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SUMMARY:Andrew Lawler presents The Secret Token: Myth\, Obsession\, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Lawler presents The Secret Token: Myth\, Obsession\, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke\, a sweeping account of America’s oldest unsolved mystery\, the people racing to unearth its answer\, and the sobering truths–about race\, gender\, and immigration–exposed by the Lost Colony of Roanoke. \n\n\n\n\n“A fascinating account of one of our country’s great historical mysteries. Fast-paced and wonderfully written\, with plenty of surprising turns along the way\, The Secret Token is a delight.”–Nathaniel Philbrick \nTo reserve your seat in advance\, purchae a copy of The Secret Token by speaking to a bookseller or ordering from our website. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 1587\, 115 men\, women\, and children arrived at Roanoke Island on the coast of North Carolina. Chartered by Queen Elizabeth I\, their colony was to establish England’s first foothold in the New World. But when the colony’s leader\, John White\, returned to Roanoke from a resupply mission\, his settlers were nowhere to be found. They left behind only a single clue–a “secret token” carved into a tree. Neither White nor any other European laid eyes on the colonists again. \nWhat happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? For four hundred years\, that question has consumed historians and amateur sleuths\, leading only to dead ends and hoaxes. But after a chance encounter with a British archaeologist\, journalist Andrew Lawler discovered that solid answers to the mystery were within reach. He set out to unravel the enigma of the lost settlers\, accompanying competing researchers\, each hoping to be the first to solve its riddle. In the course of his journey\, Lawler encounters a host of characters obsessed with the colonists and their fate\, and he determines why the Lost Colony continues to haunt our national consciousness. \nThrilling and absorbing\, The Secret Token offers a new understanding not just of the first English settlement in the New World but of how its disappearance continues to define–and divide–America. \nAndrew Lawler is the author of the highly acclaimed Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?. He is a contributing writer for Science\, a contributing editor for Archaeology Magazine\, and has written for The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, National Geographic\, Smithsonian\, and Slate.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/andrew-lawler-presents-the-secret-token-myth-obsession-and-the-search-for-the-lost-colony-of-roanoke-2/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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SUMMARY:Thor Hanson Presents Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees
DESCRIPTION:Thor Hanson Presents Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees\, a natural and cultural history of the buzzing wee beasties that make the world go round. \n\n\n\n\n “A wondrous\, action-packed journey to discover the secret lives of bees\, flowers\, and the unconventional men and women who study them. This book really is the buzz about bees\, and it’s destined to become a natural history classic.”–Stephen Buchmann\, author of The Reason for Flowers\n\nTo reserve your seat\, purchase a copy of Buzz by speaking to a bookseller or ordering from our website.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBees are like oxygen: ubiquitous\, essential\, and\, for the most part\, unseen. While we might overlook them\, they lie at the heart of relationships that bind the human and natural worlds. In Buzz\, the beloved Thor Hanson takes us on a journey that begins 125 million years ago\, when a wasp first dared to feed pollen to its young. From honeybees and bumbles to lesser-known diggers\, miners\, leafcutters\, and masons\, bees have long been central to our harvests\, our mythologies\, and our very existence. They’ve given us sweetness and light\, the beauty of flowers\, and as much as a third of the foodstuffs we eat. And\, alarmingly\, they are at risk of disappearing. \nAs informative and enchanting as the waggle dance of a honeybee\, Buzz shows us why all bees are wonders to celebrate and protect. Read this book and you’ll never overlook them again. \nAuthor and biologist Thor Hanson is a Guggenheim Fellow\, a Switzer Environmental Fellow\, and winner of the John Burroughs Medal. His books include The Impenetrable Forest\, Feathers\, The Triumph of Seeds as well as the illustrated children’s favorite\, Bartholomew Quill. Honors for Thor’s writing include The Phi Beta Kappa Award and two Pacific Northwest Book Awards. Hanson lives with his wife and son on an island in the Pacific Northwest.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/thor-hanson-presents-buzz-the-nature-and-necessity-of-bees/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180811T160000
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SUMMARY:Musical Robot
DESCRIPTION:Musical Robot is a ukulele and drum combo that is programmed and ready for fun! Combining songs\, storytelling\, puppetry\, loads of interactivity\, and out of this world dance moves\, Musical Robot is ready and willing to provide an opportunity for kids to engage in fun and frolic! Ages 3-8.\n\n\n\n\n\nReading Takes You Everywhere\, even to fun and funny music shows! All ages Summer Reading\, June 15-September 1. 
