Anti-capitalist bookstore and galleria Medicine for Nightmares is hosting us for our August show. This event features five​ writers, four poets and one journalist, sharing their written work before a Q&A session. This month, we've got poet Samantha Stevens, drag performer and writer Joe Wadlington, host and poet James Siegel, poet Esperanza Vi, and Peninsula food writer Adrienne Mitchel. Cheffy bagel bites courtesy of pop-up Treat Street.

🗓️ Nude Long Pose on Saturdays

Explore the Cantor's collections with a museum engagement guide who will lead you through a selection of works from different cultures and time periods.

🕡 Costumed Figure Drawing

It's time for Poetry Night! Join our open mic, where you can enjoy poetry with your community!

Please note that, while RSVP is not required, it is very helpful to us in gauging expected attendance. If you are planning on attending, please RSVP. Those who have not RSVP'd will not be denied entry. Seating is first come, first serve.

Whether you’d like to enjoy a bottle from your own collection or explore something new from our wine list, join us in the Salon for a relaxed members-only happy hour.

Saint Joseph’s Art Society & LO-FI OYSTER CO. present:

Celebrate the Chinatown Night Market with a mahjong block party on historic Waverly Place — the iconic street where lanterns will glow above and friends are all around. Free, just drop in and play.

We are excited to present In Populated Air opening August 14th featuring Devynn Barnes, Jess Xiaoyi Han, Jan Meissner, Rena Monet, Jasmine Ross, Jillian Shea, Corrine Slade, and Stella Zhang.

We believe food is a story passed down through generations. Join Annie from Third Space Roots at On Waverly for a day of community and TCM-inspired treats. Celebrate AAPI month with us as we feature seasonal, herbal-infused desserts and cooling drinks inspired by the traditional flavors we grew up with. Whether you’re browsing for a new read or an AAPI gift, come say hi and grab a treat! We’re creating a space for curiosity and connection and we’d love to hear about your own wellness journey, swap stories about the nostalgic childhood foods, or answer any questions you have about how and why we use functional ingredients.

Join us at Saison Wine Bar & Salon for an intimate tasting with Saison Winery founder and winemaker Mark Bright. Explore the story behind Saison Winery through a curated selection of small-production wines that capture the dramatic vineyards, cool coastal influence, and diverse soils of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Tomatoganza! is the Napa County Seed Library's annual food fest, tomato taste-off, fundraiser, and seed-saving event. The CIA at Copia will host in their beautiful culinary gardens. Local farms will offer their season’s most delicious beefsteak and cherry varieties that you'll sample and savor to vote for "The Local Favorite.” Festivities include live teaching demos, bestowed ribbons, and saved seeds to plant at home.

Cloud & Crumb is teaming up with Fortune Paperie for Qixi this year - aka Chinese Valentine's Day, the one night the Cowherd and Weaver Girl get to cross the sky and be together. Cloud & Crumb is bringing themed madeleines and shortbread cookies; Fortune Paperie is bringing their heritage-inspired cards and prints that celebrate love in an elevated way - come get both!

Calling all curious cats and kittens to Fat Cat Sunday School - a weekly casual educational gathering to share and learn about wine and food!

​Evangelicals claim that their opposition to homosexuality is an inherent feature of their faith, rooted in their unchanging beliefs about the Bible. Most scholars, journalists, and observers have accepted this account; in Born Again Queer, William Stell upends it. Arguing that the antigay majority in evangelicalism has been less dominant and more vulnerable than previously thought, Stell describes a network of authors, ministers, and professors—all veterans of major evangelical institutions—who worked in the 1970s and 1980s to persuade Christians that their churches should affirm the relationships and ministries of gay and lesbian members. By the late 1970s, some even thought that these activists might shape the future of evangelicalism.

Ready for the coziest of cozy fantasies?? The Blue Moon Cafe & 24-Hour Occult Emporium by Lexie Sharabianlou is your book, and it is coming out Tuesday, August 18th!! Join us for a book launch party on that day at 7:00pm!

Poetry bookshop and wine cave Golden Sardine is partnering with us to host this free-to-attend event. This August we're featuring chef and writer Garrett Schlichte and award-winning poet Hieu Minh Nguyen reading their work before leading a writing workshop for about an hour.

Curious about participating in San Francisco Open Studios or in need of additional guidance? This FREE casual, in-person event is for you!

Please note that, while RSVP is not required, it is very helpful to us in gauging expected attendance. If you are planning on attending, please RSVP. Those who have not RSVP'd will not be denied entry. Seating is first come, first serve.

