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Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress
Candacy Taylor
- Tuesday, September 3
- 7:00 PM
In large cities and small towns across the country, the best diners and coffee shops are more than just restaurants: they are neighborhood institutions that bring together communities. Counter Culture is a window into the lives of career waitresses who have worked in these diners and coffee shops for up to sixty years. Since 2001, Candacy A. Taylor has interviewed fifty-seven waitresses in thirty-eight towns and cities. Their compelling stories are complemented and enhanced by Taylor’s striking color photographs of the waitresses at work, a few of whom will join Taylor for the event. (Cornell University Press)
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Free Writing Workshop: Plot your novel
Elizabeth Stark
- Tuesday, September 8
- 6:30 = 8:00 PM
Ever wanted to write a novel? Working on one now? Stuck? Need some juice? This hands-on writing workshop will jump-start your novel by helping you get a dynamic structure in place. Bring paper and pen (or your laptop) and be prepared to enjoy yourself. This will be the official “kick-off” party for Elizabeth Stark’s novel-writing cycle, in which students plan, write and revise a novel in seven months, but anyone with an interest in novel writing is encouraged to come to this free workshop.
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The Hunger Season
William Taylor
- Wednesday, September 9
- 7:00 PM
With stark and honest imagery, William Taylor’s new book of poems, convey the beauty, wonder, and despair of urban life, bringing San Francisco and its denizens alive with compassionate and insightful portraits of the human condition. Taylor’s poems are the songs of streets and bars and celebrate the manifold humanity of the city. Joining William will be Joie Cook and Chelsea Martin. (Sunny Outside Press)
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Return to Healing: Radical Health Care Reform and the Future of Medicine
Dr. Len Saputo & Byron Belitsos
- Tuesday, September 15
- 7:00 PM
National health insurance cannot by itself fix a misguided health care system that is bankrupting our country. Improved insurance coverage would leave corporatized health care, which drives up costs in the search for profit, and our nation’s dreadful inattention to prevention untouched. To achieve the goal of cost-effective health care for all, we need to embrace a new medical paradigm based on holism, prevention, and service. Join Saputo and Belitsos for an engaging discussion about the heath care system and discover a new RX for radical reform! (Origins Press)
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41 Shots….and Counting: What Amadou Diallo’s Story Teaches Us about Policing, Race, and Justice
Beth Roy
- Wednesday, September 16
- 7:00 PM
When four New York City police officers killed Amadou Diallo in 1999, the forty-one shots they fired echoed loudly across the nation. With lucid analysis, Roy explores events in the courtroom, in city hall, in the streets, and in the police precinct, revealing the interlacing conflict dynamics. Roy will be joined by police accountability activist, Mesha Irizarry and Stuart Hanlon, a defense attorney who represents political prisoners and victims of police brutality. (Syracuse University Press)
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Spanish Book Group / Círculo de Lectores de Literatura en Español
- Tuesday, September 22
- 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 nine years. In September the group will discuss El Leopardo al Sol by Laura Resterpo and is available at a 10% discount for all book group participants.
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A Community Organizer’s Tale: Money and Power in San Francisco
Mike Miller
- Wednesday, September 23
- 7:00 PM
A Community Organizer’s Tale tells the story rise and fall of the multi-issue Mission Coalition Organization in rich detail. Employing strategies inspired by community organizer Saul Alinsky and the Deep South civil rights movement, the organization defeated urban renewal, negotiated jobs for the unemployed, and protected low-income tenants from exorbitant rents. Join Miller for lessons on organizing for social and economic justice, public policy analysis, a keen eye for American politics, and reflection on democratic theory, this is a thoughtful and hopeful antidote to cynicism, apathy, and powerlessness. (Heyday Books)
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Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It!
Karen Solomon
- Thursday, September 24
- 6 - 7:30 PM
Heirloom Tomato Tasting with Eatwell Farm!
Many Modern Times fans know about Eatwell Farms’ delicious fruits and veggies because we’re a pick up spot for Eatwell’s CSA boxes. Come sample a gorgeous variety of Eatwell’s heirloom tomatoes and hang out with Karen Solomon of Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It!, who’ll demonstrate how to do some easy, yummy home pickling and offer some tastes of home preserved goodies, while signing her book! Stop by at this special event on your way home from work and sample some delicious localvore treats.
For more info: www.ksolomon.com and www.eatwellfarms.com
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Queer Open Mic
- Friday, September 25
- 7:00 PM sign-up for performers
- 7:30 PM start time
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.
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The Burger Queen Social
- Saturday, September 26
- 5:30 PM
From the minds that brought about Gay Shame and Ships in the Night comes the Burger Queen Social—a fun and exciting opportunity to meet other radical queer, trans, and genderqueer folks to hook up with for political witchery and discussion. With free vegan eats and a wildly engaging DJ!
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Sister Spit: The Next Generation 2009 Tour Launch and Benefit!
- Wednesday, September 30
- 7:30 PM
- OFF SITE at The Lab, 2948 16th St
Come to the San Francisco kick off of the 2009 SISTER SPIT: The Next Generation tour. Legendary in the Bay Area and beyond for its high intensity queer grrrl literary shenanigans, Sister Spit hits the road every year, bringing a rotating crew of female-centric performers, writers and artists across the United States. This October's tour features queer luminary Michelle Tea, hilarious literary force Beth Lisick, trans-licious performance artist Ben McCoy, graphic novelist and former L Word staff Ariel Schrag, powerhouse poet Kirya Traber, photographer/myth-explorer Sara Seinberg, and world-traveling novelist Rhiannon Argo. The San Francisco kickoff fundraiser at The Lab also features Sister Spit alums Tara Jepsen and Ali Liebegott. Join us as the vanload of magnificent underground female-centric brilliance kicks off in its hometown!
Modern Times is selling the books here- come and support!
For advance tickets, click here..
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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.
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