Join us Thursday March 7 from 6-9pm at N&P for a BRIXTON / INDEPENDENT TRUCKS Friendly Union release party with a Photo Exhibition by TOBIN YELLAND . After-party with our friends @drugdealer at @cafedunord. See you there!
Needles & Pens presents, ANXY Magazine release party / show Opening Reception: Thursday, August 16th 2018, from 7:00 – 9:00 PM “LINES WE DRAW“ Exploring our relationship to personal space through stories, art and photography. Photography by: Kendrick Brinson, Aundre Larrow, Jessica Chou, Paola de Grenet, and Marylise Vigneau; Artwork by: Merijn Hos, Miguel Arzabe, […]
Coming to N&P Wednesday, October 26th from 6-8pm – The Radical Mycology Book tour with Peter McCoy! Fungi (i.e. mushrooms, yeasts, lichens, molds) are everywhere around us, forming symbioses with all plants and animals, and performing critical roles that keep complex ecological webs intact. And yet, most people are completely unaware of the incredible and […]
Friday, August 21 at 7:00pm at N&P Join the editors and contributors of Selfish magazine at N&P for a night of readings and discussion. Selfish was created as a means to tackle the continuing lack of female presence in publishing as well as encourage women to engage in creative truth-telling. This night will involve a […]
Join us on Monday July 13 from 7:00-9:00 P.M. for a Reading, Signing, and Book Launch with Anders Nilsen and Marc Bell at Needles And Pens! The authors/artists will be at N&P to release their latest Drawn & Quarterly titles: Anders Nilsen‘s Poetry is Useless, and Marc Bell Stroppy. Not to be missed!
Made by You: Cons/N&P Zine Release + Exhibition June 27, 2015 6:00-9:00 pm Needles & Pens collaborated with Converse to create four new publications by Bay Area artists: Mat Obrien, Kyle Ranson, Ted Pushinsky, and Pacolli. Join us on June 27 for the release of all four zines along side an exhibition of work by […]
Friday, May 29 from 6-9pm Zine Release & Photo Show: Trepes Las Cochinadas de Tijuana w/ Stefan Simikich, ADEK and RESQ Trepes – Las Cochinadas consists of hundreds of photos taken between 2003 and 2006 by Stefan Simikich, ADEK and RESQ documenting the unique style of bombing in Tijuana, Mexico. Trepes is a form of […]
Join us on Friday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. for an in-store reading/event by D.I.Y. MAGIC author Anthony Alvarado! You’re not going to want to miss this. D.I.Y. MAGIC is not so much a how-to magic book in the traditional pulling rabbits out of a hat sense, but more a guide to exploring and pushing […]
It’s the Needles & Pens / Curator HOLIDAY PARTY! Friday, December 5, 7:00pm – 10:00pm Come ring in the holiday season with us at our new location and enjoy some tunes by: MALE GAZE (ex. Mayyors, Blasted Canyons, The Mall) and Nashville to SF post-punk transplants the USELESS EATERS (music starts at 7:30) In celebration […]
Coming to Needles & Pens Thursday November 13, 2014 PULP ATLAS, a series of exhibitions featuring the work of 12 artists experimenting with the book form and zines. Participating Artists Include: Michael Bartalos, Morgan Cahn, Matt Coors, Edie Fake, Christopher Kardambikis, Mark Lander, J. Pascoe, Vanessa Roveto, Jim Rugg, Tim Schwartz, Mary Tremonte, and Imin […]
Early last year French photographer Baptise Lignel published a small photo book about Keith Haring at work in his NYC studio. The photographer only 14 years old at the time had a friendship with the artist which gave him intimate access to Haring at work. Lignel captured dozens of candid images of the artist painting […]
COMING SOON: BRIGHT NIGHTS: Photographs of Another New York Photo Book Presentation with Tod Seelie Tuesday, July from 7:00pm – 9:00pm Tod Seelie has been living and photographing in NYC since 1997. He recently published a book of these photographs, BRIGHT NIGHTS: Photographs of Another New York. His New York is not what you might […]
We’re exited to announce that, this Sunday, November 17, N&P is hosting an in-store performance and week long art exhibition by Dirty Three guitarist MICK TURNER (currently on tour with Bill Callahan)! *PERFORMANCE at 6 p.m. SHARP.The Apparition by Mick Turner
Needles & Pens, TBW Books and Twin Palms present, A Period of Juvenile Prosperity Mike Brodie Book Launch & Signing at Needles & Pens Friday, April 19, 2013 from 6-8 p.m. Needles & Pens, 3253 16th Street, San Francisco CA.,94103 But I needed to find out for myself. Two weeks later I was gone, witnessing […]
Osa Atoe (Shotgun Seamstress Zine, a zine by and for black punks), Neelybat Chestnut (Mend My Dress: Collected Zines), Maranda Elizabeth (Telegram: A Collection of 27 Issues) will be heading down the northwest coast, making stops along the way to do zine readings and playing some music. JOIN US for their San Francisco gig! Starts […]
Join us for the release of the FREE LOVEWARZ 2013 LUNAR CALENDAR by XARA THUSTRA With Free Dinner & Hangout Wednesday, January 16, 2013 7-9pm @ NEEDLES & PENS
Image: Kevin Killian. Tagged: Arnold, 2012. Color photograph. Gravity and Trajectory (GR//TR) is pleased to announce a Book Release Party for Tagged: Variations on a Theme by Kevin Killian GR//TR, Volume 4 Saturday, January 12, 2013 6-9pm Needles and Pens 3253 16th Street San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 255-1534 www.needlesandpens.com Free admission In person: Kevin […]
We’ll be open late tonight (until 10!) for the Mission Holiday Block Party. Come down and buy something nice for your grandma and check out Xara Thustra’s show. Xara Thustra at N&P The show got a really nice write up in the SFBG. Also, Xara’s book is now available online!
Coming this Thursday Dec. 6, 2012, 7-10 pm to N&P – XARA THUSTRA Book Release and Art Show: The story of the “Mission School” is not complete without XARA THUSTRA. Both an activist and artist, Thustra has been pushing the envelope socially and artistically for 15 plus years in San Francisco. Xara’s ever evolving creative […]
Some photos from Thursday night’s zine release/show – The Amateur Astronomer by Carissa Potter and Sabina Nieto. The Amateur Astronomer was named a Bay Area Weekend pick by the SF Chronicle, so come on down and grab one of theses beautiful letter-pressed astronomy zines – only 20 made so they’ll go quick! Show runs through […]