Hood to Booksmart. There are natural disasters\, vicious crimes\, dubious utopias\, wild romances\, and unforgettable nights. Both entertaining and unsettling\, this book is a bold dissection of the California dream and how it shaped the modern world. \nMick LaSalle\, longtime film critic for The San Francisco Chronicle\, is the author of three previous books: Complicated Women: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of Modern Man; Dangerous Men: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man\, and The Beauty of The Real: What Hollywood Can Learn from Contemporary French Actresses. \nRichard Wolinsky\,  a veteran radio broadcaster\, is the host of Bookwaves and Arts-Waves interviews and discussions on KPFA\, as well as his Probabilities series of extended archive interviews on literature\, theater\, film\, and other visual arts from a progressive viewpoint. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/mick-lasalle-richard-wolinsky-dream-state-california-in-the-movies-tickets-147654956951
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mick-lasalle-richard-wolinsky-dream-state-california-at-the-movies/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210611T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210611T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
CREATED:20210425T003051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210425T003051Z
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #62
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-62/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210617T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210617T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
CREATED:20210516T221413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210516T221422Z
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SUMMARY:David & Margaret Talbot: By the Light of Burning Dreams
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents a unique Zoom Event: \nDavid & Margaret Talbot \nBy the Light of Burning Dreams:  The Second American Revolution \nHosted by Greg Bridges \nNew York Times bestselling author David Talbot and New Yorker journalist Margaret Talbot illuminate “America’s second revolutionary generation” in this gripping history of one of the most dynamic eras of the twentieth century- brought to life through seven radical episodes that offer urgent lessons for today. \nThe political landscape of the 1960’s and ’70’s was probably the most tumultuous in this country’s history: the fight for civil rights\, women’s liberation\, Black Power\, and the struggle to end the Vietnam War. In many ways\, this second American revolution was a belated fulfillment of the betrayed promises of the first — working to extend the full protections of the Bill of Rights to non-white\, non-male\, non-elite Americans excluded by the nation’s founders. \nBased on exclusive interviews\, original documents\, and archival research\, By the Light of Burning Dreams explores critical moments in the lives of a diverse cast of iconoclastic leaders of the twentieth century radical movement: Bobby Seale and the Black Panthers; Heather Booth and the Jane Collective\, the first underground feminist abortion clinic\, Vietnam peace activists Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda\, Cesar Chavez\, Dolores Huerta\, and the United Farm Workers; Craig Rodwell and the gay pride movement; Dennis Banks\, Madonna Thunder Hawk\, Russel Means and the warriors of Wounded Knee; and more.  Margaret and David Talbot reveal the dramatic epiphanies that galvanized these modern revolutionaries and created unexpected connections and alliances between individual movements across race\, class and gender divides. \nDAVID TALBOT is the New York Times bestselling author of several books. \nMARGARET TALBOT has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 2004. \nGREG BRIDGES is a radio dj who can be heard over KCSM and KPFA. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/david-talbot-margaret-talbot-by-the-light-of-burning-bridges-tickets-151915694933
URL:https://litseen.com/event/david-margaret-talbot-by-the-light-of-burning-dreams/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210617T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210617T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
CREATED:20210425T002728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210425T002728Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic #36
DESCRIPTION:A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic entering into our 3rd consecutive year that happens every third Thursday of the month en el Zoom mundo. Curated y hosted by Josiahluis Alderete.\nSign up for the 10-slot virtual open mic by filling out this form:\nhttps://forms.gle/aHgoJxdUFXZXHjgQA\nThis month’s features: TBA\nIf you enjoy spaces like these\, please support Nomadic Press by donating via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating or buying a “ticket” at Eventrbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-monthly… OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe will be posting the features’ Venmo handles during the event.