Story Time with Peter H. Reynolds
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United StatesFrom the creator of the New York Times bestsellers The Word Collector and I Am Human comes an empowering story about finding your voice and...
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Poetry Flash presents a reading by Keith Emmons, Moondrifter Reverie, and Lisa Rosenberg, A Different Physics
East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, OaklandPoetry Flash presents a reading by Keith Emmons, Moondrifter Reverie, and Lisa Rosenberg, A Different Physics, East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, wheelchair accessible, 3:00 (510/653-9965, ebbooksellers.com)
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Bazaar Writers Salon
Bazaar Cafe 5927 California St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesPlease join us on Sunday, March 3rd for an intimate evening of poetry at the next installment of Bazaar Writers Salon. Readings by Esther Lin,...
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Guy Kawasaki
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United StatesA veritable icon of Silicon Valley, Kawasaki is the author of 14 books, including staples in the entrepreneur's library like The Art of the Start....
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THE WHOLE-BRAIN CHILD: NEUROSCIENCE OF THE DEVELOPING BRAIN WITH DR. DANIEL SIEGEL
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesIn Conversation with Steven Winn Monday, March 4, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Conversations on Science Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 Dr. Daniel Siegel is a...
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Morgan Parker
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMorgan Parker discusses her new poetry collection Magical Negro. Magical Negro is an archive of black everydayness, a catalog of contemporary folk heroes, an ethnography of ancestral...
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Quiet Lightning
The Bar at Hotel Kabuki 1625 Post St, San Francisco, CASubmissions are open for our Mar 4 show @ The Bar at Hotel Kabuki! Curated by Christine No + Chad Koch, submissions are open through Feb 6. The Bar at Hotel...
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Morgan Parker
Mills Hall Living Room, Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesTuesday March 5, 2019 | 5:30 pm | Mills Hall Living Room Morgan Parker’s latest poetry collection Magical Negro delves into issues of ancestral trauma, loneliness, sexuality,...
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DOOMED
Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJoin us at Public Works SF for six tales of false starts and inescapable outcomes, cursed objects and ill-fated ideas, poorly planned projects and reckless pursuits...
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LOGIC Turns Two
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesLOGIC A magazine about technology Host: Jim Fingal, with special guests Megan Rose Dickey, Alexis C. Madrigal, Fred Turner, Ellen Ullman, and Julia Carrie Wong Two years ago, Logic...
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Guy Kawasaki, Wise Guy: Lessons from a Life
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United StatesSilicon Valley icon and bestselling author Guy Kawasaki shares the unlikely stories of his life, and the lessons we can draw from them, in his...
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Eva Hagberg Fisher with Tabitha Soren / How to Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship
The Booksmith 1644 Haight St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesBooksmith hosts Eva Hagberg Fisher for her first book, How to Be Loved: A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship. Eva will be in conversation with Tabitha Soren. Please join us!...
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YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: POETRY, PROSE & EVERYTHING GOES…
The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesTuesday, March 5, 2019 7:30 PM 10:30 PM The Lost Church (map) You’re Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes Open Mic at The Lost Church...
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Najwa Zebian / Sparks of Phoenix
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery hosts a special evening with Najwa Zebian, to celebrate her new book, Sparks of Phoenix. This will be her only SF/Bay Area event. Please join...
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Irvine Welsh in conversation with Alan Black
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statescelebrating the release of Dead Men's Trousers by Irvine Welsh published by Melville House The gang from Trainspotting have mostly cleaned up their act… until they...
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On the Road Again: Rich With Possibilities
The Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster St #170, Oakland , CA, United StatesFeatured readers: Bruce Bagnell, Jan Steckel, Andrew O. Dugas, Kathleen McClung. Late Night Open Mic follows the featured readers. Sign-up now. Book & Broadside Giveaway....
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Elinor Lipman
Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesElinor Lipman returns to Mrs. Dalloway's to celebrate the publication of her latest novel, Good Riddance, in which one woman's trash becomes another woman's treasure, with deliriously...
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Tarfia Faizullah
Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesTarfia Faizullah is the author of REGISTERS OF ILLUMINATED VILLAGES (Graywolf Press, 2018), and SEAM (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014), winner of a VIDA Award, a GLCA New...
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Brandon Shimoda with Aisuke Kondo, reading, art presentation, and conversation
The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesThursday, March 7 - 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Ruth Asawa Garden of Remembrance, and The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University What is it...
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An Evening with Author Nathan Szajnberg
Oshman Family JCC, Freidenrich Conference Center, Room F-401 3921 Fabian Way, Palo AltoAuthor Nathan Szajnberg will discuss his work on three father-son relationships as told by classic texts. He examines their dynamics and underpinnings, as well as...
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Steinbeck Fellows Alumni Night
THURSDAY March 7, 2019 7PM MLK Library Steinbeck Center, Room 590 ...
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Carolyn Burke
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United Statescelebrating her new book Foursome:Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury published by Alfred Knopf A captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship...
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Dana Frank, The Long Honduran Night
Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United StatesProfessor Dana Frank will join us to discuss and sign copies of her new book, The Long Honduran Night—a story of resistance, repression, and U.S. policy in...
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WHERE EAGLES DARE
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesGeoff Dyer hosts commentary and film clips Thursday, March 7, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Special Events Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Co-presented with Telluride Film...
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Shobha Rao with Ingrid Rojas Contreras / Girls Burn Brighter (paperback launch)
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesThe Bindery welcomes San Francisco author Shobha Rao for the paperback launch of her debut novel Girls Burn Brighter, which was recently named a best book of the...
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Leland de la Durantaye and Lydia Kiesling
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesLeland de la Durantaye discusses his new novel, Hannah Versus the Tree with Lydia Kiesling. Praise for Hannah Versus the Tree “An heiress to the ancient money of...
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Word Week Celebrates International Women’s Day
Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesWord Week celebrates International Women's Day, Friday, May 8 with "Thelma & Louise: Back Behind the Wheel." Remember this iconic road movie directed by Ridley...
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Noe Valley Authors Festival
Umpqua Bank Noe Valley 3938 24th Street, San FranciscoThe 5th Noe Valley Authors Festival will feature local authors like best-selling novelist Cara Black, award-winning historian and war correspondent Mary Jo McConahay, children's book...
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Big Ideas Reading Group
Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park , CA, United StatesAstrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe?...