Sebastopol Community Cultural Center

Buy your tickets early at special "Early Bird" price! General admission entry. First-come-first-serve seating in GA section.

"Early Bird" General Admission Ticket

General admission entry. First-come-first-serve seating in GA section.

General Admission Ticket

Includes VIP seating, a copy of “A Greek Tragedy,” & pre-Talk event 4pm-5:30pm with author meet & greet, passed hors d'oeuvres, champagne, wine, & music!

VIP Ticket

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;display:inline-block;margin:0px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name , Thank you for registering for our Author Talk event with Jeanne Carstensen and Michael Krasny. Your ticket purchase supports the Sebastopol Community Cultural Center! Sunday, April 6, 2025425 Morris St., Sebastopol, CA (Youth Annex)Doors: 5pm*, Event: 5:45pm-7pm*VIP Ticket holders: 4pm-5:30pm pre-event "VIP Experience" If you would like to contribute further, contact us to become a volunteer, or talk to your friends about our events and classes! Sebastopol Community Cultural Center<a style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">www.seb.org</a>  |  <a href="mailto:sccc@seb.org" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">sccc@seb.org</a>(707) 823-1511

Author Talk Sunday, April 6th, 2025Doors 5:00pm  |  Event 5:45pm* 425 Morris St, Sebastopol, CA (Youth Annex) This is a seated event.*VIP ticket holder pre-event experience from 4pm-5:30pm TICKETS:$20 "Early Bird" GA (purchase by March 23!)$25 GA advance$30 GA door$150 VIP Includes pre-Talk event 4pm-5:30pm Join us for an insightful evening as journalist and author Jeanne Carstensen discusses her powerful new book, A Greek Tragedy, in conversation with renowned broadcaster and author Michael Krasny. On the afternoon of October 28, 2015, at the height of the biggest refugee crisis since WWII, a dangerously overloaded old wooden boat set sail from Turkey. The smugglers had promised the passengers “a very safe” journey to the nearby Greek island of Lesvos, but soon the boat swayed from side to side like a dying animal. At 3:10 pm, the vessel broke apart, tossing hundreds of men, women, and children into roiling seas, resulting in the largest loss of life in the crisis in the Aegean that year. Journalist Jeanne Carstensen reported on the shipwreck that day, but she felt that there was much she didn’t know about the lives of the people involved. Over 30,000 migrants have died in the Mediterranean since 2014, but the incidents rarely receive the coverage they deserve.  Now, after nearly a decade of investigation and reporting in Greece, Turkey, Germany, Spain, Belgium, and Norway, Carstensen has captured the dramatic twenty-four hours—including details of the refugees’ lives before they left their homes to the courageous rescue efforts of the Greek islanders and volunteers trying to help, even as their government failed to act. Carstensen brilliantly showcases the extraordinary heroism of ordinary people in extreme circumstances. As we struggle to see so many people forcibly displaced by war and climate change every day, this book offers an intimate look at an ongoing global crisis. A Greek Tragedy is an unforgettable debut and an urgent testament of our times. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1739484500/zurqln4dyrywsi43f2jl.jpg" style="width:386px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /> “Alternately in the news and ignored, the refugee crisis is a permanent, painful part of our era. Jeanne Carstensen reminds us that there are well over 100 million displaced people in the world. Through a deep look into one tragic shipwreck, she vividly brings alive survivors, victims and helpers in a way that stands for the larger tragedy of which this event was a part.” – Adam Hochschild bestselling author of King Leopold’s Ghost and American Midnight “With dogged reporting and great humanity, Jeanne Carstensen has written a powerful epic of ordinary people thrust into a border-crossing drama of survival. A Greek Tragedy is a gripping, heart-wrenching tale with a huge cast, and it is essential reading for anyone hoping to understand the migrations and the injustices of our modern world.” — Héctor Tobar, author of Our Migrant Souls and Deep Down Dark <hr /> About Our Guests <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1739484585/nz18etkgdbhgsjuuhqng.jpg" style="width:188px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:bottom;margin-right:5px;margin-left:5px;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /> Jeanne Carstensen is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, Foreign Policy, and Salon and broadcast nationally on The World. She covered the Syrian refugee crisis in Greece and Turkey and has been awarded grants and fellowships from The Pulitzer Center, Logan Nonfiction Program, and Mesa Refuge, where she was the Peter Barnes Long-Form Journalism fellow. She lives in San Francisco.  <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1739484871/c2rwkorwutifrb6fg8br.jpg" style="width:372px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:bottom;margin-right:5px;margin-left:5px;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /> Michael Krasny, PhD, is recently retired as Professor Emeritus of English at San Francisco State and served for nearly a quarter of a century as the host of Forum, on KQED public radio, where he was the recipient of many awards and interviewed most of the nation's leading writers, politicians and thinkers.  He is the author of a number of books, including Off Mike, Spiritual Envy and Let There Be Laughter, as well as co-author of Sound Ideas. <hr /> WHAT TO KNOW: ParkingFree and easy parking! Two parking lots available (390 Morris St &amp; behind the Annex at 425 Morris St. There is also street parking. WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CARPOOL! Can't Make it?There are no refunds for this event, however if you cannot make it to the show you may transfer your ticket(s) to another person!Simply forward the confirmation email to them and let them know the name the tickets are under. Venue Policies<ul><li>Drinks (beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages) and snacks (chips, popcorn, candy, etc.) will be available for purchase</li><li>There is no dinner or hot food onsite (except for VIP event)</li><li>No outside food or drink is allowed except for water bottles</li><li>There will be a spot available to refill your water bottle</li><li>This is a drug free zone/venue</li><li>All persons and items entering the Sebastopol Community Cultural Center are subject to search</li><li>Patrons with prohibited bags, cases, or other items will be asked to return the item to their vehicle</li><li>Items prohibited to enter Sebastopol Community Cultural include, but are not limited to: Firearms of any size or type, other weapons and knives of any size or type, pepper spray, mace, or other chemicals, animals other than Registered Service Dogs, alcohol, illegal substances, or drug paraphernalia, professional-grade audio, photo, or video recording equipment, cans, bottles, or outside food and beverages.</li></ul> FAQsMembers of my ticket group are arriving separately, do we have to wait to enter together? You do not need to wait! We’re able to check in each individual ticket within a ticket order. If you’re a group of 3 and your 3rd person is running late – no problem! Just make sure they have the QR code/know the name the tickets were bought under and we will check in the remainder of your group when they arrive.I don’t have the QR code for my tickets, what do I do? Don’t panic! We can look up your ticket order by the ticket purchaser’s name, email address, or the purchase confirmation number.Do you have ADA seating for individuals with wheelchairs, walkers, etc.? Yes! For seated events we have several locations marked for ADA seating. If all ADA spots are already occupied when you arrive, please see an usher or other member of staff to assist you.I can’t make it to the show anymore, do you do refunds? There are no refunds, however you may transfer your tickets to another individual by forwarding your QR code/confirmation email or letting them know whose name the ticket(s) are under.NOTE: People often use social media (Facebook, Instagram, NextDoor, etc.) for ticket transfers. Please use caution and, whenever possible, only do ticket transfers with people you know and/or trust. Trouble with Your Ticket Order?Reach out to tickets@seb.org with questions. Tuesday-Friday, 10am-4pm. Please note there are no refunds.

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Author Talk: Jeanne Carstensen and Michael Krasny

425 Morris St

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