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SUMMARY:Amy Stewart
DESCRIPTION:Amy Stewart\, the bestselling author of Girl Waits with Gun\, returns with another adventure featuring the fascinating\, feisty\, and unforgettable Kopp sisters. \nAfter besting (and arresting) a ruthless silk factory owner and his gang of thugs in Girl Waits with Gun\, Constance Kopp became one of the nation’s first deputy sheriffs. She’s proven that she can t be deterred\, evaded\, or outrun. But when the wiles of a German-speaking con man threaten her position and her hopes for this new life\, and endanger the honorable Sheriff Heath\, Constance may not be able to make things right. \nLady Cop Makes Trouble sets Constance loose on the streets of New York City and New Jersey–tracking down victims\, trailing leads\, and making friends with girl reporters and lawyers at a hotel for women. Cheering her on\, and goading her\, are her sisters Norma and Fleurette–that is\, when they aren’t training pigeons for the war effort or fanning dreams of a life on the stage. Based on a true story\, Girl Waits with Gun introduced Constance Kopp and her charming and steadfast sisters to an army of enthusiastic readers. Those readers will be thrilled by this second installment–also ripped from the headlines–in the romping\, wildly readable life of a woman forging her own path\, tackling crime and nefarious criminals along the way. \nAmy Stewart is the award-winning author of seven books\, including her acclaimed fiction debut Girl Waits With Gun and the bestsellers The Drunken Botanist and Wicked Plants. She and her husband live in Eureka\, California\, where they own a bookstore called Eureka Books.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/amy-stewart/
LOCATION:Book Passage Marin\, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. \, Corte Madera\, CA\, 94925\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free
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SUMMARY:Anita Cruz + John Landry
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in our Readers Bookstore Fort Mason for our weekly FREE poetry series! \nBrowse books while listening to internationally acclaimed poets and artists such as Jonathan Richman\, David Meltzer\, Diane di Prima and California Poet Laureate Al Young. The series is curated by Friends’ Resident Poet Jack Hirschman. (For a list of the scheduled readers\, please see the line up below.) \nProceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/anita-cruz-john-landry/
LOCATION:Readers Bookstore\, Fort Mason Center\, Building C\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94123\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Queens Read Celebrity Autobiographies!
DESCRIPTION:Trashy! Tawdry! Page after page of smut and gossip! We love to hate them —and can’t get enough of them —they are Celebrity Autobiographies! \nCome celebrate the BEST of the absolute WORST celebrity autobiographies to ever line a bookstore shelf. To celebrate this achievement in awful celebrity prose\, our guest readers for the night are some of the most iconic queens in the Bay Area! Donna Sachet\, Sue Casa\, Sugah Betes\, MuthaChucka\, Shane Zaldivar\, and Daft-nee Gesuntheit! Your host and curator each month is James J. Siegel. \nAs always Literary Speakeasy is FREE. But for this evening\, we will be collecting donations and raffling off prizes to raise money for Strut in the Castro. So bring your donations\, order a martini\, and laugh along to some of the worst celebrity autobiographies these queens could find!! \nPerformer bios:\nDaft-nee Gesuntheit! has been a San Francisco staple since showing up on the scene six years ago. Since her inception\, she has performed at the legendary Marlena’s Bar in the Hayes Valley Follies\, Cookie Dough’s Monster Show at The Edge Bar\, Sunday’s A Drag at The Starlight Room\, and Oasis as Jo Polniaczek (pronounced Pole-nuh-check) in Facts of Life and Charlotte York in Sex and the City. Fond of fundraising\, she participates in galas for the Academy of Friends; she is a Princess of the Imperial Court\, a miracle worker and shiny gem in the community. Befriend her on Facebook for more fun and frivolity. \nDonna Sachet started her adventure in San Francisco over twenty years ago and the City has applauded her fun-loving spirit\, quick wit\, and musical talent ever since. Donna can be seen throughout the Community\, judging contests\, emceeing fund-raisers\, cutting ribbons\, and hosting parties and was featured in individual stories in The SF Chronicle\, SF Bay Guardian\, GLOSS magazine\, and on ABC television. Donna currently writes a biweekly column for the publication Bay Area Reporter and stars in the weekly Sunday’s A Drag brunch shows\, now in its