{"id":10741,"date":"2015-05-09T01:24:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T01:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/offmetro.com\/sf\/?p=10741"},"modified":"2015-05-27T06:08:57","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T06:08:57","slug":"bay-area-book-festival-berkeley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ca\/10741\/bay-area-book-festival-berkeley\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the Press: Bay Area Book Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baybookfest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Area Book Festival<\/a>, which takes place June 6-7, 2015\u00a0in <a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/sf\/483\/things-to-do-in-downtown-berkeley\/\">downtown Berkeley<\/a>\u2019s arts district, promises to be a cornucopia for bibliophiles from all over the Bay. Over the course of the festival, more than 150 authors from around the world will descend on Civic Center Park and 12 pedestrianized blocks to present, read, debate, and luxuriate in the intricacies of the written word. Each block will have a theme dedicated to a specific subset of literary production,\u00a0from \u201cRadical Row\u201d to \u201cMaker\u2019s Lane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And when you\u2019ve had your fill of learned discourse, there\u2019s always the beer and wine garden, a fantastic place to snuggle up with your newest book. Most interestingly, the festival will feature the innovative Lacuna Project, a \u201cmonumental, participatory art installation\u2026 constructed from 50,000 books.\u201d Attendees are free to visit and to remove books from the installation at no cost, changing the installation over time to reflect the unique interplay between reader and read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions:\u00a0<\/strong>Take\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/sf\/577\/bart-information-guide\/\">BART<\/a>\u00a0to the Downtown Berkeley stop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first annual Bay Area Book Festival, which takes place June 6-7, 2015\u00a0in downtown Berkeley\u2019s arts district, promises to be a cornucopia for bibliophiles from all over the Bay. 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