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Monthly Speaking Axolotl\nTime: Jan 21\, 2021 08:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery month on the Third Thu\, 12 occurrence(s)\nJan 21\, 2021 08:00 PM\nFeb 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nMar 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nApr 15\, 2021 08:00 PM\nMay 20\, 2021 08:00 PM\nJun 17\, 2021 08:00 PM\nJul 15\, 2021 08:00 PM\nAug 19\, 2021 08:00 PM\nSep 16\, 2021 08:00 PM\nOct 21\, 2021 08:00 PM\nNov 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nDec 16\, 2021 08:00 PM\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZYtd…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82006774895\nMeeting ID: 820 0677 4895\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,82006774895# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,82006774895# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\nMeeting ID: 820 0677 4895\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/koTOCjKqF
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-speaking-axolotl-reading-and-open-mic-36/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210618T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210618T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
CREATED:20210531T235535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210531T235535Z
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SUMMARY:diluvium // a bluejay release
DESCRIPTION:A reading to celebrate the release of Isabel Bezerra Balée’s debut book of poetry diluvium // a bluejay\, out on Dogpark Collective June 15. \nAlongside featured readers Jackie Ess & Violet Spurlock
URL:https://litseen.com/event/diluvium-a-bluejay-release/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dogpark Collective":MAILTO:dogparkcollective@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210618T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210618T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
CREATED:20210425T002616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210425T002616Z
UID:63697-1624039200-1624044600@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #63
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-63/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210619T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210619T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
CREATED:20210613T023245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210613T023245Z
UID:64323-1624114800-1624125600@litseen.com
SUMMARY:CWC SPEAKER SERIES: Member Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Register For Free: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkf-2hqzsvH9AX_EGAdbX4n96uLs0VYZxJ \nOur annual author showcase on Saturday\, June 19th\, will feature readings by authors whose books were published in 2020 and 2021. \nThe California Writers Club is hosting its annual launch party for member authors who were published in 2020-2021. Join us to hear eight fresh voices span genres from women’s fiction to thrillers\, and self-help. A unique opportunity to absorb the vibrant local lit scene and get some great new books! \nThe Zoom will open at 3:00 p.m. on June 19th. We will install the new 2021 board before the reading begins around 3:30. \nThis year\, we are eager to feature: \nPaul Corman-Roberts\, author of Bone Moon Palace\nBobbie Kinkead\, author of Damsels Overcome\nTherese Pipe\, author of A Life in Cooperatives\nTerry Tierney\, author of The Poet’s Garage\nKeith Mark Gaboury\, author of Oakland\, I’m Not Dead\nCecilia Johansen\, author of Kimsey Rise: A Family of Farmers\nLily Iona MacKenzie\, author of No More Kings\nHenry Hitz\, author of Squirrels in the Wall: A Novel in Stories \nRegister For Free: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkf-2hqzsvH9AX_EGAdbX4n96uLs0VYZxJ \nFree \nhttps://cwc-berkeley.org berkeley.cwc@gmail.com 510-629-1909
URL:https://litseen.com/event/cwc-speaker-series-member-book-launch/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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ORGANIZER;CN="California Writers Club - Berkeley":MAILTO:berkeley.cwc@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210622T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210622T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
CREATED:20210516T221528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210516T221528Z
UID:64027-1624384800-1624388400@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Andrew Bacevich & Philip Maldari: America's Role in World Transformed
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents: \nANDREW BACEVICH + PHILIP MALDARI Zoom Event \nAfter the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed \nA bold and urgent perspective on how American foreign policy must change in response to the shifting world order of the twenty-first century\, from the New York Times’ bestselling author of The Limits of Power and The Age of Illusions. \nThe purpose of U.S. foreign policy has\, at least theoretically\, been to keep Americans safe. Yet as we confront a radically changed world\, it has become indisputably clear that the terms of that policy have failed. Washington’s insistence that a market economy is compatible with the common good\, its faith in the idea of the “West” and its “special relationships\,” its conviction that global military primacy is the key to a stable and sustainable world order-these have brought endless wars and a succession