Quiet Lightning presents their 117th show at Studiotobe, curated by Sarah Carpenter and Gracie Malley and performed live as a literary mixtape on May 7, 2018: Katie Wheeler-Dubin » Riss Rosado » Peter Bullen » Tracy Jane…
wasp vibez by evan karp featuring text from: Colin Winnette’s novel The Job of the Wasp (2018) Roger Corman’s film The Wasp Woman (1959) music by Evan Karp…
Quiet Lightning presents their 116th show at Dogeared Books Castro, curated by Sandra Wassilie + Charles Kruger and performed live on March 5, 2018: A Alex Peterson » Emma Webster » Natasha…
If you enjoy not-so-simple tales of mythical beings and talking animals, deadly dominant wizards and cheese-gobbling goblins, rapier-wielding rodents and long-slumbering monstrosities, Benjamin Wachs’ latest…
Quiet Lightning celebrates eight years with board + staff + friends performing at The Bindery on December 1, 2017. Featuring, in order of appearance:…
Quiet Lightning presents their 115th show at the Wave Organ, curated by Evan Karp and performed live on January 1, 2018: Ruth Crossman » Andrea Mejri » Sean Taylor » Nicolette Daskalakis » Cassandra Dallett » D.S….
Quiet Lightning presents their 113th show at Peacock Lounge, curated by Evan Karp and Kate Folk and performed live on November 6, 2017: K.R. Morrison » Kristina Ten » Sean Taylor »…
The 10th annual Beat Museum Poetry Festival was held at The Beat Museum in San Francisco on October 21-21, 2017. Saturday Gary Horsman Leah Lubin…
Quiet Lightning and California State Parks present Poetry in Parks 2017 on Saturday, September 9 at Candlestick Point SRA, with readings/performance by (in the following…
Tongo Eisen-Martin celebrates the launch of his second book Heaven is All Goodbyes—Number 61 in City Lights Books‘ Pocket Poets Series—at City Lights on Thursday, September…
Poetry Flash presents the 22nd annual Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival, co-sponsored by the Ecology Center/Berkeley Farmers’ Market, Pegasus Books Downtown, and Moe’s Books, and in conjunction…
Quiet Lightning presents their 111th show at Adobe Books, curated by Evan Karp and performed live on July 3, 2017: Siamak Vossoughi » Peter Bullen » Norma Smith » Kristina Ten » Zephir O’Meara » Sally Love Saunders » Allison Landa » Karthik Sethuraman » Jon…
Quiet Lightning, California State Parks, and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy present: Poetry in Parks 2016 October 9, 2016 This 3rd installation of Poetry in…
Quiet Lightning presents their 108th show at Clarion Music Center, curated by Lapo Guzzini and Caitlyn Wild and performed live on June 5, 2017: Adam Moskowitz » Rayan…
One literary organizer said to another: “Can you get a couple of Babar people to come in and read at the Octopus?” The resulting reading…
Quiet Lightning presents their 107th show at Galería de la Raza, curated by Christine No + Abe Becker and performed live on May 1, 2017: Baruch Porras-Hernandez » Natasha Dennerstein » Sarah…
Writer/musician Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong leads an afternoon of poetic contemplation, in collaboration with musician/writer Tessa Brinckman and other artists: writers Javier Huerta, Evan Karp, Danny…
Christine No hosted Nomadic Press‘ Get Lit #23 on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at Ale Industries: Featuring readings/performance by (in order of appearance): K. R. Morrison…
Deb Olin Unferth‘s new collection of stories Wait Till You See Me Dance (Graywolf) is full of surprises, with twists and turns that often leave the…
Quiet Lightning presents their 106th show at Elbo Room, curated by Evan Karp, Brianna Nelsun + Hannah Rubin and performed live on Apr 3, 2017: Adam Moskowitz » Katie Wheeler-Dubin » Kazumi…
For the fifth annual SFJazz Poetry Festival, Genny Lim has curated more than four nights of interdisciplinary performances. She’s used the opportunity to invest in…
Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them (2010), was working on a book inspired by a Chekhov…
Quiet Lightning presents their 105th show at Edinburgh Castle,curated by Meghan Thornton + Olga Zilberbourg and performed live on Mar 6, 2017: Peggy Schimmelman » Jenny Xie » Logan…
Shortly after Dixie De La Tour moved to the Bay Area, she received an invitation that would change her life. “I used to have a…
Quiet Lightning presents their 104th show at The Stud Bar, curated by Josey Rose and Christine No and performed live on Feb 6, 2017: Joe Wadlington Heather Bourbeau Peter Bullen…
