EVENT SCHEDULE

Mike Jay: Mescaline: A Global History

of the First Psychedic 

MIKE JAY is an author and cultural historian who has written widely on the history of drugs. His books include High Society: mind-altering drugs in history and culture and his latest, Mescaline: a global history of the first psychedelic. He is based in London, UK. More at mikejay.net

Friday, October 4, 2019, 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Moe's Bookstore, 2476 Telegraph Avenue

Berkeley, CA  94704

(510) 849-2087 or email:info@moesbooks.com

Mill Valley Film Festival at BAMPFA

BAMPFA is pleased to partner with the Mill Valley Film Festival to present selected screenings from MVFF42 in the Barbro Osher Theater. 

October 5, 2019 thru October 12, 2019

UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
2120 Oxford Street #2250,  Berkeley, CA 94720

For information call (510) 642-0808.

Poetry and the Senses Program

Join the Arts Research Center for the launch party celebrating our new “Poetry and the Senses” program, sponsored by the Engaging the Senses Foundation! This event will include local poets Indira Allegra, Chiyuma Elliott, and Robert Hass, who will offer readings and comments followed by a conversation. How does poetry offer a model for engaging the world, and how can we think of it as a political or ethical resource?     

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Readings:  5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Reception:  7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Morrison Library, UC Berkeley

Event Contact:  CA, macfee@berkeley.edu

 510-642-4268

SEN. RAND PAUL & KELLEY PAUL: THE CASE AGAINST SOCIALISM

October 12, 2019 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Socialism has killed millions, but it’s now the ideology du jour on American college campuses and among many leftists. Reintroduced by leaders such as Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the ideology manifests itself in starry-eyed calls for free-spending policies like Medicare-for-all and student loan forgiveness.  For information email: events@strandbooks.com

Lyrics and Dirges

In this special edition, Lyrics and Dirges presents Michelle Ruiz Keil All of Us with Wings, in conversation with Ariel Gore, Hexing the Patriarchy.  Moderated by MK Chavez

Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

Pegasus Books Downtown
2349 Shattuck Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94704

(510) 649-1320

Susan Sternberg in Conversation with

Lucy Corbin

Susan Steinberg discusses Machine, a haunting story of guilt and blame in the wake of a drowning. The first novel by the author of the acclaimed short stories collection, Spectacle.

Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

Pegasus Books Downtown
2349 Shattuck Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94704

(510) 649-1320

A 21st CENTURY FERLINGHETTI 

Toast to Beat poet, painter and activist Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 100th birthday at this exhibition.

On display are examples of Ferlinghetti's visual work, as well as video and audio of him reading his poetry.  Event held at South Bank Centre, October 16, 2019 thru November 17, 2019, National Poetry Library, London.  Learn more about the event  below click the link.  For information call 020-3879-9555.

BEYOND BAROQUE   

Annual Awards Dinner
Sunday, November 10, 2019, 5:00 P.M. 

681 Venice Boulevard, Venice, CA 90291

 (310) 822-3006.