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SUMMARY:Katharine Dion\, The Dependents
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz presents Katharine Dion\, in conversation with Elizabeth McKenzie\, for her new book\, The Dependents—a wise and lyrical debut novel about a new widower confronting the truth about his long marriage. This event is part of our Debuts of Summer series. Receive a collectible button\, designed by Bookshop\, to commemorate this event.  \nAfter the sudden death of his wife\, Maida\, Gene is haunted by the fear that their marriage was not all it appeared to be. Alongside Ed and Gayle Donnelly\, friends since college days\, he tries to resurrect happy memories of the times the two couples shared\, raising their children in a small New Hampshire town and vacationing together at a lake house every summer. Meanwhile\, his daughter\, Dary\, challenges not only his happy version of the past but also his view of Maida. As a long-standing rift between them deepens\, Gene starts to understand how unknown his daughter is to him–and how enigmatic his wife was as well. And a lingering suspicion seizes his mind that could upend everything he thought he knew. \nKatharine Dion’s assured debut moves seamlessly between Gene’s present-day journey and the long history of a marriage and friendship. Rich and wonderfully alive\, The Dependents is the most moving kind of drama\, an intimate glance into the expanse of family life and the way we must all eventually bridge the chasm between what we want to believe and what we know to be true. \n“The Dependents is a big book\, one that grapples with important questions through generations…Dion’s intelligence and ambition truly shine through sentence after sentence.” —Kate Walbert\, National Book Award finalist and author of A Short History of Women \nKatharine Dion was born in Oakland\, California. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, where she was awarded the Iowa Arts Fellowship. She has also been a MacDowell Fellow and the recipient of a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation. She lives in Berkeley\, California. The Dependents is her first novel. \nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave.\, Santa Cruz\, CA. Chairs for open seating are usually set up an hour before the event begins.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/katharine-dion-the-dependents/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Big Ideas Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future by Johan Norberg\nOur world seems to be collapsing. The daily news cycle reports the deterioration: divisive politics across the Western world\, racism\, poverty\, war\, inequality\, hunger. While politicians\, journalists and activists from all sides talk about the damage done\, Johan Norberg offers an illuminating and heartening analysis of just how far we have come in tackling the greatest problems facing humanity. In the face of fear-mongering\, darkness and division\, the facts are unequivocal: the golden age is now. \nJohan Norberg is a lecturer\, documentary filmmaker and internationally acclaimed author. He is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington DC and the European Centre for International Political Economy in Brussels. A frequent commentator in Swedish and international media\, he has a weekly column in Sweden’s biggest daily\, Metro.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/big-ideas-reading-group/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Jessamyn Stanley\, Every Body Yoga
DESCRIPTION:This event will be a part of Bookshop Santa Cruz’s Women’s Voices effort in August. You can read more about the program here. \nBookshop is delighted to welcome Yoga teacher Jessamyn Stanley\, who will discuss and sign copies of her book\, Every Body Yoga\, in which she shares her path to becoming a yogi and embracing looking different from the lean practitioners typically shown in the media. This mix of memoir and guide is suffused with Stanley’s enthusiasm and honesty. Part one reveals her early encounters with yoga\, along with the discouragement that stemmed from being a “fat girl”; it goes back to her childhood eating habits and family life\, and also includes an honest\, vulnerable FAQ (“What if I’m the fattest person in the class and everyone stares at me?”). Part two includes Stanley’s witty nutshell history of modern yoga and breaks down the different styles and recommends useful clothing\, mats\, and props. Part three is devoted to the “ABCs of Asana\,” or yoga postures\, and also recommends asking “How do I feel?” rather than “How do I look?” In part four\, Stanley teaches readers to do yoga on their own by sharing stories of her own triumphs. In part five\, Stanley reminds readers that everyone struggles while doing yoga\, including her. This touching work is a must for those new to yoga\, no matter their age or body type. – Publisher’s Weekly \nHere are “directions to 50 basic yoga poses and 10 sequences to practice at home\, all photographed in full color. It’s a book that challenges the larger issues of body acceptance and the meaning of beauty. Most of all\, it’s a book that changes the paradigm\, showing us that yoga isn’t about how one looks\, but how one feels\, with yoga sequences like ‘I Want to Energize My Spirit\,’ ‘I Need to Release Fear\,’ ‘I Want to Love Myself'” \nAs an internationally recognized yoga teacher and Instagram star\, Jessamyn Stanley conducts yoga workshops across the country\, teaching students of all shapes\, sizes\, and colors how to make yoga a permanent part of their lives. A rising media favorite\, Jessamyn has been profiled and featured by a wide range of international and national news outlets\, including Good Morning America\, New York\, Glamour\, Shape\, Al Jazeera English\, the Huffington Post\, The Daily Mail\, The Sunday Times Style\, and People\, among others. She won a 2016 Shortie Award (honoring excellence in social media) in the Healthy Living Category. She lives in Durham\, North Carolina. \n  \nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Open seating is usually set up about an hour before the event begins.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jessamyn-stanley-every-body-yoga/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180813T140000
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SUMMARY:Non-Fiction Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:Sapiens by Yuval Harari\nOne hundred thousand years ago\, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods\, nations\, and human rights; to trust money\, books\, and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy\, timetables\, and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come? \nIn Sapiens\, Professor Yuval Noah Harari spans the whole of human history\, from the very first humans to walk the earth to the radical–and sometimes devastating–breakthroughs of the cognitive\, agricultural\, and scientific revolutions. Drawing on insights from biology\, anthropology\, paleontology\, and economics\, and incorporating full-color illustrations throughout the text\, Harari explores how the currents of history have shaped our human societies\, the animals and plants around us\, and even our personalities. Have we become happier as history has unfolded? Can we ever free our behavior from the legacy of our ancestors? And what\, if anything\, can we do to influence the course of the centuries to come? \nBold\, wide-ranging\, and provocative\, Sapiens integrates history and science to challenge everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts\, our actions\, our heritage…and our future.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/non-fiction-discussion-group/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Paula Saunders\, The Distance Home
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop welcomes Paula Saunders for a reading and signing of her riveting novel\, The Distance Home. This event is part of our Debuts of Summer series. \nIn the years after World War II\, the bleak yet beautiful plains of South Dakota still embody all the contradictions–the ruggedness and the promise–of the old frontier. This is a place where you can eat strawberries from wild vines\, where lightning reveals a boundless horizon\, where descendants of white settlers and native Indians continue to collide; and where\, for most\, there are limited options. \nRené shares a home\, a family\, and a passion for dance with her older brother\, Leon. Yet for all they have in common\, their lives are on remarkably different paths. In contrast to René\, a born spitfire\, Leon is a gentle soul. The only boy in their ballet class\, Leon silently endures often brutal teasing. Meanwhile\, René excels at everything she touches\, basking in the delighted gaze of their father\, whom Leon seems to disappoint no matter how hard he tries. \nAs the years pass\, René and Leon’s parents fight with increasing frequency–and ferocity. Their father–a cattle broker–spends more time on the road\, his sporadic homecomings both yearned for and dreaded by the children. And as René and Leon grow up\, they grow apart. They grasp whatever they can to stay afloat–a word of praise\, a grandmother’s outstretched hand\, the seductive attention of a stranger–as René works to save herself\, crossing the border into a larger\, more hopeful world\, while Leon embarks on a path of despair and self-destruction. \nTender\, searing\, and unforgettable\, The Distance Home is a profoundly American story spanning decades–a tale of haves and have-nots\, of how our ideas of winning and losing\, success and failure\, lead us inevitably into various problems with empathy and caring for one another. It’s a portrait of beauty and brutality in which the author’s compassionate narration allows us to sympathize\, in turn\, with everyone involved. \nPaula Saunders grew up in Rapid City\, South Dakota. She is a graduate of the Syracuse University creative writing program\, and was awarded a postgraduate Albert Schweitzer Fellowship at the State University of New York at Albany\, under then-Schweitzer chair Toni Morrison. She lives in California with her husband. They have two grown daughters. \n“Paula Saunders has given us a riveting family saga for the ages. The Distance Home is fresh\, with a seductive Midwestern innocence\, though the book’s outwardly ideal clan holds dark secrets that kept me turning pages into the wee hours. This is one of the best books I’ve read in years–destined to become a classic.” –Mary Karr \n\nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up an hour before the start time of the event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/paula-saunders-the-distance-home/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Middle Grade Writers' Craft Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend\nThe Middle Grade Writers’ Craft Discussion Group meets monthly to discuss children’s novels aimed at a middle grade (8-12 year old) audience from a writing craft perspective. \nWe are middle grade writers ourselves\, and our goal is to study the techniques used by other writers to improve our writing. For an overview of our past book selections and discussion topics\, see our blog at http://www.mglunchbreak.com. \nWe welcome both new and experienced writers with an interest in a craft-focused book discussion.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/middle-grade-writers-craft-discussion-group/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Well-RED Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:features: Joyce E. Young and David Denny\nopen mic follows \nat Works/San José\n365 South Market Street\nin downtown San José\ndoors open 6:30pm\n$2 admission\, no one turned away\nWorks is on the Market Street edge of the San José Convention Center\,\njust to the right of the parking garage entrance \nBios to come.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/well-red-reading-series-2/
LOCATION:Works/San José\, 365 S Market St\, San Jose\, CA\, 95113\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180814T193000
