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BEGIN:VEVENT
LOCATION:San Francisco Main Library\, Koret Auditorium (Lower level)\n10
 0 Larkin Street (at Grove)\, San Francisco
DTSTAMP:20050411T213341Z
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SEQUENCE:3
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20050413T170000
SUMMARY:Book Awards
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20050413T200000
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Northern California Book Reviewers (form
 erly Bay Area Book Reviewers Association/BABRA)\, Center for the Art of 
 Translation\, Poetry Flash\, San Francisco Public Library\, and the Nort
 hern California Independent Booksellers Association. Translation Award c
 o-sponsored by the Center for the Art of Translation\, the PEN West Tran
 slation Committee\, and the NCBR.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
LOCATION:Jewish Community Center
DTSTAMP:20050224T074344Z
UID:34EFA01C-8637-11D9-B744-0030656DAAF8-7E02B24A-AC96-4C5D-8987-DBF3817
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SEQUENCE:4
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20050313T180000
SUMMARY:Jewish Poetry
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20050313T210000
DESCRIPTION:CAT is proud to present the first event in the 2005 Bilingua
 l Readings Series:\n\nJewish Poetry After the Holocaust: \npresented by 
 translator John Felstiner\n\nSunday\, March 13\, 2005\, 6pm\nJewish Comm
 unity Center\n3200 California Street\nSan Francisco\, CA 94118\n(415) 29
 2-1200\nParking available\nMUNI: #1 California | #3 Jackson | #4 Sutter 
 | #43 Masonic\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060608T190000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060608T210000
SUMMARY:Publication Party: Masks
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SEQUENCE:3
DTSTAMP:20060508T202419Z
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we unveil the newest issue of\nTWO LINES: Masks w
 ith a night of music and celebration.\n\nThursday\, June 8\, 2006\, 7:00
 -9:00 p.m.\n111 Minna Gallery\nMinna Street at 2nd (two blocks south of 
 Market)\nSan Francisco\n415.974.1719\n\nJoin us for the unmasking of the
  new issue! Featuring live Latin jazz\, readings from the new issue\, an
 d a special one-night art exhibit of masks. Meet featured artist Sharon 
 Strong during this special showing of the masks featured in the issue!\n
 \n7:00— Hors d'oeuvres and no-host bar with dj Brother Grimm spinning wo
 rld music\n7:30— Readings from Masks\, including Japan's celebrated perf
 ormance-writer Hiromi Ito\, Gerald Nicosia and Suzanne Jill Levine\n8:30
 — Celebrate the new issue and enjoy live Latin jazz\n$7 suggested donati
 on\n\nParking: Free street parking available after 6 p.m. Also park in t
 he US Parking lot 1 block east of Minna St.\nBART: Exit Montgomery Stree
 t station\, walk two blocks down 2nd Street to Minna.\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20050309T170000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20050309T190000
SUMMARY:PIO reading
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SEQUENCE:4
DTSTAMP:20050305T181929Z
DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Art Center\n1275 Walnut\, Berkeley\n\nEast Bay Poet
 ry Inside Out (from Downer and Fuego de Palabras) reading at opening of 
 Youth Arts Festival
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20070403T180000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20070403T210000
SUMMARY:Take Me Out to the Ballgame
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SEQUENCE:7
DTSTAMP:20070402T170325Z
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday April 3rd\, 6 p.m.\nKoret Auditorium\nSan Francisco 
 Main Library\, 100 Larkin St.\nFree\n\nCAT and the SF Main Library team 
 up to celebrate the opening day of baseball season with a reading of bas
 eball poetry from around the world. Featuring San Francisco Poet Laureat
 e Jack Hirschman\, Latif Harris\, Jeff Brain\, Paul Watsky\, scholar and
  author Jules Tygiel and emceed by our own John Oliver Simon.\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
LOCATION:San Francisco Main Library\, Koret Auditorium (Lower level)\n10
 0 Larkin Street (at Grove)\, San Francisco\, CA
DTSTAMP:20050411T214506Z
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SEQUENCE:3
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20050430T140000
