Babble On is a performance and reading series with a smattering of open-mic flavor, trotting out some of the hottest local writers and musicians and also giving you the opportunity to showcase your talents, as well. To ease your way up to the microphone we make sure to have free wine and delicious pastries on hand.
Thursday, March 20 -- 8p
David Lincoln, Mobility Lounge
At the frontiers of global think, Singapore is San Francisco, San Francisco is London, London is Bangkok.
Van is a computer animator who aspires to creating the perfect cartoon spider. When he is served eviction notice on his low-rent apartment, he is forced to secure his bohemian perch by taking the extreme recourse of marrying a complete stranger.
Renée, the French traveler he meets on the internet, is drawn into his web. As the attraction ignites, their relationship falls apart, and Van is forced to seek not fame but riches by joining a mysterious start-up with its headquarters in virtual space.
The software architect, K.P. Nair, who arranges everything for DQI (Digital Queen International), plots to trade places with Van—including a not-so-subtle play for Renée, Van's wife of convenience.
Personal loyalties must endure misunderstandings and stubbornness in this wry and tender debut novel about the boom and bust era of the late 1990s.
From an airport city outside Amsterdam, to Silicon Valley, France, India, and beyond, Mobility Lounge reveals the information and its consequences in this all-too-real world of global desire.
Saturday, April 12 -- 10 - 11a
The Waffles for Dinner Book Club
The Waffles for Dinner Book Club for middle readers brought to you by our own Dennis Griffin, the ebullient agent for getting kids to talk about good books for the sheer fun of it! It is at both Phoenix (10 - 11a) and Red Hill (12:30 - 1:30p).
Unexplained disappearances, daring thefts, perplexing mysteries, and the greatest sleuths of all time combine in this page-turning read. From Sherlock Holmes to Hercule Poirot, famous detectives puzzle their way through a maze of alibis and motives in this superb selection of classic and contemporary crime fiction.
Short Attention Span Book Club has changed it's meeting time to the 3rd Sunday in May which is the 18th at 4:30. We return to the writer I like to call the Vonnegut of contemporary Israel, Etgar Keret and his latest collection of sharp, surreal short stories, The Girl On the Fridge.
Waffles for Dinner meets May 31, 12:30- 1:30
The Waffles for Dinner Book Club for middle readers brought to you by our own Dennis Griffin, the ebullient agent for getting kids to talk about good books for the sheer fun of it!
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
A Vermeer painting is stolen. Petra and Calder, two bright, quirky
sixth-graders, come together to solve the crime that has the whole
world baffled.
Already being heralded as The DaVinci Code for kids, Chasing Vermeer
will have middle grade readers scrutinizing art books as they try to
solve the mystery along with Calder and Petra.
Join Dennis as we explore the hidden messages in art.
Saturday, April 26 – 7p
Neal Pollack, author of Alternadad
Post-punk parenthood from the father of how not to totally suck when desperately seeking food, clothing and shelter for your offspring.
Reporter, rock star, satirist, blogger and a really cool dad, Neal Pollack invades Bernal Heights with his wildly original, lustful fun self showing (thank goodness) all disregard for straight forward book readings and pulling off a show as author-provocateur who has written about his life as an otherwise unlikely father.
And while this father may not know best, he certainly does his best and may be the hardest working memoirist in Lit. business.
Neal Pollack will be introducing The Sippy Cups at Bimbos on Columbus on April 27th, the night after he reads at Red Hill. Make sure you catch him at both places!!
Friday, May 2 -- 7p
Muralist Joseph Norris
Muralist Joseph Norris integrates art and community and signs his new book San Francisco's Mosaic Walls.
Red Hill Is Turning 5!
May is our birthday month! Come help Red Hill celebrate its 5th anniversary with the annual Gamblers' Sale. Try your luck through the week with a no holds progressive sale. Drop by for big savings on all of our stock:
May 1st: 10% off
May 2nd: 15% off
May 3rd: 20% off
May 4th: 25% off
May 5th: 30% off
May 6th: 35% off
May 7th: 40% off
Sorry, the discounts don't apply if you use your trade slip.
Saturday, May 3 -- 6:30p
Red Hill's 5th Birthday Party with Ramon & Jessica and Slydini
You are cordially invited to our birthday party. Kim Wong Keltner reads from her I Want Candy, which just came out this Spring is like Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, but with more Chinese people, swearing, sex, and explosions. She will give away copies of her book to anyone courageous enough to test the urban legend that says that drinking a soda and eating a pack of Pop Rocks simultaneously will make your stomach explode.
