• The Black (W)hole

    Laney College Odell Johnson Performing Arts Center 900 Fallon St, Oakland

    In 2019, every member of the now award-winning Destiny Arts Center Youth Performance Company knew someone killed by violence. How they began to ask, do...

    Free
  • Grace Notes: Poets at Grace Cathedral

    Grace Cathedral, 1100 California Street, San Francisco 1100 California Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join Litquake for our annual National Poetry Month celebration, at Grace Cathedral atop the city's Nob Hill, for readings from some of America's best poets:...

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  • Our Communities, Climate Change, and COVID-19

    Join us this Sunday, April 19th from 1pm - 2:30pm for a live panel discussion "Our Communities, Climate Change, and COVID-19" featuring Julie Sze, author Environmental...

    Free
  • Brownie Bake-In for HOME BAKED

    On April 20, join me and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in celebrating the release of HOME BAKED from the comfort of your kitchen! Share a pic...

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  • MIRANDA JULY in conversation with Jenny Odell

    Watch this free upcoming webcast at: https://www.cityarts.net/youtube You can support the cost of this public webcast by making a tax-deductible donation. Thank you for your...

    Free
  • Miranda July with Jenny Odell

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

    TICKETSTo purchase over the phone: 415-392-4400 This event appears in the series Social Studies Miranda July is a filmmaker, artist, and writer. She is the author of...

    $29
  • Online with ZOOM: Ellen Bass, Indigo

    THE POWER OF POETRY Online with ZOOM, Bookshop Santa Cruz presents a poetry event with Ellen Bass. In Indigo Ellen Bass deepens her mastery of the...

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  • For Young Adults! Dallas Woodburn in Conversation with Stephanie Kuehn

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

    Launch and discussion of her new novel, The Best Week That Never Happened, "a poignant and gripping heart-tug of a page-turner filled with heart and hope. --Jennifer Niven, author...

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  • Frank Wilderson III

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

    discussing the subject of his new book Afropessimism published by Liveright Books / W.W. Norton In the tradition of Edward Said's Orientalism and Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White...

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  • Get Lit #59 (Music by: TBA)

    Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    12–15 writers reading new work + live music + beer made on site + tacos just down the street: pure magical Get Litness. We're headed...

    $10 – $50
  • Virtual Get Lit #59 (Music by: Kiva Uhuru)

    12–15 writers reading new work + live music + beer made on site + tacos just down the street: pure magical Get Litness. We're headed...

    Free
  • Veronica Roth with Charlie Jane Anders

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

    Maybe you're already familiar with Veronica Roth because you or someone you know reads her wildly popular YA, including the #1 New York Times best-selling...

    $10 – $40
  • 9th Avenue: John Kaag at Green Apple Books

    Green Apple Books 9th Avenue 1231 9th Avenue, San Francisco, CA, United States

    ohn Kaag discusses his new book, Sick Souls, Healthy Minds: How William James Can Save Your Life. Praise for Sick Souls, Healthy Minds "Kaag's reading of...

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  • Red Light Lit Virtual Reading Series 04/20-04/24

    We are so excited to announce that Red Light Lit is hosting our first ever virtual reading series! That’s right babes, starting Monday (4/20) at...

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  • VIRTUAL EVENT: Rufi Thorpe and Chloe Benjamin

    Rufi Thorpe joins us on Instagram Live to discuss her new novel The Knockout Queen with Chloe Benjamin. Wednesday April 29th at 5:00pm PDT. Praise...

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  • Deborah Madison, An Onion in My Pocket

    Acclaimed and bestselling culinary author Deborah Madison (Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone) returns to Bookshop Santa Cruz to share An Onion in My Pocket, her warm, bracingly honest...

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  • Afternoon Craft Conversation with Chris Feliciano Arnold

    De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge 928 St. Marys Road, Moraga, CA, United States

    DATE & TIME: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. LOCATION: De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge, 1928 St. Marys Road, Moraga,...

    Free
  • Lunada: New Moon Virtual Literary Lounge

    MAJOR LUNADA ANNOUNCEMENT: For two decades, Lunadas have fortified Bay Area communities on the full moon. On this month’s full moon when the moon is...

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  • Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition#4

    Weekly virtual reading series 3 readers and a community craft talk Lyrics & Dirges: Ether Edition is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic:...

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  • Linda Norton & Stephanie Sauer

    The Creative Writing Department of UC Davis is pleased to announce the first ever digital-only event in our Creative Writing Reading Series, featuring Stephanie Sauer and...

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  • Kawai Strong Washburn: Sharks in the Time of Saviors

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

     Kawai Strong Washburn discusses his debut novel Sharks in the Time of Saviors. Praise for Sharks in the Time of Saviors “Sharks in the Time of...

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