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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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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181031T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181031T170000
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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:20260627T203024
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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181201T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181201T220000
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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
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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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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
URL:https://litseen.com/event/michelle-obama-at-sap-center-at-san-jose/
LOCATION:SAP Center\, 525 W Santa Clara St\, San Jose\, CA\, 95113\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190110T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190110T210000
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SUMMARY:NYMBC Presents KIERSTEN WHITE & ADRIENNE YOUNG at Palo Alto
DESCRIPTION:Not Your Mother’s Book Club presents New York Times-bestselling author Kiersten White in celebration of Slayer–book one in her brand-new series set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Kiersten will be in conversation with Adrienne Young\, author of the much-buzzed debut fantasy Sky in the Deep. \n\nAbout Slayer: Into every generation a Slayer is born…\nNina and her twin sister\, Artemis\, are far from normal. It’s hard to be when you grow up at the Watcher’s Academy\, which is a bit different from your average boarding school. Here teens are trained as guides for Slayers–girls gifted with supernatural strength to fight the forces of darkness. But while Nina’s mother is a prominent member of the Watcher’s Council\, Nina has never embraced the violent Watcher lifestyle. Instead she follows her instincts to heal\, carving out a place for herself as the school medic.\nUntil the day Nina’s life changes forever.\nThanks to Buffy\, the famous (and infamous) Slayer that Nina’s father died protecting\, Nina is not only the newest Chosen One–she’s the last Slayer\, ever. Period.\nAs Nina hones her skills with her Watcher-in-training\, Leo\, there’s plenty to keep her occupied: a monster fighting ring\, a demon who eats happiness\, a shadowy figure that keeps popping up in Nina’s dreams…\nBut it’s not until bodies start turning up that Nina’s new powers will truly be tested–because someone she loves might be next.\nOne thing is clear: Being Chosen is easy. Making choices is hard.\n\nAbout Sky in the Deep: A 2018 Most Anticipated Young Adult book that is part Wonder Woman\, part Vikings–and all heart.\nOND ELDR. BREATHE FIRE.\nRaised to be a warrior\, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient\, rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield–her brother\, fighting with the enemy–the brother she watched die five years ago.\nFaced with her brother’s betrayal\, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki\, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy\, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan thought to be a legend\, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved family.\nShe is given no choice but to trust Fiske\, her brother’s friend\, who sees her as a threat. They must do the impossible: unite the clans to fight together\, or risk being slaughtered one by one. Driven by a love for her clan and her growing love for Fiske\, Eelyn must confront her own definition of loyalty and family while daring to put her faith in the people she’s spent her life hating.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/nymbc-presents-kiersten-white-adrienne-young-at-palo-alto/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Palo Alto\, 74 Town & Country Village\, Palo Alto\, CA\, 94301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Paul Skenazy\, Temper CA
DESCRIPTION:THURSDAY\, JANUARY 10\, 2019 – 7:00PM\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information\, or sign up for our events emails. \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. \nIf you have ADA accommodation requests for this event\, please e-mail info@bookshopsantacruz.com by January 8th. \nJoy Temper grew up wandering the woods of Temper\, CA\, a Gold Rush town her family helped establish in the 1840s. When she returns to Temper for her grandfather’s funeral\, she discovers that the stories she’s long traded on about her hippie upbringing have little to do with reality. Her struggles to face who she once was\, and what she now desires\, force her to confront family secrets and long-suppressed memories in a novella both familial and romantic\, contemporary and historical. \n“Paul Skenazy’s fiction misbehaves. It swerves\, it revisits ground and digs deeper\, it confounds expectations. He has the gift of creating characters who are sympathetic not in spite of their prickliness but because of it\, and of depicting human bonds that are all the tenser for being so strong.”—Jonathan Franzen \n“This elegant and unforgettable novella pulls us into the secrets and desires of Joy Temper\, a woman carrying the weight of her family and a fair share of California history on her shoulders. Skenazy reminds us that our deepest wounds often make us most receptive and alive.”—Elizabeth McKenzie \n“This is a beautiful and fascinating book\, a skillfully constructed and dramatic story about hatred and profound affection within a difficult family. It’s a mystery tale about redefining a childhood and rediscovering many aspects of love. I was moved deeply throughout\, and consider Temper CA a small\, truly insightful and courageous masterpiece.”—John Nichols \nPaul Skenazy grew up in Chicago\, studied at the University of Chicago and Stanford\, and taught at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. He has published essays\, stories\, and reviews in a range of newspapers and magazines\, as well as critical work on James M. Cain and other noir writers. He lives in Santa Cruz with the poet Farnaz Fatemi.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/paul-skenazy-temper-ca/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190114T150000
