Wednesday 10/28: St. Mary’s Creative Writing Reading Series presents National Book Award nominated novelist Cristina García. Free, 7:30 p.m., Lafayette Library.
Thursday 10/29: City Lights Bookstore celebrates their publication of previously uncollected pulp fiction by Charles Bukowski, The Bell Tolls for No One. Editor David Stephen Calonne will be on hand. Free, 7 p.m., City Lights.
Friday 10/30: Nomadic Press presents Lisa D. Gray and Vernon Keeve III. Free, 7 p.m., Nomadic Press.
Saturday 10/31: Halloween Night! One place to be is Oakland’s very popular Saturday Night Special Open Mic, which will be hosting its annual DEADLY OPEN MIC costume party. Featured readers are Tracey Knapp and C Anne Gardner. Open mic signup starts at 7 p.m. and fills up fast, in spite of the strict three-minute limit. Free (one drink minimum and donations welcome), 7 p.m., Nick’s Lounge.
Sunday 11/1: The Bazaar Writers Salon, hosted by Peter Kline, features Rebecca Black, D. Scott Miller, and Edward Porter. Free, 6 p.m., Bazaar Cafe.
Monday 11/2: Quiet Lightning presents an edition curated by co-founder Evan Karp, along with Jennifer Lewis, and featuring Chris Ames, Kacy Cunningham, MK Chavez, Cassandra Dallett, Diane Glazman, Chad Koch, Jenny Qi, Bel Poblador, C.E. Shue, Ben Finateri, Ken Grobe, Margaret Spilman, and Eila Carrico. $7-$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds), 7:30 p.m., Arc Studios & Gallery.
Tuesday 11/3: Fans of Sandra Cisneros (and who isn’t?) will be excited to find her in Berkeley (courtesy of KPFA Radio) talking with Vylma V about the publication of A House of My Own: Stories from My Life, a non-fiction collection spanning nearly three decades . $12.00, 7:30 p.m., First Congregational Church of Berkeley.
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This week’s theatre recommendation is Ragged Wing Ensemble’s devised theatre piece, Through The Wall, at Flight Deck in Oakland. Ragged Wing Ensemble consistently presents some of the most interesting and avant garde work to be found in the Bay Area Theatre scene. With Through The Wall they have created a haunted house story that is both spooky and thought provoking, exploring how family histories and personalities follow us through the generations. Genuinely scary and genuinely moving all at once. Many of the images have enough staying power to haunt your dreams for days to come. For further information, click here.
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Evan Karp presents video of this week’s featured local author, Chris Carosi. Click here to read an interview.
And here’s video from recent SF Notable Joseph Lease, reading at Bay Area Generations’s Lit Crawl Event on October 17, 2014.
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