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Affiliate
Events
Our Affiliate Event
program is made up of special co-sponsored events
with Bay Area businesses and non-profit organizations. Please note
contact and reservation details since some events require prior
registration and most charge an admission fee.
If you cannot attend an event but would still like to purchase a signed
book, click on the "Order a Signed Book" button. You can either pick it
up at the store after the event or have it shipped to you.
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Tuesday,
August 19th @ 6:00 pm
MARINES’
MEMORIAL CLUB
David
Danelo
The
Border: Exploring the U.S.-Mexican Divide
In 2007, award-winning
writer David J. Danelo spent three months
traveling the 1,952-mile length of the U.S.-Mexico border from the Gulf
of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. In an effort to gain firsthand
knowledge of the front-line political and security issues facing
America, Danelo interviewed Border Patrol agents, local politicians,
immigration activists, deported migrants, and religious officials. The
Border: Exploring the U.S.-Mexican Divide chronicles Danelo’s
three month quest to comprehend la frontera’s natural beauty,
lethal reality, and political complexity. Please note: This event will
take place at the Marines’ Memorial Association, 609 Sutter
Street. Check in is at 5:00 pm. Admission is free to all. For
reservations and information, please call 415-293-4600.
Monday,
August 25th @ 5:15 pm
COMMONWEALTH
CLUB
HOW
WE EAT
Jenni
Ferrari-Adler
Alone
in the Kitchen with Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining
Alone
Is there a stigma about
eating alone? We all cook alone at one point or
another. Jenni Ferrari-Adler lets us know that other people are as hung
up on it as we are. Her essays make good company: They're meant to
inspire, entertain, comfort and provide practical help in the form of
recipes for one. Please
note: This event will take place at the
Commonwealth Club, next door to Stacey’s at 595 Market
Street,
2nd Floor. Admission is free for members, $8 for non-members. Check-in
is at 4:45 pm. For reservations and information, please call
415-597-6705.
Tuesday,
August 26th @ 6:00 pm
COMMONWEALTH
CLUB
HOW
WE EAT
Marion
Nestle and Davia Nelson
Pet
Food Politics and Hidden Kitchens
There's more than meets
the eye in that box of Meow Mix. The pet food
industry links matters as diverse as global food safety, health policy,
international trade, and corporate and governmental influence. Marion
Nestle's examination of the 2007 pet food recall developed into an
expose that revealed glaring gaps in food safety between the United
States and the developing countries that produce the food. She will
speak about her research, which follows tainted pet food from its
source in China to its destination—feed for pigs, chickens
and
fish in the United States. Please
note: This event will take place at
the Commonwealth Club, next door to Stacey’s at 595 Market
Street, 2nd Floor. Admission is $12 for members, $18 for
non-members. Check-in is at 5:30 pm. For reservations and information,
please call 415-597-6705.
Wednesday,
August 27th @ 6:30 pm
COMMONWEALTH
CLUB
HOW
WE EAT
Raj
Patel
Stuffed
and Starved
Stuffed: Obesity is the
second leading cause of preventable death in
the United States, and over 60 percent of us are considered overweight.
Starved: Worldwide, nearly a billion people are starving to death, and
35 million Americans went hungry at some point last year. Moreover, Raj
Patel contends that the U.S.'s influence in organizations like the WTO,
and our trade policies on issues like corn ethanol fuel production,
have driven up food prices; and that the issue of starvation must be
addressed at home as well as abroad. Why is there such a large
discrepancy between the haves and the have-nots for what we all need:
food? Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved, strives to answer that
question by telling the tale of the global food system. Please note:
This event will take place at the Commonwealth Club, next door to
Stacey’s at 595 Market Street, 2nd Floor. Admission is $12
for
members, $20 for non-members. Check-in is at 6:0 0 pm. For
reservations and information, please call 415-597-6705.
Wednesday,
September 3rd @ 6:00 pm
COMMONWEALTH
CLUB
Richard
Elkus
Winner
Take All: How Competitiveness Shapes the Fate of Nations
Richard Elkus, a
Silicon Valley entrepreneur and business leader,
chronicles the history of what he calls America's abdication in key
industries like television, consumer electronics and semiconductors. He
cites short-term financial interests that triumphed over long-term
national strategies for economic competitiveness. He then outlines 10
critical principles essential for America to regain the economic and
political clout that comes from strength in strategic global markets.
Please note:
This
event will take place at the Commonwealth Club, next
door to Stacey’s at 595 Market Street, 2nd Floor. Admission
is $8
for members, $15 for non-members. Check-in is at 5:30 pm. For
reservations and information, please call 415-597-6705.
Thursday,
September 4th @ 6:00 pm
COMMONWEALTH
CLUB
Daniel
Ellsberg
Secrets
One of the turning
points in the opposition movement to the Vietnam War
was the release of Daniel Ellsberg's Pentagon Papers, chronicling
decades of Defense Department involvement in Vietnam. Today, the war in
Iraq is fraught with criticism, but there are fewer protests and no
internal leaks have had the impact of the Pentagon Papers. As
operations in Iraq continue and the U.S. threatens to attack Iran,
Ellsberg compares the two periods, including constitutional issues, and
gives his views on the future. Please
note: This event will take place
at the Commonwealth Club, next door to Stacey’s at 595 Market
Street, 2nd Floor. Admission is $8 for members, $15 for
non-members. Check-in is at 5:15 pm. For reservations and information,
please call 415-597-6705.
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