Come raise a glass at Literary Speakeasy and celebrate the closing of another year! We have five amazing artists for you this month, including poet...
Co-presented by MoAD & Litquake In 1925, Barnard student Zora Neale Hurston—the sole black student at the college—was living in New York, “desperately striving for...
Ghost Tour: San Francisco is an ongoing art project charting collective memories of San Francisco neighborhoods. The third section focuses on Glen Park. The upcoming...
led by Nick Butterfield, Jeffrey Leonard, and Amy Meier First Friday of each Month, 1pm-4pm MLK Library, contact VeteransWrite@yahoo.com if interested in attending Admission FREE Poetry Center...
Join Vic Ruggiero and Lauren Napier as they return to the Beat Museum for an evening of melodies.
STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA Addison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave. between Acton & Bonar St. Parking on...
Monday night's Weekly Poetry Workshop at House of Sake in Walnut Creek.Bring one or two, at most, poems with copies to be passed out to...
Join us to celebrate the launch of Abigail Hing Wen’s highly anticipated, romantic, and layered debut, Loveboat, Taipei, praised as “an intense rush of rebellion...
January 6, 2020, 7pm at The Balboa Theatre Curated by Sophia Passin and Kathleen Torrez, all selected authors will be paid and published in sPARKLE & bLINK 103, featuring cover...
Slam Jam is a monthly series featuring a rotating lineup of some of the SF Bay Area's most radical poets accompanied by the Noise All-Stars,...
Aaron Cohen discusses the subject of his new book Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power published by the University of Chicago...
We're thrilled to invite you to celebrate the launch of Scavenge the Stars, Tara Sim’s gender-swapped retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo that is...
It’s 2020! So let’s combine two poetry readings into one! And have a new year poetry extravaganza! Poets include Lewis Freedman, Clay A.D., Caspar Heinemann,...
E.J. Koh discusses her new memoir The Magical Language of Others. Praise for The Magical Language of Others "The Magical Language of Others is an exquisite, challenging,...
THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST! Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1999, and...
Bread & Butter Theatre presents the world premiere of Funeral Game, by Lana Palmer. Two sisters return to the family cabin to decide its fate....
Editor David L. Ulin in conversation with Oscar Villalon, Managing Editor, ZYZZYVA Cosponsored by Alta Magazine Cool, dispassionate, and incisive, Joan Didion’s voice is electric...
It's open mic night at Simple Pleasures! Join us for an evening of music and story-telling at our favorite neighborhood cafe. Sign up is at...
Join Kepler’s Literary Foundation and a person at the forefront of space exploration as we spotlight our insatiable desire— throughout history and now— to push...
Local award-winning author, Ellery Akers, will be launching her new book, Swerve: Environmentalism, Feminism, and Resistance on Thursday, January 9th, 2020 at Moe's Books. She will...
Thursday, January 9, 2020 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...
Join us for a fast-paced evening of readings by a dozen talented writers from the Lit Camp community. Free beer & wine. $5-10 sliding scale...
Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes bestselling author Kiersten White who will share her new book, Chosen. Nina continues to learn how to use her slayer powers against enemies old...
Poetry Connection reading series presents CB Follett and Joseph Zaccardi, hosted by Terry Lucas, Marin County Poet Laureate, open mic to follow, light refreshments, The...
It's going down! Jan 10th @ Cafe Leila 7-9:30 pm My Word turns 3 Kicking off the season is no other than Tony Aldarondo &...
For the past seventeen years, Porchlight has been San Francisco's premier storytelling series. Each month, co-founders Beth Lisick and Arline Klatte invite six people to tell ten-minute true...
Sally Rooney “writes about tricky commonplace things (text messages, sex) with a familiarity no one else has” (The Paris Review). Her novels Conversations with Friends and Normal People, are nuanced portraits...
2020 is here! Join us at Manny's for the decade's first poetry night! Come to Manny's for our monthly open mic nights. Poets, readers, performers...
Into every generation a slayer is born… and being the Chosen one isn’t always easy Do you miss having Buffy the Vampire Slayer in your...
Help us bring in 2020 right. 10 books, 10 new Nomadic Press authors, 1 night. Join us as we celebrate (and release) new books by:...