Friday, May 29
Free Stir Reading Series w/ Joel Gion (SF)
Join us on May 29 for a special bonus edition of Stir featuring legendary musician Joel Gion. The evening begins with a 5pm hang at Café Suspiro, followed by a 6pm reading at Arc Gallery, right next to Café Suspiro.
Free Open Mic Night w/ Bay Area’s Best (SF)
Friday, May 29 – 5:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | KALW
Celebrate Bay Area poets, musicians, storytellers and showpeople. Who will win the performance of the night & be broadcast on KALW?
The Bay Area’s best performers shine at KALW’s Most Best Open Mic! Host Charlie Getter gathers a homegrown harvest of poets, musicians, and storytellers with ...
Saturday, May 30
2026 Bay Area Book Festival in Downtown Berkeley (May 30-31)
As the Bay Area Book Festival (BABF) enters its 12th year, it stands as both a cultural celebration and a critical gathering space where activists, authors, and audiences can unite around today’s most urgent issues and uplift marginalized voices. We present first-rate live conversations with ...
Sunday, May 31
2026 Bay Area Book Festival + “Bookworm” Block Party (Downtown Berkeley)
As the Bay Area Book Festival (BABF) enters its 12th year, it stands as both a cultural celebration and a critical gathering space where activists, authors, and audiences can unite around today’s most urgent issues and uplift marginalized voices. We present first-rate live conversations with ...
Explore Modern Thrillers: Cults + Corruption (The Marsh)
Secrets fester in isolated communities. Corporations conceal monstrous truths. Grief curdles into vengeance. In this high-stakes thriller panel, Sarah Gailey, Jendia Gammon, Luke Goebel, and Paddy Hirsch explore conspiracy as both engine and mirror, reflecting our deepest anxieties about belonging, power, and truth. In Make Me Better, Gailey ...
Author Talk: George Takei, They Called Us Enemy (SF)
Discover the story behind “They Called Us Enemy” with actor, author and activist George Takei. During this livestreamed author talk, Takei reflects on his childhood experience in U.S. incarceration camps during World War II and discusses the lasting impact of this history today. Presented as ...
Free Author Talk: Luke Goebel’s ‘Kill Dick’ Reading (SF)
Sunday, May 31 – 2:00 pm - Ends at 4:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Book Passage (SF)
Luke Goebel will read from and talk about his latest novel Kill Dick, published by Red Hen Press.
About the Author: Luke Goebel is a celebrated author and screenwriter (co-writer of the film Eileen) known for his raw, innovative storytelling. His debut, Fourteen Stories, None of ...
Secret Improv Vice: Birthday Edition + Cake (SF)
Sunday, May 31 – 5:00 pm |
Cost: $25 | The Shelton Theater
On Sunday May 31st, join us for a special Birthday Edition of our detective show, which just happens to take place during the producer and one of the improv actor’s Birthday week! Will our detective blow out the birthday candles during the show? Will something criminal take ...
Thursday, June 11
Performance: Kim Shuck’s Poem (SF Main Library)
Thursday, June 11 – 6:00 pm - Ends at 7:15 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco Public Library, Main Library, Latino Room (lower level)
San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck and special guests present at SFPL’s Monthly poetry reading.
Kim Shuck was San Francisco’s seventh Poet Laureate. Her poetry draws on her multiethnic background which includes Polish and Cherokee heritage, and her experiences as a lifelong resident of San ...
Thursday Night Poem Jam | SF Main Library
Thursday, June 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, June 13
Free Pride Variety Show: Comedy, Music (SF)
Kick off Pride Month with a night that celebrates bold voices, big laughs, and unforgettable performances.
Lit, Laugh, Lyric: Pride Edition brings together LGBTQIA+ writers, comedians, and musicians for an electrifying variety show where storytelling, stand-up, and live music collide.
Expect moments that make you laugh out ...
Saturday Write Fever: Insta-Plays Written & Performed | SF
Saturday, June 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
Thursday, July 9
Thursday Night Poem Jam | SF Main Library
Thursday, July 9 – 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, July 11
Saturday Write Fever: Insta-Plays Written & Performed | SF
Saturday, July 11 – 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
Saturday, August 8
Saturday Write Fever: Insta-Plays Written & Performed | SF
Saturday, August 8 – 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
Thursday, August 13
Thursday Night Poem Jam | SF Main Library
Thursday, August 13 – 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
