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SUMMARY:Charles Curtis Blackwell\, Vincent Kobelt\, + The All Star Revue
DESCRIPTION:Charles Curtis Blackwell\, jazz poet\, painter\, and playwright\, was born in San Francisco in 1950. His lifelong love for jazz and blues has helped him overcome the obstacle of near-blindness. He is published both nationally and internationally in a variety of magazines and publications including The New York Times\, appeared on PBS television\, and has been the recipient of many local awards. Blackwell is the author of The Fiery Response to Love’s Callings\, Is\, the Color of Mississippi Mud\, If a Pigeon Can’t Fly\, Blind Alley Cats Dream Jazz and his new album release\, Catch the First Thing Smokin’. His captivating performance reinvents the intriguing sound of jazz into transcendent poetry. \nVincent Kobelt has written poetry for the page\, the stage\, and the mic. His early work explored the murals of the Mission where he grew up\, the music of jazz\, the milk weed that cracks concrete\, the beauty of the earth\, and a cry for justice. For some time now he has been experimenting with poetry that lends itself to musical accompaniment. He has taught creative writing and California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA or Inner Spark) and has written numerous chapbooks: Peppers from my Tongue\, Volumes 1 and 2\, Textures of Pregnancy\, The Way Light Ripples on Water\, and Pinch of Salt. Recently he has collaborated with poet Charles Curtis Blackwell and musician Brian Kendricks on their poetry album\, Catch the First Thing Smokin’. \nThe All-Star Revue includes:\nRussell Brown as a musician plays acoustic and electric guitar\, electric bass\, and piano. Born in St. Louis educated in California\, music became a part of his life when he began playing drums in elementary school (4th grade\, age 8). In middle school (7th grade\, age 11) he started playing trombone\, which he played throughout high school. Inspired by the sound of the electric guitar\, Russell started teaching himself how to play at 13 years old. Today\, the passion and inspiration that fueled that young man still burns bright. \nSandra Poindexter’s musical experience expands from classical to jazz\, Cuban\, mariachi\, and flamenco. She is a former member of alto sax player John Handy’s group\, John Handy with Class. Some highlights over the last 15 years include The Village Vanguard in New York; The 1989 Monterey Jazz Festival; Oakland Paramount (Black Filmmaker Awards honoring Dizzy Gillespie); San Francisco\, San Mateo\, San Jose\, Russian River Jazz Festivals; and touring extensively throughout Japan. \nPoindexter is currently a member of Orquesta La Moderna Tradicion. This group has performed for over 10 years\, playing engagements such as the Summer Festival at Lincoln Center in New York; John Ford Theater in Los Angeles; San Jose and San Francisco Jazz Festivals; Stern Grove; the Smithsonian Institute in D.C.; Yoshi’s San Franciso/Oakland and La Peña in Berkeley. Sandra is currently also a member of Avotcja and Modupue as well as Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids\, with whom she toured Germany\, England\, Czechoslovakia\, Denmark\, Sweden and Switzerland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/charles-curtis-blackwell-vincent-kobelt-the-all-star-revue/
LOCATION:Top of the Mark at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel\, 999 California St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Julien Poirier: Out of Print
DESCRIPTION:Release party for the new poetry collection \nOut of Print by Julien Poirier. With Elaine Kahn\, author of Women in Public. \nNo. 14 in the Spotlight Poetry Series published by City Lights Books \nThe third full-length collection by Julien Poirier\, Out of Print is a truly bicoastal volume\, reflecting the poet’s years in New York as well as his return to his Bay Area roots. Consider it a meetinghouse between late New York School and contemporary California surrealism\, a series of quips intercepted from America’s underground poetry telegraph\, or an absurdist mirror held up to consumerist culture. \n“Welcome Julien Poirier! What a distinct inspired voice. His work is abundant in surprise. His musical\, often bonkers play of language is\, for me\, a source of delight & revelation.”