Notable San Francisco: 12/30–1/5
Wednesday 12/30: The Berkeley Poetry Slam presents The Third Annual Anarchy Slam with performance poet Mighty Mike McGee, a former National Poetry Slam Grand Champion, who has performed with Tons of…
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Notable San Francisco: 12/23–12/29
Sunday 12/27: Will Viharo (Vic Valentine, Private Eye) and Scott Funks (The Space Needler’s Intergalactic Bar Guide, a collaboration with Viharo) will be reading in a Tiki Bar in Alameda. Noir…
Notable San Francisco: 12/16–12/22
Wednesday 12/16: Berkeley Poetry Slam, the longest running poetry slam in Northern California, features the extraordinary Sam Sax. Sax’s rising poetic star is white hot. He is a 2015 NEA Fellow,…
Notable San Francisco: 12/9–12/15
Wednesday 12/9: There’s a genre of Jewish Noir? Who knew? God knows, the history is dark enough. Editor Kenneth Wishnia will be on hand with authors TBA, celebrating the release of…
Notable San Francisco: 11/25–12/1
Thanksgiving week is a slow time for notable events, but what we’ve got is as good as pecan pie! Happy holiday! Wednesday 11/25: Lunada Literary Lounge, the monthly full moon bi-lingual…
Notable San Francisco: 11/18–11/24
Wednesday 11/18: Today’s your last chance to catch Rick Moody live on the last leg of the Bay Area portion of his promotion tour for Hotels of North America. Rick is…
Notable San Francisco: 11/11–11/17
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…
Notable San Francisco: 11/4–11/10
Wednesday 11/04: Pandemonium Press presents 1st Wednesdays In The Loft, featuring MK Chavez, Sharon Coleman, Andrew Dugas, and Rafael Jesús González. On guitar: Hao Tran. Curated by Leila Rae. An open…
Notable San Francisco: 10/28–11/3
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…
Notable San Francisco: 10/21–10/28
Wednesday 10/21: Eileen Myles (who we once dubbed a “Poetry Rock Star”) will read tonight from her collection, I Must Be Living Twice: New and Selected Poems 1975-2014 . Free, 7 p.m.,…
Notable San Francisco: 10/14–10/20
LitQuake continues through Saturday at various locations and venues, day and night. There are many more events than we can tell you about. For a full calendar of LitQuake events,…
Notable San Francisco: 10/7–10/13
Wednesday 10/7: Pandemonium Press presents 1st Wednesdays in the Loft at Spice Monkey, featuring Patricia Bulitt, Fred Dodsworth, Kurt Lumpkin, and Mary Mackey. An open mic precedes and follows the readers.…