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SUMMARY:DANIEL J. SIEGEL\, M.D. presents AWARE: The Science and Practice of Presence With an introduction by DACHER KELTNER
DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Arts & Letters and The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley co-present an evening with Daniel J. Siegel\, M.D.\, for his new book Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence–The Groundbreaking Meditation Practice. \nAware provides practical instruction for mastering the Wheel of Awareness\, a life-changing tool for cultivating more focus\, presence\, and peace in one’s day-to-day life. \nAn in-depth look at the science that underlies meditation’s effectiveness\, this book teaches readers how to harness the power of the principle “Where attention goes\, neural firing flows\, and neural connection grows.” Siegel reveals how developing a Wheel of Awareness practice to focus attention\, open awareness\, and cultivate kind intention can literally help you grow a healthier brain and reduce fear\, anxiety\, and stress in your life. \nWhether you have no experience with a reflective practice or are an experienced practitioner\, Aware is a hands-on guide that will enable you to become more focused and present\, as well as more energized and emotionally resilient in the face of stress and the everyday challenges life throws your way. \nWith an introduction by Dacher Keltner\, Ph.D\, founder and director of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley. \n— \nDr. Siegel is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA. He is also the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute which focuses on the development of mindsight\, which teaches insight\, empathy\, and integration in individuals\, families and communities. \nDr. Siegel has published extensively for both the professional and lay audiences. His four New York Times bestsellers are: Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human\, Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain\, and two books with Tina Payne Bryson\, Ph.D: The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline. His other books include: The Developing Mind (2nd Ed.)\, Mindsight\, The Mindful Brain\, The Mindful Therapist\, The Yes Brain (also with Tina Payne Bryson\, PH.D)\, and his upcoming book Aware (2018). Dr. Siegel also serves as the Founding Editor for the Norton Professional Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology which contains over sixty textbooks. \nDacher Keltner\, Ph.D\, is a founder of the Greater Good Science Center and its director. After receiving his Ph.D. from Stanford University\, Dacher has devoted his career to studying the nature of human goodness\, conducting ground-breaking research on compassion\, awe\, laughter\, and love. He is also a leading expert on social intelligence\, the psychology of power\, and the emotional bases of morality. He has written more than 100 scientific papers and two best-selling textbooks\, Social Psychology and Understanding Emotions. More recently\, he is the author of the best-selling book The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence and Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life\, and a co-editor of the Greater Good anthology\, The Compassionate Instinct. Dacher is an outstanding speaker who has received several national research and teaching awards. Wired has rated the podcasts of his Human Emotion course as one of the five best academic podcasts in the country. He has twice presented his research to His Holiness the Dalai Lama as part of a continuing dialogue between the Dalai Lama and scientists\, and his work is featured regularly in major media outlets\, including The New York Times\, CNN\, and NPR. In 2008\, the Utne Reader named him as one of 50 visionaries who are changing our world. \nPlease note: \nPresentation to be followed by a Q&A. Important signing details to follow. \nThis event is all ages. Accessibility is important to us! If you have special needs of any kind\, please write events AT booksmith DOT com and we will do our best to accommodate you. If the cost of admission would be a financial hardship that might prevent you from attending\, please let us know.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/daniel-j-siegel-m-d-presents-aware-the-science-and-practice-of-presence-with-an-introduction-by-dacher-keltner/
LOCATION:Berkeley City Club\, 2315 Durant Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Judith Levy-Sender\, Ramon Sender\, & 17 Years of Odd Mondays
DESCRIPTION:For 17 years\, Judith Levy-Sender and Ramon Sender organized Odd Mondays readings as community and literary events. Come celebrate their work Monday\, August 27\, from 7pm to 8pm at Folio Books San Francisco\, 3957 24th St. in Noe Valley. Judy will tell the history of the Odd Mondays reading series\, why it began and how it grew\, and both she and Ramon will read from their own work. Hosted by their friend\, Rick May\, who will continue the series with readings beginning in September. Free admission and free celebratory food and drink!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/celebrating-judith-levy-sender-ramon-sender-17-years-of-odd-mondays/
LOCATION:Folio Books\, 3957 24th St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Evening Literary Seminar: Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
DESCRIPTION:Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward\nThis gorgeous\, down-to-earth National Book Award Winner is not to be missed. It’s not enough to say that Salvage the Bones is the lush tale of a girl experiencing the heartache and devastation of Katrina because the novel touches on so much more. Heir to Toni Morrison in many ways\, Ward deftly and clearly communicates a reality that is heartbreaking and beautiful and inspirational and important\, particularly given today’s political and environmental climate. Please join us and learn how to read a little more deeply while enjoying this meaningful\, rich work. \nA copy of Salvage the Bones is included in the price of the Seminar and should be picked up at Kepler’s (and read) prior to the meeting date.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/evening-literary-seminar-salvage-the-bones-by-jesmyn-ward/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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SUMMARY:Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence with Dr. Dan Siegel
