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SUMMARY:Comics Are Your Therapy Cat
DESCRIPTION:A night of readings of original works by Bay Area comics artists\, plus a comics therapist.\nCome hear readings of original works by:\nKayan Cheung-Miaw\nInés Ixierda\nIll Nappashi\nEmeric Kennard\nDiego Gomez\nLacey Johnson\n————————–————\nBios: \nKayan Cheung-Miaw is from Hong Kong and New York\, and comes from a family of garment and restaurant workers. Her work as the lead organizer for the Yank Sing restaurant workers’ campaign resulted in a historic $4 million settlement for 280 workers. Comics is her favorite medium because she considers it an art for the people. Check out her work at:kayancheung.tumblr.com \nInés Ixierda is a multi-media visual artist and bruja. She uses handcraft and mark making to heal and hold her lived experience. She will be presenting old and new works. \nIll Nappashi is a comics therapist\, idea man\, and motorcycle mechanic. \nEmeric L. Kennard or “Elk” is an award-winning artist and illustrator currently based in Oakland. A socially active creator\, Elk’s subject matter includes queer and transgender issues interpreted from a unique lived perspective\, environmentalism\, trauma\, and cultural survival. His work has exhibited locally and nationally\, hung in Congressional halls\, and been recognized by the Society of Illustrators. \nDiego Gomez created Daddy Issues magazine\, worked on the comic books Pride High\, Glamazonia\, Mama Tits Saves the World & most recently “ALPHABET: LGBTQAI Anthology”. They have created the panel discussion “Homo Superior: Queering Comics\, Costumes as Drag & Gender Equality” at Stan Lee’s ComikazeExpo\, co-curated “Queering Mythologies” for the National Queer Arts Festival & spoke at RuPaul’s DragCon’s “Geeks and Glamazons: Gender Bending in Comics.” They are currently completing the story & illustrations for the comic they are about to read about 1963 civil rights. instagram.com/designnurd \nLacey Johnson has been doing waay underground diary comics for 10 years. She will present a retrospective on her body of work\, talk process\, and present current work.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/comics-are-your-therapy-cat/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Marisa Silver w/ Peter Orner
DESCRIPTION:In an unnamed country at the beginning of the last century\, a child called Pavla is born to peasant parents. \nHer arrival\, fervently anticipated and conceived in part by gypsy tonics and archaic prescriptions\, stuns her parents and brings outrage and disgust from her community. Pavla has been born a dwarf\, beautiful in face\, but as the years pass\, she grows no further than the edge of her crib. When her parents turn to the treatments of a local doctor and freak sideshow proprietor\, his terrifying cure opens the floodgates persecution for Pavla. Little Nothing unfolds across a lifetime of unimaginable\, magical transformation in and out of human form\, as this outcast woman is hunted down and incarcerated for her desires\, her body broken and her identity stripped away until her soul is strong enough to transcend all physical bounds. \nWoven throughout is the journey of Danilo\, the young man entranced by Pavla\, obsessed only with protecting her. Part allegory about the shifting nature of being\, part subversive fairy tale of love in all its uncanny guises\, Marisa Silver’s new novel spans the beginning of a new century\, the disintegration of ancient superstitions and the adoption of industry and invention. With a cast of remarkable characters\, a wholly shocking and original story\, and extraordinary\, page-turning prose\, it is a work of sheer electricity. \nMarisa Silver is the author of the novel Mary Coin\, a New York Times bestseller. She is also the author of The God of War(a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist)\, No Direction Home\, and two story collections\, Alone With You and Babe in Paradise (a New York Times Notable Book and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year). Her first short story appeared in The New Yorker when she was featured in the magazine’s first “Debut Fiction” issue. Winner of the O. Henry Prize\, Silver’s fiction has been included in The Best American Short Stories\, The O. Henry Prize Stories\, and other anthologies. She lives in Los Angeles.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/marisa-silver-w-peter-orner/
LOCATION:Book Passage Marin\, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. \, Corte Madera\, CA\, 94925\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160823T203000
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SUMMARY:ABBW Presents: The Hydra #5
