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18 OCTOBER 2025 — saturday

• The Women's National Book Association presents "No Poetry, No Peace™," a free virtual National Book Month celebration featuring poets with published books and chapbooks; hosted by series founder Sheryl J. Bize-Boutte, who will also read from her own work, the evening includes Anne Babson, Diane Frank, Sheila Smith McKoy, Arabella Grayson, and Tamara Miles, sharing poems that speak to resilience, history, and lived experience, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm PDT / 7:00 pm EDT (Register: (www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/no-poetry-no-peacetm)
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• 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)
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19 OCTOBER 2025 — sunday

• Sixteen Rivers Press annual Fall Fundraiser presents a poetry reading by acclaimed poets Kim Addonizio and D.A. Powell, celebrating Sixteen Rivers 26th year of independent publishing with wine, hors d'oeuvres, and silent auction, Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley, refreshments, free admission/donation suggested, 2:00 to 5:00 (Register at: www.eventbrite.com/e/sixteen-rivers-fall-fundraiser-and-26th-anniversary-celebration-registration-1612693853729?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl)
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20 OCTOBER 2025 — monday

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21 OCTOBER 2025 — tuesday

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22 OCTOBER 2025 — wednesday

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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)
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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)
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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)
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26 OCTOBER 2025 — sunday

• Poetry Flash presents Women in a Golden State, California Poets at 60 and Beyond, an anthology celebration and contributor's reading featuring poets Laurel Benjamin, Caroline Goodwin, Robin Michel, and Lisa Rosenberg, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm (poetryflash.org).
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27 OCTOBER 2025 — monday

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28 OCTOBER 2025 — tuesday

• Womb House Books presents Francesca Wade, Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife, in conversation Jessica Ferri, owner of Womb House Books, Womb House Books, Temescal Alley, 470 49th Street, Oakland, free, 7:00 (www.eventbrite.com/e/jamie-hood-trauma-plot-at-womb-house-books-tickets-1404306952899?aff=ebdsoporgprofile)
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29 OCTOBER 2025 — wednesday

• Poetry reading by Marcia Falk, The Sky Will Overtake You, and Lucille Lang Day, Birds of San Pancho and Other Poems of Place; she is publisher of Scarlet Tanager Books, reading introduced by Richard Silberg, homemade goodies will be served, sponsored by Temple Sinai's Fine Arts Committee on Culture and Community, Temple Sinai Chapel, 2808 Summit, at 28th Street between Webster and Summit, enter at gate in parking lot, Oakland, free, 7:00 (www.oaklandsinai.org/event/poetry-reading1.html)
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• Sacramento Poetry Center presents "Dangerous Women," a poetry reading by Molly Fisk, Kim Shuck, Moira Magneson, and Tricia Caspers, open mic follows, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, 7:30
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30 OCTOBER 2025 — thursday

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31 OCTOBER 2025 — friday

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