Join Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture’s resident organization, Arion Press, a fine art, handcrafted artist book publisher, for tours.
See the last unified hot metal type foundry, letterpress workshop, and bindery all under one roof in daily operation in the U.S. Learn how Arion makes books by hand.
Visitors receive an in-depth overview of the process of making books in Arion’s historic workshop and a sneak peek of current publishing projects in process in Building B, First Floor.
Saturday, April 9 & April 18, 2026
The 45-minute tours occur every second Thursday and third Saturday of the month; Thursdays: 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays: 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Arion Press, Building B, First Floor, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, 2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco
$15
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Join Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture’s resident organization, Arion Press, a fine art book publisher, for “Sentences vs. Paragraphs: Which Is Better?”
Join Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture’s resident organization, Arion Press, a fine art book publisher, for “Sentences vs. Paragraphs: Which Is Better?” This literary take down between Daniel Handler and Lucy Corin is part of the Kirkpatrick Speaker Series at Arion Press. The talk event takes place on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 6:30 p.m. in the Firehouse.
Lucy Corin is a writer who likes sentences. Daniel Handler, another writer, likes paragraphs. These longtime colleagues are prepared to publicly argue over who’s right. Join them for an illustrated conversation of the ways words work, what literature is made of, and the triumph of specific peculiarity over the corporate juggernaut steamrolling individual experience.
A winner may or may not be declared.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m. at The Firehouse in Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture, with drinks and light bites to follow at the Arion Press Gallery in Building B, First Floor.
About The Writers:
Lucy Corin is the author of the novel The Swank Hotel, as well as the story collections One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses and The Entire Predicament, and the novel Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls. Her work has appeared in American Short Fiction, Conjunctions, Harper’s Magazine, Ploughshares, Bomb, Tin House Magazine, and the New American Stories anthology from Vintage Contemporaries.
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Lucy Corin [continued]. She is the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Rome Prize, a literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a 2023 Guggenheim fellowship. She teaches at the University of California at Davis, CA and lives in Berkeley, CA.
Daniel Handler is the author of seven novels, including Why We Broke Up, All The Dirty Parts, Bottle Grove, and the 2024 memoir And Then? And Then? What Else? As Lemony Snicket, he is the author of far too many books for children including Poison for Breakfast, the four-volume All The Wrong Questions, and the 13-volume A Series of Unfortunate Events. His books have sold more than 70 million copies and have been translated into 40 languages, and have been adapted for film, stage and television, including the recent adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events for which he was awarded both the Peabody and the Writers Guild of America awards. Most recently, he wrote the morals and introduction for Arion’s Laureate Edition of Fables of Aesop. Daniel lives in San Francisco with illustrator Lisa Brown, to whom he is married and with whom he has collaborated on several books and one son.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
6:30 p.m. (doors 6:00 p.m.)
Drinks & light bites follow the event in the Arion Press Gallery (Building B, First Floor)
The Firehouse & Arion Press Building B, First Floor, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, 2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco
$10 ($12.51 with fees)
Join Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture’s resident organization, Arion Press, a fine art book publisher, for “Sentences vs. Paragraphs: Which Is Better?”
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(415) 668-2542
ArionPress@ArionPress.com
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Join Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture’s resident organization, Arion Press, a fine art, handcrafted artist book publisher, for tours.
Join Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture (FMCAC)’s resident organization, Arion Press, a fine art, handcrafted artist book publisher, for tours. See the last unified hot metal type foundry, letterpress workshop, and bindery all under one roof in daily operation in the U.S.
Visitors receive an in-depth overview of the process of making books in Arion’s historic workshop and a sneak peek of current publishing projects in process in Building B, First Floor. The 45-minute tours occur every second Thursday and third Saturday of the month; Thursdays at 3:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
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Thursday, November 13 & December 11, 2025
Saturday, November 15 & December 20, 2025
Thursdays, 3:00 to 3:45 p.m. & 5:30 to 6:15 p.m.
Saturdays, 1:00 to 1:45 p.m. & 3:00 to 3:45 p.m.
Arion Press, Building B, First Floor, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, 2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco
$15
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(415) 668-2542
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Join Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture resident Greens Restaurant for a one-of-a-kind evening celebrating the release of Dead In The Kitchen: The Official Grateful Dead Cookbook with author Gabi Moskowitz.
Join Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture (FMCAC) resident Greens Restaurant for a one-of-a-kind evening celebrating the release of Dead In The Kitchen: The Official Grateful Dead Cookbook with author Gabi Moskowitz. This lively event brings together everything diners and music fans love most: incredible food, live music, open-hearted community, and the unmistakable spirit of San Francisco – all hosted in Greens’ outdoor pavilion at FMCAC.
