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  • April 2021
  • Wed 7
    April 7, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - April 28, 2021 @ 8:45 pm PDT

    You’re Going to Die Presents: GRIEF & HEALING w/Writing & Music

    online

    a YG2D Workshop This 4-session communal workshop offers a chance to creatively express ourselves & engage with our own grief & healing through writing &...

    $80 – $250
  • Thu 8
    April 8, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

    Gabriela Garcia: Of Women and Salt

    online

    Litquake's Epicenter: A Virtual Series Bringing writers from around the world to your computer screen Co-presented by Green Apple Books on the Park Litquake and...

    Free
  • Thu 8
    April 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Kim Shuck’s Poetry Night, One City One Book Edition

    online

    REGISTER Natasha Dennerstein, Molly Fisk, Kelly Grace Thomas, Kelliane Parker and Ramona “Mona” Webb lead a One City One Book inspired reading. Natasha Dennerstein was born in Melbourne,...

    Free
  • Thu 8
    April 8, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Open Mic Night | Featuring Daniel B. Summerhill

    online

    OPEN MIC THURSDAYS continue. Join us on ZOOM twice a month for our virtual Open Mic. Look for MoAD Open Mic every other Thursday this month. Hosted...

    Free
  • Thu 8
    April 8, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Mazza Writer in Residence Brontez Purnell and Friends, reading and in conversation

    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public Registration link pending With emcee, TreVaughn Malik Roach-Carter Supported by the Sam Mazza Foundation Details tba...

    Free
  • Sat 10
    April 10, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 1:00 pm PDT

    Pitch-o-Rama, literary agent pitch festival

    online

    As you likely know, we have been holding the Pitch-o-Rama literary pitch festival annually for more than 20 years. In 2020, we changed to a...

    $65 – $75
  • Wed 14
    April 14, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Alonzo King in conversation with Steven Winn

    online

    City Arts & Lectures presents: Alonzo King in conversation with Steven Winn Wednesday, April 14, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time TICKETS Hailed as a visionary choreographer, Alonzo King is...

    $29
  • Fri 16
    April 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    High Dawn 8: Choi / Morgan / Foster / Suzuki

    online

    Presented in partnership with UC Berkeley Poetry Colloquium RSVP for Zoom link: spt-april.eventbrite.com Based in Berkeley, CA, 최 Lindsay is a poet and translator working...

    Free
  • Fri 16
    April 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Frank Mortimer and Bob Tanem

    online

    Join us on Friday, April 16 at 6pm PT when Frank Mortimer discusses his new book, Bee People and the Bugs They Love, with KSFO's...

    Free
  • Sat 17
    April 17, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

    Poetry and Environmental Justice, Writers tba

    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public Registration link pending, will be announced here With emcee, Elise Ficarra Presented in conjunction with the...

    Free
  • Sun 18
    April 18, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Jonathon Keats and Alla Efimova

    Join us on Sunday, April 18 at 6pm PT when Jonathon Keats is joined by Alla Efimova to discuss the new monograph, Thought Experiments: The...

  • Wed 21
    April 21, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Jakob Guanzon and Lysley Tenorio

    online CA, United States

    Join us on Wednesday, April 21 at 6pm PT when Jakob Guanzon discusses his debut novel, Abundance, with Lysley Tenorio on Zoom! Zoom Login Info...

    Free
  • Wed 21
    April 21, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Unity and Struggle: A Collective Address with Tongo Eisen-Martin, San Francisco’s Poet Laureate

    online

    Register Here  Co-presented with San Francisco Public Library Please join Tongo Eisen-Martin, San Francisco’s 8th Poet Laureate, and family for an evening of poetry and exposition...

    Free
  • Thu 22
    April 22, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm PDT

    Launch Event for American Geography in Honor of Barry Lopez

    online

    Radius Books and The Green Arcade invite you to join Sandra S. Phillips, Debra Gwartney, Toby Jurovics, and Beverly Dahlen to celebrate the launch of...

    Free
  • Thu 22
    April 22, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

    Seismic Salon: T.J. Stiles

    online

    Buy Tickets  News alert, nonfiction fans! Litquake has secured the participation of two-time Pulitzer Prize winning biographer T.J. Stiles for our Seismic Salon series. Called...

