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Film and literature, the best of bedfellows. Each year, we work to put together books-become-movies, movies-beloved-by-authors, author-penned-movies, and all kinds of movie-lit business. Our 2024 Festival is no different. Upcoming October offerings below:

ZYZZYVA Movie Matinee with Ingrid Rojas Contreras and Kaveh Akbar
Sunday Oct 13 · 12:30 - 2:30pm
Roxie Theater
Poet and novelist Kaveh Akbar (Martyr!) will discuss Abbas Kiarostami's 1987 film Where Is the Friend's House? in conversation with Kiasostami's son and Roxie board member, Ahmad Kiasostami. $16

Double Feature: Film Noir/Comics Noir
Sunday Oct 13 · 3:30 - 9:30pm
4 Star Theater
Robert Mailer Anderson (My Fairy Godfather) and Peter Hoey (In Perpetuity) will discuss their latest film-rooted graphic novels with CCA's Justin Hall. Bookended by two of Anderson’s films: Windows on the World (which directly inspired Anderson’s first graphic novel) and Pig Hunt for only $20!

Shortcomings Screening and Q&A with Adrian Tomine
Wednesday Oct 16 · 6:30 - 9:00pm
The New Parkway Theater
Adapted by Adrian Tomine from his own graphic novel, directed by Randall Park, and filmed in part in Berkeley—Shortcomings is, among other things, a love letter to the movies. Followed by a conversation between Tomine and Andrew Farago, curator of the Cartoon Art Museum. $15–20 suggested donation

Une Famille (A Family) Screening and Q&A with Screenwriter/Director Christine Angot
Sundayay Oct 27 · 7:00 - 9:00pm
4 Star Theater
Novelist, screenwriter, and director Christine Angot joins Zoë Elton, artistic director for the Mill Valley Film Festival, to present a special screening of Angot's radical and powerful documentary examining the rarely discussed topic of incest as it follows Angot, who, unplanned, begins confronting family members and friends about the abuse she endured as a teenager at the hands of her father. $15

Litquake isn't at all about some snooty interpretation of 'literature,' but encompasses all the ways people connect over story—written, spoken, yelled, whispered, performed. This October we bring you 8 (!) storytelling events, including:

Irregular Feedback: Writers on Music
Saturday October 12 · 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Make-Out Room
Join cultural critic and essayist Micheal Foulk (Queer Film Theory 101) for a literary deep dive into our favorite albums, genres, and musical artists of the past 60 years. Featuring Hieu Minh Nguyen, Phoebe Cakes, Safia Elhillo, José Vadi, and Anna Held. Doors at 6:30PM. $12 adv / $15 door.

Porchlight Storytelling: Touched by an Angel
Tuesday October 15 · 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Swedish American Hall
Another Porchlight classic featuring Litquake co-founder Jack Boulware and authors Nico Lang (American Teenager), Adam Nimoy (The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father), Eugene Rodriguez (Bird of Four Hundred Voices), Dawn Silva (The Funk Queen), and Christina Vo (My Vietnam, Your Vietnam). $20 adv / $25 door

Generation Women: Plot Twists
Friday October 25 · 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Verdi Club
Generation Women, a live multigenerational storytelling series, where one woman or non-binary performer in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s+ will share an original true story on the theme of “Plot Twists,” ones they’ve written, encountered, wished for, or regretted. Featuring Eirinie Carson, Susan Kiyo Ito, Giovanna Lomanto, Jenny Pritchett, Rachel Levin. and Jane Smiley. $20 adv / $25 door

...plus 5 more storytelling events!

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Festival Headliners & Major Events

Adrian Tomine w Daniel Handler & Carson Ellis on the artist's life · Annalee Newitz w Kelly Clancy & Trevor Paglen on AI & PSYOPS · Atlas Obscura's Wild Life · Daniel Levitin w Alexis Madrigal on the healing power of music · Dragging Celebrity Autobios · Hernan Diaz · Jenny Slate · Jonathan Lethem · Kaveh Akbar · Maxine Hong Kingston · Michelle Tea's witch's sabbath · Mike Silver w 49ers legend Steve Young · Morgan Parker w Carvell Wallace & sam sax · Paola Ramos on right wing Latine voters · Paul Lynch · Poetry World Series w Daniel Handler & Andrew Sean Greer · Rachel Kushner w John Freeman · Roddy Doyle w Dave Eggers · Storytelling Events: Porchlight Storytelling, Radium Presents, & Generation Women w Jane Smiley

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About Litquake
Litquake seeks to foster interest in literature, perpetuate a sense of literary community, and provide a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing as a complement to the city's music, film, and cultural festivals. 2024 Dates: Oct. 10-26. www.litquake.org

Litquake is grateful for the support of the following funders who help make our programming possible. Institutional Giving: Bernard Osher Foundation, California Arts Council, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Center for the Art of Translation, Fleishhacker Foundation, Grants for the Arts, Hawthornden Foundation, Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation, Margaret and William R. Hearst III Foundation, Miner Anderson Family Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Rock Foundation, Norway House, Sam Mazza Foundation, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Zellerbach Family Foundation; Individual Giving: Jared Bhatti, Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler, Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne, Karyn DiGiorgio and Steve Sattler, Scott James and Gerald Cain, Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman, and Ellen Ullman Media Sponsors: San Francisco Chronicle, 7x7, KALW, KEXP, KQED, SF Arts Monthly, Bay Area Reporter, Johnny Funcheap.

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