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SUMMARY:Non-Fiction Discussion Group: Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard
DESCRIPTION:Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard\nNOTE: Cynthia Haven literary critic and local author will join us to discuss her book at this month’s meeting. Please be sure to RSVP! \nRené Girard (1923-2015) was one of the leading thinkers of our era–a provocative sage who offered a bold\, sweeping vision of human nature\, human history\, and human destiny. \nIn this first-ever biographical study\, Cynthia L. Haven traces the evolution of Girard’s thought in parallel with his life and times\, and reveals his insights into the collective delusions of our technological world and the changing nature of warfare. Evolution of Desire: A Life of René Girard provides an essential introduction to one of the twentieth century’s most controversial and original minds.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/non-fiction-discussion-group-evolution-of-desire-a-life-of-rene-girard/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190117T190000
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SUMMARY:AZATI SEHATTI at Books Inc. Mountain View
DESCRIPTION:Family nurse practitioner\, nutritional consultant and health educator Azati Sehatti discusses her critical guides The Inner Control Is the True Control: Making Lasting Lifestyle Changes and The Inner Control Is the True Control Workbook. \nThe Inner Control Is The True Control empowers you to make lasting lifestyle and behavioral changes. It embarks on this journey by helping you to cultivate principles and values that prompt positive internal dialogues and support mindfulness\, compassion\, and forgiveness. As you gain awareness\, cultivate self-compassion\, and learn to forgive and let go of resentments\, you become empowered to engage in responsible self-care. No longer behaving automatically\, you make better choices\, feel more in control of your lives\, and sustain your lifestyle changes during times of stress. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nThursday\, January 17\, 2019 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nBooks Inc.\n317 Castro Street\n\nMountain View\, CA
URL:https://litseen.com/event/azati-sehatti-at-books-inc-mountain-view/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Mountain View\, 301 Castro St\, Mountain View \, CA\, 94041\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190117T210000
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SUMMARY:Lyndsay Faye\, The Paragon Hotel
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop is delighted to welcome Lyndsay Faye\, author of the best-selling staff favorites Jane Steele and The Gods of Gotham\, for a reading and signing of her new novel\, The Paragon Hotel—a historical thriller which follows Alice “Nobody” from Prohibition-era Harlem to Portland’s the Paragon Hotel. \nPraise for The Paragon Hotel \n“This historical novel\, which carries strong reverberations of present-day social and cultural upheavals\, contains a message from a century ago that’s useful to our own time: ‘We need to do better at solving things.’ A riveting multilevel thriller of race\, sex\, and mob violence that throbs with menace as it hums with wit.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) \n“Faye once again vividly illuminates history with her fiction…. remarkably fluid fiction\, framed as a love letter and based in fact.”—Booklist (starred review) \n“From the opening scene\, this novel had me in its grip. Faye delivers a riveting story filled with unforgettable characters and stunning prose\, while never flinching from the painful truths surrounding America’s legacy of racial injustice. A remarkable\, significant novel.”—Fiona Davis\, bestselling author of The Masterpiece \n“Full of wry wit\, dark humor and magnificent period details\, THE PARAGON HOTEL is a wickedly poetic tour de force.”—Laura Lane McNeal\, national bestselling author of Dollbaby \n“Gangsters and prostitutes\, nightclub singers and dodgy cops\, an African-American hotel under constant threat of violence… Lyndsay Faye drops us right in the middle of the tumult of the Prohibition Era\, bringing to life one of the darker times in our nation’s history with wit and heart.”—Lauren Willig\, New York Times-bestselling author of The English Wife \n“A novel at once thrilling and wise\, historic and timely. ‘Nobody’ is somebody who will stay with you long after you turn the last page.”—Natasha Solomons\, New York Times-bestselling author of House of Gold \nLyndsay Faye is the author of five critically acclaimed books: Jane Steele\, which was nominated for an Edgar for Best Novel; Dust and Shadow; The Gods of Gotham; also Edgar-nominated; Seven for a Secret; and The Fatal Flame. Faye\, a true New Yorker in the sense she was born elsewhere\, lives in New York City with her husband\, Gabriel. \n  \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. Please e-mail info@bookshopsantacruz.com with any ADA acommodation requests by January 15th\, 2019.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyndsay-faye-the-paragon-hotel/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190124T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190124T210000
