San Francisco Chronicle - Catherine Bigelow

August 13, 2006

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Invitation of the week

Litquake Booked is a cocktail buffet reception featuring special guest authors (including Robert Mailer Anderson, Peter Coyote, Beth Lisick, Ishmael Reed, Deborah Santana, Tobias Wolff), local pooh-bahs (including Mayor Gavin Newsom, Chronicle Editor Phil Bronstein, ACT Artistic Director Carey Perloff, Book Passage founder Elaine Petrocelli), live music by Marc Capelle and the Casuals, and a (short) program on this weeklong local literati hootenanny coming soon (Oct. 6-14) to a bookstore or club near you. 6 p.m. Aug. 21. The Green Room, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. $75; $300, $500 and $1,000 (sponsor levels). (415) 452-2801.