BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1464587:Event:136292 DTSTAMP:20260417T131445Z SUMMARY:Writers With Drinks features Nick Bilton, Janet Hardy and RubĂ ©n MartĂ­nez! DESCRIPTION:Could this be the most eclectic Writers With Drinks event yet? When: Saturday, October 20, 2012, 7:30 to 9:30 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM Who: Nick Bilton, Deb Campo, Janet Hardy, RubĂ©n MartĂ­nez an d Carol Quinn Where: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St., San FranciscoH ow much: $5 to $10 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit the CSC. About the readers/performers: Nick Bilton is a columnist for the New York Times and lead blogger for Bits Blog, covering technology, business an d culture. His background spans design, user interface, photography, h ardware hacking, and more. Nick currently lives in San Francisco with his dog, Pixel. Deb Campo made it to the finals of Nick at Nite's Fun niest Mom in America 3 with Roseanne Barr, and she was also a finalist in 2006 Rooster T. Feathers and 50 Mason Comedy Club comedy competiti ons. Debbie Campo is a regular at the Punchline and The Clubhouse in S an Francisco and Rooster T. Feathers in Sunnyvale and regularly tours with the comedy troupe \"Three Blonde Moms\". Poet, songwriter, nonfi ction writer, and documentarian, RubĂ©n MartĂ­nez is the author The Ot her Side: Notes from the New L.A., Mexico City and Beyond, Crossing Ov er: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail, The New Americans, and, mos t recently, On Desert America: Boom and Bust in the New Old West. Jan et Hardy's latest book is the memoir Girlfag: A Life Told in Sex and M usicals. She's the author or coauthor of ten groundbreaking books abou t relationships and sexuality, including The Ethical Slut. Her writing has appeared in publications as various as The Sondheim Review, Clamo r, and EIDOS. Carol Quinn has written for film and television; her mo st recent project is the feature screenplay Five Days in May, which wa s sold to director J. Michael McClary. Quinn is the co-creator/author of the first American mass-market graphic novels for girls, Pink Flami ngos, the creator of the YA book series Palm Beach Prep, and the narra tive and story editor for Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Neal' s memoir As I Am. Her book Follow My Lead is a memoir retelling how he r experience training her two Rhodesian ridgebacks taught her about be coming the \"alpha dog\" in her own life. About Writers With Drinks: Writers With Drinks won \"Best Literary Night\" from the SF Bay Guard ian readers' poll six years in a row and was named \"Best Literary Dri nking\" by the SF Weekly. And it was namechecked in Armistead Maupin's latest Tales of the City novel. The spoken word \"variety show\" mixe s genres to raise money for local worthy causes. The award-winning sho w includes poetry, stand-up comedy, science fiction, fantasy, romance, mystery, literary fiction, erotica, memoir, zines and blogs in a free wheeling format.\n\n\nFor more information visit https://trueskool.com /events/writers-with-drinks-features-nick-bilton-janet-hardy-and-rub-n DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121020T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121020T213000 CATEGORIES:san, francisco, ca LOCATION:The Make Out Room, San Francisco, CA WEBSITE:http://www.makeoutroom.com URL:http://www.makeoutroom.com CONTACT:415-647-2888 ORGANIZER;CN="Charlie Jane Anders":https://trueskool.com/profile/Charl ieJaneAnders ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Charlie Jane Anders":https://trueskool.com/profile/CharlieJaneAnders END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR