Friday, October 30
Spooky Storytelling + Open Mic Night at KALW (SF)
Friday, October 30 – 5:30 pm - Ends at 7:30 pm |
| KALW
Celebrate Halloween with Bay Area poets, musicians, & storytellers. Who will win the performance of the night & be broadcast on KALW?
Get spooky with the Bay Area’s most vibrant performers at KALW’s Most Best Open Mic! Host Charlie Getter gathers a homegrown harvest of poets, ...
Michael Connelly – The Hollow
Friday, October 30 – 6:00 pm |
Cost: $38 | Book Passage (Corte Madera)
Retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch delves into the darkest chapter of his past in this electric thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.
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ABOUT THIS EVENT
This event will be hosted by Book Passage at our Corte Madera store & live online.
TICKETED: $38 Includes ...
Saturday, October 31
Halloween Storytime in Francisco Park
Saturday, October 31 – 10:30 am - Ends at 11:15 am |
Cost: FREE | Francisco Park
Booooooooooooo! Happy Halloween!!! Calling all parents and caregivers! Francisco Park is thrilled to be hosting a Spooky Storytime in the Park on Saturday, October 31 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. There will be singing, storytelling, and howling! The Storytime will take place on the ...
Wednesday, November 4
Kristen Naiman with Sarah Leon & Cait Munro – Real Style
Please join us for our upcoming event with Kristen Naiman, co-author of Real Style and Chief Brand Officer at The RealReal.
Rather than a traditional style guide, Real Style is an invitation to tune out fashion noise, tune into your own voice, and use resale as ...
Thursday, November 5
How the 2020 Census Was Made: Free Talk w/ Danah Boyd (Mountain View)
Thursday, November 5 – 7:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | Computer History Museum
Where does the data that shapes our democracy actually come from? Join technology and social media scholar danah boyd to go behind the scenes of the U.S. Census. Drawing on insights from her new book, Data Are Made, Not Found, boyd explores what it took ...
Saturday, November 7
Free Book Reading: A Childhood on the Hippie Trail at Adobe Books
In 1970, five-year-old Caleb Dardick set off with his family on an extraordinary 20,000-mile journey from Amsterdam to India in a VW bus. His father used a wheelchair, his mother was living with undiagnosed bipolar disorder, and the three children found themselves immersed in the ...
Thursday, November 12
Performance: Kim Shuck’s Poem Jam Celebrates Janice Gould’s This Music
Thursday, November 12 – 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 celebrate This Music, a memoir in prose poems by the late Native poet and essayist Janice Gould at SFPL’s Monthly poetry reading.
Thursday Night Poem Jam | SF Main Library
Thursday, November 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, November 14
Saturday Write Fever: Insta-Plays Written & Performed | SF
Saturday, November 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
Sunday, November 29
Performance: Kim Shuck’s Poem Jam Celebrates Zitkala-Ša’s American Indian Stories
Sunday, November 29 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 2:30 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco Public Library, Main Library, Latino Room (lower level)
San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck and special guests celebrate American Indian Stories by writer, editor, translator and musician Zitkala-Ša at SFPL’s Monthly poetry reading.
Saturday, December 5
Free “Last Supper” Party: Poetry + Music at Cocina Mayah (SF)
An Evening of Poetry and Music with Avotcja, Andreína Maldonado and Esperanza Cabrales curated by Kimi Sugioka and presented in collaboration with Cocina Mayah.
We invite our audience to share ideas and bread and find inspiration in the thoughts and words of artists and writers whose ...
Sunday, December 6
Presentation: Eugene O’Neill: 51 Plays in 51 Minutes
Sunday, December 6 – 1:00 pm - Ends at 2:00 pm |
Cost: FREE | San Francisco Public Library, Main Library, Latino Room (lower level)
Eric Fraisher Hayes gives a lively, fast-paced introduction to playwright Eugene O’Neill, his plays and the local treasure that is Tao House. Using images, anecdotes and audience participation, Eric will cover the playwright’s life and work in less than an hour!
Eric Fraisher Hayes is the ...
Thursday, December 10
Performance: Kim Shuck’s Poem Celebrates November Dance Shirt
Thursday, December 10 – 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, poet Lauren Ito and special guests celebrate Shuck’s new collection November Dance Shirt 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 ...
Thursday Night Poem Jam | SF Main Library
Thursday, December 10 – 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 12
Saturday Write Fever: Insta-Plays Written & Performed | SF
Saturday, December 12 – 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
