Notable San Francisco 6/11-6/17

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This Week in San Francisco!

Monday 6/11: Behavioral economist Dan Ariely returns to Booksmith for more fascinating revelations about counter intuitive human behavior, this time with The Honest Truth About Dishonesty. Free 7:30, Booksmith.

Tuesday 6/12: The Center for the Art of Translation hosts A Night of Fairytales, featuring Kate Bernheimer, Ilya Kaminsky, and Maria Tatar reading from contemporary tales more outright dark and twisted than their classic counterparts. 8:30, $5.

Weds 6/13: Ourshelves, the Mission’s book collective and lending library, presents Excerpts, a reading series for and by the community. 8pm, Donation based, with proceeds benefiting senior center in the Tenderloin.

Thursday 6/14: Ron Schmidt reads from Once Removed, a memoir of his “conflicted journey as a scruple-ridden gay youth,” and development into local author-educator powerhouse. Free 7:30 Books Inc Castro.

Friday 6/15: Literary Clown Foolery: SF Olympians Edition featuring Cabaret, drinks, and  live performance $10, 8pm, Booksmith.

Sunday 6/17: Local poets and contributors to Turtle Island to Abya Yala: An Anthology by Native and Latina Women celebrate the release of this first anthology of its kind. 4pm Modern Times Books.

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 →