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/musical-robot/
LOCATION:Berkeley Public Library\, Claremont Branch\, 2940 Benvenue Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180816T130000
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SUMMARY:Great Stage on Screen: The Merchant of Venice
DESCRIPTION:by William Shakespeare\ndirected by Trevor Nunn \nstarring Henry Goodman\, David Bamber and Derbhle Crotty \nTrevor Nunn updates Shakespeare’s classic play to 1930’s Berlin with Henry Goodman as Shylock and Derbhle Crotty as Portia. Captured live from the National Theatre\, London.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/great-stage-on-screen-the-merchant-of-venice/
LOCATION:Rialto Cinemas Elmwood\, 2966 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180818T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180818T160000
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SUMMARY:Superfest Showcase: An Afternoon of Disability & Film
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 18th from 2-4pm\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more than 30 years\, Superfest has celebrated cutting-edge cinema that portrays disability through a diverse\, complex\, unabashed and engaging lens.\nFor registration\, please visit www.superfestfilm.com/berkeley \nAccess requests by 8/8/18. ASL provided; all films are shown with open captions and audio description! \nThis event is produced by Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired & The Paul K. Longmore
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/superfest-showcase-an-afternoon-of-disability-film/
LOCATION:Berkeley Public Library\, Claremont Branch\, 2940 Benvenue Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180821T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180821T130000
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SUMMARY:Voter Registration Drive
DESCRIPTION:Workers from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters will be on hand to answer your questions and register voters on Tuesday\, August 21st\, from 11-1pm. Please call for more information 510-981-6280 or visit our website.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/voter-registration-drive/
LOCATION:Berkeley Public Library\, Claremont Branch\, 2940 Benvenue Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Live Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180824T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180824T190000
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SUMMARY:Katie Henry Launch for Heretics Anonymous
DESCRIPTION:Katie Henry Launch for Heretics Anonymous\, her hilarious debut YA novel about a band of misfits who set out to challenge their strict Catholic school\, one nun at a time. \n\n\n\n\nWhen Michael walks through the doors of Catholic school\, things can’t get much worse. His dad has just made the family move again\, and Michael needs a friend. When a girl challenges their teacher in class\, Michael thinks he might have found one\, and a fellow atheist at that. Only this girl\, Lucy\, isn’t just Catholic . . . she wants to be a priest. \nLucy introduces Michael to other St. Clare’s outcasts\, and he officially joins Heretics Anonymous\, where he can be an atheist\, Lucy can be an outspoken feminist\, Avi can be Jewish and gay\, Max can wear whatever he wants\, and Eden can practice paganism. \nMichael encourages the Heretics to go from secret society to rebels intent on exposing the school’s hypocrisies one stunt at a time. But when Michael takes one mission too far–putting the other Heretics at risk–he must decide whether to fight for his own freedom or rely on faith\, whatever that means\, in God\, his friends\, or himself. \nKatie Henry grew up in the Elmwood and now lives in New York City. She received her BFA in dramatic writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is a published playwright\, specializing in theater for young audiences. Her plays have been performed by high schools and community organizations in over thirty states. Visit her at www.katiehenrywrites.com.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/katie-henry-launch-for-heretics-anonymous/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180825T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180825T160000
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SUMMARY:Robotics Team at the Library
DESCRIPTION:Build and program a robot with us in a series of hands-on challenges led by Bay Area teens. Our instructors will be middle and high school students from the Innov8rz Robotics Team. Best for ages 8 to 12. Please call 510-981-6280 for more information or visit our website.  Please sign up at: http://innov8rz.net/sign-up.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/robotics-team-at-the-library/
LOCATION:Berkeley Public Library\, Claremont Branch\, 2940 Benvenue Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180825T160000
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SUMMARY:Kids 10 & up! Pablo Cartaya Presenting Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish
DESCRIPTION:One boy’s search for his father leads him to Puerto Rico in this moving middle grade novel\, for fans of Ghost and See You in the Cosmos.\n\n\n\n\n\nMarcus Vega is six feet tall\, 180 pounds\, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like this and you’re only in the eighth grade\, you’re both a threat and a target. \nAfter a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension\, Marcus’s mom decides it’s time for a change of environment. She takes Marcus and his younger brother to Puerto Rico to spend a week with relatives they don’t remember or have never met. But Marcus can’t focus knowing that his father–who walked out of their lives ten years ago–is somewhere on the island. \nSo begins Marcus’s incredible journey\, a series of misadventures that take him all over Puerto Rico in search of his elusive namesake. Marcus doesn’t know if he’ll ever find his father\, but what he ultimately discovers changes his life. And he even learns a bit of Spanish along the way. \n\nPablo Cartaya’s novels explore identity\, place\, and the spaces in-between. His debut novel about a boy standing up for his community\, The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora\, received three starred reviews. When Pablo isn’t writing\, he’s spending time with his family or dreaming of his next visit to Puerto Rico. Learn more about Pablo at pablocartaya.com and follow him on Twitter @phcartaya.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/kids-10-up-pablo-cartaya-presenting-marcus-vega-doesnt-speak-spanish/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180830T130000
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SUMMARY:Great Stage on Screen: Elaine Stritch At Liberty
DESCRIPTION:constructed by John Lahr\nreconstructed by Elaine Stritch\ndirected by George C. Wolfe \nElaine Stritch at Liberty\, the Broadway legend’s one-woman show\, triumphed in New York and won a 2002 Tony Award. This double-Emmy-winning recording was made when she later took London by storm. Stritch’s comic timing is impeccable and her anecdotes priceless as she talks and sings her way through fifty years in American theatre. From a disastrous date with Marlon Brando to blowing her chance of starring in The Golden Girls\, she is uncompromisingly honest in telling her own story and pulls no punches in recounting her struggle with drink. Sensational\, poignant and incredibly funny\, Elaine Stritch can still knock an audience dead. 2004 Primetime Emmy for Best Performance\, 2004 Primetime Emmy for Best Show. Captured live from London’s Old Vic.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/great-stage-on-screen-elaine-stritch-at-liberty/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180831T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180831T170000
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SUMMARY:The Wonders of Weston Woods: Back to School!