of moral and material disasters. \nIn a bold reconception of America’s place in the world\, informed by thinking from across the political spectrum\, Andrew J. Bacevich-founder and president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft\, a bipartisan Washington think tank dedicated to foreign policy-lays down a new approach-one based on moral pragmatism\, mutual coexistence\, and war as a last resort. Confronting the threats of the future-accelerating climate change\, a shift in the international balance of power\, and the ascendance of information technology over brute weapons of war-his crucial and provocative vision calls for nothing less than a profound overhaul of our understanding of national security. \nAndrew J. Bacevich Jr.  is an American historian specializing in international relations\, security studies\, American foreign policy\, and American diplomatic and military history. \nPhilip Maldari is the veteran\, widely respected host of KPFA Radio’s Sunday Morning Show\, a popular two hours of political interviews. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/andrew-bacevich-philip-maldari-americas-role-in-a-world-transformed-tickets-154436480671
URL:https://litseen.com/event/andrew-bacevich-philip-maldari-americas-role-in-world-transformed/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210625T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210625T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
CREATED:20210425T002435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210425T002435Z
UID:63694-1624644000-1624649400@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #64
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-64/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210702T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210702T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
CREATED:20210425T002248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210425T002248Z
UID:63691-1625248800-1625254200@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #65
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-65/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210715T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210715T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
CREATED:20210425T002042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210425T002042Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic #37
DESCRIPTION:A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic entering into our 3rd consecutive year that happens every third Thursday of the month en el Zoom mundo. Curated y hosted by Josiahluis Alderete.\nSign up for the 10-slot virtual open mic by filling out this form:\nhttps://forms.gle/aHgoJxdUFXZXHjgQA\nThis month’s features: TBA\nIf you enjoy spaces like these\, please support Nomadic Press by donating via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating or buying a “ticket” at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-monthly… OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe will be posting the features’ Venmo handles during the event.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Monthly Speaking Axolotl\nTime: Jan 21\, 2021 08:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery month on the Third Thu\, 12 occurrence(s)\nJan 21\, 2021 08:00 PM\nFeb 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nMar 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nApr 15\, 2021 08:00 PM\nMay 20\, 2021 08:00 PM\nJun 17\, 2021 08:00 PM\nJul 15\, 2021 08:00 PM\nAug 19\, 2021 08:00 PM\nSep 16\, 2021 08:00 PM\nOct 21\, 2021 08:00 PM\nNov 18\, 2021 08:00 PM\nDec 16\, 2021 08:00 PM\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZYtd…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82006774895\nMeeting ID: 820 0677 4895\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,82006774895# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,82006774895# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\nMeeting ID: 820 0677 4895\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/koTOCjKqF
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-speaking-axolotl-reading-and-open-mic-37/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210731T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210731T170000
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CREATED:20210731T215357Z
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SUMMARY:Creative Writing Reading Series Jamil Jan Kochai
DESCRIPTION:DATE & TIME:\n\nWednesday\, November 3\, 2021 – 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLOCATION:\nDe La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge\, 1928 St. Marys Road\, Moraga\, CA 94575\nView a map and get directions.\n\n\n\n\nDESCRIPTION:\nJamil Jan Kochai is the author of 99 Nights in Logar (Viking\, 2019)\, a finalist for the Pen/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. He was born in an Afghan refugee camp in Peshawar\, Pakistan\, but he originally hails from Logar\, Afghanistan. His short stories and essays have appeared in The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, Los Angeles Times\, Ploughshares\, and The O. Henry Prize Stories 2018. Currently\, he is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.\n\n\n\nADD TO CALENDAR