DESCRIPTION:Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence with Dr. Dan Siegel\nSunday\, August 26th\, from 7:30 – 9:00\nAt 1440 Multiversity\n1440 Multiversity in partnership with Bookshop Santa Cruz presents: Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence with Dr. Dan Siegel\, an offsite and ticketed event at 1440 Multiversity. See more details and buy your tickets here. \n1440 Multiversity welcomes back renowned psychiatrist and mindfulness expert Dan Siegel\, MD\, for a discussion of his new book\, Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence\, followed by a book signing\, in partnership with Bookshop Santa Cruz. \nFrom the New York Times best-selling author of Brainstorm and Mindsight comes an in-depth look at the science that underlies meditation’s effectiveness. In Aware\, Dan Siegel reveals how developing a Wheel of Awareness to focus attention and cultivate kind intention can help you: \n\nGrow a healthier brain\nReduce fear and anxiety\nManage stress\nFeel more energized and emotionally resilient in the face of everyday challenges.\n\nAware is a hands-on guide for experienced meditators and those new to the practice. \nDaniel Siegel\, MD\, is an award-winning educator\, renowned child psychiatrist\, and the internationally acclaimed author of Mindsight\, Brainstorm\, The Whole-Brain Child\, and more. He speaks internationally to teachers\, mental health and healthcare professionals\, business leaders\, and the general public. He is the executive director of the Mindsight Institute and a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine. \nThis event is presented in partnership with 1440 Multiversity. Tickets do not include a book. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Your event ticket does include dinner at Kitchen Table. Kitchen Table open for dinner: 5:30 – 7:00 pm.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/aware-the-science-and-practice-of-presence-with-dr-dan-siegel/
LOCATION:1440 Multiversity\, 800 Bethany Dr\, Scotts Valley\, CA\, 95066\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180825T190000
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SUMMARY:Saturday Night Special\, An East Bay Open Mic Presents: Nighttime
DESCRIPTION:As school starts back up and summer slides to its close\, SNS celebrates “Nighttime.” Give us stars\, dreams\, darkness\, a night on the town—Feel free to interpret our theme in any way that suits your fancy. \nAs always\, we’d love to hear your (three-minute) poems\, stories\, comedic sketches\, songs\, or dances\, on our optional theme (or any topic). \nOur fabulous featured readers for August are: Heather June Gibbons & Rohan DaCosta \nFirst come first served. Sign-up starts at 7pm and closes when it fills up or when the reading starts\, so get there early if you want to read! (Note: Sometimes the list is full by 7:03pm) \nEach reader will have 3 minutes maximum. For prose writers this is about one and a half double-spaced pages. \nPLEASE NOTE: We are strict about the 3 minute max. When you reach your time limit at SNS\, we turn on the disco lights! So\, please plan ahead. Practice your piece out loud. Time yourself! \nAfter the reading\, stick around for karaoke starting at 10pm \nSaturday\, August 25\, 2018\n7 – 9:30 pm \nNick’s Lounge (21+)\n3218 Adeline Street\, Berkeley\, CA\n1 block south of Ashby BART\nBetween Fairview St & Martin Luther King Jr Way \nFREE!\nBut bring CASH if you want to buy drinks (which you sort of have to\, because there’s a 1-drink minimum!) \nHosted by Hollie Hardy \nPlease help out by liking our FB page\, where you can also find more details and photos from past events: \nhttps://www.facebook.com/Saturday-Night-Special-an-East-Bay-open-mic-112174188880786/ \nBIOS \nHeather June Gibbons was born in Utah and grew up on an island in Washington. She is the author of the poetry collection Her Mouth as Souvenir\, winner of the 2017 Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize (University of Utah Press). She is also the author of two chapbooks\, Sore Songs (Dancing Girl Press)\, and Flyover (Q Avenue Press). Her poems have appeared widely in literary journals\, including Blackbird\, Boston Review\, Drunken Boat\, Gulf Coast\, Indiana Review\, jubilat\, New American Writing\, and West Branch. She received an MFA in Poetry from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, where she held a Callen Graduate Scholarship\, and she has been the recipient of a Full Fellowship Residency from the Vermont Studio Center\, the Pavel Strut Poetry Fellowship from the Prague Summer Program\, the Agha Shahid Ali Scholarship from the Fine Arts Work Center\, and the Harold Taylor Prize from the Academy of American Poets. Heather teaches creative writing at San Francisco State University\, and in the community. She lives in San Francisco. \nRohan DaCosta is a multi-disciplinary artist from the city of Chicago\, working primarily through photography\, writing\, and song. Often approaching his work with great emotional sensitivity\, Rohan explores complex dilemmas\, and frequencies found in lovers\, in families\, in ecosystems\, and in places. In his candid street photography and in his poetry\, Rohan keenly examines intimacy and relativity\, often finding the personal angle to political problems. In verse\, he expresses the profound joy and quandary of black life in America. He is the founder of and curator for GRACEGOD The Collective\, which celebrates the unique work of artists\, craftsmen\, and activists from all over the world. His work in graphic design and clothing has been featured as limited edition merchandise at The Koppel Project in London. His photography has been featured at The Flight Deck Gallery as a solo exhibition titled Ordinary People (2018). His photography has also been featured at Root Division Gallery as part of a group exhibition titled Let Me Be a Witness (2018). His book of photography\, poetry\, and song\, The Edge of Fruitvale\, was published by Nomadic Press on April 28\, 2018.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/saturday-night-special-an-east-bay-open-mic-presents-nighttime/
LOCATION:Nick’s Lounge\, 3218 Adeline St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:BOOK RELEASE: BLACK STEEL MAGNOLIAS BY JAMES CAGNEY
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Uptown\, Oakland\, location for the much-anticipated release of James Cagney’s first full-length poetry collection\, Black Steel Magnolias in the Hour of Chaos Theory! \nIt’s going to be an amazing evening of readings\, live music\, gnosh / refreshments\, and friends of Nomadic Press as we launch this treasure of a book into the universe. \nReadings by TBA\, pop-up surprise Nomadic Press readers\, and of course\, the star of the evening\, James Cagney. Books will be available for purchase and there will be a signing following the event ($12 each). Music by TBA! \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-release-black-steel-magnolias-by-james-cagney/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Kids 10 & up! Pablo Cartaya
