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SUMMARY:Anna Wiener with Alexis Madrigal
DESCRIPTION:TICKETS \nTo purchase over the phone: 415-392-4400 \nThis event appears in the series\nSpecial Events \n\n\nAnna Wiener is a contributing writer to The New Yorker\, covering Silicon Valley\, startup culture\, and technology. Her first memoir\, Uncanny Valley\, is a humorous and penetrating reflection on the absurdities\, contradictions\, excesses\, and deficiencies that she observed and was complicit in while working in the tech industry. Her writing has appeared in n+1\, The Atlantic\, Wired\, The New Republic\, New York\, Harper’s\, and the Times Magazine. \nPhotography credit: Russell Perkins
URL:https://litseen.com/event/anna-wiener-with-alexis-madrigal/
LOCATION:Sydney Goldstein Theater\, 275 Hayes St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Zora Neale Hurston: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\n\nCo-presented by Litquake and MoAD\n\nIn 1925\, Barnard student Zora Neale Hurston—the sole black student at the college—was living in New York\, “desperately striving for a toe-hold on the world.” During this period\, she began writing short works that captured the zeitgeist of African American life\, transforming her into one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Nearly a century later\, this singular talent is recognized as one of the most influential and revered American artists of the modern period. \nReleased just in time for Black History Month\, Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick(Amistad Press) unveils an outstanding collection of stories about love and migration\, gender and class\, racism and sexism that proudly reflect African American folk culture. Brought together for the first time in one volume\, they include eight of Hurston’s “lost” Harlem stories\, which were found in forgotten periodicals and archives. These stories challenge conceptions of Hurston as an author of rural fiction and include gems that flash with her biting\, satiric humor\, as well as more serious tales reflective of the cultural currents of Hurston’s world. All are timeless classics that enrich our understanding and appreciation of this exceptional writer’s voice and her contributions to America’s literary traditions. \nWith readings and discussion from UC Berkeley African American studies professor Chiyuma Elliott\, poet and CCA professor Tonya M. Foster\, and bestselling novelist Margaret Wilkerson Sexton. Moderated by writer and radio journalist Jenee Darden. Audience discussion and book sales to follow. $10 general\, $5 student/senior\, free for MoAD members \n*NOTE: This event will be recorded for Litquake’s Lit Cast podcast\n \n\n\n\nModerators \n\n \nJenee Darden\nJeneé Darden is an award-winning journalist\, public speaker\, mental health advocate and proud Oakland native. She hosts KALW’s arts segment Sights & Sounds and is their East Oakland reporter. Jenee has reported for NPR\, Time\, Ebony\, Los Angeles Times\, and other outlets. She blogs… Read More →\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n \nChiyuma Elliott\n\n\n \nTonya Foster\nTonya M. Foster was raised in New Orleans. She is an Assistant Professor of Writing & Literature\, and of Graduate Writing at California College of the Arts. A poet and essayist\, she is the author of A Swarm of Bees in High Court (Belladonna\, 2015)\, the bilingual chapbook La Grammaire… Read More →\n\n \nMargaret Wilkerson Sexton\nMargaret Wilkerson Sexton\, born and raised in New Orleans\, studied creative writing at Dartmouth College and law at UC Berkeley. Her debut novel\, A Kind of Freedom\, was long-listed for the National Book Award and the Northern California Book Award\, won the Crook’s Corner Book Prize… Read More →
URL:https://litseen.com/event/zora-neale-hurston-stories-from-the-harlem-renaissance/
LOCATION:Museum of the African Diaspora\, 685 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191219T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191219T170000
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SUMMARY:My Life\, My Stories / Real life. Told by SF seniors.
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of learning and listening\, hosted by My Life\, My Stories! The theme is FAMILY. \nMy Life\, My Stories is a local non-profit that preserves the life legacies of older adults in our community. We match a volunteer with one older adult\, and over the course of several months\, the senior’s memories are recorded and transcribed into memoirs. We focus on helping underserved populations in the Bay Area including minorities\, immigrants\, homeless seniors\, vets\, and LGBTQ elders. \nOur volunteers hear inspiring\, heartbreaking\, and touching stories that\, otherwise\, would be left untold and lost forever. My Life\, My Stories wants to give older adults a public platform to share their amazing memories with the young SF community in a live event. You may be surprised with what you learn and how much you can relate to someone who may be decades older than you. \nCheck back soon for bios of each of our speakers. All ticket sales go directly back to the organization. Purchase your ticket here.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/my-life-my-stories-real-life-told-by-sf-seniors-3/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191219T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191219T210000
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SUMMARY:PEOM: Poetry Every Other Month
DESCRIPTION:Join us every other month at 7pm for a featured poet\, an open mic and great drinks and treats! \nFeatured Poet: Gene Kahane\n(more dates/poets later)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/peom-poetry-every-other-month/
LOCATION:Julie’s Coffee and Tea Garden\, 1223 Park St.\, Alameda\, CA\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Julie's":MAILTO:julie@juliestea.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191219T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191219T220000
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SUMMARY:Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in “The Chapel” at Nomadic Press.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/speaking-axolotl-reading-and-open-mic/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press\, 2926 Foothill Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191220T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191220T200000
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SUMMARY:Radar Productions / Show Us Your Spines: November Resident Reading
