• Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: Sketchtasy

    East Bay Booksellers 5433 College Avenue, Oakland

    Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore presents Sketchtasy. Sketchtasy brings 1990s gay culture startlingly back to life, as Alexa and her friends grapple with the impact of growing up at a...

  • Eric Karpeles on Józef Czapski

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

    Eric Karpeles on Józef Czapski in conversation with Cynthia Haven celebrating the release of three new books from New York Review Books: Inhuman Land: A Wartime...

  • Sarah Stone

    Green Apple Books 506 Clement St, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Sarah Stone discusses her new novel, Hungry Ghost Theater. Praise for Hungry Ghost Theater "Sarah Stone traces out the quirky, fateful dramas of one family, while...

  • Voices from the Resistance: A Conversation with Angela Davis

    Brava Theater Center 2781 24th Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    Voices from the Resistance: Angela Davis in Conversation with Olga Talamante Moderated by Chelis Lopez A fundraiser for MAESTRAPEACE Book and the Chicana Latina Foundation...

    $25 – $80
  • SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND

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

    SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND In Conversation with Marisa Lagos Friday, November 30, 2018, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: Special Events  Buy Tickets | 415.392.4400 Kirsten Gillibrand has served as United...

    $29
  • BAPC OPEN POETRY READING

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

    Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2018: November 3, December 1 3:00 – 5:00 PM STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA Addison is one block...

  • Babylon Salon

    The Armory Club 1799 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Babylon Salon presents our Winter Reading Saturday, Dec 1, 2018, 6.00 pm  at The Armory Club 1799 Mission Street  (downstairs performance space)   featuring -- Vanessa Hua is...

  • JOURNAL RELEASE: NOMADIC JOURNAL 2018: COVENANT

    Nomadic Press: Uptown 2301 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, CA, United States

    Join us at our Uptown, Oakland, location for the much-anticipated release of Nomadic Journal 2018: Covenant! It's going to be an amazing evening of readings,...

  • Red Light Lit at lille æske

    lille æske 13160 Central Avenue, Boulder Creek, CA, United States

    Saturday, December 1, 2018 8pm | Doors at 7:30pm Tickets: $10-$20 Sliding Scale Red Light Lit is a mashup of live music and poetry set to...

    $10 – $20
  • 2018 Howard Zinn Book Fair FIGHTING FOR THE AIR WE BREATHE

    CCSF mission campus 1125 Valencia Street, San Francisco, United States

    CCSF Mission Campus, 1125 Valencia Street The Fifth Annual Howard Zinn Book Fair is an annual celebration of people’s history, past, present and future. This...

    $5
  • Flight of Poets: Pairings for the Senses

    Sonoma Valley Museum of Art 551 Broadway, Sonoma, United States

    The best of California art, poetry, food, and wine all come together at our 3rd annual Pairings event. Meet Sonoma winemakers, chefs, and artists along...

    $25 – $35
  • GERD STERN @ 90

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

    SUN. DEC. 2ND, 7PM Gerd Stern joins the circle of Beat nonagenarians this year, and we’re hosting a gathering to celebrate! Gerd has worn many...

  • City Arts & Lectures NADINE BURKE HARRIS

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

    In Conversation with Indre Viskontas Monday, December 3, 2018, 7:30 pm Venue: Nourse Theater Series: "On Arts" Benefiting 826 Valencia Scholarship Program  Buy Tickets | Buy Series Tickets | 415.392.4400 As...

    $29
  • Norma Cole with Steve Dickison: An Omnidawn Party

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

    celebrating the release of two new books of poetry from Omnidawn Press Fate News by Norma Cole and Inside Song  by Steve Dickison about Fate News:...

  • Designing Change: A Conversation with David Hogg

    Minnesota Street Project 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco , CA, United States

    On December 4, The Museum of Craft and Design welcomes Parkland activist, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student and author David Hogg, to San Francisco...

    $30 – $60
  • The Wall of Birds

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

    Jane Kim and Thayer Walker discuss their new book, The Wall of Birds:One Planet, 243 Families, 375 Million Years. About The Wall of Birds A celebration...

  • Thomas Lynch reads Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory”

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

    Join us for fruitcake and cheer in this annual Mrs. Dalloway's tradition. Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - 7:30pm First published in 1956, this much sought-after autobiographical...

  • 1st Tuesday’s Spoken Word & Open Mic

    Cafe Envy 1701 Yosemite Ave, San Francisco

    1st Tuesday's Spoken Word TV showcase is a community event that creates a positive space for expression through the arts. We highlight local talent and...

    Free
  • El Cerrito Out Loud: Poetry Event

    San Pablo & Fairmount Avenues 6159 Fairmount Avenue, El Cerrito

    Join City Poet Laureate Dani Gabriel for "El Cerrito Out Loud" at Off the Grid. Hear featured poets and participate in an open mic and...

    Free
  • George Lakey

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

    discussing the subject of his new book How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning by George Lakey from Melville House A lifetime...

  • 2ND SET: ‘OVERTHROWING CAPITALISM’ ANTHOLOGY RELEASE

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

    WED. DEC. 5TH, 7PM By popular demand, we’ve added a second night of readings from the newly released Overthrowing Capitalism: Volume Five. Featured readers: Lincoln Bergman...

  • BINDERY: Poetry from USF’s Graduate Program in Writing

    The Bindery 1727 Haight St, San Francisco , United States

    The Bindery hosts the concluding event in Prof. D. A. Powell's "San Francisco Poetics," an open classroom experience celebrating poets in San Francisco. The founding director...

  • Joshua Rivkin and R.O. Kwon

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

    Joshua Rivkin discusses his new biography, Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly, with R.O. Kwon. Praise for Chalk “Reviled when young, revered when old,...

  • Mary Jo Bang

    Morrison Library, UC Berkeley 2000 Carleston Street, Berkeley, CA, United States

    Mary Jo Bang is the author of eight books of poems—including A Doll For Throwing, Louise in Love, The Last Two Seconds, and Elegy, which received the National Book Critics Circle...