Kaya Oakes with the Conspiracy of Beards, Wednesday, July 11th

Kaya Oakes   is the author of Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture, the poetry collection Telegraph , and cofounder of Kitchen Sink , winner of the Utne Independent Press Award for Best New Magazine. She teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, and lives in Oakland.

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Conspiracy of Beards  is a 30-member a capella male choir which performs exclusively the songs of the legendary poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen.  Since its foundation in 2003, the choir has performed to dozens of enthusiastic audiences around the San Francisco Bay Area.

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