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with RADAR Productions and the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center at the SF Public Library! QTPOC writers who were participants of the Show Us Your Spines Writer’s Residency will be reading at Alley Cat Books to showcase the work they did during their time at the Hormel Center. \nSHOW US YOUR SPINES is a month-long writer residency + reading in collaboration with the SF Public Library’s Hormel Center. For a month QTIPOC writers work with Hormel Center LGBTQIA archives around a specific queer theme\, writing/producing a piece that will then be read/presented the following month at a local venue.\nRADAR Productions is the longest running queer feminist spoken word literary production organization. \n▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼\nDecember 20th 2019\nAlley Cat Books\n3036 24th St\n6:00pm\nFREE \nFEATURING… \nAlexander Torres\nClem Breslin\nJianda Monique\nMuriel Leung \n▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼\nAlex Torres is a queer Chicanx man. A graduate of Stanford University\, he is currently pursuing his PhD in Latinx and Queer literature at UC Berkeley. Before that\, he taught at an underserved public university in Bogotá\, Colombia as a Fulbright Scholar and curated an exhibition at the Cantor Arts Center. A Ford Predoctoral Fellow\, a Beinecke Scholar\, and a Mellon Mays Fellow\, Alex is dedicated to serving POC communities in academia. \nClem Breslin is a trans masculine-identified poet. They studied poetry in their undergraduate days at Sarah Lawrence College. By day they work as a QA Engineer at Twitter and by night they roam the streets looking for their next Aperol Spritz. They live in Oakland and are a proud card carrying Sagittarius. \nJianda Monique: A conscious artist\, musician\, vocalist/guitarist and oft-published writer\, featured Om Lounge 10 recording artist Jianda Monique is a poet\, photographer\, filmmakers\, creative-spirituality coach and singer-songwriter with singles/albums that are both self-released and available on several international independent labels including: Om Records\, Merck\, Ghostly\, Kinkysweet\, Jam Recordings/Jam Music Australia and Gammaphone\, as well as her self-titled solo CD. A lover of poetry\, fiction\, and nonfiction\, she’s also been published in several literary publications\, and written myriad reviews and opinion pieces. \nMuriel Leung is the author of Bone Confetti\, winner of the 2015 Noemi Press Book Award. A Pushcart Prize nominated writer\, her writing can be found in The Baffler\, Cream City Review\, Gulf Coast\, The Collagist\, Fairy Tale Review\, and others. She is a recipient of fellowships to Kundiman\, VONA/Voices Workshop and the Community of Writers. She is the Poetry Co-Editor of Apogee Journal. She also co-hosts The Blood-Jet Writing Hour podcast with Rachelle Cruz and MT Vallarta. Currently\, she is a Dornsife Fellow in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Southern California. She is from Queens\, NY.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/radar-productions-show-us-your-spines-november-resident-reading/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191220T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191220T203000
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SUMMARY:The Southeast Asian Diaspora in Poetry & Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading that brings together the work of Laotian poet and dancer Krysada Phounsiri and Cambodian writer Sieu Sean Do. \nKrysada Phounsiri’s debut book of poetry\, Dance Among Elephants\, is at turns intimate and interrogative\, interested in unpacking the many layers of his family’s journey from Laos to the United States and around the world. Phounsiri is a Lao American professional dancer who has performed with the acclaimed group Jabbawockeez in Las Vegas\, award winning poet\, engineer\, and avid photographer. \nSieu Sean Do’s memoir\, A Cloak of Good Fortune\, traces his coming of age from the idyllic\, peaceful years of childhood in rural Cambodia through his family’s forced exile by the Khmer Rouge. Sieu Sean was born in 1963 and grew up in Kampong Speu\, a rural town about fifty kilometers outside Phnom Penh. \nCo-presented by Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Eastwind Books of Berkeley. \nFREE\, suggested donation $3-5 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-southeast-asian-diaspora-in-poetry-memoir/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eastwind Books":MAILTO:eastwindbooks@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191226T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191226T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
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SUMMARY:Martinis & Writers with Literary Speakeasy
DESCRIPTION:Come raise a glass at Literary Speakeasy and celebrate the closing of another year! We have five amazing artists for you this month\, including poet Natasha Dennerstein; authors Danny Thanh Nguyen\, Alvin Orloff\, and Olga Zilberbourg; and musical guest Dawn Oberg. Your host and curator every month is James J. Siegel. \nLiterary Speakeasy is a FREE event with NO drink minimum. Arrive early and receive a FREE raffle ticket for your chance to win the evening’s secret Speakeasy prize. \nPerformer bios:\nNatasha Dennerstein was born in Melbourne\, Australia. She has an MFA from San Francisco State University. Natasha has had poetry published in many journals internationally. Her collections Anatomize (2015)\, Triptych Caliform (2016) and her novella-in-verse About a Girl (2017) were published by Norfolk Press in San Francisco. Her trans chapbook Seahorse (2017) was published by Nomadic Press in Oakland. She lives in Oakland\, California\, where she is an editor at Nomadic Press and works at St James Infirmary\, a clinic for sex-workers in San Francisco. She was a 2018 Fellow of the Lambda Literary Writer’s Retreat. \nDanny Thanh Nguyen’s short stories and personal essays have appeared in The Journal\, Foglifter\, South Dakota Review\, Entropy\, New Delta Review\, Gulf Coast\, and other magazines. He has been awarded fellowships from Lambda Literary Foundation\, Kundiman\, and Ragdale Foundation. Danny recently received an individual artist grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission for his collection of essays about parallel survivalism between Southeast Asian American refugee communities and queer leather communities in the post-AIDS epidemic era. He runs a social media persona project he calls “Sluterary Thirsterature” on Instagram: @engrishlessons. \nDawn Oberg is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her music is influenced by multiple genres\, including jazz and cabaret. In 2008\, she released her first solo