Public Events

September 24-26, 2010:
HORIZONS 2010
Judson Memorial Church
New York City

Horizons is a forum for learning about psychedelics, held annually in New York City. The goal of the conference is to open a fresh dialogue on the role of psychedelics in medicine, culture, history, spirituality, and art. Don will talk about researching and writing his 2010 bestselling book, "The Harvard Psychedelic Club." - For more information, go to horizons site link

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October 7, 2010: 7:30 pm
LITQUAKE 2010 / SPIRITUAL JOURNEYS
Marin Osher Center
200 N. San Pedro Road
San Rafael

For 11 years, Litquake has featured thousands of authors reading from thousands of books in front of tens of thousands of eager lovers of literature. The Jewish Community Center of Marin is proud to join Litquake and Book Passage to present four amazing authors, sharing their literary and spiritual journeys with the community. For more information, go to marin jcc link

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November 6, 2010: 10 am to 4 pm
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTREGRAL STUDIES
WRITING AND SELLING NON-FICTION –
Confessions of a Bestselling Author
1453 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA

Don Lattin offers the inside story about how he made it onto the national bestseller list, and what he learned along the way. He’ll offer practical information on writing, publishing and selling a successful non-fiction book, including the increasingly popular spiritual memoir. Among the issues we’ll address are finding your writer’s voice, organizing your material, avoiding writer’s block, getting an agent, making your pitch, finding a publisher and promoting your published work. Come prepared with samples of your writing and/or your working book proposal, and be ready to share them with the class. We’ll also discuss the pros and cons of self-publishing and posting your work on the Internet. Cost: $125 For more information on the CIIS event, go to ciis edu events don lattin

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November 11, 2010: 7:30 pm
TIMOTHY LEARY: HIS LIFE AND LEGACY
City Lights Bookstore
Columbus at Broadway
San Francisco

Half a century has passed since Timothy Leary, a clinical psychologist at Harvard University, swallowed a handful of magic mushrooms on his summer vacation in Mexico in August of 1960. Leary returned to Harvard that fall convinced that psychedelic drugs would revolutionize psychology and change the world. At this special event, three California authors with recent books on the psychedelic sixties will read from their works and discuss the legacy of the "high priest of LSD," the man Richard Nixon called "the most dangerous man in America." For more information, go to city lights event link

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Past Public Events

May 13, 2010: 7 PM
Willis Barnstone in
conversation with Don Lattin
CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE
261 Columbus Avenue
North Beach, San Francisco

Please join poet Willis Barnstone and journalist Don Lattin at City Lights bookstore in San Francisco for an exploration of language, religion, and a refreshing analysis of the classic religious text known as the New Testament.

They will be discussing, among other things, Barnstone's recent work, The Restored New Testament - A New Translation With Commentary, Including the Gnostic Gospels Thomas, Mary, and Judas. The book seeks to restore the lyricism and mysticism of the Jesus story, and perhaps most important, to undo centuries of mistranslation designed to obscure the Jewish identity of the carpenter from Nazareth.

The event will be Thursday, May 13th, 7 PM at City Lights bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue at Broadway, in the heart of San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood.

Barnstone is the former O'Conner Professor of Greek at Colgate University and Distinguished Professor of comparative literature at Indiana University. A Guggenheim fellow, his books include Modern European Poetry, The Gnostic Bible, The Secret Reader, Life Watch, Complete Poems of Sappho. and Laughing Lost in the Mountains: The Poems of Wang Wei.

Lattin is a freelance journalist and religion writer. He is the author of four books, including the 2010 bestseller, The Harvard Psychedelic Club – How Timothy Leary, Andrew Weil, Ram Dass and Huston Smith Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America. He was the longtime writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. For information, click on city lights event.

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April 17, 2010: 5:30 pm
Panel with Ram Dass and Ralph Metzner
"Psychedelic Sciences in the 21st Century"
San Jose, CA

April 17, 2010: 10:00 am
“Cal Literature Expo”
CAL STUDENT STORE
UC Berkeley Campus

April 16, 2010: 6:30 pm
LIBRARY LAUREATES
San Francisco Public Library

April 15, 2010: 6:15 pm
Harvard Club
UNIVERSITY CLUB
San Francisco, CA

April 8, 2010: 7:00 pm
THE BOOK WORKS
2670 Via De La Valle
Del Mar, CA

April 7, 2010: 6 pm
Harvard Club
TAIX RESTAURANT
Los Angeles, CA

April 5, 2010: 7:00 pm
BOOK SOUP
8818 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA

April 7, 2010: 6:00 pm
LATITUDE 33 BOOKSHOP
311 Ocean Ave.
Laguna Beach, CA

Feb 18, 2010: 7:00 PM
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF
INTREGRAL STUDIES
1453 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA

Jan 26, 2010: 7:30
CAPITOLA BOOK CAFE
1475 41st Ave.
E Capitola, CA 

Jan 21, 2010: 7:00 PM
BOOKS, INC
1760 Fourth St.
Berkeley, CA 

Jan 19, 2010: 7:30 PM
BOOKSMITH
1644 Haight St.
San Francisco, CA 

Jan 14, 2010: 7:00 PM
HARVARD BOOKSTORE
1256 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA

Jan 16, 2010: 11:00 AM
MERRITT BOOKSTORE
57 Front St.
Millbrook, NY  

Jan 7 2010: 7:00 PM
BOOK PASSAGE
51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera, CA