One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, Lit Crawl San Francisco is a massive, one-night literary pub crawl through San Francisco’s Mission District on Saturday, October 25th from 5:00-9:00pm. Join us to cap off another great festival, and don’t miss out on the afterparty at Drawing Room Annex!
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Daring to imagine positive alternatives, teen artists shine a light forward. Writers and artists across disciplines from the Ruth Asawa SF School of the Arts share original work that conveys truth, generates possibility, and transforms their tomorrows. This dynamic event showcases how teens grapple with the intense present and infuse hope into their futures. Come and participate! A Futures Bingo card result in a candy prize.
Budding Bards! Fledgling Wordsmiths! Rising Scribes! Unlock your creativity and share your skills while translating poems from all over the world. No need to be a poet. No second language required. Equipped with a glossary, guided by local translators, and with the encouragement of friends (bring your own!), you’ll dismantle and reassemble a poem in a new language. Translation of poetry by its nature offers multiple possibilities: since there is no single “correct” rendering of a poem, be prepared to share and defend your language choices. Who knows? Maybe it will change your entire relationship with language? With collaboration? With creation? 2025-2027 Poetry Inside Out Teaching Fellows (https://www.catranslation.org/education/teaching-fellowship/) will host this fun workshop and spontaneous performance for youth writers.
The Creative Youth Collective is a mentorship program that guides young writers in developing their authorial voice. CYC authors (ages 12–16) will share excerpts from original fiction and poetry, alongside reflections on authorship as a practice of authority—one that authorizes them to participate in shaping their world. Through readings and an interactive discussion, they explore writing as a practice that engages questions of meaning, identity, ecology, and culture.
Our youth are our future. Clear-eyed and unjaded, they hold a special kind of wisdom. Come hear the poems and stories of eight 6th-9th graders as they share their life hacks: clever and moving new ways of living, doing, and being that will make life better for everyone.
Saturday October 24, 2026 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT Muddy Waters Café & Lounge521 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
