Dave Eggers

If you couldn't get your hands on a copy of McSweeney's Panorama, here's your chance to see what it's all about. Publisher and editor Dave Eggers, McSweeney's staff and SF Chronicle editor-at-large Phil Bronstein will lead a discussion about the collaborative newspaper project that flew off shelves last year. Make the trek down to SF State for this one.

Finally, the day we've all been waiting for—Where The Wild Things Are hits theaters for all the public to see. Based on the beloved children's book by Maurice Sendak, the movie is a modern adaptation of a classic story about being a kid and the places we go to figure out the world we live in. Get your tickets now. These shows will sell out.

Get on Craigslist now and cross your fingers—you don't want to miss English writer Nick Hornby in conversation with local author Dave Eggers. You know Hornby for Fever Pitch, High Fidelity and About a Boy, all made into major motion pictures that we've all added to our feel-good film libraries. Dave Eggers is the brilliant mind behind A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and the SF-based writing center 826 Valencia. Two lit heavyweights, in person, in conversation—truly a momentous occasion. Find a way to make it to this sold-out event.

Here's your chance to see the film we've all been waiting for a whole two weeks before the public release date. Join director Spike Jonze and screenwriter Dave Eggers for a special screening of Where The Wild Things Are benefiting 826 Valencia. Based on the beloved children's book by Maurice Sendak, the movie is a modern adaptation of a classic story about being a kid and the places we go to figure out the world we live in. Q&A will follow and there will be a VIP afterparty at the Contemporary Jewish Museum. Get your tickets now.

There's no stopping local literary star Dave Eggers—fast on the heels of Away We Go (which he co-wrote with his wife Vendela Vida), Eggers will talk about his book, Zeitoun, which tells the true tale of a man who survived Hurricane Katrina and then mysteriously disappeared in its aftermath. Score your tickets ahead of time to see the author in person for a reading and discussion at Herst Theatre. We'll be there.