DESCRIPTION:Presenting Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish. One boy’s search for his father leads him to Puerto Rico in this moving middle grade novel\, for fans of Ghost andSee You in the Cosmos. \nTo reserve your seat\, purchase a copy of Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by speaking to a bookseller or ordering from our website. \n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, August 25\, 2018 – 4:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarcus Vega is six feet tall\, 180 pounds\, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like this and you’re only in the eighth grade\, you’re both a threat and a target. \nAfter a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension\, Marcus’s mom decides it’s time for a change of environment. She takes Marcus and his younger brother to Puerto Rico to spend a week with relatives they don’t remember or have never met. But Marcus can’t focus knowing that his father–who walked out of their lives ten years ago–is somewhere on the island. \nSo begins Marcus’s incredible journey\, a series of misadventures that take him all over Puerto Rico in search of his elusive namesake. Marcus doesn’t know if he’ll ever find his father\, but what he ultimately discovers changes his life. And he even learns a bit of Spanish along the way. \n\nPablo Cartaya’s novels explore identity\, place\, and the spaces in-between. His debut novel about a boy standing up for his community\, The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora\, received three starred reviews. When Pablo isn’t writing\, he’s spending time with his family or dreaming of his next visit to Puerto Rico. Learn more about Pablo at pablocartaya.com and follow him on Twitter @phcartaya.\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kids-10-up-pablo-cartaya/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:RETURN TO THE PEOPLES
DESCRIPTION:FRI. AUGUST 24TH\, 7PM \npresented by \nWORLD POETRY MOVEMENT\nMedellin\, Colombia \nTHE REVOLUTIONARY POETS BRIGADE\nSan Francisco \nCorporatism is the fascism that is manifesting in governments throughout the world by producing nationalist and populist leaders of negation and powerful military forces bent on war. Like students murdered en masse in schools in the U.S.\, like the tsunami of women jailed as drug offenders because work under capitalism makes body and soul miserable\, the World Poetry Movement (WPM) and the Revolutionary Poets Brigades say: Basta! Enough! \n\nROBERT ANBIAN\nMAHNAZ BADIHIAN\nLISBIT BAILEY\nJUDITH AYN BERNHARD\nKRISTINA BROWN\nBOBBY COLEMAN\nPAULINE CRAIG\nJOHN CURL\nAGNETA FALK\nFRANCISCO HERRERA\nMARTIN HICKEL\nJACK HIRSCHMAN\nJESSICA LOOS\nKAREN MELANDER MAGOON\nSARAH MENEFEE\nBARBARA PASCHKE\nJAMI PROCTOR-XU\nGIOVANNI ROMANO\nKIM SHUCK\nSan Francisco Poet Laureate\nMICHAEL WARR
URL:https://litseen.com/event/return-to-the-peoples/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Katie Henry Launch for Heretics Anonymous
DESCRIPTION:Katie Henry\n\n\n\n\nLaunch for Heretics Anonymous\, her hilarious debut YA novel about a band of misfits who set out to challenge their strict Catholic school\, one nun at a time. \n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, August 24\, 2018 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen Michael walks through the doors of Catholic school\, things can’t get much worse. His dad has just made the family move again\, and Michael needs a friend. When a girl challenges their teacher in class\, Michael thinks he might have found one\, and a fellow atheist at that. Only this girl\, Lucy\, isn’t just Catholic . . . she wants to be a priest. \nLucy introduces Michael to other St. Clare’s outcasts\, and he officially joins Heretics Anonymous\, where he can be an atheist\, Lucy can be an outspoken feminist\, Avi can be Jewish and gay\, Max can wear whatever he wants\, and Eden can practice paganism. \nMichael encourages the Heretics to go from secret society to rebels intent on exposing the school’s hypocrisies one stunt at a time. But when Michael takes one mission too far–putting the other Heretics at risk–he must decide whether to fight for his own freedom or rely on faith\, whatever that means\, in God\, his friends\, or himself. \nKatie Henry grew up in the Elmwood and now lives in New York City. She received her BFA in dramatic writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is a published playwright\, specializing in theater for young audiences. Her plays have been performed by high schools and community organizations in over thirty states. Visit her at www.katiehenrywrites.com. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/katie-henry-launch-for-heretics-anonymous/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:TELEGRAPH OPEN MIC (FEATURES: TBD AND TBD)
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 23rd and Telegraph in Oakland for a six-slot open mic alongside two amazing features. This month’s show features TBD and TBD! Music by TBD! \nTelegraph Open Mic takes place every fourth Friday from 7-9:00 PM at our Uptown location. It will have six open-mic slots open to the public. Spots are filled on a first-come\, first-serve basis and the list opens at 7:00 PM sharp. As is the case with our musicians and features at all events\, open-mic readers from the community will be held to the Nomadic Press Safe Space Statement. Please see below. \nSafe Space Statement \nNomadic Press events are safe spaces for those who have been silenced and marginalized. There is no room for racism\, misogyny\, homophobia\, or transphobia whether in the content of one’s reading or in one’s interactions with members of the community. We will protect the safety of this space by revoking a reader’s access to the microphone if we feel they have violated these guidelines\, and we encourage community members to come to us if someone has violated these guidelines away from the microphone. We are a community\, and we will work together to ensure that the safety of our most vulnerable members is prioritized above all else. \nCome early to sign up for the open mic and share your latest work! Curated and emceed by Rene Vaz. \nTo help pay for our space and our artists and ensure that we can continue our robust programming series\, we are calling for $10 at the door (plus whatever else you may be able to give)\, but no one turned away for lack of funds. Nomadic Press books\, as always\, will be for sale at the event. \nWine and Red Bay coffee will be available.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/telegraph-open-mic-features-tbd-and-tbd-2/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180823T193000
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SUMMARY:Ada Limon and Matthew Zapruder
DESCRIPTION:   \n\nAda Limon discusses her new poetry collection\, The Carrying\, with Matthew Zapruder. \n\nPraise for The Carrying \n\n“[Ada Limón’s] new collection is her best yet\, a much needed shot of if not hope\, then perseverance amidst much uncertainty.”―NPR \n\n“In her dazzling\, precise\, transformative collection\, The Carrying\, Ada Limón offers us meditations on mortality\, womanhood\, the body\, and that which grows in the earth\, all the while slyly positing: How we should treat each other in this precarious life? Like humans\, is her answer. Like humans.”―Jami Attenberg\, author of The Middlesteins \n\n\n“Ada Limón teaches me that language can still surprise me. She shows me that the juxtaposition of words not previously joined can catch me off-guard\, make me feel that shimmer of resonance\, of curiosity.”―Signature \n\nAbout The Carrying \n\nFrom National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Ada Limón comes The Carrying―her most powerful collection yet. \nVulnerable\, tender\, acute\, these are serious poems\, brave poems\, exploring with honesty the ambiguous moment between the rapture of youth and the grace of acceptance. A daughter tends to aging parents. A woman struggles with infertility―“What if\, instead of carrying / a child\, I am supposed to carry grief?”―and a body seized by pain and vertigo as well as ecstasy. A nation convulses: “Every song of this country / has an unsung third stanza\, something brutal.” And still Limón shows us\, as ever\, the persistence of hunger\, love\, and joy\, the dizzying fullness of our too-short lives. “Fine then\, / I’ll take it\,” she writes. “I’ll take it all.” \nIn Bright Dead Things\, Limón showed us a heart “giant with power\, heavy with blood”―“the huge beating genius machine / that thinks\, no\, it knows\, / it’s going to come in first.” In her follow-up collection\, that heart is on full display―even as The Carrying continues further and deeper into the bloodstream\, following the hard-won truth of what it means to live in an imperfect world.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ada-limon-and-matthew-zapruder/
