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SUMMARY:Michael Eric Dyson: Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM & Marcus Books present \nMICHAEL ERIC DYSON\nWhat Truth Sounds Like: RFK\, James Baldwin\, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America\nHosted by Kevin Cartwright \nEntry $20\, entry & book $35\, 2 entries & book $45\, Tickets: 800-838-3006\, or independent bookstores\, Benefit KPFA\, Info: kpfa.org/events \nMichael Eric Dyson is one of America’s premier public intellectuals. The author of last year’s outstanding bestseller\, “Tears We Cannot Stop\,” Dyson is University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University\, a frequent contributor to the New York Times\, and an editor of The New Republic. Ebony magazine named him one of America’s 100 most influential African-Americans. In addition\, Dyson is a uniquely outstanding public speaker\, employing exceptionally deep knowledge with a talent for immediacy\, terrific wit\, and an extraordinarily rich voice. \nHis new book\, What Truth Sounds Like deftly explores the tense intersection of the conflict between politics and prophecy- of whether we embrace political resolution or moral redemption to fix our fractured landscape. Dr. Dyson examines key players today\, from Jay-Z to Jordan Peele and LeBron James\, from Ta-Nehisi Coates to Kamala Harris. He ends with a paean to Wakanda\, the all too mythical nation celebrated in the film “Black Panther”. “If James Baldwin and his glorious crew could gather again\, they could hardly have a better place to reconvene and let the beautiful momentum of blackness wash over them as they sought to make America truly great. For the first time.” \nWhat Truth Sounds Like reveals how every big argument about race that persists to this day got a hearing in a crucial meeting convened in 1963 when Robert F. Kennedy invited James Baldwin and a few of his friends to discuss Black America’s rage: disdain for black dissent\, the belief that black folk wallow in the politics of ingratitude and victimhood\, and that they lack hustle and ingenuity.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/michael-eric-dyson-our-unfinished-conversation-about-race-in-america/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Oakland\, 2501 Harrison St\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:FEEL 6 Bookstore (AT THE CRANEWAY PAVILION)
DESCRIPTION:We are really thrilled to be showcasing our books and a curated selection of others as part of the FEELS 6 shop! \nFEELS is a local Bay Area festival and showcase for radical imagination\, featuring live performances\, DJ sets\, and artwork from boundary-pushing creatives working in a wide variety of mediums. It is put together\, as always\, by our brilliant friends at Wine & Bowties\, and features a museum-style shop with a variety of merch from artists\, retailers\, presses\, and music labels. You might find us at the shop or just up at the Craneway Pavilion having a great time. You need tix in advance\, so get them now!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/feel-6-bookstore-at-the-craneway-pavilion/
LOCATION:The Craneway Pavillion\, 1414 Harbour Way S\, Richmond\, CA\, 94804\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Tommy Orange presents his debut novel\, THERE THERE (w/ R.O. Kwon)
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is very excited to welcome Tommy Orange to discuss his jaw-droppingly good debut novel\,There There on Friday\, June 15th at 7pm. Tommy will be in conversation with R. O. Kwon. \n“We all came to the powwow for different reasons. The messy\, dangling threads of our lives got pulled into a braid–tied to the back of everything we’d been doing all along to get us here. There will be death and playing dead\, there will be screams and unbearable silences\, forever-silences\, and a kind of time-travel\, at the moment the gunshots start\, when we look around and see ourselves as we are\, in our regalia\, and something in our blood will recoil then boil hot enough to burn through time and place and memory. We’ll go back to where we came from\, when we were people running from bullets at the end of that old world. The tragedy of it all will be unspeakable\, that we’ve been fighting for decades to be recognized as a present-tense people\, modern and relevant\, only to die in the grass wearing feathers.” \nJacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame in Oakland. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life together after his uncle’s death and has come to work the powwow and to honor his uncle’s memory. Edwin Black has come to find his true father. Thomas Frank has come to drum the Grand Entry. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil Red Feather; Orvil has taught himself Indian dance through YouTube videos\, and he has come to the Big Oakland Powwow to dance in public for the very first time. Tony Loneman is a young Native American boy whose future seems destined to be as bleak as his past\, and he has come to the Powwow with darker intentions–intentions that will destroy the lives of everyone in his path. \nFierce\, angry\, funny\, groundbreaking–Tommy Orange’s first novel is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few of us have ever seen. There There is a multi-generational\, relentlessly paced story about violence and recovery\, hope and loss\, identity and power\, dislocation and communion\, and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its people. A glorious\, unforgettable debut. \n* * * \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nTommy Orange is a recent graduate from the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He is a 2014 MacDowell Fellow\, and a 2016 Writing by Writers Fellow. He is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. He was born and raised in Oakland\, California\, and currently lives in Angels Camp\, California. \nR. O. Kwon is a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow. She has received awards from Yaddo\, MacDowell\, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference\, Omi International\, the Steinbeck Center\, and the Norman Mailer Writers’ Colony. Born in South Korea\, she has lived most of her life in the United States. Her debut novel\, The Incendiaries\, is forthcoming this summer from Riverhead. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nFriday\, June 15\, 2018 – 7:00pm to 8:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere There (Hardcover)\n\nBy Tommy Orange\n$25.95\nISBN: 9780525520375\nAvailability: Coming Soon – Available for Pre-Order Now\nPublished: Knopf Publishing Group – June 5th\, 2018
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tommy-orange-presents-his-debut-novel-there-there-w-r-o-kwon/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Bloomsday! Thomas Lynch reads from James Joyce's Ulysses
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Irish soda bread as Thomas Lynch continues reading the whole of Ulysses. Chapter Nine up next.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bloomsday-thomas-lynch-reads-from-james-joyces-ulysses/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Turk & Divis / Quiet Lightning album release party
DESCRIPTION:Turk & Divis (Evan and Miles Karp) launch the Quiet Lightning album\, featuring 11 tracks of original music scored to excerpts of 50 Bay Area writers performing live in last year’s QL shows.\nCome celebrate! Activities include:\n> A listening/screening party\n> Performances by a stout list of the album’s contributors:\nJack Foley\, Lorraine Lupo\, Tara Dorabji\, Eric Kurhi\, Claire Calderon\, Zephir O’Meara\, Hugh Behm-Steinberg\, Rohan DaCosta\, Charles Kruger\, Peter Bullen\, Adam Moskowitz\, and Wildredhawk\nLimited edition lathe cut vinyl and cassettes will be available!\nMore info + to pre-order: http://www.turkanddivis.com/quiet-lightning-vinyl/\nThis event is free and all ages. Doors at 7\, performances at 8pm.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/quiet-lightning-album-release-party-oak/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Lauren Groff discusses and signs FLORIDA
DESCRIPTION:Lauren Groff discusses and signs FLORIDA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, June 16\, 7:30 pm\nPegasus Books Downtown \nCelebrated New York Times bestselling author Lauren Groff presents her highly anticipated new collection of short stories\, Florida. \n \nABOUT FLORIDA \nIn her vigorous and moving new book\, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling and intelligence to a world in which storms\, snakes\, and sinkholes lurk at the edge of everyday life\, but the greater threats and mysteries are of a human\, emotional\, and psychological nature. Among those navigating it all are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters; a lonely boy\, grown up; a restless\, childless couple\, a searching\, homeless woman; and an unforgettable\, recurring character – a steely and conflicted wife and mother. \nThe stories in this collection span characters\, towns\, decades\, even centuries\, but Florida — its landscape\, climate\, history\, and state of mind — becomes its gravitational center: an energy\, a mood\, as much as a place of residence. Groff transports the reader\, then jolts us alert with a crackle of wit\, a wave of sadness\, a flash of cruelty\, as she writes about loneliness\, rage\, family\, and the passage of time. With shocking accuracy and effect\, she pinpoints the moments and decisions and connections behind human pleasure and pain\, hope and despair\, love and fury — the moments that make us alive. Startling\, precise\, and affecting\, Florida is a magnificent achievement. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nLauren Groff is the New York Times bestselling author of three novels\, The Monsters of Templeton\, Arcadia\, and Fates and Furies\, and the celebrated short story collection Delicate Edible Birds. Her work has been featured in the New Yorker\, Harper’s\, the Atlantic\, and several Best American Short Stories anthologies. She has won the Paul Bowles Prize for Fiction\, the PEN/O. Henry Award\, and the Pushcart Prize; and has been a finalist for the National Book Award\, the National Book Critics Circle Award\, the Orange Award for New Writers\, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nSaturday\, June 16\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Ave\n\nBerkeley\, CA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFlorida (Hardcover)\n\nBy Lauren Groff\n$27.00\nISBN: 9781594634512\nAvailability: Coming Soon – Available for Pre-Order Now\nPublished: Riverhead Books – June 5th\, 2018
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lauren-groff-discusses-and-signs-florida/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Tongo Eisen-Martin
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Express presents a reading with Tongo Eisen-Martin\, Heavan Is All Goodbyes\, Himalayan Flavors\, 1585 University Avenue\, Berkeley\, free\, 7:00-9:00
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tongo-eisen-martin-2/
