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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Please join us for an evening of conversations and stories! The theme will be around "relationships and dating through the years". We are inviting younger...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Voz Sin Tinta, our monthly bi-lingual poetry reading and open mic night! Hosted and curated by Rene Vaz and Marguerite Munoz.
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...
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...
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...
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...
You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... Open Mic at The Lost Church - San Francisco w/Ned Buskirk $10 in advance & at...
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...
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...
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...
Join this extraordinary evening to celebrate and honor one of America’s most important authors who gave voice to of the African American experience through the...
As a young film student immersed with the works of Godard and cinema verite’, Will Combs barged into the backyard of the remaining Beats in...
About the Authors Lynne Barnes was born in Georgia and moved to New York City in 1968 with a front row ticket to HAIR, before migrating...
Come out for an impromptu reading featuring Dia Felix and their longtime pal Matt Longabucco!! Also featuring super surprise guests!! Come for the reading and...
Join us for a very special lunchtime conversation with award-winning novelist, Gish Jen. Jen will be in conversation with our very own Mimi Lok about...
Before ASCII art there was typewriter art. Taking advantage of a widely available office tool, artists and poets used the typewriter to forge a new...
What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She Published by Liveright Addressing one of the most pressing cultural questions of our generation, Dennis Baron reveals the...
Conor Dougherty discusses his new book Golden Gates: Fighting For Housing in America. Praise for Golden Gates “Golden Gates is a careful consideration of the Bay...
Novelist Vincent Meis reads from his just off the presses new novel, Four Calling Birds, 7pm, Wednesday, February 19 from at Dog Eared Books Castro,...