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SUMMARY:Bill McKibben\, Sy Montgomery\, Jennifer Ackerman\, Mary Ellen Hannibal For Books On B
DESCRIPTION:Fundraising Goal: $2000 \nIt’s a tough time for local bookstores\, what with the social distancing and the sheltering in place. So we’re raising funds to help local Bay Area bookstores stay in business\, with a series of fundraisers. This event will feature Bill McKibben\, Sy Montgomery\, Jennifer Ackerman and Mary Ellen Hannibal. \nBill McKibben is an author and environmentalist who in 2014 was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize\, sometimes called the ‘alternative Nobel.’ \nSy Montgomery’s 28 books for both adults and children have garnered many honors. The Soul of an Octopus was a 2015 Finalist for the National Book Awards. The Good Good Pig\, her memoir of life with her pig\, Christopher Hogwood\, is an international bestseller. \nJennifer Ackerman has been writing about science and nature for three decades. She is the author of eight books\, including The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk\, Work\, Play\, Parent\, and Think\, just published by Penguin Press\, and the New York Times bestseller\, The Genius of Birds. \nMary Ellen Hannibal is a long-time journalist focused on natural history and literature. Her most recent book\, Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction\, was named one of 2016’s best non-fiction books by the San Francisco Chronicle. \nThis event is hosted by Charlie Jane Anders\, organizer of Writers With Drinks. \nAll proceeds benefit Books on B in Hayward. Shop online now! \n\nJune 5 at 12 PM\nRegister at Eventbrite\n\n\nWe use the conferencing system Zoom. After you sign up you’ll get an email with the Zoom access code. (Check that Eventbrite is using your current email address.) You don’t have to join with video\, but it’s nice to see faces.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bill-mckibben-sy-montgomery-jennifer-ackerman-mary-ellen-hannibal-for-books-on-b/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco,Virtual
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi in conversation with Eileen Donahoe / Running Toward Mystery: The Adventure of An Unconventional Life
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is pleased to collaborate with The Internet Archive to host a virtual event with The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi for his new book\, co-authored with Zara Houshmand\, Running Toward Mystery: The Adventure of An Unconventional Life. He’ll be in conversation with Eileen Donahoe. This event will be held on June 5th\, Saka Dawa\, a day celebrating Buddha’s birth\, enlightenment\, and parinirvana (passing from this life). It is said that Saka Dawa is an especially auspicious day for spiritual practice. \nPlease note: This is a ticketed event. Tickets are on sale here and below. \n \nPurchase of the book will also grant you access to a brief one-on-one with Tenzin following the event\, during which he’ll be happy to virtually sign your book. Due to time constraints\, this offer is valid for the first 100 book sales. \nYou may purchase the book here or below — be sure to include a note in the special field that you’d like to attend the event. \nDon’t hesitate to reach out with any questions: events@booksmith.com. \n\n“A necessary and captivating narrative of spiritual courage and truth seeking far beyond the veil of our contemporary delusions.” – Sting \nBorn in India to a prominent Hindu Brahmin family\, the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi was only six years old when he began having visions of a mysterious mountain peak\, and of men with shaved heads wearing robes the color of sunset. “It was as vivid as if I were watching a scene from life\,” he writes. And so at the age of ten\, he ran away from boarding school to find this place—taking a train to the end of the line and then riding a bus to wherever it went. \nStrangely enough\, he ended up at a Buddhist monastery that was the place in his dreams. His frantic parents and relatives set out to find him and\, after two weeks\, located him and brought him home. But he continued to have visions and feel a strong pull to a spiritual life in a tradition that he had never heard of as a child. Today\, he is a revered monk and teacher as well as President and CEO of The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, where he works to build bridges among communities and religions.\n \nRunning Toward Mystery is the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi’s profound account of his lifelong journey as a seeker. At its heart is a story of striving for enlightenment\, the vital importance of mentors in that search\, and of the many remarkable teachers he met along the way\, among them the Dalai Lama\, Archbishop Desmond Tutu\, and Mother Teresa. “Teachers come and go on their own schedule\,” Priyadarshi writes. “I clearly wasn’t in charge of the timetable and it wasn’t my place to specify how a teacher should teach.” And arrive they did\, at the right time\, in the right way\, to impart the lessons that shaped a life of seeking\, devotion\, and deep human connection across all barriers.\n \nRunning Toward Mystery is the bracing and beautiful story of a singular life compelled to contemplation\, and a riveting narrative of just how exciting that journey can be. \n\nEVENT SCHEDULE: All time are Pacific Time \nBe sure to join us early for a live musical prelude \n\n12:55 PM: Musical Prelude by members of Del Sol Quartet\n1:05 PM: Welcome by Brewster Kahle\, Founder\, Internet Archive\n1:10-2:10 PM: Conversation with the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi and Eileen Donahoe\, an expert in human rights\, cyber security and foreign policy\n2:10-2:30 PM: Q & A\n2:30-2:45 PM: Break\n2:45-3:45 PM: 1 on 1 with the author for a Virtual Book Signing (limited to first 100 book buyers thru this Booksmith link.)