Arts Listings

BOOKS INC., ALAMEDA  

Barbara Tomblin, Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m. "Bluejackets and Contrabands.''  

Free. Readings at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 1344 Park St., Alameda. (510) 522-2226, www.booksinc.net. 

BOOKS INC., BERKELEY  

Manal Omar, Oct. 4, 7 p.m. "Barefoot in Baghdad.''  

Hardy Green, Oct. 5, 7 p.m. "Company Town.''  

James Howard Kunstler, Oct. 6, 7 p.m. "Witch of Hebron.''  

1760 4th Street, Berkeley. (510) 525-7777, www.booksinc.net. 

DIESEL, A BOOKSTORE  

Steven Kotler, Oct. 3, 3 p.m. "A Small Furry Prayer: Dog Rescue and the Meaning of Life.''  

Mark Christensen, Oct. 6, 7 p.m. "Acid Christ.''  

Michael Krasny, Oct. 10, 3 p.m. "Spiritual Envy.''  

5433 College Avenue, Oakland. (510) 653-9965. 

MARTIN LUTHER KING CIVIC CENTER  

"Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival," Oct. 2, Noon-4:30 p.m.  

2180 Milvia St., Berkeley. (510) 981-7533, www.ci.berkeley.ca.us. 

MILLS COLLEGE  

Shahrnush Parsipur, Oct. 5, 5:30-7 p.m. "The Dog and the Long Winter.''  

5000 Macarthur Blvd., Oakland. (510) 430-2296, www.mills.edu. 

MOE'S BOOKS  

"Four Irish Poets," Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m. Patrick Cotter, Gerry Murphy, Leanne O'Sullivan and Billy Ramsell.  

10 a.m.-11 p.m. daily. 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley. (510) 849-2087, www.moesbooks.com. 

MRS. DALLOWAY'S  

Mary Catherine Bates, Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. "Composing A Further Life.''  

Deborah Fallows, Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m. "Dreaming in Chinese.''  

Marie Dern, Oct. 3, 4 p.m. "Jungle Garden Press.''  

Rebecca Solnit, Oct. 6, 7:30 p.m. "A Paradise Built In Hell.''  

Georgia Pellegrini, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. "Food Heroes.''  

Tom Hudgens, Oct. 9, 4 p.m. "The Commonsense Kitchen.''  

2904 College Avenue, Berkeley. (510) 704-8222. 

UNIVERSITY PRESS BOOKS  

Peter Stekel, Oct. 4, 6 p.m. "Final Flight: The Mystery of a WWII Plane Crash and the Frozen Airmen in the High Sierra.''  

2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. (510) 548-0585, www.universitypressbooks.com.