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Book Talk: Spirits of San Francisco with Paul Madonna & Gary Kamiya

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024 - 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Donations Appreciated, No One Turned Away For Lack of Funds. Suggested donation for this event is $10 - $20. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.
KALW@220 Montgomery | 220 Montgomery St, San Francisco

Event Details

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Join two bestselling, prizewinning, and critically acclaimed contemporary chroniclers of San Francisco for an evening celebrating their triumphant portrait of this great city. This event also celebrates the opening of Paul Madonna’s new art show at KALW’s 220 Montgomery Gallery!

Gary Kamiya’s Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco was a #1 bestseller and an award winner. He’s joined forces with celebrated, bestselling artist Paul Madonna to take a fresh look at this one-of-a-kind city. Marrying image and text in a way no book about this city has done before, Kamiya’s captivating narratives accompany Madonna’s masterful pen-and-ink drawings, breathing life into San Francisco sites both iconic and obscure.

Paul Madonna’s atmospheric images will awe: be amazed by his astonishing wide-angle drawing for a jaw-dropping new perspective on the “crookedest street in the world.” And Kamiya’s engaging prose, accompanying each image, offers fascinating vignettes of this incredible city: witness his story of “Dumpville,” the bizarre community that sprang up in the 19th century on top of a massive garbage dump.

Spirits of San Francisco is both a visual feast and a detailed, personal, loving, informed portrait of a beloved city.

Suggested donation for this event is $10 – $20. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.

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220 Montgomery St., San Francisco, 2 blocks from BART/MUNI
Doors open at 5:00
️ Program begins at 6:00
Free pizza from our sponsor, Joyride Pizza
Drinks for donation (and KALW members get their first one on the house)
🆓 The event is free with an RSVP — suggested donation is $10 – $20

Please note:

  • The event space is just to the left of the main entrance to the Mills Building at 220 Montgomery Street
  • We recommend taking BART/MUNI, exiting at Montgomery, and walking two blocks north
  • Ride-shares can drop off and pick up directly in front of the venue
  • If you drive, there are several garages within two blocks of the event location

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.


Cost: FREE*
*Donations Appreciated, No One Turned Away For Lack of Funds. Suggested donation for this event is $10 - $20. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.
Categories: *Top Pick*, Art & Museums, In Person, Lectures & Workshops, Literature
Venue: KALW@220 Montgomery
Address: 220 Montgomery St, San Francisco