Heyday Harvest November 8, 2012

Gather with us to rejoice in the work of the Bay Area literary community and to lay the foundation for the future of the Berkeley Roundhouse.

* Revel in reflections on 25 years of our "News from Native California" magazine with Heyday founder, Malcolm Margolin.
* Welcome Heyday's first Berkeley Roundhouse Director, Lindsie Bear.
* Marvel as Deborah Miranda reads from her groundbreaking new book, "Bad Indians."
* Enjoy scrumptious food & libations, soulful music, and a live "experiences" auction by Bay Area Backroads host Doug McConnell.

What is a roundhouse, you ask? Malcolm Margolin, Heyday publisher, answers:

"Roundhouses were the great public buildings of the traditional California Indian world, serving as universities, community centers, and places of worship...After nearly forty years of joyous and intense involvement with California Indian history and culture, we will be establishing the Berkeley Roundhouse, a center for our archives and our publishing, a place where courses will be held, meetings will be convened, ideas will be generated, and native scholars and artists will be furthered."

Guest bios:
Malcolm Margolin, founder and executive director of Heyday, is author of several books, including "The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area," named by the "San Francisco Chronicle" as one of the 100 most important books of the 20th century by a western writer.

Doug McConnell is an Emmy award-winning television journalist and author. He was the host of the Bay Area Backroads television series on KRON, one of the longest-running regional television series in American broadcast history.

Deborah A. Miranda is an enrolled member of the Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation of California, and is also of Chumash and Jewish ancestry. Author of "Indian Cartography" & "The Zen of La Llorona," (nominated for the Lambda Literary Award), she is an associate professor of English at Washington and Lee University.

Official Website: http://heydaybooks.com/harvest/