album\, Horticulture Wars\, followed by Rye in 2013 and Bring in 2015. Mic’s Dan Weiss named Oberg’s song “Nothing Rhymes with Orange” one of the 16 best anti-Donald Trump songs of 2017. \nAlvin Orloff spent the 1980s working as a telemarketer and exotic dancer while concurrently attending U.C. Berkeley and performing with The Popstitutes\, a performance art/homocore band. In 1990 he and his bandmates founded Klubstitute\, a queer cabaret featuring spoken word\, theater\, drag\, and musical acts. In 1995 the club closed its doors and Orloff turned to writing. He published three novels before penning his recent memoir of life in the queer underground during the height of the AIDS crisis\, Disasterama! He lives in San Francisco. \nOlga Zilberbourg’s English-language debut\, LIKE WATER AND OTHER STORIES was published in September 2019 by WTAW Press. She grew up in St. Petersburg\, Russia and makes her home in San Francisco. Her fiction and essays have appeared in Lit Hub\, Electric Literature\, Alaska Quarterly Review\, World Literature Today\, Tin House’s The Open Bar\, and elsewhere. She serves as a co-facilitator of the San Francisco Writers Workshop.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/martinis-writers-with-literary-speakeasy/
LOCATION:Martuni’s\, 4 Valencia St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191227T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191227T170000
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SUMMARY:Zora Neale Hurston | Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented by MoAD & Litquake \nIn 1925\, Barnard student Zora Neale Hurston—the sole black student at the college—was living in New York\, “desperately striving for a toe-hold on the world.” During this period\, she began writing short works that captured the zeitgeist of African American life\, transforming her into one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Nearly a century later\, this singular talent is recognized as one of the most influential and revered American artists of the modern period. Released just in time for Black History Month\, Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick (Amistad Press) unveils an outstanding collection of stories about love and migration\, gender and class\, racism and sexism that proudly reflect African American folk culture. Brought together for the first time in one volume\, they include eight of Hurston’s “lost” Harlem stories\, which were found in forgotten periodicals and archives. These stories challenge conceptions of Hurston as an author of rural fiction and include gems that flash with her biting\, satiric humor\, as well as more serious tales reflective of the cultural currents of Hurston’s world. All are timeless classics that enrich our understanding and appreciation of this exceptional writer’s voice and her contributions to America’s literary traditions. \nWith readings and discussion from UC Berkeley African American studies professor Chiyuma Elliott\, poet and CCA professor Tonya M. Foster\, and bestselling novelist Margaret Wilkerson Sexton. Moderated by writer and radio journalist Jeneé Darden. Audience discussion and book sales to follow.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/zora-neale-hurston-stories-from-the-harlem-renaissance-2/
LOCATION:Museum of the African Diaspora\, 685 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191228T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191228T183000
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SUMMARY:GhostTourSF's "Memories of Glen Park": Zine Release
DESCRIPTION:Ghost Tour: San Francisco is an ongoing art project charting collective memories of San Francisco neighborhoods. The third section focuses on Glen Park. The upcoming zine “Memories of Glen Park” is an illustrated collection of autobiographical stories of the neighborhood. This reading celebrates the release of the zine and the corresponding artwork. Selected authors: \nElina Ansary (project creator) \nGail Bensinger \nLiliana Silva \nJessamyn Ansary \nWith original music by Jesse Cobb. \nAfter party with charity art raffle at Glen Park Station Bar to follow. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ghosttoursfs-memories-of-glen-park-zine-release/
LOCATION:Bird & Beckett Books and Records\, 653 Chenery St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94131\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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ORGANIZER;CN="Elina Ansary":MAILTO:Elinamansary@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200103T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200103T160000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
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SUMMARY:VeteransWrite meetings
DESCRIPTION:led by Nick Butterfield\, Jeffrey Leonard\, and Amy Meier\nFirst Friday of each Month\, 1pm-4pm\nMLK Library\, contact VeteransWrite@yahoo.com if interested in attending\nAdmission FREE \nPoetry Center San Jose is offering a monthly writing group to veterans of any age\, any military experience and to family members of veterans. All levels of writing experience from beginner to experienced are welcome. \nSmall group setting to a maximum of 12 participants. Emphasis on poetry including prose poems. Format includes examples\, prompts and guidance given by facilitators\, time provided to write individually\, and for participants to read to group and receive group feedback if desired. Goal is to give voice to the experiences of veterans and family members. Subject matter is unrestricted. \nNick Butterfield served for 10 years in USN-R as a Hospital Corpsman. He was activated during Operation Desert Storm\, and has worked in Family Practice as a Nurse Practitioner in a FQHC Community Clinic and with the Health Care for the Homeless Project for last 17 years. Nick has been writing poetry since he was 13 years old and has participated in the Willow Glen Poetry Project and other local venues since 1996. His poems have been in 4 anthologies and 2014 issue of Ceasura with poem entitled “PTSD.” \nJeffrey Leonard served in the U.S. Army between 1966-1968. Drafted out of San Jose State\, he trained as a 11C40\, leaving the service as an E-5. He is a 12th generation descendant of men who have served in every major conflict dating back to pre-Revolutionary America. A survivor of the Vietnam Era\, he is drawn to the stories of the returning soldiers and how their lives unfold after they remove the uniform. Writing–especially poetry–is a powerful tool that Jeffrey uses to express conflicting\, mysterious\, dark\, and difficult thoughts and emotions. He has spent the last 30 years as an Elementary Educator. \nAmy Meier was born in New York City and has lived in the San Jose\, CA area for over 30 years. Amy’s poems have been published in Porter Gulch Review\, Caesura\, Portside\, and Remembering\, An Anthology of Poems Read at Willow Glen Books. She has been a featured reader at Flash Fiction Forum in San Jose\, California\, Stone Griffen Gallery and TEN10 Gallery in Campbell\, CA. In 2015 Amy founded VeteransWrite\, a writing group for veterans and their family members\, currently meeting once a month on the San Jose State University campus\, and performed with this group at the 2016 San Jose Poetry Festival.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/veteranswrite-meetings/
