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SUMMARY:Beth Macy\, Dopesick
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes bestselling author and journalist Beth Macy for a discussion and signing of her important book\, Dopesick—the only book to fully chart the devastating opiod crisis in America. An instant New York Times and indie bestseller\, Dopesick is “a harrowing\, deeply compassionate dispatch from the heart of a national emergency.” (New York Times). This event is part of our year-long effort\, 2020 Vision. \nIn this masterful work\, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America’s twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. From distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs; from disparate cities to once-idyllic farm towns; it’s a heartbreaking trajectory that illustrates how this national crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched. \nBeginning with a single dealer who lands in a small Virginia town and sets about turning high school football stars into heroin overdose statistics\, Macy endeavors to answer a grieving mother’s question-why her only son died-and comes away with a harrowing story of greed and need. From the introduction of OxyContin in 1996\, Macy parses how America embraced a medical culture where overtreatment with painkillers became the norm. In some of the same distressed communities featured in her bestselling book Factory Man\, the unemployed use painkillers both to numb the pain of joblessness and pay their bills\, while privileged teens trade pills in cul-de-sacs\, and even high school standouts fall prey to prostitution\, jail\, and death. \nThrough unsparing\, yet deeply human portraits of the families and first responders struggling to ameliorate this epidemic\, each facet of the crisis comes into focus. In these politically fragmented times\, Beth Macy shows\, astonishingly\, that the only thing that unites Americans across geographic and class lines is opioid drug abuse. But in a country unable to provide basic healthcare for all\, Macy still finds reason to hope-and signs of the spirit and tenacity necessary in those facing addiction to build a better future for themselves and their families. \nBeth Macy is the author of the widely acclaimed and bestselling books Truevine and Factory Man. Based in Roanoke\, Virginia for three decades\, her reporting has won more than a dozen national awards\, including a Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard. \n“Heartbreaking\, exhaustively researched…a fierce indictment of racism\, corporate greed and wily dealers…a terrifying\, essential read.” —People \n“Macy is a terrific reporter\, scrupulous in detailing the significance of her findings…Dopesick‘s second section–filled with gut-wrenchingly candid interviews with addicts and their families–is the most essential\, placing broken faces onto horrifying data sets.” —Entertainment Weekly \n“Macy reports on the human carnage with respect and quiet compassion.” —The San Francisco Chronicle \n“Beth Macy writes about our opioid epidemic but Dopesick is not about the drugs. It’s a book about kids and moms and neighbors and the people who try to save them. It’s about shame and stigma and desperation. It’s about bad policy\, greed and corruption. It’s a Greek tragedy with a chorus of teenage ghosts who know how to text but can’t express how they feel.” —Senator Tim Kaine \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. If you have any ADA accommodation requests\, please e-mail us at info@bookshopsantacruz.com by August 12th\, 2019.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/beth-macy-dopesick/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake at Jessie Square
DESCRIPTION:The monthly collaboration between Litquake: San Francisco’s Literary Festival and the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival features an array of Bay Area poets and musicians.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetic-tuesdays-with-litquake-at-jessie-square-4/
LOCATION:Jessie Square\, 736 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190813T193000
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SUMMARY:Monica L. Smith Cities: The First 6\,000 Years
DESCRIPTION:Monica L. Smith is an archaeologist whose principal research interests are the human interaction with material culture\, urbanism as a long-term human phenomenon\, and the development of social complexity. \nSmith’s newly published book\, Cities: The First 6\,000 Years\, explores the archeology\, history\, and contemporary observations of cities and discusses the development of networked infrastructure\, the rise of an entrepreneurial middle class\, and the culture of consumption in the urban realm. \nTickets will go on sale one month before the Seminar; you can follow Long Now on Twitter\, Facebook and through our blog for updates on our live events\, podcasts and videos on long-term thinking.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/monica-l-smith-cities-the-first-6000-years/
LOCATION:SFJAZZ Center\, 201 Franklin St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190813T193000
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SUMMARY:Joshua Furst / Revolutionaries
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith welcomes Joshua Furst (The Sabotage Café) to the store for his second novel\, Revolutionaries\, a long\, strange trip through the heart of the sixties and beyond as seen through the eyes of the revolution’s poster child. Please join us! \n> Review in The New York Times \n> Review in The New Yorker \nFred is the sole offspring of Lenny Snyder\, the famous (or notorious) pied piper of the counterculture\, and in middle age he hates being reminded of it. But neither can he ignore any longer his psychedelically bizarre childhood. From infancy\, for instance\, he was called Freedom (in fact his given name) not only by those who should have known him but also by members of the burgeoning movement led by his father\, who happily exploited having his wife and his toddling\, then walking and talking\, and finally observant son in tow. Thanks to Fred\, this charismatic\, brilliant\, volatile ringmaster is as captivating in these pages as he was to his devoted disciples back then. We watch Lenny organize hippies and intellectuals\, stage magnificent stunts\, and gradually lose his magnetic confidence and leading role as the sixties start slipping away. He demands loyalty but gives none back in return\, a man who preaches love but treats his family with almost reflexive cruelty. And Fred remembers all of it–the chaos\, the spite\, the affection. A kaleidoscopic saga\, this novel is at once a profound allegory for America–where we’ve been and where we’re going–and a deeply intimate portrait of a father and son who define our times. \n\nJoshua Furst is the author of Short People and The Sabotage Café\, as well as several plays that have been produced in New York\, where for a number of years wrote and directed plays in the downtown theater scene. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, he’s the recipient of a Michener Fellowship\, the Chicago Tribune‘s Nelson Algren Award\, and fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and Ledig House. He lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University. Author photo by Michael Lionstar. \n\nThis event is free and all ages. \nRSVP appreciated but not required. \nIf you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of Revolutionaries\, order below and put your request in the comments field; to request a signed copy of any of Joshua’s other books\, do the same via this link.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joshua-furst-revolutionaries/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Happy Endings: Teachers & Creatures
DESCRIPTION:HAPPY ENDINGS is a monthly reading series that showcases new writing and wants to shine a little sun on your soul.\nWhat’s gonna happen? Five writers will come with a piece they’ve prepared in response to a monthly prompt. A panel of judges will be selected from the audience\, and that panel will pick a winner!\n$10/Pay what you can
URL:https://litseen.com/event/happy-endings-teachers-creatures/
LOCATION:Make-Out Room\, 3225 22nd St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Tim Murphy: Correspondents
DESCRIPTION:Tim Murphy discusses his new novel\, Correspondents. \nPraise for Correspondents \n“Murphy artfully connects multiple narratives to produce a sprawling tale of love\, family\, duty\, war\, and displacement. It is above all a stinging indictment of the ill-fated war in Iraq and the heavy tolls it continues to exact on its people.”–Khaled Hosseini\, author of The Kite Runner \nAbout The Correspondents \nThe world is Rita Khoury’s oyster. The bright and driven daughter of a Boston-area Irish-Arab family that has risen over the generations from poor immigrants to part of the coastal elite\, Rita grows up in a 1980s cultural mishmash. Corned beef and cabbage sit on the dinner table alongside stuffed grape leaves and tabooleh\, all cooked by Rita’s mother\, an Irish nurse who met her Lebanese surgeon husband while working at a hospital together. The unconventional yet close-knit family bonds over summers at the beach\, wedding line-dances\, and a shared obsession with the Red Sox. \nRita charts herself an ambitious path through Harvard to one of the best newspapers in the country. She is posted in cosmopolitan Beirut and dates a handsome Palestinian would-be activist. But when she is assigned to cover the America-led invasion of Baghdad in 2003\, she finds herself unprepared for the warzone. Her lifeline is her interpreter and fixer Nabil al-Jumaili\, an equally restless young man whose dreams have been restricted by life in a deteriorating dictatorship\, not to mention his own seemingly impossible desires. As the war tears Iraq apart\, personal betrayal and the horrors of conflict force Rita and Nabil out of the country and into twisting\, uncertain fates. What lies in wait will upend their lives forever\, shattering their own notions of what they’re entitled to in a grossly unjust world. \nEpic in scope\, by turns satirical and heartbreaking\, and speaking sharply to America’s current moment\, Correspondents is a whirlwind story about displacement from one’s own roots\, the violence America promotes both abroad and at home\, and the resilience that allows families to remake themselves and endure even the most shocking upheavals.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tim-murphy-correspondents/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Stacey Lee with Stephanie Garber
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the launch of Stacey Lee’s powerful\, compelling\, and critically acclaimed new novel\, The Downstairs Girl\, about family\, community\, and the importance of writing your own history. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*”Though society may try to push aside those it sees as different\, Jo demonstrates that everyone has a place and a story to be told. Unflinching in its portrayals of racism yet ultimately hopeful and heartfelt\, this narrative places voices frequently left out of historical fiction center stage.” —School Library Journal\, starred review \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBy day\, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady’s maid for the cruel daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night\, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for the genteel Southern lady\, “Dear Miss Sweetie.” When her column becomes wildly popular\, she uses the power of the pen to address some of society’s ills\, but she’s not prepared for the backlash that follows when her column challenges fixed ideas about race and gender. While her opponents clamor to uncover the secret identity of Miss Sweetie\, a mysterious letter sets Jo off on a search for her own past and the parents who abandoned her as a baby. But when her efforts put her in the crosshairs of Atlanta’s most notorious criminal\, Jo must decide whether she is ready to step into the light. \nStacey Lee is the author of Under a Painted Sky\, Outrun the Moon\, and Secret of a Heart Note and is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books. Stephanie Garber\, author of Caraval\, Legendary\, and Finale\, will be joining Stacey on stage.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/stacey-lee-with-stephanie-garber/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Pod Save America Host Dan Pfeiffer