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SUMMARY:SF in SF Presents: An Evening with George R.R. Martin in conversation with John Picacio
DESCRIPTION:SF in SF presents an evening with George R.R. Martin\, creator of Game of Thrones\, in conversation with Hugo Award-winning artist John Picacio at the landmark Fox Theatre in Redwood City on August 14\, 2018. Join friends\, colleagues\, and co-conspirators Martin and Picacio as they delve into a discussion on literature\, art\, and life in this intimate and historic theater setting\, followed by a Q&A session with the audience. \nGeorge R.R. Martin\, John Picacio\nBorderlands Books will be on-site selling books. Please note: A limited number of signed books will be available for purchase at this event\, but Mr. Martin will not be available to sign copies of attendees’ books. \nTicket proceeds from this SF in SF fundraiser go to support the non-profit Locus SF Foundation\, parent to Locus Magazine\, the long-standing journal of record for the science fiction and fantasy fields. Launched in 1968 as a ‘zine for science fiction fans\, Locus has evolved over the past 50 years into the industry’s institution of record\, covering science fiction and fantasy publishing. The 30-time Hugo Award-winning magazine and website publishes interviews with established and up-and-coming authors; reviews of the latest novels and short fiction; news about the publishing industry and conventions; as well as international coverage\, book listings\, and more. \nLocus Magazine is a Bay Area 501(c)(3) non-profit run by the Locus SF Foundation\, which also administers the Locus Awards\, maintains an extensive collection of SF and fantasy works\, and conducts quarterly writers’ workshops. To subscribe\, visit locusmag.com/subscribe.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sf-in-sf-presents-an-evening-with-george-r-r-martin-in-conversation-with-john-picacio/
LOCATION:Fox Theatre\, Redweood City\, 2215 Broadway\, Redwood City\, CA\, 94063\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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SUMMARY:Clifford Mae Henderson\, Perfect Little Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz is pleased to present award-winning author Clifford Mae Henderson for a book discussion and signing of her new novel set in Santa Cruz during the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake\, Perfect Little Worlds. \nLucy can’t hold the secret any longer. Twenty-six years ago\, her sister did the unthinkable. \nPortland\, Oregon\, 1989: Lucy Mustin\, living somewhat happily\, pumping out wedding cakes for starry-eyed heterosexuals while she\, a lesbian\, can’t legally marry\, is called upon to travel to Santa Cruz to help her autistic sister\, Alice\, care for their Alzheimer’s-afflicted mother. She knew the call was coming sooner or later. She’d just hoped it would be later. Mother issues. The possibility that resolution might be lost to dementia is a heartbreak she doesn’t feel like feeling. \nSanta Cruz\, California\, one week later: a trip to the family bakery ups the ante tenfold when the Loma Prieta/World Series Earthquake\, racking up a whopping 7.1 on the Richter scale\, traps the sisters below ground. There\, Alice reminds Lucy of a promise made to their mother many years ago\, a promise she plans to keep. \nClifford Mae Henderson\, also writing under the name Clifford Henderson\, was named after her grandmother Clifford who once wore a nightgown to a formal event because she liked it better than any of the dresses she could find. Clifford Mae has attempted to follow in her renegade grandmother’s footsteps\, spending as much time as possible trying to shake things up. Her novels have each garnered awards\, including a Foreword Review Book of the Year Award\, an Independent Publisher Book Award\, and a Golden Crown Literary Award. When not writing\, Clifford Mae and her life partner of over a quarter century run the Fun Institute\, an improv school in Northern California where they teach the art of collective pretending. \nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up about an hour before the event begins.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/clifford-mae-henderson-perfect-little-worlds/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Gretchen McNeil with Stephanie Kuehn
DESCRIPTION:Discover the true horror of social media in #murdertrending by critically-acclaimed author Gretchen McNeil Think Scream Queens meets The Hunger Games\, in which seventeen-year-old Dee Guerrera is wrongfully convicted and sent to a prison island where  convicts are hunted down and their deaths are streamed on social media for “spikes.” With its morbid\, tongue-in-cheek sense of humor and twisty\, gasp-inducing mystery\, this novel has already been optioned for development by television studio ABC Signature. \nWelcome to the near future\, where good and honest citizens can enjoy watching the executions of society’s most infamous convicted felons\, streaming live on The Postman app from the suburbanized prison island Alcatraz 2.0.  Can Dee  prove she’s innocent before she ends up wrongfully murdered for the world to see? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis dark\, unique\, and intelligent novel comments on the horrors of social media\, and draws upon the fascination with today’s trend of murder in entertainment\, such as Serial and Making a Murderer. \nGretchen McNeil is the author of I’m Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl \, the Don’t Get Mad duology\, and the YA horror novels Possess\, 3:59\, Relic\, and Ten which was a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and was adapted as the Lifetime original movie Ten: Murder Island in 2017. \nGretchen will be chatting with Stephanie Kuehn\, author of the William C Morris Award winning Charm and Strange\, Complicit\, The Smaller Evil\, Delicate Monsters\, and When I Am Through With You. Booklist has praised her work as “Intelligent\, compulsively readable literary fiction with a dark twist.”
