• My Life, My Stories / Real life. Told by SF seniors.

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Join us for an evening of learning and listening, hosted by My Life, My Stories! The theme is Family. My Life, My Stories is a local non-profit...

  • Omnidawn Spring Books 2020

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley

    Our Omnidawn book parties are legendary! Join us to get a first look at their latest titles. Hear great readings and meet the poets: Desirée...

    Free
  • Crossroads: Stories of Queer Spirit

    Welcome! Before joining the call, please read the full event description below--- CROSSROADS is a meeting place for all those who worship, pray, and make...

    Free
  • Hilary Moore & James Tracy

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

    celebrating the release of No Fascist USA! The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for Today's Movements by Hilary Moore and James Tracy (forward by...

    Free
  • Zach Norris, We Keep Us Safe at Bookshop Santa Cruz

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

    ookshop Santa Cruz and the NAACP of Santa Cruz County welcome Zach Norris, executive director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, for a discussion and signing...

    Free
  • Phyllis Grant in Conversation with Julia Cosgrove

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    discussing Grant's just-published book Everything is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes. "What a beautiful, rich, and poetic memoir this is. Phyllis Grant writes of...

    Free
  • Alexandra Mattraw with Tiff Dressen and Mah Shein Win

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

    celebrating the release of Alexandra Mattraw's new poetry collection We fell into Weather Published by Cultural Society What has been said about We fell into...

    Free
  • #we : queer perspectives

    Pro Arts Gallery 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA, United States

    Please join us for the eighth 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
  • Cancelled: Adrienne Miller: In the Land of Men

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

    Please note: this event has been cancelled.   Adrienne Miller discusses her new memoir, In the Land of Men, with Dave Eggers. Praise for In the...

    Free
  • Online MoAD Open Mic Night

    Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Open Mic at MoAD is going virtual! Use this link to participate in the Open Mic online. You can sign up below to read, or...

    Free
  • Canceled: Geometry of Shadows: Stefania Heim on Giorgio de Chirico

    Center for the Art of Translation office 582 Market St #700, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Poet and translator Stefania Heim joins Olivia Sears to talk about Giorgio de Chirico’s Italian poetry, visual and verbal juxtapositions, and interlingual negotiations. AUTHOR Giorgio...

    Free
  • Robert Glück

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

    celebrating the new edition of Margery Kempe by Robert Glück, introduction by Colm Toibin published by New York Review Books First published in 1994, Robert...

    Free
  • The Racket 40: Light

    We can still remember celebrating our mother's 40th birthday with a cake shaped like a coffin and a bunch of people wearing underwear on their...

    Free
  • Jordan Kisner

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

    Jordan Kisner discusses her new essay collection, Thin Places: Essays From In Between. Praise for Thin Places “Jordan Kisner’s essays are like intricate tattoos: etched with...

    Free
  • Jordan Kisner and Esmé Weijun Wang at Green Apple Books

    Green Apple Books 9th Avenue 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Jordan Kisner discusses her new essay collection, Thin Places: Essays From In Between with Esmé Weijun Wang. Praise for Thin Places “Jordan Kisner’s essays are like intricate tattoos:...

    Free
  • Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #2

    Donate (only if you can swing it) by clicking on the "ticket" link or dropping donations via the $Cash app to $NomadicPress OR https://cash.app/$NomadicPress 90...

    Free
  • Poetry Reading and Live Drawing

    Zoom Secession Virtual Happy Hour Friday, March 27, 6pm https://zoom.us/j/448811298 While we're closed until the city allows us to reopen (fingers crossed for April 9),...

    Free
  • Jane Hirshfield: Ledger

    Pt. Reyes Books 11315 CA-1, Pt. Reyes Station, CA, United States

    Jane Hirshfield reads from her new collection of poems, Ledger. About Ledger: From one of our most celebrated contemporary poets--long-listed for the National Book Award...

    Free
  • Saturday Night Special, A “Scandalous” Open Mic

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

    Scandal is "an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage." Whether it's the short skirt your mom wore,...

    Free
  • Bay Area Antioch Reading Series no.2

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

    Bay Area Antioch Reading Series is a quarterly reading series curated and sponsored by alumni of Antioch University MFA Program in Creative Writing. BAARS no.2...

    Free
  • Silent Book Club SF

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Bring a book, bring a friend, and join Silent Book Club for an afternoon of reading! At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All books and all ages...

    Free
  • Silent Book Club SF

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Bring a book, bring a friend, and join Silent Book Club for an afternoon of reading! At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All books and all ages...

    Free
  • Seen and Heard

    THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San Francisco
    Free