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Talks events in and around San Francisco this week

47 events in the next 7 days (Nov 7–13) in and around San Francisco, 37 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated November 7.

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Saturday, November 7

11 AM UC Berkeley Emeriti Association (UCBEA) Speaker Series: Nicholas Mathew Women’s Faculty Club See tickets
1 PM Harry Clewans Artist Talk Triton Museum of Art Free
4 PM Jason Francisco in Conversation with Poet Alexander Nemerov SF Camerawork Free
6 PM 16th Bita Prize for Persian Arts: Sima Bina Stanford Memorial Auditorium (MemAud) Free
7:30 PM Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway Golden Gate Theater

Sunday, November 8

10 AM JARDIN EXTRAVAGANZA Cornerstone Sonoma Free
2 PM Artist Panel Discussion: Silica / SiO2: Northern California Ceramics Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History Free
2 PM The Monuments Men: Art History Lecture & Reception Triton Museum of Art Free
2 PM UC Master Gardeners: Good Bugs vs. Bad Bugs Guerneville Regional Library Free

Monday, November 9

12 PM For the Next Generation: Mental Health in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Youth Building 360 Free
4:15 PM Physics Colloquium with Wallace Marshall: Learning without a brain — how a single cell processes information Lecture Hall #1 Free
5 PM The Bomb in/and/out of the Archive. feat. Zoé Samudzi Grimes Engineering Center Free
5:30 PM War, Sanctions and the Intimacy of Everyday Life Encina Commons 123
6 PM The Future of Public Media with PBS CEO Paula Kerger and KQED CEO Michael Isip Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
6:30 PM Maria Geyman Author Talk • With Tea: Culture, Accoutrements, and Rituals Omnivore Books on Food Free

Tuesday, November 10

11 AM Environmental Diplomacy: Where do we Stand? Challenges and Sources of Hope Library of French Thought (Dwinelle 4229)
12 PM Biosecurity in an Age of AI: Frontier Safety, Anticipatory Governance, and Defensive Innovation Encina Hall Free
4 PM Science, Statecraft, and National Resilience: Rethinking Governance in the Philippines Encina Hall Free
4:30 PM Design Chat with Alex Cornell, Meta San Francisco Free
5:15 PM St. Patrick's Seminary Fall Lecture Series Presents : Conor Cunningham, PhD St. Patrick's Seminary Free
5:30 PM Andrew Hogan // The New Rules of Design Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation Free
5:45 PM Author Talk with Jordan Ritter Conn on "American Men" North Gate Hall Free
7 PM BLKNWS: Pilgrim Marketing Plan Rebuttal Oshman Hall Free

Wednesday, November 11

12 PM Faculty and Artist Lunch Time Conversation with Guest Artist Pilar Agüero-Esparza de Saisset Museum Free
4:30 PM When We Bridge: Indigenous Peoples’ Guardianship, Knowledge, and Global Impact The Press Building Free
6:30 PM Santiago Lastra Author Talk • Mexican Soul: A New Style of Cooking Omnivore Books on Food Free
7 PM From Bridgerton to Severance: The Art of the Film Score Donkey & Goat Winery $27

Thursday, November 12

12 PM Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
2 PM Fireside Chat w/ CloudFlare Founders Campus Free
3 PM Fireside Chat with Tanay Kothari, Wispr Flow San Francisco Free
3 PM Let's Do It Again Buriel Clay Theater
4 PM PPG Foundation Lectureship with Professor Zhenan Bao Jarvis Auditorium Free
4:30 PM BWOPA HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE SYMPOSIUM Merritt College Free
5 PM 12th Annual Public Health Speaker Series 2026 Touro University California Free
5 PM Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Carmen Argote Anthropology and Art Practice Building Free
5:30 PM Canine Body Talk: Understanding Your Dog's Body Language Pet Food Express San Anselmo (Red Hill) Free
6 PM Artist Talk | Holographic Space, a talk by Charles Ray Cantor Arts Center Free
7 PM Mark Danner in conversation with Guy Marzorati City Lights Bookstore
7 PM Matt O'Hara in conversation with Rebecca Herman Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts Free

Friday, November 13

10 AM A Symposium in Honor of Mary Ann Doane Brower Center Free
1 PM 2026 UC Berkeley Geotechnical Engineering Research Symposium Jarvis Auditorium $0-$70
2 PM Special Seminar and Fireside Chat: Understanding Work Using AI Gates Computer Science Free
3 PM Lecture: Visiting Composer – Wang Lu Braun Music Center Free
4:30 PM Music Studies Colloquium: Ioanida Costache (Stanford University) Morrison Hall Free
5 PM A Conversation with Vinod Khosla Stanford University Free
5:30 PM AI Software Factories in the Enterprise: Panel Discussion with BAND AWS Builder Loft Free
6:30 PM Katina & Kyle Connaughton Author Talk • SingleThread: A Seasonal Approach to Intentional Cooking, Farming, and Hospitality Omnivore Books on Food Free

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