30 Years of Street Sheet
Street Sheet 280 Turk St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesWe invite you to our new office to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Street Sheet newspaper! For three decades Street Sheet has been documenting...
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Fight the Tower! Asian American Women Scholars’ Resistance
Eastwind Books of Berkeley 2066 University Ave., Berkeley, CA, United StatesAsian American women scholars experience shockingly low rates of tenure and promotion because of the ways they are marginalized by intersectionalities of race and gender....
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An Evening with Michael Eric Dyson
Commonwealth Club of California 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA, United StatesMichael Eric Dyson Ph.D., Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times; Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University; Author, JAY-Z: Made in America This program is part of...
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Performance | 2019 Poets-in-Residence
Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoin us for the culminating event of our 2019 Poets-in-Residence program. Tonya Foster and Alan Peláez López will perform their poetry at a reading to...
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Last Voz of 2019!
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesEnd 2019 right with an amazing night of poetry! As usual we will have snacks, drinks, three features, and an open mic!
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Terry Tempest Williams
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesTerry Tempest Williams reading from her new book Erosion: Essays of Undoing published by Sarah Critchton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux Fierce, timely, and unsettling essays...
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Why There Are Words Presents: Last Things with Authors from Red Hen Press
Studio 333 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito , CA, United StatesWhat does “last” really mean? Answer this question with Why There Are Words on December 12, 2019, at Studio 333 in Sausalito for a lively...
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Poetry by the Bay
Oddfellows Hall 342 Georgia St., Vallejo, CA, United StatesLongest running poetry open mic in Vallejo. Come. Everyone is welcome. 4 minutes per poet. Multiple rounds. Freedom of expression. 2nd Floor Oddfellows Hall. 342...
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Ibram X. Kendi
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesIBRAM X. KENDI in conversation with Jelani Cobb Thursday, December 12, 2019 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater TICKETS To purchase over the phone: 415-392-4400 This event appears...
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YG2D: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes…
The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThursday, December 12, 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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BPR Midterm Chapbook Release Party
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesBerkeley Poetry Review will be holding a release party for the third issue of our chapbook series: MIDTERM 3 - CIRCUITS, including poems from Leila...
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Kelsey St. Press 45th Anniversary Celebration: Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Ching-In Chen, Andrea Abi-Karam
McRoskey Mattress Company, Inc 1687 Market St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThe Poetry Center joins Kelsey St. Press for a public celebration of the press's 45th Anniversary, with readings by poets Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Ching-In Chen, and Andrea Abi-Karam. Kelsey Street Press was...
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2019 Michael Rubin Book Award Release Party!
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoin Fourteen Hills press to celebrate OPPRESSORFACE, the 2019 Michael Rubin Book Award winning book of poetry written by Rob Hendricks. There will be drinks,...
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Lyrical Opposition: Unplugged
483 14th St, San Francisco, CA 94103You’re cordially invited to join us for an intimate showcase of socially-conscious, acoustic hip-hop music. Based in Bay Area, CA, Lyrical Opposition creates safe platforms...
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The Fire Thieves in the Gallery
San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries 401 Van Ness Ave, Ste 126, San Francisco, CA, United StatesOrganized by Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate in consultation with Pam Peniston, artistic director of the Queer Cultural Center. The SFAC is pleased to...
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Jeff VanderMeer: Dead Astronauts
Green Apple Books on the Park 1231 9th Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesJeff VanderMeer joins us to discuss his new novel, Dead Astronauts. Praise for Jeff VanderMeer “Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy was an ever-creeping map of the...
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Vera Polozkova in San Francisco | presented by M.ART
Marine's Memorial Theater 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco// For English please scroll down // M.ART представляет премьеру поэтического концерта Веры Полозковой «Высокое разрешение» в Сан-Франциско на сцене театра Marines' Memorial. Билеты в...
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“Chan Family Picnic”—Reading by Eugenie Chan Theater Projects
CHSA Museum 965 Clay Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesEugenie Chan Theater Projects and the Chinese Historical Society of America invite you to a reading of Chan Family Picnic, a rollicking new vaudeville about the mental...
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FeaturedInstead of Your Office Party: Quiet Lightning’s 10 Year Anniversary
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesSave the date: Our 10-year anniversary party is Saturday, December 14! Saturday, December 14, 2019 @ The Bindery, 7-10pm 10 years to the date of our first...
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Writers With Drinks
Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesAlvin Orloff (Disasterama! Adventures in the Queer Underground) Olga Zilberbourg (Like Water and Other Stories) Megan E. O'Keefe (Velocity Weapon) FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST HOST Maggie...
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A Holiday Impeachment Party
Royal Towers 1750 Taylor St., San Francisco, CA, United States~*It's the most wonderful time of these four years!*~ House Democrats have pledged to finish their impeachment deliberations by Christmas - sounds like cause for...
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Get Lit #54
Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United StatesHeading into its fourth consecutive year, Get Lit is a community gathering of 12–15 writers reading NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute...
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Music Release Party and Solstice Celebration with Mat Callahan and Yvonne Moore
The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United StatesMat and Yvonne will serenade us with some of the songs on their new album, discuss the companion book and we'll toast the coming of...
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Anna Wiener with Alexis Madrigal
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesTICKETS To purchase over the phone: 415-392-4400 This event appears in the series Special Events Anna Wiener is a contributing writer to The New Yorker, covering Silicon Valley,...
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Zora Neale Hurston: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesBuy Tickets Co-presented by Litquake and MoAD In 1925, Barnard student Zora Neale Hurston—the sole black student at the college—was living in New York, “desperately...
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My Life, My Stories / Real life. Told by SF seniors.
The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United StatesJoin us for an evening of learning and listening, hosted by My Life, My Stories! The theme is FAMILY. My Life, My Stories is a...
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PEOM: Poetry Every Other Month
Julie's Coffee and Tea Garden 1223 Park St., Alameda, CA, United StatesJoin us every other month at 7pm for a featured poet, an open mic and great drinks and treats! Featured Poet: Gene Kahane (more dates/poets...
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Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic
Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United StatesA Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press.
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Radar Productions / Show Us Your Spines: November Resident Reading
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesIn collaboration with RADAR Productions and the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center at the SF Public Library! QTPOC writers who were participants of the Show...
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The Southeast Asian Diaspora in Poetry & Memoir
Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland, CA, United StatesJoin us for a reading that brings together the work of Laotian poet and dancer Krysada Phounsiri and Cambodian writer Sieu Sean Do. Krysada Phounsiri's...
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