Wednesday 11/11: Poets Martin Corless-Smith (Nota) and Rebecca Wolff (founder and publisher of Fence Books and “The Constant Critic” website) read from their latest collections. Free, 7:30 p.m., Green Apple Books On The Park.
“Facets of Spirituality Poetry Series” presents novelist and poet Susan Cohen (Throat Singing), Lambda Literary Award winner Elana Dykewomon, and poet Richard Silberg (The Horses: New and Selected Poems). Free, 7:30 p.m., Temple Sinai, Albers Chapel.
Thursday 11/12: Babar In Exile continues with a third edition at the Octopus Literary Salon. Those who have heard of or remember the notorious Babar Cafe open mics of years past will be excited by this lineup: Barbarian Bruce Isaacson, founder of the Zeitgeist Press and Poet Laureate of Clark County, Nevada, will be featured along with David West, another original Barbarian. Also featured is Missy Church, a cofounder of Oakland’s Beast Crawl. And, of course, there will be an open mic. It wouldn’t be Barbaric without one! Mark my words: Barbar In Exile and the Octopus Literary Salon are legends-in-the-making. Free, 7 p.m., Octopus Literary Salon.
Friday 11/13: We are fortunate in the Bay area to have several academic institutions who host some remarkable reading series, such as Berkeley’s Holloway Series and Robert Gluck’s course, “Writers On Writing,” on Monday nights at San Francisco State. Tonight, California College of the Arts presents novelist Peter Rock (The Shelter Cycle). Rock is the recipient of a Guggenheim Award, an NEA fellowship, and a Wallace Stegner Fellowship at Stanford. How’s that for a triple threat? Free, 4:30 p.m., California College of the Arts.
Toby Lurie‘s Lost Coast Music Ensemble performs in North Beach at The Beat Museum. Kenneth Rexroth referred to one book of Lurie’s poetry as, “…actually something really new.” When it comes to the Beats, Lurie is the real goods. Free, 7 p.m., The Beat Museum.
Sunday 11/15: The Second Annual Howard Zinn Book Fair at the Mission Campus of San Francisco City College features numerous panels and readings as part of the day long event. This is going to be a true feast! Among the many participants are Julie Shayne, Marisela Fleites-Lear, Peter Coyote, Terry Bisson, Clayborne Carson, Alica Garza, Rebecca Solnit, and Daphne Gottlieb. Free, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., City College of San Francisco Mission Campus.
Monday 11/16: Alley Cat Books’s Poetry Night series, “At The Inkwell” features an impressive lineup of Paula C. Lowe, Philip Brady, MK Chavez, Paul Faricano, Sonja Jacob, Melissa Eleftherion, and Lucille Lang Day. Free, 7 p.m., Alley Cat Books.
Tuesday 11/17: So who doesn’t love librarians? You can show your love tonight at the Library Bar at Hotel Rex, when Every Library holds a fundraiser for librarians in San Francisco (and their friends) to enjoy some networking and the chance to support a good cause. Every Library describes itself as “a nonprofit social welfare organization chartered to work exclusively on local library ballot initiatives.” Activist archivists! How sexy is that? $10.00 advance purchase, $15.00 at the door. 5:30 p.m., Hotel Rex.
Rumpus contributor Rick Moody has a book out (Hotels of North America), and he’ll be in Corte Madera to promote it. Moody’s previous novels include The Four Fingers of Death, Purple America, The Ice Storm and Garden State. He’s on a roll. Free, 7:30 p.m., Book Passage Marin.
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This week’s theatre recommendation is Central Works’ world premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s new play, Ada and the Memory Engine. Ada is Ada Lovelace, mathematical genius, “Mother of the Algorithm” and daughter of Lord Byron. Lauren Gunderson is an up-and-coming playwright who specializes in plays about science. Central Works, housed in architect Julia Morgan’s beautiful Berkeley City Club, presents new plays exclusively. Ada and the Memory Engine is their 49th world premiere. Click here for further information. Click here to read a review.
For more extensive coverage of the Bay Area theatre scene, visit TheatreStorm.
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Evan Karp presents video of this week’s featured local author, the founding editor of the inestimable ZYZZYVA, Howard Junker. Click here to read an interview.
And, as a humorous treat, here’s video of popular storyteller/poet Clyde Always, reading at a recent “Notable SF” event.
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In a cold world, that “Every Library” sounds so civilized….
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