BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Shop The Elmwood - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://stew.bluebamboodesigns.net X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Shop The Elmwood REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170907T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170907T180000 DTSTAMP:20170909T002609Z CREATED:20170825T234545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170909T002609Z UID:1612-1504807200-1504807200@stew.bluebamboodesigns.net SUMMARY:Alice Waters OFFSITE @ FSM CAFE\, UC BERKELEY DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the publication of Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook\, the long-awaited memoir from cultural icon and culinary standard bearer Alice Waters who recalls the circuitous road and tumultuous times leading to the opening of what is arguably America’s most influential restaurant.\n\n\n\n\nWhen Alice Waters opened the doors of her “little French restaurant” in Berkeley in 1971 at the age of 27\, no one ever anticipated the indelible mark it would leave on the culinary landscape–Alice least of all. Fueled in equal parts by naivete and a relentless pursuit of beauty and pure flavor\, she turned her passion project into an iconic institution that redefined American cuisine for generations of chefs and food lovers. URL:https://stew.bluebamboodesigns.net/event/alice-waters-offsite-fsm-cafe-uc-berkeley/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:Book Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://stew.bluebamboodesigns.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/alicewaters.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170907T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170907T193000 DTSTAMP:20170909T002531Z CREATED:20170826T000615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170909T002531Z UID:1613-1504812600-1504812600@stew.bluebamboodesigns.net SUMMARY:Andy Couturier presents The Abundance of Less: Lessons in Simple Living from Rural Japan. DESCRIPTION:  \n“We are in an overheated world–physically and spiritually. It is extremely powerful to read of people who have managed to escape that world\, not by traveling to outer space but by heading toward reality. This is subversive in the best possible way.”–Bill McKibben \nBuy a book to reserve your seat. Call the store 510.704.8222 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndy Couturier captures the texture of sustainable lives well lived in these ten profiles of ordinary–yet exceptional–men and women who left behind mainstream existences in urban Japan to live surrounded by the luxuries of nature\, art\, friends\, delicious food\, and an abundance of time. Drawing on traditional Eastern spiritual wisdom and culture\, these pioneers describe the profound personal transformations they underwent as they escaped the stress\, consumerism\, busyness\, and dependence on technology of modern life. This intimate and evocative book tells of their fulfilling lives as artists\, philosophers\, and farmers who rely on themselves for happiness and sustenance. By inviting readers to enter into the essence of these individuals’ days\, Couturier shows us how we too can bring more meaning and richness to our own lives. URL:https://stew.bluebamboodesigns.net/event/andy-couturier-presents-abundance-less-lessons-simple-living-rural-japan/ LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://stew.bluebamboodesigns.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/andycouturier.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170914T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170914T193000 DTSTAMP:20170921T045600Z CREATED:20170826T001054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170921T045600Z UID:1621-1505417400-1505417400@stew.bluebamboodesigns.net SUMMARY:Sebastian Barry reading from Days Without End DESCRIPTION:The winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award (his second)\, longlisted for the Man Booker prize\, and just released in paperback. \n“A true leftfield wonder: Days Without End is a violent\, superbly lyrical western offering a sweeping vision of America in the making\, the most fascinating line-by-line first person narration I’ve come across in years.”–Kazuo Ishiguro \nBuy a book to reserve your seat! Call the store 510.704.8222. \n“For its exhilarating use of language alone\, Sebastian Barry’s Days Without End stood out among the year’s novels. Epic in conception but comparatively brief in its extent\, this brutal\, beautiful book also features the year’s most beguiling narrator … A great American novel which happens to have been written by an Irishman.”–The Times Literary Supplement \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThomas McNulty\, aged barely seventeen and having fled the Great Famine in Ireland\, signs up for the U.S. Army in the 1850s. With his brother in arms\, John Cole\, Thomas goes on to fight in the Indian Wars–against the Sioux and the Yurok–and\, ultimately\, the Civil War. Orphans of terrible hardships themselves\, the men find these days to be vivid and alive\, despite the horrors they see and are complicit in. Moving from the plains of Wyoming to Tennessee\, Sebastian Barry’s latest work is a masterpiece of atmosphere and language. An intensely poignant story of two men and the makeshift family they create with a young Sioux girl\, Winona\, Days Without End is a fresh and haunting portrait of the most fateful years in American history and is a novel never to be forgotten. \nSebastian Barry is an award-winning novelist\, poet\, and playwright. His novels include The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty\, Annie Dunne\, A Long Long Way\, The Secret Scripture\, On Canaan’s Side\, and The Temporary Gentleman. Born in Dublin in 1955\, he lives in Wicklow with his family. URL:https://stew.bluebamboodesigns.net/event/sebastian-barry-reading-days-without-end/ LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://stew.bluebamboodesigns.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dayswithoutend.