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Michael Shapiro will talk about “The Creative Spark”

Michael Shapiro will talk about “The Creative Spark”

by Michael Shapiro | Aug 2, 2019 | Past Events

Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, 7pm Copperfield’s Books138 N Main St, Sebastopol, Calif. “Michael Shapiro’s finely tuned, informed and intimate interviews strike to the heart of the matter.” ―Tim Cahill, author of Hold the Enlightenment Creative people have a certain...
Giant Among Giants: Mike Krukow, Alaska Beyond, August 2019

Giant Among Giants: Mike Krukow, Alaska Beyond, August 2019

by Michael Shapiro | Aug 1, 2019 | Interviews, Sports, Stories

San Francisco Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow is one of baseball’s best announcers, but for years has been battling a debilitating muscle disease. Yet he never complains, and for Giants fans he remains a treasure of knowledge and irreverant wit. Here’s my...
Michael Shapiro 2017 Sonoma County TEDx talk in Santa Rosa, Calif.

Michael Shapiro 2017 Sonoma County TEDx talk in Santa Rosa, Calif.

by Michael Shapiro | Aug 1, 2019 | Blog, Featured

Travel writer and photographer Michael Shapiro takes you from Ireland to Guatemala, from Kenya to Ecuador, and talks about how meeting people all over the world helps build bridges and shatter expectations. This talk was given at the 2017 Sonoma County TEDx event in...
Boys of Winter: Playing baseball with my heroes at SF Giants fantasy camp, Lexus magazine

Boys of Winter: Playing baseball with my heroes at SF Giants fantasy camp, Lexus magazine

by Michael Shapiro | Mar 27, 2019 | Blog, Sports, Stories, Travel

Back in 2008, I received a dream assignment from a gorgeously designed magazine called Lexus that’s read by more than 1 million Lexus drivers in North America. The editor asked if I’d spend a week in January playing baseball at San Francisco Giants fantasy...
Once in a Lifetime: Visiting Bruegel in Vienna with my mom, Perceptive Travel, Feb. 2019

Once in a Lifetime: Visiting Bruegel in Vienna with my mom, Perceptive Travel, Feb. 2019

by Michael Shapiro | Feb 1, 2019 | Blog, Stories, Travel

In November 2018, my mom saw a story in Art News about the first true Pieter Bruegel the Elder exhibtion ever, to be held at the Kunsthistoriches art museum in Vienna. She asked if I wanted to make a trip to Austria and I said I’d love to but had a book deadline...
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  • National Geographic, December 2020: In remote Nepal, new roads bring opportunity and perils
  • National Geographic, November 2020: How the mystique of Wales gave strength to a legendary writer
  • Essay: A Month of Sundays, The Bold Italic, June 11, 2020
  • The Press Democrat, Feb. 20, 2020: Sarah McLachlan reflects on making music and giving back
  • Kauai Garden Island, Jan. 2, 2020: Surviving a Rogue Wave
  • Sierra magazine, June 2020: The Case Against Cruising. Proposed legislation seeks to clean up an environmental pariah
  • The Press Democrat, July 1, 2020: ‘California Rocks’ at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art shows the heyday of rock ’n’ roll

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