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  • May 2020
  • Wed 20
    Todd Miller: Empire of Borders
    May 20, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Todd Miller: Empire of Borders

    Todd Miller discusses his recent book Empire of Borders: The Expansion of the US Border around the World This author presentation, discussion and Q and...

    Free
  • Wed 20
    May 20, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Stephanie Danler and Anna Wiener

    Join us on Wednesday May 20th at 5:00pm PDT on Instagram Live for a conversation between Stephanie Danler and Anna Wiener on her new memoir Stray. About...

  • Wed 20
    May 20, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    Litquake on Lockdown: Ishmael Beah and Little Family

    From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Sierra Leone child-soldier memoir, A LONG WAY HOME, comes this powerful new novel about young people...

    Free – $5
  • Wed 20
    front cover of Home Baked
    May 20, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Alia Volz, in conversation with Joe Loya, discusses Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco

    During the '70s in San Francisco, Alia's mother ran the underground Sticky Fingers Brownies, delivering upwards of 10,000 illegal marijuana edibles per month throughout the...

    Free
  • Wed 20
    Red Light Lit
    May 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    Red Light Lit

    Red Light Lit is having its first virtual reading series hosted by comedian, Luna Malbroux. Featured readers include Peter Thomas Bullen, Lara Coley, Jenee Darden,...

    Free
  • Wed 20
    Exploring Rumi to Make Sense of Ourselves
    May 20, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Exploring Rumi to Make Sense of Ourselves

    “Quit being a drop. Make yourself an ocean.” Rumi’s inspiring and deceptively simple poems have been called ecstatic, mystical, and devotional. For writer and activist...

    Free
  • Wed 20
    May 20, 2020 @ 7:30 pm PDT

    Mary Karr & Kaveh Akbar

    Watch the upcoming webcast on our YouTube channel → You can support the cost of this public webcast by making a tax-deductible donation. Thank you...

    Free
  • Wed 20
    Lyrics & Dirges Ether Edition: May Contagion
    May 20, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Lyrics & Dirges Ether Edition: May Contagion

    Lyrics & Dirges continues its long-running reading series featuring the diverse voices of the East Bay. With a reading by poets Tureeda Mikell and Sarah...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    WATV Presents: Ashia Ajani and The Burl Concentrate
    May 21, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    WATV Presents: Ashia Ajani and The Burl Concentrate

    We Are The Voices Presents: Ashia Ajani and The Burl Concentrate (curated by Wolfman Books) Yes! We are so excited for this reading! Ashia Ajani...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    Local best-selling author David Talbot in conversation with Rose Aguilar
    May 21, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Local best-selling author David Talbot in conversation with Rose Aguilar

    Grab your favorite beverage and snacks and join THD for a happy hour in a personal conversation between David Talbot, local well-known writer and historian,...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    Screenside Chat #3: Norma Liliana Valdez and Alan Pelaez Lopez
    May 21, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Screenside Chat #3: Norma Liliana Valdez and Alan Pelaez Lopez

    Join us for our third Screenside Chat, a new limited-run series where Nomadic Press partners with other small publishers to bring you "fireside chat"-esque readings...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    Write from the Gut! Virtual Reading + open mic
    May 21, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Write from the Gut! Virtual Reading + open mic

    Join the SF Creative Writing Institute for an online reading by former and current students, faculty, and friends to celebrate the end of our Spring...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    Online MoAD Open Mic
    May 21, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Open Mic Night

    Open Mic at MoAD is going virtual! Hosted by poet Nia McAllister, join us for an evening of spoken word, featuring amazing poets from throughout...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    That We May Live: Dorothy Tse and Natascha Bruce in conversation

    Virtual Event Surreal stories for a surreal time. Hong Kong surrealist writer Dorothy Tse and translator Natascha Bruce join Calico editor Sarah Coolidge to talk...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    This is Now – Facts in Crisis

    This event is online. Join us online when political commentator, author, and international affairs expert Tom Nichols returns for a new conversation. You may know...

