| Happy March!
After the successful debut of our new Lit Flicks series, we're at it again with a showing of Wim Wenders' The American Friend, based on Patricia Highsmith's Ripley's Game. We've also got a new episode of Lit Cast, and a slew of co-presentations in the weeks to come. Here's to warmer weather and another busy month with Litquake! |
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Lit Flicks is a new monthly collaboration between Litquake and Alamo Drafthouse, presenting the best films adapted from written works, and introduced by special guests. Lit Flicks bookstore, operated by Borderlands Books, will be open at all screenings.
Wim Wenders’ “The American Friend”
Tuesday, March 31 • 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Alamo Drafthouse & Cinema SF
$16
Wim Wenders pays loving homage to rough-and-tumble Hollywood film noir with The American Friend, a loose adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s classic novel Ripley's Game. Dennis Hopper oozes quirky menace as an amoral American art dealer who entangles a terminally ill German everyman, played by Bruno Ganz, in a seedy criminal underworld as revenge for a personal slight—but when the two become embroiled in an ever-deepening murder plot, they form an unlikely bond. Special guest speakers: Mystery/Crime authors Laurie R. King and David Corbett. Talk at 6:30 pm, screening at 6:50 pm. |
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| Colum McCann & Isabel Allende
Wednesday, March 11 • 7:00pm
JCCSF
$30, use LITQ25 for 25% off
Co-presented with JCCSF
Irish-born international bestselling author Colum McCann (Let the Great World Spin) is among the world’s foremost storytellers, moving seamlessly from the Troubles in Ireland to the Romani camps of Eastern Europe to the dizzying heights of the World Trade Center. His latest book, Apeirogon, tells the story of two fathers – one Palestinian and one Israeli – who learn of each other’s grief and reach across borders to work towards peace. In conversation with author Isabel Allende. |
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The Forgotten Empress, Co-Presented by Z Space & Litquake
Thursday, March 5 and Friday, March 6 • 7:30 pm
Z Space
$35 / $45 / $60
The Forgotten Empress is woven together from an original script written by acclaimed Playwright and Director Matthew Spangler (who also adapted Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner for theater). The live music for the evening is directed and will be performed by rising tabla artist Salar Nader, who will be joined on stage by: Ben Kunin on sarod, Raaginder Singh Momi on violin, Deepti Warrier on vocals, and Sukanya Chakrabarti (San Jose) and Radhika Rao (San Francisco) as the actor/narrator.
The San Francisco performances, which occur in the days just prior to International Women's Day, will feature a special guest, historian and author Ruby Lal, who wrote a definitive biography on the subject entitled Empress: Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan. Lal will give a pre-show talk as well as a reading, with book sales and signing to follow. |
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Lit Cast Episode 116: A Tribute to Zora Neal-Hurston
Co-presented with MOAD
In honor of the post-mortem publication of Zora Neal-Hurston’s short story anthology Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick: Stories From The Harlem Renaissance, we put together a reading at the Museum of African Diaspora, here in San Francisco. After reading pieces of their favorite stories from the book, local authors, educators, and activists spoke to a sold out crowd about the legacy of Zora Neal-Hurston and how she has influenced the current literary zeitgeist. With a Q&A to wrap the whole thing up, this episode is one for remembrance and celebration. |
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