URL:https://litseen.com/event/creative-writing-reading-series-jamil-jan-kochai/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,In-person
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ORGANIZER;CN="Saint Mary's MFA in Creative Writing":MAILTO:writers@stmarys-ca.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210804T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210804T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
CREATED:20210804T190811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210804T190811Z
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SUMMARY:Did I Say You Could Go: Melanie Gideon in conversation with Natalie Baszile
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, August 19\, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a discussion of DID I SAY YOU COULD GO with author Melanie Gideon in conversation with Natalie Baszile (author of WE ARE EACH OTHER’S HARVEST: CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN FARMERS\, LAND\, AND LEGACY). \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84357144645 and on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/ggpbooks/live/. \nOrder your copy of DID I SAY YOU COULD GO at http://bit.ly/ggpDidISay\, or in audiobook from Libro.fm\, GGP’s audiobook partner\, at http://bit.ly/DidISayAB. Order your copy of WE ARE EACH OTHER’S HARVEST in print from GGP at http://bit.ly/ggpHarvest or in #audiobook from Libro.fm at http://bit.ly/HarvestAB. \nDescription\n\nA suspenseful\, gripping novel about families and friendships torn apart at the seams by obsession\, secrets\, and betrayal with relentless twists and turns that hurtle forward to a shocking confrontation. \nWhen Ruth\, a wealthy divorcé​e\, offers to host the Hillside Academy kindergarten meet-and-greet\, she hopes this will be a fresh start for her and her introverted daughter\, Marley. Finally\, they’ll be accepted into a tribe. Marley will make friends and Ruth will be welcomed by the mothers. Instead\, the parents are turned off by Ruth’s ostentatious wealth and before kindergarten even begins\, Ruth and Marley are outcasts. \nThe last guest to arrive at the meet-and-greet is Gemma\, a widow and a single mother to her daughter\, Bee. Ruth sets her sights on the mother-daughter duo\, and soon the two families are inseparable. Ruth takes Gemma and Bee on Aspen vacations\, offers VIP passes to Cirque du Soleil\, and pays for dinners at Michelin-starred restaurants. For Gemma\, who lives paycheck to paycheck\, Ruth’s largesse is seductive\, but as the years go by\, she can’t shake the feeling that she’s accruing an increasingly unpayable debt. When Ruth’s affair with a married Hillside dad is exposed\, and she’s publicly shunned\, Gemma uses it to sever ties with Ruth. \nSix years later\, when Gemma finds herself embroiled in a scandal of her own—Ruth comes to her defense. Their renewed friendship rehabilitates their reputations\, but once again\, Gemma starts to feel trapped as Ruth grows more and more obsessed with their relationship. \nA relentless page-turner\, Did I Say You Could Go is the story of friendships steeped in lies and duplicity. It’s about two families who\, when pushed to extremes\, cross the line with devastating results. \nAbout Melanie Gideon\n\nMelanie Gideon is the bestselling author of the novels\, Valley of the Moon and Wife 22\, as well as the memoir The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After. Her books have been translated into thirty-one languages. Wife 22 is currently in development. She has written for The New York Times\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, The Times (London)\, the Daily Mail (London)\, and other publications. She was born and raised in Rhode Island and now lives in the Bay Area. \nAbout Natalie Baszile\n\nNatalie Baszile is the author of the novel Queen Sugar\, which was a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2014\, longlisted for the Crooks Corner Southern Book Prize\, nominated for an NAACP Image Award\, and adapted for television by writer/director Ava DuVernay and co-produced by Oprah Winfrey for OWN. Baszile holds a M.A. in Afro-American Studies from UCLA and is a graduate of Warren Wilson College’s MFA Program for Writers. She lives in San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/did-i-say-you-could-go-melanie-gideon-in-conversation-with-natalie-baszile/
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210805T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210805T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
CREATED:20210804T191715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210804T191715Z
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SUMMARY:Ladyparts — author Deborah Copaken in conversation with Ayelet Waldman
