East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest
2019 marks the 10th year of EBABZ! This year, we’re “Renewing Our Vows” with a gaudy, affectionate, wedding-themed fest. Whether you’re tabling, volunteering or browsing,...
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Omni Commons 4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland, CA, United States
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Bay Area Poets Coalition Open Poetry Reading
Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesSTRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...
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Eastwind’s End of Year Celebration!
Eastwind Books of Berkeley 2066 University Ave., Berkeley, CA, United StatesCelebrate the end of the year with friends at Eastwind Books of Berkeley! We would like to thank our dedicated volunteers, customers, and community members...
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Babylon Salon: Jamel Brinkley and Chia-Chia Lin: Winter 2019
The Armory Club 1799 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United Statespresents our Winter Reading Saturday, Dec 7, 2019, 6.00 pm at The Armory Club 1799 Mission Street (downstairs performance space) featuring Jamel Brinkley (A Lucky Man) Finalist...
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I Think About Your Hands – Belgium-based Poet Marina Kazakova
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesAs the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death is commemorated this year, a Belgium-based poet Marina Kazakova prepared a poetry programme inspired by and devoted to...
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Ugly Beauty
The Beat Dance Studio 2560 9th St., Berkeley, CA, United StatesPoetry & Performance Art Open Mic
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Howard Zinn Book Fair: Strike! Discovering Our Power
San Francisco City College 1125 Valencia St, San Francisco, CAHoward Zinn Book Fair 2019 Sunday December 8th 10am to 6pm City College of San Francisco, Mission Campus 1125 Valencia Street We are pleased to...
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Small Press Book Bazaar!
SF MoMa 151 Third St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesFree and open to the public; museum admission is free on this day Meet us at SFMOMA and around the Bay for Local Affairs, a...
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DA do SF 7
Specs Bar 12 William Saroyan Place, San Francisco, CA, United StatesCome to SPECS Bar on Sunday, December 8 at 6pm as 3RP Co-directors Peter Carlaftes & Kat Georges present their annual Dada Journal MAINTENANT reading...
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San José Poetry Slam
Caravan Lounge 98 S Almaden Ave, San Jose, CA, United Statesfeature: tba Hosted by Santa Clara Couty Poet Laureate Mighty Mike McGee doors and sign up list opens at 6:00pm sign up list closes at...
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Poets Laureate on Social Justice in Vallejo
John F. Kennedy Library, Joseph Room 505 Santa Clara St, VallejoDate/Time Date(s) - 12/09/2019 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Location 505 Santa Clara St Joseph Room at the John F. Kennedy Library, Vallejo, CA, with:...
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Marin Poetry Center’s annual Holiday Potluck & Read Around
Falkirk Cultural Center 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael , CA, United StatesOur annual holiday party at the Falkirk mansion is a time for poetry, song, and great food. Bring a poem and a holiday dish to...
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Silvia Federici, Jenny Brown and Dani Burilson
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEYMonday, Dec 09, 2019 7:00 PM Location: In the basement 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley Silvia Federici in conversation with Jenny Brown, author of Birth Strike:...
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An evening with Kal Spelletich
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesAn evening with Kal Spelletich Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco in conversation with Catharine Clark discussing...
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Silvia Federici book launch of Beyond the Periphery of the Skin
CIIS Public Programs 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesBeyond the Periphery of the Skin: Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism (PM Press & Kairos, 2019). Federici surveys the paradigms that...
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Roy Scranton
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesRoy Scranton reading from his new novel I ❤Oklahoma ! published by Soho Books Suzie's seen it all, but now she's looking for something she lost: a...
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The View from Somewhere: Reimagining local journalism in Oakland
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesJoin us for a conversation on journalism, objectivity and an equitable approach to local news in Oakland. Two months after the 2016 presidential election, radio...
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Grace Paley’s Birthday
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJudith Arcana, author of Grace Paley's Life Stories, will read and share from her decades-long friendship with Grace and their history of activism and writing....
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InsideStorytime Flux
Cinnabar 397 Ellis St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesOur last event of 2019. Readers include Mahnaz Badihian (Raven of Isfahan), Ed Miracle (Maker Messiah), Jen Burke Anderson, and others.
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30 Years of Street Sheet
Street Sheet 280 Turk St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesWe invite you to our new office to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Street Sheet newspaper! For three decades Street Sheet has been documenting...
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Fight the Tower! Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance
Eastwind Books of Berkeley 2066 University Ave., Berkeley, CA, United StatesAsian American women scholars experience shockingly low rates of tenure and promotion because of the ways they are marginalized by intersectionalities of race and gender....
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Performance | 2019 Poets-in-Residence
Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoin us for the culminating event of our 2019 Poets-in-Residence program. Tonya Foster and Alan Peláez López will perform their poetry at a reading to...
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Last Voz of 2019!
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesEnd 2019 right with an amazing night of poetry! As usual we will have snacks, drinks, three features, and an open mic!
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Terry Tempest Williams
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesTerry Tempest Williams reading from her new book Erosion: Essays of Undoing published by Sarah Critchton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux Fierce, timely, and unsettling essays...
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Poetry by the Bay
Oddfellows Hall 342 Georgia St., Vallejo, CA, United StatesLongest running poetry open mic in Vallejo. Come. Everyone is welcome. 4 minutes per poet. Multiple rounds. Freedom of expression. 2nd Floor Oddfellows Hall. 342...
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BPR Midterm Chapbook Release Party
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesBerkeley Poetry Review will be holding a release party for the third issue of our chapbook series: MIDTERM 3 - CIRCUITS, including poems from Leila...
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Kelsey St. Press 45th Anniversary Celebration: Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Ching-In Chen, Andrea Abi-Karam
McRoskey Mattress Company, Inc 1687 Market St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThe Poetry Center joins Kelsey St. Press for a public celebration of the press's 45th Anniversary, with readings by poets Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Ching-In Chen, and Andrea Abi-Karam. Kelsey Street Press was...
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2019 Michael Rubin Book Award Release Party!
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoin Fourteen Hills press to celebrate OPPRESSORFACE, the 2019 Michael Rubin Book Award winning book of poetry written by Rob Hendricks. There will be drinks,...
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Lyrical Opposition: Unplugged
483 14th St, San Francisco, CA 94103You’re cordially invited to join us for an intimate showcase of socially-conscious, acoustic hip-hop music. Based in Bay Area, CA, Lyrical Opposition creates safe platforms...
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The Fire Thieves in the Gallery
San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries 401 Van Ness Ave, Ste 126, San Francisco, CA, United StatesOrganized by Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate in consultation with Pam Peniston, artistic director of the Queer Cultural Center. The SFAC is pleased to...
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