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Moodymania! MEGAN MCDONALD

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:31:12 -0500

Start: 03/14/2010 - 2:00pm

End: 03/14/2010 - 2:00pm

Celebrate Moodymania with author MEGAN MCDONALD! It's the extremely non-boring 10th anniversary of everyone's favorite big sis!

BRIAN FAGAN

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:51:47 -0400

Start: 03/15/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 03/15/2010 - 7:00pm

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Foreign Intrigue Book Club

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:19:21 -0500

Start: 03/16/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 03/16/2010 - 7:00pm

The Foreign Intrigue Book Club will discuss this month's reading selection.

LitVoyeur Online Book Club

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:43:08 -0500

Start: 03/16/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 03/16/2010 - 7:00pm

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YIYUN LI

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:38:17 -0400

Start: 03/16/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 03/16/2010 - 7:00pm

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SHILPI SOMAYA GOWDA

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:39:19 -0400

Start: 03/16/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 03/16/2010 - 7:30pm

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WAC: ROBERT MNOOKIN

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:39:40 -0500

Start: 03/17/2010 - 6:00pm

End: 03/17/2010 - 6:00pm

World Affairs Council presents ROBERT MNOOKIN, author of Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight.

ANNIE LEONARD

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:32:08 -0400

Start: 03/17/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 03/17/2010 - 7:00pm

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City Arts & Lectures: ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU and REVERAND MPHO TUTU

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:43:22 -0500

Start: 03/17/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 03/17/2010 - 8:00pm

City Arts and Lectures presents ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU and the REVERAND MPHO TUTU at the Davies Symphony Hall.

ANIL ANANTHASWAMY

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:11:35 -0400

Start: 03/18/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 03/18/2010 - 7:00pm

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MARCIA GAGLIARDI

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:11:56 -0400

Start: 03/18/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 03/18/2010 - 7:30pm

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KEVIN KILLIAN

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:12:21 -0400

Start: 03/18/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 03/18/2010 - 7:30pm

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CHANG-RAE LEE

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:40:51 -0400

Start: 03/19/2010 - 6:00pm

End: 03/19/2010 - 6:00pm

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Travel Writers Meeting: CANDY HARRINGTON

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:56:52 -0500

Start: 03/20/2010 - 10:00am

End: 03/20/2010 - 10:00am

Bay Area Travel Writers Meeting: CANDY HARRINGTON will talk about how travel writers can find a niche, build a platform and establish a brand, and how this will help beef up our botto

Picture Book Pals

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:57:09 -0500

Start: 03/20/2010 - 11:00am

End: 03/20/2010 - 11:00am

Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.

Alameda Storytime

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:55:10 -0500

Start: 03/20/2010 - 11:00am

End: 03/20/2010 - 11:00am

Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.

DAVID DEARDORFF and KATHRYN WADSWORTH

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:51:21 -0500

Start: 03/20/2010 - 3:00pm

End: 03/20/2010 - 3:00pm

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World Affairs Council Book Club

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:23:29 -0500

Start: 03/21/2010 - 11:00am

End: 03/21/2010 - 11:00am

The World Affairs Council Book Club will discuss Amerigo by FELIPE FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO.

Wild Girls Mother Daughter Book Club

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:25:26 -0500

Start: 03/21/2010 - 1:00pm

End: 03/21/2010 - 1:00pm

The Wild Girls Mother Daughter Book Club will discuss The Georges and the Jewels by JANE SMILEY.

JEFF GARLIN

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:45:20 -0400

Start: 03/21/2010 - 3:00pm

End: 03/21/2010 - 3:00pm

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GINA WELCH

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:58:09 -0400

Start: 03/22/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 03/22/2010 - 7:00pm

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WAC: CHARLES EMMERSON

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:04:35 -0500

Start: 03/23/2010 - 6:00pm

End: 03/23/2010 - 6:00pm

World Affairs Council presents CHARLES EMMERSON, author of The Future History of the Arctic.

Launch Party! CHRISTOPHER MOORE

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:07:24 -0400

Start: 03/23/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 03/23/2010 - 7:00pm

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Fourth Tuesday Book Club

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:30:09 -0500

Start: 03/23/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 03/23/2010 - 7:00pm

The Fourth Tuesday (Margie's) Book Club will discuss The Spare Room by HELEN GARNER.

Other Realms Fantasy and Science Fiction Book Club

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:34:15 -0500

Start: 03/24/2010 - 6:30pm

End: 03/24/2010 - 6:30pm

The Other Realms Fantasy and Science Fiction Book Club will discuss this month's reading selection.

