Wednesday 7/6: Hook Press launches Nicole Trigg’s new chapbook, Slats, as Moe’s Books celebrates its all-new SPD Small Press Section. Featured readers include Sean Collins, Johnny Hernandez, Jason Christopher Mull, and Nicole Trigg. Free, 7:30 p.m., Moe’s Books.
In honor of Harold Norse’s centennial birthday, the Beat Museum is organizing several panel discussions with writers who knew him. Tonight’s panel at the Mechanics Institute Library: Kevin Killian, Regina Marler, and Todd Swindell, moderated by Tate Swindell of Unrequited Records. $15, 7 p.m., San Francisco Mechanics Institute.
Thursday 7/7: Cleave: Bay Area Women Writers presents Alexandra Mattraw, Kelly Gemmill, Andrea Murphy, and Kathryn Gresham Lancaster. Free, 7 p.m., The Octopus Literary Salon.
Poetry Flash presents Michelle Bitting (The Couple Who Fell to Earth), Dorianne Laux (The Book of Men), and Joseph Millar (Blue Rust). Free, 7:30 p.m., Moe’s Books.
Friday 7/8: The Last Word Reading Series presents Vonn Anderson and singer/songwriter/poet Olmec (Mateo Sandyoung). Free, 7 p.m., Nefeli Caffe.
Saturday 7/9: Writers With Drinks presents Charles Stross (The Nightmare Stacks), Sarah Kuhn (Heroine Complex), and Shruti Swamy (Prairie Schooner). $5–$20 (no one turned away; proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture), 7:30 p.m., Make Out Room.
Beat Museum’s celebration of the Harold Norse Centennial continues with panelists Adrian Brooks and Jim Nawrocki. Free, 7 p.m., The Beat Museum.
Sunday 7/10: Poetry Flash presents Brynn Saito (Power Made Us Swoon) and Jacqueline Tchakalian (The Size of Our Bed). Free, 3 p.m., Diesel Bookstore.
Gears Turning Poetry presents Leroy F. Moore, Jr. (Black Kripple Delivers Poetry and Lyrics), Jerry Ferraz, and Jane Rades (Portrait of the Artist as a Young Fortuneteller). Free, 4 p.m., Modern Times Bookstore Collective.
Monday 7/11: Zora O’Neill (All Strangers Are Kin) reads at Green Apple Books on the Park. Free, 7:30 p.m., Green Apple, 9th Avenue.
Tuesday 7/12: It’s summer, so perhaps it’s a good time to visit Surf City (Santa Cruz)? Poetry Santa Cruz presents featured reader California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia along with a local poet. $3 suggested donation, 7:30 p.m., Bookstore Santa Cruz.
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This week’s theatre recommendation is the Roundabout Theatre Company’s touring production of its Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Cabaret. The classic musical about the decadent days of the Weimar Republic just before the rise of the Third Reich has never seemed so relevant. Randy Harrison as the emcee delivers a superlative performance of great depth and subtlety, covered with a veneer of panache. He is extraordinary, as is everything else about this production. 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, Alexandra Mattraw. Read an interview here.
And here’s some video of one of last week’s SF notables, Michael Warr.
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