LOCATION:Himalayan Flavors\, 1585 University Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180619T190000
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SUMMARY:Get Lit #37 (Music by TBD)
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! An amazing gathering of 12-15 writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute time limit. Hosted by Christine No with music by TBD. \nFeatured lineup of writers TBA \nSuggested donations of $10-25 will be kindly requested at the door\, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF). \nBeer made by Ale Industries on site and wonderful food by Guadalajara Restaurant & Tequila Bar just down the block. All ages are welcome\, though profanity will be present. \nGet beer. Get lit. Then Get Tacos.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/get-lit-37-music-by-tbd/
LOCATION:Ale Industries\, 3096 E 10th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Yrsa Daley-Ward : Reading & Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Yrsa Daley-Ward : Reading & Conversation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, June 20\, 6:00pm\nMills College: Littlefield Concert Hall\n5000 MacArthur Blvd\nOakland\, CA 94613 \nJoin Yrsa Daley-Ward in exploring the honest\, humorous and vivid memories of her coming of age as an artist. Her prose and poetry takes us through a voyage that is brilliant and biting\, raw and succulent\, depicting the lush landscapes and textures of love\, trauma\, healing and metamorphosis. \nYrsa Daley-Ward will be discussing her new memoir\, The Terrible\, which explores the triumphant and tumultuous journey from girlhood to womanhood. A lyrical odyssey of the Diaspora as seen through the eyes and felt through the flesh and bone of a first generation Jamaican-Nigerian blooming in the United Kingdom. \nPegasus Books will be the onsite bookseller. \nSelect readings by Yrsa Daley-Ward\nQ&A followed by book signing\nSpecial musical guest ASTU \nTickets available here. \n \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, June 20\, 2018 – 6:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nMills College: Littlefield Concert Hall\n5000 MacArthur Blvd\n\nOakland\,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Terrible: A Storyteller’s Memoir (Paperback)\n\nBy Yrsa Daley-Ward\n$16.00\nISBN: 9780143132622\nAvailability: Coming Soon – Available for Pre-Order Now\nPublished: Penguin Books – June 5th\, 2018
URL:https://litseen.com/event/yrsa-daley-ward-reading-conversation/
LOCATION:Mills College\, Littlefield Concert Hall\, 5000 MacArthur Blvd\, Oakland\, CA\, 94613\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Novelist Moriel Rothman-Zecher
DESCRIPTION:Moe’s welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher\, author of Sadness is a White Bird. \n“Ultimately\, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is like to be just one person at the front line of a century-old conflict. Rothman-Zecher delicately tells one deeply unique story without claiming to explain every individual’s experience or devaluing experiences unlike his own. Written in beautiful prose\, with sentences that will leave you tearing up on the bus ride to work\, Rothman-Zecher complicates our worldview and forces us to look internally\, examining how we hold ourselves and our world morally accountable.” The Daily Californian \nMoriel Rothman-Zecher is an American-Israeli writer\, poet\, and novelist. Born in Jerusalem\, he graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in Arabic and political science. A recipient of a 2017 MacDowell Colony Fellowship for Literature\, his work has been published in The New York Times\, Haaretz\, The Paris Review’s Daily\, and elsewhere. Moriel lives in Yellow Springs\, Ohio with his wife\, Kayla\, and their dog\, Silly Department. Read more at TheLefternWall.com and follow him on Twitter @Moriel_R
URL:https://litseen.com/event/novelist-moriel-rothman-zecher/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Moriel Rothman-Zecher\, author of Sadness is a White Bird
DESCRIPTION:Moe’s welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher\, author of Sadness is a White Bird. \n“Ultimately\, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is like to be just one person at the front line of a century-old conflict. Rothman-Zecher delicately tells one deeply unique story without claiming to explain every individual’s experience or devaluing experiences unlike his own. Written in beautiful prose\, with sentences that will leave you tearing up on the bus ride to work\, Rothman-Zecher complicates our worldview and forces us to look internally\, examining how we hold ourselves and our world morally accountable.” The Daily Californian
URL:https://litseen.com/event/moriel-rothman-zecher-author-of-sadness-is-a-white-bird/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Moriel Rothman-Zecher in conversation with Ayelet Waldman
