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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Alice Rothchild
DESCRIPTION:Alice Rothchild will speak about her remarkable autobiography\, Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist Physician. \nAbout the Author \nAlice Rothchild is a physician\, author\, and filmmaker who loves storytelling that pushes boundaries and engages us in unexpected conversations. She practiced ob-gyn for almost 40 years and served as Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology\, Harvard Medical School. She received Boston Magazine’s Best of Boston’s Women Doctors Award\, was named in Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975\, had her portrait painted for Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth project\, and was named a Peace Pioneer by the American Jewish Peace Archive. \nAbout the Book \nA remarkable autobiography\, written entirely in free verse\, of Alice Rothchild’s journey from 1950’s good girl to irreverent\, feisty\, feminist obstetrician-gynecologist forging her own direction in the contradictory\, sexist world of medicine. As a child who came of age in the turbulent 1960s\, she was compelled to create a path in the often outrageous\, male-dominated medical field\, repeatedly finding herself to be a first: accepted into an ob-gyn residency\, opening an all-woman practice\, working with midwives\, challenging the status quo\, shaped by her early involvement with Our Bodies Ourselves. Rothchild’s poems are steeped in the often-shocking history of medicine and the conflicted sexual politics of the second half of the twentieth century.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/author-talk-alice-rothchild/
LOCATION:The Avid Reader\, 617 2nd St.
CATEGORIES:Books & Talks
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SUMMARY:Davis Bookworms
DESCRIPTION:Do you love reading\, but hate being told what book to read? Are you intrigued by the idea of a book club\, but too busy to do the reading beforehand? If so\, then you’ll fit right in with the Davis Bookworms! We are a brand new “silent” book club\, in which everyone brings a book of their own choosing\, reads for an hour\, and then socializes for an hour. We meet every two weeks on Sunday at Nashoba Wines\, right here in Davis. So whether you’re feeling the Sunday Scaries\, or just love to read\, come join us for an afternoon of good books\, good wine\, and good company!
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/davis-bookworms-3/
LOCATION:Nashoba Wines\, 820 4th St\, Davis\, C\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books & Talks,Community
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SUMMARY:Stories on Stage
DESCRIPTION:This popular event\, featuring actors reading works by writers from Davis and beyond\, kicks off its 11th season with a new location (Sudwerk) and a new time (second Sundays\, 4-6 pm). \nBeer and wine available for purchase on tap\, featuring emcee Dr. Andy Jones. \nTo learn more about Stories on Stage\, click here.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/stories-on-stage-16/
LOCATION:Sudwerk Brewing Co.\, 2001 2nd St\, Davis\, CA\, 95618\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books & Talks
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SUMMARY:Stories on Stage Davis presents Bob Dunning
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy an evening with the legendary local columnist\, as actor Larry Lew presents some of Bob’s favorite columns and new writing on Substack. Next\, Dr. Andy Jones will interview Dunning in a one-on-one live chat. A special event you won’t want to miss.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/stories-on-stage-davis-presents-bob-dunning/
LOCATION:Sudwerk Brewing Co  2001 2nd Street  Davis\, CA 95618\, 2001 2nd Street\, Davis\, CA\, 95618\, United States
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Jessica Guerrieri
DESCRIPTION:DAVIS VETERANS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM. Come join us for the launch of Jessica Guerrieri’s debut novel\, Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea. Winner of the UC Davis Maurice Prize for Fiction\, Guerrieri will be in conversation with New York Times bestselling author and Oprah’s Book Club Pick\, Lara Love Hardin. Together\, they will discuss the novel’s themes of motherhood\, family\, & addiction. Each ticket includes a signed copy of Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. 7p – 9p. $25. \n 
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/author-talk-jessica-guerrieri/
LOCATION:Davis Veterans Memorial Theatre\, 203 E. 14th Street\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books & Talks
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Avid Reader":MAILTO:avidreaderbooks@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Davis Bookworms
DESCRIPTION:Do you love reading\, but hate being told what book to read? Are you intrigued by the idea of a book club\, but too busy to do the reading beforehand? If so\, then you’ll fit right in with the Davis Bookworms! We are a brand new “silent” book club\, in which everyone brings a book of their own choosing\, reads for an hour\, and then socializes for an hour. We meet every two weeks on Sunday at Nashoba Wines\, right here in Davis. So whether you’re feeling the Sunday Scaries\, or just love to read\, come join us for an afternoon of good books\, good wine\, and good company!
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/davis-bookworms-4/
LOCATION:Nashoba Wines\, 820 4th St\, Davis\, C\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books & Talks,Community
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Manvir Singh
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of Manvir Singh’s debut release\, Shamanism: The Timeless Religion. \nAbout the Author \nManvir Singh is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of California\, Davis. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and a PhD in human evolutionary biology from Harvard University. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker\, and his writings have also appeared in Wired\, Vice\, Aeon\, and The Guardian\, as well as in leading academic journals\, including Science\, Nature Human Behaviour\, and Behavioral and Brain Sciences. He has studied the use of psychedelics in the rain forests of Colombia and\, since 2014\, has conducted ethnographic fieldwork with Mentawai communities on Siberut Island\, Indonesia\, focusing on shamanism and justice. He lives with his wife\, Nina\, and daughter\, Zora\, in Davis\, California. \nAbout the Book \nFrom a brilliant\, young\, Harvard-trained anthropologist and contributor to The New Yorker comes a fascinating investigation into the spiritual practice of shamanism\, from its beginnings to the present moment\, for readers disaffected with organized religion who seek a more personal approach to spirituality. \nWhat are the origins of shamanism\, and what is its future? Do shamans believe in their powers? What exactly is trance? What can we learn from indigenous healing practices? \nTraveling from Indonesia to the Colombian Amazon\, living with shamans and observing music\, drug use\, and indigenous curing ceremonies\, anthropologist Manvir Singh journeys into one of the most mysterious religious traditions. Fundamentally\, shamans are specialists who use altered states to engage with unseen realms and provide services like healing and divination. As Singh shows\, shamanism’s appeal stems from its psychological resonance. Its essence is spiritual transformation: a specialist uses initiations\, deprivation\, and non-ordinary states to seemingly become a different kind of human\, one possessed of powers to cure\, prophesy\, and otherwise tame life’s uncertainties. \nFollowing a fascinating cast of characters\, Singh reveals the complexities and vicissitudes of a timeless\, always relevant\, and ubiquitous phenomenon. He argues that biomedicine can learn from shamanic practices and that psychedelic enthusiasts completely misrepresent history. He also shows that shamanic traditions will forever re-emerge – and that by contemplating humanity’s oldest spiritual practice\, we come to better understand ourselves\, our history\, and our future.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/author-talk-manvir-singh/
LOCATION:The Avid Reader\, 617 2nd St.
CATEGORIES:Books & Talks
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