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170916T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170916T160000 DTSTAMP:20170921T045549Z CREATED:20170901T235218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170921T045549Z UID:1625-1505577600-1505577600@stew.bluebamboodesigns.net SUMMARY:Constance Anderson launch for her picture book\, A Stick Until . . . DESCRIPTION:  \nBuy a book to reserve your seat! Call the store 510.704.8222. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nA stick is just a stick until an elephant turns it into a flyswatter\, an alligator uses it to catch prey\, or a child uses a stick as a toy. Anderson shows readers how a simple stick can become a tool or a toy in this enjoyable look at the many uses animals and people can find for sticks. Creative uses of sticks range from chimpanzees catching tasty treats to birds attracting mates. A fun book to read to an inquisitive child or for use in a classroom\, A Stick Until shows the wonders of nature and the joys of imagination. \nConstance Anderson is an abstract painter\, graphic designer\, and scientific illustrator. Her images\, which combine paint and collage\, are influenced by multiple faades of her work. In addition to making art\, she teaches art and develops art curriculum. She lives in the Bay Area. URL:https://stew.bluebamboodesigns.net/event/constance-anderson-launch-picture-book-stick/ LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://stew.bluebamboodesigns.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/a-stick-until.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170919T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170919T193000 DTSTAMP:20170921T045537Z CREATED:20170902T001137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170921T045537Z UID:1629-1505849400-1505849400@stew.bluebamboodesigns.net SUMMARY:Louise Marburg in Conversation with Mary Volmer discussing Marburg's collection of short stories\, The Truth About Me. DESCRIPTION:“Smart and lovely stories\, perceptive\, compassionate\, and sometimes shocking. Who are these people\, so helpless in the currents that surround them? Marburg reveals their cowardice\, their flaws\, and their deep capacities to engage the heart.”—Roxana Robinson\n\n\n\nBuy a book to reserve your seat! Call the store 510.704.8222 \n\n\n\n\n\nIn this debut of extraordinary stories\, notions of love and self are turned upside \ndown by characters who encounter their own shortcomings\, secrets\, and \ninventions. No matter what their station in life\, the characters in these wry and \nmoving stories face moments in which the shock of being\, and becoming\, \ncomes from within. These stories show us how to navigate intimacy\, confront \nimperfection\, and like so many of the characters here must\, endure the private \npain that separates us from others. URL:https://stew.bluebamboodesigns.net/event/louise-marburg-conversation-mary-volmer-discussing-marburgs-collection-short-stories-truth/ LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://stew.bluebamboodesigns.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/truth.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170923T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170923T160000 DTSTAMP:20170927T235240Z CREATED:20170902T001630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170927T235240Z UID:1633-1506182400-1506182400@stew.bluebamboodesigns.net SUMMARY:For Kids! Dashka Slater presents her gorgeous new picture book\, The Antlered Ship. DESCRIPTION:“Young readers will revel in the whimsical touches\, like the peg-legged pigeon sailor and the imaginative map gracing the book’s endpapers. This gorgeous\, eye-opening adventure is an engrossing reading experience that proudly touts curiosity and finding friendship in kindred spirits.” —Booklist (starred review) \nBuy a book to reserve your seat! Call the store 510.704.8222. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn Slater’s newest picture book\, an inquisitive fox sets off on a seafaring voyage with a crew of deer and pigeons in this enchanting tale of friendship and adventure. \nMarco the fox has a lot of questions\, like: how deep does the sun go when it sinks into the sea? And why do birds have such lizardy feet? But none of the other foxes share his curiosity. So when a magnificent ship adorned with antlers and with a deer for a captain arrives at the dock looking for a crew\, Marco volunteers\, hoping to find foxes who are as inquisitive as he is that can answer his questions. The crew finds adventure and intrigue on their journey. And\, at last\, Marco finds the answer to his most important question of all: What’s the best way to find a friend you can talk to? \nDashka Slater’s four picture books have won widespread praise for their inventive language and vivid imagery. Baby Shoes was named one of the best children’s books of 2006 by both Booklist and Nick Jr. magazines and was chosen for the Texas 2×2 list of best books for children age two to grade two. The Sea Serpent and Me was a Junior Library Guild Selection and a finalist for the Cybil and Chickadee Awards\, as well as being named to the 2008 Librarians’ Choices List of the best books for children and young adults. Dangerously Ever After was named the 2013-14 Surrey Picture Book of the Year based on the votes of over 12\,700 elementary school students. A recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts\, Slater is also an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in such publications as Newsweek\, Salon\, The New York Times Magazine\, and Mother Jones. She is also the author of a novel for adults\, The Wishing Box\, which the Los Angeles Times named to its list of the year’s best fiction in 2000. URL:https://stew.bluebamboodesigns.net/event/kids-dashka-slater-presents-gorgeous-new-picture-book-antlered-ship/ LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloways Bookstore\, 2904 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States CATEGORIES:Book Reading ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://stew.bluebamboodesigns.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/antletered.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR