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  • December 2020

  • Sat 5
    BabylonSalon

    Babylon Salon Online Performance

    December 5, 2020 @ 5:00 pm PST

    Babylon Salon presents a special online performance  Saturday, December 5, 2020 5pm PST / 8pm EST  Register for our Zoom gathering here in partnership with...

  • Sun 6

    VIRTUAL TICKETED EVENT: Alexander McCall Smith, How to Raise an Elephant

    December 6, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PST

    SPECIAL TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith will share How to Raise an Elephant, the next book in his perennially adored No. 1 Ladies'...

  • Sun 6

    VIRTUAL TICKETED EVENT: Alexander McCall Smith, How to Raise an Elephant

    December 6, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PST

    SPECIAL TICKETED VIRTUAL EVENT: Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith will share How to Raise an Elephant, the next book in his perennially adored No. 1 Ladies'...

  • Sun 6

    Conversations with Authors – Zeyn Joukhadar (Virtual Event)

    December 6, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Zeyn Joukhadar’s The Thirty Names of Night is a remarkably moving and lyrical novel that follows three generations of Syrian Americans who are linked by a mysterious...

  • Sun 6
    Nerd Nite

    Nerd Nite Kansai #18

    December 6, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    Nerd Nite Kansai #18 We’re back online for Nerd Nite Kansai #18 on December 18th. Tune in at 18:00 for three new and fantastic talks!...

  • Mon 7

    Anxious People by Frederik Backman | GGP Online Book Club

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

    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....

  • Tue 8

    he Best Women’s Travel Writing, Volume 12 with Editor Lavinia Spalding (Virtual Event)

    December 8, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Travelers’ Tales announces publication of the newest collection in the award-winning series that invites you to travel along with intrepid female nomads as they wander...

  • Tue 8
    Anxious People

    Anxious People by Frederik Backman | GGP Online Book Club

    December 8, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST

    Anxious People by Frederik Backman | GGP Online Book Club | Tue. Dec. 8 @ 7 PM PST Please join us on Tuesday, December 8,...

  • Tue 8

    Author: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore in conversation with CAConrad

    December 8, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PST
    San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Library

    Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore reads from her new book, The Freezer Door, described by Maggie Nelson as “a book about not belonging that made me feel deeply less...

    Free
  • Wed 9
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    Community Roundtable: Christmas Holiday

    December 9, 2020 @ 1:00 am - 2:00 pm PST

    Join the CHSA Community for a roundtable discussion on topics that impact our community on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month! Our goal is...

  • Wed 9

    Conversations with Authors – Paige Peterson (Virtual Event)

    December 9, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Belvedere and Tiburon are located just across the Bay from San Francisco, but they seem to exist in another time. In Growing Up Belvedere-Tiburon, Paige Peterson’s memories...

  • Wed 9

    Poetry & the Senses Fellows’ Reading

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

    Please join the Arts Research Center in celebrating the 2020 Poetry Fellows with a year-end reading featuring: Menat Allah El Attma, Nathalie Khankan, Gracia Mwamba, Rusty...

    Free
  • Wed 9
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    JENNA WORTHAM & KIMBERLY DREW

    December 9, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PST

    JENNA WORTHAM & KIMBERLY DREW in conversation with Ashley C. Ford Wednesday, December 9, 2020 6:00pm Pacific Time TICKETS What does it mean to be Black...

  • Wed 9
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    Author Scott James Discussing TRIAL BY FIRE

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

    Author Scott James Discussing TRIAL BY FIRE | Wed. 12/9 @ 7 PM PST | Virtual Author Chat on Zoom Please join us on Wednesday,...

  • Thu 10

    Great Good Gifts for the Holidays #5: Gifts for the Hard-To-Shop-For

    December 10, 2020 @ 7:00 am - 9:00 pm PST

    Please join us on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on gifts for the hard-to-shop-for on your list in this last episode...

  • Thu 10

    SF Poet Laureate: Poem Jam – California Fire & Water

    December 10, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Library

    This monthly poetry reading features poet and editor Molly Fisk and other writers in her acclaimed new book, California Fire & Water: A Climate Crisis Anthology. To help...

    Free
  • Thu 10

    SF Poet Laureate: Poem Jam – California Fire & Water

    December 10, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    San Francisco Public Library - Virtual Library

    This monthly poetry reading features poet and editor Molly Fisk and writers in her acclaimed new book, California Fire & Water: A Climate Crisis Anthology. To help Californians...

    Free
  • Thu 10

    Ken Layne Creator of Desert Oracle on the hidden histories of the Mojave

    December 10, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Ken Layne joins us from Joshua Tree to celebrate the publication of Desert Oracle Volume 1 (MCD/FSG), a collection of writing from his self-published periodical. This event...

  • Thu 10

    Great Good Gifts for the Holidays #5: Gifts for the Hard-To-Shop-For

    December 10, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PST

    Please join us on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 7 PM PST for staff recommendations on gifts for the hard-to-shop-for on your list in this last episode...

  • Fri 11

    Virtual Class: Don George – Fine-Tune Your Travel Tale: Advanced Writing Workshop (via Zoom)

    December 11, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm PST

    This workshop is designed for writers who have an already finished travel story of up to 3,000 words that they would like to workshop and...

  • Fri 11

    Zoom Forward! Andrew Fague, Dan Phillips & Pat Zylius

    December 11, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Please join us for an online reading with Andrew Fague, Dan Phillips, and Pat Zylius, part of the Zoom Forward Reading Series hosted by poet, fiction writer, and...

  • Fri 11

    How to Get Published in Recommended Reading

    December 11, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    Crowdcast

      About a third of the stories published in Recommended Reading are unsolicited submissions, which share space in the magazine with work by Pulitzer Prize...

    $10
  • Fri 11

    Andrea & Edmund Read You Art Out Loud

    December 11, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
    online

    Andrea Passwater's "We Sing" (The Rumpus) and Edmund Zagorin's "Year Are Sentences" (Rabid Oak Review) are out soon in the anthology Best Small Fictions 2020....

    $7
  • Sat 12

    Arthur A. Levine on Instagram IGTV!

    December 12, 2020 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm PST

    reading The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol, a new larger-than-life holiday hero who brings Hanukkah wonder and generosity to anyone in need! "A new, entertaining, and thoughtful...

  • Sat 12

    Eastwind Book Club | She Weeps Each Time You’re Born

    December 12, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PST

    Eastwind Book Club is a community of readers connected by Asian and Asian American literature. Members gather once a month through a virtual meeting to...

  • Sat 12

    Patrick Earl Ryan in conversation with Jewelle Gomez

    December 12, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm PST
    online

    New Orleans native PATRICK EARL RYAN and writer, icon, and activist JEWELLE GOMEZ discuss writing, queerness, and If We Were Electric Join us for a...

    Free
  • Sat 12

    Conversations with Authors – Jane Smiley (Virtual Event)

    December 12, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

    Jane Smiley’s latest novel, Perestroika in Paris, is a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals—and a young boy—whose lives intersect in Paris. Jane is...

  • Sat 12

    Safety & The First Amendment – Holiday Fundraiser

    December 12, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm PST
    online

    The San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) will host its annual holiday fundraiser online this year and it is dedicated to the intriguing theme of...

  • Sun 13
    Mandomeet

    MandoMeet

    December 13, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm PST

    Join CHSA for a chance to learn Mandarin with specialist Kathy Yang! Kathy is an expert Mandarin teacher. For our MandoMeet sessions, all levels of...

  • Sun 13

    VIRTUAL: Claire Marie Stancek with Dan Beachy-Quick & Jennifer Firestone / wyrd] bird

    December 13, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm PST

    Booksmith and The Bindery are very pleased to host a virtual event with Claire Marie Stancek for her new book of poems, wyrd] bird. She's joined by Dan Beachy-Quick and Jennifer...

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