NYMBC: CARRIE RYAN

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:10:33 -0400

Start: 03/24/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 03/24/2010 - 7:00pm

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WAC: IAN BURUMA

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:50:54 -0500

Start: 03/25/2010 - 6:00pm

End: 03/25/2010 - 6:00pm

World Affairs Council (WAC) presents IAN BURUMA author of Taming the Gods: Religion and Democracy on Three Continents.

MARIA FINN

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:23:30 -0500

Start: 03/25/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 03/25/2010 - 7:00pm

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CANYON SAM

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:18:48 -0500

Start: 03/25/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 03/25/2010 - 7:30pm

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KRISTEN HORLER

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:28:59 -0500

Start: 03/26/2010 - 3:00pm

End: 03/26/2010 - 3:00pm

KRISTEN HORLER discusses Baby Boot Camp, a safe and highly-effective fitness program that enables moms to get back in shape.

PETER NATHANIEL MALAE

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:18:48 -0400

Start: 03/26/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 03/26/2010 - 7:00pm

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Picture Book Pals

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:04:00 -0500

Start: 03/27/2010 - 11:00am

End: 03/27/2010 - 11:00am

Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.

Oh My Gosh! Stories at Chestnut

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:01:53 -0500

Start: 03/27/2010 - 11:00am

End: 03/27/2010 - 11:00am

Oh My Gosh! Stories at Chestnut will take place at Books Inc. in the Marina.

Alameda Storytime

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:59:11 -0500

Start: 03/27/2010 - 11:00am

End: 03/27/2010 - 11:00am

Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.

KRISTEN HORLER

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:07:42 -0500

Start: 03/27/2010 - 2:00pm

End: 03/27/2010 - 2:00pm

KRISTEN HORLER discusses Baby Boot Camp, a safe and highly-effective fitness program that enables moms to get back in shape.

Hands On Bay Area Book Club

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:27:31 -0500

Start: 03/29/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 03/29/2010 - 7:00pm

The Hands On Bay Area Book Club will discuss In a Sunburned Country by BILL BRYSON.

City Arts & Lectures: HAROLD VARMUS

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:34:18 -0500

Start: 03/29/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 03/29/2010 - 8:00pm

City Arts and Lectures presents HAROLD VARMUS with ROY EISENHARDT discussing Art and Politics of Science.

Mr. Bookclub

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:36:08 -0500

Start: 03/30/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 03/30/2010 - 7:30pm

Mr. Bookclub will discuss this month's reading selection.

SF Travel Book Club: BARB TRAUB

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:36:42 -0500

Start: 03/30/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 03/30/2010 - 7:30pm

The SF Travel Book Club and Lecture Series features photographer BARB TRAUB of Desert to Dream, an unprecedented photographic record of an evolving decade of

JOHN SONEGO

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:03:12 -0500

Start: 03/31/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 03/31/2010 - 7:00pm

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Classics I Forgot to Read Book Club

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:32:01 -0500

Start: 03/31/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 03/31/2010 - 7:30pm

Classics I Forgot to Read Book Club will discuss Maus I by ART SPIEGELMAN.

INDU SUNDARESAN

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:00:18 -0400

Start: 03/31/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 03/31/2010 - 7:30pm

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City Arts & Lectures: RICH COHEN with MICHAEL KRASNY

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:42:11 -0500

Start: 03/31/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 03/31/2010 - 8:00pm

City Arts and Lectures presents RICH COHEN with MICHAEL KRASNY discussing Israel is Real.

K.M. SOEHNLEIN

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:37:24 -0400

Start: 04/01/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 04/01/2010 - 7:30pm

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First Saturday Book Club

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:54:20 -0500

Start: 04/03/2010 - 9:30am

End: 04/03/2010 - 9:30am

The FIRST SATURDAY BOOK CLUB will discuss City of Thieves by DAVID BENIOFF.

Picture Book Pals

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:32:09 -0500

Start: 04/03/2010 - 11:00am

End: 04/03/2010 - 11:00am

Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.

Meet CHIPPER!

Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:23:49 -0400

Start: 04/03/2010 - 11:00am

End: 04/03/2010 - 11:00am

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Alameda Storytime

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:22 -0500

Start: 04/03/2010 - 11:00am

End: 04/03/2010 - 11:00am

Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.

