Notable San Francisco 5/14-5/20

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This Week in San Francisco:

Monday 5/14: Brick and Mortar holds a free ‘somewhat’ acoustic concert series featuring Luke Sweeny’s Wet Dreams, Dry Magic, Nick Campbell, and the Human Condition. 8pm.

Tuesday 5/15: Pity the Beautiful, Dana Gioia’s recently released volume, is the poet’s first in over a decade: “Its emotional revelations and careful construction are hard won, inventive, and resilient.” Free, 7:30pm, the Booksmith.

Wednesday 5/16: The Painted Word opens at Meridian Gallery, featuring visual works by poets including William Saroyan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack Hirschman, William S. Burroughs, Henry Miller, and others. Free, 6pm. ‘

Thursday 5/17: So You Think You Can Paint is the Club Six happy hour inviting you and yours to join in in creating major murals before 11pm, fueled by drink specials + DJ’s. Admission is free, drinks $3.

Friday 5/18: The Red Vic opens for an evening benefit for the San Francisco Writer’s Grotto, a community of creatives who freelance, and 826 Valencia. Featuring storytelling, poetry, dancing, and more. $10, 8pm.

Saturday 5/19: NEA Creative Writing Fellow Aimee Phan reads from The Reeducation of Cherry Truong, her debut novel narrating three generations of a Vietnamese family displaced to the States by the Vietnam War. Free, 2:30pm, SF Public Library Chinatown/Him Mark Lai branch.

Sunday 5/20: Armistead Maupin reads some of his most loved installments of Tales of the City, the iconic series begun in 1976. Free, ($5 suggested donation), Grace Cathedral, 9:30am. Followed by B2B.

Emmy Komada is a translator and assistant editor at Two Lines Press, part of the Center for the Art of Translation. She likes languages, and reading, and trying to read in various languages. More from this author →