“Crime fiction is almost like a product of capitalism. It’s about social inequality” –Ian Rankin Join four of the finest exponents of crime and noir as they discuss how fiction is not just a mirror to the seamier sides of life, but the proverbial hammer with which to shape it.
Speakers include:

Owen Hill is the author of two novels and many books of poetry. Of …

Where else in San Francisco can you party with “real” leprechauns on St. Patrick’s Day?
Enter supperclub’s twisted fairytale land of leprechauns, shamrocks, four leaf clovers, magic rainbows, pots of gold & many other bizarrely, oddly peculiar supperclub-stylish surprises “Attack of the Killer Leprechauns” stars real life, little people dressed as lephrechauns who will be partying with you  & taking …

Baby (nominated for seven Tony Awards) tells the story of three couples on a university campus as they deal with the painful, rewarding and agonizingly funny consequences of this universal experience.
This new production by Ray of Light Theatre (who brought you Tommy and Rocky Horror Picture Show) starts March 19th, but you can attend a special funcheap preview night on March 18th
WHEN:
March 19 – April …

From H.G. Wells to Octavia Butler, from New Wave to Cyberpunk to the Slipstream of today, SF has been a tool to agitate, organize speculate and explore utopian alternatives. Join a panel of working SF pros in a lively discussion of the perils and possibilities. Co-sponsored by PM Press.
Panelist include

John Shirley – Bram Stoker award winner, cyberpunk pioneer, author of Bleak History , Black …

Throughout the 75th anniversary exhibitions at the SFMOMA, artists take up San Francisco’s cityscapes as subject and muse. This program of experimental films and videos from the late 1950s to the present offers evocative records of individual experiences of street life
These psychogeographic tours look at North Beach’s Broadway strip and the window reflections of a Beat poet protagonist. We examine the Mission’s storefronts for evidence …

This trip through San Francisco’s lost sand dunes, ponds, creeks and coastline will focus on the city south of downtown and SOMA, traversing the Mission, Mission Bay, Potrero Hill, Bayview, and the southeast coastline, including several new public parks. It’s a social, historical and critical 4-hour tour through the city’s ecological past and present.
Bike Tour: Ecological History (south)
Sunday, April 11 – Noon
Free – No …

Come make stuff at Countrerpluse’s “Crafty Crafty” Night. Bring whatever project you may be working on or meaning to start/learn and hopefully someone can help you out at our monthly craft night.
Tonight will be a night to hang out and make whatever you want to. There will be ample lighting, short movies/ music videos projected on walls, outlets for sewing machines and hot glue guns, …

Bring your tortillas (stale preferred), your costumed, your naked and your beer (shhh.. hide it this year) and participate in one of the largest races in America, and also one of the most strange and “San Francentric.”
The third Sunday in May sees the 99th edition of “Bay to Breakers” the crown jewel of SF events with over 70,000 race/walk/stroll 7.46 …