FREE Sidewalk Ritual Book Release Party, a reading by Stuart and FREE Sidewalk Ritual IPA!

If you like books about self-discovery in SF, want to try the special edition Sidewalk Ritual IPA my friend Aaron Bryan at Artisan Brewing made, and want to hear Stuart read his story about finding love on the Muni, you should come.

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A year ago it was just me sitting in San Francisco’s Dolores Park with a blank page, a dream, and my typewriter. Today, I’m holding the first edition in my hand, and it’s time to celebrate.

Social Publishing

I did something I call social publishing, which means I gave the manuscript to many talented Bay Area painters, photographers and musicians about 6 months ago. They each created original work inspired by the novel’s story or characters. Their work will be on display at the gallery during the release party.

• Art by Kim Sikora, Max Albee, Josh Coffy, Tahira Ali and Andrew St. Lawrence
• Music by Bevan Herbekian and Jay Trainer, playing new songs for the first time in public.

Because the novel is all about the epiphanies, tragedies and general beauty of life in San Francisco, there will also be some incredible local writers reading their work.

• Stuart Schuffman aka Broke-Ass Stuart will be reading his “Falling in Love on the 71 Bus” story!
• Bryant “Killa Cali” Phan will be performing some amazing spoken word poetry!
• Donald Tetto will be reading poems from his upcoming chapbook “Clean Spoons/Dirty Spoons”!
• And I’ll be reading excerpts from Sidewalk Ritual itself.

A bit about the book:

In the wake of a tragic accident, Richard, a 26 year old raft guide, comes to San Francisco searching for a way to move his life forward. A chance dive bar encounter launches him on a journey across the city and into a world of contradiction filled with Dolores Park hipsters and start-up ambition where everyone’s got a different answer. Struggling to make sense of the chaos and find his own path, he uses the wisdom of the river to forge a personal rite of passage on San Francisco’s sidewalks, culminating in a wave of self-realization amidst the free-for-all of Bay to Breakers.

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Note: If you’re going to the D-Structure 6th Anniversary Party (Congratulations, Devon!), there’s plenty of time to head over to Public Works afterward to drink and dance the night away.

See you there!

Sidewalk Ritual Book Release Party
Saturday, October 20th
Incline Gallery
766 Valencia St. (b/t 18th and 19th)
FREE!