The new book edited by Chris Carlsson will have its release party tonight at City Lights Bookstore in North Beach. The essays cover the years from 1968 to 1978, and as it turns out, most of what shook the city in that decade happened in the Mission District.
City Lights is at 261 Columbus Avenue. The release party starts at 7 p.m.
Below is the calendar for other events surrounding the book’s release. We’ll have a special feature on the audio tour and a review of the book, but until then, go to the site and do the audio tour yourself.
JUNE
Thursday/2, 7:30 p.m.: City Lights Bookstore release party
Tuesday/7, 7:30 p.m.: Green Arcade Books, San Francisco, with Rachel Brahinsky, Calvin Welch, Margaret Leahy and Chris Carlsson, editor
Wednesday/8, 7:30 p.m.: Shaping San Francisco TALKS! at CounterPULSE (1310 Mission at Ninth), San Francisco, with Jana Blankenship, Pam Peirce, David Schooley and Chris Carlsson
Thursday/16, 7:30 p.m.: Pegasus Books, Berkeley
Tuesday/21, 7:30 p.m.: Books Inc., Market Street, San Francisco, with Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Deborah Gerson and Matthew Roth
JULY
Wednesday/6, 7:30 p.m.: Books Inc., Opera Plaza, San Francisco, with TBA
Thursday/7, 7:30 p.m.: Books Inc., Fourth Street, Berkeley, with TBA
Sunday/10, 2 p.m.: Bird & Beckett Books, San Francisco, with Pam Peirce and Chris Carlsson, others TBA
Wednesday/13, 6 p.m.: Red Hill Books, San Francisco, co-sponsored by the Bernal History Project, with Peter Wiley, Steve Rees, Andrew Lam, others TBA
AUGUST
Wednesday/17, 6 p.m.: Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, Grove and Larkin, with TBA