URL:https://litseen.com/event/gretchen-mcneil-with-stephanie-kuehn/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Poets @ Play
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, August 19\, 1pm-3:30pm\nthis month: Jarvis Subia\nEdwin Markham House in History Park\n1650 Senter Road\, San José\, CA 95112\nAdmission FREE\nFree parking in the Staff/Volunteer lot on Phelan Avenue.\nPlease enter History Park from the Phelan Avenue side. \nJarvis Subia\, San Jose’s 2018 Grand Slam Poetry Champ and a youth poetry workshop facilitator\, will be facilitating a poetry and personal story writing workshop. This will include elements such a check in\, word pallets\, poetry from current spoken word artists\, group discussion\, open sharing\, and writing prompts. The purpose of this 2 hour workshop would be to generate drafts of writing hopefully to be read on stage. This is a continuation of the workshop Jarvis began last month. If you attended that one\, you can benefit from the new material. I you missed that one\, you will not be at a disadvantage.. \nQuestions? Call 408-368-0353\nRSVP recommended but not required: poetsatplay@pcsj.org
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-play-2/
LOCATION:Edwin Markham House in History Park\, 1650 Senter Road\, San Jose\, 95112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180820T190000
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SUMMARY:Fiction Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:The Girl who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen\nEmily Benedict has come to Mullaby\, North Carolina\, hoping to solve at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother’s life. But the moment Emily enters the house where her mother grew up and meets the grandfather she never knew\, she realizes that mysteries aren’t solved in Mullaby\, they’re a way of life: Here are rooms where the wallpaper changes to suit your mood. Unexplained lights skip across the yard at midnight. \nAnd a neighbor\, Julia Winterson\, bakes hope in the form of cakes\, not only wishing to satisfy the town’s sweet tooth but also dreaming of rekindling the love she fears might be lost forever. Can a hummingbird cake really bring back a lost love? Is there really a ghost dancing in Emily’s backyard? The answers are never what you expect. But in this town of lovable misfits\, the unexpected fits right in.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fiction-discussion-group-2/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Dr. Dan Siegel
DESCRIPTION:NB: This event will be held at the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center at 555 Middlefield Rd.\, Atherton\, CA. \nDr. Dan Siegel’s work has been nothing short of game-changing. \nHis books\, like Mindsight\, Parenting from the Inside Out\, and The Whole-Brain Child\, offer unprecedented insight into the complexity of our children’s minds. Shedding the unapproachable jargon of dense neuroscience\, Siegel illustrates\, in clear and illuminating prose\, the logic of how we think and why we develop certain patterns of intuition over others. For decades\, his work has made our minds and the minds of our children accessible to us as they have never been before. \nNow\, he turns his attention to mindfulness. Introducing\, “The Wheel of Awareness”\, Siegel presents a potentially life-changing tool to support anyone\, at any level of meditation\, in cultivating more focus\, presence\, and peace in their day-to-day life. Endorsed by everyone from Deepak Chopra to Goldie Hawn and from Arianna Huffington to Sharon Salzberg\, Siegel’s most recent work promises to reshape the way we come to meditation. \nOne of the most engaging speaker’s on any subject\, join Siegel as he presents his new book: Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dr-dan-siegel/
LOCATION:Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center\, 555 Middlefield Rd\, Atherton\, 94027\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180822T190000
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SUMMARY:Books & Brews: Book Swap
DESCRIPTION:Book Swap! \nAt Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing \n402 Ingalls Street\, Santa Cruz \nEvent #4 of Bookshop’s 2018 Books & Brews Passport Series \n\nHave you ever loved a book so much that you wanted to read passages of it to people around you and share it with all your friends? Bookshop’s Books & Brews Book Swap offers passionate readers a chance to promote their favorite books and go home with a new discovery–while also enjoying delicious brews at Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing. Bring one of your favorite books (that you are willing to give away) and join a small group to talk about your books\, then listen to others sell you theirs–you’ll have 40 seconds (and we’ll have a timer). Then we swap\, White Elephant-style (except you’ll actually want the gift you get)! \n_________________________________________________________________________________________ \nSpecial Offer: Our hosts at SCMB are offering a $1-price on a single pint of any of their flagship beers for all event attendees who bring a book to swap. Thanks SCMB! \nThis event is free and open for anyone 21+ to attend. \n_________________________________________________________________________________________ \n*Remember that you must bring a book you are willing to give away to participate in this event.* \n\nAbout the series… \nBookshop’s popular summer event series returns! Books & Brews combines our love of literature and our love of craft beer. Five book-focused events will be held at some of our favorite beer houses (and one distillery!) this summer. Enjoy special offers and discounts at each beer house on the night of their event. \nBONUS: Pick up a Books & Brews Passport in the store (or print one here). Get it stamped at three or more events in the series and you’ll be entered to win a $150 Bookshop gift card.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/books-brews-book-swap-3/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing\, 402 Ingalls Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180826T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180826T170000
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
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SUMMARY:Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence with Dr. Dan Siegel