DESCRIPTION:Dan Pfeiffer has been one of the main voices in the room and commenting on the room for the last couple years on the Democratic side. \nDan Pfeiffer. What a man! \nHe served as Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama\, focusing on communications\, political\, and digital strategy. \nOne of the President’s longest serving advisers\, Dan joined the Obama campaign at the outset\, serving first as traveling press secretary and then eventually becoming the campaign’s communications director. He entered the White House as Deputy Communications Director and\, by the end of 2009\, had risen to Communications Director.He held that post until his appointment as Senior Advisor in early 2013. \nDuring his time at the White House\, Dan has helped transition the communications apparatus into the digital age utilizing social media like Twitter\, Facebook\, Medium and Instagram\, as well as scheduling the first presidential interviews with digital media platforms like Buzzfeed and Vox. \nIn 2015\, Dan joined CNN as a political commentator.He is now one of the co-hosts of the breakthrough podcast Pod Save America and is a New York Times Bestselling Author of Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama\, Twitter\, and Trump which he will be signing at the event. \nAbout Yes We (Still) Can: \n#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! \nFrom Obama’s former communications director and current co-host of Pod Save America comes a colorful account of how politics\, the media\, and the Internet changed during the Obama presidency and how Democrats can fight back in the Trump era. On November 9th\, 2016\, Dan Pfeiffer woke up like most of the world wondering WTF just happened. \nHow had Donald Trump won the White House? How was it that a decent and thoughtful president had been succeeded by a buffoonish reality star\, and what do we do now?Instead of throwing away his phone and moving to another country (which were his first and second thoughts)\, Pfeiffer decided to tell this surreal story\, recounting how Barack Obama navigated the insane political forces that created Trump\, explaining why everyone got 2016 wrong\, and offering a path for where Democrats go from here. \nPfeiffer was one of Obama’s first hires when he decided to run for president\, and was at his side through two presidential campaigns and six years in the White House. Using never-before-heard stories and behind-the-scenes anecdotes\, YES WE (STILL) CAN examines how Obama succeeded despite Twitter trolls\, Fox News (and their fake news)\, and a Republican Party that lost its collective mind.An irreverent\, no-BS take on the crazy politics of our time\, YES WE (STILL) CAN is a must-read for everyone who is disturbed by Trump\, misses Obama\, and is marching\, calling\, and hoping for a better future for the country.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/a-conversation-with-pod-save-america-host-dan-pfeiffer/
LOCATION:Manny’s\, 3092 16th St\, San Francisco\, CA 94103\, San Francisco\, 94108\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:The Affinities: An online literary journal
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URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-affinities-an-online-literary-journal/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190810T130000
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SUMMARY:Boots to Books Literary Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join Bikes to Books for our newest iteration—a walking tour of literary North Beach! Finally a tour for all the folks who have told us “I’d love to come\, but I just don’t bike.” This one-mile excursion through literary North Beach visits some of our favorite Bikes to Books locations and authors and a bunch of new ones\, visiting over sixty years of literary history in a two-hour tour. We’ll be handing out complementary copies of our companion sixteen-page minizine and showing folks how to fold them as well! \nMeet OUTSIDE City Lights Books\, 261 Columbus Avenue\, SF\, at 12:45 PM \nTour ends in Jack Kerouac Alley\, next door to City Lights Books \nEvent is Free\, with maps and posters available for purchase.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/boots-to-books-literary-walking-tour/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Writers with Drinks
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 10\, 2019:\nNamwali Serpell (The Old Drift)\nYangsze Choo (The Night Tiger)\nSeth Katz (Psycho-Tropic)\nLynn Breedlove (45 Thought Crimes) \nCost: $5 to $20\, no-one turned away\nAll proceeds benefit a local nonprofit\, TBA.\nAt The Make Out Room 3225 22nd St.\, San Francisco CA\, from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM\, doors open at 7 PM.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/writers-with-drinks-23/
LOCATION:Make-Out Room\, 3225 22nd St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190809T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190809T210000
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SUMMARY:Matt Maiocco & Brad Mangin: Letters to 87
DESCRIPTION:Matt Maiocco & Brad Mangin discuss their new book\, Letters to 87: Fans Remember the Legacy of Dwight Clark. \nAbout Letters to 87 \nRare photos and heartfelt letters from fans of San Francisco 49ers hero Dwight Clark \nFeaturing essays by Edward J. DeBartolo Jr.\, Ronnie Lott\, Joe Montana\, Brian Murphy\, and Kelly Clark\, Letters to 87 offers rare photos and heartfelt letters from fans of San Francisco 49ers hero Dwight Clark. \nFootball fans will always remember “The Catch” as the moment a dynasty was born. When Dwight Clark received the touchdown pass that sent the 49ers to their first Super Bowl in 1982\, an indelible moment was etched into the history of the NFL. Later\, as Clark battled ALS\, he and sportswriter Matt Maiocco put out a call to fans\, asking them to share their memories of this moment. The letters that Clark and Maiocco received tell the story of how the man who wore number 87 brought together a city and a franchise through his sincerity\, his loyalty\, and his spirit for life and the game. \nAll royalties will go the the Golden Heart Fund\, a nonprofit arm of the 49ers that helps support former 49er players. Find out more at www.lettersto87.com. \nAbout the Authors \nMatt Maiocco\, beat reporter for NBC Sports Bay Area\, has covered the San Francisco 49ers for over a decade. Michael Zagaris\, legendary sports\, music\, and fashion photojournalist\, has served as team photographer for the San Francisco 49ers since 1973. Brad Mangin is a photographer who\, since 1987\, has captured the biggest stars in professional sports. All three reside in the San Francisco Bay Area.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/matt-maiocco-brad-mangin-letters-to-87/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190809T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190809T210000
