APRIL EVENTS @ MODERN TIMES BOOKSTORE
(You may also see our events by going to www.moderntimesbookstore.com)
Marcia Gallo Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement
Thursday, April 5 7:30
Beginning as a tiny San Francisco social club in 1955, the Daughters of Bilitis soon organized local chapters in New York, Los Angeles and beyond, incubating many figures on the lesbian political and literary scene until the organization waned in the 1970s. Author Marcia Gallo draws on many interviews with pivotal DOB figures, focusing on the tensions that drove the group’s evolution: lesbian commonality versus race; class and ethnic differences; political activism versus social activities; collaboration with other homophile organizations versus independence; women’s rights versus gay rights.
The Best American Committee The Best American Nonrequired Reading
Tuesday, April 10 7:00
The Best American Nonrequired Reading is an annual collection which gathers the best fiction, essays, journalism, humor, comics and miscellany published in the U.S. Edited by Dave Eggers and the Best American Committee, a group of local high school students who meet once a week at 826 Valencia, this year’s edition is expanded in scope. An eclectic array of shorter pieces, fragments of stories, transcripts, screenplays, television scripts, notable words, and sentences add quirkiness to this edition. Join us for this lively reading!
David Giesen Land and Society Course
Wednesday April 11, 18, and 25 6:30 to 8:30
Long-time instructor in political economy, David Giesen, leads an interactive three night cram course in economics and social philosophy that addresses housing, business, and spirituality from the perspective that the earth should be treated as an equal opportunity for all. Attend one or all of these stand-alone evenings. Courses are free and of course open to the public. Home owners and would-be homeowners encouraged to attend. Attendance is limited to 25, please RSVP to
office@moderntimesbookstore.com by Wednesday, April 4.
Lilith Rogers
CELEBRATE RACHEL CARSON’S 100TH BIRTHDAY
One Woman Show and Modern Times Fundraiser
Thursday, April 12 7:00
Celebrate Rachel Carson’s 100th birthday with Rachel Carson herself--almost. Hear Rachel’s courageous and interesting life story plus readings of her works in this one woman show by Lilith Rogers. Rachel’s books will be available for purchase, or bring your old copies for ‘signing.’ We'll even have birthday cake! This is a fundraiser for Modern Times. A $10 donation is requested, but no one turned away for lack of funds!
Stephen Elliot with Gravity Goldberg
My Girlfriend Comes To The City And Beats Me Up
Ecstatic Monkey Reading Series
Friday, April 13 7:30
Former stripper and prolific author Stephen Elliott’s memoir follows the narrator on a dizzying ride through past and present, from a group home for troubled adolescents in Chicago to shooting galleries and homeless encampments in San Francisco, where he searches for deeper and darker thrills. His writing has been featured in The New York Times, GQ, Best American Non-Required Reading, and Best American Erotica. Elliott will be joined by Ecstatic Monkey member Gravity Goldberg.
League of American Bicyclists’ certified instructor Bert Hill
Second Annual Street Skills Bicycle Safety Course
Sunday April 15 3:00
This four hour course teaches the basics of safe and enjoyable cycling, including riding in traffic, necessary equipment, crash avoidance, and legal rights and responsibilities. Open to adults 14 and over. Bicycle not required. Note—last year, this course filled up quick, so come early to get a seat!
The course is funded by the City of San Francisco MTA.
Cutting Ball Theater The Black Glove
Tuesday, April 17 7:00
Taking place on a wistful Christmas Eve, The Black Glove boasts among its list of characters: a Christmas spirit, a Christmas fairy, a taxidermist trying to order the universe, and a lost child who is found again. It is a side of Strindberg we almost never get to see– sensitive, delicate, and ultimately hopeful.
Saul Landau A Bush & Botox World: Travels Through Bush’s America
Thursday, April 19 7:30
A Bush & Botox World provides insight into the culture under which the Bush White House operates. Using Botox as a metaphor for both the rapid technological change of the globalized world and its superficiality, Landau syncopates visits to modern Vietnam with analysis of the bizarre world of anti-Castro terrorists; he brings readers into the homes of corporate executives and into the street lives of African American kids on east Oakland’s streets. Landau will also be screening his new film, We Don’t Play Golf Here.
Paul D’Amato The Meaning of Marxism
Monday, April 23 7:00
Long-considered dead by mainstream critics, the basic ideas of Karl Marx are brought to life in D’Amato’s new book. Come hear this inspiring speaker explain why, instead of being irrelevant, Marx¹s ideas of globalization, oppression, and social change are more important than ever. Paul D’Amato is the associate editor of the International Socialist Review. His writing has appeared in CounterPunch, and Selves and Others and he is a frequent speaker at social justice conferences here and around the world.
Spanish Book Group/Círculo de Lectores de Literatura en Español
Tuesday, April 24 7:00
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 eight years! This month we will be reading Los Pasos Perdidos by Alejo Carpentier. Books are available for purchase at the store.
Perpetual Motion Roadshow
Friday, April 27 7:30
The Perpetual Motion Roadshow is an indie press touring circuit, an unholy combination of vaudevillian variety show and punk rock tour. Each month, three new lively indie performers pile in a car and do seven cities in eight days. For each performance, PMR performers offer the bold guarantee: No boring readings or your money back! Performers TBA.
Cutting Ball Theater Ubu Roi
Monday, April 30 7:00
The Cutting Ball Theater, a San Francisco based experimental theater company now residing at Modern Times, is renowned for its unique creative productions and re-visioned classics. Yes, this is the play that caused riots in Paris. Yes, this is the play that prompted Yeats to say, “After us, the Savage God!” We will attempt to rediscover this ground-breaking piece in a new translation that works to get beyond the initial shock of the first performance and capture the uncanny genius of Alfred Jarry.
EVENT BOOKS ARE 10% OFF.
MODERN TIMES IS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND AT MODERN TIMES UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415/282-9246
www.moderntimesbookstore.com