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Association of Black and Brown Writers’ (Nomadic Press’) fifth experimental\, flash\, and science fiction reading series at the beautiful Woods Bar & Brewery on 17th and Telegraph in Uptown Oakland. \nThis month features science-fiction author TBD and our Outsider of the Month TBD and five (5) open mic slots! Emceed by Elwin Michael Cotman and Vernon Keeve III. Music by the ever-so-talentedOakland Future Trio. \nDonations will be called for throughout the night\, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \nGenesis \nAt one time it was believed that Hercules downed the six-headed beast\, discovering in the process that the removal of one head meant that two would grow in its place. It was only with help from Iolaus that the death of the beast was exposed in the marrying of decapitation and cauterization\, so that more heads could not sprout. Hercules buried the taproot of the beast under a huge rock\, known today as Mount Diablo. \nFor 27 centuries\, the Hydra has remained dormant\, until the 1940s when copious amounts of poetry began to stir the sleeping heart of the behemoth\, and slowly but surely the heads of the beast began to grow back despite the sealed wounds. \nOctavia Butler\, Samuel R. Delaney\, and Ursula K. Le Guin were knighted as keepers of the beast\, but the trio’s powers were greatly weakened with the passing of Octavia. \nUrsula recently said\, “with the popularity of poetry readings in the Bay Area the heads of the beast are growing back at an alarming rate\, and the only thing that will slow down the beast is the inclusion of more fiction in the literary scene. We need stories of mythical beasts stronger than the Hydra. We need stories of worlds that is not the world it remembers\, or maybe stories of lands the Hydra knows all too well. We need stories of heroes that can destroy it\, and villians greater than it. We need experimental stories\, we need short stories\, we need fiction. Fiction is the only thing that will down the beast for once and for all. Counteract the poetry that is making the beast grow\, and do it now.” \nThe Setup \nWith all that being said\, we would like to invite you all to The Association of Black and Brown Writers’ (Nomadic Press’) The Hydra: A Reading Series of Experimental\, Flash\, and Science Fiction. This event will come to you on the last Tuesday of every month at Woods Bar & Brewery in Uptown Oakland. \nHydra will always have a featured reader who writes within the genre of fiction\, as well as\, an Outsider of the Month. The Outsider of the Month is someone who usually writes what cannot be classified as fiction\, but who will be asked to write a piece of fiction and share it with the audience. We’ve learned that this sacrifice is one that slows down the growth of the heads the most. \nThere will also 5 slots available for sacrificial (open-mic) readings (4 minutes per reading)\, so come out to listen\, to share\, to join us in ceremony. \nPSA: This series is still not affiliated with H.Y.D.R.A. the criminal organization\, but they want in.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/abbw-presents-the-hydra-5/
LOCATION:Woods Bar & Brewery\, 1701 Telegraph Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160822T210000
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SUMMARY:The Epicenter: Hannah Pittard
DESCRIPTION:“Winner of the Amanda Davis Award from McSweeney’s and author of the novels Reunion and The Fates Will Find Their Way\, Pittard now brings us the story of a young married couple\, Mark and Maggie\, on a road trip gone wrong. Maggie’s recently been robbed at gun point\, and by the time they stop for the night at an out-of-the-way inn (without power)\, the two aren’t even speaking to one another. Frederick Barthelme calls it ‘a positively Hitchcockian misadventure.’” —The Millions \nLitquake is proud to host the San Francisco launch of Hannah Pittard’s newest book\, the novel Listen to Me\, a modern gothic about a marriage and road trip gone hauntingly awry. She will be in conversation\, with book sales and signing to follow. \nMark and Maggie’s annual drive east to visit family has gotten off to a rocky start. By the time they’re on the road\, it’s late\, a storm is brewing\, and they are no longer speaking to one another. Adding to the stress\, Maggie — recently mugged at gunpoint — is lately not herself\, and Mark is at a loss about what to make of the stranger he calls his wife. When they are forced to stop for the night at a remote inn\, completely without power\, Maggie’s paranoia reaches an all-time and terrifying high. But when Mark finds himself threatened in a dark parking lot\, it’s Maggie who takes control.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-epicenter-hannah-pittard/
LOCATION:Alamo Drafthouse Cinema\, 2550 Mission Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160821T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160821T170000
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SUMMARY:National Park Service Centennial: See America
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special celebration of 100 years of our National Parks Service\, with Kati Schmidt of the National Parks Conservation Association\, and Max Slavin and Aaron Perry-Zucker of Creative Action Network\, instigators of the crowd-sourced See America art campaign and hardbound book. This family-friendly event will include presentations\, book signings\, tasty treats\, art\, and activities for all ages! Notably\, 1% of all the proceeds from See America book sales go to support NPCA\, and 40% go directly to the artists involved in its creation.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/national-park-service-centennial-see-america/
LOCATION:Folio Books\, 3957 24th St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160820T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160820T210000
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SUMMARY:David Colosi