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:Martha Nussbaum: The Monarchy of Fear
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1FM & St. John’s Presbyterian Church present \nMARTHA NUSSBAUM\nTHE MONARCHY OF FEAR \nFor decades Martha C. Nussbaum has been an acclaimed scholar and humanist\, earning dozens of honors for her books and essays. In The Monarchy of Fear she turns her full attention to the terrible political standoff that has polarized America since the Trump election. Although today’s atmosphere is heavily marked by partisanship\, divisive rhetoric\, and the seeming total inability of two halves of the country to communicate with one another\, Nussbaum focuses on what so many pollsters\, journalists and pundits have overlooked. She sees a simple truth at the heart of the problem: the political is always emotional. Globalization\, automation and the high costs of higher education have produced feelings of utter powerlessness in millions of people in the U.S. Similar issues trouble European unity. \nThat sense of powerlessness and a pervasive underlying fear bubble into resentment and blame: blame of immigrants\, blame of Muslims\, blame of other races\, blame of cultural elites. While this politics of blame played a hefty role in the election of Trump – and the vote for Brexit\, Nussbaum argues that it can in fact be found on all sides of the political spectrum-confusingly intertwined\, however\, with reasonable arguments aiming at greater justice. She insists that retribution is always a bad response to fear\, and she articulates a clear politics of constructive work and hope. \nMartha C. Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics\, appointed in the Philosophy Department and the Law School of the University of Chicago. She has written more than twenty books. \nadvance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 Books Inc/Berkeley\, Pegasus Books (3 sites)\, Moe’s Books\, Walden Pond Bookstore\, Mrs. Dalloway’s\, East Bay Books\, $15 door\, KPFA benefit more info: kpfa.org/events\, wheelchair access
URL:https://litseen.com/event/martha-nussbaum-the-monarchy-of-fear/
LOCATION:St. John’s Presbyterian Church\, 2727 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, 94705
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180823T210000
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SUMMARY:Russell Hill
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, August 23\, 2018 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event will be held at our Clement street location. \n \nPlease join us at Green Apple Books on Clement street on Thursday\, August 23rd at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Russell Hill to read from his new novel\, The Egret. \n\nA hit and run driver pinwheeled his daughter’s car into the waters of Tomales Bay and his life is turned upside down. Then the sheriff’s detective tells him he may have found the driver\, a rich man who lives nearby. Fueled by his anger and an overwhelming desire for revenge\, he plots ways to make his daughter’s killer suffer and die. Like the predatory egret\, he stalks his victim\, waiting for the right moment to strike. Drowning in the sea\, rattlesnakes and crude bombs are parts of his obsessive pursuit\, leading to the inevitable violence of what he imagines to be the final strike of the egret’s sharp beak. \n  \nRussell Hill is the author of three Edgar-nominated novels as well as several other books. His work has been translated into French\, German\, Polish\, Japanese\, and Spanish\, and one novel\, The Lord God Bird\, had been optioned for a movie. Hill is an avid fly fisherman\, has written for outdoor magazines\, and has taught writing for forty years. He and his wife still live in California where he has spent most of his life. \n  \nPraise for The Egret \n“I was so engrossed by The Egret that I read it in one straight sitting. It’s brilliant\, concise\, poetic\, gritty and deceptively simple with all the dark undercurrents of anger and nostalgia.” – Max Jourdan\, London filmmaker
URL:https://litseen.com/event/russell-hill/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books\, 506 Clement St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180823T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180823T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T043424
CREATED:20180817T032938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180817T032938Z
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SUMMARY:The Racket #22: PETS
DESCRIPTION:We love pets. We love videos of other people’s pets licking lemons or getting stuck in boxes or smiling like they’ve just huffed down a special cigarette. We love them dearly and we can’t wait to see what dark or devious or delightful paths our readers take us down in terms of them. \nThe Readers: \nDB Finnegan\nJared Roehrig\nKrista Varela Posell\nMk Chavez\nThea Sullivan\nJ. K. Fowler\nAyodele Nzinga \nAlso\, free beer. \nWe’ll see you there.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-racket-22-pets/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180822T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180822T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T043424
CREATED:20180719T012301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180719T012301Z
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SUMMARY:D. Wystan Owen