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SUMMARY:Mary Pearson with Stephanie Garber
DESCRIPTION:Join us to meet Mary Pearson and celebrate Vow of Thieves\, the thrilling sequel to Dance of Thieves\, set in the same world as her New York Times-bestselling Remnant Chronicles. \nKazi and Jase have survived\, stronger and more in love than ever. Their new life now lies before them―the Ballengers will be outlaws no longer\, Tor’s Watch will be a kingdom\, and Kazi and Jase will meet all challenges side by side\, together at last. But an ominous warning mars their journey back\, and they soon find themselves captured in a tangled web of deceit woven by their greatest enemies and unlikeliest allies\, a place where betrayals run deeper and more deadly than either had thought possible\, and where timeless ambitions threaten to destroy them both. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary E. Pearson is the New York Times Bestselling author of The Remnant Chronicles – The Kiss of Deception\, The Heart of Betrayal\, and The Beauty of Darkness – and many award winning books for teens\, including the best-selling Jenna Fox Chronicles. Her awards and honors include the YALSA Top Ten Teen Picks\, Golden Kite Award\, ALA Best Books for Young Adults\, the Andre Norton Honor\, South Carolina and Arkansas Young Adult Book Awards\, IRA Teen Choice\, Booklist Top Ten Love Story\, SLJ\, Kirkus\, Voya Best YA Books\, and many more. \nMary will be in conversation with Stephanie Garber\, #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Caraval\, Legendary\, and Finale. \nWe are counting down the days. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPosted in Youth\nTagged fantasy\, YA
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mary-pearson-with-stephanie-garber/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
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SUMMARY:After Hours: Jason Rezaian
DESCRIPTION:After Hours: Jason Rezaian\nFriday\, August 9th | 7:00pm \nWine reception at 6:30pm for registered guests. \nMarin County native Jason Rezaian\, former Tehran Bureau Chief for the Washington Post\, was detained on false charges in Iran and spent 544 days in prison. He will give a behind the scenes look at the ordeal including the high-stakes diplomacy and extraordinary efforts that led to his release from the notorious Evin prison. \nAdults and high school students only. \nRegistration recommended. Registration opens July 22nd. \nAdd to my:iCal/Outlook \nWhen:Friday\, August 9\, 2019 \nTime:7:00 PM – 9:00 PM \nWhere:Mill Valley Public Library – Main Reading Room\, 375 Throckmorton Ave\, Mill Valley\, California\, 94941 \nEvent Type:Library\, Adult \nContact:(415) 389-4292
URL:https://litseen.com/event/after-hours-jason-rezaian/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room\, Mill Valley Public Library\, 375 Throckmorton Ave\, Mill Valley \, CA\, 94941\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,North Bay
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mill Valley Public Library":MAILTO:abrenner@cityofmillvalley.org
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SUMMARY:Poetry Flash presents Grace Marie Grafton and Judy Maher
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, Aug 08\, 2019 7:30 PM \nLocation: \nIn the basement\n2476 Telegraph Ave.\, Berkeley \nWebsite \nGrace Marie Grafton’s new book of poems is Lens. Tobey Hiller says\, “The book is a paean to the nature and majesty of California\, to the peoples and animals that have lived within her changing\, rich landscape\, and to the importance of knowledge\, contemplation\, and art.” She is the author of six previous books of poems\, includingJester; Whimsy\, Reticence and Laud; and Other Clues. Widely published in literary journals and anthologies\, she has also taught for thirty years through the California Poets in the Schools program\, winning twelve Artist in Residence grants from the California Arts Council for her teaching. She was awarded “Teacher of the Year” by the River of Words Poetry & Art Competition for K-12 students\, sponsored by Robert Hass. \n  \nJudy Maher’s debut collection is Dear Circus God. Her book is divided into four sections\, beginning with circus metaphors and ending at new starting points\, with poems of humor and compassion throughout. Born in Asheville\, North Carolina to a minister father\, she lived with her family in many temporary homes across the country; then she travelled more with her husband\, including a three-year adventure in Saudi Arabia. Having raised two children\, they’ve since settled in Oakland\, where she’s blossoming as a poet.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash-presents-grace-marie-grafton-and-judy-maher/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, BERKELEY\, 94704-2322
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Moe's Books":MAILTO:owenmoes@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190808T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190808T213000
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SUMMARY:Maryann Price and Joshua Raoul Brody
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://litseen.com/event/maryann-price-and-joshua-raoul-brody/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190808T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190808T213000
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SUMMARY:Why There Are Words Presents: Wilderness