DESCRIPTION:School’s First Day of School\n\n\n1234\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor over sixty-five years\, Weston Woods Studios has been producing hundreds of film adaptations of popular children’s picture books. To celebrate the beginning of a new school year\, we will be screening a selection of their works on this topic at our Claremont Branch Library. We hope you will join us for this fun event! Recommended for ages 3-8
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/the-wonders-of-weston-woods-back-to-school/
LOCATION:Berkeley Public Library\, Claremont Branch\, 2940 Benvenue Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180907T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180907T170000
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SUMMARY:Registration for RISING READERS Third Grade Book Club @Claremont Flex
DESCRIPTION:Join us on first Fridays at 4:00pm to discuss our book of the month\, enjoy snacks and make new friends. Each meeting will last one hour and end promptly at 5:00pm. Space is limited\, so make your reservation on Eventbrite soon! For more information\, contact Michael at (510) 981-6280.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/registration-for-rising-readers-third-grade-book-club-claremont-flex/
LOCATION:Berkeley Public Library\, Claremont Branch\, 2940 Benvenue Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180908T100000
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SUMMARY:Kids ages 6-9! Annie Barrows & Sophie Blackall OFFSITE @ Rialto Cinemas Elmwood!
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating Ivy + Bean #11: One Big Happy Family.\n\n\n\n\nIvy + Bean are back–and they’re funnier than ever! \n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, September 8\, 2018 – 10:00am\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet author Annie Barrows and illustrator Sophie Blackall at a special launch celebration of the latest volume in the hit series. \nAs One Big Happy Family begins\, Ivy’s worried. She’s read a lot of books about only children\, so she knows that they are sometimes spoiled rotten. They don’t share their toys. They never do any work. They scream and cry when they don’t get their way. Spoiler alert! Ivy doesn’t have any brothers or sisters. That’s why she’s worried. How can she keep from getting spoiled? She could give away all her clothes\, but she’d probably get in trouble. She could give away all her toys\, but she likes her toys. There’s really only one solution: she needs a baby sister\, on the double! Luckily\, Ivy and Bean know just where to get one. \nAnnie Barrows is the bestselling author of books for both children and adults\, including the YA novel Nothing\, and the bestselling novel The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. She lives in Berkeley with her husband and two daughters. \nSophie Blackall has illustrated more than twenty books\, which have won awards such as the Caldecott Medal\, Ezra Jack Keats Award\, and the Founders Award from the Society of Illustrators. She lives in Brooklyn.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/kids-ages-6-9-annie-barrows-sophie-blackall-offsite-rialto-cinemas-elmwood/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180911T193000
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SUMMARY:Rebecca Clarren reads from her debut novel\, Kickdown
DESCRIPTION:Rebecca Clarren reads from her debut novel\, Kickdown\, a taut and moving novel of a family’s struggle to sustain their land when fracking comes to the contemporary American West. \n\n\n\n\n“Deep\, true\, achingly pure\, as stripped of glamour and pretense as the beautiful desolation it describes. With an unflinching eye for the unsettling political and environmental issues of our time\, Clarren captures perfectly the heartland of our country and the hearts of those whose old answers have suddenly failed them–they are all strangers to themselves\, full of wonder and worry\, wild impulses\, inarticulate feelings. Kickdown is what life sounds like when we give up the search for who we thought we were supposed to be\, and begin the search for our own true humanity.”–Karen Fisher\, author of A Sudden Country\, Finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen Jackie Dunbar’s father dies\, she takes a leave from medical school and goes back to the family cattle ranch in Colorado to set affairs in order. But what she finds derails her: the Dunbar ranch is bankrupt\, her sister is having a nervous breakdown\, and the oil and gas industry has changed the landscape of this small western town both literally and figuratively\, tempting her to sell a gas lease to save the family land. \nThere is fencing to be repaired and calves to be born\, and no one–except Jackie herself–to take control. But then a gas well explodes in the neighboring ranch\, and the fallout sets off a chain of events that will strain trust\, sever old relationships\, and ignite new ones. \nKickdown is a tautly written novel about two sisters and the Iraq war veteran who steps in to help. It is a timeless and timely meditation on the grief wrought by death\, war\, and environmental destruction. Like Kent Haruf’s Plainsong or Daniel Woodrell’s Winter’s Bone\, this novel weaves together the threads of land\, family\, failure\, and perseverance to create a gritty tale about rural America. \nAward-winning journalist Rebecca Clarren has been writing about the rural West for nearly twenty years. Her journalism\, for which she has won the Hillman Prize and an Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellowship\, has appeared in such magazines as MotherJones\, High Country News\, The Nation and Salon.com. Kickdown\, shortlisted for the PEN/Bellwether Prize\, is her first novel. She lives in Portland\, Oregon with her husband and two young sons.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/rebecca-clarren-reads-from-her-debut-novel-kickdown/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180912T190000
