Wednesday 6/15: Katie Crouch (Girls in Trucks, Abroad) helps Gary Hendrix (Horrorstör) celebrate the release of his new book, My Best Friend’s Exorcism. Free, 7:30 p.m., Booksmith.
MK Chavez hosts Lyrics and Dirges in Berkeley with featured writers Juliana Spahr, Juliana Delgado Lopera, Rochelle Spencer, Joy Elán, René Vazquez, and Kay Nillson. Free, 7:30 p.m., Pegasus Books.
Thursday 6/16: The Art Span Mixer presents Quiet Lightning at Modern Eden Gallery in Art, Readings, Reactions. Quiet Lightning readers respond to Modern Eden’s current exhibit, Portraits of Friends. Featuring Keith Ekiss, Katie Peterson, Dean Rader, Brynn Saito, and Tess Taylor. Free, 6 p.m., Modern Eden.
Hybrid Series #3, hosted by Sara Mumolo at Pro Arts Gallery, presents Candace Eros Diaz and Louise Mathias, along with musical groups The Bayonettes and Kamikaze Palm Tree. Free, 7 p.m., Pro Arts Gallery.
Friday 6/17: The Bloom: Reading #50 presents readers from Mixed Writes, a group of mixed race women writers, featuring Faith Adiele, Maria T. Allocco, Jackie Graves, and Audrey T. Williams. The Bloom is a literary series featuring Bay Area writers, where a past reader curates five readers around a theme. This month’s theme is fathers and inner light. Free, 7 p.m., Mercury Cafe.
Joe Clifford launches his new novel, December Boys. Free, 7:30 p.m., Pegasus Books.
Monday 6/20: A cause for celebration: Dog Eared Books launches a new branch in the Castro, in the building that formerly housed the pioneering LGBT bookstore, A Different Light. The event will include brief readings by local authors Armistead Maupin, Rebecca Solnit, Peter Orner, Brontez Purnell, Alejandro Murguía, Katrina Dodson, and Amy Berkowitz. Hosted by Baruch Porras-Hernandez. Free, 6 p.m., Dog Eared Books.
Tuesday 6/21: Moby (Richard Melville Hall) will be reading from and signing his memoir, Porcelain, at the DNA Lounge. The event’s sponsor, Booksmith, wants us to remind you that this will not be a musical performance. Standing-room-only tickets must be purchased in advance. $30 (one book/one ticket) or $45 (one book/two tickets), 7 p.m., DNA Lounge.
Zoe Zolbrod (The Telling), will be in conversation with The Rumpus’s book editor, Brian Hurley, in Oakland. Zoe is the Sunday Co-Editor for The Rumpus. The Telling is an examination of the effects of her early experience of childhood molestation. Free, 7 p.m., Diesel.
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This week’s theatre recommendation is Lorri Holt’s world premiere of her one-woman show, Colette Uncensored, about the liberated French writer whose life spanned much of the 20th century. Co-written by Holt and Zack Rogow, the script includes work from Colette’s Shipwrecked on a Traffic Island & Other Previously Untranslated Gems for which Rogow was a co-translator. During her lifetime, Colette’s literary work was often overshadowed by her scandalous life style, but since her death her reputation has steadily increased. Lorri Holt is a much admired San Francisco actor, who created the role of Harper in the world premiere of Millenium Approaches (the first play of the Angels In America trilogy by Tony Kushner). Read a review here. For further information, click here.
For 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, Anna Pulley. Read an interview here.
And here’s some video of one of last week’s SF notables, Bucky Sinister.
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