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Calendar courtesy of The Dirt.
There are several other great resources for finding arts and culture events, exhibits, performances, and other creative activities in the Davis area:
Davis Enterprise | UC Davis Arts & Entertainment | YoloArts | Visit Yolo
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Author Talk: Kim Stanley Robinson
January 23 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
$15 – $20
Don’t miss this special appearance by renowned author Kim Stanley Robinson, a science fiction writer whose novels and stories focus on ecological sustainability and social justice, and often feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel, the Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the World Fantasy Award.
“The gold standard of realistic, and highly literary, science-fiction writing.”—The Atlantic
“Generally acknowledged as one of the greatest living science-fiction writers.”—The New Yorker
The Ministry for the Future is a climate-themed novel set in the near future which offers a vision of global cooperation to combat climate change. The novel was chosen by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of the year, and has been widely hailed for its imaginative account of humanity’s efforts to combat climate change before it’s too late.
“The best science-fiction nonfiction novel I’ve ever read.” —Jonathan Lethem
“If I could get policymakers, and citizens, everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future.” —Ezra Klein (Vox)
At his talk in Winters, Robinson will discuss what he has learned since writing that book, and may give a hint about what he is working on now.
Bring your copies of his books for signing after the talk.