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  • Nayomi Munaweera

    SJSU MLK Library 150 E San Fernando St, San Jose, CA, United States

    THURSDAY February 28, 2019 7PM MLK Library, Room 225/229 San José State University Reading followed by an on-stage interview – conducted by SJSU Professor of...

  • Vacuum in the Dark

    Jen Beagin

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Jen Beagin discusses her new novel, Vacuum in the Dark Praise for Jen Beagin “How can you resist a love story in which the object of...

    Free
  • Meditations Across the King's River

    James Weeks: Meditations Across the Kings River

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    About the Book Tens of thousands of spiritual seekers around the world have been touched by James Weeks’s online essays and affirmations. Now in book...

    Free

  • WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? Film screening and discussion with director Astra Taylor

    Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Thursday, February 28, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Astra Taylor’s engagement with philosophy, democracy, and political organizing transcends form,...

    $29

  • Lord: Edgar Garbelotto and Adam Morris on João Gilberto Noll

    The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Booksmith | 1644 Haight Street | San Francisco, CA RSVP Translators Edgar Garbelotto and Adam Morris join forces to discuss “one of Brazil’s true...

  • Children’s Storyteller Series

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    CHILDREN'S STORYTELLER SERIES (6-7pm) Come enjoy a night with Adonal Foyle (Former Golden State Warriors NBA Player) reading from his children's book series "Too-Tall Foyle"....

    Free

  • What Happened When I Stopped Watching TV Book Release Party

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    ***Friday, March 1st, Wolfman Books, Downtown Oakland, 7:00pm*** The “What Happened When I Stopped Watching TV” Book Release Party Featuring Readings By Alec West Philip...

  • Teen Poetry Open Mic

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    Bring your poems, verses, spoken word pieces and prose to share at our Teen Open Mic, hosted by Vice Youth Poet Laureate - Oakland Samuel...

    Free

  • After Hours – Record Listening Night: 1972

    Main Reading Room, Mill Valley Public Library 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley , CA, United States

    After Hours - Record Listening Night: 1972 Friday, March 1st · 7:00pm The year of the Watergate break-in, the first Price is Right, and the release...

  • BAPC Open Poetry Reading

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    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...

  • Babylon Salon

    The Armory Club 1799 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Babylon Salon presents our Spring Reading Saturday, Mar 2, 2018, 6.00 pm  at The Armory Club 1799 Mission Street  (downstairs performance space)   featuring -- Joe Loya Joe...

  • Story Time with Peter H. Reynolds

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    From the creator of the New York Times bestsellers The Word Collector and I Am Human comes an empowering story about finding your voice and...

  • Bazaar Writers Salon

    Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Please join us on Sunday, March 3rd for an intimate evening of poetry at the next installment of Bazaar Writers Salon. Readings by Esther Lin,...

  • Guy Kawasaki

    Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United States

    A veritable icon of Silicon Valley, Kawasaki is the author of 14 books, including staples in the entrepreneur's library like The Art of the Start....

  • Morgan Parker

    Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Morgan Parker discusses her new poetry collection Magical Negro. Magical Negro is an archive of black everydayness, a catalog of contemporary folk heroes, an ethnography of ancestral...

  • Quiet Lightning

    The Bar at Hotel Kabuki 1625 Post St, San Francisco, CA

    Submissions are open for our Mar 4 show @ The Bar at Hotel Kabuki! Curated by Christine No + Chad Koch, submissions are open through Feb 6. The Bar at Hotel...

  • Morgan Parker

    Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    Tuesday March 5, 2019 | 5:30 pm | Mills Hall Living Room Morgan Parker’s latest poetry collection Magical Negro delves into issues of ancestral trauma, loneliness, sexuality,...

  • DOOMED

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join us at Public Works SF for six tales of false starts and inescapable outcomes, cursed objects and ill-fated ideas, poorly planned projects and reckless pursuits...

    $12 – $25

  • LOGIC Turns Two

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    LOGIC A magazine about technology Host: Jim Fingal, with special guests Megan Rose Dickey, Alexis C. Madrigal, Fred Turner, Ellen Ullman, and Julia Carrie Wong Two years ago, Logic...

  • Guy Kawasaki, Wise Guy: Lessons from a Life

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    Silicon Valley icon and bestselling author Guy Kawasaki shares the unlikely stories of his life, and the lessons we can draw from them, in his...

  • YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES…

    The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Tuesday, March 5, 2019 7:30 PM  10:30 PM The Lost Church (map) You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Open Mic at The Lost Church...

    $10

  • Najwa Zebian / Sparks of Phoenix

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special evening with Najwa Zebian, to celebrate her new book, Sparks of Phoenix. This will be her only SF/Bay Area event. Please join...

    $18.50

  • Irvine Welsh in conversation with Alan Black

    City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

      celebrating the release of Dead Men's Trousers by Irvine Welsh published by Melville House The gang from Trainspotting have mostly cleaned up their act… until they...

  • On the Road Again: Rich With Possibilities

    The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United States

    Featured readers: Bruce Bagnell, Jan Steckel, Andrew O. Dugas, Kathleen McClung. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now. Book & Broadside Giveaway....

  • Elinor Lipman

    Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Elinor Lipman returns to Mrs. Dalloway's to celebrate the publication of her latest novel, Good Riddance, in which one woman's trash becomes another woman's treasure, with deliriously...