Enjoy recipes from the Dead In The Kitchen cookbook prepared by Greens’ Chef Katie Reicher and the kitchen team at Greens. Live music by the Elliott Peck Trio sets the mood, filling the heated outdoor pavilion with the joyful, improvisational energy the Dead are known for. A full cash bar is available, offering wines, local brews, and cocktails for purchase throughout the night.
Tickets are available with or without a signed pre-order of Dead In The Kitchen. Adding the book to tickets reflects a special release price – $10 off the retail cost of $35.00. Anyone is invited to join Greens for the food, music, and community, no book required.
Tickets cost $78 for General Admission (GA) and $103 for GA and a signed copy of the book. Two drink tickets can be added on for $25 total. The event happens on Saturday, November 1, 2025, with seatings from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
About The Book. Dead In The Kitchen: The Official Grateful Dead Cookbook is a vibrant tribute to the band’s legacy, featuring vegetarian and vegan recipes inspired by their music and the loyal Dead Head community. Packed with playful, soulful dishes and the band’s iconic aesthetic, it’s designed to be cooked from, shared, and cherished.
About the Author. Gabi Moskowitz is a Northern California native, award-winning food writer, and producer of Freeform’s Young & Hungry. With five cookbooks to her name, she brings her love of food, music, and San Francisco Bay Area culture into every project – and Dead In The Kitchen is her most spirited work yet.
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Saturday, November 1, 2025
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (seatings)
Greens Restaurant, Building A, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, 2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco
$78 to $103
Join Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture resident Greens Restaurant for a one-of-a-kind evening celebrating the release of Dead In The Kitchen: The Official Grateful Dead Cookbook with author Gabi Moskowitz.
www.GreensRestaurant.com
(415) 771-6222
info@GreensRestaurant.com
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Join Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture’s resident organization, Arion Press and Gray Wolf Press, both fine art book publishers, for “An Artist Talk With Mai Der Vang (poet) & Tiffany Chung (artist).”
Join Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture’s resident organization, Arion Press and Gray Wolf Press, both fine art book publishers, for “An Artist Talk With Mai Der Vang (poet) & Tiffany Chung (artist).” The talk takes place on Thursday, November 6, 2025, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (doors 6:30 p.m.), in the Bayfront Theatre in Building B, Third Floor.
Arion Press and Graywolf Press are joining forces to present a public conversation inspired by the cultural and artistic collaboration between Mai Der Vang and Tiffany Chung.
This event celebrates the launch of a limited-edition Arion Press broadside featuring poetry by Mai Der Vang and original artwork by Tiffany Chung.
The evening features a fascinating conversation between the artists and Graywolf Press’s Director and Publisher Carmen Giménez on the intersections between war, displacement, memory, and art. A reception follows in the Arion Press Gallery (Building B, First Floor) with the broadside on display and available for sale.
Admission is $15 ($17.85 with fees) and tickets are available at EventBrite.com.
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Thursday, November 6, 2025
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (talk)
A reception follows the talk in the Arion Press Gallery (Building B, First Floor)
Arion Press & Bayfront Theatre, Building B, First & Third Floors, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, 2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco
$15 ($17.85 with fees)
Join Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture’s resident organization, Arion Press and Gray Wolf Press, both fine art book publishers, for “An Artist Talk With Mai Der Vang (poet) & Tiffany Chung (artist).”
www.EventBrite.com
(415) 668-2542
ArionPress@ArionPress.com
(651) 641-0077
wolves@GrayWolfPress.org
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Rainbow Zebra Productions LLC and Magic Theatre present the Reading Series Extravaganza 2026 at Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture.
The series features work by nine playwrights on Mondays, September 22, 2025, September 29, 2025, October 20, 2025, November 24, 2025, December 15, 2025, January 12, 2026, February 9, 2026, March 23, 2026, and April 13, 2026; 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., 8:30 p.m., or 9:00 p.m. Andrea Gordon directs all of the readings.
First up is Michael Lynch’s Book Of Glass on September 22, 2025. My Lunch With Trish by Andrea Gordon appears on September 29, 2025. Susan Jackson‘s Leaving Simone takes the stage on October 20, 2025.
For Winter 2025, Training Wheels by Robin Bradford happens on November 24, 2025. A Pickwick Christmas adapted by Brian Lohmann adds holiday cheer on December 15, 2025. The Secret Museum by Lynne Kaufman follows on January 12, 2026.
Drunk At The Base Of The Bodhi Tree by Julie Hébert has a reading on February 9, 2026. Lisa Ramirez’s Remember Me occurs on March 23, 2026. The final selection is Painting Through The Dark by Gemma Whelan on April 13, 2026. Andrea Gordon directs all of the readings.
