City Lights Readings and Events

 

City Lights hosts weekly events with authors from across the publishing world. Though we may once again be open for business, due to health restrictions and social distancing, we are unable to bring together groupings of people inside the store. As a result, we've moved our events online. Click on the listings below to learn more about our virtual calendar, and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for regular updates. We hope to someday resume our live calendar when conditions allow.

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City Lights Authors on the Road

No Fascist USA!
Hilary Moore, James Tracy

Sunday, August 9th, 2:00PM
Event will be held on Zoom. Click the link in the event description for info.

        

Readings at the Bookstore

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FIGHT FOR THE SOUL OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
John Nichols

John Nichols in conversation with Robert Scheer
Event will be held virtually on the Crowdcast platform. Consult event listing for more info.
Wednesday July 15, 2020, 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST

discussing the state of the Dis-Union. Celebrating the release of John Nichol's new book

The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace's Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics


SCENES OF LIFE AT THE CAPITAL
David Brazil

Vegetable Nerves: A Group Reading of Philip Whalen's "Scenes of Life at the Capital"
This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform. You will need access to a computer
Thursday, July 16, 2020, 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST

with with David Brazil, Anselm Berrigan, Andrew Schelling, Hoa Nguyen, Marie Buck, Norman Fischer, Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie), Will Alexander, Aisha Sasha John, and


Cynthia Kaufman
Event will be held on Zoom. Click the link in the event description for info.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 6:00 p.m. PST, 9:00 p.m. EST

discussing her new book

Challenging Power: Democracy and Accountability in a Fractured World

published by Bloomsbury Books


WINDOWS ON THE WORLD
Robert Mailer-Anderson

Robert Mailer Anderson & Friends
Event will be held on Zoom. Click the link in the event description for info.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST

celebrating his new graphic novel

Windows on the World

published by Fantagraphics Books

Co-authored with Zack Anderson and Jon Sack


The Bomb: Understanding its History and the Hope for a Nuclear-Free Future
Event will be held on Zoom. Click the link in the event description for info.
Sunday, August 9, 2020, 3:00 p.m. PST | 6:00 p.m. EST

with Fred Kaplan, James L Nolan Jr., Dr. Tova Fuller & Dr. Robert Gould (of San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility) 


The Tree and the Vine: The Queer Fiction of Dola de Jong
Event will be held on Zoom. Click the link in the event description for info.
Sunday, August 23, 2020, 12 noon p.m. PST / 3:00 p.m. EST

Editor Kristen Gehrman in conversation with Jennifer Croft