Wednesday, April 23rd at 7:30 pm
Designing with the Mind in Mind
book event with
GUI wizard Jeff Johnson
Jeff Johnson, Ph.D., founder of UI Wizards, Inc., explores the psychology underlying the rules that make graphical user interfaces work. Early user interface (UI) practitioners were trained in cognitive psychology, from…
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Monday, April 21 — 7:00 pm
POETS! hosted by Jerry Ferraz
Featured readers: Ronald Sauer
& Michael Koch — open mic follows
Ronald Sauer is a poet, translator and raconteur steeped in the work of Baudelaire, Aloysius Bertrand, Voltaire, Jacques Prevert, Jacques Roumain, the surrealists, and more. Â A little background on Michael…
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Saturday, April 19th — 7:00 pm
Writer Daisy Rockwell: Taste
Daniel is a twenty-first century connoisseur with distinctive and often anachronistic tastes-aesthetic, culinary, and even mind-altering. When Daniel sets out to seek answers about his past in long-sealed documents, he…
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Friday, April 18th – 5:30 to 8:00 pm
Two Tenors: The Scott Foster Ensemble
Every third Friday, guitarist Scott Foster brings in a newly constituted ensemble for the occasion.  This week:  tenor sax players Ken Rosen and Harvey Robb make up the front line, with…
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Sunday, April 13th — 4:30 to 6:30 pm
Jenny Ferris & Friends
Vocalist Jenny Ferris will be joined by reed player Rich Lesnik, pianist Laura Klein, bassist Dean Reilly and drummer Tom Hassett in a program of jazz standards.
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Sunday, April 13th — 2:00 pm
PEN Oakland Writers
A reading by six writers, all officers or Board members of PEN Oakland: Â Floyd Salas, Claire Ortalda, Sharon Doubiago, Kirk Lumpkin, Judith Cody and John Curl. About PEN Oakland: PEN…
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In Oakland: Friday, April 11 at 8 pm
Amerarcana Release Reading No. 2
An East Bay launch party for the new, fifth, issue of our lovely literary magazine, Amerarcana, will take place with readings by contributors Micah Ballard, Steve Dickison, Marina Lazzara, Jackson Meazle and John…
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Monday, April 7th – 7:00 pm
POETS! hosted by Jerry Ferraz
Featured readers: José Luis Gutiérrez & Erica Goss — open mic follows
Erica Goss is a former editor of Caesura, the journal of literature and art put out by Poetry Center San Jose. She taught high school poetry for five years, has…
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Sunday, April 6th — 4:30-6:30 pm
Vocalist Bobbe Norris
with the Larry Dunlap Trio
Seward McCain, bass
Jim Zimmerman, drums
Pianist Larry Dunlap and vocalist Bobbe Norris have been performing together since the late 1970s, married since about the same time. Born in San Francisco, she was singing at…
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Saturday, April 5th – 7 p.m.
Amerarcana No. 5:
A Bird & Beckett Review
release reading and celebration!
Join us Saturday night, April 5th, to celebrate the fifth edition of our annual literary magazine, Amerarcana.  On hand for the reading will be contributors Duncan McNaughton, Richard O. Moore, Julien…
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