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Naked Lunch @ 50 » San Francisco

aaronwilcher wrote 1 month ago:     Naked Lunch @ 50 » San Francisco. Naked Lunch 50th Anniversary Weekend 20-22 November, … more →

Tags: Bay Area, calarts, Cal:EVENTS, Cal:EVENTS:Lecture/Talk, Cal:FILM

California Historian, Louise Nelson Dyble, on the Golden Gate Bridge and TJ Kent: Oct 14th in Berkeley; Oct. 16 in Oakland

aaronwilcher wrote 3 months ago: Past CSA President, Louise Nelson Dyble will be appearing at University Press Books in Berkeley to p … more →

Tags: Bay Area, Cal:BUILTENVIRONMENT, Cal:Conference Announcements, Cal:EVENTS, Cal:EVENTS:Lecture/Talk, Cal:HISTORY

Book party at Vesuvio for A Bomb in Every Issue; Sept. 23

californiastudiesblog wrote 3 months ago: City Lights bookstore and Vesuvio Cafe, 255 Columbus @ Jack Kerouac Alley , San Fransciso, will pres … more →

Tags: Bay Area, Cal:EVENTS, Cal:MEDIA

Berkeley Arts and Letters lecture: Robert Scheer and Peter Richardson to discuss Ramparts Magazine; Sept. 24

californiastudiesblog wrote 3 months ago: Fabled journalist Robert Scheer, and Peter Richardson, author of the newly published, A Bomb in Ever … more →

Tags: Bay Area, Cal:EVENTS:Lecture/Talk, Cal:MEDIA

Author event at Book Passage in Marin; Peter Richardson on Ramparts Magazine; Sept. 25

californiastudiesblog wrote 3 months ago: Peter Richardson (Chair of the California Studies Association) will talk about his new book, A Bomb … more →

Tags: Bay Area, Cal:EVENTS:Lecture/Talk, Cal:HISTORY, Cal:MEDIA

Author event at Book Passage in Marin; Mike Miller talks about the Mission Coalition; Sept. 24

californiastudiesblog wrote 3 months ago: Mike Miller will talk about his new book, A Community Organizer’s Tale: People and Power in San Fran … more →

Tags: Cal:EVENTS:Lecture/Talk, Bay Area, Cal:HISTORY

Author event at Book Passage in San Francisco: John Buntin on the LAPD; Sept. 24

californiastudiesblog wrote 3 months ago: John Buntin will talk about his new book, L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Sed … more →

Tags: Bay Area, Cal:EVENTS:Lecture/Talk, Cal:HISTORY, Los Angeles-area

BOOK TOUR: Peter Richardson Speaks at the CSA Dinner Series, and Across California on Ramparts Magazine1 comment

aaronwilcher wrote 4 months ago: Please come help us celebrate the release of California studies scholar and CSA chair, Peter Richard … more →

Tags: Cal:EVENTS:Lecture/Talk, Bay Area, Cal:HISTORY

Kevin Starr interviewed by Patt Morrison in the LA Times

californiastudiesblog wrote 5 months ago: The LA Times today features a charming interview of Kevin Starr by Patt Morrison as the historian’s … more →

Tags: Cal:HISTORY

"Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963," Kevin Starr's latest, reviewed by Tim Rutten3 comments

californiastudiesblog wrote 6 months ago: The latest and concluding volume in Kevin Starr’s eight-volume series on the history of California, … more →

Tags: Cal:HISTORY

CSA Steerers: Two New Books, Ramparts Magazine and the Golden Gate Bridge

aaronwilcher wrote 6 months ago: With the flurry of activity around our April conference on the Silicon Valley, we have been tardy in … more →

Tags: Cal:POLITICS, Cal:BUILTENVIRONMENT, Bay Area, Cal:Reviews

UC Press Awarded Major Grant for California Studies Initative from Mellon Foundation

aaronwilcher wrote 6 months ago: UC Press Awarded Major Grant for California Studies Initiative via University of California Humaniti … more →

Tags: calarts, Cal:EDUCATION

LaborFest Schedule Now Online: EVENTS July 2-July 31

aaronwilcher wrote 6 months ago: LaborFest 2009 July 2 – July 31 LaborFest 2009 Schedule is up This year is the 75th anniversar … more →

Tags: Cal:EVENTS, Cal:Conference Announcements, Cal:IMMIGRATION, Cal:POLITICS, Cal:MEDIA, Cal:EVENTS:Lecture/Talk, Cal:TRANSPORTATION, Cal:BUILTENVIRONMENT, Bay Area

New Book on Prop. 13 from IGS at UC Berkeley + Companion Conference Online

aaronwilcher wrote 6 months ago: Our colleague, Ethan Rarick, the director of the Center for Politics and Public Service at the Insti … more →

Tags: Cal:POLITICS, Cal:EVENTS:Lecture/Talk, Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles-area, San Diego Area, San Joaquin Valley, Sierra Nevada, Northern CA Coast (N. of SF)

Listen: Christensen, Worster, White: A Passion for Nature: Exploring the Life of John Muir| Aurora Forum2 comments

aaronwilcher wrote 7 months ago: John Christensen, with Richard White and others leads a great program called the Spatial History Pro … more →

Tags: Bay Area, Cal: Environment, Cal:ECOLOGY, Cal:EVENTS, Cal:EVENTS:Lecture/Talk, Cal:HISTORY

Kevin Bruce's California’s Mural Towns

aaronwilcher wrote 7 months ago: This post comes from the BoomerCafe blog. California’s Mural Towns | BoomerCafé™ … it’s … more →

Tags: Cal:BUILTENVIRONMENT, calarts

Tom Killion at Kepler's in Menlo Park May 28

californiastudiesblog wrote 7 months ago: Tom Killion will be appearing at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park to discuss his and Gary Snyder’s new b … more →

Tags: Cal:EVENTS:Lecture/Talk, Bay Area, calarts, Cal: Environment

Louise Dyble on the Golden Gate Bridge1 comment

peterrichardson wrote 7 months ago: Don’t take this title literally. Louise isn’t on the Golden Gate Bridge, but she was on … more →

Tags: Cal:TRANSPORTATION, Bay Area

Mark Arax at Kepler's in Menlo Park May 13

californiastudiesblog wrote 8 months ago: Mark Arax will be appearing at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park to discuss his new book, West of the Wes … more →

Tags: Cal:EVENTS:Lecture/Talk, Bay Area, Cal:HISTORY


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