DESCRIPTION:David Colosi is the author of the novel Miss Pumpernickel Bread\, the essay Towards A Three-Dimensional Literature and the collection of poems\, Laughing Blood. He went to CalArts in the ‘90s\, lives in Brooklyn\, NY and will be an artist-in-residence at Varda Artists Residency in Sausalito from Aug. 1-Sept. 1\, 2016. http://www.vardaartistsresidency.to/#varprogramabout \nDavid’s literature and artwork has been featured in New York at Cueto Project and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; in Brussels at Galerie Catherine Bastide; in Switzerland in Art Statements at Art Basel; in Los Angeles at Highways Performance Space Gallery; and Tokyo at the Proto Theater. He has been an artist-in-residence in New York at Pioneer Works and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Art Center on Governors Island; in Florida at the Fountainhead Residency and Atlantic Center for the Arts; and in France at Le Centre Du Monde in Belle-Ile-en-mer. At Adobe Books\, he will be reading from a new collection of writings.\nwww.davidcolosi.com & www.3dlit.org
URL:https://litseen.com/event/david-colosi/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160820T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160820T210000
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SUMMARY:Paper Press Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a paper filled evening hosted by\nYoussef Alaoui of Paper Press Publishing \nReaders will include writers who have been published by Paper Press: \nCassandra Dallett\nJoel Landmine\nMK Chavez\nPaul Corman Roberts\nSharon Coleman\nWilliam Taylor Jr.\nAlexandra Naughton\nDennis Formento\nMissy Church \nwith musical guests:\nto be announced
URL:https://litseen.com/event/paper-press-reading/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Everything Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Submit here (follow link) for the Everything open mic on Saturday August 20th 6-7:50 PM. \nJust comment here with a link to your video\, or post a short piece of poetry/ prose etc.\, attach your soundcloud etc. \nWe will choose and book 20 performers for 5 min performance slots during this special open mic immediately following the Noise Pop Block Party on Satturday August 20th from 6-7:50pm.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/everything-open-mic/
LOCATION:Mutiny Radio Gallery\, 2781 21st Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160820T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160820T190000
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SUMMARY:Conditional Love w/ Bernes\, Boldt\, + Gentil
DESCRIPTION:SPD PRESENTS is a monthly reading series with the aim of fostering relationships between emerging writers and readers in our national small press community. \nJASPER BERNES is author of two books of poetry\, Starsdown (2007) and We Are Nothing and So Can You (2015). He has recently completed a scholarly book\, The Work of Art in the Age of Deindustrialization (Stanford University Press\, forthcoming)\, about the role poetry plays in the postindustrial restructuring of labor. Poems\, essays\, and other writings can be found in Modern Language Quarterly\, Radical Philosophy\, Endnotes\, Lana Turner\, The American Reader\, Critical Inquiry\, and elsewhere. Together with Juliana Spahr and Joshua Clover\, he edits CommuneEditions. He lives in Berkeley with his family. \nLINDSEY BOLDT is a poet\, performer\, editor and energy healer who lives in Oakland\, CA. She is the author of Overboard (2012) and the chapbooks\, Titties for Lindsey (2013)\, Overboard: Rampage (2011)\, Oh My\, Hell Yes (2009) and a new chapbook from Couch Press with an unpronounceable title (right now\, y’all). With Steve Orth\, she co-writes and performs plays\, commentary and songs including a recently recorded audio commentary for the 1993 movie “The Pelican Brief” (forthcoming from Troll Thread). She works as the managing editor of Nightboat Books\, studies plant medicine and shoots healing energy out of the palms of her hands for money and for free. \nFANCIULLA GENTILE Fanciulla is a multi-disciplinary artist born in San Francisco and raised in Bolivia. She’s collaborated with many Bay Area artists on music\, live performance\, and film. Her recent project\, The Creatrix\, is a solo dark ambient sonic exploration based on a series of stories she’s been writing since January 1st 2016. The narrative traces the movements of an Alien-oracle as it travels throughout the universe to birth and to kill her descendant species. Fanciulla’s writing contains elements of science fiction\, eco-horror\, and erotica. She lives in the Mission district and has many jobs. \nFounded in 1969\, SPD is currently the only distributor in the country dedicated exclusively to independently published literature. For more information\, visit http://spdbooks.org/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/conditional-love-w-bernes-boldt-gentil/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Fireside Storytelling: NERVE
DESCRIPTION:You ever been told “Wow\, you’ve got some NERVE …” Well\, we can assure you that storytellers who’ve stockpiled an armory of the craziest stories certainly have. This month\, Fireside welcomes six storytellers to our stage to share their tales of throwing steely nerve in the face of fear\, caution\, and (in some cases) reason. \nSTORYTELLERS:\nDave Nihill\nCherry Zonkowski\nScott Sanders\nSusan Wilhite\nLeyton Cassidy\nSarah Hunt \nFireside is a monthly storytelling series\, taking place the second Wednesday of the month in San Francisco. Come watch six storytellers tell 10-minute true stories on a particular theme\, without the aid of notes or a script\, keeping the art of storytelling alive.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fireside-storytelling-nerve/
LOCATION:The Institute of Possibility\, 3359 Cesar Chavez St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160817T213000
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SUMMARY:Lyrics and Dirges: 6th Anniversary Special
DESCRIPTION:Come get hot and lyrical at our 6th year anniversary reading. That’s six years of creating space and community for the East Bay. In this time we’ve featured hundreds of writers to spread the wealth of their words. Tonight we bring back some all-time favorites: \nVirgie Tovar\nTongo Eisen-Martin\nCyrus Armajani\ngiovanni singleton \nHosted and curated by MK Chavez and Sharon Coleman.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lyrics-and-dirges-6th-anniversary-special/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160817T210000
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SUMMARY:Flash Fiction Forum
DESCRIPTION:The Flash Fiction Forum is a San Jose Event featuring flash fiction writers reading their work at WORKS gallery in downtown San Jose. \nSome call it short-short stories; some call it micro-fiction; some call it “sudden” fiction. In short\, no more than two pages double-spaced (maybe a bit longer if most of it is dialogue). \nThis platform allows the writers to get an immediate response to their work. Join us and expose your fiction!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/flash-fiction-forum/
LOCATION:Works/San José\, 365 S Market St\, San Jose\, CA\, 95113\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:John Lewis w/ Andrew Aydin + Nate Powell
DESCRIPTION:Together\, these three creators have turned the life of an exceptional human being into both a work of literature and a work of art. The words and images of March bring to life the story of John Lewis\, the power of youth\, and the power of nonviolence — making them accessible and urgently relevant to new generations.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/john-lewis-w-andrew-aydin-nate-powell/
LOCATION:USF McClaren Complex\, 2130 Fulton Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160816T200000
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SUMMARY:Books & Brews: Book Swap!
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever loved a book so much that you wanted to read passages of it to people around you and share it with all your friends? Bookshop’s Books & Brews Book Swap offers passionate readers a chance to promote their favorite books and go home with a new discovery–while also enjoying delicious brews at Beer Thirty. Bring one of your favorite books (that you are willing to give away) and join a small group to talk about your books\, then listen to others sell you theirs–you’ll have 90 seconds\, and we’ll have a timer. Then we swap\, White Elephant-style (except you’ll actually want the gift you get)!\n*Remember that you must bring a book to participate in this event.*\n\n\nAbout the Books & Brews series:\nOur second-annual summer Books & Brews series combines our passion for books with our love of craft beer! We’re partnering with 4 local breweries and pubs to bring you unique book-related events once a month throughout summer.\nPick up a Passport at Bookshop (or print one at home). Visit our summer Books & Brews event to get your Passport stamped at each location! Get at least two stamps\, turn your Passport in by September 15\, and you’ll be entered in a drawing to win $150 gift card from Bookshop Santa Cruz!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/books-brews-book-swap/
LOCATION:Beer Thirty Bottle Shop & Pour House\, 2504 S. Main Street\, Soquel\, CA\, 95073\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160815T213000
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SUMMARY:Roy Scranton: War Porn
DESCRIPTION:Praise for Roy Scranton: \n“What impresses is the brutal immediacy of the writing\, its authority. Roy Scranton is a truth telling war writer.” — E.L. Doctorow\, author of Ragtime \n\n“I have never read a book like War Porn. Roy Scranton writes with unnerving power. There is much to admire here—the meticulous craftsmanship\, the hysterical comic passages\, the way the sheer audacity of vision is matched at every turn by the innovative skill to carry it out—but what I’m left with at the end is difficult to put into words. It’s intense and troubling. It’s what all truly excellent literature leaves you with. A sense of something shattering.” — Phil Klay\, author of Redeployment\n\n“War Porn is dire\, savage\, and brilliant\, a simmering fever-dream of a novel that’s as pure and true in its vision of the long war as anything I’ve read. Roy Scranton is merciless—and why should he be anything but? War’s corruption soaks through every layer of life\, and War Porn drives home that truth with unflinching\, and ultimately harrowing\, honesty.” — Ben Fountain\, author of Billy Flynn’s Long Halftime Walk\n\nAbout War Porn: \nThe term war porn refers to videos and images brought back from combat zones. IED explosions\, air strikes\, firefights\, images of death and gore largely shorn of context\, at times even evidence of potential war crimes (most famously\, the photos of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib). \n\nWar porn is also\, in Scranton’s searing debut\, a metaphor for the fragmentation and confusion of modern combat\, the broken shards of experience that form the wartime experiences of soldiers and civilians alike. The three sections of “War Porn” fit inside one another like nesting dolls: from an end of summer barbecue in the American Southwest; to the perspective of a young US soldier in the early months of the occupation of Iraq; to the story of Qasim al-Zabadi\, an Iraqi math professor who faces the American invasion with a blend of fear\, denial\, and perseverance. Through the eyes of the occupiers\, we watch Qasim become an interpreter for US forces\, then prisoner and victim. As the scene switches from America to Iraq and back again\, as home and hell merge\, Qasim reveals the fragile humanity that connects occupier and occupied\, torturer and tortured.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/roy-scranton-war-porn/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160815T210000
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SUMMARY:Odd Mondays: So Much to be Done
DESCRIPTION:So Much to Be Done” The Writings of Breast Cancer Activist Barbara Brenner \nEdited by Barbara Sjoholm \nPresented by Susie Lampert and Elaine Elinson \nCollected in So Much to Be Done\, and framed by personal accounts of Barbara and her influential work\, Brenner’s columns and blog posts form a chronicle of breast cancer research and health care activism that is as inspiring as it is informative. \nFree admission!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/odd-mondays-so-much-to-be-done/
LOCATION:Folio Books\, 3957 24th St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Jeanne Lupton
DESCRIPTION:Jeanne Lupton is a poet and writer\, montage artist\, and student of the dulcimer. She is self-employed doing odd jobs\, including reflexology\, caregiving\, and pet and house sitting\, She has featured and read at open mics in the bay area\, leads a memoir writing group at the North Berkeley Senior Center\, and cohosts poetry readings at Frank Bette Center for the Arts in Alameda. She also hosts the monthly talent show at Strawberry Creek Lodge\, where she lives with 149 other elders and her cat.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jeanne-lupton/
LOCATION:Himalayan Flavors\, 1585 University Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160814T210000
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SUMMARY:Poets Upstairs: Chris Carosi + Amy K. Bell
DESCRIPTION:Poets Upstairs features Chris Carosi and Amy K. Bell. Read alongside them at the open mic. Come early to sign up\, stay late to jump in on our Exquisite Corpse! \nAbout the Authors: \nChris Carosi is from Pittsburgh and became fugitive to his family and friends to study at the University of San Francisco Creative Writing Program between 2009 and 2011. He is the author of two chapbooks\, bright veil (New Fraktur Press\, 2011) and FICTIONS (The Gorilla Press\, 2015). Some other work has appeared in Spring Gun\, Switchback (where he was nominated for a Pushcart Prize)\, Your Impossible Voice\, and a few others. He lives in San Francisco with Rebecca and his cat Georgina\, and he currently works as a book publicist & digital marketer for City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. \nAmy K. Bell lives in Oakland\, CA. Her chapbook\, Book of Sibyl\, was published in 2013 by The Gorilla Press. She has been published in JERRY\, Transfer\, Cura and elsewhere. In 2012\, she co-founded Drop Leaf Press\, a woman-run small publisher based in San Francisco. \nHosted by The Great Overland Book Company \nCurated by Susan Calvillo and Genie Cartier
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-upstairs-chris-carosi-amy-k-bell/
LOCATION:Great Overland Books\, 345 Judah Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160814T180000
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SUMMARY:Blackwell\, Hernandez\, Serrano\, + Dang
DESCRIPTION:Gears Turning Poetry Series: Hosted by Kim Shuck with Charles Blackwell\, Leticia Hernandez\, and Nina Serrano with music by Ed Dang. \nThis is a Calle 24/Latino cultural heritage district\nSecond Sunday\, Paseo Artístico event.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/blackwell-hernandez-serrano-dang/
LOCATION:Modern Times Bookstore Collective\, 2919 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160813T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160813T210000
DTSTAMP:20260512T104215
CREATED:20160719T231902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160719T232005Z
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SUMMARY:Lone Glen: Summer Night of Evan & Miles Karp
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 8 pm on Saturday\, August 13th for the summer installment of the Lone Glen series\, featuring the poetry and polyvocal rhythms of Turk & Divis\, a collaboration between Evan and Miles Karp. Evan Karp\, founder of Litseen and director/creator of Quiet Lightning\, and his brother\, Miles Karp\, offer us an evening of unbounded delights that defy categorization. Find us at 3132 Harrison Street\, Oakland\, and look for the signs pointing you to the side entrance to our garden and garage performance space. Bring a friend\, a beverage (if you have the means)\, and an open mind! Lone Glen is a quarterly writing\, art\, and performance series dedicated to cultivating more community and inspiration among artists of any and all genres. \nEvan and Miles Karp are Turk & Divis\, an intersection where chance\, rhythm\, and processed repetition collide with modified fragments of language to form serendipitous anthems and intimate\, often polyvocal meditations inside of those anthems. Old school samples and some of tomorrow’s most unusual hits @ turkanddivis.bandcamp.com.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lone-glen-summer-night-of-evan-miles-karp/