    $500
  • Thu 22
    April 22, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Open Mic Night | Featuring Jewelle Gomez

    online

    OPEN MIC THURSDAYS continue. Join us on ZOOM twice a month for our virtual Open Mic. Look for MoAD Open Mic every other Thursday this month. Hosted...

    Free
  • Thu 22
    April 22, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    Reclaiming Connection and Community

    Virtual

    The American Dream as it has been defined for more than a century is about the well-paying job, the nuclear family, and upward mobility. But...

    $10.
  • Sat 24
    April 24, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm PDT

    Alley Cat Celebrates Independent Bookstore Day: Poetry reading with Kim Shuck and 5 Poets!

    online CA, United States

    Join us on Saturday April 24th starting at 5pm. We will be wrapping up our celebration of Independent Bookstore Day with some of our favorite...

    Free
  • Sat 24
    April 24, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    At The Door: Chapter Three

    online CA, United States

    Join us for our monthly reading series, uplifting only Black & Brown voices. If you didn't attend last month's event... you missed out. Here's your...

    Free
  • Sun 25
    April 25, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm PDT

    Dia de los Ninos/Dia de los Libros Virtual Celebration

    Virtual

    It's a celebration of literacy, books and nature! We invite you and your family to enjoy stories, songs, crafts and learn about special places to...

    Free
  • Tue 27
    April 27, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Sesshu Foster & Arturo Ernesto Romo in conversation with Carribean Fragoza

    online

    This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform.    celebrating the book launch of ELADATL: A History of...

    Free
  • Tue 27
    April 27, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Odd Salon + Context Travel: The Rise and Fall of Angkor

    online

    Explore the quintessential “lost city” of Angkor Wat with us during this very special interactive seminar led by Charles Higham, archaeologist and Emeritus Professor of...

    $100
  • Wed 28
    April 28, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Virtual Event: Damon B. Akins and William J. Bauer Jr.

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

    JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 AT 6PM PT WHEN DAMON B. AKINS AND WILLIAM J. BAUER JR. DISCUSS THEIR BOOK, WE ARE THE LAND: A HISTORY OF NATIVE...

    Free
  • Thu 29
    April 29, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

    Seismic Salon: Juan Felipe Herrera

    online

    Buy Tickets  Co-presented with City Lights Booksellers & Publishers To close out National Poetry Month, Litquake is thrilled to welcome former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan...

    $500
  • Thu 29
    April 29, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Rachel Kushner in conversation with Heidi Julavits

    online

    City Arts & Lectures presents: Rachel Kushner in conversation with Heidi Julavits Thursday, April 29, 2021 6:00pm Pacific Time TICKETS Rachel Kushner is the bestselling author...

    $29
  • Thu 29
    April 29, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Black Freighter Press, a celebration: with Mahogany L. Browne, Christopher Malec, Josiah Luis Alderete, Tongo Eisen-Martin, and readings from the final book by the late Q.R. Hand Jr.

    online

    Remote access event, free and open to the public Registration link pending With emcee, Tonya M. Foster Supported in part by the National Endowment for...

    Free
  • May 2021
  • Sun 2
    May 2, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

    Astra Taylor with Robert Reich

    online CA, United States

    Sunday, May 2, 2021 1:00pm Pacific Time KQED Broadcast: 05/02/2021, 05/04/2021, 05/05/2021 DONATE Astra Taylor’s engagement with philosophy, democracy, and political organizing transcends form, emerging through...

    free
  • Sun 2
    May 2, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Bazaar Writers Salon – May 2021

    online CA, United States

    Kim Addonizio is the author of a dozen books of poetry and prose. Her most recent poetry collection is Now We’re Getting Somewhere (W.W. Norton)....

    Free
  • Mon 3
    May 3, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Quiet Lightning / literary mixtape curated by Kevin Dublin & Antony Fangary

    online

    Quiet Lightning presents a virtual literary mixtape featuring all forms of writing, curated through a blind process by Kevin Dublin and Antony Fangary into a one-night only performance featuring: SIDE...

    Free
  • Mon 3
    May 3, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Odd Mondays Reading “Arisa White & Friends”

    online CA, United States

    Celebrate the publication of Arisa White's new poetry collection, WHO'S YOUR DADDY, with her friends MK Chavez and Vickie Vértiz at Odd Mondays May 3....

    Free
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