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  • October 2020

  • Fri 30

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #33

    October 30, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Sign up to read here: https://forms.gle/1ZNKSnnzRZpXxvUE7 If you enjoy spaces like this...

    Free
  • Fri 30

    Mindy Uhrlaub – Unnatural Resources (Virtual Event)

    October 30, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

    When her Congolese village is destroyed by an invading militia group, eleven-year-old Therese is injured and outcast. Stranded with only her little brother’s best friend...

  • Fri 30

    Hollister Rand – Everything You Wanted to Know about the Afterlife but Were Afraid to Ask (Virtual Event)

    October 30, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Is it possible to continue relationships beyond death? Do loved ones see what's going on in our lives? Can they help us with the challenges...

  • Sat 31

    Anxious People by Frederik Backman | GGP Online Book Club

    October 31, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PDT

    Please join us on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 7 PM PST for a GGP Online Book Club discussion of Frederik Backman's new novel, ANXIOUS PEOPLE....

  • November 2020

  • Sun 1

    Santa Clara University Osher: Exciting Adult Learning Zoom Classes

    November 1, 2020 @ 9:00 am - December 4, 2020 @ 5:00 pm PST
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    Fall Quarter Open Now through December 4th, 2020 OLLI@SCU: Enjoy learning from home with exciting Zoom (virtual) classes taught by instructors who design their varied...

    $50 – $110
  • Sun 1

    Fiction Workshop: Honing the Art of Storytelling with Andy Touhy

    November 1, 2020 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm PST

    You write something down and it’s awkward, trivial, artificial, approximate. But with effort . . . you can get it to open up, and expose...

    $295.00
  • Sun 1

    Colossus: Home Reading

    November 1, 2020 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm PST

    Dena Rod Karla Brundage Peggy Morrison Sharon Coleman Norma Smith Zakiyyah G.E. Capehart Carol Dorf

  • Wed 4
    Alta Asks Live: Keenan Norris

    Alta Asks Live: Keenan Norris

    November 4, 2020 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm PST

    Author Keenan Norris is joined in conversation by author and Alta contributor Susan Straight on Wednesday, November 4 at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time for an intimate discussion...

  • Wed 4

    Contemporary Classics – Weather Pat Holt’s monthly book discussion group

    November 4, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm PST

    Patricia Holt, former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, continues her popular book group, “Contemporary Classics.” A book should stand the test of time...

  • Wed 4

    Orion Magazine presents Rebecca Solnit and Terry Tempest Williams

    November 4, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    An Intimate Conversation About the U.S. Election, the State of Democracy, and The Most Radical Thing You Can Do. Join Orion Magazine and Point Reyes...

  • Thu 5
    Aria Aber

    Berkeley Lunch Poems: Aria Aber

    November 5, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST

    Berkeley Lunch Poems A noontime poetry reading series Readings will take place remotely for the 2020-2021 academic year. Zoom links will be available approximately two...

  • Thu 5
    Jordy Rosenberg

    Jordy Rosenberg in Conversation with Susan Stryke

    November 5, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm PST

    Jordy Rosenberg in Conversation with Susan Stryker, 2020–22 Barbara Lee Distinguished Professor of Women's Leadership (RSVP to receive the event link) Thursday, November 5, 2020...

  • Thu 5

    Writers Against Trump

    November 5, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

    Writers Against Trump Join us as writers and booksellers across the nation come together in a day of solidarity. City Lights hosts a regional event...

  • Thu 5

    Karen Tei Yamashita in Conversation with Andrew Way Leong

    November 5, 2020 @ 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm PST

    Join us for a book talk with Karen Tei Yamashita, author of I-Hotel, Letters to Memory, and Sansei and Sensibility. Hosted by Andrew Way Leong...

  • Thu 5

    Virtual Reading: Nate Klug and Fiona Sze-Lorrain

    November 5, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Join us on Thursday, November 5 at 5pm when Nate Klug and Fiona Sze-Lorrain read from their new collections, Hosts and Guests and Rain in Plural, on Zoom! Zoom Login Info...

