"I’m suggesting that we protect our spaces and our time for non-instrumental, noncommercial activity and thought, for maintenance, for care, for conviviality." —Jenny Odell Join...
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...
Margaret Ross is the author of A Timeshare. Her poems and translations appear in The New Republic, The Paris Review, and POETRY. Her honors include...
A night for teens recite their original work. Teens from local high schools will perform: “A mic for your poem, your breath, and your soul....
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...
I'm incredibly grateful to be able to be part of something that I think makes a small bit of difference in helping people cope with...
Come celebrate the 10th Anniversary Edition of Wherever There's a Fight, Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi's sweeping story of the social movements and activists who...
Friday, December 6th | 7:00pm Wine reception at 6:30pm for registered guests. Pultizer Prize-winning journalist and author of Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, Jose Antonio Vargas is one...
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...
2019 marks the 10th year of EBABZ! This year, we’re “Renewing Our Vows” with a gaudy, affectionate, wedding-themed fest. Whether you’re tabling, volunteering or browsing,...
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...
STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...
Celebrate the end of the year with friends at Eastwind Books of Berkeley! We would like to thank our dedicated volunteers, customers, and community members...
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...
As the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death is commemorated this year, a Belgium-based poet Marina Kazakova prepared a poetry programme inspired by and devoted to...
Poetry & Performance Art Open Mic
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 /...
feature: tba Hosted by Santa Clara Couty Poet Laureate Mighty Mike McGee doors and sign up list opens at 6:00pm sign up list closes at...
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...
Date/Time Date(s) - 12/09/2019 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Location 505 Santa Clara St Joseph Room at the John F. Kennedy Library, Vallejo, CA, with:...
Our annual holiday party at the Falkirk mansion is a time for poetry, song, and great food. Bring a poem and a holiday dish to...