OLIVER STONE On Movies • Politics • History In Conversation with Harry Kreisler, Host of Conversations with History Friday, April 22, 2016 Wheeler Auditorium UC Berkeley 7:00 – 9:30pm Free and open to the public. Doors open 6:30pm. Seats will fill on a first come, first serve basis. Sponsored by the Institute of International…
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM Presents AMY GOODMAN Democracy Now: 20 Years Covering the Movements Changing America A KPFA Birthday Celebration! Hosted by KPFA Manager Quincy McCoy Sunday April 17 7:30 PM First Congregational Church 2345 Channing Way Berkeley tickets: $12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006, Books Inc., Pegasus Books (3 shops), Moe’s, Mrs. Dalloway’s, Walden…
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM Presents MY BRAIN ON FIRE Paris and Other Obsessions Hosted by Thomas Farber Wednesday March 30 7:30 PM Hillside Club 2286 Cedar Street Berkeley tickets: $12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006 or Marcus Books, Pegasus Books (3 shops), Moe’s, Mrs. Dalloway’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Diesel a Bookstore S.F. – Modern Times…
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM and St. John’s Presbyterian Church Present Somini Sengupta The End of Karma: Hope and Fury among India’s Young Hosted by Vijaya Nagarajan Tuesday March 22 7:30 PM St John’s Presbyterian Church 2727 College Avenue Berkeley tickets: $12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006 or Books Inc (Berkeley), Pegasus Books (3 shops), Moe’s,…
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents Rebecca Solnit Hope in the Dark, Untold Stories, Wild Possibilities Hosted by Erica Bridgeman Wednesday March 9 7:30 PM Hillside Club 2286 Cedar Street Berkeley tickets: $12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006 or Books Inc (Berkeley), Pegasus Books (3 shops), Moe’s, Mrs. Dalloway’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Diesel a Bookstore S.F….
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM Presents An Evening with Jonathan Lethem Hosted by Richard Wolinsky Thursday March 3 7:30 PM First Congregational Church 2345 Channing Way Berkeley tickets: $12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006 or Marcus Books, Pegasus Books (3 shops), Moe’s, Mrs. Dalloway’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Diesel a Bookstore S.F. – Modern Times Books $15…
MUMIA ABU-JAMALWriting on the Wall: Selected Prison Writings presented by Angela Davis • Johanna Fernandez • Walter Turner sponsored by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM with City Lights Books Thursday February 18 7:30 PM First Congregational Church 2501 Harrison St Oakland tickets: $12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006 or Marcus Books, Pegasus Books (3 shops), Books Inc (Berkeley),…
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM Presents A Wry Evening With Richard Wolff“Certainly We Can Do Better Than Capitalism” Hosted by Sabrina Jacobs Wednesday February 10 7:30 PM First Congregational Church 2345 Channing Way Berkeley tickets: $12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006 or Moe’s, Pegasus Books (3 shops), Books Inc (Berkeley), Mrs. Dalloway’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Diesel…
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM & Marcus Books Present The Education of Kevin Powell “A Boy’s Journey into Manhood” “As a charismatic speaker, leader, and very good writer, Kevin Powell has the courage…to be fully human, and this will bring the deepest revolution of all.” —Gloria Steinem Hosted by Davey D Tuesday January 26 7:30…
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM & Project Censored Present LAURENCE SHOUP Wall Street’s Think Tank “A must-read for those wishing to understand the dynamics of U.S. hegemony.” —Peter Dale Scott Hosted by Mickey Huff Wednesday January 20 7:30 PM Hillside Club 2286 Cedar Street Berkeley tickets: $12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006 or Pegasus Books (3…
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM Presents Scientific American Author Michael Shermer Skeptic: Viewing The World With A Rational Eye Hosted By Philip Maldari Wednesday January 13 7:30 PM St. John’s Church 2727 College Ave. Berkeley tickets: $12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006 or Pegasus Books (3 shops), Moe’s, Mrs. Dalloway’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Diesel a Bookstore…
Reading from her latest book of poems Too Much Happens Kathleen Weaver with Barbara Jane Reyes City Lights Books January 12, 7pm, 2016. Please gather with her! about Too Much Happens: After years of translating and presenting other writers, Kathleen Weaver has now produced a collection of her own poems, Too Much Happens, a…
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ROBERT REICH Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few Hosted by Sasha Lilley Thursday Nov. 12, 7:30 pm FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 2345 CHANNING WAY, BERKELEY tickets: $12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006 or Pegasus Books (3 shops), Moe’s, Mrs. Dalloway’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Diesel a Bookstore S.F. – Modern Times Books $15 door, KPFA…
SANDRA CISNEROS Author of “The House on Mango Street” presenting “A House of My Own: Stories from My Life” Hosted by Vylma v Tuesday Nov. 3, 7:30 pm FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 2345 CHANNING BERKELEY tickets: $12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006 or Pegasus Books (3 shops), Moe’s, Mrs. Dalloway’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Diesel a Bookstore…
This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it. Ta-Nehisi Coates “Between the World and Me” Hosted by Greg Bridges Wednesday Oct. 28 7:30 pm First Congregational Church 2345 Channing, Berkeley tickets: $15 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006 or…
Founder of Salon, former senior editor of “Mother Jones”. Author of national bestsellers “Season of the Witch” and “Brothers” David Talbot ”The Devil’s Chessboard” Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government Hosted by Quincy McCoy Thursday Oct. 22 7:30 pm First Congregational Church 2345 Channing, Berkeley tickets: $12 advance tickets:…
“Peter has lived a life most of us could only dream of” —Bonnie Raitt KPFA RADIO PRESENTS PETER COYOTE “THE RAINMAN’S THIRD CURE: AN IRREGULAR EDUCATION” HOSTED BY GAETANO KAZUO MAIDA
RICHARD DAWKINS “Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science” Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert Tuesday, October 6 7:30 PM King Middle School Auditorium 1781 Rose St. Berkeley advance tickets: $20 (1 admission) $40 (1 admission & 1 book) $50 (2 admissions & 1 book) Pre-paid books to be picked up at event. brownpapertickets.com…
PHYLLIS BENNIS UNDERSTANDING ISIS AND THE NEW GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR “…an indispensable account of the complex turmoil afflicting the Middle East”— Richard Falk Hosted by Mitch Jeserich Tuesday, Sept. 29 7:30 PM Hillside Club 2286 Cedar Street Berkeley tickets: $12 advance tickets: brownpapertickets.com T:800.838.3006 or Pegasus Books (3 shops), Moe’s, Mrs. Dalloway’s, Walden…