LOCATION:SJSU MLK Library\, 150 E San Fernando St\, San Jose\, CA\, 95112\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200103T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200103T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
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SUMMARY:Vi Ruggiero + Lauren Napier
DESCRIPTION:Join Vic Ruggiero and Lauren Napier as they return to the Beat Museum for an evening of melodies.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/vi-ruggiero-lauren-napier/
LOCATION:The Beat Museum\, 540 Broadway\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200104T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200104T170000
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poets Coalition
DESCRIPTION:STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE\n1320 Addison St.\, Berkeley\, CA\n \nAddison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave.\nbetween Acton & Bonar St.\nParking on the street (NOT in the S.C.L. parking lot)\n\nCheck in at the front desk and you will be directed to the meeting location\n(usually Movie Room\, or backyard garden)\n \nAll Ages Welcome\n\nCome and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around —\n3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too 🙂\n\nAfter the reading\, join us for dinner if you’d like at a nearby restaurant
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poets-coalition-8/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200106T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200106T203000
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SUMMARY:Walnut Creek Poetry Workshop [Meetup]
DESCRIPTION:Monday night’s Weekly Poetry Workshop at House of Sake in Walnut Creek.Bring one or two\, at most\, poems with copies to be passed out to compatriots for comments of praise\, questions and suggestions for future thought. House of Sake\, 313 North Civic Drive\, Walnut Creek\, 8 minute walk from BART Station
URL:https://litseen.com/event/walnut-creek-poetry-workshop-meetup/
LOCATION:Eat and Cre-ate\, 313 North Civic Drive\, Walnut Creek
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200106T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200106T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
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SUMMARY:Abigail Hing Wen with Sabaa Tahir
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the launch of Abigail Hing Wen’s highly anticipated\, romantic\, and layered debut\, Loveboat\, Taipei\, praised as “an intense rush of rebellion and romance” by Stephanie Garber (NYT bestselling author of the Caraval series).  This dazzling\, fun-filled romantic comedy of our dreams is “Fresh as a first kiss” (Stacey Lee\, author of The Downstairs Girl)\, “a story about finding your place—and your people—where you least expected.” (Kelly Loy Gilbert\, author of Picture Us in the Light) Think Crazy Rich Asians meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. \n“Our cousins have done this program\,” Sophie whispers. “Best kept secret. Zero supervision.” \nAnd just like that\, Ever Wong’s summer takes an unexpected turn. Gone is the strict educational program in Taiwan that Ever was expecting. In its place\, she finds Loveboat: a summer-long free-for-all where hookups abound\, adults turn a blind eye\, snake-blood sake flows abundantly\, and the nightlife runs nonstop. \n\n\n\n\nLike Ever\, the students of Loveboat are all hiding their own secrets and insecurities—and when their lives collide\, it’s guaranteed to be a summer Ever will never forget. \n“Abigail Wen’s LOVEBOAT\, TAIPEI is smart and raucous at the same time\, full of both thoughtful\, cultural learning moments and drama drama drama! I lived vicariously through the characters’ crazy adventures and hope there will be more stories from them in the future.” —Evelyn Skye\, NYT bestselling author of The Crown’s Game \nAbigail Hing Wen holds a BA from Harvard\, a JD from Columbia Law School\, an MFA from the Vermont School of Fine Arts. Loveboat\, Taipei is her first novel. \n Abigail will be in conversation with Sabaa Tahir\, NYT bestselling author of An Ember in the Ashes\, A Torch Against the Night\, and A Reaper at the Gates. \nCome celebrate with us. We could not be more excited.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/abigail-hing-wen-with-sabaa-tahir/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200106T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200106T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
CREATED:20191120T044400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191220T050032Z
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SUMMARY:Quiet Lightning at the Balboa Theater
DESCRIPTION:January 6\, 2020\, 7pm at The Balboa Theatre\nCurated by Sophia Passin and Kathleen Torrez\, all selected authors will be paid and published in sPARKLE & bLINK 103\, featuring cover art by Golbanou Moghaddas! \n\n“Torn for Attachment” by Golbanou Moghaddas\, cover artist for sPARKLE & bLINK 103\n\nAfter the readings (and a hearty intermission: beer\, wine\, and snacks are available at the concession stand)\, we will screen our feature-length film Water Under the Bridge (directed by Katie Wheeler-Dubin and Mila Puccini\, 2016). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets / RSVP
URL:https://litseen.com/event/quiet-lightning-at-the-balboa-theater/
LOCATION:Balboa Theater\, 3630 Balboa St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94121\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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ORGANIZER;CN="Quiet Lightning":MAILTO:evan AT quietlightning DOT org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200107T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200107T220000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
CREATED:20191230T164849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191230T164849Z