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SUMMARY:RANDY SHAW at Books Inc. Mountain View
DESCRIPTION:Randy Shaw\, Director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic\, discusses his compelling new book\, Generation Priced Out: Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America. \nGeneration Priced Out is a call to action on one of the most talked-about issues of our time: how skyrocketing rents and home values are pricing the working and middle classes out of urban America. From San Francisco to New York\, Seattle to Denver\, and Los Angeles to Austin\, Generation Priced Out tells the stories of tenants\, developers\, politicians\, homeowner groups\, and housing activists from over a dozen cities impacted by the national housing crisis and criticizes cities for advancing policies that increase economic and racial inequality. Randy Shaw exposes how boomer homeowners restrict millennials’ access to housing in big cities\, a generational divide that increasingly dominates city politics. Defying conventional wisdom\, Shaw demonstrates that neighborhood gentrification is not inevitable and presents proven measures for cities to preserve and expand their working- and middle-class populations and achieve more equitable and inclusive outcomes. Generation Priced Out is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of urban America. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nThursday\, January 24\, 2019 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nBooks Inc.\n317 Castro Street\n\nMountain View\, CA
URL:https://litseen.com/event/randy-shaw-at-books-inc-mountain-view/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Mountain View\, 301 Castro St\, Mountain View \, CA\, 94041\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190124T210000
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SUMMARY:Kristin Wilson\, Others’ Milk
DESCRIPTION:THURSDAY\, JANUARY 24\, 2019 – 7:00PM \nThis is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information\, or sign up for our events emails. \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. \nIf you have ADA accommodation requests for this event\, please e-mail info@bookshopsantacruz.com by January 22nd. \n  \nBreastfeeding rarely conforms to the idealized Madonna-and-baby image seen in old artwork\, now re-cast in celebrity breastfeeding photo spreads and pro-breastfeeding ad campaigns. The personal accounts in Others’ Milkillustrate just how messy and challenging and unpredictable it can be—an uncomfortable reality in the contemporary context of high-stakes motherhood in which “successful” breastfeeding proves one’s maternal mettle. \nExceptional breastfeeders find creative ways to feed and care for their children—such as by inducing lactation\, sharing milk\, or exclusively pumping. They want to adhere to the societal ideal of giving them “the best” but sometimes have to face off with dogmatic authorities in order to do so. Kristin J. Wilson argues that while breastfeeding is never going to be the feasible choice for everyone\, it should be accessible to anyone. \nKRISTIN J. WILSON is chair of the anthropology department at Cabrillo College in Aptos\, California. She is the author of Not Trying: Infertility\, Childlessness\, and Ambivalence.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kristin-wilson-others-milk/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190124T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190124T210000
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SUMMARY:Mary Pipher: This is Now with Angie Coiro
DESCRIPTION:Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing As We Age\nIt’s one of our American ironies: our culture values older women less\, just as they come into the fullness of experience and wisdom. Women “of a certain age” have greater self-acceptance; the losses they’ve lived can give them deeper appreciation of each day’s gifts. But the passage of time offers no escape from the misogyny every woman wades through daily. And that’s compounded by a new barrier: ageism. \nIn her new book Women Rowing North\, Mary Pipher probes the world of aging women with insight and compassion— just as she did the struggles of adolescent girls in her landmark bestseller\, Reviving Ophelia. Pipher explores how women can build resilience against both new and lingering challenges. “If we can keep our wits about us\, think clearly\, and manage our emotions skillfully\,” she writes\, “we will experience a joyous time of our lives. If we have planned carefully and packed properly\, if we have good maps and guides\, the journey can be transcendent.” \nJoin us for KLF’s ongoing This Is Now series with host Angie Coiro\, as she welcomes Mary Pipher— daughter\, sister\, mother\, grandmother\, caregiver\, clinical psychologist\, and treasured cultural anthropologist. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSource:: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mary-pipher-this-is-now-with-angie-coiro-tickets-52694285025?aff=web\n\nPosted in Premier Event\, This Is Now