DESCRIPTION:Journey into the wild with Why There Are Words on August 8\, 2019\, at Studio 333 in Sausalito for a thrilling night of readings from six accomplished authors on the theme of “Wilderness.” Doors open at 7pm; readings begin at 7:15. $10 entry fee at the door. Cash bar. \n\nDaphne Kalotay’s books include the award-winning novels Sight Reading and Russian Winter and the fiction collection Calamity and Other Stories\, shortlisted for the Story Prize. Published in 20+ languages\, her work has received fellowships from the Christopher Isherwood Foundation\, MacDowell\, and Yaddo\, among others. She teaches at Princeton University but makes her home in Somerville\, Massachusetts\, and her short story “Relativity” was the 2017 One City One Story Boston selection. She is working on a new book of short stories\, and her new novel\, Blue Hours\, will be published this July from Triquarterly. \n\nKim Magowan lives in San Francisco and teaches in the Department of Literatures and Languages at Mills College. Her short story collection Undoing (2018) won the 2017 Moon City Press Fiction Award. Her novel The Light Source is forthcoming from 7.13 Books in 2019. Her fiction has been published in Atticus Review\, Cleaver\, The Gettysburg Review\, Hobart\, New World Writing\, Smokelong Quarterly\, and many other journals. Her story “Madlib” was selected for Best Small Fictions 2019 (Sonder Press). Her story “Surfaces” was selected for Wigleaf’s Top 50 2019. She is the Fiction Editor of Pithead Chapel. \n\nValerie Nieman’s third collection\, Leopard Lady: A Life in Verse\, debuted last fall at the Coney Island Museum\, where the curator wrote: “Steeped in sideshow tradition\, and addressing issues of race\, gender\, self-concept\, and creative expression\, your book is beautifully written.” Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Georgia Review\, The Missouri Review\, Chautauqua\, and many other journals\, and have been selected for numerous anthologies\, including Endlessly Rocking: Whitman 200\, Eyes Glowing at the Edge of the Woods\, and Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. She has held North Carolina\, West Virginia\, and NEA creative writing fellowships. She teaches at John C. Campbell Folk School\, NC Writers Network\, and many other venues. Her fourth novel\, To the Bones\, arrived in spring from West Virginia University Press. A graduate of WVU and Queens University of Charlotte and a former journalist\, she teaches creative writing at North Carolina A&T State University. \n\nMike Smith teaches at Delta State University and is the author of the poetry collection\, Pocket Guide to Another Earth\, out now from Dos Madres Press\, and the memoir\, And There Was Evening and There Was Morning\, (WTAW Press 2017). He’s published three prior collections of poetry\, including Byron in Baghdad and Multiverse\, both from BlazeVOX Books (Buffalo\, NY). In addition\, his translation of Goethe’s Faust: A Tragedy\, was published by Shearsman Books in 2012. His most recent translation project is Contemporary Chinese Short-Short Stories\, published by Columbia University Press. Together with software engineer Brandon Nelson\, he created and curates The Zombie Poetry Project. \n\nAlex Tilney is a graduate of the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers and has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony. His writing has appeared in The Southwest Review\, The Journal of the Office for Creative Research\, and Gelf Magazine. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner\, theater artist Sarah Hughes. His first novel\, The Expectations\, is forthcoming from Little\, Brown in July 2019. \n\nBeth Winegarner is a journalist\, author and essayist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker\, the Washington Post\, the Guardian\, Mother Jones\, Wired\, San Francisco Magazine and many others. Her recent books include The Columbine Effect: How Five Teen Pastimes Got Caught in the Crossfire and Why Teens are Taking Them Back (2013) and Tenacity: Heavy Metal in the Middle East and Africa(2018). She is a member of the Writers Grotto. \nWhy There Are Words (#WTAW) is an award-winning national reading series founded in Sausalito in 2010 by Peg Alford Pursell\, now expanded to seven additional cities in the U.S. The series draws a full house of Bay Area residents every second Thursday to Studio 333\, located at 333 Caledonia Street\, Sausalito\, CA 94965. The series is a program of WTAW Press\, a 501(c)(3) publisher of exceptional literary books.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/why-there-are-words-presents-wilderness/
LOCATION:Studio 333\, 333 Caledonia Street\, Sausalito \, CA\, 94965\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Babar in Exile #19: A Family Affair
DESCRIPTION:Babar in Exile hosts an intriguing and unique lineup of readers for their 19th installment\, namely an entire family of poets resulting from the original series. You can often say that a reading series encourages new poets\, but rarely can you say that it’s created one. Back in the good ol’ 90s\, poet and songwriter Kimi Sugioka met writer and activist Richard Stone at the Café Babar\, and eventually collaborated to produce Kai Sugioka-Stone\, a fine piece of writing who is now a poet\, artist\, and world-changer himself. We are proud and excited to feature the one and only (known) family of poets that the Babar series\, however brusquely\, caused. \n  \nSo come on down to check out a slice of Bay Area poetry history\, now and in the making\, and make your way home with a bindle full of inspiration and a thimbleful more hope for the species. \n  \n  \nBabar in Exile #19: A Family Affair \na revival of the Cafe Babar\, Paradise Lounge\, and Club Chameleon reading series \n  \nfeaturing \nKimi Sugioka \nRichard Stone \nand Kai Sugioka-Stone \n  \nand you\, in our infamous open mic \n  \nHosted by Richard Loranger and Paul Corman-Roberts \n  \nPERFORMER BIOS \n  \nKimi Sugioka is a poet\, songwriter\, and educator who tries to confront and illuminate the cognitive dissonance she experiences at every turn in society\, politics\, and media. She has an MFA from The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Publications include various anthologies: Standing Strong! Fillmore & Japantown and Endangered Species\, Enduring Values\, and Civil Liberties United. She has published a book of poetry\, The Language of Birds\, and\, soon to be published\, Wile & Wing. \n  \nAt 54\, Richard Stone is a 31-year-long resident of the Bay Area\, currently residing in a rent controlled shoebox in the heart of the Mission District in SF. He’s served on the Green Party County Council since 2008\, and is a postal delegate to the SF Labor Council. In addition\, Richard serves on the Community Advisory Board at KPFA\, the original public and flagship radio station of the Pacifica Network. Also\, in splitting his range between baritone and bass\, he sings the songs of a Leonard Cohen with the fabulous Conspiracy of Beards. And as a Transcendental Agnostic\, he believes the Oracle and the Architect will redesign the Matrix once the replacement parts are no longer delayed in shipment. \n  \nKai Sugioka-Stone is a writer\, musician\, photographer\, video editor\, and world traveler from the Bay Area. He is currently studying Music at Berkeley City College\, and he recently returned from internships in Brazil and Ecuador. The two trips were part of a gap year program he completed known as LEAPYEAR\, a college-level program that’s accredited through Naropa University in Colorado. He wishes to pursue his life as an artist in mixed media\, writing\, and meditation. Follow him on Instagram @mind.compassion. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/babar-in-exile-19-a-family-affair/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190808T210000
