Literary-art Events in San Francisco

Check out happening literary-art events all around San Francisco, CA

Richard H. Thaler & Alex O. Imas in conversation with Michael Lewis

 Fri, 21 Nov at 07:30 pm 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94102

Global AI Job Fair | San Francisco

 Wed, 10 Dec at 03:00 pm San Francisco Free

Songs of Defiance and Sisterhood

 Thu, 13 Nov at 06:30 pm 836M Gallery Free

CNN's Abby Phillip: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power

 Fri, 14 Nov at 12:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 27

PhotoWalk/PhotoSlam with Dave Herring

 Sat, 15 Nov at 01:00 pm Leica Store San Francisco Free

Félicia Atkinson + Jon Porras

 Sun, 16 Nov at 07:00 pm 2948 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94103, United States

(SOLDOUT) - Raina Telgemeier – Facing Feelings

 Tue, 18 Nov at 06:30 pm 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94118

ZYZZYVA /Litquake Holiday Party

 Wed, 03 Dec at 08:00 pm 518 Valencia St USD 23 to 29

BASH- Bay Area & Sacramento Short Film Festival 2025- Part 1- PLUS

 Sat, 22 Nov at 11:00 am Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture USD 20 to 23

Healing Through Self Expression: Holiday Party

 Sat, 22 Nov at 12:00 pm 465 S Van Ness Ave Free

🎤 NEKO CASE LIVE in SF 🎶

Tue, 11 Nov at 08:00 pm San Francisco

BASH- Bay Area & Sacramento Short Film Festival 2025- Part 2- PLUS

 Sat, 13 Dec at 11:00 am Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture USD 20 to 29

Midnight Flyboys with author Bruce Henderson

 Thu, 13 Nov at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

Stuart Schuffman (aka Broke-Ass Stuart) Author Talk

 Sat, 15 Nov at 05:30 pm 826 Valencia St Free

Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy book club

 Sun, 16 Nov at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

The Brvtalist presented by ClubSoda & Public Works

 Sat, 29 Nov at 10:00 pm Public Works

Holding HOPE: World AIDS Day Poetry Book Launch

 Mon, 01 Dec at 06:00 pm Strut Free

The Transatlantic Divide: How Europe and the US Are Drifting Further Apart

 Thu, 13 Nov at 06:00 pm TBC San Francisco Free

Black Film as Protest: Shantré Pinkney

 Fri, 14 Nov at 06:00 pm 465 South Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA, USA

MEG DONOHUE at Books Inc. in the Marina

 Fri, 05 Dec at 07:00 pm Books Inc. Free

Paranda Party: Nirbhau Nirvair

 Sat, 15 Nov at 04:00 pm Queer Arts Featured USD 23 to 66

The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel New Speaker Series: Making History Fun Again

 Fri, 14 Nov at 05:00 pm Redwood Room by The Clift Free

Community Climate Café

 Sun, 16 Nov at 06:30 pm San Francisco Dharma Collective USD 0 to 34

Healing Through Self Expression: Co-Working & Screening

 Sat, 15 Nov at 12:00 pm 465 S Van Ness Ave Free

Pen 2 Power Showcase

 Fri, 05 Dec at 05:00 pm San Francisco Public Library (Koret Auditorium) Free

"Maxxie LaWow" Animated Film Screening Event + Drag Show!