DESCRIPTION:Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence with Dr. Dan Siegel\nSunday\, August 26th\, from 7:30 – 9:00\nAt 1440 Multiversity\n1440 Multiversity in partnership with Bookshop Santa Cruz presents: Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence with Dr. Dan Siegel\, an offsite and ticketed event at 1440 Multiversity. See more details and buy your tickets here. \n1440 Multiversity welcomes back renowned psychiatrist and mindfulness expert Dan Siegel\, MD\, for a discussion of his new book\, Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence\, followed by a book signing\, in partnership with Bookshop Santa Cruz. \nFrom the New York Times best-selling author of Brainstorm and Mindsight comes an in-depth look at the science that underlies meditation’s effectiveness. In Aware\, Dan Siegel reveals how developing a Wheel of Awareness to focus attention and cultivate kind intention can help you: \n\nGrow a healthier brain\nReduce fear and anxiety\nManage stress\nFeel more energized and emotionally resilient in the face of everyday challenges.\n\nAware is a hands-on guide for experienced meditators and those new to the practice. \nDaniel Siegel\, MD\, is an award-winning educator\, renowned child psychiatrist\, and the internationally acclaimed author of Mindsight\, Brainstorm\, The Whole-Brain Child\, and more. He speaks internationally to teachers\, mental health and healthcare professionals\, business leaders\, and the general public. He is the executive director of the Mindsight Institute and a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine. \nThis event is presented in partnership with 1440 Multiversity. Tickets do not include a book. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Your event ticket does include dinner at Kitchen Table. Kitchen Table open for dinner: 5:30 – 7:00 pm.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/aware-the-science-and-practice-of-presence-with-dr-dan-siegel/
LOCATION:1440 Multiversity\, 800 Bethany Dr\, Scotts Valley\, CA\, 95066\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180827T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180827T200000
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
CREATED:20180719T053403Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180719T053555Z
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SUMMARY:Evening Literary Seminar: Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
DESCRIPTION:Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward\nThis gorgeous\, down-to-earth National Book Award Winner is not to be missed. It’s not enough to say that Salvage the Bones is the lush tale of a girl experiencing the heartache and devastation of Katrina because the novel touches on so much more. Heir to Toni Morrison in many ways\, Ward deftly and clearly communicates a reality that is heartbreaking and beautiful and inspirational and important\, particularly given today’s political and environmental climate. Please join us and learn how to read a little more deeply while enjoying this meaningful\, rich work. \nA copy of Salvage the Bones is included in the price of the Seminar and should be picked up at Kepler’s (and read) prior to the meeting date.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/evening-literary-seminar-salvage-the-bones-by-jesmyn-ward/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180829T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180829T143000
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
CREATED:20180719T053755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180719T053755Z
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SUMMARY:Daytime Literary Seminar: Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
DESCRIPTION:Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward\nThis gorgeous\, down-to-earth National Book Award Winner is not to be missed. It’s not enough to say that Salvage the Bones is the lush tale of a girl experiencing the heartache and devastation of Katrina because the novel touches on so much more. Heir to Toni Morrison in many ways\, Ward deftly and clearly communicates a reality that is heartbreaking and beautiful and inspirational and important\, particularly given today’s political and environmental climate. Please join us and learn how to read a little more deeply while enjoying this meaningful\, rich work. \nA copy of Salvage the Bones is included in the price of the Seminar and should be picked up at Kepler’s (and read) prior to the meeting date.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/daytime-literary-seminar-salvage-the-bones-by-jesmyn-ward/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180830T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180830T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
CREATED:20180721T031252Z
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SUMMARY:Lisa Locascio\, Open Me
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Lisa Locascio for a reading and signing of her evocative novel\, Open Me—the final event in our Debuts of Summer series.  \n  \nRoxana Olsen has always dreamed of going to Paris\, and after high school graduation finally plans to travel there on a study abroad program—a welcome reprieve from the bruising fallout of her parents’ divorce. But a logistical mix-up brings Roxana to Copenhagen instead\, where she’s picked up at the airport by Søren\, a twenty-eight-year-old guide who is meant to be her steward. Instantly drawn to one another\, Roxana and Søren’s relationship turns romantic\, and when he asks Roxana to accompany him to a small town in the north of Denmark for the rest of the summer\, she doesn’t hesitate to accept. There\, Roxana’s world narrows and opens as she experiences fantasy\, ritual\, and the pleasures of her body\, a thrilling realm of erotic and domestic bliss.  She is so enamored by her cohabitation and intense connection with Søren that at first\, she almost doesn’t notice that he does not give her a key to the apartment\, leaving her locked in each day while he works in the library on his African-American literature thesis. \nAs their relationship deepens\, Søren’s temperament darkens\, revealing his depression\, anxiety and prejudices.  Roxana finds herself increasingly drawn to a local outsider\, in many ways Søren’s polar opposite\, whom she learns is a Bosnian Muslim refugee from the Balkan War.  When she decides to sneak out to find him her experiences open in a way she could never have imagined. \nAn erotic coming-of-age like no other\, Open Me is a daringly original and darkly compelling portrait of a young woman discovering her power\, her sex\, and her voice; and an incisive examination of xenophobia\, migration\, and what it means to belong. \n  \nLisa Locascio’s work has been published in The Believer\, Salon\, n+1\, Bookforum\, Tin House\, American Short Fiction\, The Los Angeles Review of Books and elsewhere. She is co-publisher of Joyland and editor of 7x7LA. Lisa was born in Chicago and raised in River Forest\, Illinois\,  and received her PhD in Creative Writing and Literature and MA in English Literature from the University of Southern California. She currently teaches creative writing at Wesleyan. Open Me is her first novel. \n  \n“Locascio’s story of a young American abroad is unflinching in its portrayal of sex\, desire\, racism\, and the excitement and confusion of youth. Infused with erotics and politics\, this is a novel that will haunt you.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer \n“Through the care of her tremendous observations and the beauty of her prose\, Lisa Locascio writes a kind of love letter to the female body and all its power and visceral complexity. This is a story of many important layers\, but one of the many reasons it remains distinct in my mind is because of its honesty about our complicated\, yearning physical selves. A remarkable\, fearless debut.”—Aimee Bender\, author of The Color Master \n“Captivating and darkly clever\, Locascio’s debut melds self-discovery and self-abnegation with raw\, muscular grace.  By turns beguiling\, guileless\, and penetratingly felt\, this book seethes with eroticism\, both physical and emotional—you won’t dare to pry yourself away from it.”—Alexandra Kleeman\, author of You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine \n“A lush\, evocative novel you won’t be able to put down. Open Me is a masterful debut.” —T.C. Boyle\, author of The Harder They Come \n  \nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up an hour before the event begins.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lisa-locascio-open-me/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180908