Summer is for showing up! Bring the friend you keep meaning to catch up with. Bring someone who's never been in this space, or never seen Jud's work before. Bring yourself, and stay a while.

Catch The Parent Trap (1998) under the stars at Sundown Cinema and come find the Nido booth while you're there.

Join us at Saison Wine Bar & Salon for an exclusive walk-around tasting featuring four of California’s most distinctive and difficult-to-access wine producers. For one night, Pax Wines, La Sirena, Sown Estate, and more will come together to share limited-production wines shaped by exceptional vineyard sites, celebrated winemakers, and deeply individual points of view.

🍓 This might be our cutest class yet! You’ll be decorating a whimsical berry-inspired cake inspired by those cute little plushies we all love! ✨

Join us for the next installment of our Master Sommelier Education Series with Morgan Harris for an in-depth exploration of the Rhône Valley, from the Syrah-driven wines of the north to the layered blends of the south.

Calling all curious cats and kittens to Fat Cat Sunday School - a weekly casual educational gathering to share and learn about wine and food!

What if spent coffee grounds could become a sculpting material?

Legends in the Glass Vol. IV: Bordeaux

Check out the full schedule of Cut to Summer Movies! Make sure to RSVP to the corresponding date and movie of your choice.

Please note that, while RSVP is not required, it is very helpful to us in gauging expected attendance. If you are planning on attending, please RSVP. Those who have not RSVP'd will not be denied entry. Seating is first come, first serve.

A couple of years ago, Nicola started inviting strangers into her home for dinner. What began as a small table for a few quickly became something else entirely — strangers becoming friends, small talk turning into the kind of conversation you don't want to end.

Join us in celebrating the launch of Curious Ducks and Comfy Cats, a cozy environment-based coloring book by local illustrator Julia Peng. In this joint talk & workshop, Julia will be speaking in conversation with fellow artist Madeline Liu about their respective illustration journeys and finding their artistic voice.

Calling all curious cats and kittens to Fat Cat Sunday School - a weekly casual educational gathering to share and learn about wine and food!

Join us for a hands-on creative workshop with E'pume Studio where you’ll craft custom stackable pillar candles and pressed flower cards!You will learn to pour a set of modern, modular candles using a premium soy-pillar wax blend. Discover how to mix candle dyes to design your own palette, and learn the secrets behind E’pume Studio’s signature pastel colors.Best of all, you’ll take home your finished candles plus the reusable molds to keep creating at home!

Join us for fika, the Swedish coffee and cake break. (From Fika: The Art of the Swedish Coffee Break: "Functioning as both a verb and a noun, the concept of fika is simple. It is the moment that you take a break, often with a cup of coffee, but alternatively with tea, and find a baked good to pair with it. You can do it alone, you can do it with friends. You can do it at home, in a park or at work. But the essential thing is that you do it, that you make time to take a break: that’s what fika is all about.")

Please note that, while RSVP is not required, it is very helpful to us in gauging expected attendance. If you are planning on attending, please RSVP. Those who have not RSVP'd will not be denied entry. Seating is first come, first serve.

On Thursday, September 3rd, join Heyday Books for a members-only meet and greet event with Obi Kaufmann, ahead of the release of his newest book, California Inside Out.

COL Gallery is excited to present Antwoine Washington: Life Be Lifing. Please join us on September 4th, 6–8PM, to meet the artist and view his new body of work.

Join us at the On Waverly Clubhouse for Mahjong with Kim: Learn & Play!, a fun and social two-hour session in the heart of Chinatown perfect for beginners. You'll get a brief overview of Hong Kong style Mahjong and then learn as you play in an intimate, hands-on setting — no experience needed.

Join us on Wednesday, September 9 when we welcome Anna Nordberg for the launch of her debut novel, When She Was Ours, with Rachel Levin at 9th Ave!

Explore the Cantor's collections with a museum engagement guide who will lead you through a selection of works from different cultures and time periods.

Join us at the On Waverly Clubhouse for Mahjong with Kim: Learn & Play!, a fun and social two-hour session in the heart of Chinatown perfect for beginners. You'll get a brief overview of Hong Kong style Mahjong and then learn as you play in an intimate, hands-on setting — no experience needed.

Please note that, while RSVP is not required, it is very helpful to us in gauging expected attendance. If you are planning on attending, please RSVP. Those who have not RSVP'd will not be denied entry. Seating is first come, first serve.