SUMMARY:POETRY INSIDE OUT
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20050430T153000
DESCRIPTION:Fifth Annual POETRY INSIDE OUT Spring Reading\n\nStudents pa
 rticipating in the Center's innovative Poetry Inside Out educational pro
 gram will recite poems in Spanish by renowned poets including Pablo Neru
 da and Octavio Paz\, followed by the students' translations into English
 \, at this annual celebration. Students will also read their own works i
 n the original language and in translation. Refreshments follow in the L
 atino Reading Room.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20070127T190000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20070127T210000
SUMMARY:Rhythm & Muse
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SEQUENCE:6
DTSTAMP:20070108T213010Z
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, January 27\, 2007\, 7 p.m.\nBerkeley Art Center\n
 1275 Walnut Street\nBerkeley\, CA\n(510) 644-6893\n\nPIO students readin
 g their poetry and translations.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DURATION:PT2H
LOCATION:El Valenciano Restaurant and Bar\n1153 Valencia Street between 
 22nd and 23rd\, San Francisco
DTSTAMP:20050411T213415Z
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SEQUENCE:1
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20050414T183000
SUMMARY:Poetry Recitals
DESCRIPTION:The Piano & Poetry Recital in Spanish\, sponsored by the Cen
 ter for the Art of Translation and El Valenciano Restaurant and Bar\, ta
 kes its cue from the Latin American tradition of public poetry recitatio
 n. With the goal of giving everyone present a good soak in the great lit
 erary traditions of the Spanish-speaking world\, declamadores perform th
 eir versions of great poems as a jazz band might perform its version of 
 a favorite jazz standard\, all in a warm\, neighborhood atmosphere where
  the word in Spanish\, the music of the word\, and the music of the pian
 o reign supreme.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20070410T123000
SUMMARY:Lit&Lunch
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SEQUENCE:6
DTSTAMP:20070108T214255Z
DESCRIPTION:Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Jack Hirschman: San Francisco Icon
 s\n\nTuesday\, April 10\, 2007\, 12:30-1:30 p.m.\n111 Minna Gallery\n111
  Minna St.\, San Francisco\n\nFounder of the San Francisco's celebrated 
 City Lights Books and unmistakable voice of the Beat Generation\, Lawren
 ce Ferlinghetti will read from his translations of French poet and Beat 
 forerunner Jacques Prevert. Ferlinghetti will be joined by San Francisco
  Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman\, translator of over 25 books from 9 langu
 ages\, for this quintessentially San Franciscan event. 
DURATION:PT1H
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060721T190000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060721T210000
SUMMARY:Found in Translation
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SEQUENCE:3
DTSTAMP:20060516T194109Z
DESCRIPTION:Poetry and Translation with Chana Bloch and Kirsten Rian\nPa
 rt of the ongoing Found in Translation exhibit at the Center for the Boo
 k\n\nFriday\, July 21\, 2006\, 7:00 pm\nSan Francisco Center for the Boo
 k\n300 De Haro Street (at 16th)\nSan Francisco\n415.565.0545\n\nThis dyn
 amic reading is part of the Poets Pulling Prints series\, featuring writ
 ers reading from beautifully hand-printed letterpress broadsides of thei
 r work at the Center for the Book.\n\nChana Bloch will be reading from h
 er co-translations of the great Israeli\npoet and peace activist Dahlia 
 Ravikovitch\, who died last year. Ravikovitch was often called Israel’s 
 conscience because of her courageous poetry which identifies with the hu
 man feelings of those on both sides of the\nIsraeli-Palestinian confront
 ation.\n\nA nationally published poet\, musician\, painter and arts admi
 nistrator\,\nKirsten Rian has been active in the Portland arts community
  for 20 years.\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20070503T190000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20070503T220000
SUMMARY:CAT at the Ballpark!
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SEQUENCE:5
DTSTAMP:20070404T032747Z
DESCRIPTION:AT&T Park\nSan Francisco\, CA\n\nDon't miss CAT and Poetry I
 nside Out at AT&T Park during the Giants-Mets series on Tuesday May 8th!
