For more than twenty years, the Los Angeles Times columnist Al Martinez (1929-2015) delighted, and enriched the lives of, thousands of readers across southern California. An Oakland native, he attended San Francisco State...
Read MoreJoin poet Irena Klepfisz with scriptwriter/actor Naomi Newman and director Bruce Bierman for a discussion about translating poetry from “page to stage.” Hosted by Laura Sheppard, Director of Events, Mechanics’...
Read MoreJoin a discussion with writer Valerie Luu, photographer Andria Lo, and poet Hieu Minh Nguyen exploring intergenerational stories and reflections of the culture of Chinatown. Lavish in the fun, colorful, sartorial images and...
Read MoreA colorful compilation of inspiring and unfathomable stories woven together by humor, pathos, confluences of fate, and the eternal guiding hands of the author’s ancestors. Debbie Chinn begins this colorful memoir by...
Read MoreSan Francisco’s Fillmore the “Harlem of the West” is the setting for this compelling story about family and community and a mother’s aspirations for her musical daughters amid threatening relationships...
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