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The Orphan Master's Son - Adam Johnson, Author

02-07-2012 - 02-07-2012

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Kepler's Bookstore

http://www.keplers.com/

Kepler's Books - 1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park CA 94025

Admission: Purchase of event book or $10 gift card required* Free for members *Admits 2

650-324-4321

service@keplers.com

Start Time(s): 7pm

An epic novel and a thrilling literary discovery, The Orphan Master's Son follows a young man's journey through the icy waters, dark tunnels, and eerie spy chambers of the world's most mysterious dictatorship, North Korea Pak Jun Do is the haunted son of a lost mother--a singer "stolen" to Pyongyang--and an influential father who runs Long Tomorrows, a work camp for orphans There the boy is given his first taste of power, picking which orphans eat first and which will be lent out for manual labor Recognized for his loyalty and keen instincts, Jun Do comes to the attention of superiors in the state, rises in the ranks, and starts on a road from which there will be no return Adam Johnson teaches creative writing at Stanford University His fiction has appeared in Esquire, The Paris Review, Harper's, Tin House, Granta, and Playboy, as well as The Best American Short Stories His other works include Emporium, a short-story collection, and the novel Parasites Like Us]]>

How to Speak Up Without Freaking Out - Workshop with Author Matthew Abrahams

02-08-2012 - 02-08-2012

3

Kepler's Bookstore

http://www.keplers.com/

Kepler's Books - 1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park CA 94025

Admission: $10

650-324-4321

service@keplers.com

Start Time(s): 7pm

Concerned about an upcoming interview? Anxious about being asked to provide your thoughts during a meeting? Fearful of being required to give a presentation? Many people are uneasy about speaking in public In fact, The Book of Lists identifies speaking in front of others as Americans' number one fear Hear Matt Abrahams, author of Speaking Up Without Freaking Out: 35 Techniques for Confident, Calm, and Competent Presenting, deliver a workshop designed to provide you with several practical techniques you can use to manage your speaking anxiety Matt Abrahams received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Stanford University, his graduate degree in communication studies from the University of California at Davis, and his secondary education teaching credential from San Francisco State University Matt is considered a passionate, collaborative, and innovative teacher who teaches group, interpersonal, and business communication as well as public speaking at Stanford University, Palo Alto University, and De Anza College He is especially interested in applying communication knowledge to real-world issues He has published several research articles on cognitive planning, persuasion, and interpersonal communication Prior to teaching, Matt held senior leadership positions at several software companies, were he created and ran global training and development organizations In addition to his teaching and research activities, Matt is co-founder of Bold Echo Communication Solutions, a successful presentation consulting and coaching practice]]>

DJ Rising - Love Maia, Author (Youth Event)

02-09-2012 - 02-09-2012

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Kepler's Bookstore

http://www.keplers.com/

Kepler's Books - 1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park CA 94025

Admission: Free

650-324-4321

service@keplers.com

Start Time(s): 6pm

Meet Marley, an unassuming high school junior who breathes in music like oxygen In between caring for his heroin-addicted mother, and keeping his scholarship at a fancy prep school, he dreams of becoming a professional DJ When chance lands Marley his first real DJ job, his career as "DJ Ice" suddenly skyrockets, but when heart-rending disaster at home brings Marley crashing back down to earth, he is torn between obligation and following his dreams Love Maia share Marley's passion for music and his belief in dreaming big She loves the freeing energy of the club world, as well as pizza, kickboxing, butterflies, death metal, and underground hip-hop When not writing, Love can be found playing drums in an alternative rock band in and around San Francisco]]>

Connectome How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are - Sebastian Seung, Author

02-14-2012 - 02-14-2012

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Kepler's Bookstore

http://www.keplers.com/

Kepler's Books - 1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park CA 94025

Admission: Purchase of event book or $10 gift card required* Free for members *Admits 2

650-324-4321

service@keplers.com

Start Time(s): 7pm

Sebastian Seung, a dynamic young professor at MIT, is at the forefront of a revolution in neuroscience He believes that our identity lies not in our genes, but in the connections between our brain cells--our own particular wiring Seung and a dedicated group of researchers are leading the effort to map these connections, neuron by neuron, synapse by synapse It is a monumental effort--the scientific equivalent of climbing Mount Everest--but if they succeed, they will uncover the basis of personality, identity, intelligence, memory, and perhaps disorders such as autism and schizophrenia Seung explains how this new map of a human "connectome" might even enable us to "upload" our brains into a computer, making us effectively immortal Sebastian Seung is Professor of Computational Neuroscience at MIT and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute He has made important advances in robotics, neuroscience, neuroeconomics, and statistical physics His research has been published in leading scientific journals, and also featured in The New York Times, Technology Review, and The Economist]]>

