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6 OCTOBER 2025 — monday
7 OCTOBER 2025 — tuesday
8 OCTOBER 2025 — wednesday
- Womb House Books presents Diana Arterian, reading from Agrippina the Younger, her collection of poems that reach into the past to try to understand the patriarchal systems of today, in conversation with poet J. Michael Martinez, Womb House Books, 470 49th Street, Oakland, free, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm (www.eventbrite.com/o/womb-house-books-79447203573)
- City Arts and Lectures presents Daniel Handler discussing his new memoir, And Then? And Then? What Else?, which reflects on his childhood in San Francisco, the authors who shaped his voice, and the traumatic early-life experiences that have informed the way he moves through the world, in conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning author Andrew Sean Greer, The Story of a Marriage, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $49, 7:30 (www.cityarts.net/event/daniel-handler-5)
9 OCTOBER 2025 — thursday
10 OCTOBER 2025 — friday
11 OCTOBER 2025 — saturday
- Litquake presents An Evening with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, reading from and discussing Startlement, New and Selected Poems, her new collection spanning nearly twenty years of emphatic, fearlessly original poetry; Limón looks back on her distinguished career and shares new work, Swedish American Hall, 2174 Market Street, San Francisco, $20 advance, $25 door, 7:30 pm-9:00 pm (www.ticketweb.com/event/an-evening-with-ada-limn-swedish-american-hall-tickets/13826814)
12 OCTOBER 2025 — sunday
13 OCTOBER 2025 — monday
14 OCTOBER 2025 — tuesday
15 OCTOBER 2025 — wednesday
16 OCTOBER 2025 — thursday
- City Arts and Lectures presents acclaimed historian, The New Yorker staff writer, and Dean of Columbia Journalism Jelani Cobb reading from and discussing his newest book, Three or More is a Riot, a collection of narrative journalism, criticism, and penetrating profiles that capture the crisis, characters, movements, and art of an era, in conversation with john a. powell, Professor of Law and African American Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, The Power of Bridging: How to Build a World Where We All Belong, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $49, 7:30 (www.cityarts.net/event/jelani-cobb-3)
17 OCTOBER 2025 — friday
18 OCTOBER 2025 — saturday
- City Arts and Lectures presents Andrew Ross Sorkin, journalist for The New York Times and co-anchor of Squawk Box, CNBC's signature morning program, reading from and discussing his new book, 1929: The Inside Story of the Greatest Crash of Wall Street, a spellbinding narrative of the most infamous stock market crash in history, in conversation with CEO of Stripe Patrick Collison, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $64-$69, 7:30 (https://www.cityarts.net)
19 OCTOBER 2025 — sunday
20 OCTOBER 2025 — monday
21 OCTOBER 2025 — tuesday
22 OCTOBER 2025 — wednesday
23 OCTOBER 2025 — thursday
- City Arts and Lectures presents photographer Richard Misrach discusses his new book, Half-Baked Stories about My Dead Mom, photographs of cargo ships to and from the Port of Oakland, in conversation with award-winning author and historian Rebecca Solnit, Recollections of My Nonexistence, Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $49, 7:30 (https://www.cityarts.net)
24 OCTOBER 2025 — friday
- Transit Books presents A Very Fine Fête, a fundraiser celebrating Transit's tenth anniversary, eat and drink among friends, enjoy Edward Gorey tarot readings, a book apothecary, special edition merch, a prize for best costume, and more, Edward Gorey-inspired dresswear encouraged: Edwardian costume, fur coats, top hats, fascinators, or something that's been calling in your closet, Cellar Maker Brewing Co., 940 Parker Street, Berkeley, $30-$10,000, 7:00-10:00 (www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/a-very-fine-fete)
25 OCTOBER 2025 — saturday
- Fourth Saturdays: Poetry at the Claremont Library presents a reading by Nicelle Davis and Chiwan Choi, Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Avenue, in the Claremont Village, Claremont, free, 2:00 (909/621-4902, www.claremontlibrary.org/monthly-poetry-readings.html)
26 OCTOBER 2025 — sunday
27 OCTOBER 2025 — monday
28 OCTOBER 2025 — tuesday
29 OCTOBER 2025 — wednesday
30 OCTOBER 2025 — thursday
31 OCTOBER 2025 — friday
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