ALICE WALKER Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart New Poems Hosted by Nina Serrano Thursday, October 18, 7:30 PM First Congregational Church 2345 Channing Way Berkeley tickets: $15 brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006, or East Bay Books, or Books Inc. (Berkeley), or Pegasus Books (3 shops), or Moe’s, or Mrs. Dalloway’s, or Walden Pond Bookstore, or…
DD GUTTENPLAN + MICHAEL LERNER THE NEXT REPUBLIC: THE RISE OF A RADICAL NEW MAJORITY • DD Guttenplan is the London correspondant for The Nation. • Michael Lerner is editor of Tikkun and the rabbi of Beyt Tikkyn Synagogue. Hosted by Philip Maldari Tuesday, October 16, 7:30 PM St. John’s Presbyterian Church 2727 College Avenue Berkeley…
THE DARK SHADOW OF TECH ON THE S.F. BAY AREA An Amazingly Timely Discussion By Experts • CARY McCLELLAND, author of: “Silicon City: San Francisco in the Long Shadow of the Valley” • RICHARD A. WALKER, author of: “Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the SF Bay Area” Hosted…
CHRIS HEDGES with NORMAN SOLOMON AMERICA: THE FAREWELL TOUR Hosted by Kris Welch Wednesday, September 12, 7:30 PM First Congregational Church 2345 Channing Way Berkeley tickets: $15 brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006, or East Bay Books, or Books Inc. (Berkeley), or Pegasus Books (3 shops), or Moe’s, or Mrs. Dalloway’s, or Walden Pond Bookstore, or Diesel a…
MIKO PELED with Nora Barrows-Friedman The author of: The General’s Son: Journal of an Israeli in Palestine and Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five Hosted by Nora Barrows-Friedman Thursday, September 6, 2018, 7:30 pm First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way Berkeley tickets: $12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006, or Marcus…
JOAN MORGAN SHE BEGAT THIS 20 YEARS OF THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL Hosted by Davey D :: Presented by KPFA + MARCUS BOOKS + HARD KNOCK RADIO Thursday August 30, 7:30pm First Congregational Church 2501 Harrison St. Oakland tickets: $12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006, or Marcus Books, or Books Inc. (Berkeley), or Pegasus…
THE ACCLAIMED PHILOSOPHER VIEWS OUR POLITICAL CRISIS MARTHA NUSSBAUM THE MONARCHY OF FEAR Hosted by Kris Welch Thursday, August 23, 7:30 PM St. John’s Presbyterian Church 2727 College Avenue Berkeley tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006, or Marcus Books, or Books Inc. (Berkeley), or Pegasus Books (3 shops), or Moe’s, or Mrs. Dalloway’s, or Walden Pond Bookstore,…
THOMAS FRANK incisive essays on our disintegration RENDEZVOUS WITH OBLIVION Hosted by Kris Welch Wednesday, July 11, 7:30 PM St. John’s Presbyterian Church 2727 College Avenue Berkeley tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006, or Marcus Books, or Books Inc. (Berkeley), or Pegasus Books (3 shops), or Moe’s, or Mrs. Dalloway’s, or Walden Pond Bookstore, or Diesel a…
KPFA RADIO & MARCUS BOOKS Present MICHAEL ERIC DYSON What Truth Sounds Like Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and OurUnfinished Conversation About Race in America Hosted by Kevin Cartwright Thursday June 14, 7:30pm First Congregational Church of Oakland 2501 Harrison St. Oakland tickets: $20 for one admission ; $35 for one + book; $45 for…
DARNELL MOORE No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black & Free in America Hosted by Greg Bridges Tuesday June 12, 7:30pm First Congregational Church of Oakland 2501 Harrison St. Oakland tickets: $12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006, or Marcus Books, or Books Inc. (Berkeley), or Pegasus Books (3 shops), or Moe’s, or Mrs….
KPFA & Project Censored Present
Poetry Flash presents Jane Downs and Kathleen Weaver, Thursday, November 5th 7:30pm, at Moe’s Books in Berkeley Kathleen Weaver’s debut book of poems, Too Much Happens, will launch at this event. For more information please check Moe’s Books Events. The poems in this book move simultaneously toward clarity and compassion, traveling through geological time…