LOCATION:Lone Glen\, 3132 Harrison Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94611\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160813T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160813T223000
DTSTAMP:20260512T104215
CREATED:20160720T001906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160720T001906Z
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SUMMARY:You’re Going to Die: Tom Rhodes
DESCRIPTION:YOU’RE GOING TO DIE Presents Tom Rhodes…\n— Private Parlor Show at The Lost Church \nDoors at 7:30pm\nShow at 8:15pm\nTickets at http://ticketf.ly/28S7KfT\n$10 in advance and $10 day of show online and at the door. \nTonight’s YG2D is an entirely curated show. There will be no open mic. \nFeaturing the special guest of the night: \nTom Rhodes \nThe 36-year-old Oakland\, California-based songwriter has spent more than a decade honing his honest\, heartfelt brand of Americana\, and learning to craft songs whose truth matches his passion as a performer. In that time\, he has performed all over the US and Europe\, released four albums\, and even appeared on season 9 of The Voice in 2015. Rhodes just released his fifth full-length album Who You Were – a stunning culmination of Rhodes’s search for his unique voice as a songwriter and singer. \nCheck out more here: http://tomrhodesmusic.com/ \n==================================================\nPrivate Parlor Shows are open to all friends and fans of The Lost Church and the performers. \nSeating is first come\, first served. We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (YG2D generally sells out in advance)\, but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youre-going-to-die-tom-rhodes/
LOCATION:The Lost Church\, 65 Capp Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160812T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160812T210000
DTSTAMP:20260512T104215
CREATED:20160810T005751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160810T005751Z
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SUMMARY:Frederick Speers + Jessica Mejía
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a very special evening of readings with organizer of the Flor y Canto Literary Festival Jessica Mejia and Jam Tarts publisher Frederick Speers. With musical guest Poise. \nDonations will be called for throughout the night\, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. \nWine and Red Bay coffee will be available. \nParking: Street parking is usually available\, but the easiest thing to do is to park at the Walgreens just a block away. Here is a handy map (you should see Nomadic Press on there) https://goo.gl/maps/SgaHMhV88MA2
URL:https://litseen.com/event/frederick-speers-jessica-mejia/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press\, 2926 Foothill Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160812T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160812T210000
DTSTAMP:20260512T104215
CREATED:20160810T005551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160810T005551Z
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SUMMARY:Red Light Lit: Summer of Lust
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Summer Of Lust Festival\, Red Light Lit is collaborating with jANKzine to bring you its sexiest show yet. Featured performers include: Lara Coley\, Kathy Duby\, Juliana Delgado Lopera\, Terence Leclere\, Loria Mendoza\, Monique Mero\, Dirk Peterson\, Gabby Poccia\, Katie Wheeler-Dubin\, and Carolina De Robertis. The fabulous Cellista will be scoring the entire show with a blend of DJ’ing and live acoustic cello tracks. \nRed Light Lit is a collective of writers\, musicians\, comedians and artists who explore love relationships and sexuality through poetry\, prose\, comedy\, art and song. \nAll the images at the show will be from www.jankzine.com\, @jankzine \nAdvance tickets: $12 and $15 at the door
URL:https://litseen.com/event/red-light-lit-summer-of-lust/
LOCATION:PianoFight\, 144 Taylor St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160811T230000
DTSTAMP:20260512T104215
CREATED:20160713T012009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160713T012043Z
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SUMMARY:Porchlight’s 14th Anniversary Romp: Identity Crisis!
DESCRIPTION:Who am I? \nIt’s a queston that never fails to amuse\, confuse\, bewilder\, and humble us as we plunk along our journey on this earth. To what end\, no one knows. To paraphrase Oliver Sacks\, it is an enormous privilege and adventure to be a sentient being\, a thinking animal\, on this beautiful planet. And you are free to have canned fish for lunch every day\, if you wish. \nAs Porchlight celebrates fourteen years of personal storytelling onstage\, we look to a theme where storytellers can choose to reflect or freak out on the whats\, whys\, and hows of who they think they are. \nCousins author Mary Roach and bookbinder Dominic Riley\nMythbusters legend Adam Savage\nwriter and actor Moon Zappa
URL:https://litseen.com/event/porchlights-14th-anniversary-romp-identity-crisis/
LOCATION:Verdi Club\, 2424 Mariposa St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160811T213000
DTSTAMP:20260512T104215
CREATED:20160713T011651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160713T011651Z
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SUMMARY:Joe McGinniss Jr.