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SUMMARY:Slam Jam! live at The Marsh Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:Slam Jam is a monthly series featuring a rotating lineup of some of the SF Bay Area’s most radical poets accompanied by the Noise All-Stars\, a band of 5 or 6 of the baddest musicians performing original music and poetry\, with cheap drinks & ample table seating. ADA accessible and only 1/2 block from Downtown Berkeley BART station! \nThis month’s featured poets are:\nDee Allen: an African-Italian performance poet currently based in Oakland\, California. Allen is author of 3 books (Boneyard\, Unwritten Law and Stormwater) and 14 anthology appearances (Poets 11: 2014\, Rise and Your Golden Sun Still Shines & more). \nSamuel Getachew\, @youthpoetlaureate: a 17-year-old spoken word poet and writer from Oakland\, California. His poetry has garnered over a million cumulative views online and he has been published in The New York Times & more. He and his work has been featured by the East Bay Express\, National Public Radio (NPR)\, KQED\, KTVU News\, Voice of America\, and more. Samuel is the 2017\, 2018\, and 2019 Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam Grand Champion and the 2018 Oakland Youth Vice Poet Laureate\, and a 2019 YoungArts Winner in Spoken Word. He is currently serving as the 2019 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate. He was a part of the team that represented the Bay Area at the Brave New Voices (BNV) Festival\, the largest youth poetry competition in the world\, in 2017\, where he and his team were ranked within the top 8 in the world. \nTony Aldorando: Puerto Rican American writer\, Tony The Poet has authored poetry\, short stories\, one act plays & songs. His works have been enjoyed by audiences around the globe. \nMaw Shein Win: a Burmese-American poet\, editor\, educator & former punk rock drummer who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. \nthemarsh.org\nsanfrancisconoise.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/slam-jam-live-at-the-marsh-berkeley/
LOCATION:The Marsh Cabaret Bar\, 2120 Allston Way \, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200107T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200107T203000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
CREATED:20191124T192543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T192543Z
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SUMMARY:Aaron Cohen / Move On Up
DESCRIPTION:Aaron Cohen \ndiscusses the subject of his new book \nMove On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power \npublished by the University of Chicago Press \n  \nCurtis Mayfield. The Chi-Lites. Chaka Khan. Chicago’s place in the history of soul music is rock solid. But for Chicagoans\, soul music in its heyday from the 1960s to the 1980s was more than just a series of hits: it was a marker and a source of black empowerment. In Move On Up\, Aaron Cohen tells the remarkable story of the explosion of soul music in Chicago. Together\, soul music and black-owned businesses thrived. Record producers and song-writers broadcast optimism for black America’s future through their sophisticated\, jazz-inspired productions for the Dells and many others. Curtis Mayfield boldly sang of uplift with unmistakable grooves like “We’re a Winner” and “I Plan to Stay a Believer.” Musicians like Phil Cohran and the Pharaohs used their music to voice Afrocentric philosophies that challenged racism and segregation\, while Maurice White of Earth\, Wind\, and Fire and Chaka Khan created music that inspired black consciousness. Soul music also accompanied the rise of African American advertisers and the campaign of Chicago’s first black mayor\, Harold Washington\, in 1983. This empowerment was set in stark relief by the social unrest roiling in Chicago and across the nation: as Chicago’s homegrown record labels produced rising stars singing songs of progress and freedom\, Chicago’s black middle class faced limited economic opportunities and deep-seated segregation\, all against a backdrop of nationwide deindustrialization. \nDrawing on more than one hundred interviews and a music critic’s passion for the unmistakable Chicago soul sound\, Cohen shows us how soul music became the voice of inspiration and change for a city in turmoil. \nAaron Cohen is the author of Aretha Franklin’s ‘Amazing Grace‘ (Bloomsbury). He teaches humanities\, journalism and English composition at City Colleges of Chicago and received a Public Scholar fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2016. Cohen’s articles have appeared in The Chicago Tribune\, DownBeat\, Washington Post and The Nation and he is the two-time recipient of the Deems Taylor Award for outstanding music writing from the American Society of Composers\, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/aaron-cohen-move-on-up/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200107T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200107T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
CREATED:20191124T212704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T212704Z
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SUMMARY:Tara Sim with Kat Cho
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to invite you to celebrate the launch of Scavenge the Stars\, Tara Sim’s gender-swapped retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo that is packed with high-stakes adventure\, romance\, and dueling identities\, \n“A rags-to-riches story with the promise of revenge… Captivating.”―Kirkus Reviews \nWhen Amaya rescues a mysterious stranger from drowning\, she fears her rash actions have earned her a longer sentence on the debtor ship where she’s been held captive for years. Instead\, the man she saved offers her unimaginable riches and a new identity\, setting Amaya on a perilous course through the coastal city-state of Moray\, where old-world opulence and desperate gamblers collide. Amaya wants one thing: revenge against the man who ruined her family and stole the life she once had. But the more entangled she becomes in this game of deception – and as her path intertwines with the son of the man she’s plotting to bring down – the more she uncovers about the truth of her past. And the more she realizes she must trust no one? \n\n\n\n\nKat Cho\, author of Wicked Fox\, an addictive fantasy-romance set in modern-day Seoul\, will be joining Tara on stage. Join us!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tara-sim-with-kat-cho/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200107T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200107T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
CREATED:20191230T164326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191230T164326Z