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180910
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
CREATED:20180721T031648Z
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SUMMARY:Amplify: A Storytellling Conference for People of Color
DESCRIPTION:Featuring workshops with Shanthi Sekaran on Writing Outside Your Cultural Experience\, Norman Antonio Zelaya on Cadence\, Community and Representation\, and Vanessa Hua on Narrative Journalism\, amongst others.\n\n\nWe’ve already sold 30% of our tickets in the first 3 days\, so get the Early-Bird deal and buy with a friend now! \n\n\n\nAbout Amplify \n\nWe write\, produce\, craft\, investigate\, report as a means to tell our and our communities stories\, because the stories we hear about us are not told by us. As storytellers\, we contribute to and preserve culture\, we entertain with anecdotes\, and most importantly\, we shape the popular narratives\, fictional or factual\, that inform public opinion and in turn\, public policy. \nAmplify is a chance to connect with other storytellers\, learn from their mastery\, and explore issues that influence your work including race\, class\, community\, and ethics. Keynotes include Glynn Washington from WNYC’s Snap Judgment\, Aimee Allison\, President of Democracy In Color\, Rhodessa Jones\, Director of The Medea Project\, and Mina Morita\, Artistic Director of Crowded Fire Theater. \nBuy your tickets now at bit.ly/amplifypoc
URL:https://litseen.com/event/amplify-a-storytellling-conference-for-people-of-color/
LOCATION:UC Berkeley
CATEGORIES:East Bay,San Francisco,South Bay
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ORGANIZER;CN="Amplify":MAILTO:info@amplifyconf.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180911T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180911T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
CREATED:20180801T000926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T000926Z
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SUMMARY:Well-RED Reading Series featuring Lisa Dominguez Abraham and Stephen Kessler 
DESCRIPTION:Well-RED\nReading Series\nTuesday\, September 11\, 7:00pm\nfeatures: Lisa Dominguez Abraham and Stephen Kessler \nopen mic follows \nat Works/San José\n365 South Market Street\nin downtown San José\ndoors open 6:30pm\n$2 admission\, no one turned away\nWorks is on the Market Street edge of the San José Convention Center\,\njust to the right of the parking garage entrance \nBios to come.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/well-red-reading-series-featuring-lisa-dominguez-abraham-and-stephen-kessler/
LOCATION:Works/San José\, 365 S Market St\, San Jose\, CA\, 95113\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180926T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180926T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
CREATED:20180924T014858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T014858Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Sean Penn\, Author of 'Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff'
DESCRIPTION:“Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff” (Atria Books) by two-time Academy Award(R)-winning actor\, writer and director Sean Penn\, is Mr. Penn’s first novel. The darkly humorous book tells the picaresque story of Bob Honey\, a middle-aged\, divorced\, disillusioned man living in a nondescript house on a nondescript street in Woodview\, California. Bob Honey is a man of many trades-sewage specialist\, purveyor of pyrotechnics\, contract killer for a mysterious government agency that pays in small bills. The novel is a revised and expanded work based on an audiobook (no longer available) narrated by Penn and released in October 2016 under the pseudonym Pappy Pariah. \nPenn has been nominated five times for an Academy Award as Best Actor for “Dead Man Walking\,” “Sweet and Lowdown” and “I Am Sam” and won in 2003 for his searing performance in Clint Eastwood’s “Mystic River” and his second in 2009 for Gus Van Sant’s “Milk.” He has worked as an actor\, writer\, producer and director on over 100 theater and film productions. \nAs a filmmaker\, Penn has crafted powerful dramas such as “The Indian Runner” and “Into the Wild\,” which garnered him nominations from the Directors Guild Awards and Writers Guild Awards. He also wrote and directed the US contribution to the compilation film “11’09’01” and engages in political and social activism. This includes his criticism of the George W. Bush administration\, his contact with the Presidents of Cuba and Venezuela\, and his humanitarian work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (2005) and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. \nEach ticket includes a pre-signed copy of “Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff.” Additional books will be available for sale at the event for $24 plus tax. Book sales provided by Books Inc. Palo Alto. \nThe evening will be moderated by Anne Elise Kornblut\, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist currently serving as director of strategic communications for Facebook.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/an-evening-with-sean-penn-author-of-bob-honey-who-just-do-stuff/
LOCATION:Albert and Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall\, 3921 Fabian Way\, Palo Alto\, 94303
CATEGORIES:South Bay
ORGANIZER;CN="The Oshman Family JCC":MAILTO:info@paloaltojcc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181003T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181003T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
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SUMMARY:Black Power\, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s