DESCRIPTION:Joe McGinniss Jr. presents Carousel Court\, a novel about Nick and Phoebe Maguire\, a couple  who has recently moved from Boston to Los Angeles in search of a fresh start for themselves and their infant son. Both naïve in their actions and victims of the recent economic crisis\, they quickly become broke and desperate to claw their way back into the middle class where they feel they belong. Plotted in secret but under the same roof\, their separate agendas soon collide in spectacular fashion and leave them both wondering what the other is capable of. \nJoe McGinniss Jr. is the author of Carousel Court and The Delivery Man. He lives in Washington\, DC\, with his family.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joe-mcginniss-jr/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160811T191500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160811T211500
DTSTAMP:20260512T104215
CREATED:20160810T005029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160810T005029Z
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SUMMARY:Why There Are Words: Provenance
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7pm; readings begin at 7:15. $10. \nNancy Au‘s stories have appeared or are forthcoming inSmokeLong Quarterly\, The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts\, Necessary Fiction\, Fiction Southeast\, Word Riot\, Identity Theory\, Prick of the Spindle\, and elsewhere. She was recently awarded the Spring Creek Project residency (Oregon State University)\, which is dedicated to artists and writers whose work is inspired by nature and science. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Anthropology\, and is completing an MFA at San Francisco State University where she taught creative writing. She teaches at California State University Stanislaus. \nAndrea Kneeland is the author of How to Pose for Hustler (Civil Coping Mechanisms\, 2015) and The Translations (Sententia Books\, 2015). Her collection of fairy tales\, The Birds & The Beasts\, is forthcoming from Lazy Fascist Press later this year. \nJanice Lee is the author of KEROTAKIS (Dog Horn Press\, 2010)\, Daughter (Jaded Ibis\, 2011)\, Damnation (Penny-Ante Editions\, 2013)\, Reconsolidation (Penny-Ante Editions\, 2015)\, and most recently\, The Sky Isn’t Blue (Civil Coping Mechanisms\, 2016). She also has several chapbooks: Red Trees\, Fried Chicken Dinner (Parrot/Insert Press)\, The Other Worlds (Eohippus Labs)\, and The Transparent As Witness (Solar Luxuriance)\, a collaboration with Will Alexander. She is Editor of the #RECURRENT Novel Series\, Assistant Editor at Fanzine\, Executive Editor of Entropy\, and CEO/Founder of POTG Design. She currently lives in Los Angeles and teaches at CalArts. \nRichard Loranger is a writer\, performer\, visual artist\, and all around squeaky wheel\, currently residing in Oakland\, CA. His recent book of flash prose\, Sudden Windows (Zeitgeist Press\, 2016)\, has been enthusiastically received. He is also the author of Poems for Teeth\, The Orange Book\, and nine chapbooks. Other recent work can be found in Oakland Review #2\, Overthrowing Capitalism vol. 2 (Revolutionary Poets Brigade)\, and the anthology The Careless Embrace of the Boneshaker (great weather for MEDIA). You can find more about his work and scandals at his website. \nSue Mell was born in Queens\, New York\, and holds an MFA from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Several of her stories have appeared in Narrative Magazine. Sue lives in San Francisco\, where she freelances as a photo stylist and is currently working on a novel. \nAlexandra Naughton is a lil dusty possum and lives in Richmond. Her first novel\,American Mary\, was published by Civil Coping Mechanisms and has received rave reviews by readers worldwide. She is an extremely prolific writer: see her portfolio. She founded Be About It Press in San Francisco in 2010. \nJesse Prado lives in Hayward and blogs at thegreatcratsby.tumblr.com. His first poetry chapbook\, I’ve Been On Tumblr\, is critically acclaimed\, and you can own one for yourself for ten dollars. Hit him up. \nNatasha Sajéis Professor of English at Westminster College in Salt Lake City\, and a long-standing faculty member at the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing Program. She is the author of three books of poems\, Red Under the Skin\, Bend\, and Vivarium\, a book of poetry criticism\, Windows and Doors: A Poet Reads Literary Theory (Michigan\, 2014)\, and many essays. \nWhy There Are Words takes place every second Thursday of the month\, when people come from San Francisco\, the North Bay\, the East Bay\, the South Bay–everywhere–to crowd the house. The brainchild of Peg Alford Pursell\, this literary goodness has been going strong for six years.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/why-there-are-words-provenance/
LOCATION:Studio 333\, 333 Caledonia Street\, Sausalito \, CA\, 94965\, United States
CATEGORIES:North Bay
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160811T203000
DTSTAMP:20260512T104215