Zara Raab and Jeanne Wagner - Creative Writers Series

02-15-2012 - 02-15-2012

Notre Dame de Namur University

http://www.ndnu.edu/public-relations/arts-lectures-happenigs.aspx#eventslist

Admission: Call for prices

650-508-3730 x2

Start Time(s): 7:30pm

Zara Raab lives in Berkeley, but she grew up on the North Coast, where her ancestors farmed, raised cattle and harvested tan oak Her poems appear in River Styx, Crab Orchard Review, Evansville Review, and elsewhere Her most recent book is Swimming the Eel (David Robert Books, 2011) Jeanne Wagner is the recipient of several national awards, including the MacGuffin Poet Hunt, the Ann Stanford Prize, the Briar Cliff Review Award and the 2011 Inkwell Prize, judged by Mark Doty Her poems have appeared in Spoon River Poetry Review, RHINO, Cincinnati Review, Alaska Quarterly Review and PBS website's Poem of the Week She has five collections of poetry, the most recently, In The Body Of Our Lives, was released by Sixteen Rivers Press in 2011]]>

Two Among the Righteous Few - Marty Brounstein, Author

02-16-2012 - 02-16-2012

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http://ssf.net/Calendar.aspx?EID=3429&month=2&year=2012&day=3&calType=0

South San Francisco Main Library - 840 W Orange Avenue South San Francisco CA 94080

Admission: Free

650-829-3860

Start Time(s): 6:30pm-7:30pm

Join Marty Brounstein, author of Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage in the Holocaust, for a discussion of his book Based on a true story, it is an inspirational story about a Christian couple in the Netherlands who helped save the lives of at least two dozen people during the Holocaust and World War II]]>

Black History Month Storytelling Experience with Yoland Rhodes

02-16-2012 - 02-16-2012

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San Mateo County Library

http://www.smcl.org/en/content/yolanda-rhodes-black-history-month-storytelling-experience

East Palo Alto Library - 2415 University Avenue East Palo Alto CA 94303

Admission: Free

650-321-7712 x225

Start Time(s): 4:30pm

Come and listen to Yolanda Rhodes as she tell true stories of African American Heroines in American History]]>

A Pioneer In Aviation - Robert Dye, Author

02-18-2012 - 02-18-2012

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Hiller Aviation Museum

http://www.hiller.org/Pioneer-in-Aviation.shtml

Hiller Aviation Museum - 601 Skyway Road San Carlos CA 94070

Admission: Free with museum admission Museum Admission: $7-$11 Free for kids 4 and under

650-654-0200

Start Time(s): 11am

For years, long lost information about the man that was literally instrumental in Charles Lindbergh's famous transatlantic flight sat forgotten in Bob Dye's home Dye ran across the old newspaper and magazine clippings, telegrams, and letters about Brice Goldsborough one day when rifling through some old boxes As he read them he began to realize how much Goldsborough contributed to early aviation Brice Goldsborough made a big impression in a short time In 1919 he started Pioneer Instrument Company, a firm that became one of the world's largest aviation instrument producers It was Goldsborough who designed, built, and installed the instrument panel for Lindbergh's famous plane, the Spirit of St Louis He also became associated with other famous names in aviation such as Glenn Curtiss, Clyde Cessna, Walter Beech, and Igor Sikorsky To learn more about this forgotten aviator come listen to Author Bob Dye talk about Brice Goldsborough in his book, A Pioneer in Aviation: The Life Story of Brice Goldsborough There will be a book signing after the presentation]]>

Story Time with Jennifer Fosberry, Author

02-19-2012 - 02-19-2012

Kepler's Bookstore

http://www.keplers.com/

Kepler's Books - 1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park CA 94025

Admission: Free

650-324-4321

service@keplers.com

Start Time(s): 11:30am

Jennifer Fosberry takes us on a new imaginative journey featuring everyone's favorite purple-haired, little girl Previously, Isabella discovered her favorite heroes in My Name Is Not Isabella Now she travels around the world experiencing its greatest wonders without ever leaving her own backyard]]>

Paws for Tales, Brisbane

02-22-2012 - 02-22-2012

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City of Brisbane

http://brisbaneca.org/events

Brisbane Library - 250 Visitacion Avenue Brisbane CA 94005

Admission: Free

415-467-2060

Start Time(s): 6:30pm-7pm

Children can improve their reading skills by reading to a trained therapy dog Sign up in advance and join the fun Pet Assisted Therapy teams and their handlers are from the Peninsula Humane Society & the SPCA’s Paws for Tales program Please note that the Humane Society requires a signed release form for each time a child reads A parent or guardian must accompany the child]]>

Childhood Under Seige - Joel Bakan, Author

02-23-2012 - 02-23-2012

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San Mateo County Library

http://www.smcl.org/en/content/evening-author-joel-bakan

Belmont Library - 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas Belmont CA 94002

