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September 2009 Event Calendar
Capitola Book Cafe
1475 41st Ave, Capitola CA 95010
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Capitola Book Cafe
1475 41st Ave
Capitola CA 95010
At the corner of 41st Ave & Capitola Rd, next to the 41st Ave Cinema
(831) 462-4415
Open Mon-Sat 8am-10pm
Sun 8am-8pm
Lulu's at Capitola Book Cafe
Mon-Fri 6am-10pm
Sat 7am-10pm
Sun 7am-8pm |
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Commonwealth Club of California
& Capitola Book Caf� present
THOMAS FRANKAuthor of
What's the Matter with Kansas
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The Wrecking Crew:
How Conservatives Ruined Government, Enriched Themselves,
and Beggared the Nation
Location: Le Petit Trianon, 72 N. Fifth Street, San Jose Date: Tuesday, September 8 Time: 6:30pm program,
7:30pm book signing
Price: $10 Commonwealth Club members,
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Poetry Santa Cruz Special Event:
Morton Marcus
Tuesday, September 1 at 7:30pm |
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 HOMETOWN POET TO GIVE WHAT
MAY BE HIS FINAL READING
Morton Marcus, 1999 Santa Cruz County Artist of the Year, winner of a Gail Rich Award, and long-time co-host of KUSP's Poetry Show, will give what may be his final poetry reading: an evening featuring his favorite poems written over his fifty year career. A local treasure, Marcus taught at Cabrillo College for thirty years and is a film historian and critic as well as an author and a poet. He has published one novel, a memoir titled Striking Down the Masks, ten volumes of poetry, and over 450 of his poems appear in literary journals and anthologies. His upcoming release, The Star Wizard's Legacy is a translation of Serbian poet Vasko Popa. Join Morton Marcus for a celebration of a generous, creative life! |
STORYTIME FOR KIDS!
Mondays at 11am
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 Kids & adults listen to animated readings by former Shakespeare Santa Cruz actress Billie Harris and the fun-loving, boisterous Book Cafe manager Jill Rose. All ages are welcome as the readers enjoy making sure all listeners are engaged in the stories. |
Gabriel Constans
Buddha's Wife: A Novel (RDR)
Wednesday, September 9 at 7:30pm |
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 THE WOMAN THE BUDDHA LEFT BEHIND
Thousands of books, texts and stories have followed Siddhartha's path to becoming The Buddha, but little has been written about his wife Yasodhara, how she reacted to his leaving her and their newborn child in the middle of the night, and her desire to find compassion and enlightenment for herself and others. Buddha's Wife follows the life of the woman Buddha left behind and is an inspiring novel about friendship, family, loss, love and forgiveness. Gabriel Constans, a practicing Buddhist since age 16, is a freelance journalist and local author. In addition to his writing, he is an adviser to The Rwandan Orphan's Project in Kigali and provides counseling for those who have experienced grief, loss and trauma. |
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WRITERS WORKSHOP with
Editor Laurie Gibson
Saturday, September 12 from 10am-12pm
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 New session added due to high demand!
BOOK PUBLISHING 1-2-3: FROM THE WRITER'S FINGERS TO THE READER'S HANDS
Veteran editor Laurie Gibson leads writers on a behind the scenes journey of a manuscript as it becomes a published book. In this two-hour workshop, she will share tips to help writers improve their chances of getting published, including ideas for finding literary agents, and lead creativity exercises and a Q&A session. Laurie has edited and proofread 200+ nonfiction books and novels, including new editions of The Color Purple (Alice Walker) and Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf). She also works with first time authors. Cost: $20. Includes an evaluation of ten double-spaced pages of writing. Limit: 12 people. Prepayment at Capitola Book Cafe is required to guarantee your spot.Questions: email Laurie at wordworker1@earthlink.net |
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Erin Lee Gafill
Drinking From a Cold Spring: A Little Book of Hope (26)
Monday, September 14 at 7:30pm |
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 BIG SUR ARTIST GUIDES US TOWARDS LIVING A CREATIVE LIFE
In the tradition of early Carmel bohemians who promoted a life dedicated to the creative spark, award-winning Big Sur artist Erin Lee Gafill tells you the stories that have shaped her personal journey and describes the habits and methods that have helped her forge her path in life and in art. More than a "how to" book, Drinking From a Cold Spring is filled with inspiration and object lessons on how to balance creative work with the challenges and distractions of life. Erin's great-great grandmother had the first artist's studio in Carmel and created the artists' colony which is today Carmel-by-the-Sea. Her grandparents built Nepenthe Restaurant in Big Sur, the legendary watering hole for artists, poets, writers, and bohemians. See Erin's artwork at Book Caf� beginning September 1! |
Fan Wu
Beautiful As Yesterday (Atria)
Tuesday, September 15 at 7:30pm |
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 "A DELICATE AND BRILLIANT NOVEL ON THE ARGUMENTS, TRIUMPHS, LOVES AND
DIFFERENCES OF A CHINESE FAMILY IN AMERICA."
