Readings at the Bookstore

City Lights has an ongoing series of readings and events, usually at least one or two each week. Our online calendar is updated regularly, but if you want to be sure not to miss out on anything, be sure to sign up for our Events Newsletter to receive weekly updates on what's happening at the bookstore.

Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public and take place at City Lights Bookstore | 261 Columbus Avenue | San Francisco, CA 94133
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CITY LIGHTS AT 60: Conspiracy of Venus City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, California Thursday, December 12, 2013, 8:00 P.M. An all women's a cappella vocal ensemble		The Siren's Rapturous Song: Shamanism and the Healing of Addiction Emerald Tablet, 80 Fresno St San Francisco, CA 94133 - Event Free Thursday, December 19, 2013, 7:00 P.M. with Robert Tindall, M.A. and Susana Bustos, Ph.D., discussing the healing modalities of the Rain Forest

Christina Hanhardt City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 7:00 P.M. discussing her new book Safe Space: Gay Neighborhood History and the Politics of Violence from Duke University Press		Okey Ndibe City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Thursday, January 16, 2014, 7:00 P.M. reading from Foreign Gods, Inc. from SoHo Press

Ben Marcus City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 7:00 P.M. reading from Leaving the Sea: Stories from Knopf		Kim Fu City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Thursday, January 23, 2014, 7:00 P.M. reading from For Today I Am a Boy from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

An evening with Nick Turse City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Monday, January 27, 2014, 7:00 P.M. discussing Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam from Picador Books		Jerry Stahl City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Thursday, January 30, 2013, 7:00 P.M. An evening of sordid storytelling over cocktails

Jesse Ball City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Thursday February 6th, 2014, 7:00 P.M. considering the resonance and breadth of his new book Silence Once Begun from Pantheon Books		Bich Minh Nguyen City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Thursday, February 13, 2014, 7pm reading from her new novel Pioneer Girl from Viking Press

Edmund White with Michael Carroll City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Tuesday, February 18, 2014, 7:00 p.m. reading from their works Edmund White celebrates the release of Inside a Pearl: My Years In Paris from Bloomsbury Books		An evening with Kaye McDonough City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 7:00 P.M. reading from her new collection of poetry Pagan: Selected Poems from New Native Press

Book Party for Dia Felix City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco Thursday, March 13, 2014, 7:00 P.M. celebrating the release of Nochita by Dia Felix the latest novel in the City Lights/Sister Spit series, edited by Michelle Tea!		Peniel E. Joseph City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 7:00 P.M. discussing his new book on the life of Stokely Carmichael Stokely: A Life from Basic Civitas Books

Ben Tarnoff City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco Tuesday, April 1, 2014, 7:00 P.M. discussing his new book The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature from Penguin Press		Book Party for Lenelle Moïse City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 7:00 P.M. celebrating the release of Haiti Glass by Lenelle Moïse The latest poetry collection in the City Lights/Sister Spit series, edited by Michelle Tea!