––David Meltzer \nJulien Poirier is the author of several poetry collections\, including El Golpe Chileño (Ugly Duckling\, 2010)\, Stained Glass Windows of California (Ugly Duckling\, 2012)\, and Way Too West (Bootstrap\, 2015) and Out of Print (City Lights). In 2005\, he published an experimental newspaper novel\, Living! Go and Dream (Ugly Duckling). He is also the editor of an anthology of writing by Jack Micheline\, One of a Kind (Ugly Duckling\, 2008)\, and a book of travel journals by Bill Berkson\, Invisible Oligarchs (Ugly Duckling\, 2015). A founding member of Ugly Duckling Presse Collective\, Poirier edited the newspaper New York Nights from 2001 to 2006. He has taught poetry in New York City public schools and at San Quentin State Prison. He lives in Berkeley with his wife and two daughters.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/julien-poirier-out-of-print/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Paolo Bacigalupi
DESCRIPTION:Pegasus Books presents Paolo Bacigalupi\, on his paperback tour for The Water Knife \nPaolo Bacigalupi\, New York Times-Bestselling author and National Book Award Finalist\, dives once again onto our uncertain future with The Water Knife\, his first thriller for adults since his multi-award winning debut phenomenon The Windup Girl.In the American Southwest\, Nevada\, Arizona\, and California skirmish for dwindling shares of the Colorado River. Into the fray steps Angel Velasquez\, detective\, leg-breaker\, assassin and spy. A Las Vegas water knife\, Angel “cuts” water for his boss\, Catherine Case\, ensuring that her lush\, luxurious arcology developments can bloom in the desert\, so the rich can stay wet\, while the poor get nothing but dust. \nWhen rumors of a game-changing water source surface in drought-ravaged Phoenix\, Angel is sent to investigate. There\, he encounters Lucy Monroe\, a hardened journalist with no love for Vegas and every reason to hate Angel\, and Maria Villarosa\, a young Texas refugee who survives by her wits and street smarts in a city that despises everything that she represents.  With bodies piling up\, bullets flying\, and Phoenix teetering on collapse\, it seems like California is making a power play to monopolize the life-giving flow of a river. For Angel\, Lucy\, and Maria time is running out and their only hope for survival rests in each other’s hands. But when water is more valuable than gold\, alliances shift like sand\, and the only thing for certain is that someone will have to bleed if anyone hopes to drink. \nPaolo Bacigalupi’s writing has appeared in WIRED Magazine\, High Country News\, Salon.com\, OnEarth Magazine\, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction\, and Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. His short fiction been anthologized in various “Year’s Best” collections of short science fiction and fantasy\, nominated for three Nebula Awards\, four Hugo Awards\, and won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best science fiction short story of the year. His short story collection PUMP SIX AND OTHER STORIES was a 2008 Locus Award winner for Best Collection and also named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly \nHis debut novel THE WINDUP GIRL was named by TIME Magazine as one of the ten best novels of 2009\, and also won the Hugo\, Nebula\, Locus\, Compton Crook\, and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards. Internationally\, it has won the Seiun Award (Japan)\, The Ignotus Award (Spain)\, The Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis (Germany)\, and the Prix Planète-SF des Blogueurs (France). His debut young adult novel\, SHIP BREAKER\, was a Micheal L. Printz Award Winner\, and a National Book Award Finalist\, and its sequel\, THE DROWNED CITIES\, was a 2012 Kirkus Reviews Best of YA Book\, A 2012 VOYA Perfect Ten Book\, and 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist. \nHe has also written ZOMBIE BASEBALL BEATDOWN for middle-grade children\, about zombies\, baseball\, and\, of all things\, meatpacking plants. Another novel for teens\, THE DOUBT FACTORY\, a contemporary thriller about public relations and the product defense industry was a both an Edgar Award and Locus Award Finalist. His latest novel for adults THE WATER KNIFE\, a near-future thriller about climate change and drought in the southwestern United States. He currently lives in Western Colorado with his wife and son\, where he is working on a new novel.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/paolo-bacigalupi/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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