[Permatopia] Tsunami Books Indiegogo Crowdfunding Campaign ends on June 16, 2015

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  TSUNAMI BOOKS  SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

FOLKS: Our Tsunami Books Indiegogo Crowdfunding Campaign ends on June 16.  

Please consider a modest contribution to the Saving and Sustaining of this 20 year old Bookstore.

Here’s the Link:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-sustain-tsunami-books-community-events-center

or, just type into your web browser:

igg.me/at/tsunami-books

  Thank you very much.

Sunday, May 24 4-7(?) PM:  Banjo Appreciation Day co-sponsored by Sean Shanahan and Tsunami!  Folks, this is an experiment, a first of its kind in Eugene, and theoretically a first of many at Tsunami.  So far what we’ve got for a format:  Sign-Up begins at 3:30.  15 minutes per slot. Slots picked lottery style, or as much by co-operation as possible.  Each BANJO player may have one accompanying musician.  Singing allowed.  Banjo jokes encouraged.  We plan to have one slot per hour pre-filled with hand-picked local “Banjo Masters.”  We also plan to record the event for the sake of a small CD pressing.  Bring yer friends and family, this is an All-Ages Event!
(donations encouraged and much appreciated)

Saturday, May 30, 5 PM:  The Poets of Airlie Press.  Featured Poets will be  Karen McPherson, author of “Skein of Light” (2014); and Tim Shaner, author of “Picture X” (2014).  Karen is a professor of French at the U of O.   Tim holds a PHD in English from SUNY, and currently teaches writing at LCC.  Other Airlie  Poets reading will include: Anita Sullivan, Carter McKenzie, Donna Henderson, Cecelia Hagen, Stephanie Lenox, Dawn Diez Willis, Deb Akers, Darlene Pagán, Tim Whitsel, and Chris Anderson. Airlie is a collective poetry press formed in 2007 and located in the Willamette Valley.  It has published 11 books by different members.  Light refreshments.  (free)

Sunday, May 31, 5 PM:  Book Release Celebration by Deb Mohr (Eugene),  author of the newly released novel “Great Day in the Morning.”  A young woman living in Mississippi comes of age in the 50’s, and joins the Civil Rights Movement.  As a woman of today’s world, she reflects.  Deb’s previous novel was “The Flume Tender’s Daughter.”  Light refreshments. 

Saturday, June 6, 12-5 PM:  Record Store Day!  A day to celebrate the magic of Vinyl.  DJ Connor will be spinning the discs, we’ll have a record cleaning machine on hand, and the back room will be filled with friendly dealers’ gems.  Plus, prices for all records on our shelves will be open for negotiation with Will, our record dealer for 19 years now. 

Sunday, June 7,  7:30 PM:  Music Lovers, Mark your Calendar:  “The Brotet!”
Samson Grisman (Bass), Dominick Leslie (Mandolin), Alex Hargreaves (Fiddle) and Nathaniel Smith (Cello) have been great friends and musical confidants since they met each other on the bluegrass festival circuit in their pre-teens. The group is comprised of four of the most individualized instrumental voices in a new generation of acoustic musicians, and they play together with a cohesion that can only come from more than a decade of musical camaraderie. Drawing inspiration from the music of David Grisman, Béla Fleck, Tim O’Brien, Darol Anger, Jerry Douglas and many other luminary new-acousticians, Grisman, Leslie, Hargreaves and Smith have forged a sound that has elements of Oldtime, Jazz, Funk, Free-Improvisation, and Bluegrass with an energy that is entirely their own. Their new EP features original compositions from each of the members and is sure to be enjoyed by anyone with a broad musical palate and open ears. (tix Now on Sale $16, 541-345-8986)

Thursday, June 11, 7:30 PM:  Reading and Book-Signing by Kathleen Cremonesi (Lane County), author of “Love in the Elephant Tent: How Running Away with the Circus Brought Me Home.” With thrilling prose and vivid descriptions, Kathleen takes the reader around the Mediterranean, where she discovers unexpected friends and learns how to cook, forgive, and love -- across language barriers.  This book is a treat for lovers of Italian culture.  Light refreshments.  (free)
And here, for your enjoyment, is a short youtube clip of Kathleen’s debut comedy here in Eugene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME5FA4qMJE0

Friday, June 12, 7 PM:  Dramatic Reading and Celebration of the newly released book “The Wounded Alphabet: Collected Poems,” by George Hitchcock ( http://www.tavernbooks.com/ ). George (deceased), formerly of Eugene, as well as Portland, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and La Paz, was a surrealist with a vast, playfully serious spirit in the universe of poetry. His is an art of carnivals, parades, and big brass instruments with top-hatted showmanship lit up on the page. His wild, vaudevillian style is saturated with a pure joy for words, but always with a reverence for meaning. The Wounded Alphabet collects over five decades of writing and contains twelve early collages that illustrate his ongoing painterly obsession with the juxtaposition of images.  George was always a favorite contributor to the poetry world at Tsunami Books.  This grand event is in conjunction with a major showing of his paintings at the White Lotus Gallery (http://www.wlotus.com/ ) In Eugene on Saturday, June 13.  Light refreshment.

