While savoring samosas, soft naan, and free chai, take care of your holiday shopping and meet the creative minds who bring the Bay Area to life. On Saturday, December 5, come to a fair unlike any other:
Chaat and Chats with Authors and Artists:
A Holiday Fair Featuring Autographed Books and Direct-from-the-Artist Gifts
When: 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009
Where: Taste of the Himalayas, 1700 Shattuck Ave. at Virginia St., Berkeley
Getting there by BART and bus:
From Berkeley BART, walk north on Shattuck for 10 minutes.
From North Berkeley BART, walk east on Virginia for 15 minutes.
AC Transit lines 7, 9, 18, and 19 stop right at Shattuck and Virginia.
By car: Free street parking all around, though you might have to work just a little to find a space. It’s Berkeley, after all!
The Cultural Offerings
• Books: More than 60 titles on travel, local history, mountain landscapes, public gardens, architecture, Asian themes, health/bodily issues, psycho-spiritual topics, nonviolence, women’s issues, mountaineering, and economizing. You’ll also find novels, poetry, children’s books, and postcard books.
• Arts: jewelry, photos, pottery, etchings, prints, sketches, dolls, notecards, tote bags, scarves, perfumes, and more. Oh, and don’t miss the delicious ayurvedic treats with aphrodisiacal powers!
Authors and Artists on Hand to Chat With You
Arlene Blum (author)
Linda Blachman (author)
Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny (author)
Liza Dalby (author)
Sari Friedman (poet and editor)
J. Ruth Gendler (author and artist)
Jim Hughes and Mani Nepali (coauthors)
Frederick Isaac (author)
Treve Johnson (photographer)
Brenda Knight (author and Cleis Press publisher)
Lynne Knight (poet)
Susan Kuchinskas (author)
Eve Kushner (author and fair organizer)
Nina Lesowitz (author)
Wendy Markel (author)
D. Patrick Miller (author)
Gail Morrison (artist working with insect imagery)
Michael Nagler (author), represented by Erika Christie
David Newcomer (author)
Leonard Pitt (author)
Richard Schwartz (author)
Autumn Stephens (author and editor)
Stone Bridge Press (publisher of books about Asia)
Latifa Tabachnick (gemstone jewelry designer)
Nancy Urban (potter)
Dave Weinstein (author)
Kai Wilson, representing David Wilson (photographer-author)
Eko Wright of eko jewelry design (working with crystal and beads)
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