Dorothy Lazard, author of What You Don’t Know Will Make a Whole New World appears in the Porchlight storytelling series for Litquake.

The Bay Area’s long-running Porchlight storytelling series returns to Litquake for this special edition, featuring tales on the theme of Tricks Up My Sleeve: Invisible Magic. With authors Derrick Brown, Dorothy Lazard, Dominic Lim, Ahmed Naji, Amy Schneider, and Dan Stuart. Co-hosted by Arline Klatte and Beth Lisick. Music by Marc Capelle. Doors at 7 pm, show at 8 pm. $25 adv / $30 door

At the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa St, San Francisco.