20% off
all used books this Labor Day Weekend
*The bridge is closed anyway, and you work hard. Why not stay home and read? |
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The Pegasus Books
All-You-Can-Read
Warehouse Book Sale
Sept. 25th, 10 - 4 pm
Sept. 26th, 10 - 3 pm
Hardbacks: $1 or less
Paperbacks: 50 cents
*Proceeds benefit Oakland's Round Belly Theatre* |
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Solano Stroll
Join us on Solano Avenue for our annual mile-long block party
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Rockridge Out and About
Sunday, Sept. 26th
Noon - 6 pm
Music, food, fashion, artisan wares and strolling fun! |
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INSIDE: Labor Day Sale, Warehouse Sale, two street fairs, nine events. Read on...
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September Events
Poets Sharon Coleman and Susan Browne
Wednesday, September 1st, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Books Downtown
Pegasus Books on Shattuck Avenue promises a dynamic evening of poetry with Bay Area favorites Sharon Coleman and Susan Browne.
Pegasus, 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley (510) 649-1320
Creating a Movement with Teeth: A Documentary History of the George Jackson Brigade
Monday, September 6th, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Books Downtown
Daniel Burton-Rose and Bo (rita d) Brown discuss this new account of the near-forgotten George Jackson Brigade, a radical anti-capitalist movement of the 1970's.
Pegasus Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave, Bkly (510) 649-1320
John Brandon reads from Citrus County
Thursday, September 9th, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Books Downtown
John Brandon will read from his "funny, horrifying" new novel Citrus County, a McSweeney's publication (2010). Join us.
Pegasus Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave, Bkly (510) 649-1320
Teun Voeten discusses Tunnel People
Thursday, September 12th, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Downtown
Acclaimed war photographer Teun Voeten will discuss his book documenting the fascinating lives of the "tunnel people" of 1990's Manhattan, a society of homeless people who lived literally underground in New York's subway system.
Pegasus Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave, Bkly (510) 649-1320
Lyrics and Dirges: A New Monthly Reading Series
Wednesday, September 15th, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Downtown
Alena Hairston, Susan Kelly-DeWitt, Cyrus Armajani, Linda King, and Roger Porter read as part of our new series taking place the third Wednesday of every month.
Pegasus Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave, Bkly (510) 649-1320
Poets Diane Martin, Lisa Stonestreet and Melissa Stein
Saturday, September 18th, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Books Downtown
Join us at our Downtown store for an evening of poetry with acclaimed poets Diane K. Martin, Lisa G. Stonestreet, and Melissa Stein.
Pegasus Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave, Bkly (510) 649-1320
FIRST PERSON SINGULAR: Stories in Character
Wednesday, September 22nd, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Books on Solano
Join us at our Solano store for the second installment of First Person Singular: Stories in Character. Here's a clip from last month's reading, starring Theresa Kelly:
Pegasus on Solano, 1855 Solano Ave,Bkly (510) 525-6888
Labor's Civil War in California: The NUHW Healthcare Workers' Rebellion
Thursday, September 23rd, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Books Downtown
Historian Cal Winslow examines how the emergence of the National United Healthcare Workers Union (NUHW) points to larger issues in the labor movement.
Pegasus Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave, Bkly (510) 649-1320
Such Is Life: A Memoir
Thursday, September 30th, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Books Downtown
Translator Laura Ruberto reads from her grandmother's memoir. Such is Life is an immigrant woman's moving account of what one gains, but also what one loses, when emigrating to the U.S. from a village in rural Campania, Italy.
Pegasus Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave, Bkly (510) 649-1320 |
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