Free Admission (Reserve space in advance)
Mondays, November 24, 2025, December 15, 2025, January 12, 2026, February 9, 2026, March 23, 2026, and April 13, 2026
Magic Theatre, Building D, Third Floor, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, 2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco
Free
Rainbow Zebra Productions LLC and Magic Theatre present the Reading Series Extravaganza 2025-2026 at Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture.
www.RainbowZebraProductions.org
(415) 441-8822
BoxOffice@MagicTheatre.org
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Join Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture’s resident organization, Arion Press, a fine art, handcrafted artist book publisher, for “Craft Talk #4 – Publishing As Practice: The Art Of The Small Press,” part of a continuing series of events and the grand finale for the 2025 season.
Join Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture’s resident organization, Arion Press, a fine art, handcrafted artist book publisher, for “Craft Talk #4 – Publishing As Practice: The Art Of The Small Press,” part of a continuing series of events and the grand finale for the 2025 season. The talk takes place on Thursday, October 30, 2025, 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., in the Bayfront Theatre in Building B, Third Floor, followed by a reception at Arion Press in Building B, First Floor.
Luca Antonucci (Colpa Press), Abby Banks (Auspicious Books), and Zach Clark (National Monument Press) are the speakers for this craft talk. In a conversation moderated by John DeMerritt (DeMerritt Pauwels Editions), Antonucci, Banks, and Clark discuss the art and craft of small press publishing.
The conversation touches on their differing creative practices, community experiences, and some of their favorite “scary stories” from years working in small press publishing.
The talk lasts one hour with a 15-minute question-and-answer session and a reception to follow in the Arion Press Gallery on the first floor of Building B.
SCHEDULE:
5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.: Check-in
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.: Craft Talk with Luca Antonucci, Abby Banks & Zach Clark
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.: Reception in the Arion Press Gallery
Admission is $10 ($12.51 with fees) and tickets are available at EventBrite.com.
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Thursday, October 30, 2025
6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Arion Press & Bayfront Theatre, Building B, First & Third Floors, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, 2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco
$10 ($12.51 with fees)
Join Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture’s resident organization, Arion Press, a fine art, handcrafted artist book publisher, for “Craft Talk #4 – Publishing As Practice: The Art Of The Small Press,” part of a continuing series of events and the grand finale for the 2025 season.
www.EventBrite.com
(415) 668-2542
ArionPress@ArionPress.com
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Litquake pays tribute to the late, great Dorothy Allison with a marathon reading of her debut novel, Bastard Out Of Carolina, at Arion Press in Building B, First Floor, at Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture.
Litquake pays tribute to the late, great Dorothy Allison with a marathon reading of her debut novel, Bastard Out Of Carolina, at Arion Press in Building B, First Floor, at Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture. The reading takes place on Sunday, October 12, 2025, 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Dorothy Allison’s debut novel Bastard Out of Carolina was a revelation on its release: a blazing, unflinching, thoroughly original tale grounded in the author’s working-class Southern upbringing and written with her distinctive, razor-sharp wit. Lauded by the New York Times Book Review as “one of those once-in-a-blue-moon occasions when the jacket copy seems inadequate and all the blurbs are examples of rhetorical understatement,” Bastard Out of Carolina remains a powerful, provocative, and lyrically gorgeous fixture of American letters more than 30 years after its release.
In remembrance of Allison’s legacy as a writer, lesbian feminist, and advocate for sexual freedom, Litquake is proud to join the author’s estate in presenting a cover-to-cover marathon reading of Bastard featuring a lineup of readers who knew and loved Allison in life, as well as those who continue drawing inspiration from her trailblazing work. Select chapters are staged by Crowded Fire Theater, Poltergeist Theatre Project, and Word for Word. Artistic direction is handled by Sean Owens and Hyazinth Baumann from Fancypants Productions.
Book sales for this event are coordinated by Noe Valley Books.
Free Admission ($10 to $15 suggested donation)
This event is sponsored by the Allison-Layman Family Trust.
Co-presented with the Bay Area Lesbian Archives, the GLBT Historical Society, the James C. Hormel LGBTQiA Center at the San Francisco Public Library, and the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History & Culture.
Sunday, October 12, 2025
9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Arion Press, Building B, First Floor, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, 2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco
Free ($10 to $15 suggested donation)
Litquake pays tribute to the late, great Dorothy Allison with a marathon reading of her debut novel, Bastard Out Of Carolina, at Arion Press in Building B, First Floor, at Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture.
Litquake2025.sched.com
(415) 440-4177
info@Litquake.org
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