The Make-Out Room

  • Ashley Farmer Release Party in SF

    If you live in the Bay Area, you owe it to yourself to make it out to this release party for Ashley Farmer’s book Beside Myself, out from our essays editor Roxane Gay‘s own Tiny Hardcore Press. THP—and its associated litmag, PANK—are…

  • The Rumpus At SF Lit Crawl!

    Tomorrow Night! The Rumpus proudly presents: For We Have Fallen to Our Knees! The Rumpus is excited to participate in the San Francisco Lit Crawl! Come see readings by: Lucy Corin, Saeed Jones, Mac McClelland, and Brian McMullen! There will also…

  • 40th Anniversary of Miles Davis’s On The Corner

    At The Stranger, Dave Segal and other Seattle musicians commemorate the 40th anniversary of Miles Davis’s On The Corner. “Grooves solid as diamonds with freaked-out tendrils that wrap around your soul and poke at you where you least expect to…

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    Interview (in the mail) with Jonathan Richman

    SF Weekly got Jonathan Richman to agree to answer some questions—by way of snail mail. Richman, who is gearing up for a show this Sunday at The Make-Out Room, shares his thoughts on the Internet, air-conditioning, and being called the…

  • Pub Quiz

    Granta and ZYZZYVA are getting together in San Francisco for a “traditional British pub quiz with a California twist.” There will be a show-down between teams comprised of audience members and contributors to both magazines, followed by music and dancing!…