DESCRIPTION:Moe’s welcomes Moriel Rothman-Zecher\, author of Sadness is a White Bird. \n“Ultimately\, “Sadness is a White Bird” is a nuanced examination of what it is like to be just one person at the front line of a century-old conflict. Rothman-Zecher delicately tells one deeply unique story without claiming to explain every individual’s experience or devaluing experiences unlike his own. Written in beautiful prose\, with sentences that will leave you tearing up on the bus ride to work\, Rothman-Zecher complicates our worldview and forces us to look internally\, examining how we hold ourselves and our world morally accountable.” The Daily Californian \nAyelet Waldman is the author of A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood\, My Marriage\, and My Life\, 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 is the editor of Inside This Place\, Not of It: Narratives from Women’s Prisons and of the forthcoming Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation. \nMoriel Rothman-Zecher is an American-Israeli writer\, poet\, and novelist. Born in Jerusalem\, he graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in Arabic and political science. A recipient of a 2017 MacDowell Colony Fellowship for Literature\, his work has been published in The New York Times\, Haaretz\, The Paris Review’s Daily\, and elsewhere. Moriel lives in Yellow Springs\, Ohio with his wife\, Kayla\, and their dog\, Silly Department.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/moriel-rothman-zecher-in-conversation-with-ayelet-waldman/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180620T193000
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SUMMARY:Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, June 20\, 7:30pm\nThis Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown \nLyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series \nLyrics and Dirges is our flagship 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. \nHosted and Curated by Mk Chavez\, Sharon Coleman\, and Lark Omura. \nEvery third Wednesday of the month at Pegasus Books Downtown. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, June 20\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Ave\n\nBerkeley\, CA\n\n\n\n\n\nShattuck Location
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-dirges-a-monthly-reading-series-4/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180620T200000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Nap · Chapter Three\, The Secret of Forgotten Stars
DESCRIPTION:Slip your shoes off\, lie down\, and drift away to poetry and music of the masters woven into enchanting\, witty and immersive tales. Enter the luxurious\, the sublime and subliminal for the world premiere of Poetry Nap ★ Chapter 3\, The Secret of Forgotten Stars.  \nJoin us\, Lady and Lord Dosis\, time voyagers of the dream world\, as we guide you through the fantastical cosmos. \nEnjoy the elegant\, cozy environment of Rudramandir\, with cushions\, blankets\, carved wood columns\, Persian rugs\, and dreamy tea as you recline and cuddle with some of our most treasured poets from times past and present such as Pablo Neruda\, Maya Angelou\, Walt Whitman\, Michael McClure\, Mary Oliver\, e e cummings\, and Gary Snyder to name but a few. Though we provide some cush\, for the fullest plush\, bring your own additional quilts\, pillows\, PJs\, pals\, and panache. \nYou do the resting. We do the rest. \nEthereally\, surreally\, and really yours\, \nLady & Lord Dosis \nhttp://poetrynap.com\nOur Facebook Event
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-nap-%c2%b7-chapter-three-the-secret-of-forgotten-stars/
LOCATION:Rudramandir\, 830 Bancroft Way\, Berkeley\, 94710
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Hazel White
DESCRIPTION:presents Vigilance is No Orchard\, an experimental poem sequence inspired by a famous garden now in ruin.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/hazel-white/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:TELEGRAPH OPEN MIC (FEATURES: DAPHNE GOTTLIEB AND SAGE CURTIS)
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 23rd and Telegraph in Oakland for a six-slot open mic alongside two amazing features. This month’s show features Daphne Gottlieb and Sage Curtis! \nMusic by TBA. \nTelegraph Open Mic takes place every fourth Friday from 7-9:00 PM at our Uptown location. It will have six open-mic slots open to the public. Spots are filled on a first-come\, first-serve basis and the list opens at 7:00 PM sharp. As is the case with our musicians and features at all events\, open-mic readers from the community will be held to the Nomadic Press Safe Space Statement. Please see below. \nSafe Space Statement \nNomadic Press events are safe spaces for those who have been silenced and marginalized. There is no room for racism\, misogyny\, homophobia\, or transphobia whether in the content of one’s reading or in one’s interactions with members of the community. We will protect the safety of this space by revoking a reader’s access to the microphone if we feel they have violated these guidelines\, and we encourage community members to come to us if someone has violated these guidelines away from the microphone. We are a community\, and we will work together to ensure that the safety of our most vulnerable members is prioritized above all else. \nCome early to sign up for the open mic and share your latest work! Curated and emceed by Rene Vaz. \nTo help pay for our space and our artists and ensure that we can continue our robust programming series\, we are calling for $10 at the door (plus whatever else you may be able to give)\, but no one turned away for lack of funds. Nomadic Press books\, as always\, will be for sale at the event. \nWine and Red Bay coffee will be available.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/telegraph-open-mic-features-daphne-gottlieb-and-sage-curtis/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Julian Francis Park\, Lauren Levin\, and Isabel Bezerra Balee
DESCRIPTION:Julian Francis Park lives in Oakland and writes poems\, narrative\, literary criticism\, and social theory. Through the Bay Area Public School Julian facilitates a writing workshop\, “Writing with world stuff\,” at the Omni Commons\, where Julian also is on the Communications and Challenging Dominant Cultures working groups. Julian works reception in Causa Justa/Just Cause’s Tenants’ Rights Clinic. Tweets: @jfpark3; links: https://jfpark.tumblr.com/texts \nLauren Levin is the author of The Braid (Krupskaya) and Justice Piece/Transmission (forthcoming\, Timeless\, Infinite Light 2018). They are a Summer 2018 Columnist at Open Space\, SFMoma’s arts and culture platform and from 2011-2014\, co-edited the Poetic Labor Project. Lauren is from New Orleans and lives in Richmond\, CA. \nIsabel Bezerra Balée writes poems and works at a nonprofit in Berkeley. Previously\, she has taught creative writing at Tulane University. Born and raised in New Orleans\, with roots in Northern Brazil\, she feels a deep connection to floodplains. Links and writings can be found at: ibalee.tumblr.com. Isabel lives in Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/julian-francis-park-lauren-levin-and-isabel-bezerra-balee/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Poetry with Kim Addonizio\, Donna Masini\, Brittany Perham
DESCRIPTION:Poetry with Kim Addonizio\, Donna Masini\, Brittany Perham\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, June 22\, 7:30pm\nPegasus Books Downtown \nPegasus welcomes renowned poets Kim Addonizio\, Donna Masini\, and Brittany Perham\, for an evening of shared words from recent works. \nKim Addonizio is the author of a dozen books\, most recently Bukowski in a Sundress: Confessions from a Writing Life (Penguin)\, and a poetry collection\, Mortal Trash (W.W. Norton). Her writing has appeared in the New York Times\, The Sun\, Poetry\, Narrative\, and elsewhere. She is an occasional presenter for BBC Radio. She lives in Oakland\, CA\, and teaches poetry workshops privately and online. Visit her at www.kimaddonizio.com. \n \n  \nDonna Masini’s third book of poems\, 4:30 Movie (W.W. Norton and Co.\, 2018) will be out this May.  She is the author of Turning to Fiction (W.W. Norton 2004)\, That Kind of Danger (Beacon Press\, 1994)\, and a novel\, About Yvonne (W.W. Norton\,1998). Her work has appeared in journals and anthologies including Poetry\, Ploughshares\, American Poetry Review\, Open City\, The Paris Review\, Parnassus\, Pushcart Prize\, Brooklyn Poets\, Best American Poetry 2015.  A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships\, she is a Professor of English at Hunter College where she teaches in the MFA Creative Writing program. She is at work on a novel\, The Good Enough Mother. \n \nBrittany Perham is the author of Double Portrait (W.W. Norton\, 2017)\, which received the Barnard Women Poets Prize; The Curiosities (Free Verse Editions\, 2012); and\, with Kim Addonizio\, the collaborative chapbook The Night Could Go in Either Direction (SHP\, 2016). She is a Jones Lecturer in the Creative Writing Program at Stanford University\, where she was a Wallace Stegner Fellow. She lives in San Francisco. \n \n  \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nFriday\, June 22\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Ave\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94704\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMortal Trash: Poems (Paperback)\n\nBy Kim Addonizio\n$15.95\nISBN: 9780393354348\nAvailability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days\nPublished: W. W. Norton & Company – August 1st\, 2017\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4:30 Movie: Poems (Hardcover)\n\nBy Donna Masini\n$25.95\nISBN: 9780393635508\nAvailability: Coming Soon – Available for Pre-Order Now\nPublished: W. W. Norton & Company – May 29th\, 2018\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDouble Portrait (Hardcover)\n\nBy Brittany Perham\n$26.95\nISBN: 9780393354010\nAvailability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days\nPublished: W. W. Norton & Company – August 8th\, 2017
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-with-kim-addonizio-donna-masini-brittany-perham/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180623T160000
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SUMMARY:For Kids ages 4-8 Leslie Crawford
DESCRIPTION:Presents Sprig the Rescue Pig\, nspired by the true story of a feisty swine who escapes a delivery truck and ends up at an animal sanctuary\, this gently humorous tale introduces kids to an intelligent\, inquisitive\, and very appealing pig. \n“May Sprig help people to see what wonderful individuals pigs truly are.”–Sy Montgomery\, author of The Good Good Pig\, Tamed & Untamed\, and The Soul of an Octopus \nTo reserve your seat\, purchase a copy of Sprig the Rescue Pig by speaking to a bookseller or ordering from our website. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, June 23\, 2018 – 4:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\nThings aren’t looking good for Sprig\, who is packed into a fast-moving truck with dozens of other pigs. He doesn’t know where they’re going but his nose knows there’s something better out there. \nSo with one dramatic leap\, or really more of a tumble\, Sprig sets out on a pig-centered adventure that leads him to his new best friend\, a girl named Rory. Inspired by true events\, this light-hearted tale introduces kids to an intelligent and inquisitive pig who finds his way to an animal sanctuary. \nThe book includes a bonus section called “More About Pigs\,” where curious readers will learn that pigs are smart enough to play video games\, enjoy sleeping in cozy pig piles\, run really fast\, and other amazing facts. \nA journalist and editor for more than twenty years\, Leslie Crawford has primarily written about health and education. It was thanks to her 12-year-old daughter Molly\, who has never met an animal she doesn’t like\, that Leslie developed an interest in writing about animals. Crawford lives in San Francisco with her two children\, six chickens\, five foster pigeons\, and a bearded dragon lizard named Georgia.