Admission: Free

650-591-8286

Start Time(s): 7pm

The Belmont Library will feature best-selling author and legal scholar Joel Bakan Bakan, a professor of law at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, will appear to discuss his latest book, Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children This is the follow-up to Bakan's 2004 best-selling title The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power, an account of how corporations have risen in the last 150 years to become a dominant economic force, wielding immense power over governments and society as a whole It has been published in 20 languages and was the basis for the documentary film of the same name, which won the award for best foreign documentary at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival]]>

Story Time with Alexandra Day, Author

02-26-2012 - 02-26-2012

Kepler's Bookstore

http://www.keplers.com/

Kepler's Books - 1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park CA 94025

Admission: Free

650-324-4321

service@keplers.com

Start Time(s): 11:30am

Alexandra Day is a legendary storyteller who has a knack for surprising juxtapositions She is the creator of the rottweiler named Carl who gently tends to an infant in a series of books that began in 1985 Now comes The Fairy Dogfather Hector has trouble differentiating the letters D and G Thus when he writes a request for a fairy godfather, the Fairy Dogfather arrives instead, wearing a fedora and smoking a cigar He isn't what Hector had in mind at all He uses big words, and instead of simply granting Hector's wishes, like a regular fairy godmother, he is a rather demanding visitor Hector needs a present for his Mom's birthday right away Can the Fairy Dogfather help grant his wishes?]]>

Soar with Books - Preschool Reading Program

03-03-2012 - 03-03-2012

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Hiller Aviation Museum

http://www.hiller.org/files/docs/soarwithbooks2.pdf

Hiller Aviation Museum - 601 Skyway Road San Carlos CA 94070

Admission: $150 per child plus museum admission Museum Admission: $7-$11 Free for kids 4 and under

650-654-0200

Start Time(s): 11am-12pm

Hiller Aviation Museum presents Soar with Books, a preschool reading program on select Saturdays It includes a special tour, aviation book reading time, and a craft project for aviators ages 3-5 No reservations are necessary Sign-up in person on the morning of the program]]>

Story Time with Emily Wagner, Author

03-04-2012 - 03-04-2012

Kepler's Bookstore

http://www.keplers.com/

Kepler's Books - 1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park CA 94025

Admission: Free

650-324-4321

service@keplers.com

Start Time(s): 11:30am

Asleep Under the Moon is a charming bedtime story about Gavin and Buddy's adventures at the beach in Carmel-by-the-Sea Come hear Emily Wagner introduce children to the beauties of nighttime and sleeping under the stars]]>

Two Among the Righteous Few - Marty Brounstein, Author

03-25-2012 - 03-25-2012

San Mateo County Library

http://www.smcl.org/en/content/afternoon-author-marty-brounstein

Belmont Library - 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas Belmont CA 94002

Admission: Free

650-591-8286

Start Time(s): 3pm

Marty Brounstein is the author of the recently published book Two Among the Righteous Few: A Story of Courage, a true story that takes place during the Holocaust and World War II The story he tells is about a Christian couple in the Netherlands who helped save the lives at least two dozen people, including the lives of people near and dear to him   Brounstein has written a heartfelt story that engages the audience His presentation aids in promoting the interfaith values and special messages of this remarkable tale  ]]>

Writer's Forum Open Mic Night - 3rd Wednesdays

09-21-2011 - 01-01-2037

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San Francisco/Peninsula Writers

http://www.sfpeninsulawriters.com/open_mic.html

Admission: Free Advance sign-up is required for presenters

OpenMic@sfpeninsulawriters.com

Start Time(s): 3rd Weds of Month: 7:30pm

This is a great opportunity for authors to get exposure and to practice public speaking skills It is open to all writers and listeners, including California Writers Club members and non-members Ten writers read for ten minutes each Each reader is given a choice of whether or not they wish to receive feedback The Writer's Forum Open Mic Night meets every third Wednesday of each month and is moderated by Jim Hanna Advance sign-up via email is required]]>

Local Acoustic Night - 1st Wednesdays

01-04-2012 - 01-01-2037

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The Old Princeton Landing

http://theoldprincetonlanding.com/schedule/local-acoustic-night-2/

Old Princeton Landing - 460 Capistrano Avenue Half Moon Bay CA 94019

Admission: Free Ages 21+

650-728-7096

info@theoldprincetonlanding.com

Start Time(s): 1st Wed: 7pm

Come find local talent from around the coastside and beyond This night offers everything from acoustic blues to funk, live poetry to rock, and more Come out and support local music! For those interested in performing, sign up is at 6:30pm, and it is first come first serve Sets are 30 minutes long or about four to five songs]]>