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SUMMARY:InsideStoryTime
DESCRIPTION:InsideStorytime\, featuring Rachel Howard (The Risk of Us)\, Rosa del Duca (Breaking Cadence)\, and others\, will occur at Laundry Gallery\, 3359 26th Street\, San Francisco\, on Thursday August 8th\, 7-9 pm.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/insidestorytime-2/
LOCATION:THE LAUNDRY\, 3359 26th Street\, San Francisco\, 94110
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190808T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190808T203000
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SUMMARY:Kids 8-12/ Susan Adrian in Conversation with Anne Nesbet
DESCRIPTION:Kids 8-12/ Susan Adrian in Conversation with Anne Nesbet\n\n\n\n\ndiscussing Adrian’s new book\, Forever Neverland\, a contemporary sequel to J. M. Barrie’s timeless classic Peter Pan. \n“A magical ode to childhood that updates the classic while keeping its flavor.”–Kirkus Reviews  \n“One of the best representations of autism in middle grade literature. A must purchase for all children who love magic and adventure\, especially those who have longed to see someone like Fergus on the page.”–Lizzie Huxley-Jones\, editor of Stim \nTo reserve your seat\, please purchase a copy of Forever Neverland by speaking to a bookseller or clicking on the cover below. Neurodiversity welcome. \n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, August 8\, 2019 – 6:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat if Peter Pan wanted to take you to Neverland? Would you go? \nClover and Fergus are the great-great-grandchildren of Wendy Darling (yes\, that Wendy). And now Peter Pan wants to take them to Neverland for the adventure of their lives! But Clover is a little nervous–she’s supposed to look after her brother. Fergus is autistic\, and not everyone makes him feel welcome. What will happen to him in this magical world? \nFergus isn’t nervous at all. To him\, Neverland seems like a dream come true! He’s tired of Clover’s constant mothering and wants some independence\, like Peter and the Lost Boys have. He wonders\, Why can’t the real world be more like Neverland? \nNeverland is fun and free\, but it’s also dangerous and even scary at times. Unfamiliar creatures lurk in the shadows\, and strange sounds come from the waters. And then the mermaids start to go missing. . . . \nIn an imaginative and thoughtful continuation of the story of Peter Pan\, Susan Adrian explores Neverland with a fresh perspective and indelible warmth\, offering a new adventure based on a beloved classic! \nSusan Adrian is a fourth-generation Californian who somehow stumbled into living in Montana. By day she is a scientific editor\, and by night she dreams up wild adventures that sometimes turn into books. She is the author of the holiday fantasy Nutcracked and two thrilling books for teens. Follow her on Twitter @susanadrian and visit her on the web at susanadrian.net. \nAnne Nesbet is the author of The Orphan Band of Springdale\, Cloud and Wallfish\, The Wrinkled Crown\, A Box of Gargoyles\, and The Cabinet of Earths. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kids-8-12-susan-adrian-in-conversation-with-anne-nesbet/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190807T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190807T213000
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SUMMARY:Alexander Tilney in Conversation with Katharine Dion
DESCRIPTION:Alexander Tilney in Conversation with Katharine Dion\n\n\n\n\ndiscussing Tilney’s new novel\, The Expectations\, “a deeply resonant\, brilliantly nuanced meditation on privilege\, social ambition\, and the folly (and cruelty) of youth.”–Kate Walbert \n“Alexander Tilney applies supple\, panoramic prose to the deep interior of an exclusive Northeastern prep school\, with arresting results: at once anthropological and visceral\, The Expectations provides an authoritative glimpse into a rarefied world of privilege–and announces a dazzling new voice in American fiction.”– Jennifer Egan \nTo reserve your seat\, please purchase a copy of The Expectations by speaking to a bookseller or clicking on the cover below. \n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, August 7\, 2019 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nSt. James is an exclusive New England boarding school known for grooming generations of leaders. Ben Weeks is a true insider–his ancestors helped found the school\, his older brother taught him all the slang\, and he’s just won a national championship in squash.\nBut after fourteen long years of waiting\, Ben arrives only to find that the reality of St. James doesn’t quite match up with his imaginings. At the same time\, his new roommate\, Ahmed Al-Khaled\, the son of a fabulously wealthy Emirati sheik\, can’t navigate the unspoken rules of New England blue bloods. Even as Ben and Ahmed struggle to prove themselves in the place they have revered for so long\, each of them must face losing it forever. \nThe Expectations is at once a finely drawn portrait of American privilege and a subtle exploration of class\, race\, and tradition. Above all\, it is a tender\, sharp\, and evocative debut about the pain and treachery of adolescence\, and the difficulty–wherever one finds oneself–of truly belonging. \nAlexander Tilney received an MFA from Warren Wilson College and has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony. He lives in New York with his partner\, theater artist Sarah Hughes. \nKatharine Dion is the author of The Dependents. She lives in Berkeley. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alexander-tilney-in-conversation-with-katharine-dion/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190806T213000
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SUMMARY:Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories.
