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Gen Blend, a Multigenerational Writers Potluck and Open Mic
Thursday Jan 9 · 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Ruth's Table · 3160 21st St, SF
FREE

Co-presented with Ruth's Table, Community Living Campaign, Adobe Books, and Decentered Arts

Join Ruth's Table and Decentered Arts for this inspirational event. Often featuring readers from Litquake's Elder Project, as well as local writers across a wide age-range, and YOU! Limited Open Mic time available for pieces under 3 minutes. This is a free event and potluck! Bring something to share! Beverages available.
EMERGENCY Bookstore and Chocolate Crawl!
Saturday Jan 11 · 1:00 - 4:00pm
Medicine for Nightmares + more
FREE

We're calling on you to help two bookstores that were flooded in recent storms, plus another bookstore that just reopened after a nasty fire

The Bookstore and Chocolate Crawl is happening in both San Francisco and the East Bay, in response to *two* emergencies. We'd love it if you took BART with us and attended both parts of the crawl, but you're also welcome to join us in SF or Oakland.

Schedule:
First, at 1 PM, we're gathering at Medicine For Nightmares on 24th street, which suffered a ton of damage to its books in a recent flood.

Then at around 1:30-1:40, we'll head to Adobe Books on 24th street, which was also badly affected by flood damage in the recent storms.

Then around 2:15 PM, we'll get on BART from 24th street to Rockridge!

We'll aim to be at Pegasus Books in Oakland at around 3 PM.

At around 3:30, we'll finish up at East Bay Booksellers in its brand new location, after its old location was heavily damaged in a fire.

Feel free to join for any or all of the crawl, and support these local stores during trying times!
Litquake Co-presents at SF Sketchfest
Use LITQUAKE code at check out for $5 off
The Crossword Show
Friday Jan 24 · 7:00 - 8:30pm
Club Fugazi
$37+ (w LITQUAKE discount code)

Host Zach Sherwin (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Epic Rap Battles of History") presides as a comedian guest panel solves an actual crossword puzzle live onstage, with everything displayed on a big screen so the audience can follow along. As the solvers decipher the clues, Zach takes the show down rabbit holes of comedy, music, wordplay, and trivia, all inspired by the various answer words. More and more connections emerge as the show unfolds, and everything ultimately ties together for a grand finale that’s as satisfying as it is astonishing. You don’t need any crossword expertise to be dazzled by this brain-tickling, one-of-a-kind experience! With guest solvers Ashley Ray and Matt Walsh.
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Let's Laugh About Hard Things with Anna Sale from "Death Sex & Money"
Friday Jan 31 · 7:00 - 8:30pm
Club Fugazi
$32+ (w LITQUAKE discount code)

On her Slate podcast, Death Sex & Money, Anna Sale explores the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation. Join Anna and guests from different walks of life for deep conversation and surprising performances, as we try to laugh in the midst of dark times. It may be the only thing that gets us through! Come with your own harrowing stories, if you can bring yourself to laugh about them... With Faith Albright, Guy Branum, Chanel Miller, Carl Tart, musical guest Matt Nathanson, and more.
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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: Alta: Journal of Alta California, Amazon Literary Partnership, Bernard Osher Foundation, California Arts Council, California Humanities, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Center for the Art of Translation, Grants for the Arts, Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme, HarperOne, Hawthornden Foundation, Joseph and Vera Long Foundation, Margaret and William R. Hearst III Foundation, Mary A. Crocker Trust, 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, Greg Sarris, and Ellen Ullman Media Sponsors: San Francisco Chronicle, Publishers Weekly, 7x7, KALW, KEXP, KQED, SF Arts Monthly, Bay Area Reporter, Johnny Funcheap.

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