  Poetry Inside Out will be a featured organization at the Community Club
 house in the ballpark. Come visit us to see videos of our kids in action
 \, a preview of the latest Best of Poetry Inside Out anthology\, Avalanc
 he of Wonders\, great giveaways\, and more!\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060408T140000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060408T160000
SUMMARY:River of Words poetry competition awards
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SEQUENCE:3
DTSTAMP:20060322T033040Z
DESCRIPTION:River of Words poetry competition awards celebration\nSaturd
 ay\, April 8\, 2006\, 2:00-4:00 pm\nSan Francisco Main Library\, Koret A
 uditorium\n100 Larkin St. (at Grove)\nSan Francisco\n415.557.4277\n\nA c
 elebration and reading honoring the 2005 International Youth Watershed\n
 Poetry and Art Contest Winners. Conducted in affiliation with The Librar
 y of Congress Center for the Book\, the contest encourages students to w
 rite about nature in a meaningful way. Five Poetry Inside Out students h
 ave earned prizes in this year's contest and will be featured readers at
  the award ceremony. Join us in celebrating the incredible work of these
  talented students.\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20051210T193000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20051210T213000
SUMMARY:Ecstatic Monkey
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SEQUENCE:4
DTSTAMP:20051208T233512Z
DESCRIPTION:Ecstatic Monkey Small Press Fest:\nA Showcase\, Reading\, an
 d Party in Celebration of Local Independent Presses\n\nSaturday\, Decemb
 er 10\, 7:30 p.m.\nPeacock Lounge\n552 Haight Street\nSan Francisco\n\ns
 liding scale $5 (includes one raffle ticket) - $10 (includes three raffl
 e\ntickets)\n\nWith Readings From Small Press Publications by:\nStacy Do
 ris * David West * Jeff Johnson * April Hayley * Diana Thow * Todd\nChap
 man * Jason Morris * Susanne Dyckman\n\nLive musical performance by BOUN
 D TO GET FULLER\, featuring Brandon Brown and Alli Warren Music provided
  until 1:00 am by: DJ Nathan Moomaw of Fallout and DJ EMDEE of Club Neon
 \n\nParticipating Presses: Manic D Press * Kitchen Sink Magazine * New A
 merican\nWriting * Watchword Press * Two Lines: A Journal of Translation
  * Five\nFingers Review * Parthenon West Review * The Skinny * 14 Hills:
  The SFSU Review * Instant City Magazine * Eleven Eleven Journal * Cherr
 y Bleeds *\nOther Magazine * Meritage Press * Lost Island Press *\n\nFre
 e party favors donated by Good Vibrations!\n\nCopious amounts of hors d'
 oeuvres donated by Trader Joe's!\n\nFull Bar\n\nLovely raffle prizes gen
 erously donated by: City Lights Bookstore\, 826\nValencia\, Borderlands 
 Bookstore\, Bird and Beckett Bookstore\, Good\nVibrations\, Cody's Books
 \, Clean Well-Lighted Place For Books\, Dog Eared\nBooks\, Needles and P
 ens\, Fly Bar\, Fabuloid (two $100 gift certificates!)\,\nRuby Gallery\,
  DEMA\, Candystore\, and Fluffyco\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
LOCATION:Austin\, Texas
DTSTAMP:20060306T060647Z
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SEQUENCE:4
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T170000
SUMMARY:\"Masks\" preview
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060309T193000
DESCRIPTION:Preview Masks during the AWP conference in Austin March 8-12
  at the TWO LINES / Mexic-Arte Museum reading.\n\nA reading of great wor
 ld literature from TWO LINES\nThursday\, April 9\, 2006\, 5:00-7:30 pm\n
 Mexic-Arte Museum\n419 Congress Ave. \nAustin\, TX\n(512) 480 9373\n\nPr
 eview the latest issue of TWO LINES\, Masks\, enjoy appetizers from Aust
 in's\nrenowned Manuel's Mexican Restaurant\, and tour the museum while e
 njoying\nreadings from acclaimed translators.\n\nSpecial guest: Alberto 
 Ruy Sánchez\, one of Mexico's leading novelists and\neditor of the magaz
 ine\, Artes de México and featuring many of the leading translators in N
 orth America:\n\nGeoffrey Brock (reading Guido Gozzano from Italian)\nRh
 onda Dahl Buchanan (reading Alberto Ruy Sánchez from Spanish)\nMarian Sc
 hwartz (reading Vladimir Mayakovsky from Russian)\nJohn Oliver Simon (re
 ading Jorge Fernández Granados from Spanish)\nLaima Sruoginis (reading M