DESCRIPTION:D. Wystan Owen discusses his new story collection\, Other People’s Love Affairs. \n\nPraise for Other People’s Love Affairs \n\n“I think this is an absolutely brilliant book from an extraordinarily gifted writer…The stories are patient\, exquisite\, written with an attention to and reverence for character that astonishes me. D. Wystan Owen writes…stories that lodge somewhere in my chest and keep detonating—loudly\, devastatingly—again and again.”—Garth Greenwell\, author of What Belongs to You \n\n“D. Wystan Owen’s sentences are so breath-catchingly elegant\, his paragraphs so honed for gut-punching power and depth\, reading him is a full body experience. The stories of Glass\, as subtle as they are profound\, reveal us to ourselves in all our emotional complexity\, all our loneliness and striving. Think Munro\, think Welty\, think even\, Mansfield—and understand that like the collections by those masters of the short form\, this book is strong medicine for a heart-broken world.”—Pam Houston\, author of Contents May Have Shifted \n\n“D. Wystan Owen has a keen eye for what falls outside the spotlight and what’s hidden underneath the surface. Writing in the tradition of Chekhov\, William Trevor\, and Alice Munro\, Owen’s stories remind us that the thrills and the dangers of living oftentimes go hand-in-hand with the everydayness of life. In these stories no loss is too small\, each moment counts. Owen is not a trendy writer\, but a classic one.”—Yiyun Li\, author of Dear Friend\, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life \n\nAbout Other People’s Love Affairs \n\nIn the ten luminous stories of D. Wystan Owen’s debut collection\, the people of Glass\, a picturesque village on the rugged English coast\, are haunted by longings and deeply held secrets\, captive to pasts that remain as alive as the present. Each story takes us into the lives of characters reaching earnestly and often courageously for connection to the people they have loved. Owen observes their heartbreaks\, their small triumphs\, and their generous capacity for grace. \nA young nurse\, reeling from the disappearance of her mother\, forges an unlikely friendship with a local vagrant. A young boy is by turns dazzled and disillusioned by a trip to the circus with a family friend. A widower revisits the cinema where\, as a teenager\, he and an older woman shared trysts that both thrilled and baffled him. A woman is offered fragile\, uneasy forgiveness for a cruel act from years ago. And in the title story\, a shopkeeper’s vision of the woman she loved is upended by the startling revelation of a secret life. Surprising and powerful\, and in the classic tradition of fiction by James Joyce\, William Trevor\, and Elizabeth Strout\, Owen’s interconnected stories strike a deep and resounding emotional chord.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/d-wystan-owen/
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=UTC:20180822T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180822T210000
DTSTAMP:20260502T043424
CREATED:20180721T030635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180721T030635Z
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SUMMARY:Books & Brews: Book Swap
DESCRIPTION:Book Swap! \nAt Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing \n402 Ingalls Street\, Santa Cruz \nEvent #4 of Bookshop’s 2018 Books & Brews Passport Series \n\nHave you ever loved a book so much that you wanted to read passages of it to people around you and share it with all your friends? Bookshop’s Books & Brews Book Swap offers passionate readers a chance to promote their favorite books and go home with a new discovery–while also enjoying delicious brews at Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing. Bring one of your favorite books (that you are willing to give away) and join a small group to talk about your books\, then listen to others sell you theirs–you’ll have 40 seconds (and we’ll have a timer). Then we swap\, White Elephant-style (except you’ll actually want the gift you get)! \n_________________________________________________________________________________________ \nSpecial Offer: Our hosts at SCMB are offering a $1-price on a single pint of any of their flagship beers for all event attendees who bring a book to swap. Thanks SCMB! \nThis event is free and open for anyone 21+ to attend. \n_________________________________________________________________________________________ \n*Remember that you must bring a book you are willing to give away to participate in this event.* \n\nAbout the series… \nBookshop’s popular summer event series returns! Books & Brews combines our love of literature and our love of craft beer. Five book-focused events will be held at some of our favorite beer houses (and one distillery!) this summer. Enjoy special offers and discounts at each beer house on the night of their event. \nBONUS: Pick up a Books & Brews Passport in the store (or print one here). Get it stamped at three or more events in the series and you’ll be entered to win a $150 Bookshop gift card.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/books-brews-book-swap-3/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing\, 402 Ingalls Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180822T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180822T200000
DTSTAMP:20260502T043424
CREATED:20180726T225847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180726T225847Z
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SUMMARY:Queer Authors read other Queer Authors
DESCRIPTION:Queer authors Natasha Dennerstein\, Gar McVey-Russel\, Anand Vedawala\, Vernon Keeve III\, and Luiza Flynn-Goodlett read from their favorite Queer authors.\nLaurel Bookstore will be closing at the end of August\, and this is our final event there.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/queer-authors-read-other-queer-authors/
LOCATION:Laurel Book Store\, 1423 Broadway\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Perfectly Queer East Bay":MAILTO:perfectlyqueersf@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180821T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180821T220000
DTSTAMP:20260502T043424
CREATED:20180702T212011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180702T212011Z
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SUMMARY:GET LIT #39 (MUSIC BY TBD)
DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! An amazing gathering of 12-15 writers will read NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute time limit. \nFeatured lineup of writers TBA \nSuggested donations of $10-25 will be kindly requested at the door\, though no one will be turned away for lack of funds (NOTAFLOF). \nBeer made by Ale Industries on site and wonderful food by Guadalajara Restaurant & Tequila Bar just down the block. All ages are welcome\, though profanity will be present. \nGet beer. Get lit. Then Get Tacos.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/get-lit-39-music-by-tbd/
LOCATION:Ale Industries\, 3096 E 10th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180821T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180821T210000
DTSTAMP:20260502T043424
CREATED:20180713T003656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180713T003656Z
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SUMMARY:D. Wystan Owen presents OTHER PEOPLE'S LOVE AFFAIRS
