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Saturday, October 17
 

7:00pm PDT

Picturing the Past: Graphic Novelists on History and Memory
Saturday October 17, 2026 7:00pm - Sunday October 18, 2026 4:00pm PDT
FREE, $10-$15 suggested donation

Sponsored by Berkeleyside

Through memoir, history, fiction, or a combination, these four talented creators use cartoons to give readers a vivid glimpse into the past. Frederick Noland shares the epic story of Major Taylor, the “world’s fastest man,” a global cycling sensation despite the incessant racism the Black athlete encountered. In ArmaveniNadine Takvorian draws on her own family history to relate the heartbreaking history of the Armenian genocide. Emil Wilson’s The Nightingales blends fact and fiction in a personal story of the 1980s AIDS crisis. And Maria van Lieshout’s graphic novel Song of a Blackbird pairs the stories of two Dutch teens, one contemporary and one bearing witness to Nazi atrocities. Brief visual presentations will be followed by a conversation led by graphic memoirist Briana Loewinsohn
. Doors at 6:30pm.
Moderators
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Briana Loewinsohn

Briana Loewinsohn is an American cartoonist. She is the author of the acclaimed graphic memoir Ephemera (Fantagraphics, 2023). It was listed as one of the ALA’s top graphic novels of 2023 and was awarded the 2023 Foreword Indies Editors Prize for non-fiction. Her new book, Rais... Read More →
Speakers
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Nadine Takvorian

Nadine Takvorian is a first-generation Armenian-American author and illustrator of children’s books and graphic novels. From within the Armenian diaspora, Nadine’s family is “Bolsahye”  — from Istanbul, Turkey.

She is passionate about exploring Armenian identity and hi

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Maria van Lieshout

Maria van Lieshout was born and raised in the Netherlands. She has written and illustrated fifteen picture books for kids. Her historical graphic novel Song of a Blackbird, about a female artist in the Amsterdam resistance during WWII, was inspired by events that affected her o... Read More →
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Frederick Noland

Frederick Noland focuses on less-known Black Historical Figures. He created San Francisco Black History, a comics public-art series for the San Francisco Arts Commission; and Respect Black Women, a collection of biographies-in-brief. Noland's work has appeared in The New Yorker... Read More →
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Emil Wilson

Emil Wilson is an artist living in San Fransisco, California. The Nightingales is his first graphic novel.
Saturday October 17, 2026 7:00pm - Sunday October 18, 2026 4:00pm PDT
Mrs. Dalloway's 2904 College Ave, Berkeley CA 94705
 

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