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  • Tessa Hadley

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Tessa Hadley returns to Mrs. Dalloway's to read from her new novel, Late in the Day. "Perceptive, finely wrought....Hadley is a writer of the first order, and...

  • Book Discussion: The Art of Relevance

    Oakland Public Library - Main Branch 125 - 14th Street, Oakland

    How can you re-ignite your community and create greater participation? Join us for an informal discussion of Nina Simon’s recent book, The Art of Relevance,...

  • MICHELLE CADY at Books Inc. Berkeley

    Books Inc. Berkeley 1491 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Health & wellness coach Michelle Cady discusses her quintessential lifestyle guide, Self-Care in the City: 100 Ways to Optimize Your Nutrition, Fitness. Brimming with practical tips for finding balance...

  • Sarah Stone in Conversation with Sylvia Brownrigg

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Sarah Stone in Conversation with Sylvia Brownrigg discussing Stone's new novel, Hungry Ghost Theater, "a thrilling hybrid of a novel about the intricacies of family life...

  • Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: Sketchtasy

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore presents Sketchtasy. Sketchtasy brings 1990s gay culture startlingly back to life, as Alexa and her friends grapple with the impact of growing up at a...

  • The American Welfare State in the Age of Trump

    Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse What are some of the current challenges to maintaining social welfare programs for the nation's most...

    Free – $10

  • The American Welfare State in the Age of Trump

    Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    What are some of the current challenges to maintaining social welfare programs for the nation's most vulnerable people in the Trump era? Tina Sacks is assistant professor...

    $10

  • Dahr Jamail & Antonia Juhasz: Is Our Earth in Hospice Mode?

    First Congregational Church of Berkeley 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents IS OUR EARTH IN HOSPICE MODE? DAHR JAMAIL + ANTONIA JUHASZ The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning...

    $12 – $15

  • Oakland First Friday Storyteller Series

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    CHILDREN'S STORYTELLER SERIES (6-7pm) Bring your young ones out for an early evening of storytelling, hands on arts activities, tiny bookmaking projects, food, music and...

    Free
  • Tosh

    Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman’s World

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    TOSH is a memoir of growing up as the son of an enigmatic, much-admired, hermetic, and ruthlessly bohemian artist during the waning years of the...

    Free

  • Oakland First Friday Teen Poetry Open Mic

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    TEEN POETRY OPEN MIC (7-9pm) Bring your poems, verses, spoken word pieces and prose to share at our Teen Open Mic, hosted by Vice Oakland...

    Free

  • BAPC OPEN POETRY READING

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA   Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...

  • Tess Brown-Lavoie, Leena Joshi, Victoria Ruiz and others!

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Come out for a night of poetry! Tess Brown-Lavoie writes and farms in Providence, RI. Lite Year, winner of the Fence Modern Poets Series, is her...

  • Elizabeth Treadwell, Charles Alexander, and Karen Randall

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Elzabeth Treadwell’s Penny Marvel & the book of the city of selfys is just out from Dusie. Her other books include LILYFOIL + 3 (O...

    Free

  • The Color of Law

    Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    The Color of Law Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse A forgotten history of how our government segregated America. Richard Rothstein is...

    $10

  • The Color of Law

    Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse A forgotten history of how our government segregated America. Richard Rothstein is a research associate of...

    $10

  • Left Margin LIT Reading at Novel Brewing in Oakland

    Novel Brewing Company 6510 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA

    We're partnering with Novel Brewing Company, the most literary brewery in the East Bay, to celebrate the sublime tandem of books and beer! Left Margin...

  • Robert B. Reich: The Common Good

    First Congregational Church of Berkeley 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents Robert B. Reich The Common Good Hosted by Kathryn Horsley advance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores, $15 door,...

    $12 – $15

  • Ari Banias

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Ari Banias is the author of Anybody (W.W. Norton, 2016), which was named a finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the PEN Center USA Literary...

  • New Life Issue 4 Launch Party & Postcard Making Party

    UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film ArchiveUC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive 2155 Center St, Berkeley, CA

    Oakland-based bookstore and downtown community arts hub, Wolfman Books is pleased to announce the release of the latest issue of their art and culture magazine,...

  • Tell Your Story, Speak Your Truth: Make a Zine

    Oakland Public Library - Main Branch 125 - 14th Street, Oakland

    In this workshop, make a one-page zine of your own with staff and volunteers from SF Zinefest. Everyone is invited to write, draw, cut, paste,...

    Free

  • InsideStorytime SUBLIMATION

    THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San Francisco

    featuring Tongo Eisen-Martin (Heaven Is All Goodbyes), Anita Felicelli (Love Songs for a Lost Continent), Thea Matthews, Ant Fraser Fujinaga, and Albert Alexander, will be at Laundry Gallery and Cafe, 3359 26th Street,...

  • Jan Steckel at Works in Progress Women’s Open Mic

    Plymouth Jazz and Justice Church 424 Monte Vista, Oakland

    Jan Steckel will read from her new poetry book Like Flesh Covers Bone at Works in Progress, An Open Mic for Women (a WOMEN-ONLY event,...

    $7

  • The Diesel Readers Book Group – – Radio Free Vermont

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    East Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group's discussion of Radio Free Vermont by Bill McKibben, on Monday February 11th at 7pm. As the host of Radio...