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**SPECIAL EVENT**
Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times
Amy Goodman and David Goodman
- Wednesday, April 16
- 12:00 PM
Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, and her brother, investigative journalist David Goodman to speak and sign copies of their new book, Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times at Modern Times Bookstore!
Democracy in America is in grave danger. Principles of liberty that the leaders of this country once held sacred—such as the right to a fair trial, the checks and balances system of our government, and prohibitions against torture—have been blatantly disregarded by the Bush administration. But Amy Goodman and David Goodman, see hope. And that hope lies with grassroots heroes.
This will be Amy and David Goodman’s only public appearance in San Francisco this spring! Don’t miss this FREE talk from these tenacious pundits at Modern Times Bookstore.
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The Bones of the Homeless
Judy ‘Joy’ Jones
- Thursday, April 10
- 7:30 PM
Bay Area writer, photographer, painter, and poet takes on the plight of the homeless in different voices, echoing the thoughts of people on the streets, unfeeling passersby, and compassionate observers through her stark and often haunting black and white photographs; alongside her poems in her new book.
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A guided discussion of Close to the Knives
Tea Time with Mattilda
- Tuesday, April 15
- 7:00 PM
All the benefits of a book group with none of the commitment. Join writer, editor, activist, critic, and troublemaker Mattilda aka Matt Bernstein Sycamore as she leads a discussion on David Wojnarowicz’s powerful and iconoclastic memoir of street life, drugs, art and nature, family, AIDS, politics, friendship and acceptance . Tea and biscuits provided. Get reading!
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The Out Crowd: Queer writers reading
Toni Mirosevich and Truong Tran
- Thursday, April 17
- 7:00 PM
We're in with the out crowd, we go where the out crowd goes, when you're in with the out crowd, you know what the out crowd knows…Educators, authors, and queers, Mirosevich and Tran bring together established and up-and-coming writers who are proud members of the out crowd.
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Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights
Cutting Ball Theater’s Hidden Classics Reading Series
- Tuesday, April 22
- 7:00 PM
Now in its third year, this series is a great way to get to know fascinating classic plays just on the edge of regional theater offerings. It is a rare opportunity to hear them read and to have a chance to discuss these plays with directors, dramaturges and actors from The Cutting Ball company. See more about Cutting Ball Theater here.
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Nowtopia: How pirate programmers, outlaw bicyclists, and vacant-lot gardeners are inventing the future today
Chris Carlsson
- Thursday, April 24
- 7:00 PM
In myriad of ways – outlaw bicycling, urban permaculture, biofuels, free software, even the Burning Man festival, people are taking back their time and technological know-how from the market and are making life better right now. Through this scarcely visible social transformation, these people are setting the foundation—technically AND socially—for a genuine movement of liberation from politics and economics as usual.
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Broken Voices: 'Untouchable' Women Speak Out
Valerie Mason-John aka Queenie and Malati Wankhede
- Monday, April 28
- 7:00 PM
These previously undocumented stories reveal the lives of the Dalit – or untouchable women – in India by highlighting the continuing issues of human rights and discrimination. Award winning author Mason-John discusses the research which led her to write this book alongside Dalit activist Wankhede whose multi-pronged work provides medical, financial, legal, and educational uplift to her community.
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Spanish Book Group / Círculo de Lectores de Literatura en Español
- Tuesday, April 29
- 7:00 PM
Join us for our Spanish language book group on the fourth Tuesday of each month. A mix of native speakers and advanced level hablantes, the group has been meeting in the Mission District on a monthly basis for over nine years. Books are available for 10% off at the store. The discussions are lively and fully in Spanish. April's selection is Las Travesuras de la Nina Mala by
Mario Vargas Llosa.
Synopsis:
"Ricardo, at an early age, sees his life-long dream fulfilled: to live in Paris. But an encounter with a past love will change everything. The young girl, adventurer, pragmatic, wicked, calculating, and mischievous, will drag him out of his small world of ambitions. This is the story of the intimate love that occupies more than three decades of Ricardo's life, and it is also a fascinating tale traveling through Europe, South America, and Japan. Starring in the backdrop are Peru's history from 1950 to 1987 and its swinging from democracy to dictatorship; Paris in the sixties and its great philosophers Sartre and Camus; the decade of the 70s in London, the birth of a new culture, drugs, music, hippies, freedom of love; Japan's big dealer lords, and, finally, Spain halfway through the 80s. Creating an admirable tension between comedy and tragedy, Mario Vargas Llosa plays with reality and fiction to release a story in which love presents itself as indefinable."
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