San Francisco
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The Gift of Understanding
Author and illustrator Wendy MacNaughton is featured on Brain Pickings for her new book, Meanwhile in San Francisco: A City in its Own Words. MacNaughton’s beautiful illustrations remind us of the importance of community, and an essential message: [T]here is…
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A Map for Book Lovers
If you love San Francisco and its literary scene as much as we do, you will be smitten with this interactive map of the Literary City. Find booksellers, places, and even settings from some of your favorite books! Perfect for…
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Notable SF: 2/17–2/23
Monday 2/17: The Porchlight Series continues with Long Walks on the Beach: The Dating Show, featuring stories by Rachel Balik, David Jordan, and Heather Marlowe. $15 adv/$20 door, 7 p.m. at Verdi Club. Tuesday 2/18: Peter Mountford, author of The…
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Notable SF: 2/10–2/16
Monday 2/10: The JCCSF presents an Off the Page reading of All Aunt Hagar’s Children by Edward P. Jones, performed by the Word for Word Performing Arts Company. $15 suggested donation, 7 p.m. at the JCCSF. Tuesday 2/11: Lone Mountain…
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Notable SF: 2/3–2/9
Monday 2/3: Burroughs at 100: A screening of the William S Burrough’s films Towers Open Fire, The Cut-Ups, and Bill and Tony with commentary by Mindaugis Bagdon. Free, 8 p.m. at City Lights. Tuesday 2/4: Michelle Richmond comes to Green Apple Books for a reading from…
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How the Tech Industry Could Fix Gentrification
We’ve previously written a bit about gentrification, particularly in San Francisco and usually from the perspective of the people being pushed out of their neighborhoods. TechCrunch writer Kim-Mai Cutler has a different perspective, one from inside the tech industry. And although she has no problem with the infamous Google…
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Notable SF: 1/27–2/2
Monday 1/27: Bring your 5 minute story for a chance to get onstage Feb. 17th at the Verdi Club with Porchlight. The theme is Long Walks on The Beach: The Dating Show. $5, 7 p.m. at the Hemlock Tavern. Tuesday…
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Want to be a Rumpus Intern?
The Rumpus is looking to fill internship positions! We are looking for two interns in the San Francisco area and two interns in the Los Angeles area: Responsibilities for LA interns: writing blog posts, social media tasks, Letters in the Mail…
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Notable SF 1/20–1/26
Monday 1/20: Happy MLK Day! Tuesday 1/21: Ben Marcus reads and discusses Leaving the Sea: Stories with Daniel Levin Becker at City Lights. Free, 7 p.m. Wednesday 1/22: Moazzam Sheikh will be reading from his newest book Café Le Whore and Other Stories…
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Notable SF: 1/13–1/19
Monday 1/13: New York City’s Boog City Goes West 2014 featuring readings from Amy Berkowitz, Brandon Brown, Donna de la Perrière, Ivy Johnson, David Kirschenbaum, Joseph Lease, and Jill Stengel. Free, 6 p.m. at Alley Cat Gallery. Tuesday 1/14: The Booksmith…
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Notable SF: 1/6–1/12
Monday 1/6: Quiet Lightning kicks off off its fifth year with a dinner ($3-5) and Junkdrawer spinning records from 6-7:30, when the readings will start. $7-10 (nobody turned away for lack of funds), Public Works (161 Erie St). Tuesday 1/7:…
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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Hilton Als
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Hilton Als about his new collection White Girls, an intriguing amalgam of fiction, essay, and memoir.