• Caroline Goodwin, open mic

    Himalayan Flavors 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley

    Poetry Express presents Caroline Goodwin in a featured poetry reading, open mic before and after featured reading, hosted by Bruce Bagnell, Himalayan Flavors Restaurant, back...

    Free
  • Ian Haney López

    Kehilla Synagogue 1300 Grand Ave., Piedmont, CA, United States

    presens Merge Left:Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America. "The book for anyone interested in cross-racial solidarity on behalf of racial and economic justice...

    Free
  • Fifteen Year Anniversary at Books Inc. Alameda

    Books Inc. Alameda 1344 Park Street, Alameda, CA, United States

    Join us at Books Inc. Alameda to celebrate 15 years of serving our community! Come for snacks, activities for the kids, music, and fun with...

    Free
  • Readings from ZYZZYVA’s Bay Area Issue

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS celebrates the latest issue of their dear friends at ZYZZYVA on Friday, January 24! ZYZZYVA dedicates its most recent issue to the...

    Free
  • Diverse Voices from Civil Liberties United

    Oakland Center for Spiritual Living 5000 Clarewood Dr., Oakland, CA, United States

    Prose, poetry and artwork from the Civil Liberties United anthology, featuring Lorraine Bonner, Sue Granzella, Anahita Miller, Sridevi Ramanathan & Shizue Seigel, The anthology includes...

    Free
  • Speak, easy Vol. 12

    Joyce Gordon Gallery 406 14th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    An artist showcase and open mic night honoring the voices of black women.

    Free
  • Saturday Write-In!

    Farley's East 33 Grand Avenue, Oakland , CA, United States

    Come Write With Us! Novelists, poets, nonfiction writers, artists, all genre/ genrequeer/ no genre. We'll bring a few writing prompts/ poems to help start you...

    Free
  • Saturday Night Special presents: Out of the Dark

    Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Welcome back! I'm excited to see my SNS family following our annual holiday hiatus, for our first reading of 2020. Our January theme (suggested by...

    Free
  • Bob Perelman, Norman Fischer, James Sherry

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Norman Fischer is a poet, essayist, and Zen Buddhist priest. The latest of his more than twenty-five prose and poetry titles are the serial poems On...

    Free
  • Peggy Orenstein

    First Congregational Church of Berkeley 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

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

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

    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
  • The Berkeley Slam ft Mycah Miller!

    The Starry Plough 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

    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
  • Poets Michael Gottlieb, Brian Ang, Sara Larsen, and James Sherry

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Michael Gottlieb is the author of twenty books, most recently Mostly Clearing, from Roof Books, published in November 2019. Other recent titles include What We...

    Free
  • Bay Area Poets Coalition

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA   Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...

    Free
  • The New Global Politics of Waste

    Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    This lecture addresses how wastes have become globalized, but also how one decision - such as China's decision not to import paper and plastic scrap...

    Free
  • Tomas Moniz in Conversation with Nancy Au

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Big Familia follows Juan Gutiérrez, a self-employed single father, as he navigates a tumultuous year of inescapable change. His daughter, Stella, is on the verge of...

    Free
  • Lunch Poems: Robert Hass

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Robert Hass’s many awards include the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Additionally, he served as U. S....

    Free
  • Lidia Yuknavitch VERGE Book Tour

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Lidia Yuknavitch will read from her new book, VERGE, on Thursday, February 6 at 7:00 PM at East Bay Booksellers. A Q&A and Signing will...

    Free
  • Poetry Flash presents Dan Bellm and Alicia Suskin Ostriker

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

    Alicia Suskin Ostriker’s latest book of poems is Waiting for the Light. Daisy Fried says, “Ostriker so loves the world, its griefs, traumas, praises, mysteries, and joys,...

    Free
  • Andy Warner presents Spring Rain

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Andy Warner presents and signs copies of Spring Rain: A Graphic Memoir of Love, Madness, and Revolutions. ABOUT THE BOOK An intimate graphic memoir by a New York...

    Free
  • First Friday Teen Open Mic & Children’s Storyteller Series

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Our February First Friday Children's Storyteller Series and Teen Poetry Open Mic is filled with literary magic. 6pm-7pm, featuring: - Children's Storytelling with children's book...

    Free
  • Jan Steckel & Shazam at Works in Progress Women’s Open Mic

    Plymouth Jazz and Justice Church 424 Monte Vista, Oakland

    A WOMEN-ONLY open mic featuring poet Jan Steckel and singer-songwriter Shazam. Jan Steckel is a former pediatrician who stopped practicing medicine because of chronic pain....

    $7
  • Contemporary Writers Series: Brenda Shaughnessy

    Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Brenda Shaughnessy was born in Okinawa and raised in Southern California. She is the author of five poetry collections, most recently The Octopus Museum. She’s the...

    Free
  • Jean Day and Evan Kennedy

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEY

    Jean Day is a poet, union activist, and editor whose Triumph of Life was published last spring by Insurance Editions. Her Late Human will follow from Ugly Duckling in...

    Free