Omid Safi will discuss and sign copies of his new book\, Memories of Muhammad\: Why the Prophet Matters. Presenting Muhammad as the lens through which to view both the genesis of Islam and the grand sweep of Islamic history\, Safi helps us better understand many hot-button topics facing Muslims today—the purveyance of Holy Wars\, the role of women\, and the long-running tension with Jews\, Buddhists and Christians alike. Safi is an associate professor of Islamic studies at UNC-CH and the author of The Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam and the editor of Progressive Muslims.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T032157Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091203T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091203T230000Z UID:http://www.regulatorbookshop.com/event/sam-stephenson URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.regulatorbookshop.com/event/sam-stephenson SUMMARY:Sam Stephenson DESCRIPTION:*Doors open at 6\:00 pm*
Sam Stephenson will discuss and sign copies of his new book\, The Jazz Loft Project\: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue\, 1957-1965. Culled from over forty thousand pictures\, here are Charles Mingus\, Sonny Rollins\, Thelonious Monk\, Bill Evans\, Gerry Mulligan\, Roland Kirk\, Zoot Sims\, and Chick Corea\, as well as the pimps\, prostitutes\, cops\, dealers\, and drug addicts who dropped by (along with the likes of Doris Duke\, Norman Mailer\, Diane Arbus\, and Salvador Dali). After the reading—music by Jazz Loft legend Ronnie Free and his trio\, featuring guitarist Royce Campbell. Stephenson is a writer and lecturer at Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T032157Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091211T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091211T000000Z UID:http://www.regulatorbookshop.com/event/wayne-martin-pinecone-string-band-cd URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.regulatorbookshop.com/event/wayne-martin-pinecone-string-band-cd SUMMARY:Wayne Martin & the Pinecone String Band CD DESCRIPTION:n/a END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR