Hurry up and slow down to a crawl. That directive seems contrary — except when it comes to the sixth annual Beast Crawl. The free Oakland literary festival Saturday pivots the spotlight onto more than ...

Uptown Oakland was a different place when, in 2012, Beast Crawl put on its first annual daylong literary festival. The free event brought an estimated 1,500 people to experience various combinations ...

Litquake is coming back to San Francisco from Oct. 6 to 14, closing with its traditional nighttime Lit Crawl through the Mission District. Those who’d like to get in shape for the event might wish to ...

BEAST CRAWL is Uptown Oakland's annual free literary festival featuring more than 200 writers in a single night, in dozens of events, spread out over four hours and thirty-seven local galleries, bars, ...

OAKLAND — Even with this year’s annual Beast Crawl literary festival behind her, Tova Ricardo’s work to encourage others to find the power of their voices has just begun. In the midst of the annual ...