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes D. Wystan Owen to discuss his story collection\, Other People’s Love Affairs\, on Tuesday\, August 21st at 7pm. \nIn the ten luminous stories of D. Wystan Owen’s debut collection\, the people of Glass\, a picturesque village on the rugged English coast\, are haunted by longings and deeply held secrets\, captive to pasts that remain as alive as the present. Each story takes us into the lives of characters reaching earnestly and often courageously for connection to the people they have loved. Owen observes their heartbreaks\, their small triumphs\, and their generous capacity for grace. \nA young nurse\, reeling from the disappearance of her mother\, forges an unlikely friendship with a local vagrant. A young boy is by turns dazzled and disillusioned by a trip to the circus with a family friend. A widower revisits the cinema where\, as a teenager\, he and an older woman shared trysts that both thrilled and baffled him. A woman is offered fragile\, uneasy forgiveness for a cruel act from years ago. And in the title story\, a shopkeeper’s vision of the woman she loved is upended by the startling revelation of a secret life. Surprising and powerful\, and in the classic tradition of fiction by James Joyce\, William Trevor\, and Elizabeth Strout\, Owen’s interconnected stories strike a deep and resounding emotional chord. \n* * * \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nD. Wystan Owen holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His fiction and essays have appeared in A Public Space\, the American Scholar\, Literary Hub\, and the Threepenny Review. A dual citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom\, he now lives in Northern California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/d-wystan-owen-presents-other-peoples-love-affairs/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180821T184500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180821T210000
DTSTAMP:20260502T043424
CREATED:20180818T223356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180818T223414Z
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SUMMARY:The WordParty Poetry & Jazz Night : Kelechi Ubozoh
DESCRIPTION:at PianoFight: 144 Taylor Street (between Turk & Eddy)\,\nSan Francisco\, CA 94102 – Powell Street BART \nHosted by Jennifer Barone\, Ingrid Keir\, live jazz with Daniel Heffez\, Geordie Van Der Bosch and friends.\nOpen Mic sign-up for poetry only starts at 6:45pm – 3min time limit\, pick your best poem to read with live jazz accompaniment\, a few open slots to read without music mid-set. FREE admission. Full menu and bar available.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-wordparty-poetry-jazz-night-kelechi-ubozoh/
LOCATION:PianoFight\, 144 Taylor St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180821T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180821T220000
DTSTAMP:20260502T043424
CREATED:20180731T235105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180731T235105Z
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SUMMARY:ELIXIR
DESCRIPTION:Tales of alchemical brews & magical medicines; marvelous mixtures\, dubious concoctions & potions passed as perfect remedies\nELIXIR\nTuesday\, Aug 21\nPublic Works SF: 161 Erie St\, San Francisco \n~Speakers & Stories TBA~ \nCurated by Tre Balchowsky \nDoors at 6:30 for pre-salon cocktails and conversation; talks begin at 7:30 \nGeneral Admission $15\nLimited Reserved tickets $25\nAges 21 \nArtwork by Imogen Speer \nGET TICKETS>
URL:https://litseen.com/event/elixir/
LOCATION:Public Works\, 161 Erie Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180821T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180821T200000
DTSTAMP:20260502T043424
CREATED:20180817T033019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180817T033019Z
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SUMMARY:North Beach Poetry Reading with Heather Bourbeau and Steven Gray
DESCRIPTION:Come listen to Heather Bourbeau and Steven Gray read their works as part of Tuesdays at North Beach\, a highly-respected weekly poetry series celebrating internationally acclaimed poets and showcasing local talent. \nSteven Gray has lived in San Francisco since the 1970s and reads his work all over town. Sometimes he accompanies other poets on guitar. He has two books of poetry: Shadow on the Rocks (2011)\, and Jet Shock and Culture Lag (2012). He also writes reviews for Litseen. \nHeather Bourbeau’s fiction and poetry have been published in 100 Word Story\, Alaska Quarterly Review\, Cleaver\, Eleven Eleven\, Francis Ford Coppola Winery’s Chalkboard\, and The Stockholm Review of Literature. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize\, and her work has been featured in several anthologies\, including “Nothing Short Of 100: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story” (Outpost 19) and the upcoming “I Just Wanna Testify: Poems About Detroit Music” (Michigan State University Press) and “America\, We Call Your Name: Poems of Resistance and Resilience” (Sixteen Rivers Press). \nThe library in North Beach is at 850 Columbus.  After the reading some of us will go to Specs to recover from a rarified exposure to the spoken word. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/north-beach-poetry-reading-with-heather-bourbeau-and-steven-gray/
LOCATION:North Beach\, SF Public Library\, 850 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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ORGANIZER;CN="Friends of the San Francisco Public Library":MAILTO:info@friendssfpl.org
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180821T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180821T170000
DTSTAMP:20260502T043424
CREATED:20180604T234255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180604T234255Z
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SUMMARY:Look Big: And Other Tips for Surviving Animal Encounters of All Kinds by Rachel Levin
DESCRIPTION:Look Big: And Other Tips for Surviving Animal Encounters of All Kinds is a lighthearted but legitimately helpful illustrated field guide for what to do in the face of 50 of our most feared—or frustrating—animals. From mountain lions to moose\, bears to bees\, rats\, raccoons\, mice… even lice!  As humans encroach on wild places\, encounters with animals have become increasingly commonplace. But what are the rules for facing a moose up close? Do you run from a coyote or stand your ground? How deadly\, really\, are black widow spiders\, rattlesnakes\, and sharks? \nPacked with expert tips\, fascinating animal facts\, and harrowing true tales (from writers like Peter Orner and Samin Nosrat)\, Look Big is a must-have survival guide for outdoor\, urban\, and suburban adventurers alike. If you have ever feared the approach of a grizzly\, the spray of a skunk\, or an army of cockroaches in the kitchen\, this book is for you. \nRachel Levin is the first San Francisco restaurant critic for Eater and a freelance journalist who has written for the New York Times\, the New Yorker\, Outside\, Sunset\, and elsewhere. Look Big is her first book. byrachellevin.com \n\n\n\n\n\nFeaturing\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRachel Levin
URL:https://litseen.com/event/look-big-and-other-tips-for-surviving-animal-encounters-of-all-kinds-by-rachel-levin/
LOCATION:Mechanics Institute\, 57 Post St 4th Floor Boardroom\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180820T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180820T220000
DTSTAMP:20260502T043424
CREATED:20180522T012911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180522T013143Z
