The 2nd annual Bay Area Queer Zine Fest is coming back September 9! What better way to get people pumped about zines than to have...
Daniel Gumbiner discusses his debut novel from McSweeney's The Boatbuilder. Praise for The Boatbuilder “The Boatbuilder is a gorgeous debut about addiction, aspiration, and art on the...
Guidelines. This is a night for literary humor, not stand-up comedy. To be considered, send sharp, funny, insightful humor, broad or subtle, that would work well before a...
On Saturday, May 26th, MARY: A Journal of New Writing will be holding a release party for the latest print edition of MARY Journal! Join us from...
Join us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of Jeremy Fernando's full-length poetry collection, Cotton Candy! It's going to be an amazing...
Is it summer yet? At SNS we're feeling SALTY and we're ready to sweat, so bring us your sexiest, SALTIEST, summer stories, poems, songs, stand-up,...
Bay Area Generations Show #57 A literary salon featuring curated works of San Francisco Bay Area poets, writers and storytellers, with musical guest. GUEST CURATOR:...
Booksmith hosts an evening with Alanna Okun, in conversation with Joe Wadlington about her new book The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting. Please join us! ...
Dr. Carl Hart is the Chair of the Department of Psychology at Columbia University and the Dirk Ziff Professor of Psychology in the Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry....
Martha K. Davis reads from her new novel, Scissors, Paper, Stone. Praise for Scissors, Paper, Stone “With Scissors, Paper, Stone, Martha K. Davis has given us...
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 | 7:30 pm Featuring Roberto Lovato, Fernando Martí, and Jacqueline Scott Ramos. Open Mic sign-up at 7pm. De bajo la luna llena, hecha de...
Please join us as we welcome Jesse Berrett for a reading of his newest book Pigskin Nation on Wednesday, May 30th at 6:30 p.m. in our Granny Smith Room! Historian Berrett...
Michael Ondaatje is one of the world’s foremost writers – his artistry and aesthetic have influenced an entire generation of writers and readers. Although he is...
The second installment of the new nonfiction reading series On the Cusp based around the theme Moments of Change. The smaller and subtler these moments the better—big, seemingly...
Jessica Weisberg discusses her new book, Asking for a Friend: Three Centuries of Life, Love, Money and Other Burning Questions from a Nation Obsessed. Praise for...
"... every step forward is a travesía, a crossing. I am again an alien in a new territory. And again, and again." --Gloria Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La...
These moving and dramatic poems tackle the pain of the opioid addiction in West Virginia, how it affects family, addicts and the community. Brewer manages...
Join us on Thursday, May 31st at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome Vincent Pizzuto as he reads from his new book Contemplating Christ. The incarnation has made mystics of us...
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Friday, June 1st · 7:00pm Whether stories are hilarious, poignant, suspenseful, or heartwarming, the one thing you can count on is that our next edition...
Doors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP! Join us at Nomadic Press as we celebrate Oakland First Fridays! Featuring readings by...
Booksmith hosts Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss, in town to present Hey Ladies: The Story of 8 Best Friends, 1 Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails. Join us! Based...
BAPC OPEN POETRY READING Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2018: March 3, April 7, May 5, June 2 3:00 - 5:00 PM STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE...
You're invited to "soirée rosé: the art of happy hour" presented by Author L.B. Lewis to celebrate the pre-release of her third book, One Way...
Come join us Saturday, June 2, when Babylon Salon welcomes novelist and NEA Literature Fellow R.O. Kwon (The Incendiaries); novelist and Fulbright Scholar Michael David Lukas...
Monday, June 4, 2018, 7pm First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley Tickets available now! When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and...
City Arts & Lectures presents Nikole Hannah-Jones in conversation with Alexis Madrigal. Nikole Hannah-Jones is an award-winning investigative reporter who covers civil rights and racial injustice...
SIN Tales of vice and veniality, peccadillos, trespasses, and indiscretions from the faux pas to the unforgivable Featuring: Nadya Lev ~ Eating Ortolans & Other...
An epileptic Black ballerina and a Powwow dancer meet in the Montreal Airport. They are both scheduled to perform in 1973 Cold War Berlin. During...