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111 Minna Gallery | 5 – 9
Then » Barbary Coast Award ft. everyone. Sold Out. Unofficially accepting best offers. Just kidding. But you can still get tickets to these events:
[ Sunday ]
» Lit Flicks: Litquake’s Literary Film Festival
When: 1-9 pm
Where: Embarcadero Cinema Center, 1 Embarcadero Center, SF
Cost: $10 for each screening
Advance tickets: Landmark Theatres.
- Dante’s Inferno, 1 pm. Directed by Sean Meredith, 78 min, 2007
- Red Poet, 2:30 pm. SAN FRANCISCO PREMIERE. Directed by Matthew Furey, 55 min, 2009. Conversation with Matthew Furey and Jack Hirschman to follow, with reading by Hirschman. Moderated by Michael Fox of SF360.org.
- Ghost World, 4:30 pm. Directed by Terry Zwigoff, 111 min., 2001.
- The Practice of the Wild, 7 pm. Directed by John J. Healey, 53 min., 2009. A conversation to follow between Wild producer Will Hearst and Gary Snyder’s longtime friend and publisher, Jack Shoemaker of Counterpoint Press. Moderated by Robert Avila of SF360.org.
» The CLA All-Stars: 25 Years of San Jose’s Center for Literary Arts
When: 6:30 pm (VIP wine reception at 5:30 pm)
Where: California Historical Society | 678 Mission Street
Cost: $25 VIP wine reception, $10 general, $5 for California Historical Society members, and San Jose Center for Literary Arts members
Tickets: Brown Paper Tickets
[ Kim Addonizio, Daniel Alarcón, Andrew Altschul, Andrew Sean Greer,Maxine Hong Kingston, and Mary Roach ]
[ Tuesday ]
» Virtual Reality: The Effect of Fiction on Your Mind
When: 6:30-7:30 pm
Where: Mechanics Institute Library | 57 Post St, SF
Cost: $12 for public, free to members of MIL
Reservations at (415) 393-0100 or [email protected]
[ Robert Burton, Elaine Petrocelli, Michelle Richmond, Blakey Vermeule, andMark Vonnegut ]
» Litquake and Porchlight: Tales of Hollywood Hell
When: 8 pm
Where: Herbst Theatre | 401 Van Ness Ave, SF
Cost: $12 in advance, $15 at the door
Tickets available at cityboxoffice.com
[ Jack Boulware, Exene Cervenka, Joyce Maynard, Martin Cruz Smith, Jill Soloway, Michael Tolkin, and Kristen Tracy ]
[ Wednesday ]
» Civilization on Six Legs: The Complex Societies of Ants and Honeybees
When: 7 pm
Where: California Academy of Sciences, Morrison
Planetarium | 55 Music Concourse Dr, SF
Cost: $15 adults, $12 seniors and Academy members Reservations: (800)794-7576 or online.
[ Mark W. Moffett and Dr. Thomas D. Seeley ]
» LDM100: San Francisco Celebrates the 100th Literary Death Match
When: 7 pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)
Where: Elbo Room, 647 Valencia, SF
Cost: $10 in advance (available at LiteraryDeathMatch.com) or $15 at the door
[ Readers: Jason Bayani, David Corbett, Kari Kiernan, and Joel Selvin | Judges: W. Kamau Bell, Mark Fiore, and Jane Smiley ]
[ Thursday ]
» The Booksmith Bookswap: Litquake Edition
When: 6:30-9:30 pm
Where: Martin Macks | 1569 Haight St., SF
Cost: $25 advance only
Tickets: brownpapertickets.com, 800-838-3006, or in-person at The Booksmith
[ Holly Payne, K.M. Soehnlein, and Oscar Villalon ]
» Spiritual Journeys at Marin Osher JCC
When: 7:30 pm
Where: Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Rd., San Rafael.
Cost: : $12 for members of Litquake and Osher Marin JCC, $15 general public
Tickets: (415) 444-8000 or online.
[ Sylvia Boorstein, Don Lattin, Michael Krasny, and Dani Shapiro ]
When: 7:30 pm
Where: Berkeley Repertory Theater | Roda Theatre, 2025 Addison St., Berkeley
Cost: Admission: $22.50 in advance
Tickets: At brownpapertickets.com or by phone 800-838-3006); $25 at the door.
[ Daniel Alarcón, Daniel Handler, and Yiyun Li ]
[ Friday ]
» It’s All Over But the Crying: A Night of Authors on Sports
When: 7 pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)
Where: Hemlock Tavern | 1131 Polk Street, SF
Cost: $10 in advance at brownpapertickets.com
[ Alan Black, Howard Bryant, Dan Epstein, Dan Fost, David Henry Sterry,Jason Turbow, and Michael Zagaris ]
» The Expert’s Mind: Across Bodies
When: 7:30 pm
Where: LGBT Center, Andrew Spencer Ceremonial Room |1800 Market St, SF.
Cost: $10-20 online.
[ Richard McCann and Neil Theise, M.D. ]
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