Also Saturday, June 13, 7:30:  The Eugene Poetry Slam’s 9th and Final Slam of the Season: The 6th Annual Love, Romance, and SEX-themed Slam.  Tell us about your heartaches, tell us about your heart-throbs, get as wild and free (verbally) as you can possibly be.  Relationships have been saved at our “Sex Slam;” one time a whole row of octogenarians experienced orgasms of laughter; and always, for the only slam of the year, props, including human props, are both allowed and encouraged.  Plus, this year we are thrilled to have Trudy Baucherie, the amazing Queen of Eugene Burlesque, to bring a little extra blood to the poesy.  Sign-up begins at 7, open mic at 7:45, Featured Poet at 8:15, the Slam proper at 8:45.  Suggested 18 and over only.  (tix $5-infinity at the door)

Saturday, June 20, 4-6 PM:  The Third Saturday Readers Series Redux.  Folks, in years gone by, this Series, hosted for years by Poet Charles Thielman, was one of the local and regional mainstays for our Poetry, Prose and Fiction Writers.  When Charles and Gail left the area, various experiments with a Third Saturday Series ensued.  As none had the continuity Charles brought to the Tsunami stage, the series came to an end.  And now, with the help of Laura LeHew and friends, comes its redux.  Synchronicity at play (as it often is at Tsunami), Charles Thielman will be the first Featured Reader.  An Open Mic, Original Work Forum,  will be a new, experimental facet of this series.  Light refreshments.  Stay tuned for details. 

Also Saturday, June 20, 7 PM:  The Actors Table of Eugene: Play Readings a la Carte presents  “Make ‘Em Laugh: All Comedy All Night Long.”  90 minutes of guaranteed fun by the best Actors in Eugene.  Always a pleasure having these folks on the stage.  (tix $5-infinity at the door)

Sunday, June 21, 4-6 PM:  Reading, Discussion and Book-Signing by Frank Romano (originally from Eugene), author of “Love and Terror in the Middle East,” 4th Edition.  Frank’s book dramatically captures the author's efforts to promote understanding and cooperation in the region between Jews, Muslims and Christians. It details Romano's arduous journeys between Israel and the West Bank, discussing issues and organizing activities among religious and national groups. Traveling between these areas has been risky: he has been harassed/arrested by the Palestinian police, harassed/arrested by Israeli soldiers and attacked by Israeli settlers. A peace activist friend was recently murdered in the West Bank. This Fourth Edition includes a new chapter, Chapter 82: "In the Midst of a Riot." It recounts a recent harrowing experience in Jenin, West Bank, when he was trapped in a riot following the killing of a Palestinian youth by Israeli soldiers.  Books for sale at $18.00.  Light refreshments. (free)

Wednesday, June 24, 3-5 PM:  Discussion and book-signing by Dr Guy McPherson, author of “Going Dark.” Going Dark is the story of one scientist's response to the horrors we face. It is a deeply personal narrative infused with abundant evidence to support its terrifying claims. In the words of syndicated cartoonist David Fitzsimmons, McPherson's ""approach is disarming and his message is both life-changing and convincingly alarming. A blend of Paul Revere with Rachel Carson, Guy McPherson is a significant voice of rational conscience nudging in the wilderness.  The signing precedes his 7 PM evening talk at the Unitarian Universalist Church. 

Saturday, June 27, 5-7 PM:  Reading and Chapbook Release Celebration by the Red Sofa Poets.  Poets include: Janet Bernstein, Kelly Eastlund, Michael Hanner, Toni  Hanner, Shelly Krehbiel, Joy McDowell, Keli Osborn, Sam Roxa-Chua, Amedee Smith and Sherry Wellborn. 

Sunday, June 28, 4-6 PM:  Book Release Celebration for Carl Falsgraf (Eugene), author of the travel memoir “Highway Blues.” Carl Falsgraf was successful, respected, and well-paid in a job he loved. Then he turned fifty-five, left it all and hit the road in a 1999 Toyota pickup. Forty-nine days meandering America’s backroads led to adventures, an intriguing cast of characters, and, ultimately, a profound sense of peace. This quintessentially American tale of loss and discovery takes the reader along on the journey of a lifetime.  Joining Carl for a musical interlude will be Walker T Ryan.  Light refreshments.

Tuesday, June 30, 7 PM:  Lecture and Signing by Martin Prechtel, author of the new book “The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise” (North Atlantic Books).  Martin, a Mayan Shaman, is the author of five previous books about the indigenous soul in all people.  About this book, Coleman Barks says: “"MartIn Prechtel's genius takes many forms: painting, music, a continuously evolving learning community, and thank God, "books "like this one. I get so excited reading it, I cannot stay in one place. I sit reading on my porch...then back to my living room to make a fire and watch MartIn's gorgeously alive prose burn inside me. His ideas and language are so enlivening, my impulse is to quote great sections of it. I'll just touch on a few of his brilliant insights around how animals help us to grieve, and to make our way out of grief into the beauty of praising. As he says, animals help us grieve our loss of naturalness. And we have mostly forgotten 'the very old worldwide tribal custom of having a "grief relative" from the wild living together with us in our houses.' Caring for animals is a sacred responsibility. To truly grieve and to weep deeply is something the animals really do help us with. And O they help us praise too, to accomplish that most marvelous art of turning the grief into praising. MartIn tells us, 'Let the world jump up and live again, ' and he makes that happen with his delicious sentences. Read this necessary, very beautiful book, and then read it again."  Martin has brought us together at Tsunami many times over the years.  Expect a full house. Books for sale ($15.25); donations accepted to help with Martin and family’s travel expenses.

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