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Please note that Modern Times is taking a brief hiatus during the month of March. We will return to our regular full schedule of events in April!

	Fierce with Reality Margaret Cruikshank   -Wednesday, March 18   - 7:30 PM Cruikshank's skillfully collected reflections on the aging process feature the voices of women from around the world. The revised edition of this anthology "reclaims the word "old" as an honorable one." Cruikshank taught English for many years at City College of San Francisco and now teaches Women's Studies at the University of Maine. Her book Learning to Be Old: Gender, Culture, and Aging, was published in 2003. top of page
	The Tree of No Sandy Florian Impossible Reading: Idolatry and Diversity in Literature Robert Oventile   - Thursday, March 26   - 7:30 PM Florian's experimental novel riffs on Biblical stories from Genesis to Revelations to trace the career of an Eve who ventures forth from Eden to pursue meditations on imagination, quirky civic projects, and an odd love affair. Oventile's study explores the impact of Biblical notions of idolatry on the treatment of diversity in literary works including Herman Melville's Moby-Dick and Alfredo Véa's Gods Go Begging. top of page
	Círculo de Lectores de Literatura en Español   - Tuesday, March 24   - 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 more than ten years. This month the group will discuss Sin tetas no hay paraíso, by Gustavo Bolívar Moreno. Gustavo is a Colombian author, screenwriter and journalist and his book has become a hit TV series in some parts of South America, with English and Spanish versions in development for United States audiences. Sin tetas no hay paraíso: A sus trece años, Catalina empezó a asociar la prosperidad de las niñas de su barrio con el tamaño de sus tetas. Pues quienes las tenían pequeñas, como ella, tenían que resignarse a vivir en medio de las necesidades y a estudiar o trabajar de meseras en algún restaurante de la ciudad. En cambio, quienes las tenían grandes se paseaban orondas por la vida, en lujosas camionetas, vestidas con trajes costosos. Por eso se propuso, como única meta en su vida, conseguir el dinero para mandarse a implantar un par de tetas de silicona. Pero nunca pensó que, contrario a lo que ella creía, sus soñadas pr&oactue;tesis no se iban a convertir en el cielo de su felicidad y en el instrumento de su enriquecimiento sino, en su tragedia personal y su infierno. top of page
	The Queer Open Mic   - Friday, March 27   - 7:00 PM sign-ups, show at 7:30 PM The Queer Open Mic features poetry, creative writing, music and more. $3-5 optional donation. All kinds of queers welcome. For more info, visit http://queeropenmic.com. top of page
	Gay Shame Weekly Meetings   - Saturdays   - 5:30 PM Gay Shame seeks nothing less than a new queer activism that foregrounds race, class, gender and sexuality, to counter gay consumerism and the increasingly hypocritical left. Come to a general meeting: all are welcome. top of page