Musical performances by local virtuosos Slydini and Ramon & Jessica. Treats and beverages for all partygoers! Huzzah!
Children's Morning Story Hours Expanded to Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at Red Hill!
Tuesdays at 10 am: Itinerant children's librarian (and Bernal resident and historian) Valerie Reichert leads the library's Lapsit Storytime for children ages 0 to 3 at Red Hill Books.
All the kids want to know what stories Red Hill's Patrick has in store for them! Come by every Wednesday and find out!
Thursdays at 10 am: Valerie leads the library's Preschool Storytime for children ages 3 to 5.
This means that we have now have regular children's programming Tuesday through Thursday at 10 am!
Every Monday starting April 21st from 3 - 7p
The Itinerant Poetry Librarian's Lending Library
The Itinerant Poetry Librarian will be setting up shop and loaning books at Red Hill every Monday.
Every Sunday and the evening of the Full Moon
Free Live Music, Wine & Snacks!
Always on a Sunday and every full moon you can find great live music at Red Hill. Search the shelves or sit down with a cup of wine, a neighborly cheeseplate of delectables, let the kids browse the board books, and enjoy your Sunday afternoon with some of the best music by the best musicians San Francisco has to offer. All shows are from 3 to 5 pm.
On the evening of the full moon we put a bunch of great books on sale and invite you to a fabulous free concert.
Sunday, May 4 -- 3 - 5p
Gaucho
Gaucho began as a Gypsy Jazz trio in 2002 but has now grown to the size of a sextet and has brought the styles of Klezmer, Brazialian Choros, Swing, New Orleans and Roots styles as well as modern day melodies of relevence and the occasional irreverence. Dave Ricketts-guitarist/bandleader, Rob Reich-accordion, Mike Groh-guitar, Ralph Carney-horns, Pete Devine-drums and Ari Munkres on bass.
Dig Gaucho playing a red hot session at Red Hill: [mp3]
Sunday, April 27 -- 3 to 5p
Knuckle Knockers
Hailing from the hayseed neighborhood of Bernal Heights in San Francisco, the Knunkle Knockers can't wait to play you their favorite vintage and original songs and fiddle tunes. The Knuc Knocs stoke the fires of the Appalachian music tradition to give you a glimpse of the past through the eyes of the present, with voice, fiddles, mandolin, guitar and 5-string banjo. Bill's nimble and masterful playing, Stairwell Sisters' stalwart Martha's crisp guitar work and voice that's the envy of the trailer park, and Karen's emotive playing that's a confluence of the past and the playful, all go neck and neck, knuckle to knuckle on lightning dance tunes, fire and brimstone, and magical harmonies. Contact the Knuckle Knockers at nerakk@gmail.com, 415-821-1567 or 415-282-2125.
Post-punk parenthood from the father of how not to totally suck when desperately seeking food, clothing and shelter for your offspring.
Tuesdays at 10 am: Itinerant children's librarian (and Bernal resident and historian) Valerie Reichert leads the library's Lapsit Storytime for children ages 0 to 3 at Red Hill Books.
Gaucho began as a Gypsy Jazz trio in 2002 but has now grown to the size of a sextet and has brought the styles of Klezmer, Brazialian Choros, Swing, New Orleans and Roots styles as well as modern day melodies of relevence and the occasional irreverence. Dave Ricketts-guitarist/bandleader, Rob Reich-accordion, Mike Groh-guitar, Ralph Carney-horns, Pete Devine-drums and Ari Munkres on bass.
Hailing from the hayseed neighborhood of Bernal Heights in San Francisco, the Knunkle Knockers can't wait to play you their favorite vintage and original songs and fiddle tunes. The Knuc Knocs stoke the fires of the Appalachian music tradition to give you a glimpse of the past through the eyes of the present, with voice, fiddles, mandolin, guitar and 5-string banjo. Bill's nimble and masterful playing, Stairwell Sisters' stalwart Martha's crisp guitar work and voice that's the envy of the trailer park, and Karen's emotive playing that's a confluence of the past and the playful, all go neck and neck, knuckle to knuckle on lightning dance tunes, fire and brimstone, and magical harmonies. Contact the Knuckle Knockers at 