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Come check out local favorite Rebecca Schall's newest collection, Historic Photos of San Francisco in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. She'll be discussing these photos, along with her previous books, Historic Photos of San Francisco, and Hisotoric Photos of the Presidio. This is your chance to see (or remember) what San Francisco looked like in the good old days, and get your signed copies of her beautiful tributes to The City. | 8
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Joseph Mattson will be cruising into the store on the evening of September 8th to read from and sign his debut novel Empty the Sun, out in September. How can you go wrong with a pre-apocalyptic cross-country race to bury the murdered past, culminating in a gunfight with God? To top it off, the book comes with a CD that sets this beautifully reckless novel of transgressive loss to an open-road, open-whiskey soundtrack composed by Drag City recording artist Six Organs of Admittance. Come experience Joseph Mattson's fast-paced and gritty debut live and in person, and pick up your signed copy of Empty the Sun while you're at it (everything included but the whiskey). | 9
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Come check out the latest in a series of creative collaborations by New York City artists and friends Zachary Lipez, Nick Zinner (guitarist for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs), and Stacy Wakefield, titled Please Take Me Off the Guest List. The trio will be hanging out with us at the Hemlock Tavern for a fantastic mixed-media performance of prose, photography, and music, bringing to life their lovely and multi-faceted project. In Please Take Me off the Guest List, Zachary Lipez's essays recount his adventures as a bartender, drug abuser, bookstore clerk, metal fan, miserable adolescent and relentless skirt chaser. His inimitable voice walks the line between self-loathing and hedonistic delight and is biting, moving and extremely funny. Nick Zinner's photographs evoke the world he travels with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. His always present camera documents decadent late nights as well as blissfully fresh sun-dappled landscapes. His images are rich in narrative and unwaveringly optimistic. The book is edited and designed by their longtime collaborator, book artist Stacy Wakefield. The unique structure she has devised for this book presents Zachary's essays as separate books-within-the-book while the stories built by the photographs course through and around them. Zachary, Nick, and Stacy have produced three previous books together: No Seats on the Party Car, Slept in Beds, and I Hope You Are All Happy Now. We're anticipating that space for this event is sure to fill up quickly, so be sure to get to the Hemlock Tavern early for this one. See you there. | 10
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