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  • May 2020
  • Thu 21
    Local best-selling author David Talbot in conversation with Rose Aguilar
    May 21, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Local best-selling author David Talbot in conversation with Rose Aguilar

    Grab your favorite beverage and snacks and join THD for a happy hour in a personal conversation between David Talbot, local well-known writer and historian,...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    Screenside Chat #3: Norma Liliana Valdez and Alan Pelaez Lopez
    May 21, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Screenside Chat #3: Norma Liliana Valdez and Alan Pelaez Lopez

    Join us for our third Screenside Chat, a new limited-run series where Nomadic Press partners with other small publishers to bring you "fireside chat"-esque readings...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    Write from the Gut! Virtual Reading + open mic
    May 21, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Write from the Gut! Virtual Reading + open mic

    Join the SF Creative Writing Institute for an online reading by former and current students, faculty, and friends to celebrate the end of our Spring...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    Online MoAD Open Mic
    May 21, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    Open Mic Night

    Open Mic at MoAD is going virtual! Hosted by poet Nia McAllister, join us for an evening of spoken word, featuring amazing poets from throughout...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    May 21, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Take Place: SFSU Reading & Open Mic

    We're joining together one last time during this (weird) semester for a virtual reading, open mic and party time, with funky virtual tunes. Feel free,...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm PDT

    That We May Live: Dorothy Tse and Natascha Bruce in conversation

    Virtual Event Surreal stories for a surreal time. Hong Kong surrealist writer Dorothy Tse and translator Natascha Bruce join Calico editor Sarah Coolidge to talk...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    This is Now – Facts in Crisis

    This event is online. Join us online when political commentator, author, and international affairs expert Tom Nichols returns for a new conversation. You may know...

  • Thu 21
    logo for The Racket
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

    The Racket : The Long Gone w/ Keith Wilson

    We're doing a weekly reading series while the world continues to be what it is. This week we're celebrating Chicago-based poet Keith Wilson. He's the...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL EVENT: Rick Hanson, Neurodharma

    Bookshop Santa Cruz invites you to join us for an online event with psychologist and bestselling author Rick Hanson, Ph.D., who will discuss his new...

  • Thu 21
    Third Thursdays at Willow Glen Library feat. Rachelle Escamilla!
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Third Thursdays at Willow Glen Library feat. Rachelle Escamilla!

    Featured reader: Rachelle Escamilla! Open mic to follow. Free and open to the public with Eventbrite registration, tix booth closes at 6:30pm on 5/21. Rachelle...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Online!
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm PDT

    You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Online!

    You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Online! an ONLINE Open Mic w/Ned Buskirk, the You're Going to Die team & music from...

    $10 – $50
  • Thu 21
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Karolina Waclawiak: Life Events

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

    Karolina Waclawiak discusses her new novel Life Events. Praise for Life Events "Waclawiak writes with emotional precision and explores the tragedy of existence by masterfully walking...

    Free
  • Thu 21
    May 21, 2020 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PDT

    Online Bookclub: Join us in reading and discussing Roy Jacobsen’s The Unseen

    Introducing our online book club Join us as we read The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen, a bestseller in Norway and finalist for the Booker International Prize in...

  • Thu 21
    May 21, 2020 @ 8:00 pm PDT

    Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press. Decolonized beats provided...

    Free
  • Fri 22
    May 22, 2020 @ 5:00 pm PDT

    Zoom Forward! #9 with Karen Joy Fowler, Elizabeth McKenzie, Peggy Townsend

    Phren-Z, The Hive Poetry Collective, and Bookshop Santa Cruz present Zoom Forward! #9 with Karen Joy Fowler, Elizabeth McKenzie, Peggy Townsend part of the Zoom...

    Free
  • Fri 22
    May 22, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Zoom Forward! #10 with Karen Joy Fowler, Elizabeth McKenzie, Peggy Townsend

    Phren-Z, The Hive Poetry Collective, and Bookshop Santa Cruz present Zoom Forward! #10 with Karen Joy Fowler, Elizabeth McKenzie, and Peggy Townsend, part of the Zoom...

