Archive for June 2011
Neeli Cherkovski
Thursday, June 30th, 7:00 pm The Songs of Order / Lie In Disorder Poet Neeli Cherkovski: a reading and a conversation with Gary Gach Poet Neeli Cherkovski’s new book, From the Middle Woods, branches out from The Confucian Odes to espouse a renewed natural politics for the 21st century. With this book, Neeli has blended…
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Sunday, July 10th, 2:00 pm TEN YEARS THAT SHOOK THE CITY: SAN FRANCISCO, 1968-1978 A reading by editor Chris Carlsson and contributors Pam Peirce, Andrew Lam and Mary Jean Robertson Appropriate that ten days following our reading with poet Neeli Cherkovski, we present a conclave of contributors to this newly published anthology of essays on…
Read MoreSunday Double-Header
Sunday, June 26 – events at 2:00 and 4:30/5:30 Sunday Double Header 2:00 pm – The Poems of Richard Hugo A Staged Reading by PUS Theatre Company Richard Hugo was the poet of the barroom, the open road, and the river, his work laced through with mystery, sadness and regret. Hugo (1923-1982) gave us several…
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Friday, June 24, 5:30 to 8:00 pm The Chuck Peterson Quintet with vocalist Dorothy Lefkovits jazz in the bookshop every Friday When Chuck carried his tenor saxophone down to the Bay Area from Portland’s Reed College in about 1950, he fell in with a lot of young cats who were mad to play bebop, congregating…
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Thursday, June 23, 7:00 pm Eminent Authors’ Birthdays Open Reading A monthly conclave of literature devotees Each month, we gather to read aloud from the works of authors we admire– or suspect we might admire. The organizing conceit is that the author should be born in the month at hand… June in this case… Check…
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Double header Sunday / Poets Monday Novelist at 2:30 Sun. Middle-Eastern Ensemble at 4:30 Sun. Poets at 7:00 Mon. Sunday, June 19th – 2:30 pm Frank Bergon reads from his novel, Jesse’s Ghost A novelist, critic, and essayist, Frank Bergon’s focus has been on the history and environment of the American West. His Nevada trilogy…
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