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mary-pipher-this-is-now-with-angie-coiro/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190126T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190126T180000
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SUMMARY:YANovCon at the Millbrae Library
DESCRIPTION:The Young Adult Novelist Convention (YANovCon) is your exclusive connection to some of today’s top authors of books for middle and high school youth (and everyone else who appreciates these amazing talents). This free half-day celebration will include panel discussions\, author hangouts\, and book signings with at least twenty award-winning\, notable\, and new YA novelists including: \n2018 Printz Medal winner Nina LaCour\, 2018 Newbery Medal winner Erin Entrada Kelly\, Kristin Elizabeth Clark\, J.H Diehl\, Heidi Kling\, Mitali Perkins\, Hugo-nominated Mark Oshiro\, 2018 Beatty and Stonewall Book Award winner Dashka Slater\, Robin Benway\, William C. Morris Award Finalist Akemi Dawn Bowman\, Kayla Cagan\, Brandy Colbert\, William C. Morris Award Finalist Kelly Loy Gilbert\, C.G. Watson\, E. E Charlton-Trujillo\, Adib Khorram\, Pura Belpré Award-winner Meg Medina\, Randy Ribay\, Lisa Super\, and unexpected guests! \nBooks will be available to purchase on site thanks to our wonderful partnership with Books Inc.! \nNot only will you get to connect with your favorite authors about their writing and publishing process\, we are also working with local organizations to help shine a light on the issues teens face inside the home and how they demonstrate their resilience. We’re constantly impressed with the strength our teens show and want to highlight their courage. \nWhile we don’t require an RSVP to attend\, we are giving out random free prizes randomly to those who attend and RSVP in advance. \nAnticipated schedule: \n\n12-1 Early arrivals\, book sale\, and community fair (the first 200 to arrive will get a free totebag)\n1-2 Opening session\n2:25-3:05 1st breakout sessions\n3:15-3:55 2nd breakout sessions\n4:05-5:05 Author one-on-ones\n5:05-5:45 All author book signing\n\nThere is ample parking at Millbrae Library\, but we highly recommend carpooling and using public transit to reduce your impact on the environment. Millbrae Library is easily accessible via samTrans\, Bart\, and Caltrain. \nTo encourage literacy and writing for students in 6th-12th grades\, YANovCon is also sponsoring a Teen Short Story Contest. Visit your local library for information and enter here (coming soon). \nCheck out #YANovCon on Instagram\, Twitter\, and Facebook! \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nSaturday\, January 26\, 2019 – 12:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nMillbrae Library\n1 Library Avenue\n\nMillbrae\, CA
URL:https://litseen.com/event/yanovcon-at-the-millbrae-library/
LOCATION:Millbrae Library\, 1 Library Avenue\, Millbrae\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190128T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190128T200000
DTSTAMP:20260627T203024
CREATED:20181129T214916Z
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SUMMARY:Spanish Book Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:El Impostor – Javier Cercas\n¿Quién es Enric Marco? Un nonagenario barcelonés que se hizo pasar por superviviente de los campos nazis y que fue desenmascarado en mayo de 2005\, después de presidir durante tres años la asociación española de los supervivientes\, pronunciar centenares de conferencias\, conceder decenas de entrevistas\, recibir importantes distinciones y conmover en algún caso hasta las lágrimas a los parlamentarios españoles reunidos para rendir homenaje por vez primera a los republicanos deportados por el III Reich. El caso dio la vuelta al mundo y convirtió a Marco en el gran impostor y el gran maldito. Ahora\, casi una década más tarde\, \nJavier Cercas asedia\, en este thriller hipnótico que es también un banquete con muchos platos -narración\, crónica\, ensayo\, biografía y autobiografía-\, el enigma del personaje\, su verdad y sus falsedades y\, a través de esa indagación que recorre casi un siglo de historia de España\, bucea con una pasión de kamikaze y una honestidad desgarradora en lo más profundo de nosotros mismos: en nuestra infinita capacidad de autoengaño\, en nuestro conformismo y nuestras mentiras\, en nuestra sed insaciable de afecto\, en nuestras necesidades contrapuestas de ficción y de realidad\, en las zonas más dolorosas de nuestro pasado reciente. El resultado es un libro que no habla de Enric Marco sino de usted\, lector; también el libro más insumiso y radical de Javier Cercas: un libro asombroso que\, con una audacia inédita\, ensancha los límites del género novelesco y explora las últimas fronteras de nuestra humanidad.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/spanish-book-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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190129T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190129T203000
DTSTAMP:20260627T203024
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SUMMARY:Joel Simon: This is Now with Angie Coiro
