Sweet, romantic, and innocent or awkward, confusing, and misguided. Or sweet and misguided. Or hot and confusing. Awkward and romantic. Doomed? Epic? Come listen to stories of being in love during a time when we were clearly less mature than we are now with:

singer/songwriter David Berkeley

comedian Scott Capurro

sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen Greene

retired teacher/storyteller Ron Jones

writer/bookstore manager Suzanne Kleid

singer/songwriter Sonny Smith

BIOS:

Called "a musical poet" by the San Francisco Chronicle, singer-songwriter David Berkeley's newest album "Some Kind of Cure" is filled with songs he wrote while living for a year in a remote
mountain village on the island of Corsica. He also penned a companion book called "140 Goats and a Guitar," which tells the stories behind those songs. He's been a guest on "This American Life," and maintains a near-constant touring schedule. He's shared the stage with acts including Dido, Adele, Ray Lamontagne, Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, Billy Bragg, Mumford and Sons, Nickel Creek and Don Mclean. See www.davidberkeley.com for more.

Scott Capurro was reared in Daly City, California; at age 3, he swam the English Channel. Since 1993, he's avoided AIDS by telling unsavory jokes in every English speaking country. Scott is trusting and thus surrounded by duplicity, yet he continues challenging himself, because he's physically challenged and emotionally unstable. Described by San Francisco Weekly (free press, edited by lesbians and designed by trannys with large hands and hidden agendas) as "stand-up in the very best possible sense - deadpan, ever-alert and hilarious." Scott has appeared in Mrs. Doubtfire, where, effortlessly, he played a homosexual; and Star Wars: Phantom Menace, where, breathlessly, he wore a body stocking. Scott knows David Cameron (wink, wink) and Nelson Mandela. Well, he's met Nelson once. They're both vegetarians. Actually, Scott is. Nelson said he was, to impress Scott. Cameron eats anything.

Cheryl Cohen Greene is a Certified Sexologist, with a doctorate in Human Sexuality, a 20 year member of the San Francisco Sex Information Training Staff, and a surrogate partner for over 30 years. She is also an expert on alternative sexual lifestyles and safer sex. The Surrogate, a movie about Cheryl's experience working with a physically challenged client, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Cheryl is currently at work on a book.

Ron Jones is a retired teacher, having formerly worked with the physically and mentally disabled in theater and sports. He is internationally known for the Emmy and Peabody Award adaptation of his classroom experience called THE WAVE. His books The Acorn People andB-Ball have been made into TV dramas. Ron lives in San Francisco, California where he performs regularly as a storyteller.

Suzanne Kleid manages Readers Bookstore at the Main, a Friends of the San Francisco Public Library bookstore. Her writing has been published in the Believer, Bitch magazine, We Still Like, and on The Rumpus.

Sonny Smith began playing Jimmy Yancey covers on piano in little mountain town clubs of Colorado when he was 18. These piano gigs led him to Denver and then into Central America where he busked up and down the Telemanca Coast. In 2009 he released Tomorrow is Alright (soft abuse/secret seven) with his band Sonny & the Sunsets and also did a residency through The Headlands Center for the Arts called “100 records” in which 100 artists make 7” record covers of fictional bands that he supplies the music for. He just completed a sold-out run for his debut theater piece SEE ALL KNOWS ALL at the Lost Church.

Monday, February 20

Verdi Club

2424 Mariposa St., San Francisco

Doors at 7, show at 8

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Thanks to

Friends of the SF Library