• YG2D: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes…

    The Lost Church 65 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Thursday, 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...

    $10
  • BPR Midterm Chapbook Release Party

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

    Berkeley Poetry Review will be holding a release party for the third issue of our chapbook series: MIDTERM 3 - CIRCUITS, including poems from Leila...

    Free
  • 2019 Michael Rubin Book Award Release Party!

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

    Join Fourteen Hills press to celebrate OPPRESSORFACE, the 2019 Michael Rubin Book Award winning book of poetry written by Rob Hendricks. There will be drinks,...

    Free
  • Lyrical Opposition: Unplugged

    483 14th St, San Francisco, CA 94103

    You’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...

    Free
  • The Fire Thieves in the Gallery

    San Francisco Arts Commission Galleries 401 Van Ness Ave, Ste 126, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Organized by Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate in consultation with Pam Peniston, artistic director of the Queer Cultural Center. The SFAC is pleased to...

    Free
  • Jeff VanderMeer: Dead Astronauts

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

    Jeff 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...

    Free
  • 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...

    $30 – $50
  • “Chan Family Picnic”—Reading by Eugenie Chan Theater Projects

    CHSA Museum 965 Clay Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Eugenie 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...

    Free
  • Writers With Drinks

    Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Alvin 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...

    $5 – $20
  • 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...

    $10
  • Get Lit #54

    Ale Industries 3096 E 10th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    Heading 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...

    $15 – $25
  • Anna Wiener with Alexis Madrigal

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

    TICKETS 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,...

    $29
  • Zora Neale Hurston: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

    Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Buy 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...

    $10
  • My Life, My Stories / Real life. Told by SF seniors.

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    Join us for an evening of learning and listening, hosted by My Life, My Stories! The theme is FAMILY. My Life, My Stories is a...

    Free – $20
  • PEOM: Poetry Every Other Month

    Julie's Coffee and Tea Garden 1223 Park St., Alameda, CA, United States

    Join 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...

    Free
  • Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic

    Nomadic Press 2926 Foothill Blvd, Oakland , CA, United States

    A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in "The Chapel" at Nomadic Press.

    Free
  • The Southeast Asian Diaspora in Poetry & Memoir

    Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St Ste 290, Oakland, CA, United States

    Join 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...

    Free
  • Martinis & Writers with Literary Speakeasy

    Martuni's 4 Valencia St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    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...

    Free
  • Zora Neale Hurston | Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

    Museum of the African Diaspora 685 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    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...

    $10
  • GhostTourSF’s “Memories of Glen Park”: Zine Release

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

    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...

    Free
  • VeteransWrite meetings

    SJSU MLK Library 150 E San Fernando St, San Jose, CA, United States

    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...

    Free
  • Vi Ruggiero + Lauren Napier

    The Beat Museum 540 Broadway, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Join Vic Ruggiero and Lauren Napier as they return to the Beat Museum for an evening of melodies.

    Free
  • Bay Area Poets Coalition

    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...

    Free
  • Walnut Creek Poetry Workshop [Meetup]

    Eat and Cre-ate 313 North Civic Drive, Walnut Creek

    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...

    Cost of Dinner for Attendee.
  • Abigail Hing Wen with Sabaa Tahir

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

    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...

    Free
  • Quiet Lightning at the Balboa Theater

    Balboa Theater 3630 Balboa St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    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...

    $15