DESCRIPTION:In his new book\, Marc Dollinger charts the transformation of American Jewish political culture from the Cold War liberal consensus of the early postwar years to the rise and influence of Black Power-inspired ethnic nationalism. He shows how\, in a period best known for the rise of black anti-Semitism and the breakdown of the black-Jewish alliance\, black nationalists enabled Jewish activists to devise a new Judeo-centered political agenda-including the emancipation of Soviet Jews\, the rise of Jewish day schools\, the revitalization of worship services with gender-inclusive liturgy\, and the birth of a new form of American Zionism. \nUndermining widely-held beliefs about the black-Jewish alliance\, Dollinger describes a new political consensus\, based on identity politics\, that drew blacks and Jews together and altered the course of American liberalism. \nMarc Dollinger is the author of “Quest for Inclusion: Jews and Liberalism in Modern America\,” and co-editor of “California Jews and American Jewish History: A Primary Source Reader.” He holds the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies and Social Responsibility at San Francisco State University. \n“Dollinger’s illuminating book illustrates that many American Jewish leaders were not only sympathetic to Black Power but were supportive of it. Dollinger shows that the American Jewish turn toward issues of Jewish continuity owes a great debt to the Black Power movement and that Jewish leaders understood that early on. This book will significantly change how we view the American Jewish 1960s and their aftermath.”\n~ Shaul Magid\, Indiana University\, Bloomington and Shalom Hartman Institute of North America \nThe ticket price includes a copy of the book.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/black-power-jewish-politics-reinventing-the-alliance-in-the-1960s/
LOCATION:Oshman Family JCC\, 3921 Fabian Way\, Palo Alto\, 94303
CATEGORIES:South Bay
ORGANIZER;CN="The Oshman Family JCC":MAILTO:info@paloaltojcc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181008T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181008T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
CREATED:20180924T015110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T015110Z
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SUMMARY:'Hitler\, My Neighbor: Memories of a Jewish Childhood\, 1929-1939'
DESCRIPTION:“Hitler My Neighbor: Memories of a Jewish Childhood\, 1929-1939” is about Edgar Feuchtwanger’s unique experience as a young boy\, watching Hitler from inside the windows of his home as the world around him crumbled. \nEdgar Feuchtwanger was born in Munich in 1924 and immigrated to England in 1939. He studied at Cambridge University and taught history at the University of Southampton until he retired in 1989. His major works include “From Weimar to Hitler\, Disraeli\, and Imperial Germany 1850-1918.” In 2003 he received the Order of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany for promoting Anglo German relations. \nThe event will be moderated by Dr. Nathan Szajnberg. Born in Germany and raised in the US\, Dr. Szajnberg attended college and medical school at the University of Chicago. He was the Freud Professor of Psychoanalysis at the Hebrew University and is the author of several books on development\, as well as a recent novel\, Jerusaland: An Insignificant Death. In April 2018\, Dr. Szajnberg spoke at TEDxPaloAlto and his talk can be viewed here. \nDr. Szajnberg is in private practice in Palo Alto. \n“The title says it all. A young Jewish boy growing up in Munich in the 1930s\, Feuchtwanger writes about living across the street from Hitler\, the future mass murderer he could see through his window.”\n~ New York Times Book Review \n“He can’t wrap his mind around the contradictions\, but neither can many adults. Illuminating how it was possible for so many to be so confused is the book’s great achievement.”\n~ New Yorker \n“The narrative\, presented in a rigorous and pleasant way…harmoniously blends the account of the everyday life of this wealthy\, refined and cultivated Jewish family…and that of political events as they unfolded under their windows.”\n~ Le Figaro
URL:https://litseen.com/event/hitler-my-neighbor-memories-of-a-jewish-childhood-1929-1939/
LOCATION:Albert and Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall\, 3921 Fabian Way\, Palo Alto\, 94303
CATEGORIES:South Bay
ORGANIZER;CN="The Oshman Family JCC":MAILTO:info@paloaltojcc.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181011T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181020T170000
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
CREATED:20180830T220104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180830T220104Z
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SUMMARY:Litquake 2018
DESCRIPTION:Full schedule is here
URL:https://litseen.com/event/litquake-2018/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:East Bay,North Bay,San Francisco,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181011T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181015T190000
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
CREATED:20180923T235915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180923T235915Z
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SUMMARY:Irish Arts & Writers Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Irish Arts & Writers Festival brings together Irish writers and audiences in the historic and intimate town of Los Gatos\, CA (located an hour south of San Francisco) for an arts and culture festival held in several venues over three days. Additional events in 2018 are scheduled for Berkeley\, Oakland and San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/irish-arts-writers-festival/
LOCATION:Los Gatos CA\, Los Gatos\, California\, CA\, 95030
CATEGORIES:San Francisco,South Bay
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ORGANIZER;CN="Irish Arts &amp%3B Writers Festival":MAILTO:irishwriterslosgatos@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181031T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181031T170000
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
CREATED:20181031T213347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181031T213347Z
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SUMMARY:Red Light Lit at lille æske
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, December 1\, 2018\n8pm | Doors at 7:30pm\nTickets: $10-$20 Sliding Scale \nRed Light Lit is a mashup of live music and poetry set to a live score by David Williams. The evening celebrates its debut poetry anthology\, Love Is the Drug & Other Dark Poems.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/red-light-lit-at-lille-aeske/
LOCATION:lille æske\, 13160 Central Avenue\, Boulder Creek\, CA\, 95006\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181103T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181103T213000
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
CREATED:20180923T234954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180923T234954Z
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SUMMARY:The Heart of the Goddess: Art\, Myth and Meditations on the World’s Sacred Feminine
DESCRIPTION:The Sacred Feminine is rising all over the planet\, and with it\, the values of compassion\, peacemaking\, nurturance and love of the Earth. There is renewed awareness of feminine expressions that have been revered for millenia. \nHallie Iglehart Austen shares a wide-reaching selection of art\, meditations\, poetry\, prayers\, values\, and living lessons of Goddess culture. Respect for the Earth\, restoration of community\, and regaining the long-lost power of women are inseparable. Immerse yourself in a rich\, multi-media experience of Goddesses from around the world and throughout time\, for a transmission of healing\, teaching\, and the Sacred Feminine in all of us. \nAusten began studying ancient Greek language and mythology in her youth. She has been teaching spirituality and the wisdom of the divine feminine since 1974\, and is author of Womanspirit Meditations and The Heart of the Goddess.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-heart-of-the-goddess-art-myth-and-meditations-on-the-worlds-sacred-feminine-2/
