~ Only good times so far ~ Thanks to all our beautiful, friendly attendees who make this a joy to do. One week left of Litquake left! See out there!
TONIGHT!
Atlas Obscura's Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders Monday Oct 21 · 7:00 - 8:30pm JCCSF Join editor Cara Giaimo and Marissa Ortega-Welch, environmental journalist and podcaster of How Wild, as we learn how dung beetles navigate by the stars and trees communicate through their roots, pay your respects to a 44,000 year old shrub, and so much more. Teeming with detail and wildly entertaining, Wild Life reinvigorates our sense of wonder about the incredible creatures with whom we share our plane. Moderated by Oakland Zoo's Amy Gotliffe. Doors at 6:30PM. $11 adv while supplies last! / $20 door
SWOLE: The Meaning of Muscle Book Party Monday Oct 21 · 7:00 - 10:00pm The Stud Literature, drag, and dancing at the legendary San Francisco LGBTQ+ venue THE STUD?! Oh my! Writer and cultural critic Michael Brodeur joins personal trainers MetalBob and Katherine Bickford (Bay Strength) for a conversation about his new book SWOLE: The Making of Men and the Meaning of Muscle. Featuring a special "SWOLE-themed" drag show curated by Bay Area favorite HANDS, featuring Vivvyanne ForeverMORE, God's Lil Princess, Piss E. Sissy, and more! Doors at 6:00PM, panel at 7:00PM with drag and dance party to follow. $11 adv while supplies last! / $20 door
TUESDAY
Saint The Terrifying: Josh Mohr with Peter Maravelis Tuesday Oct 21 · 7:00 - 9:00pm Make Out Room Bay Area author Joshua Mohr taps the troubled vein of class warfare and gentrification in Oakland with his latest book Saint The Terrifying, an ambitious tale of love and retribution. An ex-con, Saint was raised in the wilds of Norway, where his father brought him up in the old traditions and taught him the way of the Viking. Now Saint finds himself immersed in the Oakland music scene and, off stage, hunting down criminals no one else cares to find. Saint’s role as hardboiled detective is informed by Mohr’s deft interweaving of recent history, including Oakland’s Ghost Ship warehouse fire—a tragedy that Mohr revisits in a bold act of reclamation. Join the author in conversation with Peter Maravelis of City Lights, followed by a performance from Mohr’s band, Slummy. Doors at 6:30PM. $12 adv / $15 door
Literary Speakeasy Presents: Dragging Celebrity Autobiographies Tuesday Oct 22 · 7:00 - 9:00pm OASIS Literary Speakeasy returns to the OASIS stage for another hysterical evening of “Dragging Celebrity Autobiographies.” A stellar cast of Bay Area drag superstars will be putting on their reading glasses to celebrate the most scandalous, most outrageous, and most ridiculous celebrity memoirs and autobiographies! From “Real Housewives” to Hollywood legends, no book or celebrity is off limits. Come join your hosts JamesJ. Siegel and Elsa Touché for an evening of laughs, queer camp, and prizes! $25 general / $30 premium runway seating **Only a few tix left**
WEDNESDAY
Greetings, from Queer Mountain: Maybe Today, Satan Wednesday Oct 23 · 7:30 - 9:00pm Gilman Brewing Co. For this special Litquake edition of the long-running national LGBTQ+ storytelling show Greetings, from Queer Mountain, host and curator Micheal Foulk (Queer Film Theory 101) invites some of their favorite writers to share work about embracing our inner demons. Featuring R.O. Kwon, Michael Andor Brodeur, Julian Morris, and Amy Estes. Doors at 6:30PM. Bar closes at 9:00PM. $12 adv / $15 door
Grace Notes: Poetry at Grace Cathedral Wednesday Oct 23 · 7:30 - 9:00pm Grace Cathedral Take a midweek pause, find stillness, and bask in the words of four phenomenal poets, whose verses will soar to the vaulted ceiling in magnificent Grace Cathedral. A. Van Jordan (When I Waked, I Cried to Dream Again), Dorianne Laux (Life on Earth), Ruben Quesada (Brutal Companion), and Alice Templeton (The Infinite Field) will read work from their latest collections, in one of Litquake’s most beloved annual events, curated by D.A. Powell and Preeti Vangani. FREE, $10-15 suggested donation
A Story of Football, Rivalry, and Revolution: Mike Silver with Steve Young Wednesday Oct 23 · 7:00 - 8:30pm JCCSF Bang Bang, Niner Gang! From award-winning SF Chronicle journalist Mike Silver comes the inside story of the brilliant, hypercompetitive young NFL coaches, Kyle Shanahan and the members of his coaching tree—Sean McVay, Mike McDaniel, Raheem Morris, and Matt LaFleur—who threw out decades of received wisdom to fundamentally remake America’s most popular sport. With The Why Is Everything, Silver draws on unmatched access across the league to take us into the key moments of how it all happened, and in the process gives us a timeless account of friendship, rivalry, and the never-ending pursuit of perfection. Silver will be in convo with 49ers legend Steve Young. Doors at 6:30PM. $17 adv/ $20 door
...plus 5 other events happening today through Wednesday!
Lit Crawl San Francisco is THIS Saturday, 10/26!!!
Buckle up, buckaroos. The final night blowout of Litquake's 25 annual Festival is our BIGGEST Lit Crawl since the before days: 60+ events in 30+ venues. With ew stuff too! Pre-Crawl tailgates! An After Party for all!
Get your Crawl pals and plan together for the biggest literary crawl IN THE WORLD as the whole Bay Area writing community descends on the Mission.
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.