  • Thu 21
    logo for The Racket
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    The Racket : The Long Gone w/ Keith Wilson

    We're doing a weekly reading series while the world continues to be what it is. This week we're celebrating Chicago-based poet Keith Wilson. He's the...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Rick Hanson, Neurodharma

    Bookshop Santa Cruz invites you to join us for an online event with psychologist and bestselling author Rick Hanson, Ph.D., who will discuss his new...

  • Thu 21
    Third Thursdays at Willow Glen Library feat. Rachelle Escamilla!
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Third Thursdays at Willow Glen Library feat. Rachelle Escamilla!

    Featured reader: Rachelle Escamilla! Open mic to follow. Free and open to the public with Eventbrite registration, tix booth closes at 6:30pm on 5/21. Rachelle...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Online!
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm PDT

    You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Online!

    You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Online! an ONLINE Open Mic w/Ned Buskirk, the You're Going to Die team & music from...

    $10 – $50
  • Thu 21
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Karolina Waclawiak: Life Events

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

    Karolina Waclawiak discusses her new novel Life Events. Praise for Life Events "Waclawiak writes with emotional precision and explores the tragedy of existence by masterfully walking...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PDT

    Online Bookclub: Join us in reading and discussing Roy Jacobsen’s The Unseen

    Introducing our online book club Join us as we read The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen, a bestseller in Norway and finalist for the Booker International Prize in...

  • Thu 21
    May 21, 2020 @ 8:00 pm PDT

    Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided...

    Free
  • Fri 22
    May 22, 2020 @ 5:00 pm PDT

    Zoom Forward! #9 with Karen Joy Fowler, Elizabeth McKenzie, Peggy Townsend

    Phren-Z, The Hive Poetry Collective, and Bookshop Santa Cruz present Zoom Forward! #9 with Karen Joy Fowler, Elizabeth McKenzie, Peggy Townsend part of the Zoom...

    Free
  • Fri 22
    May 22, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Zoom Forward! #10 with Karen Joy Fowler, Elizabeth McKenzie, Peggy Townsend

    Phren-Z, The Hive Poetry Collective, and Bookshop Santa Cruz present Zoom Forward! #10 with Karen Joy Fowler, Elizabeth McKenzie, and Peggy Townsend, part of the Zoom...

  • Fri 22
    Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #10
    May 22, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #10

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Showing up is one amazing form of support that we really appreciate....

    Free
  • Sat 23
    Virtual Book Talk with John Tateishi
    May 23, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm PDT

    Virtual Book Talk with John Tateishi

    Join us for a virtual book talk with Redress author John Tateishi. Email berkeleyjacl@gmail.com or message us to receive the Zoom link. Buy your book...

    Free
  • Sat 23
    May 23, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

    How to Get Off Fossil Fuels Quickly—and Fairly: The Green New Deal and Beyond

    This event is free & will be broadcast on Zoom. Sign up here to attend! Stan Cox, author of The Green New Deal and Beyond, will join his...

  • Sat 23
    May 23, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    Celebrate APA Heritage with the Poetry of J.Bayani, A.Cassinetto, M.Win

    Poetry and conversation with Aileen Cassinetto, Maw Shein Win, and Jason Bayani About this Event Celebrate Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month with Eastwind Books of Berkeley!...

  • Sat 23
    Living Between Generations: An Intergenerational Reading
    May 23, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Living Between Generations: An Intergenerational Reading

    Foglifter's Emerging Writer Fellows Reginald Edmonds and Ali Michael Cannon Present: Living Between Generations: An Intergenerational Reading Please join Foglifter in celebrating the culmination of...

    Free
  • Sat 23
    May 23, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    Youth Spirit Artworks Open Mic Poetry, Asé

    Our monthly Open Mic Poetry event, Asé, is happening this Saturday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Zoom! We are featuring poets Kathy Dana...

    Free
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