Saturday, December 6
San Leandro Historical Railway Society: Free Model Train Show + Porch Sale (Dec. 6-7)
Fun for All Ages! Come and enjoy our Open House and Model Train Show. We will have porch sale and varied prize raffle. We have two great operational layouts inside and outside (weather permitted). FREE ADMISSION. Event Days and Times: Saturday, December 6th – 10 ...
Talk: How to Drink Less During the Holidays, While Still Having Fun (SF)
Saturday, December 6 – 3:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Books Inc. (Opera Plaza)
Join Dr. Kim Makoi (D.C., Ph.D.) at Books Inc. Opera Plaza for a lively, practical, and surprisingly fun holiday wellness talk: “How to Get Your Liver Through the Holidays — While Still Having Fun!”
In this mini-class, Dr. Kim shares simple, doable tips for staying balanced ...
Sunday, December 7
SF’s Free Anti-Fascist “Howard Zinn Book Fair” w/ 100 Publishers (2025)
The Howard Zinn Book Fair is an annual celebration of The People’s History, past present and future. We bring together left authors, readers, organizers and community members to debate and discuss strategies for a better world. Founded in 2014, our volunteer-run event typically hosts 60 ...
Howard Zinn Book Fair 2025: 50+ Talks + 70 Presses (SF)
If ever there was a time we needed to be reminded of the power of the people to resist tyranny, it is now. So the Howard Zinn Book Fair is returning on Sunday, December 7 from 10-6 at SF City College at 1125 Valencia Street ...
San Leandro Historical Railway Society: Free Model Train Show + Porch Sale (Dec. 6-7)
Fun for All Ages! Come and enjoy our Open House and Model Train Show. We will have porch sale and varied prize raffle. We have two great operational layouts inside and outside (weather permitted). FREE ADMISSION. Event Days and Times: Saturday, December 6th – 10 ...
Feel Better This Holiday Season: Book Signing & Giveaways (San Mateo)
Sunday, December 7 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 3:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Barnes & Noble - Hillsdale
Join Dr. Kim Makoi (D.C., Ph.D.) at Barnes & Noble Hillsdale for a cozy and uplifting holiday-themed book signing of Booze to Balance: A Chill 30-Day Liver-Healing Program.
Stop by anytime between 1–3 PM to get your book signed, pick up gentle wellness tips for navigating ...
Bazaar Writers Salon
Sunday, December 7 – 6:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Bazaar Cafe
Bazaar Writers Salon is a fun and social literary reading series presenting the very best writing from the Bay Area and beyond in the intimate environment of Bazaar Cafe in San Francisco. The December reading features Michael Tod Edgerton, Cate Lycurgus, Katie Peterson, and Bernardo ...
Monday, December 8
“Zine & Heard” One-Man Comic Strip Art Show w/ Keith Knight (SF)
Join indie comix legend and former ATA volunteer Keith Knight (“the K Chronicles”, Marginal Prophets, “Woke” on Hulu) as he stumbles down a memory lane more crooked than Vermont St. after at 7.2!! A mish-mash of multi-media art, comix and comedic storytelling, Keef spills the ...
Wednesday, December 10
Birds of the Bay Area with Dick Evans and Hannah Hindley
Wednesday, December 10 – 6:30 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | Mill Valley Public Library
Bird photographer Dick Evans and writer and wilderness guide Hannah Hindley present In the Shadow of the Bridge: Birds of the Bay Area. In conversation with Ryan DiGaudio from Point Blue Conservation Science, whose scientists guided them into the world of birds.
In the Shadow of the Bridge is a ...
Thursday, December 11
Performance: Kim Shuck’s Poem Jam: Endangered, Extirpated, Extinct
Thursday, December 11 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:15 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco Public Library (Latino Room, Lower Level)
San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck and special guests present her latest collection of paired poems and artworks about twelve species from the Pacific Coast of the United States and United States territories. Shuck’s art will be on display, and she will participate in ...
Thursday Night Poem Jam | SF Main Library
Thursday, December 11 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco Main Public Library
Join San Francisco Main Public Library with talented poets for a poetry jam. The Main Library’s monthly Poem Jam poetry reading series, moderated by Kim Shuck, takes place on Thursdays at 6 pm in the Main Library. Thursday Night Poem Jam Every 2nd Thursday | ...Monthly
Saturday, December 13
2025 Poetry Awards: Art + Beat Generation Tribute (SF)
Saturday, December 13 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 8:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Counterculture
Celebrate the Beat legacy at the 2025 ruth weiss Poetry Awards , a night of art, film, and fearless poetic expression.
Join us for the 2025 ruth weiss Poetry Awards & Ceremony, celebrating the fearless spirit of poet, performer, and Beat Generation icon ruth weiss (1928–2020).
Held ...
Saturday Write Fever: Insta-Plays Written & Performed | SF
Saturday, December 13 – 8:30 pm - Ends at 10:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | EXIT Theatre
Every second Saturday of the month, EXIT Theatre invites writers, actors, directors, theater creators and theater audiences alike to a free evening of quick script-making and flash-fried performance. Join in for: 8:30 pm: Mixer 9 pm: Writing sprint where writers have 30 minutes to generate original monologues based ...Monthly
Wednesday, December 17
SF’s “One City One Book” Author Showcase: AI Pioneer Dr. Fei-Fei Li
Wednesday, December 17 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco Main Public Library
Discover the story behind San Francisco’s 2025 One City One Book selection, The Worlds I See, as Dr. Fei-Fei Li sits down with technology journalist Adam Lashinsky. In this engaging conversation, Li reflects on her journey as an immigrant, scientist, and AI pioneer, sharing insights ...
Thursday, January 8
Thursday Night Poem Jam | SF Main Library
Thursday, January 8 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco Main Public Library
Join San Francisco Main Public Library with talented poets for a poetry jam. The Main Library’s monthly Poem Jam poetry reading series, moderated by Kim Shuck, takes place on Thursdays at 6 pm in the Main Library. Thursday Night Poem Jam Every 2nd Thursday | ...Monthly
Saturday, January 10
Saturday Write Fever: Insta-Plays Written & Performed | SF
Saturday, January 10 – 8:30 pm - Ends at 10:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | EXIT Theatre
Every second Saturday of the month, EXIT Theatre invites writers, actors, directors, theater creators and theater audiences alike to a free evening of quick script-making and flash-fried performance. Join in for: 8:30 pm: Mixer 9 pm: Writing sprint where writers have 30 minutes to generate original monologues based ...Monthly
Sunday, January 18
Growing Into Ourselves
The RILEY Project is proud to present Growing Into Ourselves: Stories of Neurodivergent Strength.
Join us for an afternoon of voices rising — stories of growing into ourselves, of strengths discovered, and of moments that changed everything. Together, we’ll listen, learn, and create a space where neurodivergent ...
Saturday, January 24
Book Launch: A Place Between Dreams at Curio (SF)
Join us to celebrate the launch of A Place Between Dreams ✨
A Place Between Dreams is the debut novel by Jess Munday. It is a psychological thriller set in San Francisco about one young man’s attempt to run from himself—his pain, his mistakes, and his ...
Thursday, February 12
Thursday Night Poem Jam | SF Main Library
Thursday, February 12 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco Main Public Library
Join San Francisco Main Public Library with talented poets for a poetry jam. The Main Library’s monthly Poem Jam poetry reading series, moderated by Kim Shuck, takes place on Thursdays at 6 pm in the Main Library. Thursday Night Poem Jam Every 2nd Thursday | ...Monthly
Saturday, February 14
Saturday Write Fever: Insta-Plays Written & Performed | SF
Saturday, February 14 – 8:30 pm - Ends at 10:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | EXIT Theatre
Every second Saturday of the month, EXIT Theatre invites writers, actors, directors, theater creators and theater audiences alike to a free evening of quick script-making and flash-fried performance. Join in for: 8:30 pm: Mixer 9 pm: Writing sprint where writers have 30 minutes to generate original monologues based ...Monthly
