• BINDERY: On the Cusp

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The events that define us aren't always immediately apparent. That's the idea behind On the Cusp, a quarterly reading series that seeks to explore the meaning...

  • Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman’s World by Tosh Berman

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

    We are looking forward to celebrating TOSH, published by City Lights! Tosh Berman will be in conversation with Natalia Mount, Executive Director, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland...

  • MFA Reading: Wendy C. Ortiz

    USF Fromm Hall - FR 125 - Maraschi Room 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Wendy C. Ortiz is the author of Excavation: A Memoir, Hollywood Notebook, and the dreamoir, Bruja. In 2016, Bustle named her one of "9 Women Writers Who Are Breaking New Nonfiction Territory.” Her work...

  • Anya Martin and Nick Mamatas

    The American Bookbinders Museum 355 Clementina Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Doors open 6:00pm Event begins 6:30pm At the American Bookbinders Museum

    TBD
  • The Racket!

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

    Details soon! Hosted by Noah B. Sanders

  • Dahr Jamail & Antonia Juhasz: Is Our Earth in Hospice Mode?

    First Congregational Church of Berkeley 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

    KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents IS OUR EARTH IN HOSPICE MODE? DAHR JAMAIL + ANTONIA JUHASZ The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning...

    $12 – $15
  • Oakland First Friday Storyteller Series

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    CHILDREN'S STORYTELLER SERIES (6-7pm) Bring your young ones out for an early evening of storytelling, hands on arts activities, tiny bookmaking projects, food, music and...

    Free
  • Tosh: Growing Up in Wallace Berman’s World

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

    TOSH is a memoir of growing up as the son of an enigmatic, much-admired, hermetic, and ruthlessly bohemian artist during the waning years of the...

    Free
  • Oakland First Friday Teen Poetry Open Mic

    Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe 2301 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA, United States

    TEEN POETRY OPEN MIC (7-9pm) Bring your poems, verses, spoken word pieces and prose to share at our Teen Open Mic, hosted by Vice Oakland...

    Free
  • Kristen Tracy with Daniel Handler / Half-Hazard

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery is pleased to host Kristen Tracy for her first book of poems, Half-Hazard, winner of the Emily Dickinson First Book Award from the Poetry Foundation. Joining Kristen...

  • BAPC OPEN POETRY READING

    Strawberry Creek Lodge 1320 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    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...

  • Fourteen Hills Presents Kimberly Reyes

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

    Kimberly Reyes reads from her new collection Life During Wartime, winner of the 2018 Michael Rubin Book Award. With additional readings from Kar Johnson, Truong Tran, Max Shanley...

    Free
  • City Lights presents “The Poetic City” at the Night of Ideas.

    San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch 100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA

    City Lights presents "The Poetic City" at the Night of Ideas. Saturday, February 2nd, 8:00-9:00pm, San Francisco, CA: SF Library, Main Branch https://www.nightofideassf.com/   What...

  • What If: The Fiction of the Future

    San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch 100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA

    GET TICKETS Fantasy and science fiction stories have long embraced the darker themes of a dystopian future, and our fascination continues unabated in recent films...

  • David Thomson / Sleeping with Strangers: How the Movies Shaped Desire

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts a special afternoon with David Thomson, the celebrated film critic and author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film, for his new book Sleeping with Strangers: How...

  • Bawdy Storytelling ‘NOTORIOUS’

    Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Description Sunday, February 3rd, 2019 Bang-O & Cocktails at 6:30 PM, Stories & Songs at 7 PM at the Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa Street, San...

    $25 – $35
  • The Poetry Center presents Vincent Katz & Jane Gregory

    The Poetry Center, San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco , CA, United States

    4:30pm at The Poetry Center San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco free

  • Paul Hoover & Joseph Lease

    Alley Cat Books 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    7:00pm Paul Hoover & Joseph Lease read at Alley Cat Books 3036 24th Street San Francisco

  • Tess Brown-Lavoie, Leena Joshi, Victoria Ruiz and others!

    E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore 410 13th Street, Oakland , CA, United States

    Come out for a night of poetry! Tess Brown-Lavoie writes and farms in Providence, RI. Lite Year, winner of the Fence Modern Poets Series, is her...

  • REBECCA TRAISTER In Conversation with Lara Bazelon

    Nourse Theatre 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    REBECCA TRAISTER In Conversation with Lara Bazelon Monday, February 4, 2019, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Rebecca Traister is the author of Good and...

    $29
  • Silent Reading Party

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Presented by Lemony Snicket and Radio Silence. Bring a book to read to yourself in silence. Drinks and light snacks will be available. There is...

  • Elizabeth Treadwell, Charles Alexander, and Karen Randall

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

    Elzabeth Treadwell’s Penny Marvel & the book of the city of selfys is just out from Dusie. Her other books include LILYFOIL + 3 (O...

    Free
  • A William S Burroughs Birthday Celebration

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

    with Steven Taylor, Peter Hale, Peter Carlaftes, and V Vale celebrating the release of Don't Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg Edited...

  • The Poetry Center presents Tom Clark & Vincent Katz

    The Green Arcade 1680 Market St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    7:00pm The Poetry Center presents Tom Clark & Vincent Katz at The Green Arcade 1680 Market Street San Francisco

  • The Color of Law

    Freight & Salvage 2020 Addison St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    The Color of Law Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse A forgotten history of how our government segregated America. Richard Rothstein is...

    $10