On Saturday, Dec 6, Babylon Salon proudly presents our Winter 2025 performance featuring Susie Hara [Earthquake Shack], Lori Ostlund [Are You Happy?], Aimee Phan [The Lost Queen], Kevin Smokler [Break the Frame], and more! Come on out for drinks at 5pm in the outdoor covered patio in back! Reading starts promptly at 5:30pm. As always, admission is free. The Sycamore is located at 2140 Mission St in San Francisco (near 16th St Mission BART). In partnership with our friends at The Booksmith, 1727 Haight Street. More details: https://www.babylonsalon.com

Poolside Poets returns to the Phoenix Hotel on November 13 — a rock-n-roll night of poetry, live music, dance, and fashion.

Guests will arrive in leather, band tees, glittered denim, moto boots, fishnets, slicked hair, vintage rock tees, and attitude—think stage-ready rebellion meets wardrobe thrift. Expect smoky glamour, ripped hems, bold eyeliner, and outfits built for swagger.

Hosts Rhea Joseph and Hadas Goshen will curate a stacked lineup: Sincerely Nic (music), James Morehead, Ilgiz Kh, Tong Tong, Igor Milgram, Christine No, Syr Hayati Beker, Preeti Vangani, Lauren Johnson, Rhea Joseph, Hadas Goshen, with dance from Erica Knox and Tobias Echeverria.

Evening flow — Doors 6:30–7:00 PM: arrive, mingle, sip a themed cocktail/mocktail. Showtime 7:00–9:30 PM: powerful sets, surprise guests, brief intermission. After 9:30 PM: tunes, connection, and vibes.

What if witches aren’t so wicked, maidens aren’t so innocent, and the only magic spell you need is the one you write yourself? Four women and nonbinary authors share subversive modern fairy tales that reach across cultures to explore queerness, climate change, migration, imperialism, liberation, the ecological, and the surreal.

• Featuring Syr Beker, Lauren C. Johnson, Ploi Pirapokin, and Kristina Ten

• Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative, 3130 24th St

• Phase 2: 6:30pm - 7:30pm PT

Come in your costume ready to answer a couple of fun trivia-esque questions for a chance to win a magical item!

On Saturday, September 13, Babylon Salon proudly presents our Fall 2025 performance featuring Ann Cummins [Yellowcake], Tomas Moniz [All Friends Are Necessary], Peter Mountford[Detonator], M.M. Olivas[Sundown in San Ojuela], and our very own Maury Zeff! [Dada Teen Musical: The Play]! Come on out for drinks at 5pm in the outdoor covered patio in back! Reading starts promptly at 5:30pm. As always, admission is free. The Sycamore is located at 2140 Mission St in San Francisco (near 16th St Mission BART). In partnership with our friends at The Booksmith, 1727 Haight Street.

More details: https://www.babylonsalon.com

Stir is a brand-new reading series in SoMa West (@somawestcbd ), hosted by Cafe Suspiro (@cafesuspirosf ) at Arc Gallery (@arcgallerysf ) on Folsom Street, starting July 10. Stop by Cafe Suspiro from 5-6 for coffee and vibes, and then join the hosts and five local authors at Arc Gallery next door from 6pm to 8pm. Stir is a seasonal event, with four readings per year: Foggy Season, Fire Season, Flower Season, and Rainy Season. For the Foggy Season launch, the lineup includes Josh Fernandez (@_3_arrows ), Audrey T. Williams (@audthentic_stories ), K. M. Soehnlein (@kmsoehnlein ), Lehua Taitano (@lehua_m._taitano ) and Lauren C. Johnson (@laurenc.johnson). The hosts are Josh Wilson, editor of @fabulistmag , and T. K. Rex (@tharkibo ), author of the forthcoming collection, The Wildcraft Drones. Cafe Suspiro has served up locally-roasted coffee, books and records from the garage of Arc Gallery at 1246 Folsom Street since 2022. Coffee shop hours, merchandise and more are available at cafesuspiro.com.

Join us for a decadent evening of speculative fiction, poetry, and darkwave beats on Saturday, 4/19 for CLUB CHICXULUB VIII featuring:

• Katie M. Flynn

• Naomi Kanakia

• Evan Kennedy

• K.R. Morrison

• LeeAnn Perry

With music by Dev Bhat, Shipwreck Detective!

We’ll see you at 7:00 p.m. 4/19 at Ocean Ale House!

Broke Up, Broke Down, Broke Even!

Featuring:
Heidi Kasa
Syr Beker
Lauren C. Johnson
Paul Corman-Roberts
Judith Serin
Marie Sinclair