 arcelijus Martinaitis from Lithuanian)\nNiloufar Talebi (reading Ziba Ka
 rbassi from Farsi/Persian)\nSidney Wade (reading Yahya Kemal from Turkis
 h)\nAaron Zaritzky (reading Felipe Benítez Reyes from Spanish)
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20070508T123000
SUMMARY:Lit&Lunch
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SEQUENCE:6
DTSTAMP:20070108T214004Z
DESCRIPTION:Vietnamese Poetry in Performance: John Balaban & Le Pham Le\
 n\nTuesday\, May 8\, 2007\, 12:30-1:30 p.m.\n111 Minna Gallery\n111 Minn
 a St.\, San Francisco\n\nAward-winning author John Balaban will read fro
 m his translations of 18th century concubine Ho Xuan Huong\, whose darin
 gly erotic poetry challenged male authority and shocked the Vietnamese l
 iterary tradition. Le Pham Le\, author of Gio Thoi Phuong Na/ From Where
  The Wind Blows\, a collection of poems that explores her memories of Vi
 etnam and emigration\, will sing her lyrical versions of traditional Vie
 tnamese poems.\n
DURATION:PT1H
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20071023T123000
SUMMARY:Lit&Lunch
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DTSTAMP:20070913T051234Z
DESCRIPTION:Lit&Lunch \"Sneak Preview\"\n with Peter Cole\nTuesday Octob
 er 23\, 12:30-1:30\n111 Minna Gallery\, 2nd Ave. & Minna St.\nSan Franci
 sco\n\nRenowned poet\, translator\, and publisher Peter Cole reads from 
 his anthology of Hebrew poetry from medieval Muslim and Christian Spain 
 and discusses translation and literary publishing in the Middle East.  C
 ole is the founder and editor of Ibis Editions\, and a translator of bot
 h Hebrew and Arabic. His translations of contemporary Palestinian poet T
 aha Muhammad Ali were recently profiled on the Jim Lehrer Newshour as pa
 rt of the \"Words in Conflict\" series on poetry of the Middle East.
SEQUENCE:1
DURATION:PT1H
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
LOCATION:UCLA Campus\, Los Angeles\, CA
DTSTAMP:20050411T213812Z
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SEQUENCE:8
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20050423T100000
SUMMARY:TWO LINES exhibits
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20050423T180000
DESCRIPTION:TWO LINES exhibits at the LA Times Festival of Books\n\nTWO 
 LINES will share a booth with The Kiriyama Prize at the annual festival 
 celebrating the written word. Stop by Booth 439 to buy our new issue\, \
 "Bodies\,\" hot off the presses\, pick up a back issue or two\, or just 
 say hello!
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20051206T193000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20051206T220000
SUMMARY:Intersection Literary
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SEQUENCE:4
DTSTAMP:20051116T020657Z
DESCRIPTION:Intersection Literary Series: Independent Press Spotlight\nT
 uesday\, December 6\, 7:30 pm\nIntersection for the Arts\n446 Valencia S
 treet (between 15th and 16th)\nSan Francisco\n$5-$15 (your choice) slidi
 ng scale\n\nThis joint reading featuring TWO LINES: A Journal of Transla
 tion and Eleven\nEleven\, a journal for writers\, poets\, and visual art
 ists to risk\, experiment\, and find answers\, is part of Intersection's
  literary series focusing on local independent publishing houses. Highli
 ghting writings about\nneighborhoods this season\, the December 6 event 
 will feature readings by John Oliver Simon\, Micheline Aharonian Marcom\
 , Sean McFarland\, and dramatic recitations of many works in translation
  by acclaimed Bay Area performers.\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
LOCATION:UCLA Campus\, Los Angeles\, CA
DTSTAMP:20050411T213829Z
UID:06C40E5A-AAD2-11D9-A219-0030656DAAF8-7E02B24A-AC96-4C5D-8987-DBF3817
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SEQUENCE:2
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20050424T100000
SUMMARY:TWO LINES exhibits
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20050424T170000
DESCRIPTION:TWO LINES exhibits at the LA Times Festival of Books\n\nTWO 
 LINES will share a booth with The Kiriyama Prize at the annual festival 
 celebrating the written word. Stop by Booth 439 to buy our new issue\, \
 "Bodies\,\" hot off the presses\, pick up a back issue or two\, or just 
 say hello!
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
LOCATION:The Blue Room Gallery \n2331 Mission Street\, San Francisco  \n
 (between 19th and 20th) 
DTSTAMP:20050419T220913Z
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SEQUENCE:5
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20050512T183000
SUMMARY:Bodies Party
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20050512T210000
DESCRIPTION:Bodies Publication Party\n\n6:30pm: International food & win
 e \n7:15pm: Reading \n$7 suggested donation\n\nParking: Inexpensive park
 ing is available on 21st\nStreet between Valencia and Mission or park fr
 ee on\nthe street\nBART: Exit at 16th or 24th Streets\n\n\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20070213T123000
SUMMARY:Lit&Lunch series
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SEQUENCE:6
DTSTAMP:20070108T213132Z
DESCRIPTION:Robert Pinsky on Dante\n\nTuesday February 13\, 2007\, 12:30
 -1:30 p.m.\n111 Minna Gallery\n111 Minna St.\, San Francisco\n\nRobert P
 insky\, recent U.S. Poet Laureate\, makes poetry come alive through his 
 dynamic readings and the Favorite Poem Project. He will read from his be
 st-selling translation of The Inferno of Dante. His translation received
  the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Howard Morton Landon Prize for
  translation. \n
DURATION:PT1H
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DURATION:PT1H
LOCATION:111 Minna Gallery
DTSTAMP:20060214T010026Z
UID:094F5CA9-9CF5-11DA-A537-0030656DAAF8-7E02B24A-AC96-4C5D-8987-DBF3817
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SEQUENCE:3
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060613T123000
SUMMARY:Lit&Lunch
DESCRIPTION:111 Minna Gallery\n111 Minna Street\nSan Francisco\n\nLeadin
 g translator Geoffrey Brock will read Italian literature he has\nbrought
  into English\, including works by the amazing Umberto Eco and Cesare Pa
 vese. Brock will be joined by celebrated actor and reader Lorri Holt\, w
 ho has played major roles at ACT\, Berkeley Rep\, and other theaters. Ge
 offrey Brock was recently selected for the prestigious Stegner Fellowshi
 p at Stanford University and teaches at the University of Arkansas. Lorr
 i Holt\nhas hosted a literary reading series at ACT and has appeared in 
 several\nfilms\, including films Bee Season and Patch Adams.\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DURATION:PT1H
LOCATION:111 Minna Gallery
DTSTAMP:20060214T005839Z
UID:E860E175-9CF4-11DA-A537-0030656DAAF8-7E02B24A-AC96-4C5D-8987-DBF3817
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SEQUENCE:3
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060509T123000
SUMMARY:Lit&Lunch
DESCRIPTION:111 Minna Gallery\n111 Minna Street\nSan Francisco\n\nOrigin
 ally from Iraq\, Saadi Simawe now chairs the English Department at\nGrin
 nell College in Iowa. He is the editor and co-translator of the\nantholo
 gy Iraqi Poetry Today. Iraq\, one of the great literary centers of the\n
 Arab world\, continues to produce lively writing. “Translating Iraqi poe
 try\nhas become for me a desperate effort to save what remains of Iraqi 
 humanity\nand culture\,” says Professor Simawe. He will read from the wo
 rk of a variety\nof living Iraqi writers\, including those in Iraq and t
 hose in exile.\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DURATION:PT2H
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\n261 Columbus Avenue\, San Francisco\, CA
 
DTSTAMP:20050411T214522Z
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SEQUENCE:2
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20050425T190000
SUMMARY:Readings
DESCRIPTION:Spanish author Nuria Amat and translator Peter Bush tour Bay
  Area bookstores\, reading from \"Queen Cocaine\,\" winner of the Premio
  Ciutat de Barcelona\, 2002. \"Queen Cocaine: is \"[an] apocalyptic nove
 l by Spanish writer Amat . . . A brilliant portrayal of the horrors of d
 rug cultivation\; recommended for all general collections\, especially w
 here there is an interest in Latin American culture.\" - Library Journal
 \n\nReadings in English & Spanish. A rare opportunity to discuss writing
  and translation with both the author and the translator.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
LOCATION:El Valenciano Restaurant and Bar\n1153 Valencia Street between 
 22nd and 23rd\, San Francisco
DTSTAMP:20050224T083625Z
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SEQUENCE:4
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20050217T183000
SUMMARY:Poetry Recitals
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20050217T203000
DESCRIPTION:At each recital\, there is a prize for the audience member a
 t the recital who  identifies the most Spanish-language poets on the cur
 rent poster! Please join us!\n
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20071013T190000
SUMMARY:Litquake Festival
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DESCRIPTION:TWO LINES World Library Reading at Litquake Festival\nSaturd
 ay October 13\, 7-7:45 pm\nEncantada Gallery\, Valencia at 20th St.\nSan
  Francisco\n\nReading of selections from the upcoming TWO LINES World Li
 brary volume New World/New Words: Recent Writing from the Americas\, an 
 anthology of Latin American literature. Part of San Francisco Litquake f
 estival's Lit Crawl event.
SEQUENCE:1
DURATION:PT45M
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DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20070512T143000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20070512T163000
SUMMARY:PIO Spring Poetry Recital
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SEQUENCE:5
DTSTAMP:20070108T213454Z
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 12th\, 2007\, 2:30 p.m.\n\nKoret Auditorium i
 n the San Francisco Main Library\n100 Larkin Street\nSan Francisco\, CA\
 n(415) 557-4400\n\nPIO students reading their poetry and translations.
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DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20071101T173000
SUMMARY:New World/New Words
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DESCRIPTION:New World/New Words Book Launch Party\nThursday November 1\,
  Doors open at 5:30\nChronicle Books\, 680 Second Street\nSan Francisco\
 n\nBook Launch Party for New World/New Words: Recent Writing from the Am
 ericas and a Dia de los Muertos celebration at Chronicle Books\, featuri
 ng readings by Poetry Inside Out kids and presentation of an award from 
 the American Translators Association honoring PIO. We are currently acce
 pting altars for our Dia de los Muertos altar display at this event. If 
 you have artwork to exhibit\, contact us at admin@catranslation.org.\n\n
 Parking: Free street parking after 6:00 p.m. Paid parking at US Parking 
 on Townsend St. \n\nBART: Exit Montgomery Street Station\, walk 6 blocks
  down 2nd Street to Chronicle Books.
SEQUENCE:3
DURATION:PT2H30M
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DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20070225T150000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20070225T170000
SUMMARY:Bilingual Mushaira
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DTSTAMP:20070206T230646Z
DESCRIPTION:First Ever Bilingual Mushaira\nSunday February 25\, 3-5 pm. 
 \nReception follows afterwards \nBerkeley Montessori School\n1310 Univer
 sity Avenue\nBerkeley\, CA\n\nA mushaira is a South Asian version of a p
 oetry slam. While readers sing\, recite\, and chant verses of classical 
 and contemporary Urdu poetry\, audience members actively participate\, c
 alling out for favorite lines or couplets. The result is a spoken-word p
 erformance like no other\, featuring the haunting poems of Bashir\, Faiz
  Ahmed Faiz\, Sahir Ludhyanvi as well as U.S. authors who write in the g
 hazal form\, presented in both Urdu and English. This event is co-hosted
  by Hamida Banu Chopra and features performances by local Urdu readers.\
 n
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LOCATION:The Accompanied Library at the National Arts Club\n15 Gramercy 
 Park South\, Studio 6C\, New York City
DTSTAMP:20050411T214723Z
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SEQUENCE:3
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20050420T180000
SUMMARY:TWO LINES Reading
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20050420T193000
DESCRIPTION:Nuria Amat will read from \"Queen Cocaine\" (winner of the P
 remio Ciutat de Barcelona\, in 2002)\, along with translator Peter Bush.
  Uwe Timm will read from \"In My Brother's Shadow\,\" recently translate
 d from German. Timm is also the author of \"The Invention of Curried Sau
 sage\" and \"Morenga\,\" and is the recipient of the Literature Prize of
  the Bavarian Academy for Fine Arts\, The Munich Literature Prize\, and 
 the Schubart Literary Prize.\n \nTWO LINES contributors Rika Lesser (tra
 nslating Goran Sonnevi from Swedish) and Niloufar Talebi (translating Zi
 ba Karbassi from Persian) will read from the new issue of TWO LINES\, \"
 Bodies\,\" which features translations from Estonia\, Korea\, Israel\, C
 hile\, and more. Wine and cheese will be served. All readings in English
  and the original languages. Discussion with authors and translators wil
 l follow.\n
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DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20070313T123000
SUMMARY:Lit&Lunch
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DTSTAMP:20070108T213943Z
DESCRIPTION:Senghor Celebration: The Life and Poetry of Leopold Sedar Se
 nghor\n\nTuesday\, March 13\, 2007\, 12:30-1:30 p.m.\n111 Minna Gallery\
 n111 Minna St.\, San Francisco\n\nA performance that incorporates poetry
 \, acting\, and music\, this event celebrates the life and work of Leopo
 ld Sedar Senghor\, first president of Senegal and the leading African po
 et of the last 100 years. Senghor led an inspiring life - he rose from h
 umble beginnings to lead his country to independence. He also founded th
 e provocative Negritude arts movement. Directed by the Lorraine Hansberr
 y Theatre's Stanley Williams. 
DURATION:PT1H
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DURATION:PT1H
LOCATION:111 Minna Gallery
DTSTAMP:20060214T005744Z
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SEQUENCE:3
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060411T123000
SUMMARY:Lit&Lunch Series
DESCRIPTION:111 Minna Gallery\n111 Minna Street\nSan Francisco\n\nSan Fr
 ancisco's newest cultural institution premiers April 11th! Lit&Lunch is 
 a monthly lunchtime reading series bringing great world writing to new a
 udiences. Readings are FREE and open to the public\, served up with an o
 ptional gourmet lunch.\n\nGalway Kinnell has won almost every honor that
  can be bestowed on an\nAmerican poet\, from the Pulitzer Prize to the N
 ational Book Award. He is\nrenowned for spellbinding readings delivered 
 in his deeply resonant voice.\nGalway Kinnell has translated a number of
  the greatest modern poets\,\nincluding Federico García Lorca\, Pablo Ne
 ruda\, and Rainer Maria Rilke. He\nhas also done English versions of the
  poems of the French medieval\nballadeer\, François Villon.\n
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DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20051217T190000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20051217T210000
SUMMARY:Rhythm and Muse
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DTSTAMP:20051208T233315Z
DESCRIPTION:Rhythm and Muse: Young Poets and Musicians\n\nSaturday\, Dec
 ember 17\, 7:00 pm\nBerkeley Art Center\n1275 Walnut (betw. Eunice and R
 ose)\nBerkeley\n\nFeaturing readings by poets from Poetry Inside Out's F
 uego de Palabras\nafter-school program: Lily Stoner\, Mehrnush Golriz\, 
 Julia Smith\, and Maggie Gallagher.\n
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DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20070614T190000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20070614T220000
SUMMARY:Book Party
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SEQUENCE:5
DTSTAMP:20070606T042739Z
DESCRIPTION:TWO LINES XIV Book Launch Party\nThursday June 14th\, 7 p.m.
 \nChronicle Books\n680 2nd Street at Townsend\n\nJoin us in celebrating 
 the launch of the latest TWO LINES! Featuring readings by notable Bay Ar
 ea writers and translators\, lively Brazilian music from local group Fal
 so Baiano\, and delectable food and drink provided by some of San Franci
 sco's favorite restaurants and markets including SOMA stalwarts Momo's a
 nd Tres Agaves. This event will take place in the urban ambiance of the 
 newly restored Chronicle Books building. Festivities begin at 7:00 p.m. 
 at 680 2nd Street in San Francisco. There is a $7 suggested donation.\n\
 nReaders will include Matt Gonzalez\, Dan Bellm\, Carolyn Tipton\, John 
 Oliver Simon and more!\n\nParking: Free street parking after 6:00 p.m. P
 aid parking at US Parking on Townsend St. \nBART: Exit Montgomery Street
  Station\, walk 6 blocks down 2nd Street to Chronicle Books. 
