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!
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 […]
GROW: DIY Business and Sustainability Join Brooklyn-based author Eleanor Whitney for a talk about turning your creative project into a sustainable business idea. Whitney is the author of “Grow: How to take your do it yourself project and passion to the next level and quit your job!” and will lead a lively talk focused on […]
SAN FRANCISCO! TOMORROW, Saturday the 25th of May at 3p.m. As part of our 10 YEAR SHOW we bring you yet another special event. A coincidence popup show of ZINES and MUSICAL PERFORMANCE – a crossing and exchange grinding by German artist, photographer, Plem Plem Gallery operator, and skateboarder extraordinaire – SERGEJ VUTUC. at THE […]
Needles & Pens presents, A reading by Dream Whip zine author & film maker, BILL BROWN @ The Luggage Store Gallery 1007 Market St (at 6th Street) San Francisco, CA Saturday, May 18 from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. INFO: Bill Brown delights us with a personal appearance, in from North Carolina with a charming “how-to” […]
Join us at Needles & Pens on Thursday May 2, 2013 – 7:00 p.m. for a reading of: “In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist,” the new book by zine legend “Dishwasher” Pete Jordan About the Book: Peter Jordan’s “In The City of Bikes” describes how, since the dawn of cycling […]
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 […]
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 […]
Join us Thursday October 4th at 7pm for a signing/storytelling session at Needles & Pens w/Julia Wertz (Fart Party, Drinking at the Movies) who will be releasing her new book The Infinite Wait. Ju Marinaomi and Tessa Brunton will also be there to add to the fun! “The Infinite Wait and Other Stories is latest […]
Join us Wednesday, May 2 at N&P from 5-7 p.m. for a special appearance by SAM McPHEETERS as he reads from his new novel THE LOOM OF RUIN “American journalist, artist, and former frontman of Born Against, Sam McPheeters has a new book out, titled, The Loom of Ruin. McPheeters, also previously involved with the bands, […]