  • Fri 22
    Nomadic Press' Virtual Open Mic #10
    May 22, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Nomadic Press’ Virtual Open Mic #10

    90 minutes 30 readers 3 minutes each On Zoom! FREE AND ALL WELCOME! Showing up is one amazing form of support that we really appreciate....

    Free
  • Fri 22
    May 22, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Stand Up for Books: Comedy Fundraiser

    Eastwind Books of Berkeley invites you to "Zoom in" to Stand Up for Books, a FUNdraiser showcasing the best in API comedy. Featuring: Margaret Cho (legendary...

  • Sat 23
    Virtual Book Talk with John Tateishi
    May 23, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm PDT

    Virtual Book Talk with John Tateishi

    Join us for a virtual book talk with Redress author John Tateishi. Email berkeleyjacl@gmail.com or message us to receive the Zoom link. Buy your book...

    Free
  • Sat 23
    May 23, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

    How to Get Off Fossil Fuels Quickly—and Fairly: The Green New Deal and Beyond

    This event is free & will be broadcast on Zoom. Sign up here to attend! Stan Cox, author of The Green New Deal and Beyond, will join his...

  • Sat 23
    May 23, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm PDT

    Celebrate APA Heritage with the Poetry of J.Bayani, A.Cassinetto, M.Win

    Poetry and conversation with Aileen Cassinetto, Maw Shein Win, and Jason Bayani About this Event Celebrate Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month with Eastwind Books of Berkeley!...

  • Sat 23
    Living Between Generations: An Intergenerational Reading
    May 23, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

    Living Between Generations: An Intergenerational Reading

    Foglifter's Emerging Writer Fellows Reginald Edmonds and Ali Michael Cannon Present: Living Between Generations: An Intergenerational Reading Please join Foglifter in celebrating the culmination of...

    Free
  • Sat 23
    May 23, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    Youth Spirit Artworks Open Mic Poetry, Asé

    Our monthly Open Mic Poetry event, Asé, is happening this Saturday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Zoom! We are featuring poets Kathy Dana...

    Free
  • Sat 23
    Funny Sexy Sad Worldwide: a Zoom reading to benefit Bail Project
    May 23, 2020 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    Funny Sexy Sad Worldwide: a Zoom reading to benefit Bail Project

    The Funny Sexy Sad council-- Lizzy, Amira, Nate and Melissa-- host these incredible readers, all sharing something that's either hilarious, miserable, or some kind of...

    Free
  • Sat 23
    May 23, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Jazmina Barrera and Philip Hoare

    Join us for a virtual--but real!--event to celebrate the publication of Jazmina Barrera's On Lighthouses (Two Lines Press). Jazmina will be joined by Philip Hoare for a conversation...

  • Sun 24
    May 24, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm PDT

    James Tracy, Hilary Moore, and Friends

    with  James Tracy, Hilary Moore, Bill Crossman, and Nancy Kurshan celebrating the release of No Fascist USA! The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for Today's...

  • Mon 25
    Aaron Shurin reads from The Blue Absolute
    May 25, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT

    Aaron Shurin reads from The Blue Absolute

    Monday May 25th at 6pm we will post video here and on youtube: Aaron Shurin reading from his latest book. You can order a copy...

    Free
  • Mon 25
    May 25, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

    Porochista Khakpour / Brown Album: Essays on Exile and Identity

    Booksmith hosts a virtual event with Porochista Khakpour for her new book Brown Album: Essays on Exile and Identity. This will be a virtual event, live-streamed on our Facebook...

    Free
  • Tue 26
    May 26, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm PDT

    VIRTUAL: Amir Ahmadi Arian / Then the Fish Swallowed Him

    Booksmith and The Bindery host Amir Ahmadi Arian for his new novel, Then the Fish Swallowed Him. Please join us! This will be a virtual event, which we will be streaming...

  • Tue 26
    May 26, 2020 @ 6:00 pm PDT

    Litquake on Lockdown: Nerd Novels — A Different Kind of Escape

    As society grinds to a halt around us, many readers find themselves at home with time on their hands, yearning to think about something—anything—beyond the...

    Free – $5
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