August 2008

Saturday, August 2 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Alice C. Royal, author of Allensworth, the Freedom Colony, will read and sign copies of her book at the Allensworth Founders Day Celebration. There will be great entertainment, other speakers, food, and tours of the historic buildings.
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park, Allensworth, CA
Free and open to the public; for more information visit friendsofallensworthsandiego.com.

Saturday, August 2 at 10:00 a.m.
Join John Muir Laws, author of The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada, for an intensive full-day botanical illustration workshop.
Tilden Park Botanic Garden Visitor Center, Intersection of Wildcat Canyon Rd. and South Park Dr., Berkeley, CA 94708
Tickets are $95 for members, $100 for nonmembers; for more information call (510) 841-8732.

Saturday, August 2 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Inlandia Institue presents “All Lit Up: Three Regional Women Poets Read From and Discuss Their New Books.” The speakers are Cati Porter, author of Seven Floors Up; Maureen Alsop, author of Apparition Wren; and Judy Kronenfeld, author of Light Lowering in Diminished Sevenths.
Main Library, 3581 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501
Free and open to the public; for more information call (951) 826-5201.

Saturday, August 2 at 4:00 p.m.
Bruce Patterson, author of Walking Tractor, will read from and sign copies of his book.
Four-Eyed Frog Books, Cypress Village, 39138 Ocean Dr., Gualala, CA 95445
Free and open to the public; for more information call (707) 884-1333.

Saturday, August 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Join High Sierra of California artist Tom Killion and author Gary Snyder for a reading and slide presentation about woodcut printing. This is part of the Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series.
Parsons Memorial Lodge, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, CA 95389
Free and open to the public; for more information visit www.nps.gov/yose/parsons/2004.pdf.

Sunday, August 3 at 2:00 p.m.
Join High Sierra of California artist Tom Killion and author Gary Snyder for a reading and slide presentation about woodcut printing. This is part of the Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series.
Parsons Memorial Lodge, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, CA 95389
Free and open to the public; for more information visit www.nps.gov/yose/parsons/2004.pdf.

Saturday, August 16 at 1:00 p.m.
“How I See It—My Place Showcase” will bring together ten weeks of creative work in a multimedia show of photographs and creative writing by Inlandia kids 13 to 19 years old. This is an Inlandia Institute event.
Main Library, 3581 Mission Inn Ave., Riverside, CA 92501
Free and open to the public; for more information visit www.californiastories.org.

Tuesday, August 19 at 12:30 p.m.
Herb Gold, Malcom Margolin, Aris Janigian, and William E. Justice, as a part of  “A Salute to William Saroyan,” will appear on a panel to celebrate Saroyan’s life and the new anthology He Flies Through the Air with the Greatest of Ease.
Mechanics’ Institute Library, 57 Post St., Suite 406, San Francisco, CA 94104
Free and open to the public; for more information call (415) 393-0114.

Wednesday, August 27 at 7:00 p.m.
Adam David Miller, author of Ticket to Exile, will read from and sign copies of his book.
Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925
Free and open to the public; for more information email rlakota@bookpassage.com.

Thursday, August 28 at 7:00 p.m.
The City of Fresno, the Armenian Museum, and the Centennial Committee present “The William Saroyan Birthday Celebration” to commemorate the author’s one hundredth birthday. There will be music, dancing, stories, and food.
William Saroyan Theater, 700 M St., Fresno, CA 93721
Tickets are $50; for more information and reservations call (559) 243-5880.