Funeral Game
Potrero Stage 1695 18th Street, San Francisco, CABread & Butter Theatre presents the world premiere of Funeral Game, by Lana Palmer. Two sisters return to the family cabin to decide its fate....
$14 – $40
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Odd Mondays “What Are You Working on?”
Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesOne question an author is always asked at events or in chance encounters is what are you working on, and one thing an author always...
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Ottessa Moshfegh with Isabel Duffy
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesOttessa Moshfegh’s characters are wracked with depression, neurosis, and utter ennui, but the care with which she tends to them imbues her books with a...
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Zyzzyva celebrates their Bay Area Issue
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesModerated by Oscar Villalon with Meg Hurtado Bloom, Rita Bullwinkel, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Chia-Chia Lin, Kevin Simmonds, and Paul Wilner ZYZZYVA's latest volume—the Bay Area Issue—features new writing and poetry...
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David Talbot reads from his near-death, new life memoir, Between Heaven and Hell
3rd Floor McRoskey Mattress Loft 1687 Market Street, San FranciscoAcclaimed writer, bestselling author, and founder of Salon magazine, David Talbot has brought us masterful and explosive headline-breaking stories for over 25 years with books...
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Happy Endings: January
Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesHAPPY ENDINGS is a monthly reading series that showcases new writing and wants to shine a little sun on your soul. What's gonna happen? Five...
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T.J. Mitchell & Judy Melinek: First Cut
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJudy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell discuss their new novel, First Cut. Praise for First Cut “Scalpel sharp. First Cut allows a peek into the autopsy room through the...
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Mapping the Bay: with Kim Shuck and friends
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statespoetry and discussion exploring the pathways language takes through land, water, and air. Poetry is all around us. Hidden in the trauma and joys of...
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Miranda Popkey: Topics of Conversation
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMiranda Popkey discusses her debut novel Topics of Conversation with Rachel Khong. Praise for Topics of Conversation "An intimate evisceration of our narrow imaginings of female sexuality,...
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Bina Venkataraman: Long-Term Thinking in a Distracted World
SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesWhat does practical long-term thinking look like? Bina Venkataraman’s new book, The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age, brings this abstract question to life....
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Claire Rudy Foster / Shine of the Ever
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith hosts Claire Rudy Foster (I've Never Done This Before) for their new book, Shine of the Ever. Please join us! Shine of the Ever is a literary mix tape...
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Christopher Bernard
Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesChristopher Bernard joins us to discuss his novel, Meditations on Love & Catastrophe at The Liars' Cafe. About Meditations on Love & Catastrophe at The Liars'...
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Confessions of a Psychedelic Journalist
CIIS Public Programs 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesFor more than four decades, Don Lattin has written about the social, spiritual, and political aspects of the psychedelic drug movement as a newspaper reporter,...
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The War That Used Up Words? Literature in Paris 1910-1940
Alliance Française de San Francisco 1345 Bush St., San Francisco, California, United StatesFor decades, works like Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast and Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris have captivated our imaginations with their images of lively cafés that...
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Red Light Lit & The Los Angeles Press
Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesRed Light Lit and The Los Angeles Press doubleheader with a live musical score by AJ Bahnken🎈The performers explore love relationships, sexuality, and gender. Featured...
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The Nocturnists: Transitions
Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA San Francisco, CA 700 Howard St, San FranciscoJoin us for an evening of medical storytelling on the theme of "Transitions," featuring stories by David Elkin, Tobin Greensweig, Catherine Humikowski, Shaili Jain, Christina...
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Wile & Wing Poetry Book Launch
Tenderloin Museum 398 Eddy St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesA poetry reading hosted by author and songwriter Kimi Sugioka. Author and songwriter Kimi Sugioka is a mesmerizing—and folkloric—figure in the Bay Area literary community....
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Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal Vo. 35
The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United Statesfeaturing K.R. MORRISON More details and readers to be announced…
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“SoMa Lurk” Book Release
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United Statesa reading in support of "SoMa Lurk" a collection of poems and photos by José Vadi, published by Project Kalahati. Readings by Sarah O'Neal, Tongo...
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SFJAZZ Presents The Just and the Blind with Marc Bamuthi Joseph & More
SFJAZZ Center 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesLongtime collaborators composer-violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain and spoken-word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph are joined by street dance pioneer Drew Dollaz and electrifying vocalist Lalin St....
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You’re Going to Die presents: A 10 Year Anniversary Event
The Independent 628 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesSat, Jan 18, 20208:30 PM Sun, Jan 19, 20201:00 AM The Indepedent (map) You're Going to Die Presents: a YG2D 10th ANNIVERSARY EVENT!!!! featuring Whiskerman & more...
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Gibby Haynes / Me and Mr. Cigar
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesreading from his new novel Me and Mr. Cigar published by Soho Press From the wild and wonderful mind of Gibby Haynes—world famous Butthole Surfers...
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Black Love Night of Poetry and Poetry Workshop!
Strut 470 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin us for the first Black Love of 2020! Join us for a chill night of poetry from Queer Black Artists part of QTPOC at...
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Bikes to Books Winter Beer Social
Bender's Bar and Grill 806 So. Van Ness Avenue, San FranciscoJoin Nicole Gluckstern and Burrito Justice, the creators of literary bicycle tour “Bikes to Books,” for an evening of socializing, beer drinking, and map chat—the...
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David Talbot / Between Heaven and Hell
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesAcclaimed writer, bestselling author, and founder of Salon magazine, David Talbot has brought us masterful and explosive headline-breaking stories for over 25 years with books...
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On Ecology and Spirituality
CIIS Public Programs 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesThroughout history, seekers, shamans, and mystics have found spiritual inspiration in the natural world - in wild places at the margins of human culture. Indigenous,...
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Tom Lutz: Born Slippy
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesTom Lutz discusses his new novel, Born Slippy. Praise for Born Slippy "A highly literary and always engaging 21st century noir... Born Slippy confronts contemporary questions about the...
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Our Voices Our Stories SF presents Ingrid Rojas Contreras
African American Art & Culture Complex 762 Fulton St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesIngrid Rojas Contreras will join OVOSSF founder Lisa D. Gray in a conversation about her novel Conteras' novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree. About OVOSsf...
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Amber Tamblyn discusses her latest book with Saru Jayaraman
McRoskey Mattress Company, Inc 1687 Market St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesEmmy-winning actress, writer, and Time's Up founder AMBER TAMBLYN discussing her latest book, Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution with Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair...
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Bad Seeds: A Live Storytelling Event
Minnesota Street Project 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBad Seeds--Presented by Back Pocket A storytelling event about: outliers, social pariahs, failures, and good people doing bad things. Featuring strangers, journalists, artists, and the...
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