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SUMMARY:an evening with williwaw
DESCRIPTION:The highly protracted world tour lives ever on\, as our amp’d uke comrade williwaw applies a sonic salve to the Paris of the West with some fine films as visual counterpoint. Sounds\, sights and perpetual fog. \n  \nTranslation: live scores of Scottish film\, with processed ukelele! Come grab a drink or two and settle in for a squall. \n  \nHere’s an example of what a williwaw experience might look like: \n  \n \nwilliwaw : www.donkeyscratch.com\nwillicamp : williwaw.bandcamp.com\nwillicloud : www.soundcloud.com/williwaw\nwillitube : www.youtube.com/user/donkeyscratch \n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required. \n  \nThis is an all ages event. The bar opens at 7\, event begins at 8pm. \n  \nPlease note: this event will be at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/an-evening-with-williwaw/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180820T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180820T213000
DTSTAMP:20260502T043424
CREATED:20180817T023836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180817T023836Z
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SUMMARY:Hazel Reading Series - August 2018 edition
DESCRIPTION:It’s August\, and Hazel Reading Series is back after the summer break!\nJoin us for a late-summer night of poetry and prose by women. \nFeaturing\nCharity Yoro nominated by Sophia Aguinagua\nCiera-Jevae Gordon nominated by Hazel Series\nMei Li Ooi nominated by Sasha Wright\nVenuri Siriwardane nominated by Simmi Aujla\nWesley Cohen nominated by Luiza Flynn-Goodlett\nGuest reader: Heather June Gibbons \nHosted by Sara Marinelli \n5-10$ Suggested donations. No one turned away for lack of funds. \nHeather June Gibbons is the author of the poetry collection Her Mouth as Souvenir\, winner of the 2017 Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize from the University of Utah Press. She is also the author of two chapbooks\, Sore Songs and Flyover\, and her poems have appeared widely in literary journals. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, she lives in San Francisco\, where she teaches Creative Writing at San Francisco State University and in the community. \nCiera-Jevae Gordon is a Richmond native Spoken Word teaching artist. She serves her community as Poet Laureate while facilitating poetry workshops for both 10-13 year olds\, and 14-21 year olds. Her mission is bring liberation\, light\, and love to every space she is blessed to be in\, while uplifting the lives of Black women and girls in particular. \nWesley Cohen is a writer and editor living in Davis\, California. Her work has been featured by Joyland Magazine\, Entropy\, and some other places. She is a 2017 Writing By Writers fellow. She is the marketing coordinator at Yellow Pear Press\, and serves as prose editor of Foglifter Journal. Wesley’s work lives at wesleyocohen.com. \nVenuri Siriwardane is a writer and researcher with an eye on immigration policy\, social media culture\, and South Asian-American affairs. She spent five years as a business journalist in the New York area\, then switched gears to earn her master’s degree in Politics and Communication from the London School of Economics. She lives in San Francisco and dreams of writing a novel that validates the experiences of young women of color. \nCharity Yoro is a freelance writer raised in Hawai’i and based in San Francisco. She is the founder of Women of Words\, a global community of women-identified writers; Gathering of Wands\, an online writing circle series; and the co-host of HerMana\, a forthcoming podcast featuring curious conversations with women artists & entrepreneurs. Charity is currently writing a poetry collection on the theme of belonging while pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing at USF. \nHaving grown up in a muslim country in the 80’s\, Mei Li Ooi is especially interested in exploring the ways women are policed and the ways they police themselves. She’s currently working on a novel that looks at how women try to gain control of their bodies in ways that are considered morally wrong.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/hazel-reading-series-august-2018-edition/
LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180820T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180820T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T043424
CREATED:20180719T052331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180719T052331Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Dan Siegel
DESCRIPTION:NB: This event will be held at the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center at 555 Middlefield Rd.\, Atherton\, CA. \nDr. Dan Siegel’s work has been nothing short of game-changing. \nHis books\, like Mindsight\, Parenting from the Inside Out\, and The Whole-Brain Child\, offer unprecedented insight into the complexity of our children’s minds. Shedding the unapproachable jargon of dense neuroscience\, Siegel illustrates\, in clear and illuminating prose\, the logic of how we think and why we develop certain patterns of intuition over others. For decades\, his work has made our minds and the minds of our children accessible to us as they have never been before. \nNow\, he turns his attention to mindfulness. Introducing\, “The Wheel of Awareness”\, Siegel presents a potentially life-changing tool to support anyone\, at any level of meditation\, in cultivating more focus\, presence\, and peace in their day-to-day life. Endorsed by everyone from Deepak Chopra to Goldie Hawn and from Arianna Huffington to Sharon Salzberg\, Siegel’s most recent work promises to reshape the way we come to meditation. \nOne of the most engaging speaker’s on any subject\, join Siegel as he presents his new book: Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dr-dan-siegel/
LOCATION:Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center\, 555 Middlefield Rd\, Atherton\, 94027\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180820T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180820T210000
DTSTAMP:20260502T043424
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SUMMARY:POETS! - featured readers followed by an open mic
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URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-featured-readers-followed-by-an-open-mic-17/
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Fiction Discussion Group
DESCRIPTION:The Girl who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen\nEmily Benedict has come to Mullaby\, North Carolina\, hoping to solve at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother’s life. But the moment Emily enters the house where her mother grew up and meets the grandfather she never knew\, she realizes that mysteries aren’t solved in Mullaby\, they’re a way of life: Here are rooms where the wallpaper changes to suit your mood. Unexplained lights skip across the yard at midnight. \nAnd a neighbor\, Julia Winterson\, bakes hope in the form of cakes\, not only wishing to satisfy the town’s sweet tooth but also dreaming of rekindling the love she fears might be lost forever. Can a hummingbird cake really bring back a lost love? Is there really a ghost dancing in Emily’s backyard? The answers are never what you expect. But in this town of lovable misfits\, the unexpected fits right in.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fiction-discussion-group-2/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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SUMMARY:David Corbett with Cara Black
