• KSW Presents Meng Jin and Mimi Lok

    Kearny Street Workshop 1246 Folsom St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Kearny Street Workshop celebrates the latest book releases from Meng Jin and Mimi Lok! About this Event On Friday, February 7th, KSW Presents Meng Jin,...

    $8 – $20
  • About Last Night: A One Night Stand Storytelling Series Feb

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    About Last Night - Join us for an evening of laughter, sex positivity and of course hilariously true one night stand stories. 7 brave souls...

    $10 – $20
  • Marcelo Hernandez Castillo in conversation with Jose Antonio Vargas

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

    celebrating Marcelo Hernandez Castillo's new book Children of the Land published by HarperCollins This unforgettable memoir from a prize-winning poet about growing up undocumented in...

    Free
  • Soul Food for Thought Open Mic Night

    Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United States

    Join us for Manny's monthly open mic! Everyone is welcomed. Come to Manny's for our monthly open mic nights. Poets, readers, performers - all are...

    Free
  • Zora Neale Hurston | Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

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

    Co-presented by MoAD & Litquake In 1925, Barnard student Zora Neale Hurston—the sole black student at the college—was living in New York, “desperately striving for...

    $5 – $10
  • P: Carl Becoming a Man

    Book Passage 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Renowned artist and activist P. Carl uncovers the intricacies of transitioning and finding himself anew in his memoir, Becoming A Man. Carl is an award-winning producer and dramaturg, and...

    Free
  • Queerbound Queer Open Mic at Alley Cat Books

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

      FEB 8 Open Mic, Poetry, Reading Queerbound Queer Open Mic Saturday, February 8, 2020 6:00 PM 9:00 PM Queerbound open mic meets again!!!!!!

    Free
  • Writers With Drinks featuring Charles Yu and Meng Jin!

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    January's Writers With Drinks features the long-awaited second novel by Charles Yu, plus acclaimed debut author Meng Jin. Plus sex and feminism, science fiction, and...

    $5 – $20
  • Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

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

    reading from his new book Children of the Land published by HarperCollins This unforgettable memoir from a prize-winning poet about growing up undocumented in the...

    Free
  • Sarah Abrevaya Stein

    JCCSF 3200 California St , San Francisco, CA, United States

    Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century In conversation with Janine Zacharia 6:00 pm: Complimentary wine and cheese reception 7:00 pm: Talk The...

    Free
  • Perfectly Queer Winter 2020 Reading

    Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Winter in San Francisco. Baby, it's cold outside--comparatively, at least. Warm up with five Queer authors at Perfectly Queer Tuesday, February 11, 7pm to 8pm...

    Free
  • Happy Endings: February

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    HAPPY 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...

    $10
  • Amina Cain: Indelicacy

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

    Amina Cain discusses her new novel, Indelicacy, with Rita Bullwinkel. Praise for Indelicacy "In Indelicacy we meet a woman who spends time studying landscape paintings and then walking...

    Free
  • Arthur Kleinman

    UCSF Parnassus Campus 530 Parnassus Avenue, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The Department of History, Anthropology, and Social Medicine at UCSF in conjunction with City Lights Booksellers and Viking Books present Arthur Kleinman discussing the subject...

    Free
  • Danielle Svetcov: Parked

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

    This event will be held at our 9th Ave. location. Danielle Svetcov discusses her new book, Parked. Praise for Parked "A big-hearted novel with characters...

    Free
  • Danielle Svetcov: Parked

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

    Danielle Svetcov discusses her new book, Parked. Praise for Parked "A big-hearted novel with characters I wish were my friends in real life." --Gennifer Choldenko, author of the...

    Free
  • b, Book, and Me Happy Hour

    DaDa Bar 65 Post St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us after work to raise a glass to Two Lines latest from Kim Sagwa, b, Book, and Me, translated from Korean by Sunhee Jeong. There...

    Free
  • Harlem of The West: The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era

    Mechanics Institute Library 57 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    In the 1940s and 50s, a jazz aficionado could find paradise in the nightclubs of San Francisco's Fillmore District: Billie Holiday sang at the Champagne...

    $15
  • Howard Eiland

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

    City Lights in conjunction with the Program in Critical Theory at the University of California at Berkeley present an evening with Howard Eiland celebrating two...

    Free
  • Red Light Lit: Valentine’s Show

    PianoFight 144 Taylor St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Celebrate Valentine's a day early with Red Light Lit. The show is a mashup of poetry, storytelling, and art set to a live score by...

    $15 – $20
  • Howard Eiland at City Lights Books

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

    City Lights in conjunction with the Program in Critical Theory at the University of California at Berkeley present an evening with Howard Eiland celebrating two...

  • So This Sucks: A Night of Heartbreak & Disappointment

    The Black Box Theater at The Palace of Fine Arts 3601 Lyon St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Heartbroken? Join us. Single? Join us. Not single? Well let's be real, you live in the Bay Area, so chances are you will be VERY...

    $15 – $20
  • You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes

    The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... Open Mic at The Lost Church - San Francisco w/Ned Buskirk $10 in advance & at...

    $10
  • CAFÉ SOCIETY PRESENTS ROBERT HASS

    Kaleidoscope Coffee 109 Park Place, Point Richmond, California, United States

    Robert Hass reads from his new collection, Summer Snow, in Point Richmond. A new volume of poetry from Robert Hass is always an event. In...

    Free
  • Love Songs for Dyslexic Hearts: A Night of Poetry at Alley Cat Books

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Featuring Kim Shuck and the legendary bloodflower. Featuring Jack Hirschman, Rusty Rebar, Wrob Rosenberger, Jack Mellender, James Zealous, and the legendary bloodflower! The second hour...

    Free
  • Enter Generations

    Counterpulse 80 Turk St, San Francisco

    ENTER GENERATIONS: A Night of Intergenerational QTPOC Brilliance, curated by Shannon Prasad, Greg Pond, and Dazie Grego-Sykes with the support of Queer Rebels, in their...

    Free