Offsite event 16th Annual Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival
Saturday, October 1st, 12 noon- 4:30 pm
Location: Civic Center Park, Berkeley
Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival features a stellar line-up of poets and writers: Robert Hass, Camille T. Dungy, Jane Hirshfield. Judy Grahn and guitarist/singer-songwriter Anne Carol perform Mental, a folk-opera; other musical performances include Barry Finnerty's Jazz Roots Trio. K-12 student poets from California Poets in the Schools and Poetry Inside Out will read. Also participating: artist Arthur Okamura provides ontage banners; We Are Nature open reading, River Village exhibits, presented by Poetry Flash in collaboration with the Ecology Center's Berkeley Farmers' Market and Ecocity Builders, held alongside the Farmers' Market. Books available for purchase courtesy of Pegasus Books. This event is free. Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center Park, Berkeley.
Offsite event First Person Singular presents HOOT! #2 Numbering Our Faults: California Songs
Sunday, October 2nd, 7:00 pm
Location: St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Albany
You know the way to San Jose. You've gone to San Francisco and put flowers in your hair. You're stuck in Lodi. Again. Why not steer your little deuce coupe to the East Bay and sing about it? California - one of the most sung-about states - is the promised land within the Promised Land. The place to bring your dreams. But for every Steve Jobs there are a million Tom Joads, and you can't get to Hollywood without passing through Chinatown. California is David Hockney and James Ellroy. It's Ansel Adams and Lindsay Lohan. It's a hipster reading Nathanael West in a West L.A. cafe. Frankenstein. Gertrude Stein. We've got a multitude of theres here, folks, and we plan to visit them all at our next HOOT! $3, or whatever you can afford.
Arthur Blaustein discusses his new book, Democracy is Not a Spectator Sport
Wednesday, October 12th, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Books on Solano
Arthur Blaustein, professor of community development, public policy, and politics at UC Berkeley, will discuss his book, Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport: The Ultimate Volunteer Handbook, at Pegasus Books on Solano Avenue. Join us. This event is free.
Pegasus Books on Solano, 1855 Solano Ave, Bkly, (510) 525-6888
Twinka Thiebaud recalls her years with Henry Miller in her new book What Doncha Know? About Henry Miller
Thursday, October 13th, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Books Downtown
Writer and artist's model Twinka Thiebaud is the daughter of prominent American painter, Wayne Thiebaud. In What Doncha Know? About Henry Miller, she shares her experiences of her three years as Henry Miller's caretaker, capturing the rich and numerous dinner conversations of Miller and his circle of friends. This event is free.
Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave, Bkly, (510) 649-1320
Robert Scheer, in conversation with Mr. Fish, cartoonist and author of Go Fish: How to Win Contempt and Influence People
Friday, October 14th, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Books Downtown
Truthdig editor, journalist and author Robert Scheer will be in conversation with political cartoonist Mr. Fish, author of the new Go Fish: How to Win Contempt and Influence People. This event is free.
Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave, Bkly. (510) 649-1320
Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
Wednesday, October 19th, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Books Downtown
Lyrics and Dirges spotlights the diverse voices of the East Bay in a monthly kick-ass reading that features a mix of prominent, emerging and beginning writers. This event is free.
Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Ave, Bkly. (510) 649-1320
First Person Singular presents Ask the Angels: The Words, Music, and Times of Patti Smith Wednesday, October 26th, 7:30 pm
Location: Pegasus Books on Solano
Performers Theresa Kelly and Julia McNeal perform Patti Smiths words and music, with Joshua Raoul Brody and band. This event is free.
Pegasus Books on Solano, 1855 Solano Ave., Bkly. (510) 525-6888.
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