Talks in San Francisco in November 2026

Monday, November 2, 2026

• Other

  5:30 PM

  Practicing Pediatrics with Kids and Parents in the Age of AI

  Alan Greene

  The Commonwealth Club of California · Financial District

  $22 Tickets ↗

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• Other

  3 PM

  The Shi’a in the Arab World and Iran

  Geneive Abdo

  The Commonwealth Club of California · Financial District

  $22 Tickets ↗

• Other

  5 PM

  ...Leaving out the Luminaries: Students, collaboration, and the farm at Black Mountain College (talk by David Silver)

  David Silver

  CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts

  Free

• Other

  6 PM

  Collectively Operating a Performance Theater in SF

  San Francisco Public Library, Main Library · Civic Center

  Free

• Other

  6:30 PM

  The Day After Election 2026: A Week to Week Political Roundtable Special

  Tim Anaya

  The Commonwealth Club of California · Financial District

  $25 Tickets ↗

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Literature

  7 PM

  Slavoj Žižek: Signs from the Future

  Slavoj Žižek

  Herbst Theatre · Civic Center

  • Literature

  Tickets ↗

• Literature

  7:30 PM

  Lindy West: A City Arts & Lectures Salon, in conversation with Carvell Wallace

  Lindy West · Carvell Wallace

  Sydney Goldstein Theater

  • Literature

  Tickets ↗

Saturday, November 7, 2026

• Other

  7:30 PM

  Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway

  Kara Swisher · Scott Galloway

  Golden Gate Theater · Mid-Market (Market Street Theatre and Loft District)

  Tickets ↗

Monday, November 9, 2026

• Other

  6 PM

  The Future of Public Media, with Paula Kerger and Michael Isip

  Michael Isip

  The Commonwealth Club of California · Financial District

  $25 Tickets ↗

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• Theatre

  7 PM

  Points of Departure: Life on the Water, A Reunion

  Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture · Marina

  • Theatre

  Free

• Literature

  7:30 PM

  Zoe Kazan & Florence Pugh: An evening celebrating Netflix’s Limited Series East of Eden

  Zoe Kazan · Florence Pugh

  Sydney Goldstein Theater

  • Literature

  Tickets ↗

Friday, November 13, 2026

• Literature

  6 PM

  Refusing Erasure: Indigenous Women, Memory, & the Future of Story

  Brava Theater Center · Mission District (Latino Cultural District)

  • Literature

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Saturday, November 14, 2026

• Other

  11 AM

  Echoes of the Seasons

  San Francisco Public Library, Main Library · Civic Center

  Free

• Literature

  7:30 PM

  Yung Pueblo in conversation with Elena Brower

  Yung Pueblo · Elena Brower

  Sydney Goldstein Theater

  • Literature

  Tickets ↗

• Literature

  8 PM

  An Evening with David Sedaris

  David Sedaris

  War Memorial Opera House · Civic Center

  • Literature

  Tickets ↗

Sunday, November 15, 2026

• Other

  4 PM

  Rachel Maddow: A Conversation about Department of Fate

  Rachel Maddow

  Golden Gate Theater · Mid-Market (Market Street Theatre and Loft District)

  Tickets ↗

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• Visual arts

  6:30 PM

  Progressive Art Studio Models: A Lecture By Cléa Massiani

  Yerba Buena Center for the Arts · SoMa

  • Visual arts

• Other

  8 PM

  The Humanist Review of AI: Abundance & Scarcity

  Aaron Bastani

  The Commonwealth Club of California · Financial District

  $45 Tickets ↗

Thursday, November 19, 2026

• Other

  5:30 PM

  The Machine-Mediated Economy: When AI Becomes the Interface to Everything

  Toby Corey

  The Commonwealth Club of California · Financial District

  $22 Tickets ↗

• Other

  7:30 PM

  Alex O'Connor

  Palace Of Fine Arts Theatre · Marina

  Tickets ↗

Sunday, November 29, 2026

• Other

  7 PM

  Parvati and Cirie: The Soulmates Tour

  Parvati Shallow · Cirie Fields

  Palace Of Fine Arts Theatre · Marina

  Tickets ↗

Monday, November 30, 2026

• Other

  6 PM

  Sheba Shobashini: How to Resist Adopting a Spiritual Inferiority Complex

  Sheba Shobashini

  The Commonwealth Club of California · Financial District

  $22 Tickets ↗

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