Notable SF

Wednesday 4/13: If the South Bay is foreign territory to you, tonight might be a good night to check out the Center for Literary Arts at San Jose State, where the Steinbeck Center will present readings by this year’s Steinbeck fellows,…

Wednesday 4/6: UC Berkeley’s Holloway Reading series presents Anna Moschovakis. Free, 6:30 p.m., Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley. Memoirist Augusten Burroughs (Lust & Wonder) reads in the Castro. Free, 7 p.m., Books, Inc., Castro. Thursday 4/7: Sarah Bakewell (At The Existentialist Café) reads…

Wednesday 3/30: Helen McDonald (H is for Hawk and Shaleer’s Fish: Poems) will appear at Dominican University, presented by Book Passage. If you haven’t yet visited Dominican University, you will find it to be one of the sweetest venues in the…

Wednesday 3/23: The MFA Reading Series at the University of San Francisco presents Louise Glück. Free, 7:45 p.m., University of San Francisco. Galeria de la Raza’s Lunada Literary Lounge helps to keep the spirit of the Mission alive with “the Bay Area’s…

Wednesday 3/16: Shobha Rao, a 2014 winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction, will celebrate the release of her debut short story collection, An Unrestored Woman, at City Lights. Free, 7 p.m., City Lights Bookstore. Lyrics and Dirges, curated…

Wednesday 3/9: Passages On The Lake presents a lineup that includes a rare featured reading by John Panzer, a gay man with AIDS whose painfully honest memoir and poetry detailing his experience with crystal meth-amphetamine and crack addiction have won him…

Wednesday 3/2: Pandemonium Press presents it usual First Wednesday event, this month featuring Lucille Lang-Day, Paul Corman-Roberts, Tony Press, and Missy Church. Free, 6:45 p.m., Spice Monkey. Thursday 3/3: Ned Buskirk hosts “You’re Going To Die: Poetry, Prose, & Everything Goes…” at…

Wednesday 2/24: UC Berkeley’s Holloway Series presents Simone White. The monthly Holloway series is always a special event, and who doesn’t enjoy the UCB campus and a little time well-spent in Berzerkeley? Free, 6:30 p.m., Maude Fife Room (Wheeler Hall #315),…

Wednesday 2/17: Lyrics and Dirges continues its first Wednesday readings in Berkeley, featuring Alexandra Kostoulas, Sean Labrador y Manzano, Tamim Ansary, Kim Shuck, and Lucille Lang Day. Free, 7:30 p.m., Pegasus Books. Thursday 2/18: Indefatigable organizer Sean Labrador y Manzano continues to host regular showcases for students in the…

Wednesday 2/10: WTF?! Infamous and courageous Russian punk band Pussy Riot will be at the Warfield tonight, presented by (and in conversation with) Bay Area expatriate Russian novelist and arts activist Zarina Zabrisky. No further introduction required, right? $25-$48, 8 p.m.,…

Wednesday 2/3: Passages On The Lake presents its 21st edition with Joe Loya, Brenda Usher-Carpino, Terry Taplin, Kelechi Ubozoh, and Nick Johnson, plus musician Lake Lady. Free, 7 p.m., The Terrace Room. You can encounter novelist Joyce Carol Oates in an…