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DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20060422T140000
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20060422T153000
SUMMARY:Poetry Inside Out spring recital
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DTSTAMP:20060322T032951Z
DESCRIPTION:Sixth Annual Poetry Inside Out spring recital\nSaturday\, Ap
 ril 22\, 2:00-3:30 pm\nSan Francisco Main Library\, Koret Auditorium\n10
 0 Larkin St. (at Grove)\nSan Francisco\n415.557.4277\n\nCome support stu
 dents from San Francisco\, Berkeley\, Oakland\, and San Pablo who have p
 articipated in Poetry Inside Out’s vibrant writing and translation progr
 am this year. Students will share their translations of great poems from
  Spanish as well as their own original poetry. Don’t miss readings by th
 e 2005 and 2006 River of Words poetry competition Grand Prize winners an
 d finalists! Refreshments will be served after the reading in the Latino
  Reading Room.\n
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LOCATION:Young at Art Studios\n2547 Eighth Street \nBerkeley
DTSTAMP:20051208T233228Z
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SEQUENCE:2
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20051215T160000
SUMMARY:River of Words Party
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20051215T200000
DESCRIPTION:River of Words Holiday Party featuring readings by Poetry In
 side Out\nstudents.\n\nYoung at Art Studios\n2547 Eighth Street \nBerkel
 ey\n\nRiver of Words is an international poetry and art contest for chil
 dren in\nkindergarten through twelfth grade that invites students to exp
 lore their\nown watershed\, discover its importance in their lives\, and
  express what\nthey've learned\, felt and observed in words and images. 
 Started by former US Poet Laureate Robert Hass in 1995\, the organizatio
 n will celebrate the\nholidays with local student poets and artists\, as
  well as Mr. Hass and\naward-winning children's book author and illustra
 tor Thacher Hurd. Caroline\nMaria Woods-Mejia\, Poetry Inside Out studen
 t\, won the 2005 River of Words\ngrand prize in the grade 3-6 category f
 or her poem \"Web of Life.\"\n
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DURATION:PT2H
LOCATION:El Valenciano Restaurant and Bar\n1153 Valencia Street between 
 22nd and 23rd\, San Francisco
DTSTAMP:20050224T083816Z
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SEQUENCE:1
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20050519T183000
SUMMARY:Poetry Recitals
DESCRIPTION:At each recital\, there is a prize for the audience member a
 t the recital who  identifies the most Spanish-language poets on the cur
 rent poster! Please join us!\n
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LOCATION:Mechanics Institute Library Meeting Room\, 4th Floor\n57 Post S
 treet\nSan Francisco CA 94104
DTSTAMP:20050519T204208Z
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SEQUENCE:2
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20050604T140000
SUMMARY:French Literary Translation Workshop
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20050604T170000
DESCRIPTION:This half-day workshop presented by Zack Rogow will provide 
 a general introduction as well as hands-on experience in translating Fre
 nch-language literature into English. Topics covered include: How does l
 iterary translation differ from other translation? What are the layers o
 f a literary translation? What are some of the specific challenges posed
  by translating French into English? How do you translate French dialect
 s into English? Bring writing materials (laptop or pen and paper) and a 
 French-English dictionary.\n\nZack Rogow has worked in both commercial a
 nd literary translation. He served as a production manager at Benemann T
 ranslation Center in San Francisco. Rogow was a co-winner of the PEN/Boo
 k-of-the-Month Club Translation Award for Earthlight by André Breton\, a
 nd winner of a Bay Area Book Reviewers Award (BABRA) for his translation
  of George Sand's novel\, Horace. His translation of Green Wheat by Cole
 tte was nominated for the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Award a
 nd for the Northern California Book Award. His English version of the pl
 ay Marius by Marcel Pagnol will be produced this fall at the Aurora Thea
 tre in Berkeley. He is the new editor and artistic director of TWO LINES
 : A Journal of Translation. He teaches in the MFA in Writing Program at 
 the California College of the Arts.
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LOCATION:Black Oak Books\n1491 Shattuck Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA
DTSTAMP:20050411T214608Z
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SEQUENCE:4
DTSTART;TZID=US/Pacific:20050424T193000
SUMMARY:Readings
DTEND;TZID=US/Pacific:20050424T213000
DESCRIPTION:Spanish author Nuria Amat and translator Peter Bush tour Bay
  Area bookstores\, reading from \"Queen Cocaine\,\" winner of the Premio
  Ciutat de Barcelona\, 2002. \"Queen Cocaine: is \"[an] apocalyptic nove
 l by Spanish writer Amat . . . A brilliant portrayal of the horrors of d
 rug cultivation\; recommended for all general collections\, especially w
 here there is an interest in Latin American culture.\" - Library Journal
 \n\nReadings in English & Spanish. A rare opportunity to discuss writing
  and translation with both the author and the translator.
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