🕡 Costumed Figure Drawing

Legends in the Glass Vol. IV: Bordeaux

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UPDATE: UPDATE: We hit our max attendance for this event. Stay tuned for our next crafting night event!

We have a fun tasting this week at Arlequin Wine Merchant! The larger-than-life Donald dove into the cellar and picked out a few incredible bottles to share.

On Connection's presents a dinner for founders, solopreneurs, artists, creatives & those in the in-between.

Come celebrate immigrant art and stories, as we turn the Ferry Building’s Grand Hall into a silent disco. 100 pairs of headphones, two channels, and music drawn from every culture represented in the show: Chinese, Filipino, Palestinian, Colombian, Chilean, Rajasthani, Ukrainian. You choose what you hear. The person next to you is hearing something else. Highlight the diversity of music and culture in the Bay Area.

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.

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.

🗓️ Nude Long Pose on Saturdays

Put your aprons on and join us at The Crossing for a Fairy Garden themed cake decorating workshop with Andrea from Amidulce. Learn how to decorate your very own mini cake using buttercream — no experience needed! 🧚🏼‍♀️✨🍰

Step into an intimate exploration of the world of spirits led by Florian Thireau, Director of Mixology at Crenn Dining Group with tenures at Worlds Best Bars & Hotels and author of The Cocktail Book and ABC des cocktails.

Join us at The Clubhouse — our intimate event space on Waverly Place in San Francisco's Chinatown — for an afternoon of mahjong, nostalgic Asian baked goods, and Cantopop. Your ticket includes:

Dave Eggers joins us on Saturday, July 25 from 7:30-8:30pm for a book signing and author meet-and-greet to celebrate the release of his latest book, Contrapposto, at 506 Clement St!

The Breakfast Club is a Sunday pop-up series bringing together Singaporeans, friends, and fellow food lovers over nostalgic kopitiam favourites.

🀄 Mahjong Night at Saint Joseph’s 🀄

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

This is a drop-in sketching session in the Grand Hall with Arrivals as your backdrop. ArtSpan staff and artists from the exhibition will be present for questions about the work or sketching guidance. First 10 people to arrive get free sketching supplies. Bring your own as well, for personal use and sharing.

Discover the magic of affirmation through the words and illustrations of a young local author and illustrator. "Little Artists and Big Affirmations" is a heartwarming and empowering picture book created by a 7-year-old artist and illustrator.

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.

LOCATION UPDATE: This event will be held at the Chandran Gallery (459 Geary St).

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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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.

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.

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!

Join us at On Waverly for the launch of Jasmine Fang's debut picture book, arriving in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival! Jasmine will be in conversation with On Waverly founder Cynthia Huie, sharing behind-the-scenes stories from writing the book.

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.

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.

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.

One evening. One mystery. Four wines. One Killer.

Join us at First Light to toast a brilliant new book from one of our own.

July 23 | 6:00 PM | Summer Shorts: Sigrid Nunez

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.

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

First Light Books is honored to host architect and author Michael P. Murphy — designer of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and founder of AMMA — for an evening on his new book, Our World in Ten Buildings: How Architecture Defines Who We Are and How We Live.

Join First Light Books for an evening with Jason Stone, whose debut novel tells the story of a Texas Ranger who returns home to find his ranch in flames, his wife dying, and his two sons carried off by a Kiowa war party.

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.

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 Mom Club is teaming up with the iconic Gotham Gym (for the fifth time!) for a Mom-Only Boxing Event at the iconic The Maidstone Hotel in East Hampton. This will be a no-contact, boxing-inspired workout that will be equally fun and calorie blasting. Pregnant and moms-to-be welcome as well (babies in strollers also welcome).

Prepare yourself for an experience you won't forget! The Mom Club is teaming up with Corwith's Farmstand and inviting you to Goat Yoga! Babies/toddlers/kids are welcome to join for the class or to come hang with us after.

Join The Mom Club at Journey East Hamptons for a fun morning you won't forget. We'll kick off with refreshingly iced cold lattes by Piccolo Caffè Bar before Brainiac Tennis kicks off 45minutes of mommy and me tennis fun for kids ages 3 to 7. No equipment is required.

Join The Mom Club and ColorPop Workshop in Southampton for a unique mommy and me afternoon for parents with kids ages 2 to 12.

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!!!

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.

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

Children’s Cooking Class at D’Serve — January 17 & 18

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

Your standing Tuesday morning plan in the Hamptons.

Join us at the Flounder Brewing Barn on Sunday, August 2 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm for an unforgettable open-fire Asado presented by Chef Andrew!

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

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.