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	CRAFTICON 2.0 Artisans extraordinaire!   - Saturday, December 1   - 12:00 - 7:00 PM Return for a lovely crafternoon at Modern Times while local craftaholics hawk their wares all day long. Updated version includes: skill-shares on the hour EVERY HOUR plus music by Phil & Mike of Top Critters! How to Get A Table/Teach A Skill-share: Email crafticon2007@yahoo.com or call the store. Registration ends November 20th. Tables $10 – $100. top of page
	Roots of Resistance Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz   - Tuesday, December 4   - 7:30 PM Indigenous and Mexican farming communities have a long history of adapting and preserving their democratic social and economic institutions in New Mexico, despite losing control of their land to capitalist entrepreneurs and becoming part of a low-wage labor force. In the revised paperback, Dunbar-Ortiz applies the lessons of this history to recent conflicts in New Mexico over ownership and use of land for control of minerals, timber, and water. top of page
	Healing Sex: A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma Staci Haines   - Wednesday, December 5   - 7:30 PM An encouraging, sex-positive guide for women survivors of sexual assault—heterosexual, bisexual, lesbian, coupled, and single . While most books on the topic broach sexuality only to reassure women that it is all right to say “no,” this book encourages women to learn how to say “yes” to their own desires and on their own terms. Haines is the founder of Generation Five whose mission is to end the sexual abuse of children within five generations. top of page
	Visions of Peace and Justice Lincoln Cushing, Nadia Khastagir, and Sabiha Basrai   - Thursday, December 6   - 7:00 PM Inkworks Press presents Visions of Peace & Justice, a look at the role of political posters and political graphics as a mass communication tool for social justice movements. Featuring slide shows and presentations from author and archivist Lincoln Cushing, artist and founder of Tumi's Design Favianna Rodriguez, and Design Action collective members Nadia Khastagir and Sabiha Basrai. Inkworks collective members will also be present to celebrate the release of Inkworks' poster art book Visions of Peace & Justice. top of page
	Spanish Book Group / Círculo de Lectores de Literatura en Español   - Tuesday, December 11   - 7:00 PM Join us for our Spanish language book group on the fourth Tuesday of each month. A mix of native speakers and advanced level hablantes, the group has been meeting in the Mission District on a monthly basis for eight years. Books are available for 10% off at the store. The discussions are lively and fully in Spanish. December's selection is Doce Cuentos Peregrinos by Gabriel García Márquez. The group will read aloud "El rastro de tu sangre sobre la nieve," which is one of the stories. top of page
	It's So You Michelle Tea   - Wednesday, December 12   - 7:00 PM Kill hegemony and mindless consumerism…with your shoes? Maybe. Contributors explore fashion and style through issues of genderqueering to anti-fashion; working-class empowerment to fat phobia; trend defying to the intersection of race, economics, and young girl’s bodies. top of page
	Pink Harvest Toni Mirosevich   - Thursday, December 13   - 7:30 PM Ecstatic Monkey Reading Series A chance meeting with a homeless stranger, the feel of a nickel in the palm of her hand, a conversation about politics while watching a game show–all are seemingly unremarkable events, but each has the possibility of opening for us a new view, an insight, and the experience of wonder. Mirosevich’s first collection of nonfiction explores life’s shifting, tilting moments. EM members Susanna Kittredge and Colleen Bazdarich to join. top of page
	Labor of Fire: The Ontology of Labor Between Economy and Culture Bruno Gulli   - Wednesday, December 19   - 7:30 PM A timely and much needed re-examination of the concept of labor. Distinguishing between “productive labor” (working for money or subsistence) and “living labor” (working for artistic creation), Gulli convincingly argues for a definition of work that recognizes the importance of artistic and social creativity to our definition of labor and the self. top of page