\n\n\nThe Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi is an innovative thinker\, philosopher\, educator and a polymath monk. He is President & CEO of The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. \n  \nEileen Donahoe is Executive Director of the Global Digital Policy Incubator (GDPI) at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center. She served as the first US Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva during the Obama Administration. After leaving government\, she was Director of Global Affairs at Human Rights Watch where she represented the organization worldwide on human rights foreign policy\, with special emphasis on digital rights\, cybersecurity and internet governance. Among her many degrees\, Donahoe received a Ph.D. in Ethics and Social Theory from the Graduate Theological Union Cooperative Program with UC Berkeley. \nViolist Charlton Lee and cellist Kathryn Bates are members of the Del Sol String Quartet. The internationally-acclaimed quartet is a leading force in the Bay Area music scene\, championing music by living artists that explores aspects of social change\, technology\, and artistic innovation. Del Sol has premiered hundreds of works\, released 9 albums\, and produces vibrant productions and educational experiences. \n 
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SUMMARY:Zoom Forward! #12 with Julia Chiapella\, Julie Murphy\, Cynthia White
DESCRIPTION:Phren-Z\, The Hive Poetry Collective\, and Bookshop Santa Cruz present Zoom Forward! #11 with Julia Chiapella\, Julie Murphy\, Cynthia White part of the Zoom Forward Reading Series—an ongoing reading series to showcase writers\, keep our cultural spritits high\, and support Bookshop Santa Cruz. \nJoin the Santa Cruz Writes/phren-Z email list by subscribing here. Weekly Zoom links will be emailed to you. Contact Jory Post with any questions at jory@cruzio.com.
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SUMMARY:Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #12
DESCRIPTION:90 minutes\n30 readers\n3 minutes each\nOn Zoom! \nFREE AND ALL WELCOME! \nShowing up is one amazing form of support that we really appreciate. Another is financial. Money = energy to us\, and donating sends one signal (of many) that you would like our work to continue. If 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/e/nomadic-press-virtual-open-mic-12-tickets-107293473668; \nOR 3) donating through the website at www.nomadicpress.org/donate \nWe have a short goal of $150. \nIt feels really important to gather in these times\, and we need to prioritize the health of most vulnerable community members (our elders\, those who work with elders\, and those with suppressed immune systems). So we are hosting another virtual open mic! Feel free to join just to listen\, too! We can hold up to 100 people. \nHosted by Nazelah Jamison (with J. K. on tech). It’s a continuing experiment\, and we hope you can join us! \nSign Up Here:\nhttps://forms.gle/1ZNKSnnzRZpXxvUE7 \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’ Virtual Open Mic #12\nTime: Jun 5\, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81930707090 \nMeeting ID: 819 3070 7090\nOne tap mobile\n+16699006833\,\,81930707090# US (San Jose)\n+12532158782\,\,81930707090# US (Tacoma) \nDial by your location\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 929 205 6099 US (New York)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)\nMeeting ID: 819 3070 7090\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kxmPPLiHu
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT: Eric Cervini and Johnny Sibilly
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Crowdcast on Friday June 5th at 7PM PDT for a conversation between author Eric Cervini and Pose actor Johnny Sibilly on The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual vs. The United States of America. Co-sponsored by the GLBT Historical Society of San Francisco. \nWant your book signed? \n1. Order a copy of The Deviant’s War from Green Apple \n2. Submit your receipt here \n3. Receive a limited edition custom bookplate\, signed by Eric\, to place in your book! \nAbout The Deviant’s War \nFrom a young Harvard- and Cambridge-trained historian\, the secret history of the fight for gay rights that began a generation before Stonewall. \nIn 1957\, Frank Kameny\, a rising astronomer working for the U.S. Defense Department in Hawaii\, received a summons to report immediately to Washington\, D.C. The Pentagon had reason to believe he was a homosexual\, and after a series of humiliating interviews\, Kameny\, like countless gay men and women before him\, was promptly dismissed from his government job. Unlike many others\, though\, Kameny fought back. \nBased on firsthand accounts\, recently declassified FBI records\, and forty thousand personal documents\, The Deviant’s Warunfolds over the course of the 1960s\, as the Mattachine Society of Washington\, the group Kameny founded\, became the first organization to protest the systematic persecution of gay federal employees. It traces the forgotten ties that bound gay rights to the Black Freedom Movement\, the New Left\, lesbian activism\, and trans resistance. Above all\, it is a story of America (and Washington) at a cultural and sexual crossroads; of shocking\, byzantine public battles with Congress; of FBI informants; murder; betrayal; sex; love; and ultimately victory.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/virtual-event-eric-cervini-and-johnny-sibilly/
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