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SUMMARY:NewYearPoetBash! Freedman/AD/Heinemann/Samuels/Robinson/Townsend
DESCRIPTION:It’s 2020! So let’s combine two poetry readings into one! And have a new year poetry extravaganza! Poets include Lewis Freedman\, Clay A.D.\, Caspar Heinemann\, Lisa Samuels\, Elizabeth Robinson\, and Jamie Townsend. \nLewis Freedman is a writer of unsized transgressions. Texts bound and circulating under this name include Am Perhaps Yet (Oxeye)\, Residual Synonyms for the Name of God (Ugly Duckling)\, and Hold the Blue Orb\, Baby (Well Greased). Another text\, I Want Something Other than Time\, is forthcoming from Ugly Duckling Presse. \nCaspar Heinemann is an artist\, writer and poet based in London. His solo exhibitions have been presented at Outpost Gallery\, Norwich; Almanac\, London; and KevinSpace\, Vienna. Recent group exhibitions have been held at Georg Kargl Fine Arts\,Vienna; ICA\, London; Cabinet\, London; and PDX Contemporary\, Portland. Heinemann participated in the 2019 Bergen Assembly\, and has recently read at Camden Arts Centre\, Sussex Poetry Festival and Tate Modern. His first poetry collection ‘Novelty Theory’ was published in 2019 by The 87 Press. \nClay AD was born on the edge of genetically modified cornfield and a haunted suburb in Indianapolis\, Indiana. Now based in Berlin they flirt with concepts of illness\, ecology\, death\, science fiction\, somatic transformation\, the urgency of diy aesthetics and the politics and negotiations of care under capitalism. AD’s interdisciplinary practice is a constellation of collective work\, writing prose and poetry\, playing music\, offering bodywork\, dance\, and collage. Their first novel\, “Metabolize\, If Able” is available through Arcadia Missa Press UK and was named a finalist in the 31st Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Sci-Fi\, Fantasy and Horror. They are currently developing a somatic audio practice guide to navigate gender dysphoria which will be available online for free through Heavy Heavy Breathing in February 2020. \nLisa Samuels is a transnational poet who also works with sound\, film\, and art installations. She is the author of many books of poetry\, memoir\, and prose\, recently Symphony for Human Transport (Shearsman 2017)\, Foreign Native (Black Radish 2018)\, and The Long White Cloud of Unknowing (Chax 2019). She also publishes essays in creative theory and edits and curates work in poetics. A citizen of Aotearoa/New Zealand\, where she is Professor of English at the University of Auckland\, Lisa is visiting the Bay Area in transit from a lucky sabbatical in Montreal and Antwerp. \nElizabeth Robinson is the author of several books\, including the National Poetry Series winner Pure Descent and the Fence Modern Poets Prize for Apprehend. On Ghosts was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award for poetry in 2013. Robinson’s creative nonfiction has recently appeared in Conjunctions and Scoundrel Time. With Jennifer Phelps\, she is the co-editor of Quo Anima: innovation and spirituality in contemporary women’s poetry\, published by University of Akron Press in 2019. \nJamie Townsend is a genderqueer poet\, publisher\, and editor living in Oakland\, California. They are half responsible for Elderly\, a publishing experiment and persistent hub of ebullience and disgust. They are the author of several chapbooks including\, most recently\, Pyramid Song (above/ground press; 2018) as well as the full-length collection SHADE (Elis Press; 2015). They are the editor of Beautiful Aliens: A Steve Abbott Reader (Nightboat; 2019)\, and an essay on the history of the New Narrative magazine Soup was published in The Bigness of Things: New Narrative and Visual Culture (Wolfman Books; 2017).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/newyearpoetbash-freedman-ad-heinemann-samuels-robinson-townsend/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200108T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200108T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
CREATED:20191124T165635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T165635Z
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SUMMARY:EJ Koh: The Magical Language of Others
DESCRIPTION:E.J. Koh discusses her new memoir The Magical Language of Others. \nPraise for The Magical Language of Others \n“The Magical Language of Others is an exquisite\, challenging\, and stunning memoir. E. J. Koh intricately melds her personal story with a broader view of Korean history. Through these pages\, you are asked to experience one family’s heartbreak\, trauma\, and complex love for each other. This memoir will pierce you.”–Crystal Hana Kim\, If You Leave Me \n“A coming-of-age story\, a family story\, and a meditation on language and translation\, with an emotional range to match.”–Caitlin Horrocks\, The Vexations \nAbout The Magical Language of Others \nAfter living in America for over a decade\, Eun Ji’s parents return to Korea for work\, leaving fifteen-year-old Eun Ji and her brother behind in the family’s new California home. Overnight\, Eun Ji finds herself in a world made strange in her mother’s absence. Her mother writes letters over the years seeking forgiveness and love–letters Eun Ji cannot understand until she finds them years later hidden in a box. \nThe letters lay bare the impact of her mother’s departure\, as Eun Ji gets to know the woman who raised her and left her behind. Eun Ji is a student\, a traveler\, a dancer\, a poet\, and a daughter coming to terms not only with her parents’ prolonged absence\, but her family’s history: her grandmother’s Jun’s years as a lovesick wife in Daejeon\, the horrors her grandmother Kumiko witnessed during the Jeju Island Massacre. Where\, Koh asks\, do the stories of our mothers and grandmothers end and ours begin? How do we find words–in Korean\, Japanese\, English\, or any language–to articulate the profound ways that distance can shape love? \nThe Magical Language of Others is a fearless and poetic mind grappling with forgiveness\, reconciliation\, legacy\, and intergenerational trauma–conjuring an epic saga and love story between mothers and daughters spanning four generations.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ej-koh-the-magical-language-of-others/
LOCATION:Green Apple Books on the Park\, 1231 9th Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200108T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200108T230000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
CREATED:20191230T164130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191230T164130Z
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SUMMARY:The Berkeley Slam Ft Jarvis Subia!
DESCRIPTION:THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST!\nBringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1999\, and third in the nation at the 2015 National Poetry Slam! \nhttp://berkeleyslam.org/\nhttps://twitter.com/berkeleyslam\nhttp://berkeleypoetryslam.tumblr.com/ \n—————�————-\nWelcome to 2020! We’re bringing in the year with an amazing feature with Jarvis Subia. \nBorn and raised in the San José’s 7 trees neighborhood\, Jarvis Subia’s work delves into his relationship with his communities\, sexuality\, masculinity\, national/global politics\, lineage\, race\, gardening\, mental health\, personal growth\, love\, love\, and love. \nJarvis is a 2019 Poetry Foundation Incubator Fellow for community-engaged poets\, 2019 Silicon Valley Creates and Content Magazines Emerging Artist Laureate honoree\, and San José Poetry Slam’s 2018 Grand Slam Champion. He has been apart of 5 national poetry slam teams and has coached 3 national poetry slam teams representing his college and city\, placing 2nd in the nation for (group piece) multi-voice poems in 2015 with the Palo Alto slam team. He has participated in the masters writing workshop at the Las Dos Brujas writers conference and the 2019 Winter Tangerine NYC Writers Workshops. Jarvis is currently a freelance teaching artist in the Bay Area and had worked with organizations such as SFJAZZ’s Jazz In the Middle program\, Youth Speaks’ Emerging Poet Mentors\, Digital Media & Culture (DMC) Studio at MACLA in San Jose\, Bay Area Creative\, and Performing Arts Workshop \nJarvis is a firm believer that things covered in cheese have improved in flavor 100% more than things not covered in cheese. For more information about Jarvis\, his poetry\, upcoming shows\, or taste in food items check out his website flowerboywrites.com \n—————�————-\nUPCOMING\nStick around; to be announced soon! \n—————�————- \nTHE STARRY PLOUGH\n3101 Shattuck Avenue\, 510-841-2082\n(1 block uphill from the Ashby BART).\nEVERY WEDNESDAY\n$7 – $10 sliding scale (most nights)\nCash Prizes!\nWorkshop: 6:30 p.m. Sign-up: 7:30 p.m. Show: 8:15 p.m.\nALL AGES before 10 p.m.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-berkeley-slam-ft-jarvis-subia/
LOCATION:The Starry Plough\, 3101 Shattuck Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200108T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200119T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
CREATED:20191231T202846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191231T202846Z
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SUMMARY:Funeral Game
DESCRIPTION:Bread & Butter Theatre presents the world premiere of Funeral Game\, by Lana Palmer. \nTwo sisters return to the family cabin to decide its fate. As they negotiate the present and future\, they must inevitably account for the past.  Funeral Game is a moving\, lyrical journey through memory and omission\, love and grief\, lost and found\, and the overwhelming power of family history. \nFeaturing Rachael Richman and Emma Attwood. Directed by Bruce Avery. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/funeral-game/
LOCATION:Potrero Stage\, 1695 18th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94107
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bread &amp%3B Butter Theatre":MAILTO:info@breadandbuttertheatre.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200109T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200109T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
CREATED:20191125T192449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191125T192449Z
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SUMMARY:Joan Didion: The 1960s & 70s
DESCRIPTION:Editor David L. Ulin in conversation with Oscar Villalon\, Managing Editor\, ZYZZYVA\nCosponsored by Alta Magazine \nCool\, dispassionate\, and incisive\, Joan Didion’s voice is electric on the page. Using autobiographical elements to stunning literary effect\, she has captured the anarchic convulsions and anxious contradictions of the waning American century and the coming new millennium with incomparable clarity and force. Now\, Library of America inaugurates a definitive three-volume edition of Didion’s collected writings with the landmark works of the 1960s and 1970s\, books that established her as one of the most original and influential literary figures of our time.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joan-didion-the-1960s-70s/
LOCATION:Mechanics Institute\, 57 Post St 4th Floor Boardroom\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94104\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200109T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200109T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
CREATED:20191125T192253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191125T192253Z
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SUMMARY:Open Mic Night!
