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K\no\w Opinions & Chemical X – Hip Hop Musical Explosions

Live music at the Bookstore! (K)NO(W) OPINIONS Hip-Hop Marina!! Chemical X A musical explosion created by three mad men to mystify your mind! 4 May Doors @ 7 $10

Goth Industrial Night with DJ Dialogic

Old Capitol Books after dark is pleased to present a Goth Industrial Night with DJ Dialogic. He’ll be spinning classic vinyl for your listening pleasure. A mix of Industrial classics, dark down tempo beats, and Ethereal wave music. He’ll give us some NIN, Marilyn Manson, Billie Eilish, Rammstein, Prodigy, DJ Shadow and David Bowie. AllContinue reading “Goth Industrial Night with DJ Dialogic”

Nepotism III: poetry and our own inflated egos

Old Capitol Books invites you to NEPOTISM 3! A Night of Poetry. We’ll close up the shop, turn down the lights and bring together some of California’s “best” poets. Their work is amazing. They are my friends. I am not biased at all. Really. Friday 10 May, 7pm, $10 NOTAFLOF

(CANCELLED) Theory & Philosophy Reading Group: Derrida, Mbembe, Foucault

Unfortunately, we’ve had to postpone this event. If there’s interest, we’re hold it again later in June! Come join our regular reading group for a special session featuring seniors at CSU Monterey studying critical legal philosophy. The normal reading group will be joined by these students for a conversation exploring the works of Michel Foucault,Continue reading “(CANCELLED) Theory & Philosophy Reading Group: Derrida, Mbembe, Foucault”

The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Presents: Bob Nielsen & Nils Michals

The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Presents: Bob Nielsen & Nils Michals Sunday, April 14, 2:00 p.m. $5.00 Admission Old Capitol Books 559 Tyler Street, Monterey

Book signing: G.M. Monks, poet and novelist

G. M. Monks, an award-winning author of short stories and poetry, will be reading, signing, and discussing her debut literary novel, titled Iola O, published by Bedazzled Ink at Old Capitol Books in Monterey on May 4th at 2:00 pm.

Theory & Philosophy Reading Group: Kathryn Gines

After reading Sartre and Beauvoir, we became interested in black existentialism and phenomenology. We’ve been exploring Frantz Fanon and James Baldwin, and now we’re going to read an essay by Kathryn Gines that was published in Convergences: Black Feminism and Continental Philosophy: “Sartre, Beauvoir, and the Gender/Race Analogy: The Case for Black Feminist Philosophy”.

Latinx Poetix Symposium 2019

April 12th, 7pm Rachelle Escamilla, host of the longest running poetry radio show in the US (Out of Our Minds on KKUP), is bringing back the Latinx Poetix Symposium! We’re honored to host readings by the featured poets: Adela Najarro Javier O. Huerta Yuccaira Salvatierra Norma Liliana Valdez Doors at 7pm. Free and openContinue reading “Latinx Poetix Symposium 2019”