Ongoing

Smut: An Unseemly Story (The Greening of Mrs. Donaldson)

Z Space 450 Florida Street, San Francisco

One of England’s finest and most loved writers, Alan Bennett, explores the uncomfortable and tragicomic gap between people’s public appearance and their private desires in this tender and surprising story.

Poet Laureate Celebration

Falkirk Cultural Center 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael

Rebecca Foust and Prartho Sereno readings and celebration.

Natural Heir: The Arisa White Extension Exhibition

Qulture Collective 1714 Franklin Street, Oakland

Beautiful Things Project presents Natural Heir: The Arisa White Extension, a photographic collaboration with Nye’ Lyn Tho.

Granta’s Best Young American Novelists

DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland

Panel discussion with Granta's Best Young American Novelists, Lauren Groff, Esmé Weijun Wang, and Anthony Marra.

Fourteen Hills Release Party – Issue 23.2

Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco

Fourteen Hills Press is proud to announce the release party for issue 23.2! Join us for wine, snacks, and readings by the following contributors: JEN...

Free

Khaled Hosseini + Ellen Grace O’Brian

Book Passage Marin 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. , Corte Madera

Khaled Hosseini + Ellen Grace O'Brian - An Evening in Conversation.

$20

Poetry + Music: Brian Laidlaw + Ken Waldman

Falkirk Cultural Center 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael

San Francisco troubadour-poet Brian Laidlaw, The Stuntman, along with Alaskan fiddler and poet Ken Waldman whose double CD All Originals, All Traditionals, includes Appalachian-style string-band music with original poetry.

$3 – $5

Dawn McQuire + David Watts

Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

Poetry flash presents Dawn McGuire and David Watts