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Happy New Year!
Our big news
is, of course, our calendar sale. The fun starts on
January 1st, 10.00 a.m., at all three stores. The
selection is awesome,
so come on by and see all your friends and neighbors!
We are also pleased to note that our efforts to
protect reader privacy have not been in vain—see
the Patriot Act update below.
And this month's events, both on and off-site, remind
us of why we love living in the Bay Area.
| Patriot Act Update |
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Last year, Pegasus and Pendragon Bookstores
collected more than 6,000 signatures
(out of a total of more than 200,000 country-wide)
on a petition to ask Senators and the Congress to
remove or amend those parts of the Patriot Act
which we believe constituted a great erosion of our
rights to privacy, and to our civil liberties. We are
very happy to see that the word got through, at
least to some of our representatives, and that there
will almost certainly be substantive changes made to
the Act.
Following is a quote from Lisa Graves, who was the
point person for ACLU’s Patriot Act lobbying:
"I owe it to the leadership of the radical librarians
who
braved the slings
and arrows (read lies and attacks) to stand firm and
be vindicated by the
facts!! You all did an amazing job!! And to the
booksellers (by the way I am
henceforward buying all the books I do not borrow
with cash!)!! Thank
YOU!!!"
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| Holiday Party Pics |
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Our Holiday Open House parties were fabulous fun.
Click on the link below to see pictures...
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| January Events |
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In the Name of Love: Fifth Annual Musical Tribute
to Martin Luther King
Sunday, January 15th at 7:30 pm
Tickets $20 at our stores or $22 at the door
Oakland Scottish Rite Center, 1547 Lakeside Drive,
Oakland.
"In the Name of Love" Musical Tribute to Martin
Luther King will feature performances by Linda Tillery
and the Cultural Heritage Choir, The Oakland
Interfaith Gospel Choir, the Oakland Chilren's
Community Choir and Madeline Eastman and
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, with keynote address
given by the Honorable Ronald V. Dellums.
Book Group Night
Wednesday, January 25 at 7pm
Pendragon Books
Our senior bookbuyer, Christopher, will present five
books he thinks would make great book group picks.
Refreshments, free advance reader copies and great
conversation. All are welcome; you do not have to
belong to a book group to join us. Pendragon Books,
5560 College Avenue, Oakland. (510) 652-6259.
An Evening with John Perkins
Tuesday, January 25th at 7:30
Tickets: $12 available at our stores (after Jan. 3rd);
$15 at the door
Martin Luther King Middle School,
1781 Rose St, Berkeley.
John Perkins, author of Confessions of an
Economic Hit Man, speaks, along with Kevin
Danaher, author of Insurrection; Citizen
Challenges to Corporate Power and Anuradha
Mittal, author of America Needs Human
Rights.
Alice Walker, in Conversation with Amy
Goodman
Friday, January 27th at 8pm
Tickets: $15 available at our stores (after Jan. 6th);
$20 at the door
First Congregational Church of Oakland
2501 Harrison Street, Oakland.
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EARTH'S BIGGEST CALENDAR SALE |
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Begins January 1st at 10am
ALL CALENDARS are
$3.99 or 3 for
$10
Over 900 titles from:
Sierra Club, Taschen,
BrownTrout, Te Neues, Workman, Pomegranate,
Cavallini, Brushdance, Abrams, Ronnie Sellers, Amber
Lotus and
Avalanche.
All formats, including:
Wall,
page-a-
day,
engagement, mini, magnetic and lots of poster
calendars.
We are pleased to announce the arrival of our very
first custom mug--$4.95!
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