East Bay

Tuesday, May 7, 7:30 pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Solano People love hearing jazz...and hearing about it. Musicians like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Buddy Rich...

For the third year, AAUW Alameda presents a spring series of talks featuring authors who live and write in Alameda and nearby, now co-sponsored by...

Thursday, May 9, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Join David Wade and University of Puerto Rico Rio Pedras professor James Penner for a night of philosophy and discussion of the...

Poetry Express presents a reading by John Garry, hosted by Jim Barnard, open mic, Himalayan Flavors Restaurant, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.com)

About the Book Sebastian Khan is 380 days away from the end of college. An art history major who’s as much a connoisseur of members...

Wednesday, May 15, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series Lyrics & Dirges features a mix of...

Michael Kroll is a prolific writer; he has published numerous magazine and newspaper pieces, some award-winning, most of which focus on our own criminal justice...

    InsideStorytime QUIDDITIES, featuring Sarah Stone (Hungry Ghost Theater), Lynn Breedlove (Forty-Five Thought Crimes), Vincent Chu (Like A Champion), Cheryl Ossola (The Wild Impossibility), and others, will occur at Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster...

The best-selling author of Confederates in the Attic returns to the South and the Civil War era for an epic adventure on the trail of America's greatest landscape...

Second Sunday Poetry series presents a reading by Amanda Moore, Ken Haas, Janey Jennings, and Barb Reynolds, curated by Barb Reynolds, Britt-Marie's Restaurant, 1369 Solano...

Poetry Express presents a reading by Carla Williams-Namboodiri, open mic, hosted by Bruce Bagnell, Himalayan Flavors Restaurant, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00

Tuesday, May 21, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Megan Griswold discusses and signs copies of The Book of Help: A Memoir in Remedies. “In a world full...

Cultural critic Susie Linfield presents her lively intellectual history of the political left, The Lions' Den: Zionism and the Left from Hannah Arendt to Noam Chomsky. In conversation wtih Steve...

Thursday, May 23, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Pegasus Books Downtown welcomes Matthew Cooperman, Aby Kaupang, Margaret Ronda, and Kristin George Bagdanov, for a night of shared poetry from their...

May 24, 2019: Robert Eastwood & Peter Weltner Robert Eastwood lives in San Ramon, California. He is the author of Romer (Etruscan Press, 2018), and Snare (Broadstone Books, 2016). His...

Spanish priest and Zen disciple Pablo d'Ors shares insights from his first English translation, Biography of Silence, at Pegasus Books Downtown. A publishing phenomenon in Spain, Biography of Silence...

Thursday, May 30, 7:30pm Pegasus Books Downtown Congresswoman Jackie Spier discusses her inspiring and powerful memoir, Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back. “Few people...

BAPC OPEN POETRY READING   Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2019:    June 1 3:00 - 5:00 PM     STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St.,...

Saturday, Jun 01, 2019 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location:  Upstairs on the 4th floor, at More Moe's 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Please join...

Ed Coletti poetry reading

Kit Robinson’s newest book of poetry is Thought Balloon from Roof Books. Other works include Leaves of Class (Chax, 2017), Marine Layer (BlazeVOX, 2015), A Mammal of Style(with Ted Greenwald, Roof, 2013), Determination (Cuneiform,...

About the Book: “This rabbi gig. People have no idea what it's all about.” A year after graduating from rabbinical school, Pearl Ross-Levy lands the...

Featured readers: MK Chavez, Sharon Coleman, Judy Bebelaar, Mary Mackey. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now. Book & Broadside Giveaway. Free,...

Friday, Jun 07, 2019 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location:  In the basement of the store 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Saretta Morgan is the...

EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS welcomes Obi Kaufmann to discuss his new new book The State of Water: Understanding Californi'as Most Precious Resource on Friday, June 7 at 7pm. Obi Kaufmann,...

Saturday, Jun 08, 2019 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location:  In the basement of the store 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Moe's welcomes Faith G....