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery hosts a special afternoon event with David Corbett (The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday) and Cara Black (Murder on the Left Bank) for their new books. Please join us! \n  \nThe Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday\nby David Corbett \n  \nThe most notorious love letters in American history–supposedly destroyed a century ago—mysteriously reappear and become the coveted prize in a fierce battle for possession that brings back to life the lawless world evoked in the letters themselves. \n  \nLisa Balamaro is an ambitious arts lawyer with a secret crush on her most intriguing client: former rodeo rider and reformed art forger\, Tuck Mercer. In his newfound role as an expert in Old West artifacts\, Tuck gains possession of the supposedly destroyed correspondence between Doc Holliday and his cousin and childhood sweetheart\, Mattie—who would become Sister Mary Melanie of the Sisters of Mercy. \n  \nGiven the unlikelihood the letters can ever be fully authenticated\, Tuck retains Lisa on behalf of the letters’ owner\, Rayella Vargas\, to sell them on the black market. But the buyer Tuck finds\, a duplicitous judge from the Tombstone area\, has other\, far more menacing ideas. \n  \nAs Lisa works feverishly to make things right\, Rayella secretly enlists her ex-marine boyfriend in a daring scheme of her own. \n  \nWhen the judge learns he’s been blindsided\, he rallies a cadre of armed men for a deadly standoff reminiscent of the moment in history that made Doc famous: The Gunfight at the OK Corral. \n  \n  \nDavid Corbett worked for the San Francisco private investigation firm of Palladino & Sutherland\, and played a significant part in a number of high-profile criminal and civil litigations\, as well as numerous other drug\, murder\, and fraud cases. Corbett is the author of The Devil’s Redhead\, Done for a Dime\, Blood of Paradise\, Do They Know I’m Running? The Mercy of the Night\, The Devil Prayed and Darkness Fell. His short fiction stories have appeared twice in Best American Mystery Stories. He also contributed chapters to The Chopin Manuscript and The Copper Bracelet\, serial audio thrillers that now have been combined into a single hard cover version titled Watchlist. In 2013 he published his writing guide The Art of Character\, which national bestseller Elizabeth Brundage called “a writer’s bible that will lead to your character’s soul.” He teaches and gives seminars and workshops at conferences throughout the United States\, Canada\, and Mexico; he’s a regular contributor to the writers’ blog Writer Unboxed; and his articles on craft and theory have appeared in the New York Times\, Narrative\, Writer’s Digest (where he is a contributing editor)\, The Writer\, Zyzzyva\, MovieMaker\, Bright Ideas\, Crimespree and other outlets. \n  \n\n  \nMurder on the Left Bank\nby Cara Black \n  \nA confession fifty years in the making puts everyone’s favorite Paris d t ctive tr’s chic\, Aim e Leduc\, on a collision course with the “Hand\,” a cabal of corrupt Parisian cops among who masterminded her father’s murder–and among whose ranks he might have once found membership. When a friend’s child is kidnapped while wearing her daughter’s hoodie\, Aim e realizes that the case has crossed into the realm of the personal in more ways than one. \n  \nA dying man drags his oxygen machine into the office of ric Besson\, a lawyer in Paris’s 13th arrondissement. The old man\, an accountant\, is carrying a dilapidated notebook full of meticulous investment records. For decades\, he has been helping a cadre of dirty cops launder stolen money. The notebook contains his full confession–he’s waited 50 years to make it\, and now it can’t wait another day. He is adamant that Besson get the notebook into the hands of La Proc\, Paris’s chief prosecuting attorney\, so the corruption can finally be brought to light. But en route to La Proc\, Besson’s courier–his assistant and nephew–is murdered\, and the notebook disappears. \n  \nGrief-stricken ric Besson tries to hire private investigator Aim e Leduc to find the notebook\, but she is reluctant to get involved. Her father was a cop and was murdered by the same dirty syndicate the notebook implicates. She’s not sure which she’s more afraid of\, the dangerous men who would kill for the notebook or the idea that her father’s name might be among the dirty cops listed within it. Ultimately that’s the reason she must take the case\, which leads her across the Left Bank\, from the Cambodian enclave of Khmer Rouge refugees to the ancient royal tapestry factories to the modern art galleries. \n\n  \nCara Black is the author of eighteen books in the New York Times bestselling Aimée Leduc series. She has received multiple nominations for the Anthony and Macavity Awards\, and her books have been translated into German\, Norwegian\, Japanese\, French\, Spanish\, Italian\, and Hebrew. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and son and visits Paris frequently. \n  \n\n  \nPlease note: this event will be at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. \n  \nBar opens with doors at 2\, event begins at 4pm. \n  \nRSVP appreciated but not required.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/david-corbett-with-cara-black/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Poets @ Play
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, August 19\, 1pm-3:30pm\nthis month: Jarvis Subia\nEdwin Markham House in History Park\n1650 Senter Road\, San José\, CA 95112\nAdmission FREE\nFree parking in the Staff/Volunteer lot on Phelan Avenue.\nPlease enter History Park from the Phelan Avenue side. \nJarvis Subia\, San Jose’s 2018 Grand Slam Poetry Champ and a youth poetry workshop facilitator\, will be facilitating a poetry and personal story writing workshop. This will include elements such a check in\, word pallets\, poetry from current spoken word artists\, group discussion\, open sharing\, and writing prompts. The purpose of this 2 hour workshop would be to generate drafts of writing hopefully to be read on stage. This is a continuation of the workshop Jarvis began last month. If you attended that one\, you can benefit from the new material. I you missed that one\, you will not be at a disadvantage.. \nQuestions? Call 408-368-0353\nRSVP recommended but not required: poetsatplay@pcsj.org
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-play-2/
LOCATION:Edwin Markham House in History Park\, 1650 Senter Road\, San Jose\, 95112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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