Litquake 2024

Literary Speakeasy returns to the OASIS stage for another hysterical evening of “Dragging Celebrity Autobiographies.” A stellar cast of Bay Area drag superstars will be putting on their reading glasses to celebrate the most scandalous, most outrageous, and most ridiculous celebrity memoirs and autobiographies! From “Real Housewives” to Hollywood legends, no book or celebrity is off limits. Come join your hosts James J. Siegel and Elsa Touché for an evening of laughs, queer camp, and prizes! $25 general / $30 premium runway seating 

Co-presented with City Lights Booksellers & Publishers


Bay Area author Joshua Mohr taps the troubled vein of class warfare and gentrification in Oakland with his latest book Saint The Terrifying, an ambitious tale of love and retribution. An ex-con, Saint was raised in the wilds of Norway, where his father brought him up in the old traditions and taught him the way of the Viking. Now Saint finds himself immersed in the Oakland music scene and, off stage, hunting down criminals no one else cares to find. Saint’s role as hardboiled detective is informed by Mohr’s deft interweaving of recent history, including Oakland’s Ghost Ship warehouse fire—a tragedy that Mohr revisits in a bold act of reclamation. Join the author in conversation with Peter Maravelis of City Lights, followed by a performance from Mohr’s band, Slummy. Doors at 6:30PM. $12 adv / $15 door
Book sales for this event coordinated by City Lights Bookstore.