Litquake Archives

Party Radar

Arts Forecast vs. Party Radar: Halloween debauchery begins!

Marke B. - October 25, 2024

Japanese ghost stories, house music legends, Swedish sex goddesses, and Green Gorillas in the monster mashup column event of the year

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Illuminate the Shipyard Crane! (Plus lots more to do)

Marke B. - October 17, 2024

Poetry World Series, Gathering of the Goths, Foodwise Sunday Supper, Mykal Rose, Techno at the Bandshell... get out there!

Lit

Booked and busy! Our seismic guide to Litquake 2024 (with a discount code inside)

Marke B. - October 8, 2024

Paola Ramos, Michelle Tea, Poetry World Series, Del Seymour, Out Loud, Litcrawl... Join 48hills at 21 of the huge fest's most exciting events.

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Telegraph Hill Arts and Literature

Dorothy Odonnell - August 28, 2024

Once a historic bakery, 1501 Grant now slings the finest English and Italian-language books in a much-needed community event space.

Lit

‘Jeopardy!’ champ Amy Schneider does not want to be your favorite trans person on TV

Lou Fancher - September 29, 2023

On the eve of her appearance at Porchlight Storytelling's Litquake edition, the beloved game show guru and memoir author isn't holding back.

Lit

Litquake turns the page with a new leader, who tells us what to catch

Lou Fancher - September 22, 2023

Executive Director Norah Piehl on what it's like joining the sprawling literary extravaganza, and who's top of her reading list

Movies

’90s arts icons confront tech dystopia in Camera Obscura’s landmark film ‘Virtue’

Marke B. - May 30, 2023

Returning to the Roxie, the 1997 underground star-filled sci-fi broadside against alienation and fraud stirs poignant memories

Culture

48 sources of joy in 2022, from velvety jazz to young voters and plant-based cuisine

Lou Fancher - December 23, 2022

Food, tunes, talks, and more. How did your year highlights match up with our writer's?

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Throw those studios open wide! (And lots more to do)

Marke B. - October 19, 2022

Open Studios everywhere! Plus: Lit Crawl, Pop-Up Mag, Kind of Blue Revue, Trolley Dances, Death Cab for Cutie, Grace Cathedral Sound Bath, more great events this week

Arts + Culture

Arts Forecast: 6 quick Litquake picks, Kafana Balkan returns, Día at SOMArts…

Marke B. - October 5, 2022

Fre!heit, Hard French, Park Jiha, New Black Vanguard, Iceage meets Earth, more great things to do this week

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