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/for-kids-ages-4-8-leslie-crawford/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180624T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180624T170000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Flash -- featuring Kim Addonizio\, Donna Masini\, and Brittany Perham
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome back our friends from Poetry Flash on Sunday\, June 24th at 3pm. The month’s feature poets are Kim Addonizio\, Donna Masini\, and Brittany Perham. \nKim Addonizio’s latest book of poems is Mortal Trash. Terrance Hayes calls it  “Peerless poetry…reliably remarkable clarity\, edge\, and emotion.” This is her seventh collection. She’s been a finalist for the National Book Award\, received a Guggenheim Fellowship\, two NEA Fellowships\, and a Pushcart Prize. Among her other publications are four books of fiction and her Bukowski in a Sundress: Confessions from a Writing Life. An occasional presenter for BBC radio\, she teaches workshops privately and online. \nDonna Masini’s new book of poems is 4:30 Movie. Tracy K. Smith says\, “Truly inspired…4:30 Movie is a stunning\, playful\, searing\, healing collection that will enlarge the reader and revive something crucial in American poetry.” Her two previous collections are Turning to Fiction and That Kind of Danger.  She has also published a novel\, About Yvonne. The recipient of an NEA Fellowship and another from the New York Foundation for the Arts\, she has won a Pushcart Prize and appeared in Best American Poetry 2015. \nBrittany Perham’s second book of poems\, Double Portrait\, won the Barnard Women Poets Prize\, selected by Claudia Rankine. Eavan Boland says\, “This unswerving\, ambitious work brings the reader on a wild and thrilling journey. The poems lead into a world where desire\, the body\, memory and invention are looked at in the bright light of language; nothing forgiven\, everything laid bare.…” She is also the author of the full-length collection The Curiosities and\, with Kim Addonizio\, the chapbook The Night Could Go in Either Direction. A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University\, she is now a Jones Lecturer in their Creative Writing Program.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-featuring-kim-addonizio-donna-masini-and-brittany-perham/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180625T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180625T210000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Express presents a reading with Sandra Anfang\, Looking Glass Heart
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Express presents a reading with Sandra Anfang\, Looking Glass Heart\, Himalayan Flavors\, 1585 University Avenue\, Berkeley\, free\, 7:00-9:00
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-express-presents-a-reading-with-sandra-anfang-looking-glass-heart/
LOCATION:Himalayan Flavors\, 1585 University Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180626T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180626T210000
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SUMMARY:Berkeley Arts & Letters presents Porochista Khakpour / Sick: A Memoir / with Achy Obejas
DESCRIPTION:June 26\, 2018\, 7:30pm\nHillside Club\, 2286 Cedar St.\, Berkeley\nTickets available now! \nFor as long as writer Porochista Khakpour can remember\, she has been sick. For most of that time\, she didn’t know why.  All of her trips to the ER and her daily pain and lethargy only ever resulted in one question: How could any one person be this sick? Several drug addictions\, three major hospitalizations\, and over $100\,000 later\, she finally had a diagnosis: late-stage Lyme disease. In the tradition of Brain on Fire and Darkness Visible\, an honest\, beautifully rendered memoir of chronic illness\, misdiagnosis\, addiction\, and the myth of full recovery. SICK is a candid\, illuminating narrative of hope and uncertainty\, boldly examining the deep impact of illness on one woman’s life. \n Porochista Khakpour’s debut novel Sons and Other Flammable Objects was a New York Times Editor’s Choice\, one of the Chicago Tribune’s Fall’s Best\, and the 2007 California Book Award winner in the “First Fiction” category. Her second novel The Last Illusion was a 2014 “Best Book of the Year” according to NPR\, Kirkus\, Buzzfeed\, Popmatters\, Electric Literature\, and many more.  Among her many fellowships is a National Endowment for the Arts award. Her nonfiction has appeared in many sections of The New York Times\, the Los Angeles Times\, Elle\, Slate\, Salon\, and Bookforum\, among many others. Currently\, she is guest faculty at VCFA and Stonecoast’s MFA programs as well as Contributing Editor at The Evergreen Review. Born in Tehran and raised in the Los Angeles area\, she lives in New York City’s Harlem. Her author photo was taken by Sylvie Roskoff. \nPlease note: \nConversation to be followed by a Q&A and signing. \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. If the cost of admission would be a financial hardship that might prevent you from attending\, please let us know.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/berkeley-arts-letters-presents-porochista-khakpour-sick-a-memoir-with-achy-obejas/
