On January 15, Bay Area Writers Resist, in solidarity with Writers Resist groups around the world, hosted a night of readings and recommitment to Democracy—a benefit…
In the beginning of her first book, House A (Omnidawn), Jennifer S. Cheng writes: “It is important to note that before language, children experience memories…
Litquake runs Oct. 6-15 and begins with an opening-night gala celebrating 400 years of Shakespeare, with poet Gary Soto, harpist Shelley Phillips and a special…
Lit Crawl is accepting submissions from literary organizations, writing groups, reading series, and publications who want to curate an event during that most notorious of literary days,…
Multimedia Performance Project Fuses Art, Technology & Public Discourse BANDALOOP, Illuminate, Madrone Studios, and The Village Impacts are proud to announce a new collaborative public art…
Too often, it is difficult to feel — much less mobilize — the power of the civic voice amid the forces of government and the…
Every year, on the ninth and final day of San Francisco’s literary festival, Litquake, hundreds of storytellers, poets, biographers and writers of all kinds converge…
Working as a middle school secretary six years ago, Liz Mayorga found out about the annual celebration of DIY culture known as Zine Fest when…
Summer and fall walked into a campus of artist-renovated military buildings to read from their latest works and to talk about the weather. One of…
It began in a San Francisco apartment in 2009 and continued for three years as an open mike at cafes and bars, then gained traction…
