Things to do in San Francisco, CA

37 events · Arts & Culture

Tuesday, September 8

Tue · Sep 8

Alan Chong Lau and Russell C. Leong

City Lights Bookstore

Wednesday, September 9

Wed · Sep 9 · 7:00 PM

Booksmith presents: Katie Benn with Allison Filice The Alchemy of Melancholy

The Booksmith

Thursday, September 10

Thu · Sep 10

Jon Else in conversation with Charles Oppenheimer

City Lights Bookstore

Saturday, September 12

Sat · Sep 12

Ishmael Reed Flight to Canada 50th Anniversary Celebration

City Lights Bookstore

Monday, September 14

Mon · Sep 14 · 7:00 PM

Booksmith presents: Jordan Tannahill with Brontez Purnell The Living Realm

The Booksmith

Mon · Sep 14

Walter Riley Civil Rights and Structural Attacks

City Lights Bookstore

Tuesday, September 15

Tue · Sep 15

Timothy Ryback 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy

City Lights Bookstore

Wednesday, September 16

Wed · Sep 16

Brenda Hillman with Robert Hass

City Lights Bookstore

Thursday, September 17

Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM

Booksmith presents: Mona Awad with Kate Folk We Love You, Bunny

The Booksmith

Monday, September 21

Mon · Sep 21

Diane Williams in conversation with Rita Bullwinkel

City Lights Bookstore

Tuesday, September 22

Tue · Sep 22 · 7:00 PM

Booksmith presents: Laleh Khadivi with Oscar Villalon Female Life on Planet Earth

The Booksmith

Tue · Sep 22

May-lee Chai (Book Launch for “MY HUNGRY GHOSTS”)

City Lights Bookstore

Thursday, September 24

Thu · Sep 24 · 8:00 PM

Read My Lips: A Book Slut Drag (Lord of the Rings)

The Booksmith

Thu · Sep 24

A Conversation with Genny Lim: San Francisco’s Poet Laureate

City Lights Bookstore

Saturday, September 26

Sat · Sep 26

Of Poetry & Protest: 10th Anniversary Celebration (POSTPONED)

City Lights Bookstore

Monday, September 28

Mon · Sep 28

Elaine Elinson (Book Launch/Radiant as the Stars)

City Lights Bookstore

Tuesday, September 29

Tue · Sep 29 · 7:00 PM

Booksmith presents: Joseph Fink The Nudge

The Booksmith

Tue · Sep 29

Will Boast and Brittany Perham

City Lights Bookstore

Thursday, October 1

Thu · Oct 1

JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine Against Tech Oligarchy

City Lights Bookstore

Sunday, October 4

Sun · Oct 4

Litquake Book Fair

City Lights Bookstore

Tuesday, October 13

Tue · Oct 13

David Stephen Calonne Jazz, Counterculture, and the Sacred

City Lights Bookstore

Wednesday, October 14

Wed · Oct 14

Ankur Thakkar

City Lights Bookstore

Thursday, October 15

Thu · Oct 15 · 7:00 PM

Neal Stephenson @ The Internet Archive D: Heavy Water

The Booksmith

Thu · Oct 15

Ivy Anderson & Devon Angus Alice:The 10th Anniversary

City Lights Bookstore

Saturday, October 17

Sat · Oct 17

Read The Room: A Celebration of Books

City Lights Bookstore

Sunday, October 18

Sun · Oct 18

Truong Tran Launch Party for “How to Exi(s)t: A Poet’s Memoir”

City Lights Bookstore

Monday, October 19

Mon · Oct 19

A Celebration of César Vallejo’s Trilce

City Lights Bookstore

Tuesday, October 20

Tue · Oct 20

An evening with Brian Evenson

City Lights Bookstore

Wednesday, October 21

Wed · Oct 21 · 7:00 PM

Booksmith presents: Alexander Maksik with Anthony Marra Passengers

The Booksmith

Thursday, October 22

Thu · Oct 22

Ben Ehrenreich Launch Party for “Hold Still”

City Lights Bookstore

Monday, October 26

Mon · Oct 26

Ken Knabb

City Lights Bookstore

Tuesday, October 27

Tue · Oct 27

Tom Frank

City Lights Bookstore

Monday, November 2

Mon · Nov 2

Miriam Pawel California Dreams: The Making and Remaking of the University of California

City Lights Bookstore

Wednesday, November 4

Wed · Nov 4

R.K. Maril A Queer Guide to Saving Democracy

City Lights Bookstore

Tuesday, November 10

Tue · Nov 10

Jennifer Croft Notes on Postcards: A Memoir

City Lights Bookstore

Thursday, November 12

Thu · Nov 12 · 7:00 PM

Booksmith presents: Spencer R. Scott As If We Were Staying

The Booksmith

Thursday, November 19

Thu · Nov 19 · 7:00 PM

Booksmith presents: Daniel Duane Yosemite Falls: Reckoning with California History and the Gospel of John Muir

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