LOCATION:East West Bookstore\, 324 Castro Street\, Mountain View\, 94041
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181201T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181201T220000
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
CREATED:20181128T221340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T221400Z
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SUMMARY:Red Light Lit at lille æske
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, December 1\, 2018\n8pm | Doors at 7:30pm\nTickets: $10-$20 Sliding Scale \nRed Light Lit is a mashup of live music and poetry set to a live score by David Williams. The evening celebrates its debut poetry anthology\, Love Is the Drug & Other Dark Poems.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/red-light-lit-at-lille-aeske-2/
LOCATION:lille æske\, 13160 Central Avenue\, Boulder Creek\, CA\, 95006\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181209T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181209T193000
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
CREATED:20181128T220602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T220602Z
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SUMMARY:San José Poetry Slam
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, December 9\nhosted by Mighty Mike McGee\, Santa Clara County Poet Laureate\nfeature: tba\nDoors and sign up list opens at 5:00pm\nSign up list closes at 5:29pm\nShow starts at 5:30pm\nFollow the Slam on Facebook! \nat Cafe Stritch\n374 South First Street\nin downtown San José\nAdmission: $5 to $10 sliding scale\n(and yes we do accept credit cards)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/san-jose-poetry-slam-2/
LOCATION:Cafe Stritch\, 374 S. First Street\, San Jose\, CA\, 95113\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181214T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181214T220000
DTSTAMP:20260627T214316
CREATED:20181128T225027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181128T225027Z
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SUMMARY:MICHELLE OBAMA at SAP Center at San Jose
DESCRIPTION:Books Inc. will be selling copies of Becoming\, the memoir by the former First Lady of the United States\, at her December 14 event with Michelle Norris at SAP Center at San Jose. \nTICKETS \nMichelle Obama’s live U.S. book tour events in support of her highly anticipated memoir\, BECOMING will come to SAP Center at San Jose on December 14\, and will feature intimate and honest conversations between Mrs. Obama and a selection of to-be-announced moderators\, reflective of the extraordinary stories shared in the wide-ranging chapters of her deeply personal book. \nAttendees will hear firsthand Mrs. Obama’s intimate reflections on the experiences and events\, both public and private\, that have shaped her\, from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work\, to her years spent at the most famous address in the world. Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America – the first African-American to serve in that role – she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history\, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world. \nBECOMING will be released on November 13 in the U.S. and Canada by the Crown Publishing Group\, a division of Penguin Random House\, as well as in 28 languages around the world. An audio edition of the book\, read by Mrs. Obama\, will be simultaneously issued in digital and physical formats by Penguin Random House Audio. \nMichele Norris will moderate the upcoming San Jose stop on Friday\, December 14th at SAP Center at San Jose. Michele Norris is one of the most trusted voices in American journalism. She is the former host of NPR’s All Things Considered and Founding Director of The Peabody Award-winning Race Card Project. Norris is the author of The Grace of Silence and has worked for ABC News\, The Washington Post\, The Chicago Tribune and The Los Angeles Times. She is The Executive Director of The Bridge\, the Aspen Institute’s program that uses narrative exchange to create connections among people of different backgrounds and perspectives. \n\nOutlined below are a few “Key Things to Know” about the event and SAP Center at San Jose. If you have any further questions\, please don’t hesitate to call us at 408-287-7070. \n\nEVENT TIMELINE \nPlease keep the following times in mind as you plan your arrival at SAP Center: \nWill Call opens at 6:00 p.m.\nDoors open at 7:00 p.m.\nEvent is scheduled to begin at 8:00 p.m.\n*All times are subject to change \n\nSAP CENTER FAQs \nOur entire SAP Center Guest Services team is here to make sure your visit to our venue is an exceptional one! Click here for Frequently Asked Questions. \n\nDIRECTIONS & PARKING \nDriving to SAP Center?\nGet turn by turn directions here. \nParking Options\nUpon arrival at SAP Center at San Jose\, you will have a number of easily accessible on-site parking options for only $25 per car. Additional parking options are available at varied prices and distances from the arena. You can view the full parking map here. \n\nPUBLIC TRANSPORTATION \nWith a heavy volume of traffic expected\, we encourage all attendees to take advantage of the San Jose Diridon station located immediately across the street from SAP Center. \nThis station location allows you to easily travel to and from the event via several public transportation options. For more info\, click here. \n\nSPECIAL ASSISTANCE \nGuests requiring accessible parking and a convenient passenger drop-off area may park in SAP Center’s ABC Parking Lot and enter through the North Entrance. The North Entrance is adjacent to the parking lot. \nA complete list of accessibility services can be found here. \n\nUSING THE UBER ZONE AT SAP CENTER \nUsing Uber to get to the show? All you need to do is: \nDownload the Uber app and enter promo code SAPCENTER2018 or click here to sign up and get your first Uber ride free\, up to $20.\nRequest a ride through the Uber app and set your destination as SAP Center.\nAsk your driver to drop you off in our designated drop off locations on Autumn and Montgomery Streets. After the show\, walk west of the arena and request your ride from the Uber Zone on Stockton Avenue for the smoothest pick-up experience. \nTICKETS \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nFriday\, December 14\, 2018 – 8:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nSAP Center\n525 W Santa Clara St\n\nSan Jose\, CA\n\n\n\n\nEvent Terms:\n\nPeninsula Events\nSouth Bay
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LOCATION:SAP Center\, 525 W Santa Clara St\, San Jose\, CA\, 95113\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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