Saturday Night Special, A Disobedient Open Mic
Nick's Lounge 3218 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA, United StatesFebruary is the month of love and loneliness, Pisces and Leap Year. But we're doing our own thing. In honor of all that is wrong...
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Jenny Odell on How to Do Nothing
Kaleidoscope Coffee 109 Park Place, Point Richmond, California, United StatesCafe Society Presents Jenny Odell on her book How to Do Nothing, Resisting the Attnetion Economy. Jenny Odell is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Oakland whose...
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Book Release Party: A Nail the Evening Hangs On by Monica Sok
Eastside Cultural Center 2277 International Blvd, OaklandCopper Canyon Press presents… Book Release Party: A Nail the Evening Hangs On by Monica Sok Sat Feb 29, 7pm EastSide Cultural Center 2277 International...
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Fellini Turns 100/ La Natura Morta De La Dolce Vita at City Lights Bookstore
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesOn the 100th birthday of Federico Fellini, with celebrations happening all over the world in 2020, the Leonardo da Vinci Society of San Francisco in conjunction with Consulate General...
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Kimberly Reyes: Running to Stand Still
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesKimberly Reyes reads from her new book, Running to Stand Still. Also featuring readings from Jennifer Lewis, Truong Tran, and Kar Johnson. Praise for Running to Stand...
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DirtyMinds/OpenHearts Open Mic/Spoken word
THE LAUNDRY 3359 26th Street, San FranciscoDirty 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...
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Silent Reading Party
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesPresented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read to yourself in silence. Drinks and light snacks will be available. There is...
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Benicia First Tuesday Poets
Benicia Public Library 150 East L St., BeniciaBenicia Public Library in the Dona Benicia Room. Hosted by Benicia Poet Laureate Tom Stanton. Mystery Poet followed by open mic! Founded in 2003.
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Joseph Lease and Hank Lazer Reading
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, BerkeleyJoseph 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...
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Opening celebration of the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network Center, featuring Viet Thanh Nguyen, Thi Bui, and others tba
Jack Adams Hall, César Chavez Student Center, SFSU SFSU, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoin us for this special Tuesday evening event celebrating the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network—directed by Isabelle Pelaud, writer and professor of Asian American Studies at SF...
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Holloway Reading Series: Magdalena Zurawski
Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesFree -
Fred Moten: Approaching Buenaventura
African American Museum and Library 659 14th St., Oakland, CAJoin Dr. Fred Moten in reflection and dialogue on his most recent journey towards Buenaventura, navigating the deep affinities and differences between Black and Indigenous...
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BOOKSMITH: Launch for Lisa Brown / The Phantom Twin, with Wendy Macnaughton
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith hosts our favorite illustrator, Lisa Brown, for her new book The Phantom Twin. She'll be in conversation with Wendy Macnaughton. Please join us! A young woman...
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Javad Djavahery
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThe Cultural Services of the Consul General of France in conjunction with Restless Books and City Lights Booksellers present Javad Djavahery reading from his new...
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Evan Bloom, Rachel Levin,&; George McCalman: Eat Something
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesEvan 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...
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CANCELLED: Lunch Poems: Ocean Vuong
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesOcean 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...
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Homeless Activist Poet Sarah Menefee Reads From Her New Book Cement
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesSan 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...
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Colonize This! w/ Lexi Adsit, Sonia Guiñansaca, Rebecca Hurdis, Darice Jones, Luna Merbruja, Bhavana Mody, Natani Notah, Bushra Rehman.
East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandEAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome contributors from the new edition of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism on Friday, March...
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Bay Area Poets Coalition
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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Lisa Moore Ramée: “A Good Kind of Trouble”
Alibi Bookshop 624 Marin Street, VallejoLisa Moore Ramée will be in conversation with David William Hill and reading from her debut YA novel, "A Good Kind of Trouble." “Full of...
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A Night of Jazz and Spoken Word
Charles Blades Barber Spa 180 2nd St., Oakland, CA, United StatesCome join us for the second collaboration between Charles Blades Barber Spa and Pochino Press! Our feature for this edition is live jazz by the...
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CANCELLED: Odd Mondays March 2020 Reading: Larkin, Sindell & Subramanian
Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesOdd Mondays offers you three very different novels for March: A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF HEAVEN by Mathangi Subramanian, THE PUGILIST POETS OF VENICE by Jon...
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Alec Karakatsanis / Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith hosts an evening with Alec Karakatsanis for his new book, Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System. More information to be announced...
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Christopher Kerr, Death Is but a Dream at Bookshop Santa Cruz
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United StatesHospice 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...
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Contemporary Writers Series: Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesIngrid 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...
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Kate Schatz & Miriam Klein Stahl / Rad American History A-Z: Movements and Moments that Demonstrate the Power of the People
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith hosts Kate Schatzand Miriam Klein Stahl for their new book, Rad American History A-Z: Movements and Moments that Demonstrate the Power of the People. Please join...
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Jessica Lanyadoo & T. Greenaway: Astrology for Real Relationships
East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandEAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome Jessica Lanyadoo & T. Greenaway to read from their new book, Astrolody for Real Relationships: Understanding You, Me...
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Nomadic Press @ City Lights
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesCity 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...
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Andy Weinberger presents An Old Man’s Game
Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United StatesLongtime 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...
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Katie M. Flynn
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesKatie 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,...
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