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SUMMARY:Rachel Neumann and Teen Subjects present I Am Home: Portraits of Immigrant Teenagers.
DESCRIPTION:Rachel Neumann and Teen Subjects present I Am Home: Portraits of Immigrant Teenagers. \n\n\n\n\nTo reserve your seat\, please purchase a copy of I Am Home by speaking to a bookseller or ordering via our website. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMeet the faces and voices behind the conversations around immigration. These portraits and stories of teenagers who are recent immigrants to the US from all over the world show the diversity\, beauty\, and potential of the people who now call the United States home.Sixty full-page portraits of students at Oakland International High School\, photographed by award-winning photographer Ericka McConnell\, are accompanied by their own unique\, diverse\, and surprising stories of what makes them feel at home. Each of these young people is inspiring in their own right and together their stories will help us consider the issue of immigration with new mindfulness and compassion. All profits from the publication of this book will be donated to Oakland International High School.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/rachel-neumann-and-teen-subjects-present-i-am-home-portraits-of-immigrant-teenagers/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180915T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180915T190000
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SUMMARY:Young Adults 14 & up! Faith Gardner reads from The Second Life of Ava Rivers
DESCRIPTION:Eighteen-year-old Vera\, eager to start college and escape the celebrity her family has endured since her twin’s disappearance twelve years earlier\, finds her world turned upside-down again when Ava returns.\n\n\n\n\n\nAva’s disappearance was the crack in the Rivers family glacier. I wish I could explain to you how we were before\, but I can’t\, because the before is so filmy and shadowed with the after. \nThe after is all Vera remembers. When her twin sister\, Ava\, disappeared one Halloween night\, her childhood became a blur of theories\, tips\, and leads\, but never any answers. The case made headlines\, shocked Vera’s Northern California community\, and turned her family into tragic celebrities. \nNow\, at eighteen\, Vera is counting down the days until she starts her new life at college in Portland\, Oregon\, far away from the dark cloud she and family have lived under for twelve years. But all that changes when a girl shows up at the local hospital. \nHer name is Ava Rivers and she wants to go home. \nAva’s return begins to mend the fractures in the Rivers family. Vera and Ava’s estranged older brother returns. Vera reconnects with Max\, the sweet\, artistic boy from her childhood. Their parents smile again. But the questions remain: Where was Ava all these years? And who is she now? \nFaith Gardner is the author of the young adult novel Perdita. Her short fiction has been published in places like ZYZZYVA\, PANK and McSweeney’s online. She lives in the Bay Area. Visit Faith online at www.faithgardner.com and follow her on twitter @iamfaithgardner.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/young-adults-14-up-faith-gardner-reads-from-the-second-life-of-ava-rivers/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180920T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180920T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T071133
CREATED:20180807T185442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T185442Z
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SUMMARY:Daniel Mason reads from his magnificent new novel\, The Winter Soldier
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Mason reads from his magnificent new novel\, The Winter Soldier\, a sweeping\, unforgettable love story of a young doctor and nurse at a remote field hospital in the First World War. \n\n\n\n\nVienna\, 1914. Lucius is a twenty-two-year-old medical student when World War I explodes across Europe. Enraptured by romantic tales of battlefield surgery\, he enlists\, expecting a position at a well-organized field hospital. But when he arrives–at a commandeered church tucked away high in a remote valley of the Carpathian Mountains–he discovers a freezing outpost ravaged by typhus. The other doctors have fled\, and only a single mysterious nurse named Sister Margarete remains.\nBut Lucius has never lifted a surgeon’s scalpel. And as the war rages across the winter landscape\, he finds himself falling in love with the woman from whom he must learn a brutal makeshift medicine. Then one day\, an unconscious soldier is brought in from the snow\, his uniform stuffed with strange drawings. He seems beyond rescue\, until Lucius makes a fateful decision that will change the lives of doctor\, patient\, and nurse forever. \nFrom the gilded ballrooms of Imperial Vienna to the frozen forests of the Eastern Front; from hardscrabble operating rooms to battlefields thundering with Cossack cavalry\, The Winter Soldier is a story of war and medicine\, of family\, of finding love in the sweeping tides of history\, and finally\, of the mistakes we make and the precious opportunities to atone. \n\nI have been a Daniel Mason fan since The Piano Tuner. His abilities as a storyteller and a writer of the most gorgeous prose leave you wanting more. The Winter Soldier is a tour de force. I was immersed in the grandeur of Imperial Vienna and the frozen battlefields of the Eastern Front\, and in this beautiful tale of love and war\, and of our frailty and resilience in the face of both.”–Abraham Verghese\, author of Cutting for Stone \nTo reserve your seat\, please purchase a copy of The Winter Soldier by speaking to a bookseller or ordering via our website. \n\nDaniel Mason is a physician and author of the novels The Piano Tuner and A Far Country. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages and adapted for opera and theater. A recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts\, he is currently a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Stanford University\, where he teaches courses in the humanities and medicine. He lives in the Bay Area with his family.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/daniel-mason-reads-from-his-magnificent-new-novel-the-winter-soldier/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180922T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180922T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T071133
CREATED:20180807T181018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T181018Z
UID:2752-1537621200-1537632000@shoptheelmwood.com
SUMMARY:Create Fiber Art with Social Justice Sewing Academy (SJSA)!
DESCRIPTION:In this special workshop\, SJSA will use fiber art to facilitate an intergenerational conversation among community members about social justice.\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a fun\, educational\, and powerful art experience! \nPlease come on time to hear important instructions that you will need to complete your art project.\nNo experience necessary. All ages welcome! Please sign up by calling 510-981-6287. \nThe Social Justice Sewing Academy seeks to facilitate conversations with young people about social justice\, teach youth about fiber art and provide youth with an opportunity to create activist art that advocates for social change. Learn more at http://www.sjsacademy.com/.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/create-fiber-art-with-social-justice-sewing-academy-sjsa/
LOCATION:Berkeley Public Library\, Claremont Branch\, 2940 Benvenue Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180923T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180923T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T071133
CREATED:20180814T214633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180814T214633Z
UID:2790-1537707600-1537722000@shoptheelmwood.com
SUMMARY:Wine Walk in the Elmwood
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a leisurely Sunday afternoon stroll in The Elmwood and sample over 70 wines! \nBuy tickets online by September 15 for only $25. After September 15\, tickets will be available for $35. If we do not sell out\, tickets will be available Sept. 23 at the ticket table on the lawn next to Wells Fargo Bank on Ashby Ave. \nSunday 1 PM\, Sept. 23\, 2018 – Bring your ticket and ID to one of the check-in locations: Anton Salon\, McGuire Real Estate\, or the table on the lawn next to Wells Fargo. (A limited number of tickets may be available for purchase at the latter location on the day of the event.) Pick up your wine glass and program. The program has a map with the participating locations and information about the wines being poured. \n50% of the event’s net proceeds will be donated to Berkeley United in Literacy Development (BUILD). BUILD is one of the largest reading programs in the East Bay.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/wine-walk-in-the-elmwood/
LOCATION:Elmwood Business Association\, College and Ashby\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180925T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180925T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T071133
CREATED:20180807T183100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T183100Z
UID:2757-1537898400-1537902000@shoptheelmwood.com
SUMMARY:Queer Words Author Reading
DESCRIPTION:Featuring queer librarians reading from their works:\n\n\n\n\n\nGr Keer\, CSU East Bay\nAndrew Demcak\, Oakland Public Library\nRebekah Eppley\, Oakland Public Library
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/queer-words-author-reading/
LOCATION:Berkeley Public Library\, Claremont Branch\, 2940 Benvenue Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180927T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180927T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T071133
CREATED:20180723T174941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180723T175241Z
UID:2688-1538074800-1538074800@shoptheelmwood.com
SUMMARY:NT Live 2018 Fall Season: Julie
DESCRIPTION:  \nVanessa Kirby (The Crown\, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Eric Kofi Abrefa (The Amen Corner) feature in the cast of this brand new production\, directed by Carrie Cracknell (NT Live: The Deep Blue Sea) and broadcast live from the National Theatre to Rialto Cinemas. \nWild and newly single\, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen\, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold\, Julie initiates a power game with Jean – which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival. \nThis new version of August Strinberg’s play Miss Julie\, written by Polly Stenham\, remains shocking and fiercely relevant in its new setting of contemporary London.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/nt-live-2018-fall-season-julie/
LOCATION:Rialto Cinemas Elmwood\, 2966 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180927T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180927T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T071133
CREATED:20180807T185647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T190249Z
UID:2782-1538076600-1538076600@shoptheelmwood.com
SUMMARY:Lucy Jane Bledsoe East Bay launch for her story collection\, Lava Falls.
