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In conversation with Barry MacKay, Tennis Promoter and Broadcaster Friday, November 20 Time: 12:30 p.m. check-in, 1 p.m. program, 2 p.m. book signing OPEN: An Autobiography BUY NOW Oshman Family JCC Cultural Arts Center, Schultz Cultural Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto
During his exhilarating, epic 21-year professional career, Agassi captured eight Grand Slam championships and is the only man to win a career "Golden Slam" - adding an Olympic gold medal to his four Grand Slams. His new book reflects candidly on his life on and off the court, from pivotal matches with rivals Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras and Roger Federer to his personal relationships with Brooke Shields and wife Stefanie Graf, and his role as an education advocate and philanthropist. As the founder of the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation, he has raised more than $85 million for the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, an acclaimed K-12 charter school for underprivileged children in his hometown, Las Vegas. For reservations visit www.commonwealthclub.org/sv or call 800-847-7730 Photo Credit: John C. Russell Start: 7:30 pm
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Friday, November 20, 7:30 p.m. El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption in Mexico City BUY NOW Mexico City, the mother of all megacities, is known for chaos, overpopulation, and an extreme gap between rich and poor. John Ross—poet, journalist, activist—first visited the city in 1957 with fellow Bay Area Beats as an expatriate escape. He eventually moved to the place he has come to call “The Monster” just one week after the devastating earthquake of 1985, which killed 30,000 people. EL MONSTRUO is his gritty, vibrant People’s History of 23 million, told from the ground up.
Ross’s last book, MURDERED BY CAPITALISM was called a “must read” by NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” and a “Best Book of 2004” by the San Francisco Chronicle. Ross’s fifty years covering Mexico for an array of Mexican and U.S. publications including the San Francisco Bay Guardian, The Nation, and The Progressive put him in an extraordinary position to tell the complete story of its capital with great insight, and with his quixotic passion and poet’s touch he brings a beat to the narrative that is both of the city and of himself. | ||
