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  • Wendy Lesser

    Books Inc. Berkeley 1491 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Wendy Lesser, founder and editor of The Threepenny Review, discusses her landmark biography, You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn.

  • 2017 San Francisco Silent Film Festival

    Castro Theater 429 Castro Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Each year the Center for the Art of Translation sponsors new translations of silent film intertitles for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.

  • *RADAR SuperStars

    SF Public Library 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, United States

    Join RADAR for its annual birthday and SuperStar Pride Program.

  • Radar Superstar: A Queer AF Variety Show

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Annual celebration showcase featuring 4 incredible queer artists.

  • Scaachi Koul + Doree Shafrir

    Book Passage San Francisco 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, CA, United States

    A conversation between Saachi Koul and Doree Shafrir.

  • Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi + Meron Hadero

    Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    A conversation about Kintu with author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Meron Hadero. The program will include a wine reception and booksigning. Tickets are $10 for non-members, free for members of MoAD.

    $10

  • Weekday DONderlust

    Hotel Rex 562 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Celebration of Don George's Birthday, as well as the new release of The Best Women's Travel Writing.

  • Flash Fiction Collective

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The Flash Fiction Collective is thrilled to feature Jimin Han, Julia Halprin Jackson, and Gary Singh at our June reading!

  • Robert Hass + David Koehn

    Studio One Arts Center 365 45th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Please join us on Thursday, June 1st for a reading and conversation with Robert Hass + David Koehn to benefit Omnidawn.

  • Mark Lukach + Sachi Cunningham

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

    Join Mark Lukach and Sachi Cunningham in conversation about mental health, family, and creativity as Mark releases his new book, My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward.

  • Charmaine Craig

    Books Inc. Burlingame 1375 Burlingame Ave, Burlingame, CA, United States

    Charmaine Craig shares her masterful new novel, Miss Burma.

  • Play: Exhibit + Reading

    Pro Arts Gallery 150 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA, United States

    The exhibit will be a celebration of Black neighborhoods and creativity.

  • Brian Hassett’s Beat Cafe

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    This appearance is celebrating a new special “Summer of Love Edition” of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jack Kerouac with additional photos, bringing the total in the book to 70!

  • First Friday: Naked Truth real.stories.live

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

    For Adults and High School Students only.

  • Poets of Color Podcast

    Galería de la Raza 2857 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    The Poets of Color Podcast is dropping June 2017 and your host's Asha Sudra & Chris "L7" Cuadrado need your help to make it happen!

    $5 – $10

  • 2017 Bay Area Book Festival

    Downtown Berkeley

    Join the Center for the Art of Translation at the 2017 Bay Area Book Festival! Numerous international writers and translators will appear.

  • Drag Queen Story Hour

    San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Drag Queen Story Hour is just what it sounds like—drag queens reading stories to children in the library. DQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models.

  • Youth Poetry Workshop w/ Kim Shuck + Dan Vera

    Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Poets Kim Shuck and Dan Vera will host a poetry workshop for young adults, by drawing on the poetry anthology, Imaniman: Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands

  • Babylon Salon

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

    Babylon Salon is a San Francisco-based showcase and community of writers, performers, readers, singers, musicians, magicians, imbibers (of spirits and spirit), and revelers.

  • Imaniman: A Night of Poetry

    Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join contributors from Imaniman: Poets Writing in the Anzaldúan Borderlands for an evening of poetry and reflections on fronteras, identity, and art.

  • Tea with Mr. E

    Edwin Markham House in History Park 1650 Senter Road, San Jose, United States

    A one-day class on T.S. Eliot with Nils Peterson, discussing "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "The Wasteland" and one of the Quartets.

    $15 – $35

  • 3 Blues-y Ladies

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

    Banty Hen, Andrea Passwater, and Rosie Cima perform music to poetry.

  • Courtney Maum

    DIESEL, A Bookstore 5433 College Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes Courtney Maum to the store to discuss and sign her new novel, Touch.

  • Bazaar Writers Salon Reading

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

    Readings by Aamina Ahmad, Peg Alford Pursell, Michael Shewmaker, + Shelley Wong.

  • Quiet Lightning

    Clarion Music Performing Arts Center 816 Sacramento St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    This will be a free show, and the first 100 people will receive a book featuring all of the selected writing and cover art by a local artist.