DESCRIPTION:Jazz Stories: Live Jazz. Wonderful Stories.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, August 6\, 7:30 pm\nPegasus Books Solano \nPeople love hearing jazz…and hearing about it. Musicians like Miles Davis\, Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich were original\, colorful characters artists who said and did astonishing things. Fortunately their colleagues cared enough to document these moments in stories and pictures and we now have a rich repository of photos and anecdotes about these artists\, and about the American songwriters and composers who created the raw material of jazz. \nJazz Stories is a performance of the songs of jazz from its most creative periods intensified with illuminating\, funny and touching true stories of the time. \nCome hear music and jazz stories you probably have never heard…but will never forget. Hosted by Richard Leiter. \nThe first Tuesday of every month at Pegasus Books Solano.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jazz-stories-live-jazz-wonderful-stories-4/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books on Solano\, 1855 Solano Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94707\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190806T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190806T210000
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CREATED:20190606T022613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190707T191247Z
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SUMMARY:Diane di Prima reading and birthday celebration
DESCRIPTION:Diane di Prima reading and birthday celebration
URL:https://litseen.com/event/diane-di-prima-reading-and-birthday-celebration/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190806T200000
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SUMMARY:Jenny Odell: How to Do Nothing
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, Aug 06\, 2019 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM \nLocation:\nIn the basement of the store.\n2476 Telegraph Ave.\, Berkeley \nWebsite \nNothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity\, doing nothing may be our most important form of resistance. \nIn HOW TO DO NOTHING: Resisting the Attention Economy\, artist and critic Jenny Odell argues that our attention is the most precious –and overdrawn— resource we have. She dares us to question what we currently perceive as productivity\, then proposes that instead we do “nothing.” However\, that “nothing” is actually a plan of action and an act of political resistance. \nJenny argues that if we disengage from the attention economy –that endless cycle where communication is stunted\, time is money\, and our overstimulation is ever-present– we can re-route and deepen our attention to time and place\, allowing us to better connect with our environment and each other. \nAbout the Author: \nJenny Odell is an artist and writer who teaches at Stanford University. She has been an artist-in-residence at places such as the San Francisco dump\, Facebook\, the Internet Archive\, and the San Francisco Planning Department\, and has exhibited her art all over the world. She lives in Oakland\, California\, with her sometimes-pet crow.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jenny-odell-how-to-do-nothing-2/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, BERKELEY\, 94704-2322
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Moe's Books":MAILTO:owenmoes@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190805T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190805T210000
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SUMMARY:Josie Iselin\, The Curious World of Seaweed
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop welcomes Josie Iselin for a discussion and signing of her beautiful new book\, The Curious World of Seaweed—a deep dive and exploration into a somewhat neglected corner of our coastal natural history. Iselin brings together the contemporary and the historical into a fabulous volume that tells the tale of sixteen iconic seaweed and kelp. \nThe Curious World of Seaweed is a delightful exploration of the natural and cultural history of Pacific Coast marine algae\, from the collection and study of seaweed by Russian explorers inching their way down through the Pacific Northwest to the work of intrepid biologists\, many of them women\, dedicated to understanding this unappreciated but key element of marine ecosystems. This book builds upon Iselin’s previous book on seaweed to bring together  historical as well as contemporary imagery and seaweed specimen pressings. Addressing the particular life and form of such kelps as bull kelp and giant kelp to the particulars of coralline algae and sea grasses\, this book tells the tales of our near shore bounty from the algal point of view. Throughout the writings are historical botanical illustrations and Iselin’s signature\, Marimekko-like portraits of each specimen that reveal their vibrant colors–whether rosy\, “olivaceous\,” or grass-green–and whimsical shapes. Iselin posits that we can learn not only about the seaweeds but also from them: their resilience\, their resourcefulness\, their poetry and magic. \nJosie Iselin is the photographer\, author and designer of ten books\, with new projects in development in her San Francisco studio\, Loving Blind Productions. Her books focus on those forms in nature we find at hand and in particular\, at the beach. Her newest book is titled The Curious World of Seaweed: Stories from the Pacific Coast and features sixteen visually rich narratives of our iconic West Coast seaweeds and kelps. Josie’s mission is to produce enticing\, original and well-designed books that combine art and science\, leaving the reader with new information about\, and an appreciation for\, the world around them. Josie continues her research into the ecology of the seaweed and sea otter native to our Western oceans. Josie holds a BA in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard and an MFA from San Francisco State University. \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. If you have any ADA accommodation requests\, please e-mail us at info@bookshopsantacruz.com by August 3rd\, 2019. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Curious World of Seaweed (Hardcover)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/josie-iselin-the-curious-world-of-seaweed/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190805T210000
