It’s under our feet and under our fingernails, but what is it? And how did it get there? Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, find out how industrial farming, mining and urban development have led us toward cataclysmic droughts, starvation, floods and climate change. Dirt is a part of everything we eat, drink and breathe. Which is …

Dr. Sung Lim Kim, professor at the University of California at Berkeley, explores the social and political history of Korea in the 1950s and 1960s, and examines how both adult and children’s comics reflected the reality and ideals of that time.

On March 20, 2010 – the 7th anniversary of the beginning of the War in Iraq – there will be a massive march and rally in San Francisco at Civic Center Plaza (as well as in Washington D.C. and in Los Angeles) to demand the withdrawal of all U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan and Iraq. Expect a march, lots of signs, speeches and calls …

In celebration of the International Lao New Year Festival, celebrating the new year 2553, a big community festival will be held San Francisco Civic Center Plaza on Saturday, April 10, 2010 in San Francisco
The Thai, Cambodian, Burmese, and Lue (Dai) of Sipsong Panna (Xishuangbanna in southern Yunnan Province of China) also share the same New Year and will join the festival as we celebrate our …

Join us for the 29th Annual Northern California Book Awards. The awards honor the work of Northern California authors in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation and Children’s Literature. The featured speaker is Cody Award winner Nancy J. Peters, co-owner and former publisher of City Lights Books.
Local critics read the books, discuss their merits and pick the winners. All of the nominated books will be saluted at …