Notable San Francisco
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Notable San Francisco: 12/28–1/3
Wednesday 12/28: Back in the day, when Isaac Fitzgerald used to host the monthly Rumpus variety show at The Make-Out Room, comedian Nato Green was a frequent and popular guest. Tonight, he’ll be headlining at The Punch Line. That’s a…
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Notable San Francisco: 12/21–12/27
It is year’s end and a time for holidays. Some folks will leave town, some will stay home and drink egg nog while others abstain, some will exchange gifts, some will get happy, some will get depressed. But few will…
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Notable San Francisco: 12/14–12/20
Wednesday 12/14: McSweeney’s presents Emily Carr (Whosoever Has Let a Minotaur Enter Them, or a Sonnet). Free, 7 p.m., Alley Cat Books. Michael Chabon reads from his new book, Moonglow. Free, 7 p.m., Diesel, A Bookstore. Thursday 12/15: Poet and…
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Notable San Francisco: 12/7–12/13
Notable San Francisco grieves for the tragic loss of life in Oakland with the burning of Ghost Ship. Making art is a dangerous pastime, but it shouldn’t be life threatening because artists are forced by city gentrification to live on…
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Notable San Francisco: 11/30–12/6
Wednesday 11/30: City Lights celebrates the publication of the magazine, Freeman’s: 2: Family: The Best New Writing on Family, from Grove Press. Editor John Freeman will be on hand. Free, 7 p.m., City Lights. Thursday 12/1: Novelist (Exiles) and short…
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Notable San Francisco: 11/23–11/29
It’s a slow week for events, so we can all take a deep breath for reflection, then plunge back in this weekend. Thank you for visiting The Rumpus and helping to keep our communities alive and lively. Saturday 11/26: Come…
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Notable San Francisco: 11/16–11/22
Wednesday 11/16: Readers at Lyrics and Dirges will focus on the theme of gratitude. Featured: Harold Terezon, Marguerite Munoz, Norma Smith, Mickey Ellinger, Josiah Luis Alderete, and Tongo Eisen-Martin. Free, 7:30 p.m., Pegasus Books Downtown. Thursday 11/17: Michael McClure celebrates…
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Notable San Francisco: 11/9–11/15
Wednesday 11/9: Juliana Spahr (That Winter the Wolf Came) reads at St. Mary’s College in Moraga. Free, 7:30 p.m., Hagerty Lounge, St. Mary’s College. Eleni Stecopoulos (Visceral Poetics), Jeanne Heuving (The Transmutation of Love and Avant-Garde Poetics), and Susan Thackrey.…
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Notable San Francisco: 11/2–11/8
Wednesday 11/2: Kevin Opstedal, Derek Fenner, and Micah Ballard. Free, 7:30 p.m., Moe’s Books. Julia Scott interviews Peter Orner for the San Francisco launch of his new book of essays, Am I Alone Here?, which is described by the publisher…
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Notable San Francisco: 10/26–11/01
Wednesday 10/26: University of San Francisco presents its fall MFA faculty: Laleh Khadivi, Dave Madden, D. A. Powell, and Susan Steinberg. Free, 7:30 p.m., USF, Fromm Hall, Maraschi Room. Brit Bennett (The Mothers) reads from her debut novel. Free, 7:30…
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Notable San Francisco: 10/19–10/25
Wednesday 10/19: UCB’s Holloway Series presents Tonya Foster. Free, 6:30 p.m., UC Berkeley. Sarah Griffin of Dublin, Ireland returns in triumph to San Francisco, the internationally celebrated author of a debut novel, Spare and Found Parts. Free, 7:30 p.m., The…
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Notable San Francisco: 10/12–10/18
All Week: Litquake! This week is the San Francisco Bay Area’s literary “week of weeks.” It’s time for “Litquake,” the largest festival of its kind west of the Mississippi. The event features readings by hundreds of authors and is attended by…