 Sun, 23 Nov at 07:00 pm OASIS USD 24

November Sunset Ocean Dance at Ocean Beach

 Sun, 16 Nov at 05:30 pm Ocean Beach USD 34

Persian Poetry in Translation and Exile

 Thu, 20 Nov at 06:30 pm 836M Free

Kim Shuck's Poem Jam Celebrates Pat Parker

 Thu, 13 Nov at 06:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

Verse in Fog: A Poetic Celebration of San Francisco

 Sat, 13 Dec at 06:30 pm Decentered Arts Studio USD 13 to 23

Holy Fire San Francisco

 Fri, 28 Nov at 06:00 pm 1690 21st Ave USD 100

Couch Sessions spoken poetry & live music open mic concert

 Thu, 20 Nov at 06:30 pm One Market Plaza Free

The Collision Code Book Launch & Heart Fundraiser SF

 Wed, 12 Nov at 06:00 pm Entrepreneurs First Free

Chinatown SF Neon Walking Tour 11/22

 Sat, 22 Nov at 04:00 pm Chinatown YMCA—on sidewalk USD 17 to 37

Kim Shuck’s Poem Jam Celebrates Janice Gould

 Sun, 16 Nov at 01:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

Honoring & Remembering Daniel Casanova

 Wed, 12 Nov at 05:00 pm Eviction Defense Collaborative Free

Across the Table Part III: Discussing Israel and Palestine

 Thu, 13 Nov at 07:30 pm Manny's USD 9 to 18

Alice Donut / Steel Pole Bath Tub

 Sat, 14 Feb at 08:30 pm 859 O'Farrell St. San Francisco CA 94109

Very Marian Advent Prayer Service: Lessons and Carols with Abp. Cordileone

 Sun, 14 Dec at 04:00 pm Star of the Sea Church Free

The Queen of Swords: Jazmina Barrera and Megan McDowell on Elena Garro

 Wed, 19 Nov at 07:00 pm Medicine for Nightmares Free

A Conversation with Cameron Crowe at Orpheum Theatre - San Francisco

 Sun, 23 Nov at 07:00 pm Orpheum Theatre - San Francisco

Conceptos básicos de Finanzas para Tiendas Minoristas y Restaurantes

 Mon, 17 Nov at 01:00 pm 4400 Mission St Free

AN EVENING WITH ANNIE LEIBOVITZ: ON HER NEW BOOK, WOMEN

 Mon, 10 Nov at 08:00 pm Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

"BROKEN VESSELS" Book Launch, by Teddy N. Bujjingo.

 Sat, 06 Dec at 02:00 pm Word of Salvation Ministries Church , Kampala Free

Gathering Light: ️Tending the Inner Flame hosted by Frida People Collective

 Fri, 21 Nov at 07:00 pm 220 Montgomery St USD 0 to 66

Patterson Hood + Craig Finn

 Mon, 10 Nov at 08:00 pm 777 Valencia Street San Francisco CA 94110

Katabatik Night at Recombinant Network Editions 2025

 Sat, 06 Dec at 08:00 am Gray Area

Walking Tour - The Coit Tower Murals

 Sun, 16 Nov at 10:00 am Coit Tower USD 23

Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy book club

 Sun, 18 Jan at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Lectures on Tap- How House Cats Impact the Ecology of the Natural World

 Thu, 13 Nov at 06:30 pm Union Square USD 39

Write Together - December

 Sat, 06 Dec at 10:30 am 297 Page St Free

Performance: Kim Shuck's Poem Jam: Endangered, Extirpated, Extinct

 Thu, 11 Dec at 06:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library Free

Baldoria Italian Vermouth

 Wed, 19 Nov at 05:00 pm Flatiron Wines & Spirits USD 18

Lowkey Artist Talk with Author Daniel Handler

 Sun, 16 Nov at 04:00 pm Manny's USD 9 to 19

Emmanuel Acho at Congregation Emanu-El San Francisco

 Thu, 04 Dec at 06:30 pm Congregation Emanu-El USD 21 to 40

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 23 Nov at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

An Evening with Jamil Zaki

 Wed, 03 Dec at 05:30 pm Millennium School Free

Booklet Launch - "The Castro: The Story of San Francisco's Best-Known LGBTQ+ Neighborhood"

 Thu, 13 Nov at 06:00 pm Queer Arts Featured

On Indigenous Seedkeeping and Food Sovereignty (In-Person)

 Wed, 19 Nov at 06:00 pm California Institute of Integral Studies - Main building USD 11 to 32

Open Mic

 Sun, 16 Nov at 04:00 pm Clarion Performing Arts Center USD 0 to 7

Autonomy vs. Autocracy with Patrick Wolff and Steve Wasserman

 Thu, 20 Nov at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

New Standalone Mystery from Cara Black & A Conversation with Rhys Bowen!

 Tue, 02 Dec at 07:00 pm BookShop West Portal Free

‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’: Screening with Director Mstyslav Chernov

 Tue, 02 Dec at 06:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 24

What's Your Process?

