• Show Me as I Want to be Seen with Porchlight Storytelling

    CIIS Public Programs 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us for an evening of storytelling presented in collaboration with Contemporary Jewish Museum and San Francisco’s storytelling series, Porchlight. Each storyteller is sharing a...

    $20
  • Namwali Serpell in Conversation with Yael Goldstein Love

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

    discussing Serpell's new novel The Old Drift, an electrifying debut that has already garnered three starred advance reviews and accolades from multiple writers. "Recalling the work of...

  • Big Ideas Reading Group

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

    The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli Why do we remember the past and not the future? What does it mean for time to "flow"?...

  • Fire, Rain, Darkness: Three New Books from Sixteen Rivers Press

    O'Hanlon Center for the Arts 616 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, CA

    Fire, Rain, Darkness: Three New Books from Sixteen Rivers Press April 13 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm CAMILLE NORTON, BARBARA SWIFT BAUER & MAYA KHOSLA Book Signing,...

    $10
  • Fire & Rain: Ecopoetry of California contributors read

    Bird & Beckett Books and Records 653 Chenery St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Publisher Lucille Lang Day and poet Joan Gelfand are joined by several Bay Area colleagues who are among the 150 contributors throughout the state whose...

  • Second Sunday Poetry series

    Brit-Marie's Restaraunt 1369 Solano Avenu, Albany, CA

    Second Sunday Poetry series presents a reading by Ron Campbell, Grace Grafton, and Sarah Haba, curated by Barb Reynolds, Britt-Marie's Restaurant, 1369 Solano Avenue, Albany,...

  • GEARS TURNING w/ Kim Shuck

    Adobe Books 3130 24th St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us for an afternoon of wonderful poetry by SF Bay Area based poets, artists, and musicians with your host Kim Shuck. To participate in...

  • LOTERIA READING SERIES No. 1: La Luna, La Arãna, La Estrella

    Institute Of advanced Uncertainty P.O. Box 460908, San Francisco

    LOTERIA READING SERIES, No. 1: La Arãna, La Luna, La Estrella An afternoon reading with Raina J. León Thea Matthews MK Chavez Sunday, April 14th,...

    Free
  • New Poetry & 100 Years of Ferlinghetti at Odd Mondays

    Folio Books 3957 24th St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Shauna Hannibal, Fernando Martí, and Zack Rogow, three poets with new collections, read from their work and from the work of Lawrence Ferlinghetti at "New...

    Free
  • The Diesel Readers Book Group — In the Midst of Winter

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Monday, April 15th 7:00pm East Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group's discussion of In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende, on Monday April 15th at...

  • Herbert Marcuse:Philosopher of Utopia

    Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Monday, Apr 15, 2019 7:00 PM Location:  The basement at Moe's 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley Website Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) was a little-known German scholar when...

  • Erica Jong and Francesca Bell

    The Osher Marin JCC 200 North San Pedro Road, San Rafael

    Kanbar Auditorium, Osher Marin Jewish Community Center 200 N San Pedro Rd, San Rafael This special event is cosponsored by the Marin JCC and Red...

  • Matt Richtel, An Elegant Defense

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019 - 7:00PM This is an advanced event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events emails. This...

  • Literary Cafe presents: An Evening with Erica Jong

    Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts 200 N. San Pedro Rd, San Rafael

    Erica Jong, author of the acclaimed Fear of Flying, reads selections from her new book of poetry, The World Began with Yes (Red Hen Press)....

    $8 – $12.
  • JELANI COBB In Conversation with Hilton Als

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

    JELANI COBB In Conversation with Hilton Als Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater Series: Social Studies  Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 Jelani Cobb has been...

    $29
  • Lori Gottlieb

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

    Lori Gottlieb Presents Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed. Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 7:30pm Event address: 2904 College...

  • Bright: Mui Poopoksakul in conversation with Saskia Vogel

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    APRIL 16, 2019 | 7:30PM Bright: Mui Poopoksakul in conversation with Saskia Vogel The Bindery | 1727 Haight Street | San Francisco, CA RSVP Mui...

  • Jenny Odell

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

    Jenny Odell discusses her new book, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy. Praise for How To Do Nothing “Self-help for the collectively minded, How to...

  • Eve Bunting, Little Yellow Truck

    Bookshop Santa Cruz 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz , CA, United States

    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019 - 4:00PM This is an advanced children's event listing. Please check back for updated information, or sign up for our events...

  • Chris Nealon / with Jessica Laser

    Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    READINGS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Readings begin at 6:30pm unless otherwise noted. 2018-2019 Holloway events will be held in the MAUDE FIFE ROOM (315...

  • Oliver Nachtwey in conversation with Adrian Daub

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

    City Lights inconjunction with the Goethe Institut and Verso Books present Oliver Nachtwey in conversation with Adrian Daub discussing the subject of Oliver Nachtwey's new book Germany's...

  • This is Now with Angie Coiro: The Future of Cannabis

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

    Cannabis is here to stay. While it's still blacklisted by the federal government, recreational marijuana is legal now in ten states, Washington DC, and the...

  • Lyrics & Dirges: A “Weekly” Reading Series

    Pegasus Books Downtown 2349 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley , CA, United States

    Wednesday, April 17, 7:30pm This Recurring Event is at Pegasus Books Downtown Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Weekly Reading Series In celebration of National Poetry Month, our flagship reading series...

  • Pamela Nadell

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

    Pamela Nadell discusses her new book, America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today. About America's Jewish Women What does it mean to be...

  • BINDERY: Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny)

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Edna in a Bottle (tastes funny) is a new San Francisco comedy hour at The Bindery in the Haight district. Edna and her friends are trapped...

    $12 – $25