DESCRIPTION:The spirited\, heart-driven people who populate these stories find surprising pockets of hope as they scrabble for ways to believe in themselves and the world. A woman returns to the Alaskan cabin of her survivalist childhood\, full of misgivings and memories. A trip to Yellowstone sparks a crisis for a man who feels kinship with the wolves he glimpses there. Nursing painful pasts\, sisters take a cruise together to Antarctica. A runaway finds salvation from violence in her own singing. And in the title novella\, a Grand Canyon rafting expedition profoundly changes the lives of six women. \nLucy Jane Bledsoe is the author of The Evolution of Love\, A Thin Bright Line\, The Big Bang Symphony\, and The Ice Cave. She lives in Berkeley. \n“From Antarctica to suburbia to the ancient past and a post-apocalyptic future\, these tales of kick-ass women adventurers and survivor girls are big-hearted\, breathtaking\, and profound. Reading Lava Falls is like meeting an animal in the wild: I was rapt\, unable to turn away\, with no idea what would happen next.”—Micah Perks\, author of What Becomes Us \nTo reserve your seat\, please purchase a copy of Lava Falls by speaking to a bookseller or ordering via our website. \n 
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/lucy-jane-bledsoe-east-bay-launch-for-her-story-collection-lava-falls/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180928T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180928T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T071133
CREATED:20180807T183331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T183331Z
UID:2762-1538148600-1538154000@shoptheelmwood.com
SUMMARY:Sol Force Alpha Kale Book Release
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the release of Aaron Southerland’s third graphic novel\, SolForce: Alpha Kale! All ages welcome. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAaron Southerland\, from Brooklyn\, NY\, currently works as a freelance art teacher & cartoonist in the Bay Area! He is the creator of the graphic novels Strawberry Dough & SolForce. More at www.baomerch.com.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/sol-force-alpha-kale-book-release/
LOCATION:Berkeley Public Library\, Claremont Branch\, 2940 Benvenue Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180928T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180928T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T071133
CREATED:20180807T190733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T190733Z
UID:2783-1538163000-1538163000@shoptheelmwood.com
SUMMARY:Christopher Woods presents Gardenlust: A Botanical Tour of the World's Best New Gardens
DESCRIPTION:Christopher Woods presents Gardenlust: A Botanical Tour of the World’s Best New Gardens\, a sumptuously illustrated survey and the perfect armchair travel guide to 50 of the most innovative modern gardens from around the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn Gardenlust\, adventurous biophiliac Christopher Woods takes readers on a worldwide tour that goes beyond the palace grounds of centuries past to transport you to places of botanical wonder. From a garden defined by shape and light in Marrakech to an urban forest in Tokyo\, with each stop of this tour Woods curates a collection of contemporary gardens that inspire wanderlust not just for their exotic locations but for the people\, plants\, and stories that give these spaces life.\n\n\n\n\n\nWoods has been immersed in the worlds of horticulture\, design\, and garden-making for over 30 years. He honed his eye for innovative design while developing the Pennsylvania estate Chanticleer into one of the most revered and inspiring public gardens in the world. In the Introduction he writes\, “Several themes run through the stories that follow\, threads that make an interwoven pattern. No garden touches on just one—most have all of them.” With five criteria as his compass points—Beauty\, Nature\, People and Plants\, Nativity\, and Urbanization—Woods shows us a global vision for modern garden excellence. \nTo pair with these lust-worthy gardens\, the book itself is a work of art. The artful photographs illuminate the magnificence of some of today’s biggest public gardens\, like China’s Xi’an Expo Park\, while capturing even the tiniest details of the pendulous bleeding hearts growing in Carrie Preston’s home garden in the Netherlands. \nGardens beyond one’s wildest dreams are out there\, beckoning to be found. Gardenlust grants an all-access pass to that wild world\, where artists’ chosen medium are plants and the art is an absolutely immersive experience. A word of warning—once caught\, this case of botanical wanderlust may take you on an international adventure of epic proportions. Let Gardenlust be your guide. \n\n\n\n\n“A beautiful and relaxing tour through some of the loveliest gardens in the world! The author’s original images provide a fine taste of their gorgeous plants and the creativity used in organizing them.”