• Chris Hedges: The Culture of Despair

    online

    Presented by KPFA Radio 94.1FM and Project Censored Hosted by Mickey Huff With the election over, it's the perfect time to get the reliably candid...

    $5 – $20.
  • Alta Asks Live: Eddie Muller

    Grab your popcorn and settle in for a chat with Eddie Muller, host of Turner Classic Movies’ Noir Alley and founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation....

  • Shannon Messenger with Roshani Chokshi

    We are absolutely thrilled to invite you to celebrate the launch of Unlocked, Shannon Messenger’s latest novel in the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling Keeper...

  • Virtual Event: Valzhyna Mort and Carolyn Forché

    Join us on Thursday, November 12 at 5pm PDT when Valzhyna Mort discusses her latest collection, Music for the Dead and Resurrected, with Carolyn Forché on Zoom! Zoom Login...

  • Zyzzyva 2020 Fall Issue Launch Party

    Join Zyzzyva managing editor Oscar Villalon with Jonathan Escoffery, Wendy C. Ortiz, Siel Ju, Andrés Reconco, Kathleen Mackay, and Nina Revoyr ZYZZYVA closes out its year-long celebration of its 35th anniversary with the...

  • Ling Ma

    THE EVENT: The Center for Literary Arts is pleased to present Ling Ma, author of Severance, on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 7PM. ​ The event discussion will be...

    Free
  • Lightning. Natty Light. Change.

    Nerd Nite is a monthly event during which several folks give fun-yet-informative presentations across all disciplines – while the audience drinks along. It’s like the...

  • Nerd Nite Tokyo: Hive Minds

    Nerd Nite Tokyo: Hive Minds   Fungus among us! What can we learn from microbes, how can we harness hypertext to save the world, and...

  • Paul Kingsnorth & Martin Shaw

    Dark Mountain Project co-founder Paul Kingsnorth is joined by mythologist Martin Shaw for a conversation about Alexandria (Graywolf Press), the final volume in his epic trilogy about...

  • Virtual Event: Patrick Earl Ryan and Martin Pousson

    online

    Join us on Friday, November 13 at 7pm PST when Patrick Earl Ryan discusses his award-winning debut collection, If We Were Electric, with Martin Pousson on Zoom! If...

    Free
  • Virtual Event: Patrick Earl Ryan and Martin Pousson

    Join us on Friday, November 13 at 7pm PST when Patrick Earl Ryan discusses his award-winning debut collection, If We Were Electric, with Martin Pousson on Zoom! If...

  • KSW Presents “Cut to Bloom”

    This November, KSW Presents “Cut to Bloom,” a celebration of Arhm Choi Wild’s collection of poetry. Joined by Isabella “Isa” Borgeson and Hieu Minh Nguyen,...

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  • Peace In Chaos with Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo

    Online Workshop Peace In Chaos with Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo Saturday, November 14, 1:00pm to 2:00pm $20 General/$15 PCSJ members and students Get a quick-start on...

    $20
  • Conversations with Authors – Naomi Wolf (Virtual Event)

    Naomi Wolf‘s latest book, Outrages: Sex, Censorship, and the Criminalization of Love, explores the history of state-sponsored censorship and violations of personal freedoms through the inspiring, forgotten...

  • Wales to Bay III

    online

    The third in a series curated by poets Caroline Goodwin and Sarah Kobrinsky, this event will bring together 2 Welsh poets: Rhys Trimble and Steven...

    Free
  • Virtual Event: Andrew Paynter

    JOIN US ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT 1:00PM PT WHEN ANDREW PAYNTER JOINS US ON INSTAGRAM LIVE TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS, ART, AND WHAT MAKES SAN FRANCISCO GREAT; AND TO...

  • This Is Now: Beyond the Bottom Line

    This event is online. Can a company satisfy its shareholders while improving the world around us? For some businesses, the shareholders come first— that’s their...