 Sun, 16 Nov at 03:00 pm 297 Page St USD 25

Alex Vindman on Values, Realism, and U.S. National Security

 Fri, 05 Dec at 12:00 pm The Commonwealth Club USD 27

A Fireside Chat with Ken Wilcox and Karl Ulrich: Lessons from Leading and L

 Thu, 20 Nov at 05:30 pm Metropolitan Club USD 39

2026 Burns Supper

 Sat, 31 Jan at 06:00 pm St. Francis Yacht Club USD 80

Collections Tour: Intro to the Archive

 Fri, 13 Mar at 01:30 pm Letterform Archive USD 13 to 34

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 26 Apr at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 22 Mar at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 22 Feb at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Rewriting Silicon Valley’s (Ethical) Code with Author Jim Fruchterman

 Mon, 17 Nov at 06:00 pm Manny's USD 12 to 25

Friends of Dorothy Read Friends of Dorothy

 Sun, 15 Feb at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

Save and Destroy: Preserving S.F.'s Skateboarding Legacy at the Embarcadero

 Wed, 19 Nov at 06:00 pm Manny's USD 12 to 25

An Evening of Words & Music with Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera

 Thu, 19 Feb at 08:00 pm 859 O'Farrell St. San Francisco CA 94109

ZYZZYVA Movie Night with Ingrid Rojas Contreras and Daniel Handler

 Wed, 03 Dec at 06:00 pm Roxie Theater

Dancegiving Ocean Dance at Ocean Beach

 Thu, 27 Nov at 10:00 am Ocean Beach USD 34

NOV 11 Tango Poetry Project night at El Valenciano - Lecture & DJ with projection

 Tue, 11 Nov at 07:30 pm El Valenciano Restaurant & Bar

Collections Tour: Intro to the Archive

 Fri, 09 Jan at 01:30 pm Letterform Archive USD 13 to 34

Samantha Bee: How to Survive Menopause at Brava Theater Center - 2nd Night Added by Popular Demand!

 Thu, 05 Feb at 07:30 pm Brava

LLD's 1st NEW WORKS Festival!

 Fri, 10 Apr at 08:00 pm Dance Mission Theater USD 28 to 66

The Wayfinder with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Adam Johnson

 Thu, 08 Jan at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 13 to 23

War, Race, and Culture: Book Talk with Gordon Chang

 Sat, 07 Feb at 11:00 am Chinese Historical Society of America Museum USD 15 to 51

Genre Smoosh book club

 Sun, 25 Jan at 03:30 pm Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library Free

The Artist's Way Workshop

 Tue, 13 Jan at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 429 to 482

Hayes Carll in San Francisco

 Thu, 05 Feb at 08:00 pm Great American Music Hall

Queer Bedtime Stories

 Thu, 01 Jun at 07:30 pm Queer Arts Featured USD 0 to 18

Mindset Workshop -San Francisco

 Tue, 10 Feb at 10:00 am San Francisco USD 210

Trouble Maker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford with Carla Kaplan

 Fri, 27 Feb at 06:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 7 to 18

Allan Harris: The Poetry of Jazz

 Fri, 24 Apr at 04:00 pm SFJazz Center - Joe Henderson Lab

Present to Lifesciences CVC's/VC's/angels during JP Morgan @ OMM Law

 Mon, 12 Jan at 01:00 pm O'Melveny & Myers LLP USD 0 to 5,337

Megan Lowe + Kevin CK Lo

 Thu, 13 Nov at 07:00 pm SPACE 124 USD 0 to 34

Open Mic

 Thu, 23 Jan at 07:00 pm Sealevel Free

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association 2025 Conference

 Wed, 19 Nov at 05:30 pm InterContinental San Francisco

Angela Davis & Hilton Als - A Sisterhood: Toni Morrison, June Jordan, Angela Davis

 Mon, 15 Dec at 07:30 pm 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94102

Tea, Foraging, Pasta & Friendship: San Francisco with Linda & Viola

 Sun, 15 Mar at 10:00 am 18 Reasons USD 1,311

YPR San Francisco Weekly Book Club

 Fri, 04 Apr at 04:00 pm Main Library - San Francisco Public Library

By The Station: Open Mic

 Fri, 12 Sep at 05:00 pm Youth Art Exchange Studios at La Fénix USD 0 to 7

Angela Davis and Hilton Als at Sydney Goldstein Theater

 Mon, 15 Dec at 07:30 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater

Berkeley Rep Docent Talk: How Shakespeare Saved My Life

 Mon, 02 Feb at 12:00 pm Mechanics' Institute USD 0 to 13