Notable San Francisco
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Notable San Francisco 8/20-8/26
This Week in San Francisco! Monday 8/20: Lit Slam at Viracoccha, featuring Kundiman fellow and pillar of Bay Area spoken word, Jason Bayani. 8pm, $5 suggested donation. Tuesday 8/21: City Lights hosts a conversation with Four New Messages author Joshua…
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Notable San Francisco 8/13-8/19
This week in San Francisco Monday 8/13: The Center for the Art of Translation hosts a rare night with renowned UK-based translator Margaret Jull Costa, whose translations comprise works by Jose Saramago, and Javier Marias. 7pm, $10, Book Club of…
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Notable San Francisco 7/9-7/15
This Week in San Francisco. Monday 7/9: “Alternate reality comedy” finds its home in the Eric Andre show, which films a rare live set at the Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10. Tuesday 7/10: G. Willow Wilson reads from Alif the Unseen,…
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Notable San Francisco: 6/25-7/1
This Week in San Francisco: Monday 6/25: Books Inc. Opera Plaza hosts Daily Show contributors Lizz Winstead, author of Lizz Free or Die, and Kevin Bleyer, author of Me the People: One Man’s Selfless Quest to Rewrite the Constitution of…
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Notable San Francisco: 6/18-6/24
This Week in San Francisco: it’s pride week! Monday 6/18: The LitSlam is a “live performance-curated poetry publication where the audience serves as the Editors,” and the loudest cheers determine whose work graces the journal. Tonight’s monthly reading features Albuquerque-based…
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Notable San Francisco 6/11-6/17
This Week in San Francisco! Monday 6/11: Behavioral economist Dan Ariely returns to Booksmith for more fascinating revelations about counter intuitive human behavior, this time with The Honest Truth About Dishonesty. Free 7:30, Booksmith. Tuesday 6/12: The Center for the…
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Notable San Francisco: 6/4-6/10
This Week in San Francisco! Monday 6/4: TONIGHT: The Rumpus Celebrates Written Correspondence. 6:30pm at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa Street. Join us! Tuesday 6/5: The SF Open Mic Poetry series features Rose Mark and Larry Beresford at the Bay Area…
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Notable San Francisco 5/29-6/2
This Week in San Francisco: After the BBQ’s and the bridge fireworks… Tuesday 5/29: Tosca Cafe hosts the Litquake Epicenter series featuring Carolyn Burke discussing her biography of Edith Piaf. Free, 7pm. Wednesday 5/30: Ryan George Kittleman reads from The…
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Notable San Francisco 5/21-5/27
This week in San Francisco! Monday 5/21: Lit Slam hosts Karrie Waarala, a “”a multifaceted, sword-swallowingly sharp writer not to be missed.” $5, 8pm Viracocha. Tuesday 5/22: Two time Man Booker Prize winner Peter Carey reads from his recently released…
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Notable San Francisco 5/14-5/20
This Week in San Francisco: Monday 5/14: Brick and Mortar holds a free ‘somewhat’ acoustic concert series featuring Luke Sweeny’s Wet Dreams, Dry Magic, Nick Campbell, and the Human Condition. 8pm. Tuesday 5/15: Pity the Beautiful, Dana Gioia’s recently released…
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Notable San Francisco 5/7-5/13
This week in San Francisco Monday 5/7: Submission-based reading series Quiet Lightning is at Alley Cat Books tonight, featuring a dozen Bay Area writers, readers, poets and performers. $3 draft beer sponsored by Lagunitas. 7:30pm $5 suggested Donation. Tuesday 5/8:…
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Notable San Francisco: 4/23-4/28
This Week in San Francisco! Monday 4/23: Poet and activist Alice Rogof reads at Dog Eared Books. Free, 7pm. Tuesday 4/24: Comedian Eric Barry is at LOL for LLS, a fundraiser for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. Donation based, 8-10pm, Milk…