Author Talk: Lincoln Mitchell

Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room, SF Main Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco

San Francisco native Lincoln Mitchell will discuss his new book with Penelope Houston, the singer for the seminal San Francisco punk band The Avengers and...

Free

Samuel C. Woolley / The Reality Game

City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco

discussing his new book The Reality Game: How the Next Wave of Technology Will Break the Truth published by Public Affairs Fake news posts and...

Free

Peggy Orenstein

First Congregational Church of Berkeley 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley

Discussing Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity. Watch this space for info on ticketing. Wednesday, January 29,...

TBD

Poet Danez Smith: Homie

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco 3200 California St, San Francisco

Buy Tickets Co-presented with JCCSF Award-winning poet Danez Smith (Don’t Call Us Dead) is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects and performative power....

$20

#we music – a talk and performance series of queer perspectives

ProArts 150 Frank Ogawa Plaza (around the corner from Awaken Café), Oakland

Please join us for the seventh installment of #we, a talk and performance series of queer perspectives hosted by Richard Loranger. Each event features two...

Free of charge and a hat will be passed

Hand To Mouth/WORDS Spoken OUT #105

Rebound Bookstore 1611 4th Street, San Rafael

Our first reading of the year will feature Marin Poet Laureate Terry Lucas, and poet Kat Crawford. Terry Lucas is the author of two full-length...

Free

Lizzie O’Shea: Future Histories

Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco

Lizzie O'Shea discusses her new book Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us About Digital Technology. Praise for Future...

Free

The Berkeley Slam ft Mycah Miller!

The Starry Plough 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley

THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST! Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1999, and...

$7 – $10