–Peter H. Raven\, President Emeritus at Missouri Botanical Garden \nTo reserve your seat\, please purchase a copy of Gardenlust in advance by speaking to a bookseller or via our website. \n\n\n\n\nChristopher Woods began his gardening life at the Royal Botanical Gardens\, Kew. He was director and chief designer of Chanticleer and has served as vice president for horticulture at the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden; director of the Van Dusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver\, Canada; executive director of the Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden; and director of both the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and Meadowbrook Farm. He lives in California.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/christopher-woods-presents-gardenlust-a-botanical-tour-of-the-worlds-best-new-gardens/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180929T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180929T160000
DTSTAMP:20260405T071133
CREATED:20180928T175255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180928T175935Z
UID:2857-1538236800-1538236800@shoptheelmwood.com
SUMMARY:Ages 8-12 Alex Gino
DESCRIPTION:Launch for You Don’t Know Everything\, Jilly P!\, a novel that carries a strong social message as twelve-year-old Jilly learns how to support the marginalized people in her life when her sister is born Deaf and Jilly makes friends with Profound\, a black\, Deaf boy she meets online. Gino tackles powerful issues with grace and thoughfulness. An ASL Interpreter will be provided.\n\n\n\n\n“…Its thoughtful handling of characters and dynamics offers fodder for further discussion about privilege in all its forms.”—Publishers Weekly\, starred review \n“[An] engrossing and satisfying read…Necessary and rewarding.”—Kirkus Reviews\, starred review \nTo reserve your seat\, please purchase a copy of You Don’t Know Everything\, Jilly P!by speaking to a bookseller or via our website. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJilly thinks she’s figured out how life works—but when her sister Emma is born deaf\, she realizes how much she still has to learn. A big fantasy reader\, Jilly connects online with another fan\, Derek\, who is a deaf Black ASL user. She goes to Derek for advice on how to advocate for her little sister\, but doesn’t always know the best way to ask and makes some mistakes along the way. Jilly has to step back to learn to be an ally\, a sister\, and a friend\, understanding that life works in different ways for different people\, and that being open to change can make you change in the best possible ways. \nAlex Gino loves glitter\, ice cream\, gardening\, awe-ful puns\, and stories that reflect the diversity and complexity of being alive. George was their first novel\, a winner of the Children’s Stonewall Award\, the Lambda Literary Award\, and the Children’s Choice Book Awards\, among a host of others. George was also featured on several Best of the Year lists. For more about Alex\, please visit alexgino.com.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/ages-8-12-alex-gino/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180929T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180929T163000
DTSTAMP:20260405T071133
CREATED:20180807T183523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T183523Z
UID:2767-1538236800-1538238600@shoptheelmwood.com
SUMMARY:Bilingual Kids Music with Juan L. Sanchez
DESCRIPTION:Juan L. Sanchez performs music for kids in both English and Spanish on themes of tolerance\, peace-building\, self-esteem\, and multicultural celebration. He is a singer/songwriter\, educator\, recording artist\, and director of the Juan L. Sanchez ensemble.
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/bilingual-kids-music-with-juan-l-sanchez/
LOCATION:Berkeley Public Library\, Claremont Branch\, 2940 Benvenue Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181002T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181002T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T071133
CREATED:20180723T175024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180723T175025Z
UID:2689-1538506800-1538506800@shoptheelmwood.com
SUMMARY:NT Live 2018 Fall Season: Julie
DESCRIPTION:Vanessa Kirby (The Crown\, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Eric Kofi Abrefa (The Amen Corner) feature in the cast of this brand new production\, directed by Carrie Cracknell (NT Live: The Deep Blue Sea) and broadcast live from the National Theatre to Rialto Cinemas. \nWild and newly single\, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen\, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold\, Julie initiates a power game with Jean – which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival. \nThis new version of August Strinberg’s play Miss Julie\, written by Polly Stenham\, remains shocking and fiercely relevant in its new setting of contemporary London. \n  \n 
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/nt-live-2018-fall-season-julie-2/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181002T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181002T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T071133
CREATED:20180928T175813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180928T175813Z
UID:2858-1538508600-1538508600@shoptheelmwood.com
SUMMARY:Juan Gabriel Vasquez
DESCRIPTION:Juan Gabriel Vasquez\n\n\n\n\nreads from The Shape of the Ruins\, his highly anticipated\, deeply personal masterpiece that is being heralded as the most ambitious novel of his career. \n“A highly sophisticated\, fast-moving political thriller set in Colombia and an excellent read.”–Alan Furst \n“One of the great novels of recent years.”–Mario Vargas Llosa \nTo reserve your seat\, purchase a copy of The Shape of the Ruins by speaking with a bookseller or ordering from our website. \n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, October 2\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Shape of the Ruins is a masterly story of conspiracy\, political obsession\, and literary investigation. When a man is arrested at a museum for attempting to steal the bullet-ridden suit of a murdered Colombian politician\, few notice. But soon this thwarted theft takes on greater meaning as it becomes a thread in a widening web of popular fixations with conspiracy theories\, assassinations\, and historical secrets; and it haunts those who feel that only they know the real truth behind these killings. \nThis novel explores the darkest moments of a country’s past and brings to life the ways in which past violence shapes our present lives. A compulsive read\, beautiful and profound\, eerily relevant to our times and deeply personal\, The Shape of the Ruins is a tour-de-force story by a master at uncovering the incisive wounds of our memories. \nJuan Gabriel Vásquez’s previous books include the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner and national bestseller\, The Sound of Things Falling\, as well as the award-winning Reputations\, The Informers\, The Secret History of Costaguana\, and the story collection\, Lovers on All Saints’ Day. Vásquez’s novels have been published in twenty-eight languages worldwide. After sixteen years in France\, Belgium\, and Spain\, he now lives in Bogotá. \n 
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/juan-gabriel-vasquez/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181004T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181004T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T071133
CREATED:20180723T175115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180723T175115Z
UID:2694-1538679600-1538679600@shoptheelmwood.com
SUMMARY:NT Live 2018 Fall Season: Julie
DESCRIPTION:Vanessa Kirby (The Crown\, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Eric Kofi Abrefa (The Amen Corner) feature in the cast of this brand new production\, directed by Carrie Cracknell (NT Live: The Deep Blue Sea) and broadcast live from the National Theatre to Rialto Cinemas. \nWild and newly single\, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen\, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold\, Julie initiates a power game with Jean – which rapidly descends into a savage fight for survival. \nThis new version of August Strinberg’s play Miss Julie\, written by Polly Stenham\, remains shocking and fiercely relevant in its new setting of contemporary London. \n 
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/nt-live-2018-fall-season-julie-3/
LOCATION:Rialto Cinemas Elmwood\, 2966 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181004T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181004T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T071133
CREATED:20180928T180138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180928T180138Z
UID:2859-1538681400-1538681400@shoptheelmwood.com
SUMMARY:Miriam Pawel in Conversation with T.J. Stiles discussing The Browns of California
DESCRIPTION:Miriam Pawel in Conversation with T.J. Stiles\ndiscussing The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty That Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation. \n“A remarkable book–a generational biography of a political dynasty\, ranging from the California Gold Rush to the presidency of Donald Trump. She recounts the pivotal governorship of Pat Brown and the even more significant career of his son Jerry with assured prose and a keen sense of historical context. This is the engrossing saga of complicated family at the center of American political life for the last sixty years.”–T.J. Stiles\, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Custer’s Trials and The First Tycoon. \nTo reserve your seat\, please purchase a copy of The Browns of California by speaking to a bookseller or via our website. \nEven in the land of reinvention\, the story is exceptional: Pat Brown\, the beloved father who presided over California during an era of unmatched expansion; Jerry Brown\, the cerebral son who became the youngest governor in modern times–and then returned three decades later as the oldest. \nIn The Browns of California\, journalist and scholar Miriam Pawel weaves a narrative history that spans four generations\, from August Schuckman\, the Prussian immigrant who crossed the Plains in 1852 and settled on a northern California ranch\, to his great-grandson Jerry Brown\, who reclaimed the family homestead one hundred forty years later. Through the prism of their lives\, we gain an essential understanding of California and an appreciation of its importance. \nThe magisterial story is enhanced by dozens of striking photos\, many published for the first time. This book gives new insights to those steeped in California history\, offers a corrective for those who confuse stereotypes and legend for fact\, and opens new vistas for readers familiar with only the sketchiest outlines of a place habitually viewed from afar with a mix of envy and awe\, disdain\, and fascination. \nMiriam Pawel is the author of The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography\, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and winner of the California Book Award\, and The Union of Their Dreams—Power\, Hope and Struggle in Cesar Chavez’s Farm Worker Movement. She is a Pulitzer-Prize winning editor and reporter who spent twenty-five years at Newsday and the Los Angeles Times. She lives in Southern California. \nT.J. Stiles is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America\, The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt\, and Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War. 
URL:https://shoptheelmwood.com/event/miriam-pawel-in-conversation-with-t-j-stiles-discussing-the-browns-of-california/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading
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