Author Event at the Downtown Library :"Front Street" with Brian Barth

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• Friday, Feb 27, 2026  7pm - 9pm

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Author Brian Barth and collaborators from Wood Street Commons, a collective of unhoused activists from Oakland, discuss "Front Street: Resistance and Rebirth in the Tent Cities of Techlandia" in a panel discussion moderated by Don Lane.
In this wide-reaching portrait of the constellation of people living in tents, shacks, and cars in the shadow of tech campuses and skyscrapers, award-winning journalist Brian Barth introduces us to the misfits, activists, and iconoclasts of Silicon Valley’s homeless encampments. Blending memoir, investigative reporting, history, and cultural criticism to paint a portrait of a community searching for dignity and connection in the midst of a national crisis, Front Street is a conversation-changing story about the struggle for housing.