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Lit Crawl 2014

Like a bar crawl, but for literature – 3 hours and 100+ events in The Mission.
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The 10th annual Lit Crawl will span over three hours in the Mission District’s Valencia Street corridor.

Stroll the Mission and discover an astonishing 101 literary readings and events, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, comedy and more, in bookstores, bars, galleries, restaurants, stores, cafés, community spaces, a bookmobile, a vibrator store, and a police station.

One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, San Francisco’s Lit Crawl attracts close to 10,000 people, and is the world’s largest such event.

Lit Crawl 2014
Saturday, October 18, 2014 | 6pm to 9:30pm
All over the Mission
FREE (but donate if you can – yes.. even $1 helps)

Plan Your Night: Lit Crawl 2014 Schedule | Lit Crawl 2014 Map

Phase I – 6pm to 7pm – Market to 18th
Highlights include Clarion Alley “Play on Words,”  Double Dutch hosts “The Lit Slam,”, the Elbo Room hosts “Misfortunes in Love and Life” and the the Mission Police Station hosts “Untreed Reeds After Dark.”

Phase II – 7:15pm to 8;15pm – 17th to 22nd
Highlights include Clarion Alley “SkyMaul,” Good Vibrations hosts an erotic reading circle, Five and Diamond hosts Funcheap’s “San Francisco on $0 a Day

Phase II – 8:30pm to 9:30pm – 20th to 24th
Highlights include 7×7’s Travel Misadventures at The Chapel, Modern Times hosts Punk: The Permanent Revolution and Haus Coffee hosts Astonishing Misfits.