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DESCRIPTION:On December 6, New York Times bestselling authors based in the Bay Area 
 will perform at a benefit for the effort to release Josh Fattal and Shane 
 Bauer from prison in Iran. Organized by bestselling author Katie Crouch 
 with the help of friends of Shane and Josh, the benefit will feature 
 performances by:\n\n•	Daniel Handler, screenwriter, accordionist, and 
 author of 24 books, including the Lemony Snicket works, A Series of 
 Unfortunate Events.\n•	Andrew Sean Greer, bestselling author of The Story 
 of a Marriage and The Confessions of Max Tivoli, which was named a best 
 book of 2004 by the San Francisco Chronicle and the Chicago 
 Tribune.\n•	Lia Rose, San Francisco singer, songwriter, musician, and 
 member of Built for the Sea.\n\nMC’d by James Tracy, author of the Civil 
 Disobedience Handbook and A Different Kind of Power: Working Class Whites 
 in the Original Rainbow Coalition Melville House Fall 2011.\n\nThe benefit 
 will also feature:\n•	An interview by Newsweek contributor and Stanford 
 professor Chanan Tigay with the recently released Sarah Shourd about her 
 experience in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. \n•	A screening of Songs to 
 Enemies and Deserts, a film by Shane Bauer and David Martinez about 
 Sudanese farmers and herders caught between two factions of armed 
 rebels.\n\nThere will also be a silent auction of items such as private 
 yoga classes, massages, signed first edition books, and cooking lessons by 
 local luminaries.\n\nIranian forces detained Shane Bauer, his fiancée 
 Sarah Shourd and their close friend Josh Fattal on July 31, 2009 while they 
 were enjoying a recreational hike in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan. 
 Sarah was released on September 14, 2010, on humanitarian grounds after 
 spending 410 days in solitary confinement. Shane and Josh remain in Evin 
 Prison. More information can be found at www.freethehikers.org.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/11/20/18664708.php
SUMMARY:Free All Three! Daniel Handler, Katie Crouch, Andrew Sean Greer and Lia Rose.
LOCATION:Verdi Club\n2424 Mariposa Street\nSan Francisco, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/11/20/18664708.php
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