Calendar Northern California

Updated April 17, 2008

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3 JUNE---tuesday:
CENTRAL:
• The Forward 50 Speaker Series presents Jewish book maven Carolyn Hessel, Director of the Jewish Book Council and a formidable force in the publishing industry, Jewish Community Center San Francisco, 3200 California Street, SF, $10/$8 members, 8:00 (415/292-1200, www.jccsf.org)

4 JUNE---wednesday:
CENTRAL:
• Far Out Friends is a celebration of new song premieres with poet Gary Snyder and composers Fred Firth, Allaudin Mathieu, Robert Morris, and Roy Whelden, to honor Gary Snyder's publishing career, with contralto Karen Clark, Galax Quartet featuring David Wilson and Cynthia Freivogel, violins; Roy Whelden, viola da gamba; and David Morris, cello, Old First Concerts, 1751 Sacramento Street, at Van Ness Avenue, SF, $15/$12 seniors 65 and over/$12 students with ID, 8:00 (415/474-1608, www.oldfirstconcerts.org)

6 JUNE---friday:
CENTRAL:
• The de Young Poetry Series presents a reading by Lyn Hejinian and Leslie Scalapino, de Young Museum of Fine Art, Koret Auditorium, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, SF, $12/$8 FAMSF members, 7:00-8:30 (tickets: 866/512-6326, www.museumtix.com; information: 415/750-7634, rbaldocchi@famsf.org)
NORTH:
• WordTemple Poetry Series presents a reading with Susan Kelly-DeWitt, The Fortunate Islands, Albert Flynn DeSilver, Letters to Early Street, and Susan Kennedy, Copperfield's Books, 2316 Montgomery Drive, Santa Rosa, 7:00 (707-578-8938)

7 JUNE---saturday:
CENTRAL:
• Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by F.D. Reeve, The Return of the Blue Cat, Jack Foley, The Dancer and the Dance: A Book of Distinctions, and Adelle Foley, Along the Bloodline, Cody's Books, 2201 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00 (510/559-9500, www.codysbooks.com)

9 JUNE---monday:
CENTRAL:
• Sidecar Theatre and Idiolexicon present the 505 Poetry Series, two poets and musician or ensemble each second Monday, Boxcar Playhouse, 505 Natoma Street, SF, $7-$15 sliding scale, 8:00 (www.idiolexicon.com/505)
• City Arts & Lectures California Academy of Sciences Conversations presents Thomas Lovejoy, President of the Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment, talking with Kevin Welch, Herbst Theatre, 1955 Sutter Street, SF, $17 members, $19 non-members, 8:00 (415/392-4400, www.cityboxoffice.com)

10 JUNE--tuesday:
CENTRAL:
• Lit & Lunch presents "From the Page to the Stage," John Biguenet discusses translation, international theater, and his new play Rising Water, co-sponsored by Magic Theatre, 111 Minna Gallery, Minna Street at 2nd Street, SF, gourmet lunch available by pre-order online, see Web site, free, 12:30-1:30 (415/512-8812, www.catranslation.org)

13 JUNE---friday:
CENTRAL:
• Last Word presents a reading by Carla Kandinsky, Marek Breiger, and Steve Arntsen, open mike follows, co-hosted by Dale Jensen, Ralph Dranow, Diana Q., Grace Grafton, Nefeli Caffe, 1854 Euclid Avenue, near Hearst, Berkeley, free, 7:00 (510/841-6374)

23 JUNE---monday:
CENTRAL:
• Davis Bookclub discusses Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, The Avid Reader, 617 Second Street, Davis, 7:30 (530/758-4040, www.avidreaderbooks.com)

24 JUNE--tuesday:
CENTRAL:
• Poetry at 33 presents a reading by LA poet Richard Beban, open mike follows, Keane's 3300 Club, 3300 Mission Street at 29th Street, SF, free, twenty-one and up, 7:00 (415/826-6886, www.3300club.com)

27 JUNE--friday:
CENTRAL:
• A Literary Salon with Maxine Hong Kingston, Woman Warrior, Fifth Book of Peace, and actor Earll Kingston, moderated by gardener and environmental activist Wendy Johnson, to be held in a north Berkeley home, $150, your contribution less $20 per ticket is tax deductible, benefits for San Francisco Zen Center, wine and hor d'oeuvres from Greens Restaurant, 7:00, program 7:30 (contact: Ilene Oba, 415/354-0358, Ilene.oba@sfzc.org)