• DirtyMinds/OpenHearts Open Mic/Spoken word

    THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San Francisco

    Dirty Minds/Open Hearts Poetry Society will present an OPEN MIC/SPOKEN WORD event on Monday, March 2 at 7pm at The Laundry at 3359 26th Street...

    Free with beverage purchase
  • Silent Reading Party

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Presented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read to yourself in silence. Drinks and light snacks will be available. There is...

    Free
  • Benicia First Tuesday Poets

    Benicia Public Library 150 East L St., Benicia

    Benicia Public Library in the Dona Benicia Room. Hosted by Benicia Poet Laureate Tom Stanton. Mystery Poet followed by open mic! Founded in 2003.

    Free
  • Joseph Lease and Hank Lazer Reading

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

    Joseph Lease's critically acclaimed books of poetry include The Body Ghost (Coffee House Press, 2018), Testify (Coffee House Press, 2011), and Broken World (Coffee House Press, 2007). Lease’s...

    Free
  • Fred Moten: Approaching Buenaventura

    African American Museum and Library 659 14th St., Oakland, CA

    Join Dr. Fred Moten in reflection and dialogue on his most recent journey towards Buenaventura, navigating the deep affinities and differences between Black and Indigenous...

    Free
  • Javad Djavahery

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Cultural Services of the Consul General of France in conjunction with Restless Books and City Lights Booksellers present Javad Djavahery reading from his new...

    Free
  • Evan Bloom, Rachel Levin,&; George McCalman: Eat Something

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

    Evan Bloom, co-owner of Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen, Rachel Levin, and George McCalman discuss their new cookbook Eat Something: A Wise Sons Cookbook for Jews Who Like...

    Free
  • CANCELLED: Lunch Poems: Ocean Vuong

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

    Ocean Vuong is the author of the internationally best-selling debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Penguin Press 2019). He is also the author of the critically...

    Free
  • Homeless Activist Poet Sarah Menefee Reads From Her New Book Cement

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    San Francisco poet and homeless activist Sarah Menefee’s latest, voices from the streets and of comrade angels; along with Haitian-born poet and performer Boadiba, with...

    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
  • Lisa Moore Ramée: “A Good Kind of Trouble”

    Alibi Bookshop 624 Marin Street, Vallejo

    Lisa Moore Ramée will be in conversation with David William Hill and reading from her debut YA novel, "A Good Kind of Trouble." “Full of...

    Free
  • A Night of Jazz and Spoken Word

    Charles Blades Barber Spa 180 2nd St., Oakland, CA, United States

    Come join us for the second collaboration between Charles Blades Barber Spa and Pochino Press! Our feature for this edition is live jazz by the...

    Free
  • Christopher Kerr, Death Is but a Dream at Bookshop Santa Cruz

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Hospice of Santa Cruz County, in partnership with Bookshop Santa Cruz, presents Dr. Christopher Kerr who will discuss and sign copies of his new book, Death...

    Free
  • Contemporary Writers Series: Ingrid Rojas Contreras

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

    Ingrid Rojas Contreras was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. Her first novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, was a silver medal winner in First Fiction...

    Free
  • Nomadic Press @ City Lights

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    City Lights celebrates Nomadic Press with Tureeda Mikell, Josiah Luis Alderete, Ayodele Nzinga, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Genny Lim, James Cagney, Dr. James P. (Jimmy) Garrett, music by Azuah...

    Free
  • Andy Weinberger presents An Old Man’s Game

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

    Longtime bookseller Andy Weinberger reads and signs copies of his debut novel, An Old Man's Game.  Beginning when a controversial celebrity rabbi drops dead over...

    Free
  • Katie M. Flynn

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

    Katie M. Flynn discusses her debut novel, The Companions. Praise for The Companions “Beautifully atmospheric and emotionally intense, The Companions is an unnerving and engrossing story. The radiant,...

    Free
  • Afternoon Craft Conversation with Cyrus Cassells

    Soda Activity Center: Ordina Room 1928 St. Marys Road, Moraga, CA, United States

    DATE & TIME: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 - 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. LOCATION: Soda Activity Center: Orinda Room, 1928 St. Marys Road, Moraga, CA...

    Free
  • Mark Greenside at Alameda Authors Series IV

    Alameda Free Library, Stafford Room 1550 Oak Street, Alameda, ca

    Details: The fourth annual Alameda Authors Series, sponsored by, AAUW Alameda and the Friends of the Alameda Free Library, continues with best-selling author and chronicler...

    Free
  • Shana Redmond

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    discussing the subject of her new book Everything Man: The Form and Function of Paul Robeson from Duke University Press From his cavernous voice and...

    Free
  • MariNaomi / Distant Stars

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery welcomes MariNaomi back for the final volume of her Life on Earth trilogy, Distant Stars. Please join us! Celebrated cartoonist MariNaomi concludes her tale of growing up, falling...

    Free