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Wednesday, September 8

Book Reading w. Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Oakland
Wednesday, September 8 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE* | The Uptown

Nick Zinner, supercool guitarist of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will be playing his instrument along with pal Stacy Wakefield while their collaborator Zachary Lipez does a reading of a collection of essay called “Please Take Me Off The Guest List.”
Sounds pretty cool, right? As …

Thursday, September 9

Food Heroes: 16 Culinary Artisans Preserving Traditions | Omnivore Books
Thursday, September 9 – 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE | Omnivore Books on Food

In Food Heroes, Pellegrini introduces readers to the lively stories of artisanal food devotees such as New York mushroom forager Marion Burroughs, French fig collector Francis Honore, fish missionary Jon Rowley in Washington State, and Ugo Buzzio in New York City, one of the last …

Wednesday, September 29

Daniel Ellsberg discusses Howard Zinn | North Beach
Wednesday, September 29 – 7:00 pm | Cost: FREE | City Lights Bookstore

Danile Ellsberg (of Pentagon Papers infamy) comes to City Lights to discuss the work of the late Howard Zinn and the book “The Bomb” published on the 65th Anniversary of the USA’s two atomic bombings of Japan by calling for the abolition of all nuclear …