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Notable New York: 4/29-5/5
Monday 04/29: The PEN World Voices Festival is celebrating its ninth year and kicks off tonight with a reading titled Bravery. Hosted by comedian and author Baratunde Thurston, the reading will feature readings from “Najwan Darwish, ‘one of the 39…
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Notable NYC: 4/22-4/28
Monday 04/22: You might have thought, Dustin, I’m glad to be through with your long (for this column) digressions on OBERIU. I’m glad it’s over. You would be a fool. I’m not done. On Monday you should definitely be at…
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Spring Fever! Tonight!
We’re teaming up with KQED Pop and Do415 to present Spring Fever: A Night of Literature, Live Radio, Comedy and Music! Join us at for a feverous night at San Francisco’s Verdi Club on Friday, April 19th, 7pm. Free with RSVP! Featuring comedian Sean Keane, literary super-team Wendy…
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Notable NYC: 4/15-4/21
We’re a day behind. We hope you made it through Monday without the sublime guidance of Notable NYC. A (user) error occurred yesterday and all was lost. But all is not lost, Notable NYC is here to make sure that…
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ZYZZYVA’S Winter Issue Party
Come out to The Booksmith on Tuesday, December 11th for ZYZZYVA’s Holiday Party and Reading to celebrate the release of their Winter Issue. Featuring Rumpus contributor Chaney Kwak, Carolyn Miller, Brian Boies and Earle McCartney. Complimentary drinks and snacks will…
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SF’s Fireside Storytelling
Tomorrow is Fireside’s monthly storytelling event at The Jellyfish Gallery in SOMA. The lineup includes Rumpus interviewee Joe Loya, NPR’s Doug Cordell, and former San Francisco mayoral candidate Chicken John. The theme is IN HOT PERSUIT/ THE GREAT ESCAPE, which…
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A Celebration Of Written Correspondence
The Rumpus Proudly Presents: “Letters In The Mail: A Celebration of Written Correspondence” Click Here to Purchase Tickets! Monday, June 4th at The Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa Street), 6:30pm. With readings from Lorelei Lee, Ariana Reines, D.A. Powell, and artist…
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Chordal Wheeling
There are geeks, there are music geeks, and then there are the chordal crusaders, the modal moradeurs. In their own words, “powerambient” band Chord summons the feeling “of a single note being rendered into an unsolvable riddle–a harmonic Gordian knot…
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Men with Balls
“This show is an act of complete personal indulgence. When the good people at apexart approached me about curating something in their space, they made a huge mistake. After some polite back and forth, Steven Rand said to me directly,…
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Phoenix Books In San Francisco Turns 25
It’s something of a major milestone to keep an independent, used bookstore running for twenty-five years. And that’s exactly what Phoenix Books in San Francisco is celebrating this month. So as an Anniversary celebration and as part of Noe Valley…
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Annie Bacon’s Folk Opera
Back in Santa Cruz, I marveled at Ukulele Dick and Oliver Brown, maestros of ukulele songsmithing and quirk. But sometimes a song is not just a song. Sometimes it’s an extended, operatic adventure, more like an urban folk ballad, played…
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The Definite Article
The Juan MacLean finally have a new album out. A much-anticipated garden of electronica songsmithing, The Future Will Come is tremendous, careful, and sleek; it will blow your little mind-feet! The Juan MacLean is touring with The Field (What’s the…