--XINRAN (China Witness)
Stretching from mid-century China to both coasts of the United States at the turn of the millennium, this novel tells the captivating story of three Chinese women from the same family. It is a penetrating exploration of what it means to belong, what it means to be a family, and the impact of history and memories on one's life. Fan Wu ( February Flowers), who lives in Santa Clara, grew up on a state-run farm in southern China, where her parents were exiled during the Cultural Revolution.
"Fan Wu is an exciting storyteller with an original take on the disarray of family history and American culture, and, ultimately, how we manage to define ourselves. Beautiful as Yesterday is a story with intelligence, insight, and heart."
--Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club). |
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Richard's Book Club
Wednesday, September 16 at 6:30pm |
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NEW READERS ARE WELCOME
This month's selection is Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd. Read the book and join the discussion. Young, alone, and far from her family in Britain, Hope Clearwater, an ecologist studying apes, contemplates the extraordinary events on the lonely outskirts of civil-war torn Africa, where she must come to terms with the perplexing and troubling ways of apes and humans alike |
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Books for a Better Life Book Club
Tuesday, September at 22 at 6:30pm |
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NEW READERS ALWAYS WELCOME
This month's selection is Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford. Read the book and join the discussion.
In this wise and often funny book, a philosopher/mechanic systematically destroys the pretensions of the high-prestige workplace and makes an irresistible case for working with one's hands. "Matt Crawford has written a brave and indispensable book. By making a powerful case for the enduring value of the manual trades, Shop Class as Soulcraft offers a bracing alternative to the techno-babble that passes for conventional wisdom, and points the way to a profoundly necessary reconnection with the material world. No one who cares about the future of human work can afford to ignore this book."
--Jackson Lears, Editor in Chief, Raritan |
Amy Waeschle
Chasing Waves: A Surfer's Tale of Obsessive Wandering (Montaineers Books)
Thursday, September 24 at 7:30pm |
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 SURFING & WANDERLUST TAKES HER AROUND THE WORLD
With a fresh voice and surf-saturated daydreams, Amy Waeschle hunts waves in the remote corners of the world, from Morocco to Fiji to Canada, where she finds unique and fascinating cultures that change her views and foster her belief that surfing is more a state of mind than a sport. Her interrelated stories follow her evolution from nervous newbie to skilled surfer along with tales of wanderlust and vagabonding. The author is a freelance writer and photographer whose work has appeared in Surf Life for Women and Patagonia magazine. Sales of Chasing Waves benefit the Surfrider Foundation. |
Wine Tasting:
Saint Emilion Bordeaux
Friday, September 25: open from 6-8pm |
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 Join the ebullient Jennifer Moore for a casual tasting of her favorite wines-with a special emphasis on Steven Adam's French Vineyard Saint Emilion and the Bordeaux wines of France! Jennifer is a representative of Classic Wines of California and she will be sharing liberally of her wines, her knowledge, and her belief that understanding a bit more about wines can add enjoyment and real pleasure to life. In addition to beginning with some festive Wrotham Bubbly, she will bring a lineup of wines from Chateaus owned by Steven Adams: Chateau Lagarosse, Chateau De Candale, and Chateau Fonplegade. Come anytime between 6 and 8pm. Cost is $9 and will include cheese, bread and other edibles to balance out the liquid cheer. Advance sign-up is appreciated but not mandatory. |
Conflict, Tension, Fiction!
Short Fiction Workshop with Kat Meads
Saturday, September 26 from 10-11:30am |
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 SHORT FICTION WRITING WORKSHOP FROM VETERAN TEACHER & AUTHOR Whether you've just begun writing short stories or have been at it a while, this hour and a half workshop will help sharpen your skills at accomplishing a fiction essential: creating the kind of conflict from the get-go that hooks readers and keeps them reading. Come prepared to explore, experiment, discuss and share the fruits of your in-class writing exercises. Kat Meads served as the Writing Program Coordinator  for UCSC Extension's Humanities Department for seven years and has taught at writing conferences in California and on the East Coast. She has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a California Artist Fellowship, two Silicon Valley Arts Council Fellowships, and fiction awards from Chelsea and Inkwell Magazine. Little Pockets of Alarm is her second full-length collection of stories. Cost: The purchase of one copy of Kat's new book of brief fictions, Little Pockets of Alarm ($14.95), from the Capitola Book Caf�. Prepayment at Capitola Book Caf� is required to guarantee your spot. Limit: 12 people
Questions about the workshop? katmeads@gmail.com
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Peter Richardson
A Bomb in Every Issue: How the Short, Unruly Life of RAMPARTS Magazine
Changed America (New Press)
Tuesday, September 29 at 7:30pm |
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HISTORY OF LEGENDARY MUCKRAKING MAG 
Published between 1962 and 1975, Ramparts morphed from an intellectual Catholic quarterly into a muckraking secular magazine deeply committed to the civil rights and anti-war movements and became a hugely influential magazine with a short and exceptional history. Its place in journalism history cannot be overestimated considering its contributors (Noam Chomsky, Cesar Chavez, Seymour Hersh, Angela Davis and Susan Sontag) and alumni (Paul Krassner, Warren Hinckle, Robert Scheer, Eldridge Cleaver, Adam Hochschild, to name a few). Ramparts repeatedly scooped the New York Times and its article about the use of napalm against children in Vietnam caused Martin Luther King Jr. to speak out against the war for the first time. Ramparts brought the New Left into American living rooms and made an indelible imprint on American Journalism that is still apparent today. |
Tod Davies
Jam Today: A Diary of Cooking With What You've Got (Exterminating Angel Press)
Wednesday, September 30 at 7:30pm |
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HOME COOKS MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE 
What's for dinner? With a glass or two of red wine here, a little garlic there, and pages of swell meals and culinary musings later, home cook Tod Davies invites readers to trust their own instincts and desires in answer to this question. In her book about cooking in your own way, with what you have, for your own happiness and that of the people around you, Tod Davies encourages fellow home cooks to feel relaxed and joyous in our kitchens--and insists that they can in fact make the world a better place through doing so. With elements of eating locally and economically, this book is both practical and pioneering.
Enjoy appetizers made by the author and join her for fun discussion. Bring a list of ingredients you have on hand and Tod will give you ideas as to what is for your next meal! |
| World Affairs Book Club
Thursday, October 1 at 7:00pm |
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NEW READERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME  This month's selection is Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness by Tracy Kidder. Please read the book and join the discussion.
Author Tracy Kidder will be at Capitola Book Caf� on Saturday, October 17 at 7:30pm. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains once again shows us what it means to be fully human by telling a story about the heroism inherent in ordinary people, a story about a life based on hope. Deo arrives in America from Burundi in search of a new life. Having survived a civil war and genocide, he lands at JFK airport with two hundred dollars, no English, and no contacts. He lives in Central Park and learns English by reading dictionaries in bookstores. Then Deo begins to meet the strangers who will change his life, pointing him eventually in the direction of Columbia University, medical school, and a life devoted to healing. | |
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SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOCAL BOOK CLUB
Ariel Sabar,
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for
Autobiography and author of
is interested in joining a book club at Book Cafe for a private discussion
of his book on Thursday, November 5 at 6:15pm,
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We buy USED BOOKS!
Monday-Friday after 3:30pm or call 462-4415 for an appointment.
Cash and credit options.
We sell USED BOOKS, too!
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 Friends of Capitola Book Caf�
Annual Membership Program
Friends of Capitola Book Caf� get great perks, like discounts on books, cards, and gifts, Capitola Book Caf� gift certificates and Lulu Carpenter's gift cards (to use in the Caf� or at any Lulu Carpenter's location), and reserved event seating.
Support the AUTHOR EVENTS PROGRAM & YOUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE while getting a great deal for yourself!
JOIN TODAY!
To learn more, please call us at (831) 462-4415,
or come by the store.
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