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, August 5\, 2021 at 6 PM PDT for a discussion of LADYPARTS with author Deborah Copaken in conversation with Ayelet Waldman (author of A REALLY GOOD DAY: HOW MICRODOSING MADE A MEGA DIFFERENCE IN MY MOOD\, MY MARRIAGE\, AND MY LIFE). \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85308181680 and on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/ggpbooks/live/. \nOrder your copy of LADYPARTS\, at http://bit.ly/ggpLadyparts\, or in audiobook from Libro.fm at http://bit.ly/LadypartsAB. Order your copy of A REALLY GOOD DAY in print from GGP at http://bit.ly/ggpReallyGoodDay or in #audiobook from Libro.fm at http://bit.ly/ReallyGoodDayAB. \nDescription\n\nA frank\, witty\, and dazzlingly written memoir of one woman trying to keep it together while her body falls apart–from the “brilliant mind” (Michaela Coel\, creator of I May Destroy You) behind Shutterbabe \n  \n“The most laugh-out-loud story of resilience you’ll ever read and an essential road map for the importance of narrative as a tool of healing.”–Lori Gottlieb\, bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone \n  \nI’m crawling around on the bathroom floor\, picking up pieces of myself. These pieces are not a metaphor. They are actual pieces. \nTwenty years after her iconic memoir Shutterbabe\, Deborah Copaken is at her darkly comedic nadir: battered\, broke\, divorcing\, dissected\, and dying–literally–on sexism’s battlefield as she scoops up what she believes to be her internal organs into a glass container before heading off to the hospital . . . in an UberPool. \nLadyparts is her irreverent inventory of both the female body and the body politic of womanhood in America\, the story of one woman brought to her knees by the one-two-twelve punch of divorce\, solo motherhood\, healthcare Frogger\, unaffordable childcare\, shady landlords\, her father’s death\, college tuitions\, sexual harassment\, corporate indifference\, ageism\, sexism\, and plain old bad luck. Plus seven serious illnesses\, one atop the other\, which provide the book’s narrative skeleton: vagina\, uterus\, breast\, heart\, cervix\, brain\, and lungs. She bounces back from each bum body part\, finds workarounds for every setback–she transforms her home into a commune to pay rent; sells her soul for health insurance; turns FBI informant when her sexual harasser is nominated to the White House–but in her slippery struggle to survive a steep plunge off the middle-class ladder\, she is suddenly awoken to what it means to have no safety net. \nSide-splittingly funny one minute\, a freak horror show the next\, quintessentially American\, Ladyparts is an era-defining memoir for our time. \nAbout the Panelists\n\nDeborah Copaken is the bestselling author of Shutterbabe\, The Red Book\, and Between Here and April. An Emmy Award-winning news producer and award-winning photojournalist\, she is also a columnist at The Atlantic and a screenwriter for the Netflix show Emily in Paris. Her New York Times Modern Love column\, “When Cupid Is a Prying Journalist\,” was adapted for this TV series\, and she has performed on the New York City stage multiple times. Her essays have also appeared in The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, The Observer\, Financial Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, and The Nation. She lives in Brooklyn. \nAyelet Waldman is the author of the novels Love and Treasure\, Red Hook Road\, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits\, and Daughter’s Keeper\, as well as of the essay collection Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes\, Minor Calamities\, and Occasional Moments of Grace\, and the Mommy-Track Mystery series. She was a federal public defender and taught at Loyola Law School and the UC Berkeley School of Law\, where she developed and taught courses on the legal implications of the war on drugs. She lives in Berkeley\, California\, with her husband\, Michael Chabon\, and their four children.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ladyparts-author-deborah-copaken-in-conversation-with-ayelet-waldman/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210806T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210806T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
CREATED:20210801T013755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210801T013755Z
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press Virtual Open Mic #70
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-70/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210810T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210810T203000
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SUMMARY:Jeremy Lent & Joanna Manqueros: The Web of Meaning
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents\nJeremy Lent & Joanna Manqueros \nThe Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe \nRethinking values based on science and traditional wisdom Indigenous\, Buddhist\, and Taoist traditions have held for millennia that all life is interconnected. Modern science has now validated their insight. What does this mean for how we should live?  This groundbreaking new book weaves together the latest scientific findings and age-old philosophical insights to show how some of our most ingrained beliefs about human nature and the world are mistaken-and offers a powerful alternative to help us heal a planet in peril. \nTHE WEB OF MEANING isn’t just a challenge to outmoded beliefs. It is an invitation to a new worldview that integrates insights from some of the world’s great wisdom traditions with modern science to offer a new way of thinking about ourselves and the world that is both intellectually sound and spiritually vibrant. In this far-reaching and boundary-defying book\, Lent\, described by Guardian columnist George Monbiot as “one of the greatest thinkers of our age\,” weaves together the latest research in neuroscience and evolutionary biology with Buddhist\, Taoist\, and Indigenous wisdom\, and shows how these seemingly disparate streams of thought are eminently compatible. He argues that\, taken together\, they are key to facing the existential problems of the 21st century and can lead to a flourishing future for all. \nJeremy Lent wrote The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity’s Search for Meaning. \nJoanna Manqueros hosts every Tuesday on KPFA at 11 AM\,  a celebration of the global music which heals and revives us. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/jeremy-lent-joanna-manqueros-the-web-of-meaning-tickets-159477650947