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SUMMARY:Mahnaz Badihian + Jennifer Barone
DESCRIPTION:Join us every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in our Readers Bookstore Fort Mason for our weekly FREE poetry series! \nBrowse books while listening to internationally acclaimed poets and artists such as Jonathan Richman\, David Meltzer\, Diane di Prima and California Poet Laureate Al Young. The series is curated by Friends’ Resident Poet Jack Hirschman. (For a list of the scheduled readers\, please see the line up below.) \nProceeds from our bookstores benefit the San Francisco Public Library.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mahnaz-badihian-jennifer-barone/
LOCATION:Readers Bookstore\, Fort Mason Center\, Building C\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94123\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160810T213000
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CREATED:20160810T004413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160810T004413Z
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SUMMARY:Bruce Jenkins
DESCRIPTION:San Francisco Chronicle sports columnist Bruce Jenkins reads from his memoir\, Shop Around: Growing up with Motown in a Sinatra Household\, a part of The Music That Changed My Life series. \nAbout Shop Around: \nBruce Jenkins was twelve years old\, living in Malibu with his parents\, when he heard the original Shop Around single\, by The Miracles featuring Bill Smokey Robinson\, the first Billboard No. 1 R&B single for Motown’s Tamla label. Released nationally in October 1960\, the single would ultimately make it into the Grammy Hall of Fame\, but for young Bruce\, the first times he heard the song were a revelation. Jenkins grew up surrounded by music. His father\, Gordon Jenkins\, was a composer and arranger who worked with artists from Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday to Louis Armstrong and Johnny Cash\, but was best known for his close collaboration with Frank Sinatra. His mother\, Beverly\, was a singer.\nFor Bruce\, Shop Around ushered him into a new world of loving Motown. In “Shop Around\,” he brings to life the first thrill of having the music claim him\, provides the back story of the recording (and rerecording) of the hit single\, shares sketches from his life with his father and mother\, and traces how his love of music has grown and evolved over the years and how he still loves driving around San Francisco with Motown cranked up on his car stereo.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bruce-jenkins/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160810T213000
DTSTAMP:20260512T104215
CREATED:20160713T011213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160713T011213Z
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SUMMARY:Drew Magary
DESCRIPTION:Drew Magary presents The Hike\, a wild\, thrilling fantasy saga that chronicles one man’s epic life-or-death quest to return to his family after getting lost on a wooded path that leads him into an alternate\, dreamlike world full of man-eating giants\, garish demons\, and colossal insects. As a columnist forDeadspin and correspondent for GQ\, Magary is known for his brash commentary on everything from professional football to politics. Though The Hike is penned in his trademark\, hilarious\, no-holds-barred prose\, the story is inspired by classic fairy tales like The Odyssey\, as well as children’s books like The Lion\, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The result is utterly imaginative\, deeply felt novel—like a Salvador Dali painting on amphetamines. \nDrew Magary is a correspondent for GQ and a columnist for Deadspin. He is the author of the memoir Someone Could Get Hurt and the novel ThePostmortal. His writing has appeared in Maxim\, New York\, NPR\, NBC\, The Atlantic\, Bon Appétit\, The Huffington Post\, the Awl\, Gawker\, Penthouse\,Playboy\, Yahoo!\, ESPN\, Rolling Stone\, Comedy Central\, and more. He’s been featured on Good Morning America and has been interviewed by theAV Club\, the New York Observer\, USA Today\, US News\, and many others. He lives in Maryland with his wife and three kids.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/drew-magary/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160810T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20160810T210000
DTSTAMP:20260512T104215
CREATED:20160810T004227Z
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SUMMARY:Passages on the Lake 29
DESCRIPTION:Passages on the Lake rows on with our 29th edition rolling out Wednesday August 10th with the El Cerrito Poet Laureate Maw Shein Win\, New South Poetry winnter Xan Roberti\, Litseen Contributors Steven Gray and Jamey Genna\, musical guest Sebastian Poznansky and the Literary Tarot Reader Meg Hayertz! No cover\, always free\, with a full bar and restaurant on hand!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/passages-on-the-lake-29/
LOCATION:The Terrace Room\, 1800 Madison St\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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