Quick and the Read Book Club

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:56:13 -0500

Start: 04/04/2010 - 3:00pm

End: 04/04/2010 - 3:00pm

The QUICK & THE READ SHORT STORY BOOK CLUB will discuss New Sudden Fiction edited by ROBERT SHAPARD.

Night of the Living Book Club

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:48:08 -0500

Start: 04/05/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 04/05/2010 - 7:30pm

The NIGHT OF THE LIVING BOOK CLUB will discuss The Keeper by SARAH LANGAN.

First Fiction Book Club

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:50:20 -0500

Start: 04/06/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 04/06/2010 - 7:00pm

The FIRST FICTION BOOK CLUB will discuss Telex from Cuba by RACHEL KUSHNER.

GuyWriters: Poetry Writing Group

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:31:40 -0400

Start: 04/06/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 04/06/2010 - 7:30pm

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Marines Memorial: DAN SENOR

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:41:05 -0500

Start: 04/07/2010 - 6:00pm

End: 04/07/2010 - 6:00pm

The Marines Memorial Club presents DAN SENOR, author of Startup Nation, a master course in taking a good idea, executing it well, and avoiding the mistakes t

SF Travel Book Club

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:51:54 -0500

Start: 04/07/2010 - 6:00pm

End: 04/07/2010 - 6:00pm

The SF TRAVEL BOOK CLUB will discuss this month's reading selection.

SALMA ARASTU

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:02:12 -0400

Start: 04/07/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 04/07/2010 - 7:00pm

In conjuction with a local gallery featuring her work, SALMA ARASTU presents Lyrical Line, a collection of her paintings, sculpture, digital art, and poetry over the past ten year

BLAKE CHARLTON

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:50:40 -0400

Start: 04/07/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 04/07/2010 - 7:30pm

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Leadership and Career Workshop

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:39:16 -0400

Start: 04/08/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 04/08/2010 - 7:00pm

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Meet SF Mystery Authors!

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:57:56 -0500

Start: 04/08/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 04/08/2010 - 7:00pm

Check out the San Francisco Mystery Panel, featuring SHIRLEY TALLMAN, author of Scandal on Rincon Hill and RONALD TIERNEY, author of

ANOUSHEH ANSARI

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:34:32 -0400

Start: 04/09/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 04/09/2010 - 7:30pm

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Second Saturday Book Club

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:07:09 -0500

Start: 04/10/2010 - 10:00am

End: 04/10/2010 - 10:00am

The SECOND SATURDAY BOOK CLUB will discuss The Baron in the Trees by ITALO CALVINO.

Picture Book Pals

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:37:23 -0500

Start: 04/10/2010 - 11:00am

End: 04/10/2010 - 11:00am

Picture Book Pals will take place at Books Inc. in Palo Alto.

Oh My Gosh! Stories at Chestnut

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:35:30 -0500

Start: 04/10/2010 - 11:00am

End: 04/10/2010 - 11:00am

Oh My Gosh! Stories at Chestnut will take place at Books Inc. in the Marina.

Alameda Storytime

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:34:01 -0500

Start: 04/10/2010 - 11:00am

End: 04/10/2010 - 11:00am

Alameda Storytime will take place at Books Inc. in Alameda.

WAC: ANNA LAPPE

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:06:50 -0500

Start: 04/12/2010 - 12:00pm

End: 04/12/2010 - 12:00pm

The World Affairs Council presents ANNA LAPPE discussing Diet for a Hot Planet.

JCCSF: RICHARD WEISSBOURD

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:08:40 -0500

Start: 04/12/2010 - 6:30pm

End: 04/12/2010 - 6:30pm

The JCCSF presents RICHARD WEISSBOURD, author of The Parents We Mean to Be.

DAVID VANN

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:13:33 -0400

Start: 04/12/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 04/12/2010 - 7:00pm

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Down to a Science Book Club

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:00:34 -0500

Start: 04/12/2010 - 7:00pm

End: 04/12/2010 - 7:00pm

The DOWN TO A SCIENCE BOOK CLUB will discuss The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by REBECCA SKLOOT.

WordTemple Poetry Series

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:04:30 -0400

Start: 04/12/2010 - 7:30pm

End: 04/12/2010 - 7:30pm

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City Arts & Lectures: MARK DANNER with FRANK RICH

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:15:42 -0400

Start: 04/12/2010 - 8:00pm

End: 04/12/2010 - 8:00pm

City Arts and Lectures presents MARK DANNER, author of Stripping Bare the Body, with FRANK RICH.