NOVEMBER 5, 2011 - Live from the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley

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From the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse at 2020 Addison Street in downtown Berkeley, SEDGE THOMSON welcomes:

Author

DAVA SOBEL

author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter, and The Planets, now with A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos.

Author

PETER ORNER

with his masterful, multifaceted new novel Love and Shame and Love.

Performance Troupe

WE PLAYERS

who transform public spaces into realms of participatory theater, now performing Homer's Odyssey on the historic schooner Alma.

Musician

JOHN WESLEY HARDING

with a backing band featuring members of the Decemberists, touring with the new CD The Sound of His Own Voice.

Musicians

THREE METRE DAY

acoustic modern roots trio from Canada, complete with violin, slide-guitar and pump organ.

The Modern

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Past Programs 2011