Event Archive for December, 2012
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No Nutritional Value: Introduction to Modern Food
Sunday, December 16th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Sunday, December 16th 8pm FREE In the effort to promote proper nutrition, Fontbron Academy is proud to present “No Nutritional Value: Introduction to Modern Food”: a free lecture designed to elucidate the student in the correct ways of healthy eating, safe dieting, and table manners. Topics discussed will include: Table manners Purging What not to [...]
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Dorkbot SoCal
Sunday, December 16th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Sunday, December 16th 1 – 3pm FREE Dorkbot SoCal is a monthly meeting of artists (sound/image/movement/whatever), designers, engineers, students and other interested parties from the Los Angeles / Southern California area who are involved in the creation of electronic art (in the broadest sense of the term.) Presenters include: Michael Kontopoulos Michael Kontopoulos is an [...]
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Dodie Bellamy and Kevin Killian
Saturday, December 15th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 15th 8pm FREE Join us for a reading of poetry and prose by Bay Area writers Dodie Bellamy and Kevin Killian. Dodie will be reading a piece on activism, poetry, and Tommy James & the Shondells. Kevin will be reading from a new novel Spreadeagle (Publication Studio) and some Christmas-type things.
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The Winchester Mystery House
Friday, December 14th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Friday, December 14th 8pm FREE Colin Dickey will tell tales of the Winchester Mystery House, the sprawling 161-room Victorian monstrosity in San Jose, CA, long considered the “world’s most haunted house.” Colin will discuss Sarah Winchester’s life and times, the Winchester repeating rifle, the rise of spiritualism in the 19th century, and why just about [...]
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Jen Hofer and Dolores Dorantes
Friday, December 7th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Friday, December 7th 8pm FREE Poet Dolores Dorantes will be visiting Machine to read from her most recent book Estilo. At her request, all audience members will be blindfolded and gently handcuffed. Each poem will be followed by Jen Hofer’s translations. After this potentially intense experience audience members will be unblindfolded, uncuffed and then served [...]