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Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 7 pm

James Lenfestey reading from A CARTLOAD OF SCROLLS: ONE HUNDRED POEMS IN THE MANNER OF T'ANG DYNASTY POET HAN-SHAN published by Holy Cow! Press James P. Lenfestey is  a poet and writer based who divides his time between Minneapolis, Mackinac Island, Michigan, and Ojai Valley in California.  After a career in academia, advertising and journalism as an editorial writer at the Minneapolis StarTribune, where he won several Page One awards for excellence, he has published poetry, reviews and articles, plus a book of essays, The Urban Coyote: Howlings On Family, Community And The Search For Peace And Quet (Nodin Press, Minneapolis) He has produced over 10 chapbooks of poems, and hundreds of poems in literary magazines. In 2004 he published three collections: Saying Grace ( Marsh River Editions, Marshfield, WI) Affection For Spiders (Red Dragonfly Press, Red Wing, MN) and Odalisque, with drawings by Peter Kramer (Neo-Functionalist Press, Minneapolis).  In 2006 he published two collections, The Toothed And Clever World (Tree House Press, Ojai, CA), and Han-Shan Is The Cure For Warts (Red Dragonfly Press), poems in the tradition of his "literary mentor," Chinese Zen poet Han-shan. Thursday, February 21, 2008, 7 pm Celebration for Poet In New York A bilingual edition by Frederico García Lorca published by Grove Press A celebration, discussion, and reading with translators Pablo Medina and Mark Statman Newly translated for the first time in ten years, Federico García Lorca’s Poet in New York is an astonishing depiction of a tumultuous metropolis that changed the course of poetic expression in both Spain and the Americas. Written during Lorca’s nine months at Columbia University at the beginning of the Great Depression, Poet in New York is widely considered one of the most important books Lorca produced. This influential collection portrays a New York City populated with poverty, racism, social turbulence, and solitude—a New York intoxicating in its vitality and beauty. After the tragedy of September 11, 2001, poets Pablo Medina and Mark Statman were struck by how closely this seventy-year-old work spoke to the atmosphere of New York. They were compelled to create a new English version using a contemporary poet’s eye, which upholds Lorca’s surrealistic technique, mesmerizing complexity, and fierce emotion unlike any other translation to date. A defining work of modern literature, Poet in New York is a thrilling exposition of one American city that continues to change our perspective on the world around us. “The definitive version of Lorca’s masterpiece, in language that is as alive and molten today as was the original.”—John Ashbery February 21 - 24, 2008 International Zapatista Campaign presents The Fire and the Word City Lights is proud to release THE FIRE AND THE WORD, a photo-illustrated history of the Zapatista movement by Gloria Muñoz Ramírez, available in the U.S. for the first time in English and Spanish. 2008 commemorates the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Zapatista movement - and in that time a small group of indigenous organizer-activists has grown into an international movement. The Zapatista International Campaign heightens its call to action on the U.S. leg of its tour, which will include musical concerts and a photo exhibit. Already presented in over 150 cities around the globe, the Campaign will visit the Bay Area from Feb 21-24 with events at CCSF, the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, UC Berkeley, and more -- find out all the information on the tour here Thursday, February 21, 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm City College of San Francisco 1125 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Thursday, February 21, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (Gallery reception) 2868 Mission St. at 25th San Francisco, CA 94110 Opening Night celebration Dates of the exhibit: February 21 to 28 Friday, February 22, 1:30pm - 3:30pm UC Berkeley Valley Life Sciences Building, # 2060 Friday, February 22, 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Radio Zapatista - KPFA (94.1FM in Berkeley/San Francisco) Live transmission with simultaneous events at various "caracolitos" (San José Obrero, 1640 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 & Spanish Speaking Citizen's Foundation, 1470 Fruitvale Ave, Oakland, CA 94601) 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Radio Zapatista 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm - Special with the author Audio webcast: www.kpfa.org Saturday, February 23, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Corazón del Pueblo 4814 International Blvd. Oakland, CA 94601 Opening celebration of photo exhibit Dates of the exhibit: Feb 21-28 Saturday, February 23, 7:00 pm - 12:00 am Intertribal Friendship House 523 International Blvd. Oakland, CA 94606 Movie, music and more City Lights Books · 261 Columbus Ave. · San Francisco · CA · 94133 Forward email This email was sent to clifordharry@gmail.com, by City Lights Books. 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