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jeremy-lent-joanna-manqueros-the-web-of-meaning/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210811T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210811T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
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SUMMARY:FUNDRAISER: Nomadic Press & BAMBDFEST 2021 Present: BlackLit: A Series of Poetic Conversations
DESCRIPTION:As part of BAMBDFEST 2021\, BlackLit brings together 10 Nomadic Press writers and 2 musicians who have been paired up in poetic conversations weeks prior to the event. This is a fundraiser for the Nomadic Press Black Writers Fund (we have a short goal of raising $2\,000 by the end of the evening).\nEmceed by the one-and-only Dior J. Stephens!\nPoet pairs:\nAyodele Nzinga + Juba Kalamka\nAsantewaa Boykin + Dee Allen\nLauren Wheeler + Odelia Younge\nKeith Donnell Jr. + Daniel B. Summerhill\nDazié Grego-Sykes + Nazelah Jamison\nMusic pair:\nBlackberri + TBA\nAbout the Nomadic Press Black Writers Fund (NPBWF):\nAt Nomadic Press we are proud of our recent work to support Black writers through our initiative\, the Nomadic Press Black Writers Fund (NPBWF)\, and we’d like to thank those who have contributed to the fund. Our mission is to level the playing field for Black writers.\nOur campaign and fundraiser last December enabled us to provide $3\,500 to our roster of 24 Black writers\, which allowed us to provide $143 to each writer. We’d like to continue this work. In 2021\, our goal is to raise $8\,000 to support 32 Black writers with $250 each. We hope that you consider donating to the fund. No donation is too small (or too big).\n$8\,000.00 would allow us to guarantee 32 writers $250.00 each. A donation of $250 supports one author; $750 supports three.\nBelow are four ways to give to NPBWF:\n1) Make a one-time donation: https://www.nomadicpress.org/store/blackwritersfundonetime\n2) Make a monthly recurring donation: https://www.nomadicpress.org/store/blackwritersfundrecurring\n3) Donate via a “ticket” through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/fundraiser-nomadic-press…\n4) Donate via the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: FUNDRAISER: Nomadic Press & BAMBDFEST 2021 Present: BlackLit: A Series of Poetic Conversations\nTime: Aug 11\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89931132235…\nMeeting ID: 899 3113 2235\nPasscode: 033189\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,89931132235#\,\,\,\,*033189# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,89931132235#\,\,\,\,*033189# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 899 3113 2235\nPasscode: 033189\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kxgdKdrIL
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fundraiser-nomadic-press-bambdfest-2021-present-blacklit-a-series-of-poetic-conversations/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210812T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210812T200000
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SUMMARY:We Are the Brennans — a discussion with Tracey Lange
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, August 12\, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for a discussion of WE ARE THE BRENNANS with author Tracey Lange in a GGP Online Chat. \nOur discussion will be webcast on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83468349847\, and on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/ggpbooks/live/. \nYou can order a print copy at http://bit.ly/ggpBrennans\, or in audiobook from Libro.fm\, GGP’s audiobook partner\, at http://bit.ly/BrennansAB. \nStaff Reviews\n\nI ABSOLUTELY love this book! WE ARE THE BRENNANS is the debut novel by Tracey Lange and centers around the Brennan family and the secrets that threaten to destroy their wonderfully dysfunctional Irish Catholic family.— Kathleen \nDescription\n\nIn the vein of Mary Beth Keane’s Ask Again\, Yes and Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s The Nest\, Tracey Lange’s We Are the Brennans explores the staying power of shame—and the redemptive power of love—in an Irish Catholic family torn apart by secrets. \nWhen twenty-nine-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital\, bruised and battered after a drunk driving accident she caused\, she swallows her pride and goes home to her family in New York. But it’s not easy. She deserted them all—and her high school sweetheart—five years before with little explanation\, and they’ve got questions. \nSunday is determined to rebuild her life back on the east coast\, even if it does mean tiptoeing around resentful brothers and an ex-fiancé. The longer she stays\, however\, the more she realizes they need her just as much as she needs them. When a dangerous man from her past brings her family’s pub business to the brink of financial ruin\, the only way to protect them is to upend all their secrets—secrets that have damaged the family for generations and will threaten everything they know about their lives. In the aftermath\, the Brennan family is forced to confront painful mistakes—and ultimately find a way forward\, together.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/we-are-the-brennans-a-discussion-with-tracey-lange/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210813T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210813T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162002
CREATED:20210801T013115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210801T013115Z
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press Virtual Open Mic #71
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom!\nFREE AND ALL WELCOME!\nSign up to read here:\nhttps://forms.gle/4nYSi5fLNyo229Lj9\nIf you enjoy spaces like this and can swing it in these tight times\, please consider supporting us via:\n1) the Cash App to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress;\n2) donating via the “ticket” option here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/…/nomadic-press-weekly…; OR\n3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate\nWe have a short goal for the evening of $150.\nPandemic times continue in 2021 and we continue to gather our community virtually across state and country lines. Join us to read\, join us to listen. All are welcome.\nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with Tula Biederman on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us!\nOur safe space process still applies to our collective virtual space\, so please read this by visiting https://www.nomadicpress.org/safespaceprocess.\nZoom Joining Info\nTopic: Nomadic Press’ Weekly Virtual Open Mic\nTime: Jan 1\, 2021 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nEvery week on Fri\, until Dec 10\, 2021\, 50 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nWeekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZcudeqoqjIiE9fnl7dxuB…/ics…\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83323049893\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,83323049893# US (San Jose)\n+13462487799\,\,83323049893# US (Houston)\nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\nMeeting ID: 833 2304 9893\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kvor64nsu
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-71/
LOCATION:online\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210817T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210817T203000
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SUMMARY:Lisa Wells + Joanna Manqueros: Believers: Making a Life at End World
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM & presents:\nLisa Wells + Joanna Manqueros: A Zoom Event\nBelievers: Making a Life at the End of the World \nIn search of answers and action\, award-winning poet and essayist Lisa Wells brings us Believers\, introducing trailblazers and outliers from across the globe who have found radically new ways to live and reconnect to the Earth in the face of climate change. \nWe find ourselves at the end of the world; how then shall we live? \nLike many of us\, Lisa Wells has spent years overwhelmed by news of apocalyptic-scale climate change and a coming sixth extinction. She did not need to be convinced of the stakes. But what can be done? Wells embarked on a pilgrimage\, seeking answers in dedicated communities-outcasts and visionaries-on the margins of society. \nWells meets Finisia Medrano\, an itinerant planter and misanthrope leading a group of nomadic activists to rewild the American desert. She finds a group of environmentalist Christians practicing “watershed discipleship” in New Mexico; another group in Philadelphia turning the tools of violence into tools of farming-guns into plowshares. She watches the world’s greatest tracker teach how to read a trail\, and visits botanists who are restoring land overrun by invasive species and destructive humans. She talks with survivors of catastrophic wildfires in California as they try to rebuild in new ways that acknowledge the fires will come again. \nBlending reportage\, memoir\, history\, and philosophy\, Wells opens up seemingly intractable questions about the damage we have done and how we might reckon with our inheritance. “Brilliant in its quest. . . [and] an essential document of our time” (Charles D’Ambrosio)\, Believers demands transformation: If the Earth is our home\, if our home is being destroyed-how then shall we live? \nLisa Wells is the author of The Grief Tower\, Raising Up a Generation of Healthy Third Culture Kids\, and The Simple Life. \nSuggested Donation $5-$20. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/lisa-wells-joanna-manqueros-believers-making-a-life-at-the-end-of-world-tickets-159198058679
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lisa-wells-joanna-manqueros-believers-making-a-life-at-end-world/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Virtual
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