LOCATION:Hillside Club\, 2286 Cedar St\,  Berkeley\, CA\, 94709\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180627T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180627T200000
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SUMMARY:Keep Begin Detach: inspired by Pauline Oliveros
DESCRIPTION:June 27 (wednesday) in the evening time from 6:30-8pm \nThe Event \nKeep Begin Detach: Multimedia Essays \nCome to EM Wolfman for an exploration of text and image\, music and silence\, meditation and performance. Inspired by Pauline Oliveros\, Katarina Countiss and friends will bring engaging elements to classics and original work. \nThere’s time for you to read or perform something if you want to (read: open mic) \nHope to see you there and tune in to the event streaming on fb!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/keep-begin-detach-inspired-by-pauline-oliveros/
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=UTC:20180627T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180627T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162643
CREATED:20180531T222314Z
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SUMMARY:Perfectly Queer-East Bay: Pride Zine Fest
DESCRIPTION:Guest curator Anand Vedawala presents four East Bay queer zine creators: Erin Stokes\, Lawrence Lindell\, Maira\, and Nia King
URL:https://litseen.com/event/perfectly-queer-east-bay-pride-zine-fest/
LOCATION:Laurel Book Store\, 1423 Broadway\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180627T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180627T213000
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SUMMARY:DON MIGUEL RUIZ presents THE THREE QUESTIONS:  How to Discover and Master the Power Within You In conversation with co-author Barbara Emrys
DESCRIPTION:The beloved spiritual teacher builds on the message of his enduring New York Times and international bestseller The Four Agreements with this profound guide that takes us deeper into the tradition of Toltec wisdom\, helping us find and use the hidden power within us to achieve our fullest lives. \nIn The Four Agreements\, Don Miguel Ruiz introduced seekers on the path to enlightenment to the tenets of Mesoamerican spiritual culture — the ancient Toltec. Now\, he takes us deeper into Native American practice\, and asks us to consider essential questions that drive our lives and govern our spiritual power. Three eternal questions can help us into our power and use it judiciously: \n>  Who am I?\n>  What is real?\n>  How do I express love? \nAt each stage in our lives\, we must ask these simple yet deeply profound questions. Finding the answers will open the door to the next stage in our development\, and eventually lead us to our complete\, truest selves. But as Don Miguel Ruiz makes clear\, we suffer if we do not ask these questions — or if we fail to pay attention to their answers — because we either never act on our power or use it destructively. Only when power is anchored in our identity and in reality will it be able to be in synch with the universe — and be of true benefit to ourselves and to others. \nThe three questions provide a practical framework that allows readers to engage with Ruizs transformative message and act as a vehicle for overcoming fear and anxiety and discovering peace of mind. An essential guide for all travelers pursuing self-knowledge\, understanding\, and acceptance\, The Three Questions is the next step in our unique spiritual metamorphosis. \n—\nDon Miguel Ruiz is an international bestselling author\, and has dedicated his life to sharing the wisdom of the ancient Toltec through his books\, lectures and journeys to sacred sites around the world. \nBarbara Emrys is a spiritual teacher and the author of The Red Clay of Burundi: Finding God\, the Music\, and Me. \nPlease note: \nEach ticket includes one copy of The Three Questions. Don Miguel will pre-sign the books. \nConversation to be followed by a Q&A. Additional details coming soon. \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/don-miguel-ruiz-presents-the-three-questions-how-to-discover-and-master-the-power-within-you-in-conversation-with-co-author-barbara-emrys/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley\, 2345 Channing Way\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180630T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180630T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Release: Collapse by Cassandra Dallett
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Uptown\, Oakland\, location for the much-anticipated release of Cassandra Dallett’s full-length poetry collection\, Collapse! \nIt’s going to be an amazing evening of readings\, live music\, gnosh / refreshments\, and friends of Nomadic Press as we launch this treasure of a book into the universe. \nReadings by TBA\, pop-up surprise Nomadic Press readers\, and of course\, the star of the evening\, Cassandra Dallett. Books will be available for purchase and there will be a signing following the event ($12 each). Music by TBA! \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-release-collapse-by-cassandra-dallett/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180704T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180704T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T162643
