Act I. “Bay area book fest!!! Starts at a party, ends at mcdonalds. My kind of weekend” A drizzly night didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd gathered in Berkeley to launch the ninth Bay Area Book Festival on the first Friday night in May. This year’s festival lineup: 250-plus authors,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-06-09 08:53:22 UTC ]
'The Good Asian' by Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandrew Tefenkgi and 'Squire' by Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh won Harvey Awards; and Sandman creator Neil Gaiman was inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame, during an awards ceremony held at Friday night during New York Comic Con. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
On Friday night, P&T Knitwear opened its doors on the Lower East Side to celebrate its grand opening. Any new indie bookstore/cafe is cause for applause, but this one in particular has a few fun bells and whistles worth mentioning! When you first walk in, what’s probably most noticeable is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-06-06 15:01:31 UTC ]
Amazon may not be in it for the long term but its investment in Autumn Nations Cup is likely to prompt interest from othersThere has been little cheer for unions and clubs this year as restrictions imposed by the pandemic have reduced cash flow to a trickle, prompted wage cuts and led to a run... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-11-12 19:00:30 UTC ]
After confusion regarding the legitimacy of a GoFundMe campaign to benefit two Minneapolis bookstores that burned down Friday night, the store's owner has taken it over and is urging supporters to donate. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
White supremacists and misogynists see the ancient Mediterranean as a touchstone. A group of concerned scholars, including the Facebook founder’s sister, are sounding the alarm. When members of the Unite the Right rally marched through Charlottesville on August 11, 2017 in polo shirts and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-05-30 12:59:08 UTC ]
Round 2 of the Fairfax-Westchester basketball rivalry is set for Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Faifax, with the No. 1 seed in the City Section Open Division playoffs on the line. Fairfax (22-1) held on for a 50-48 victory over Westchester (20-2) on Friday night. On Wednesday, each team tuned up.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fairfax (17-1) is ready to take on Westchester (18-1) on Friday night in the City Section basketball game of the year. Players are reaching peak form. Fans are ready to stand in line to pack the Fairfax gym. Coaches are ready to put together their final game preparation. Except the game is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Radio 1 DJ is about to take over the breakfast show – and will answer your questions in a live webchat from 12.30pm on Monday 13 August 11.46am BST The breakfast show host on BBC Radio 1 is one of the most talked-about jobs in the country, requiring sparkling banter unfeasibly early in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jill Thompson's 'Wonder Woman: the True Amazon,' John Lewis' 'March Book Three,' and Sonny Liew's 'The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye,' were among the graphic novels awarded Eisners at Friday night's ceremony. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nick Gomez-Hall, an administrative assistant at Counterpoint Press, has been confirmed dead in the wake of Friday night’s fire at the Oakland warehouse known as the Ghost Ship. He was 25. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pow! Bam! Boom! Sorry for borrowing terms from a comic book, but that pretty much describes Gardena Serra’s third-quarter performance on Friday night in La Puente. The Cavaliers turned loose their many athletes and scored touchdowns on three consecutive possessions against Bishop Amat while... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The City Section season has been about parity among the top teams, so it should come as no surprise that Fairfax and Westchester have ended the regular tied for first place in the Western League after the Lions knocked off Westchester, 47-43, on Friday night in a huge road victory. Freshman Ethan... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
It was one of those only in Los Angeles moments. Early in the second quarter of Friday night's City Section basketball showdown between Westchester and host Fairfax, fans from both sides of the sold-out bleachers started standing and screaming. And it wasn't because of a player. Singer Chris... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Friday night’s terror attacks in Paris apparently began with a small extremist cell in Brussels, where French authorities believe the attacks were planned and the operation financed, according to two U.S. federal law enforcement officials who have been advised about the ongoing French probe. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
With one game to play, Palisades, Hamilton and Venice are all tied for first place in the Western League with 3-1 records. On Friday night, Palisades hosts Westchester, Hamilton plays at Fairfax and Venice hosts University. All three first-place teams are in Division I, so the playoff seeding... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
A semifinal game of the Maranatha tournament on Friday night between Long Beach Poly and Fairfax produced a summer basketball game to remember. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg, who grew the company to a $2 billion valuation, died suddenly on Friday night. He is survived by wife Sheryl Sandberg, the COO at Facebook Inc., and two children. Sandberg married Goldberg in 2004 and credited him in her book "Lean In" for his role in creating a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones Piccadilly is to host a sleepover this Friday (24th October), following an incident last Thursday night (16th October) where a tourist got locked in Waterstones in Trafalgar Square. Waterstones is running a competition on the Airbnb website for 10 guests to win the chance to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
FRIDAY, JULY 19, AND SATURDAY, JULY 20 The 15th annual HARLEM BOOK FAIR is an outdoor literary extravaganza dedicated to black authors and their readers. The fair is at West 135th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard and features some 250 booths and exhibitions. The event, hosted by the New York... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]