San Francisco Events

This event is Sold Out.

THE POWER OF MEDITATION WITH BOB ROTH & DAVID LYNCH

Advance Sales Open To Members Only

Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 7:30 pm

Venue: Nourse Theater

Series: Conversations on Science

Husband and wife Thisbe Nissen and Jay Baron Nicorvo join us at Books Inc. Opera Plaza for a discussion of their respective critically-acclaimed novels, Our Lady of the Prairie and The Standard Grand. 

Real estate experts Joanne R. Douglas and Alfred Renna discuss their eye-opening collaborative book, Negotiating New York: Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Real Estate. 

Nadine Burke Harris, M.D.,  founder and CEO of the Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco's Bayview-Hunters Point, discusses her powerful debut book, The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity.

Nutrition consultant and Balanced Bites blogger and podcaster Diane Sanfilippo joins us in the Marina for a Book Launch celebrating her new cookbook, The 21-Day Sugar Detox Daily Guide: A Simplified, Day-By Day Handbook & Journal to Help You Bust Sugar & Carb Cravings Naturally.  This engaging and colorful book was created to give you new insights on how to succeed based on feedback that Diane has received over seven years of running the program.

SPEAK presents Julie Lythcott-Haims.

Julie Lythcott-Haims is a gifted, impactful speaker, and a New York Times best-selling author of How to Raise and Adult. Her newest release is Real American; A Memoir.

Not Your Mother's Book Club presents mulitple award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Neal Shusterman in celebration of his spellbinding new book, Thunderhead. Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, in the chilling sequel to the Printz Honor Book Scythe. Neal will be in conversation with S.J.

Tickets Sold Out!

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

Wednesday, December 13, 2017, 7:30 pm

Venue: Nourse Theater

Series: Special Events

Local author and illustrator Nidhi Chanani shares her critically-acclaimed graphic novel, Pashmina. (Ages 9+)

Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom leave him behind? But Pri's mom avoids these questions--the topic of India is permanently closed.

Not Your Mother's Book Club presents #1 New York Times bestselling author duo Sasha Alsberg and Lindsay Cummings in celebration of book one in their new action-packed sci-fi series, Zenith: Androma Saga #1.