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The JCCSF Presents TA-NEHISI COATES
JCCSF 3200 California St , San Francisco, CA, United StatesMonday, Dec 17 Starts at: 7:00 pm TICKETS Standard $45 Premium $125 Members get 10% off. ______________________________________________________ Join us for a conversation with one of...
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Injustice towards Black Trans Women and the First Trans Cultural District
Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United StatesThis conversation will center around two topics: Injustice towards black trans women in our criminal justice system and the formation of the nation's first transgender...
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Odd Mondays reading: Lily Iona MacKenzie & Laurie Ann Doyle
Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesNovelist Lily Iona MacKenzie and short story author Laurie Doyle read from and discuss their writing at Odd Mondays January 7, 7pm at Folio Books...
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Quiet Lightning at Manny’s
Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United StatesHelp us kick off our 10th year with a live literary mixtape, performed one night only at Manny's! Side A Jennifer Lewis » Meredith Heller...
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Frank Abe Discusses John Okada
San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesAuthor and journalist Frank Abe discusses his new book John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy. Co-edited by Abe,...
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The State of Criminal Justice Reform with Lateefah Simon + Lenore Anderson
Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United StatesCriminal Justice Reform - it's an issue that, after years and years of advocacy, is finally making inroads and entering the national consciousness. It's about...
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Happy Endings: Wild Animals
Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesHAPPY ENDINGS is a brand new monthly reading series created to celebrate new writing and offer up a little sunshine for your soul. What's gonna...
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Gigi Pandian: The Alchemist’s Illusion
Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesGigi Pandian presents The Alchemist’s Illusion, a story of the centuries-old alchemist Zoe Faust who is tired of running from her past. She’s finally got her...
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Public Speaking for Authors
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesWriters specialize in carefully chosen words. But when it comes time to share their work, they must learn to think on their feet, compose with...
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The Match Book: Tenderloin Historical Ephemera Project
Tenderloin Museum 398 Eddy St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin the Tenderloin Museum for the opening reception of our Matchbook Map Exhibit, featuring a searchable, interactive touchscreen map that connects matchbook imagery to historical...
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ANGELA Y. DAVIS & IBRAM X. KENDI
Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesANGELA Y. DAVIS & IBRAM X. KENDI In Conversation with Jeff Chang Thursday, January 10, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Cultural Studies Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets |...
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JEFF TWEEDY In Conversation with George Saunders
Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesBuy Tickets | 415.392.4400 “Jeff is our great, wry, American consolation poet. I don’t mean this abstractly: to see him play is to find yourself in...
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Writers with Drinks
Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesSaturday, Jan. 12, 2019: Colin Winnette (The Job of the Wasp) Simon Sheppard (Man on Man: The Best of Simon Sheppard) Izzy Oneiric (The Year...
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JENN STROUD ROSSMAN at Books Inc. in The Marina
Books Inc. in The Marina 2251 Chestnut St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesPushcart Prize-nominee Jenn Stroud Rossman shares her witty debut novel, The Place You're Supposed to Laugh. It's 2002 in Silicon Valley. 9/11's still fresh, the dot-com bubble has...
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Local Leaders Series: SF Parks and Recreation General Manager Phil Ginsburg
Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United StatesEach month at Manny's we'll be featuring one local leader for the community to meet, engage with, ask questions, and learn about who they are,...
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A NIGHT OF POETRY WITH THE TELEGRAPH HILL DWELLERS
The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United StatesTUES. JAN. 15TH, 6:30PM Join us as we kick off the new year with our friends and neighbors reading their latest poems and works in...
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Incantatory Prophet: Raúl Zurita / Norma Cole and Forrest Gander in conversation
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesNorma Cole and Forrest Gander discuss and read from the work of one of Latin America's most celebrated and controversial poets, Raúl Zurita celebrating the...
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Brittany Ackerman and Francesca Bell
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBrittany Ackerman discusses her new memoir, The Perpetual Motion Machine, with Francesca Bell. About The Perpetual Motion Machine Inspired by a brother's high school science project--a perpetual...
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ANA ARANDA at Books Inc. Opera Plaza
Books Inc. Opera Plaza 601 Van Ness, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin internationally exhibited artist Ana Aranda in celebration of her delightful new bilingual picture book, ¡Our Celebración!: ¡la Celebracion! (Ages 5+) It's a sunny summer day. Come join the crowd...
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The State of the LGBT Rights Movement in the US – What are we fighting for?
Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United StatesIn the last two years many of the gains the LGBT rights movement fought so hard for have either wiped away or are in serious...
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Jessica Trounstine
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statesdiscussing the subject of her new book Segregation by Design: Local Politics and Inequality in American Cities from Cambridge University Press Segregation by Design draws...
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BINDERY: Jeremy N. Smith / Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called “Alien”
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts Jeremy N. Smith for Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien". Please join us! When she arrived at MIT in...
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Stevan Allred and Renee Macalino Rutledge
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesStevan Allred discusses his new novel, The Alehouse at the End of the World with Renee Macalino Rutledge. About The Alehouse at the End of the World When...
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Rachel Roy & Ava Dash: 96 Words for Love
Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United StatesRachel Roy & Ava Dash: 96 Words for Love 01/17/2019 - 6:00pm Fiction Reading/Talk Ever since her acceptance to UCLA, 17-year-old Raya Liston has been...
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BINDERY: Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny)
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesEdna in a Bottle (tastes funny) is a new San Francisco comedy hour at The Bindery in the Haight district. Edna and her friends are trapped...
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Conversation with Congresswoman Jackie Speier: Undaunted
Manny's 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, San Francisco, United StatesWhen was the last time you got to spend your Friday night with a Member of Congress? Now's your chance! Any not just any member...
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BJ MILLER
Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesBJ MILLER In Conversation with Pico Iyer Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Cultural Studies Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 Through his writing, teaching,...
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