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SUMMARY:Mahnaz Badihian + Youssef Alaoui - followed by an open mic
DESCRIPTION:“Life took me through many different experiences\, but art and poetry never left my side. “\nMahnaz Badihian is a poet\, translator and artist whose work has been published in multiple languages worldwide and presented in several exhibits. Her publications include several books of poetry in Persian and English\, and a Persian translation of Pablo Neruda’s Book of Questions\, which became an underground hit within Iran. Her most recent publication is a bilingual CD of poems by Rumi with Jack Hirschman called Like This!. “My brush and pen explain and explore life as it happens\,” says Badihian. Currently\, she resides in San Francisco\, California where she runs an online multilingual literary magazine\, MahMag.org and is a member of the San Francisco Revolutionary Poets Brigade. She had formal training in art under Master Nasr Esfahan in the ancient creative capital of Iran\, Esfahan. Her previous exhibitions have been in Baltimore\, MD; Iowa City\, IA; and London\, England. Most of her paintings are in private collections in the United States\, Europe and Middle East. “Without brush and pen\, I would be lost in the solitude and alienation that I found myself in since childhood. Whatever may affect me\, whether happiness\, war\, human suffering\, or raw creative impulse\, it has always been expressed by my brush and pen.” \nYoussef Alaoui is an Arab Latino. His family and heritage are an endless source of inspiration for his varied\, dark\, spiritual and carnal writings. He has an MFA in Poetics from New College of California. He is a quiet individual experiencing the swirling cosmos as it taps against his window in a house not far from the sea. His work has appeared in Exquisite Corpse\, Big Bridge\, 580 Split\, Dusie Press\, RIVET Journal\, Paris Lit Up\, and nominated for a Pushcart at Full of Crow.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mahnaz-badihian-youssef-alaoui-followed-by-an-open-mic/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190805T210000
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SUMMARY:POETS! - featured readers to be announced followed by an open mic
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-featured-readers-to-be-announced-followed-by-an-open-mic-4/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190804T193000
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SUMMARY:Oval Window - A Poetry & Music Listening Experience
DESCRIPTION:E.K. Keith presents: Oval Window – A Poetry & Music Listening Experience
URL:https://litseen.com/event/oval-window-a-poetry-music-listening-experience/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190804T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190804T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T070845
CREATED:20190730T014425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190730T014425Z
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SUMMARY:Marc Huestis regales with readings from his long-awaited memoir Impresario of Castro Street
DESCRIPTION:Huestis’ book covers 45 years of San Francisco gay history\, starting in 1974 working with the fabled theatre group Angels of Light\, his volatile relationship with Harvey Milk\, co-founding Frameline (now the oldest and largest LGBTQ Film Festival in the world)\, creating first generation AIDS docs in the ’80s and ’90s including his award-winning Sex Is…\, and producing over two decades of legendary Castro extravaganzas feting such stars as Debbie Reynolds\, Ann Miller\, Jane Russell\, Karen Black\, Patty Duke\, and John Waters.  Fasten your seatbelts…
URL:https://litseen.com/event/marc-huestis-regales-with-readings-from-his-long-awaited-memoir-impresario-of-castro-street/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://litseen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/castro.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190804T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190804T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T070845
CREATED:20190707T205128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190707T205128Z
UID:51967-1564938000-1564945200@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Impresario of Castro Street
DESCRIPTION:Huestis’ book covers 45 years of San Francisco gay history\, starting in 1974 working with the fabled theatre group Angels of Light\, his volatile relationship with Harvey Milk\, co-founding Frameline (now the oldest and largest LGBTQ Film Festival in the world)\, creating first generation AIDS docs in the ’80s and ’90s including his award-winning Sex Is…\, and producing over two decades of legendary Castro extravaganzas feting such stars as Debbie Reynolds\, Ann Miller\, Jane Russell\, Karen Black\, Patty Duke\, and John Waters.  Fasten your seatbelts…
URL:https://litseen.com/event/impresario-of-castro-street/
LOCATION:The Green Arcade\, 1680 Market St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://litseen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1-5.jpg
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