eleventh year\, at the Starlight Room atop the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. In 2009\, Donna Sachet was the first drag personality in history to sing the National Anthem for a major league sports game at AT&T Park for the SF Giants. A short film about her\, named Sachet\, was completed in 2014 and included in the Frameline Film Festival. \nMuthaChucka is a tireless performer\, fundraiser and political dragtivist based in San Francisco\, host of her own show in the Castro\, Sex\, Drags & Rock n Roll at the Midnight Sun & SOMA party Try Some Thing at the Stud. Mutha has worked on behalf of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation\, AIDS Housing Alliance\, Tenderloin Tessies Holiday Dinners\, Project Open Hand\, and countless other charities in the Bay Area and beyond! Having discovered her love of performing at an early age MuthaChucka has been amazing audiences with her fierce lipsynch\, unique song choices\, and gracious hosting ever since! With a rubbery face of a thousand expressions and a clever sensibility that never fails to amuse\, she has made people laugh and cry with her riveting performances and twisted sense of humor! For calendar and booking information check out www.Muthachucka.com. \nShane Zalidvar has been living in San Francisco for nearly three years since moving from Florida and graduating from Oaksterdam University. During that time\, drag in the Bay area has become his art-therapy. He says\, “The performer community has incredible talent and invites authenticity to shine way beyond the stage. I’m lucky to be a part of it with a sensual\, androgynous\, and sometimes creepy style. Come see for yourself\, it’s so much fun!” \nSUE CASA is best described as the village idiot. With an amazing ability to paint the same exact face every time and wear the same exact wig\, her look is…well….recognizable. She is a hostess of the weekly Monster Show at the Edge Bar\, and Miss Trannyshack 2013. \nSugah Betes is an anachronism. She’s a larger than life character. Really she’s larger than most things in the room. She’s a funny girl with a real smart mouth on her. Her style is sequins and petticoats and her make-up is modified clown. She is a co-hostess of The Monster Show\, the Castro’s longest running drag show.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/queens-read-celebrity-autobiographies/
LOCATION:Martuni’s\, 4 Valencia St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Kathrine LaFleur
DESCRIPTION:Laurel Book Store in collaboration with Juma Ventures welcomes author Kathrine LaFleur in launching her new book Moonlight Hunting. \nWith one quarter of the Cardonian population in his grip\, Fillian Barnabas has made his way into the Steeple Basin and the next phase of his plan to usurp all control of Cardonia. But Moonlight is close on his heels\, determined to rescue the friends Barnabas has taken hostage\, and to put an end to his dominion. Separated from the small group of dissenters who pulled her into this fight in the first place\, Moonlight must face not only a lethally dangerous Persuasive\, but her own inner demons if she is to survive and win freedom for herself and her kingdom. \nKathrine LaFleur is thrilled to be working with Juma Ventures\, a youth-run social enterprise operation that provides youth with resources to fulfill their potential and have a positive impact in their communities. As an author and educator\, LaFleur hopes to empower young readers to value their unique qualities and inspire them to transform obstacles into opportunities to triumph .LaFleur will donate a percentage of book sales to Juma Ventures. \nKathrine LaFleur grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has been an educator for nearly twenty years and enjoys nurturing a love of reading and writing in her students. She has written six books for a range of ages from four years to young adult. She hopes that her writing will empower readers to value their unique qualities and see their own potential to transform obstacles into opportunities to triumph. She currently lives and works in Oakland as an elementary school teacher. \nJuma strives to break the cycle of poverty by paving the way to work\, education\, and financial capability for youth across America. We believe that the world’s greatest social service is a job. But a Juma job is more than that. A Juma job socially engages youth and teaches them leadership skills while building confidence for a successful career. Juma serves as a launching pad to the real world.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kathrine-lafleur/
LOCATION:Laurel Book Store\, 1423 Broadway\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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