Girls Who Run the World
JCCSF 3200 California St , San Francisco, CA, United StatesSunday, Dec 8 Starts at: 5:00 pm TICKETS General Admission $20 Members get 10% off. Pop-Up Kid Entrepreneur Maker Fair: 4:00 pm Panel Discussion: 5:00...
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DA do SF 7
Specs Bar 12 William Saroyan Place, San Francisco, CA, United StatesCome to SPECS Bar on Sunday, December 8 at 6pm as 3RP Co-directors Peter Carlaftes & Kat Georges present their annual Dada Journal MAINTENANT reading...
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Mondo Bummer 10th Anniversary Non-Reading
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesJoin us in celebrating Mondo Bummer's 10th anniversary! Mondo Bummer started in 2009 as sort of a joke and grew into a small press /...
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San José Poetry Slam
Caravan Lounge 98 S Almaden Ave, San Jose, CA, United Statesfeature: tba Hosted by Santa Clara Couty Poet Laureate Mighty Mike McGee doors and sign up list opens at 6:00pm sign up list closes at...
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Bedtime Stories: Beach Fest
San Francisco Eagle 398 12th St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesIt's been cold, and, "we need the rain," can only go so far. We at Bedtime Stories are ready to have a Beach party to...
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Poets Laureate on Social Justice in Vallejo
John F. Kennedy Library, Joseph Room 505 Santa Clara St, VallejoDate/Time Date(s) - 12/09/2019 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Location 505 Santa Clara St Joseph Room at the John F. Kennedy Library, Vallejo, CA, with:...
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Marin Poetry Center’s annual Holiday Potluck & Read Around
Falkirk Cultural Center 1408 Mission Ave, San Rafael , CA, United StatesOur annual holiday party at the Falkirk mansion is a time for poetry, song, and great food. Bring a poem and a holiday dish to...
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Silvia Federici, Jenny Brown and Dani Burilson
Moe's Books 2476 Telegraph Avenue, BERKELEYMonday, Dec 09, 2019 7:00 PM Location: In the basement 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley Silvia Federici in conversation with Jenny Brown, author of Birth Strike:...
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You Don’t Owe Anyone Pretty
Counterpulse 80 Turk St, San FranciscoIn this powerful storytelling event, award-winning performer Kimberly Dark shares stories from her new book, FAT, PRETTY, AND SOON TO BE OLD (AK Press, 2019),...
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An evening with Kal Spelletich
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesAn evening with Kal Spelletich Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 7:00 p.m., City Lights Booksellers, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco in conversation with Catharine Clark discussing...
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Silvia Federici book launch of Beyond the Periphery of the Skin
CIIS Public Programs 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesBeyond the Periphery of the Skin: Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism (PM Press & Kairos, 2019). Federici surveys the paradigms that...
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US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
JCCSF 3200 California St , San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoy Harjo, a member of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation, made history this year when she became the 23rd US Poet Laureate, making her the first Native...
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Happy Endings: Room For Dessert
Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesThe perfect ending to the year and any good meal. We're satisfied. We're bloated. We've got those full-belly-bedroom-eyes. But you know what, Sunbeams? We still...
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Open Mic at the Black Rep
Black Repertory Group Theater 3201 Adeline Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMusic, Comedy and Spoken Word Every 2nd & 4th Tuesday Sign-Ups @ 7:30 PM General Admission: $5 Per Person Tickets available online and at-the-door.
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YG2D: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes – The Healthcare Edition
The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United StatesYou're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... - the Healthcare Edition an Open Mic at The Lost Church - San Francisco w/Ned Buskirk...
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Roy Scranton
City Lights Bookstore 261 Columbus Ave, San Francisco , CA, United StatesRoy Scranton reading from his new novel I ❤Oklahoma ! published by Soho Books Suzie's seen it all, but now she's looking for something she lost: a...
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The View from Somewhere: Reimagining local journalism in Oakland
E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United StatesJoin us for a conversation on journalism, objectivity and an equitable approach to local news in Oakland. Two months after the 2016 presidential election, radio...
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Grace Paley’s Birthday
Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJudith Arcana, author of Grace Paley's Life Stories, will read and share from her decades-long friendship with Grace and their history of activism and writing....
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InsideStorytime Flux
Cinnabar 397 Ellis St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesOur last event of 2019. Readers include Mahnaz Badihian (Raven of Isfahan), Ed Miracle (Maker Messiah), Jen Burke Anderson, and others.
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SOSADTODAY’S Melissa Broder performs “Eating Alone in My Car”
Sydney Goldstein Theater 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesSOSADTODAY’S MELISSA BRODER performs “Eating Alone in My Car” Wednesday, December 11, 2019 7:30 pm Venue: Sydney Goldstein Theater TICKETS To purchase over the phone: 415-392-4400 This...
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The Berkeley Slam ft. Jason LaCour!
The Starry Plough 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United StatesBringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1999, and third in the nation at the 2015 National Poetry...
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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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