Launch the 2026 San Francisco Open Studios season with us within the SF Open Studios Preview Exhibition! The Exhibition showcases the work of 300+ SF Open Studios artists, providing a preview to help guide your studio visits. Begin planning your weekend studio visits as you browse work of diverse mediums. Each exhibited piece is clearly labeled to help guide your open studio visits to connect further with the artists behind the pieces that catch your eye.

Join award-winning cookbook author and mom of two Clarissa Wei for a conversation on postpartum confinement cuisine. Her latest cookbook is a nourishing, restorative guide to eating well after childbirth, with recipes informed by traditional Chinese medicine. Clarissa will share the cultural traditions, pantry staples, and practical rituals behind postpartum cooking today. She will be joined by herbalist/recipe collaborator Stella Wang. The talk will be moderated by fellow cookbook author and mom Kristina Cho.

We are BACK with another craft night! This time, we are diving into the wonderful art of collage.

Please note that, while RSVP is not required, it is very helpful to us in gauging expected attendance. If you are planning on attending, please RSVP. Those who have not RSVP'd will not be denied entry. Seating is first come, first serve.

Please note that, while RSVP is not required, it is very helpful to us in gauging expected attendance. If you are planning on attending, please RSVP. Those who have not RSVP'd will not be denied entry. Seating is first come, first serve.

Please note that, while RSVP is not required, it is very helpful to us in gauging expected attendance. If you are planning on attending, please RSVP. Those who have not RSVP'd will not be denied entry. Seating is first come, first serve.

Cantor Arts Center presents Forms & Frequencies, a Thursday night series featuring live performance from the Bay Area and beyond.

Explore the Cantor's collections with a museum engagement guide who will lead you through a selection of works from different cultures and time periods.

Join us for a book talk with award-winning author author May-lee Chai. In this collection of timely essays and incantations, May-lee Chai explores the intersection of world history and her own—feeding herself and her ghosts in the process. She will be in conversation with writer, photographer, eater Grace Hwang Lynch.

Please note that, while RSVP is not required, it is very helpful to us in gauging expected attendance. If you are planning on attending, please RSVP. Those who have not RSVP'd will not be denied entry. Seating is first come, first serve.

Explore the Cantor's collections with a museum engagement guide who will lead you through a selection of works from different cultures and time periods.

Tasting includes a charcuterie plate and a cocktail!

Uncork the next chapter of Flight Society with an evening dedicated to discovering exceptional Merlots.

Savor the heritage of California winemaking with estate-grown selections from Marietta Cellars, featuring complex, artisanal pours crafted to seamlessly elevate every culinary pairing.

August 6 | 6:00 PM | Summer Shorts: Haruki Murakami

First Light's World Wide What Book Club with Sam Ackerman continues into its second year of surveying global literature.

Join First Light Books for an evening with Mallary Tenore Tarpley, a UT Austin professor and longtime journalist whose first book makes room for the part of recovery most stories skip: the middle. SLIP is about the long stretch between sickness and full healing, the place where setbacks are part of the process and progress never stops being possible.

Join First Light Books for an evening with internationally bestselling novelist Téa Obreht, whose new book drops a young woman named Nina Terzić into a lake in the Wyoming mountains and leaves her to survive the wilderness alone.

The Spotlight is a new book club concept, co-hosted by Taylor Bruce, Breezy Mayo, and Rob Lowe. They’ll be reading novels, memoirs, and cultural nonfiction, each with the throughline of zeitgeisty influence on the broader cultural moment. These are books you keep hearing about, books chatted about on NPR, books getting awards buzz, books that feel tuned into the situation of our world.

August 20 | 6:00 PM | Summer Shorts: J.D. Salinger

Join First Light Books for an evening with Colin Asher, whose new book opens on Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter being made to perform in prison clothes, and builds from that image into a sweeping argument: that American music as we know it, from the blues to hip-hop, was shaped in no small part by policing and prisons. The Midnight Special tells that story through five musicians across the twentieth century, and asks who our culture lets play the outlaw, and who it punishes.

Brevity is a new book club concept hosted by bookseller and ops manager Jason. A year-long exploration of short story collections, whether old or new, grounded or untethered — if it’s short, we’ll read it.

Artist and educator Elizabeth Chiles celebrates the release of her new artist book Time Being, an evocative exploration of landscape, perception, and the passage of time. Join Elizabeth in conversation with art historian and curator Sarah Bancroft.

First Light's Small & Indie Book Club with Annie Tate Cockrum continues into its second year of reading great books from emerging presses.