CREATED:20180704T211204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180704T211204Z
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SUMMARY:Ivy Johnson\, Syd Staiti\, Isabel Bezerra Balé
DESCRIPTION:Ivy Johnson is a poet and performance artist in Oakland\, CA. Her book\, As They Fall\, is a collection of 110 notecards for aleatoric ritual and was published by Timeless\, Infinite Light in 2013. She is co-founder of The Third Thing\, an ecstatic feminist performance art duo. Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs published their self-titled chapbook\, The Third Thing\, in 2016. Her book Born Again is just out from The Operating System. \nSyd Staiti is the author of The Undying Present (Kurpskaya 2015) and In the Stitches (Trafficker 2010). \nIsabel Bezerra Balée writes poems and works at a nonprofit in Berkeley. Previously\, she has taught creative writing at Tulane University. Born and raised in New Orleans\, with roots in Northern Brazil\, she feels a deep connection to floodplains.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ivy-johnson-syd-staiti-isabel-bezerra-bale/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180705T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180705T213000
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SUMMARY:AMBER TAMBLYN presents ANY MAN
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, July 5\, 2018\, 7:30pm\nHillside Club\, 2286 Cedar St.\, Berkeley\nTickets available soon! \nIn her electric and provocative debut novel Any Man\, Amber Tamblyn blends genres of poetry\, prose\, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence\, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture. \nA violent serial rapist is on the loose\, who goes by the name Maude. She hunts for men at bars\, online\, at home — the place doesn’t matter\, neither does the man. Her victims then must live the aftermath of their assault in the form of doubt from the police\, feelings of shame and alienation from their friends and family\, and the haunting of a horrible woman who becomes the phantom on which society projects its greatest fears\, fascinations\, and misogyny. All the while the police are without leads and the media hound the victims\, publicly dissecting the details of their attack. \nWhat is extraordinary is how as years pass these men learn to heal\, by banding together and finding a space to raise their voices. Told in alternating viewpoints signature to each voice and experience of the victim\, these pages crackle with emotion\, ranging from horror to breathtaking empathy. \nAs bold as it is timely\, Any Man paints a searing portrait of survival and is a tribute to those who have lived through the nightmare of sexual assault. \n— \nAmber Tamblyn\, author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection Dark Sparkler\, has been nominated for Emmy\, Golden Globe\, and Independent Spirit awards. She has published two additional books of poetry\, Free Stallion (2005)\, which won the Borders Book Choice Award for Breakout Writing\, and Bang Ditto (2009)\, an IndieNext bestseller. Tamblyn reviews books of poetry for Bust Magazine\, is poet in residence at Amy Poehlers Smart Girls and is a contributing writer for The New York Times. Her work has appeared in Glamour\, Teen Vogue\, the San Francisco Chronicle\, the Iowa Review Poets & Writers\, PANK\, and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.​ \nPlease note: \nQ&A and signing to follow. More information to come soon. \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. If the cost of admission would be a financial hardship that might prevent you from attending\, please let us know.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/amber-tamblyn-presents-any-man/
LOCATION:Hillside Club\, 2286 Cedar St\,  Berkeley\, CA\, 94709\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180706T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180706T210000
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SUMMARY:OAKLAND FIRST FRIDAYS AT NOMADIC PRESS!
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! Join us at Nomadic Press as we celebrate Oakland First Fridays! Featuring readings by 4-5 Nomadic Press authors in our intimate space amongst the hustle at 23rd and Telegraph Avenue. Come early and catch our authors reading on a street stage just down the block at 6:30 PM. This month features readings by TBD and music by TBD. \nTo help pay for our space and our artists and ensure that we can continue our robust programming series\, we are asking for suggested donations of $10-15 at the door\, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF). Nomadic Press books\, as always\, will be for sale at the event. \nWine and Red Bay coffee will be available.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/oakland-first-fridays-at-nomadic-press-3/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poets Coalition
DESCRIPTION:June 2\, July 7\, August 4\n3:00 – 5:00 PM\n\nSTRAWBERRY 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)\nCheck in at the front desk and you will be directed to the meeting location\n(usually Movie Room\, or backyard garden)\n\nAll Ages Welcome\n\nCome and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around —\n3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too 🙂\n\n\n\nAfter the reading\, join us for dinner if you’d like at a nearby restaurant
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poets-coalition-5/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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