Arts Listings

Readings-East Bay Through February 20

Wednesday February 09, 2011 - 02:58:00 PM

A GREAT GOOD PLACE FOR BOOKS  

Lise Saffran, Feb. 15, 7 p.m. "Juno's Daughters.''  

Peggy Orenstein, Feb. 17, 7 p.m. "Cinderella Ate My Daughter.''  

6120 LaSalle Ave., Oakland. (510) 339-8210, www.ggpbooks.com.

 

BARNES AND NOBLE, EMERYVILLE  

Ise Lyfe, Feb. 15, 7 p.m. "Pistols and Prayers.''  

5604 Bay St., Emeryville. < 

 

BOOKS INC., BERKELEY  

Michael Koryta, Feb. 13, 3 p.m. "The Cypress House.''  

1760 4th Street, Berkeley. (510) 525-7777, www.booksinc.net.

 

DIESEL, A BOOKSTORE  

Alan Senauke, Feb. 13, 3 p.m. "The Bodhisattva's Embrace.''  

5433 College Avenue, Oakland. (510) 653-9965.< 

 

FIREHOUSE ARTS CENTER  

Deborah Grossman, Cher Wollard, Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m. Poetry and prose writers from around the Bay Area will be featured at the event "The Myth & Reality of the Hero & the Anti-Hero from Mythology to Reality and Personal Story.''  

4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. (925) 931-4848, www.firehousearts.org.

 

MOE'S BOOKS  

Trinh Minh-ha, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. "Elsewhere, Within Here.''  

10 a.m.-11 p.m. daily. Readings take place at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley. (510) 849-2087, www.moesbooks.com.

 

OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY, MAIN BRANCH  

Catherine Brady, Feb. 20, 2 p.m. "Revealing Character Through Dialogue.'' Free.  

Free. Monday, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Wednesday-Thursday, noon-8 p.m.; Friday, noon-5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. 125 14th St., Oakland. (510) 238-3134, www.oaklandlibrary.org.

 

UNIVERSITY PRESS BOOKS  

Katherine Wentworth Rinne, Feb. 15, 6 p.m. "The Waters of Rome.'' Free.  

Leonard Pitt, Feb. 16, 6 p.m. "Paris: A Journey Through Time.''  

2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. (510) 548-0585, www.universitypressbooks.com.<