Join American Short Fiction for the third installment of Story Sessions, a literary series that brings exceptional authors together for a freewheeling discussion about the power of stories and the ways we share them, on September 10, 2026, at Huston-Tillotson University from 6 - 8 p.m.

Casey Gerald celebrates the release of The Great Refusal: A New Vision of Resistance, with readings by John Spong and Lisa B. Thompson, followed by a conversation with Taylor Bruce.

Chef and creator Olivia Tiedemann celebrates the launch of her debut cookbook, Eat (Like) the Rich, in conversation with Joshua Weissman.

First Light Books is thrilled to host clinical psychologist and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Shefali in conversation with bestselling author and podcaster Jen Hatmaker for an intimate evening on what it takes to raise steady, self-aware kids in a chaotic, anxious world.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Osman returns this fall with We Chase Shadows: A We Solve Murders Mystery, the second installment in his high-flying mystery series. Join Richard in conversation with Mary Pauline Lowry for an evening of mystery mystery with heart and humor.

Longtime friends and poets Naomi Shihab Nye and Jenny Browne come together to celebrate their new collections, Sidekick and I Am Trying to Love the Whole World.

Movie Nights are back! This month, we’re screening Moonage Daydream: David Bowie’s mind-bending, visually stunning documentary that dives deep into his legendary career.

Join The Mom Club at Hamptons Jiu-Jitsu for a unique mommy and me activation for kids ages 3 to 6. Each ticket is for one mom and one child (please message sharon@the-mom-club.com for sibling discount).

Here we go teaming up for the 5th time!!!

On 8/8 from TBD, join us for TBD at Lotus House Women's Shelter — Miami's largest shelter for women and children. Volunteers will participate in their after school program by reading to children, donating books, and bringing some fun and creativity to brighten their day.

Stop Filming, Start Generating: Content Creation with AI & How to Build Your Own AI Avatar by Anita Kleinschmidt, Creative Director & AI Content Creator

BB Book Club is our monthly community gathering where ambitious women come together over great conversation, good coffee, and the kind of connection that actually sticks. Each month, we meet at Maman, one of Miami's most charming French-inspired cafes, for an afternoon of thoughtful discussion, curated connection, and meaningful dialogue. No pressure, no agenda. Just good women, good vibes, and a book worth talking about.

Join the Brickell Babes for Happy Hour on September 8, 2026, from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM at Eight Bar at Maple and Ash for an evening of connection and conversation.

Because you want to stop saying “we should meet up sometime” and actually have a standing plan with smart, warm moms every week.

BB Book Club is our monthly community gathering where ambitious women come together over great conversation, good coffee, and the kind of connection that actually sticks. Each month, we meet at Maman, one of Miami's most charming French-inspired cafes, for an afternoon of thoughtful discussion, curated connection, and meaningful dialogue. No pressure, no agenda. Just good women, good vibes, and a book worth talking about.

​Build Your AI Co-Founder by Divya Gugnani

Sweat Series is a signature Brickell Babes series designed to help you reconnect with yourself through movement and mindset — meet new women, reset your nervous system, and feel your best, together.

Join The Brickell Babes for an intimate evening of wine and conversation at Emissary

Bond with your friends and fellow doughnut lovers with this Adults Doughnut Social at D’Serve.

Seaside Cabaret, an intimate evening with James Jackson Jr.

Your standing Tuesday morning plan in the Hamptons.

Chef JM Canlas takes you through thirteen courses of wagyu, from A3 Akaushi served nearly raw to A5 Kagoshima lacquered in its own reduced jus. Along the way: a tartare tucked inside its own oyster shell, chuck rib braised low until it gives everything to the broth, short rib glazed over charcoal, a katsu sando pressed between milk bread. We'll open the evening with a welcome cocktail.

Please note that, while RSVP is not required, it is very helpful to us in gauging expected attendance. If you are planning on attending, please RSVP. Those who have not RSVP'd will not be denied entry. Seating is first come, first serve.

After a rough breakup, gay romance author Renny Ross heads to the Bay Area for a fresh start. His new gig writing the anniversary story for a local university is supposed to be a fresh chapter (thanks to university president Dr. Taylor James). But Renny didn’t expect to run into a familiar face from his past.

I'm embracing ArtSpan SF Open Studios as a month long mini-residency and exhibit. I've been venturing beyond quilts into new mediums using found materials and family objects.

This year I'm embracing ArtSpan SF Open Studios as a month long mini-residency and exhibit. I've been venturing beyond quilts into new mediums using found materials and family objects.