DESCRIPTION:“America does not negotiate with terrorists.” But are we sure we should keep it that way? Last year there were nearly nine thousand international terrorist abductions. The US refuses to pay ransoms\, holding that it would only fuel more kidnappings. Other countries pay-up to free their citizens taken hostage. Statistics tell the grim result: according to New America\, “since 2001\, American hostages taken captive by terrorist\, militant\, and pirate groups have been more than twice as likely to remain in captivity\, die in captivity\, or be murdered by their captors as the average Western hostage.” \nJoel Simon has spent nearly two decades with the Committee to Protect Journalists\, working on dozens of hostage cases. His new book We Want to Negotiate is an exploration of the ethical\, legal\, and strategic considerations of a bedeviling question: should governments pay ransom to terrorists? \nJoin KLF’s journalist in residence Angie Coiro as she hosts Joel Simon for this important conversation\, in another installment of our This Is Now news and culture conversation series.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joel-simon-this-is-now-with-angie-coiro/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190129T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190129T203000
DTSTAMP:20260627T203024
CREATED:20190129T000444Z
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SUMMARY:The Second Kind of Impossible: The Quest for a New Form of Matter
DESCRIPTION:When leading Princeton physicist Paul Steinhardt began working in the 1980s\, scientists thought they knew all conceivable forms of matter. “The Second Kind of Impossible” is the story of Steinhardt’s 35-year-long quest to challenge conventional wisdom. \nSteinhardt’s discoveries chart a new direction in science. They not only change our ideas about patterns and matter\, but also reveal new truths about the processes that shaped our solar system. The underlying science is important\, simple and beautiful-and Steinhardt’s first-hand account is an engaging scientific thriller. \nPaul J. Steinhardt is the Albert Einstein Professor in Science at Princeton University\, where he is on the faculty of both the departments of Physics and Astrophysical Sciences. He is the co-founder and director of the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science. He received the Dirac Medal and other prestigious awards for his work on the early universe and novel forms of matter. He is the author of “The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter”\, and the co-author\, with Neil Turok\, of “Endless Universe”\, which describes the two competing ideas in cosmology to which he contributed. With his student Dov Levine\, Steinhardt first invented the theoretical concept of quasicrystals before they were synthesized in a laboratory. More than three decades later\, with Luca Bindi\, he guided the team that led to the discovery of three different natural quasicrystals in the Kamchatka Peninsula. In 2014\, the International Mineralogical Association named a new mineral Steinhardtite in his honor. \nBooks will be available for sale at the event for $27 plus tax. Book sales provided by Books Inc. Palo Alto.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-second-kind-of-impossible-the-quest-for-a-new-form-of-matter/
LOCATION:Albert and Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall\, 3921 Fabian Way\, Palo Alto\, 94303
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190130T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190130T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T203024
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SUMMARY:MIKE CHEN at Books Inc. Palo Alto
DESCRIPTION:With pieces featured in The Mary Sue\, The Portalist\, and Tor\, local writer Mike Chen shares his debut novel\, Here and Now and Then. \nTo save his daughter\, he’ll go anywhere–and any-when… Kin Stewart is an everyday family man: working in IT\, trying to keep the spark in his marriage\, struggling to connect with his teenage daughter\, Miranda. But his current life is a far cry from his previous career…as a time-traveling secret agent from 2142.Stranded in suburban San Francisco since the 1990s after a botched mission\, Kin has kept his past hidden from everyone around him\, despite the increasing blackouts and memory loss affecting his time-traveler’s brain. Until one afternoon\, his “rescue” team arrives–eighteen years too late.Their mission: return Kin to 2142\, where he’s only been gone weeks\, not years\, and where another family is waiting for him. A family he can’t remember.Torn between two lives\, Kin is desperate for a way to stay connected to both. But when his best efforts threaten to destroy the agency and even history itself\, his daughter’s very existence is at risk. It’ll take one final trip across time to save Miranda–even if it means breaking all the rules of time travel in the process.A uniquely emotional genre-bending debut\, Here and Now and Then captures the perfect balance of heart\, playfulness\, and imagination\, offering an intimate glimpse into the crevices of a father’s heart and its capacity to stretch across both space and time to protect the people that mean the most. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nWednesday\, January 30\, 2019 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nBooks Inc.\n74 Town & Country Village\n\nPalo Alto\, CA
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mike-chen-at-books-inc-palo-alto/
LOCATION:Books Inc. Palo Alto\, 74 Town & Country Village\, Palo Alto\, CA\, 94301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190207T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190207T203000
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SUMMARY:Pam Houston\, Deep Creek
