For more than four decades, Don Lattin has written about the social, spiritual, and political aspects of the psychedelic drug movement as a newspaper reporter,...
For 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...
Red 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...
Join us for an evening of medical storytelling on the theme of "Transitions," featuring stories by David Elkin, Tobin Greensweig, Catherine Humikowski, Shaili Jain, Christina...
A 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....
featuring K.R. MORRISON More details and readers to be announced…
a 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...
Longtime 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....
Sat, 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...
reading 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...
Join us for the first Black Love of 2020! Join us for a chill night of poetry from Queer Black Artists part of QTPOC at...
Join 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...
Acclaimed 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...
Throughout history, seekers, shamans, and mystics have found spiritual inspiration in the natural world - in wild places at the margins of human culture. Indigenous,...
Tom 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...
Ingrid Rojas Contreras will join OVOSSF founder Lisa D. Gray in a conversation about her novel Conteras' novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree. About OVOSsf...
Emmy-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...
Bad 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...
Bring a book, bring a friend, and join Silent Book Club for an afternoon of reading! At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading. All books and all ages...
Readings by Susan Browne, Peter Kline, Emily Pinkerton, and Marco Rafalà Hosted by Brittany Perham Susan Browne’s poetry has appeared in Ploughshares, The Sun, Subtropics,...
Anna Wiener discusses her new memoir Uncanny Valley. Praise for Uncanny Valley "I've never read anything like Uncanny Valley, which is both a searching bird's-eye study of an...
reading from his new book Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now: a collection of essays published by 2 Dollar Radio With luminous insight and...
Crissy Van Meter discusses her new novel, Creatures. Praise for Creatures “Creatures is the kind of beautiful book that makes you want to lick the salt from...
San Francisco native Lincoln Mitchell will discuss his new book with Penelope Houston, the singer for the seminal San Francisco punk band The Avengers and...
discussing his new book The Reality Game: How the Next Wave of Technology Will Break the Truth published by Public Affairs Fake news posts and...
Buy Tickets Co-presented with JCCSF Award-winning poet Danez Smith (Don’t Call Us Dead) is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects and performative power....
Lizzie O'Shea discusses her new book Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us About Digital Technology. Praise for Future...
Mary Ladd, author of The Wig Diaries, will be in conversation with Leticia Hernandez, author of Mucha Muchacha, Too Much Girl. The Wig Diaries is...
in conversation and celebrating the release of Carmen Maria Machado's In The Dream House published by Graywolf Press In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's...
It’s time for the first Literary Speakeasy of 2020! We are celebrating with five amazing writers – Heather Bourbeau, Vincent Chu, Kevin Dublin, Lauren Ito,...