When was the last time you went to a party with someone older than 70 who was not your grandma? Let's celebrate 2019 together! Please...
Charlton D. McIlwain in conversation with E. David Ellington discussing Charlton D. McIlwain's new book Black Software: The Internet, Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to...
Michael Frank discusses his new novel What Is Missing with Lindsey Crittenden. Praise for What Is Missing "Michael Frank’s masterful and psychologically acute first novel—which leads us with...
Peter Kline discusses his new poetry collection Mirrorforms with Susan Steinberg. Praise for Mirrorforms In Mirrorforms, Peter Kline has invented and perfected a new poetic form; in and...
The Poetry Center is honored to host Tyrone Williams, presenting this year's annual George Oppen Memorial Lecture, in its 34th iteration since the inaugural talk in 1985. The...
IN CELEBRATION OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE 6TH OVERTHROWING CAPITALISM ANTHOLOGY NINA SERRANO ARNOLDO GARCIA JULIE ROGERS DIEGO DE LEO JEANNE POWELL CAROL DENNEY NILOUFAR TALEBI...
Adam Mansbach is a novelist, screenwriter, humorist, and cultural critic, as well as the author of the “children’s books” Go the F*** to Sleep and You Have to F***king...
Come to Manny's for our monthly open mic nights. Poets, readers, performers - all are welcome here! December 6th, the one and only Randy James...
DATE & TIME: Saturday, December 7, 2019 - 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. LOCATION: Dolby Chadwick Gallery 210 Post St #205, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA View a...
presents our Winter Reading Saturday, Dec 7, 2019, 6.00 pm at The Armory Club 1799 Mission Street (downstairs performance space) featuring Jamel Brinkley (A Lucky Man) Finalist...
Howard Zinn Book Fair 2019 Sunday December 8th 10am to 6pm City College of San Francisco, Mission Campus 1125 Valencia Street We are pleased to...
Free and open to the public; museum admission is free on this day Meet us at SFMOMA and around the Bay for Local Affairs, a...
Sunday, Dec 8 Starts at: 5:00 pm TICKETS General Admission $20 Members get 10% off. Pop-Up Kid Entrepreneur Maker Fair: 4:00 pm Panel Discussion: 5:00...
Come to SPECS Bar on Sunday, December 8 at 6pm as 3RP Co-directors Peter Carlaftes & Kat Georges present their annual Dada Journal MAINTENANT reading...
Join us in celebrating Mondo Bummer's 10th anniversary! Mondo Bummer started in 2009 as sort of a joke and grew into a small press /...
It's been cold, and, "we need the rain," can only go so far. We at Bedtime Stories are ready to have a Beach party to...
In this powerful storytelling event, award-winning performer Kimberly Dark shares stories from her new book, FAT, PRETTY, AND SOON TO BE OLD (AK Press, 2019),...
An evening with Kal Spelletich Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco in conversation with Catharine Clark discussing...
Beyond the Periphery of the Skin: Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism (PM Press & Kairos, 2019). Federici surveys the paradigms that...
Joy Harjo, a member of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation, made history this year when she became the 23rd US Poet Laureate, making her the first Native...
The perfect ending to the year and any good meal. We're satisfied. We're bloated. We've got those full-belly-bedroom-eyes. But you know what, Sunbeams? We still...
You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... - the Healthcare Edition an Open Mic at The Lost Church - San Francisco w/Ned Buskirk...
Roy Scranton reading from his new novel I ❤Oklahoma ! published by Soho Books Suzie's seen it all, but now she's looking for something she lost: a...
Judith Arcana, author of Grace Paley's Life Stories, will read and share from her decades-long friendship with Grace and their history of activism and writing....
Our last event of 2019. Readers include Mahnaz Badihian (Raven of Isfahan), Ed Miracle (Maker Messiah), Jen Burke Anderson, and others.
SOSADTODAY’S MELISSA BRODER performs “Eating Alone in My Car” Wednesday, December 11, 2019 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater TICKETS To purchase over the phone: 415-392-4400 This...
We invite you to our new office to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Street Sheet newspaper! For three decades Street Sheet has been documenting...
Michael Eric Dyson Ph.D., Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times; Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University; Author, JAY-Z: Made in America This program is part of...
Join us for the culminating event of our 2019 Poets-in-Residence program. Tonya Foster and Alan Peláez López will perform their poetry at a reading to...
End 2019 right with an amazing night of poetry! As usual we will have snacks, drinks, three features, and an open mic!