Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Poetry For Water

Straight from friends of the Progressive Reading Series . . .

POETRY FOR WATER

THURSDAY, MAY 1ST, 7:00 PM

An incredible evening with Dave Eggers, Maxine Hong Kingston, Roger Housden, Elizabeth Rosner, Nina Wise, and great music to Bring Clean Water to the Samburu People of Northern Kenya

COWELL THEATRE, FORT MASON
$30 tickets at Fortmason.org/boxoffice
Phone: 415–345–7575

Dave Eggers, best-selling author of What is the What, reading by acclaimed author Maxine Hong Kingston, poetry readings by Roger Housden (author of the Ten Poems series) and poet-novelist Elizabeth Rosner, live music, and performance artist extraordinaire, Nina Wise.

Host/MC: Beth Lisick, author of Helping Me Help Myself

All money raised goes toward building the second of a series of water catchment areas along the migration route of the Samburu people of Northern Kenya, near the border with Ethiopia. The water will save their children from the fatal diseases of polluted water sources, and will also help to sustain the Samburu's fragile nomadic way of life. The groundwork is administered by a global charity, Wherever The Need. David Crosweller, the founder, will be here from London to give a brief talk and slide show on the project.


Photos From March


Check out these amazing photos from the March Progressive Reading, taken by Alex JB.





Sunday, April 20, 2008

Coming Up!

Saturday, May 17
A Special Literary Benefit To
SAVE RENT CONTROL

THE PROGRESSIVE READING SERIES

Featuring Authors: Mary Roach, Pam Houston, Adam Mansbach, David West, Mark Pritchard

Plus: Sticky Notes from This American Life's Starlee Kine
Josh Bearman's Multi-Media Extravaganza
Comedian Nato Green
and The Progressive Reading Series All-Star Minstrels

Hosted by Stephen Elliott
7pm At The Makeout Room
3225 22nd Street 415 647 2888 $10-20 sliding scale

www.progressivereadingseries.org