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz is delighted to welcome award-winning author Pam Houston (Cowboys Are My Weakness) for a reading and signing of her new memoir\, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country\, which tells the remarkable story of “that girl who dared herself to buy a ranch\, dared herself to dig in and care for it\, to work hard enough to pay for it\, to figure out what other people meant when they used the world ‘home.”’ \nAt 31 years old\, fresh off a tour promoting her first collection\, Cowboys Are My Weakness\, Pam Houston had “no job\, no place to live except my North Face VE 24 tent.” On an impulse and a good instinct\, she spent her royalties on a 120-acre ranch near Creede\, Colorado. It was more than she could afford\, and required more maintenance than she could manage. And yet\, twenty-five years later\, it’s the piece of land that’s defined the largest part of her life. \nIn its chapters\, Houston spends her days walking along the fences on her property\, watching leaves on the aspens ignite into an eruption of fall colors\, and caring for the animals on her ranch: the horses\, sheep\, chickens\, Irish wolfhounds\, and a pair of miniature donkeys with outsized attitudes. Houston’s audacity and generosity are on full display as she cares for an elk calf abandoned by its herd and sleeps outside to comfort her old hound. Deep Creek raises concern about the many ways we endanger the natural world’s delicate balance\, and nature’s enigmatic powers to survive and to save. It’s also a chronicle of recovery. \nEncompassing Houston’s childhood\, her adventures\, and her details of everyday life at the ranch\, Deep Creek is\, above all\, a testament. In holding on to her ranch\, Houston carved a life to support her spirit and her talents\, and discovered that she could be the cowboy of her own story. “I know\,” she explains\, “that when I claimed these 120 acres they also claimed me. We are each other’s mutual saviors.” \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. If you have any ADA accessibility requests\, please e-mail info@bookshopsantacruz.comby February 5th. \nPam Houston is the author of the novels Contents May Have Shifted and Sight Hound\, the short story collections Cowboys Are My Weakness and Waltzing the Cat\, and A Little More About Me\, a collection of essays. Her stories have been selected for volumes such as The Best American Short Stories\, The O. Henry Awards\, The 2013 Pushcart Prize\, and The Best American Short Stories of the Century. She is the winner of the Western States Book Award\, the WILLA Literary Award for contemporary fiction\, the Evil Companions Literary Award\, and multiple teaching awards. She cofounded the literary nonprofit Writing By Writers\, is a professor of English at UC–Davis\, and teaches in the Institute of American Indian Arts’ low-residency MFA program and at writer’s conferences around the country and the world.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/pam-houston-deep-creek/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190207T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190207T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T203024
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SUMMARY:Analicia Sotelo
DESCRIPTION:Analicia Sotelo: Reading and Conversation with Vanessa Fernandez – February 7\, 2019 // 7pm // San José Museum of Art \nTHURSDAY\nFebruary 7\, 2019\n7PM \nSan José\, Museum of Art\n110 S. Market Street\nSan José\, CA \nReading followed by an on-stage interview – conducted by SJSU Assistant Professor of Spanish Vanessa Fernandez – plus a book sale and signing. \nAnalicia Sotelo’s debut poetry collection Virgin is a vivid portrait of the artist as a young woman. At every step\, these poems seduce with history\, folklore\, and sensory detail—grilled meat\, golden habañeros\, and burnt sugar—before delivering clear-eyed and eviscerating insights into power\, deceit\, relationships\, and ourselves.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/analicia-sotelo/
LOCATION:San Jose Museum of Art\, 110 Market St\, San José\, CA\, 95113\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190207T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190207T210000
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SUMMARY:Barry Eisler
DESCRIPTION:Barry Eisler served three years with the CIA’s Directorate of Operations. He worked as a technology lawyer. He has been at various times a startup executive in Silicon Valley and Japan. In his instantly bestselling John Rain series\, a lifetime of experience came to a crossroads. He followed with the un-put-downable stories of sharp-shooting assassin Dox; and sex-crimes detective\, turned martial arts expert\, Livia Lone. \nIn his new book THE KILLER COLLECTIVE\, Barry Eisler offers a true magnum opus. In this long-awaited novel\, Eisler assembles the most dangerous team yet: John Rain\, Livia Lone\, Dox\, and a cast of his most volatile characters travel across Seattle\, Paris\, and Japan to confront their most treacherous enemy yet … one who could sit at the highest levels of the U.S. Government. \nEisler’s thrillers have earned a range of awards from the Barry Award to the Gumshoe Award for Best Thriller. His work is included in numerous “Best of” lists and has been translated into nearly twenty languages. Don’t miss your chance to meet one of the Bay Area’s most exciting writers.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/barry-eisler-2/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190207T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190207T210000
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SUMMARY:'Elastic: Unlocking Your Brain's Ability to Embrace Change'
DESCRIPTION:The best-selling author of “Subliminal” and “The Drunkard’s Walk” teaches you how to tap into the hidden power of your brain. \nIn this startling and provocative look at how the human mind deals with change\, Leonard Mlodinow shows us how to unleash the natural abilities we all possess so we can thrive in dynamic and troubled times. Truly original minds capitalize when everyone else struggles. And most of us assume that these abilities are innate\, reserved for a select few. But Mlodinow reveals that we all possess them\, that we all have encoded in our brains a skill he terms elastic thinking-and he guides us in how to harness it. \nDrawing on groundbreaking research\, Mlodinow outlines how we can learn to let go of comfortable ideas and become accustomed to ambiguity and contradiction; how we can rise above conventional mindsets and reframe the questions we ask; and how we can improve our ability to solve problems and generate new ideas-critical skills for achieving professional and personal success in our quickly morphing world. \nLeonard Mlodinow’s previous books include the best sellers “Subliminal” (winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science writing award)\, “The Drunkard’s Walk” (a New York Times Notable Book)\, “War of the Worldviews” (with Deepak Chopra) and “The Grand Design” (with Stephen Hawking)\, as well as “The Upright Thinkers”\, “Feynman’s Rainbow” and “Euclid’s Window.” His most recent book is “Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change.” He also wrote for the television series “MacGyver” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” \nNamed to the 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards Longlist. \nPaperback copies of the book will be available for sale at the event for $16 plus tax. Book sales provided by Books Inc. Palo Alto. \n$18 General Public | $15 Members and J-Pass holders | $12 Students with ID. \nPresented by The Oshman Family JCC.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/elastic-unlocking-your-brains-ability-to-embrace-change/
LOCATION:Oshman Family JCC\, Freidenrich Conference Center\, Room F-401\, 3921 Fabian Way\, Palo Alto\, 94303
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190208T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190208T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T203024
CREATED:20190104T031245Z
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SUMMARY:Alexandra Bracken and Tamara Ireland Stone
DESCRIPTION:Alexandra Bracken is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Darkest Minds series\, (the movie was released in August of this year and starred Amandla Stenberg)\, Passenger\, and Wayfarer. Her middle grade Prosper Redding series balances magic\, humor\, and heart and is about a modern New England boy who must rid himself of the ancient demon inhabiting his body and break his family’s curse. She sold her first book\, Brightly Woven\, as a senior in college\, worked in children’s book publishing as an editorial assistant and then in marketing\, and now writes full time. \nTamara Ireland Stone is the author of Time and Time Again\, a collection of her two novels Time Between Us and Time After Time\, as well as the New York Times bestseller Every Last Word. Her middle grade Click’d series features Allie Navarro’s explorations in computer programming and weaves together middle school friendship\, first crushes\, and serious coding skills that will have readers cheering Allie on from the first page to the last. She is a Silicon Valley native and has worked in the technology industry all her life\, first testing Atari game boards in her parents’ garage\, and later\, co-founding a woman-owned marketing strategy firm where she worked with some of the world’s largest software companies. She’s passionate about promoting STEM education for girls. \nDon’t miss this chance to hear two amazing authors showcase their wonderful middle grade sequels.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alexandra-bracken-and-tamara-ireland-stone/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190211T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190211T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T203024
CREATED:20190104T031135Z
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SUMMARY:Roger McNamee: This Is Now with Angie Coiro
DESCRIPTION:The warnings are coming from inside the house. \nMark Zuckerberg\, Sheryl Sandberg\, and Roger McNamee are denizens of the same enchanted world: Silicon Valley’s inner circle. And they used to all be on the same page\, each playing their part growing Facebook into an internet phenomenon— until it hit unprecedented reach and influence. Then they weren’t on the same page any more. \nMcNamee was an early and enthusiastic adopter of Facebook\, as both a musician and an investor. But he grew disenchanted as he watched the negatives pile up: privacy issues. Screen addiction. Disinformation and political manipulation. Even spying. Digging into the technology and psychology involved\, he grew more alarmed at “business models that drive companies to maximize attention at all costs”. \nNow Roger McNamee has teamed with others from the tech world to challenge our new normal – to persuade us that internet titans Facebook and Google present an urgent existential threat to users and society. Does his new book Zucked make a persuasive case? \nJoin us for an evening of This Is Now with Angie Coiro to find out.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/roger-mcnamee-this-is-now-with-angie-coiro/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190212T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190212T210000
DTSTAMP:20260627T203024
CREATED:20190212T021548Z
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SUMMARY:Sisters in Crime
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join Sunnyvale-Cupertino Branch for an interesting panel discussion by “Sisters in Crime.” Refreshments will be served. Books will be available to purchase. Proceeds go to the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund. This year’s panel is: \nJoAnn Ainsworth who writes thrillers and suspense stories with a paranormal twist. \nNancy Tingley who has had extensive experience as a scholar of Asian art. \nDiana Chambers whose background includes an Asian importing business\, costume design and script writing in Hollywood. \nJudith Newton\, Professor Emerita in Gender\, Sexuality\, Women Studies at UC Davis. \nAndrew MacRae who writes “Cozy Noir” stories. \nDonation $15 to Legal Advocacy Fund. \nPresented by AAUW Sunnyvale-Cupertino.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/sisters-in-crime/
LOCATION:Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church\, 728 Fremont Avenue\, Sunnyvale\, 94087
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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SUMMARY:Tara Conklin\, The Last Romantics
DESCRIPTION:The New York Times bestselling author of The House Girl explores the lives of four siblings in this ambitious and absorbing novel in the vein of Commonwealth and The Interestings. “Tara Conklin is a generous writer who deftly brings us into the world of this fictional family\, an engrossing and vivid place where I was happy to stay. The Last Romantics is a richly observed novel\, both ambitious and welcoming.” —Meg Wolitzer \n“The greatest works of poetry\, what makes each of us a poet\, are the stories we tell about ourselves. We create them out of family and blood and friends and love and hate and what we’ve read and watched and witnessed. Longing and regret\, illness\, broken bones\, broken hearts\, achievements\, money won and lost\, palm readings and visions. We tell these stories until we believe them.” \nWhen the renowned poet Fiona Skinner is asked about the inspiration behind her iconic work\, The Love Poem\, she tells her audience a story about her family and a betrayal that reverberates through time. \nIt begins in a big yellow house with a funeral\, an iron poker\, and a brief variation forever known as the Pause: a free and feral summer in a middle-class Connecticut town. Caught between the predictable life they once led and an uncertain future that stretches before them\, the Skinner siblings–fierce Renee\, sensitive Caroline\, golden boy Joe and watchful Fiona–emerge from the Pause staunchly loyal and deeply connected. Two decades later\, the siblings find themselves once again confronted with a family crisis that tests the strength of these bonds and forces them to question the life choices they’ve made and ask what\, exactly\, they will do for love. \nA sweeping yet intimate epic about one American family\, The Last Romantics is an unforgettable exploration of the ties that bind us together\, the responsibilities we embrace and the duties we resent\, and how we can lose–and sometimes rescue–the ones we love. A novel that pierces the heart and lingers in the mind\, it is also a beautiful meditation on the power of stories–how they navigate us through difficult times\, help us understand the past\, and point the way toward our future. \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. If you have an ADA accommodation request\, please email info@bookshopsantacruz.com by February 11th. \nTara Conklin has worked as a litigator in the New York and London offices of a corporate law firm but now devotes her time to writing fiction. She received a BA in history from Yale University\, a JD from New York University School of Law\, and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. Born in St. Croix\, she grew up in Massachusetts and now lives with her family in Seattle\, Washington.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tara-conklin-the-last-romantics/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Robin LaFevers with Sabaa Tahir
DESCRIPTION:Robin LaFevers’ wonderful His Fair Assassins series tells the story of assassin nuns in Medieval France and is a store favorite. We are thrilled to welcome Robin to Kepler’s to celebrate her fabulous new book Courting Darkness\, the greatly anticipated highly praised return to the world of the bestselling His Fair Assassin series \n\n\n\n\nTold in alternating perspectives\, when Sybella discovers there is another trained assassin deep undercover in the French court\, she must use every skill in her arsenal to navigate the deadly royal politics and find her sister in arms before her time—and that of the newly crowned queen—runs out. When Sybella accompanies the Duchess to France\, she expects trouble\, but she isn’t expecting a deadly trap. Surrounded by enemies both known and unknown\, Sybella searches for the undercover assassins from St. Mortain’s convent who were placed in the French court years ago. Genevieve has been undercover for so many years\, she no longer knows who she is or what she’s supposed to be fighting for. When she discovers a hidden prisoner who may be of importance\, she takes matters into her own hands. As these two worlds collide\, the fate of the Duchess\, Brittany\, and everything Sybella and Genevieve have come to love hangs in the balance. \nRobin LaFevers is the author of the New York Times bestselling Grave Mercy\, Dark Triumph\, and Mortal Heart. She’ll be chatting with Sabaa Tahir\, author of An Ember in the Ashes\, A Torch Against the Night\, and A Reaper at the Gates. Come join the party
URL:https://litseen.com/event/robin-lafevers-with-sabaa-tahir/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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