Spring Reads

Local writers in the Spring issue of ZYZZYVA will read next Thursday, 17 May, in the Book Bay of the Main Library at 6:30: Rachel Howard, Bob Judd, Charles McLeod, John Struloeff, who becomes the director of the creative writing program at Pepperdine in the fall, and, as an added treat, Debbie Yee, a new Board member.

Meanwhile, this Sunday, former volunteer Ari Messer has a gig with Ledbetter and his Best Bet, who will play the entire In the Aeroplane Over the Sea album by Neutral Milk Hotel. As Ari puts it, "For many of us, this immense work of musical genius from the mind of Jeff Mangum is one of the reasons we keep playing music. We like it so much that we want to share it! I will be on mandolin. There will also be everything from an accordion to a cello." Rockit Room, 406 Clement St., San Francisco, 8 p.m.

And Memorial Day Weekend, Ari will be doing live music and soundscores with choreographer Peiyi Ko in a "program that grapples with problems in our society through juxtapositions of dance, text, video, live music, audience participation and interactive technologies," at NOHspace, 2840 Mariposa St.