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September 2026
Sep
23
Wed
Kristin Hannah with Yangsze Choo
Kristin Hannah in conversation with Yangsze Choo★
September 23
City Arts & Lectures
Sydney Goldstein Theater, San Francisco
Sep
26
Sat
Kristin Hannah, In Conversation★
September 26
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa
Sep
27
Sun
Oakland Tech Week 2026
Oakland Tech Week 2026★
Sep 27 – Oct 3
Oakland Tech Week
Various, East Bay
Sep
28
Mon
How We Get Free: A Haymarket Books 25th Anniversary Event with Angela Y. Davis, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Sarah Haley, and Ula Y. Taylor
How We Get Free: A Haymarket Books 25th Anniversary Event with Angela Y. Davis, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Sarah Haley, and Ula Y. Taylor★
September 28
Haymarket Books
Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts (HJK), Oakland
Sep
30
Wed
Rick Steves: How to See the World★
September 30
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa
October 2026
Oct
1
Thu
Hysterical: W. Kamau Bell — Who’s With Me?
Hysterical: W. Kamau Bell — Who’s With Me?★
October 1
Stanford Live
Stanford Memorial Auditorium
Oct
3
Sat
Malcolm Gladwell with Lisa Armstrong
Malcolm Gladwell in conversation with Lisa Armstrong★
October 3
City Arts & Lectures
Sydney Goldstein Theater, San Francisco
Oct
4
Sun
Black Panther Party artwork for MoAD Mix Keeping the Fire
MoAD Mix: Keeping the Fire★
October 4
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco
Oct
13
Tue
Photo of Michael Pollan, a white bald man in a blue button-down shirt and glasses, looking at the camera, with an circular inset photo of Christof Koch, a white man in a salmon-orange colored top looking at the camera
Michael Pollan & Christof Koch: A Journey into Consciousness★
October 13
Cal Performances
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
Oct
14
Wed
Emory Douglas In Our Lifetime exhibition poster
The Revolution Won’t Be Televised… But It Will Be Creative★
October 14
African American Art & Culture Complex (AAACC), San Francisco
Oct
14
Wed
Zadie Smith with Sam Fragoso
Zadie Smith in conversation with Sam Fragoso★
October 14
City Arts & Lectures
Sydney Goldstein Theater, San Francisco
Oct
22
Thu
23rd Annual Oakland African-American Chamber of Commerce Business Awards Luncheon
23rd Annual Oakland African-American Chamber of Commerce Business Awards Luncheon★
October 22
OAACC | Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce
Scott’s Seafood Jack London Square, Oakland
Oct
28
Wed
Protocols with Andrew Huberman live event
Protocols with Andrew Huberman★
October 28
SF Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco
Oct
28
Wed
Angela Davis in conversation with Poulomi Saha
Angela Davis in Conversation with Poulomi Saha★
October 28
Cal Performances
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley
November 2026
Nov
5
Thu
Caribbean Cocktails program artwork featuring Nelson German, Andrea Lawson Gray and Nigel Jones
Caribbean Cocktails: Migration, Memory, and Making Across the Diaspora★
November 5
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco