Arts Listings
Readings-East Bay Through January 23
BOOKS INC., BERKELEY
Mary Volmer, Jan. 16, 6 p.m. "Crown of Dust.''
Janice Shapiro, Jan. 20, 7 p.m. "Bummer: And Other Stories.''
1760 4th Street, Berkeley. (510) 525-7777, www.booksinc.net.<
DIESEL, A BOOKSTORE
M.L. Liebler, Jan. 16, 3 p.m. "Working Words.''
Bryan Charles, Jan. 19, 7 p.m. "There's A Road To Everywhere Except Where You Came From.''
5433 College Avenue, Oakland. (510) 653-9965.<
FRANK BETTE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Julie Gilgoff, Jan. 16, 3 p.m. "A Granddaughter's Rite of Passage.''
Free. Wednesday and Friday-Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. 1601 Paru St., Alameda. (510) 523-6957, www.frankbettecenter.org.<
MRS. DALLOWAY'S
Adair Lara, Jan. 16, 4 p.m. "Naked, Drunk, and Writing.''
Jimmy Williams and Susan Heeger, Jan. 22, 4 p.m. "From Seed To Skillet.''
2904 College Avenue, Berkeley. (510) 704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com.<
UNIVERSITY PRESS BOOKS
Michael Rubenstein, Jan. 20, 5:30 p.m. "Public Works: Infrastructure, Irish Modernism, and the Postcolonial.''
2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. (510) 548-0585, www.universitypressbooks.com.<
VINTAGE EUROPEAN POSTERS
David Lance Goines, Jan. 16, 2 p.m. "The Poster Art of David Lance Goines.''
2201 Fourth St., Berkeley. (510) 843-2201, www.vepca.com.<