  • Thu 5

    Mauro Javier Cárdenas

    November 5, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    reading from his new novel Aphasia published by Farrar Straus Giroux Mauro Javier Cárdenas, the critically-acclaimed author of The Revolutionaries Try Again—"an original, insubordinate novel" (New...

  • Thu 5

    Great Good Gifts for the Holidays #1: Cookbooks and Gift Books

    November 5, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Please join us on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on cookbooks and giftbooks in the first episode of our Great...

  • Sat 7

    Awesome Asian Americans: Children’s Story Time with Oliver Chin

    November 7, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm PST

    It's about time - rebel girls, rad women, little leaders, and great guys are Asian American too! Readers will enjoy learning about 20 trailblazers who...

  • Sat 7

    Conversations with Authors – Anthony Lee Head with Peter Coyote (Virtual Event)

    November 7, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Anthony Lee Head’s debut collection, Driftwood: Stories from the Margarita Road, tells the story of modern-day runaways escaping the rat race and heading to a tropical paradise in...

  • Sat 7

    Ayşegül Savaş Reading

    November 7, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    You must register to attend this event! Free and Open to the Public. Co-sponsored by the MFA Program in Writing and the English Department. Ayşegül...

    Free
  • Sat 7
    Womxn Reading

    Eves at the (Virtual) Beat: Womxn Reading Curated by Mia Ruiz

    November 7, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - November 12, 2020 @ 9:30 pm PST

    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2020 AT 7 PM PST – 9:30 PM PST During Women's History month a constellation of events brought together a group of...

  • Sun 8

    Conversations with Authors – Elizabeth Strout (Virtual Event)

    November 8, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Elizabeth Strout's latest novel, Olive Again, continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions. Elizabeth is the...

  • Mon 9

    November Manuscript Intensive Program

    November 9, 2020

    Send your book out without the self-doubt. Instead work with one of our editors to get your manuscript in shape.   In this month-long one-on-one...

    $770.00
  • Mon 9

    Online Evening Literary Seminar: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, Jenny Lawson

    November 9, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm PST

    Jenny Lawson’s ridiculously eccentric childhood in Texas—combined with a hefty dose of anxiety, depression and serious intelligence—makes for a hilariously dark memoir that will bring...

  • Mon 9
    Odd Mondays

    Odd Mondays Reading “Far Away Places”

    November 9, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Odd Mondays Reading "Far Away Places" Now that the election is (sort of) over, are you looking for escape? Or were you already ready to...

    Free
  • Mon 9
    Michael Jasso

    San José Poetry Slam

    November 9, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    San José Poetry Slam Sunday, November 8, 6:30pm sign-ups, 7pm slam! Featuring Michael Jasso Hosted by San Jose Slammaster Scorpiana Xlent! Zoom information to be announced...

  • Mon 9

    Bookseller Happy Hour: GIFT PICKS

    November 9, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Make gift giving easy! Grab a beverage and join us from the comfort of home as our booksellers share terrific books that make great gifts...

  • Tue 10
    Stencil

    SIP & LEARN: THE ART OF THE STENCIL WITH KRISTIN HUGO

    November 10, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PST

    Grab a cocktail and join us for another edition of Odd Salon Happy Hour Sip and Learn. Odd Salon Fellow and stencil artist Kristin Hugo...

  • Tue 10

    Maw Shein Win with Nathalie Khankan and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

    November 10, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    City Lights in conjunction with Omnidawn Books present Maw Shein Win with Nathalie Khankan and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo reading from new poetry Storage Unit for...

  • Tue 10

    Maw Shein Win and Nathalie Khankan with Su Hwang and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

    November 10, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Maw Shein Win and Nathalie Khankan celebrating new Omnidawn Books with Su Hwang and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo        reading from new poetry City Lights celebrates the...

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