DESCRIPTION:It’s open mic night at Simple Pleasures! Join us for an evening of music and story-telling at our favorite neighborhood cafe. Sign up is at 7pm\, and each performer gets about 10 minutes to speak\, sing\, or strum.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/open-mic-night/
LOCATION:Simple Pleasures Cafe\, 3434 Balboa St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94121\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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ORGANIZER;CN="Simple Pleasures Cafe":MAILTO:r.ahmed@simplepleasurescafe.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200109T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200109T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
CREATED:20191124T212523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T212523Z
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SUMMARY:Andrew Rader
DESCRIPTION:Join Kepler’s Literary Foundation and a person at the forefront of space exploration as we spotlight our insatiable desire— throughout history and now— to push into new and unchartered territory. The man taking us there with his infectious curiosity\, engaging presentation style\, and brilliant mind is Andrew Rader— an MIT-credentialied scientist\, host of the popular podcast Spellbound\, SpaceX mission manager\, and author of Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars. \nWe’ve reached a time in our evolution that was once nothing more than science fiction: the ability to explore the vastness of space and even settle other worlds with the goal of becoming multi-planetary. Rader explores the history of how we got here\, along with our Spacefaring Future\, unveiling plans that are already underway for settling other planets and traveling to the stars. \nWhether you’re a fan of space\, technology\, science and/or science fiction\, or just a curious soul\, you won’t want to miss an evening that’ll take us to the stars and beyond.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/andrew-rader/
LOCATION:Kepler’s Books\, 1010 El Camino Real\, Menlo Park \, CA\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:South Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200109T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200109T210000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
CREATED:20191231T202947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191231T202947Z
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SUMMARY:Swerve Book Launch and Reading
DESCRIPTION:Local award-winning author\, Ellery Akers\, will be launching her new book\, Swerve: Environmentalism\, Feminism\, and Resistance on Thursday\, January 9th\, 2020 at Moe’s Books. She will be reading various poems from her book. Details are listed below: \nSwerve: Environmentalism\, Feminism\, and Resistance \nSwerve Book Launch and Reading\nThursday\, January 9th\, 2020\n7:30 – 9 pm \nMoe’s Books\n2476 Telegraph Ave.\nBerkeley\, CA 94704 \nhttp://elleryakers.com/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/swerve-book-launch-and-reading/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, 94704
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200109T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200109T223000
DTSTAMP:20260407T033902
CREATED:20191220T052442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191220T052442Z
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SUMMARY:You’re Going to Die: Poetry\, Prose & Everything Goes…
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, January 9\, 2020\n7:30 PM  10:30 PM\nThe Lost Church (map)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou’re Going to Die: Poetry\, Prose & Everything Goes… Open Mic at The Lost Church – San Francisco w/Ned Buskirk \n$10 in advance & at the door.\nTICKETS: https://thelostchurch.secure.force.com/ticket/#/instances/a0F3s000006E4yxEAC\nAnd support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.\nThe tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D\, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying\, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality.\nThank you for any additional help you can offer.\nAnd please contact ned@yg2d.com if you need support to be a part of the evening. \nVenue: The Lost Church – San Francisco\nThe Lost Church is CASH ONLY at the door (at this time). \nDoors at 7:30pm.\nShow at 8:15pm.\nAll performances end at 10:30pm.\nSeating is first come\, first served. \nWe recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out)\, but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although\, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase) \nAges 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events). \n+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \nYou’re Going to Die: Poetry\, Prose & Everything Goes…\nis an open mic event\, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying\, to embrace our losses & mortality\,\nto grieve\, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE. \nSign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly\, so if you want to perform\, you’d better get there early… \nIf you’re going to perform\, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)]. \nPoetry\, prose\, music\, dancing\, comedy\, drama\, happy\, sad\, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want. \nYou don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers. \nPlease don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly\, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument\, figure it out before you’re called to the stage. \nIMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday\, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously\, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged. \nYou’re Going to Die. No. Really. You are.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youre-going-to-die-poetry-prose-everything-goes-21/
LOCATION:The Lost Church\, 65 Capp Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:2020 Hindsight
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fast-paced evening of readings by a dozen talented writers from the Lit Camp community. Free beer & wine. $5-10 sliding scale admission. Proceeds benefit Lit Camp scholarships.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/2020-hindsight/
LOCATION:Book Passage San Francisco\, 1 Ferry Building\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Kiersten White\, Chosen
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes bestselling author Kiersten White who will share her new book\, Chosen. Nina continues to learn how to use her slayer powers against enemies old and new in this second novel in the New York Times bestselling series set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. \nNow that Nina has turned the Watcher’s Castle into a utopia for hurt and lonely demons\, she’s still waiting for the utopia part to kick in. With her sister Artemis gone and only a few people remaining at the castle–including her still-distant mother–Nina has her hands full. Plus\, though she gained back her Slayer powers from Leo\, they’re not feeling quite right after being held by the seriously evil succubus Eve\, a.k.a. fake Watcher’s Council member and Leo’s mom. \nAnd while Nina is dealing with the darkness inside\, there’s also a new threat on the outside\, portended by an odd triangle symbol that seems to be popping up everywhere\, in connection with Sean’s demon drug ring as well as someone a bit closer to home. Because one near-apocalypse just isn’t enough\, right? \nThe darkness always finds you. And once again\, it’s coming for the Slayer. \nKiersten White is the New York Times bestselling author of many books for teens and young readers\, including And I Darken\, Now I Rise\, Bright We Burn\, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein\, and Slayer. She lives with her family near the ocean in San Diego\, where she perpetually lurks in the shadows. Visit Kiersten online at KierstenWhite.com and follow @KierstenWhite on Twitter. \nThis free event will take place at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Chairs for open seating are usually set up about an hour before the event begins. \nIf you have any ADA accommodation requests\, please email info@bookshopsantacruz.com by January 8th.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kiersten-white-chosen/
LOCATION:Bookshop Santa Cruz\, 1520 Pacific Ave\, Santa Cruz \, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,South Bay
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