The East Bay literary publication runs a free weekly community calendar organized around a critical text — right now it's An Ontology of Trash, and the repair workshops are already selling out.

The Oakland Review of Books — the East Bay literary publication — is running a free weekly events calendar that's part listing, part editorial. The current August 10–16 edition is live at oaklandreviewofbooks.org. No subscription required.

Each edition is organized around a critical text the editors are reading that week, then curated to match. This week's frame: An Ontology of Trash by Greg Kennedy, a philosophy of disposability and care. The calendar assembles repair-themed events accordingly — a clothing-mending workshop at the Rockridge Branch of Oakland Public Library (Tuesday, 6pm, free), a bike-fix drop-in at the MLK Jr. Branch in Deep East Oakland (Wednesday, 2:30pm, free), and a lamp-rewiring class at Local Economy in Rockridge that sold out before the calendar even ran. The editors' note: "Too many other people read An Ontology of Trash and decided to learn rewiring today."

Literary events anchor the wider slate: the Berkeley Slam at The Starry Plough Pub in Berkeley (Wednesday, writing workshop 7pm / slam 8pm) with North Bay poet Jordan Ranft as the feature; a launch reading for Stacey Yu's novel Kitten at Books Inc. in Alameda (Wednesday, 6:30pm). But the scope goes well beyond books — Cat Video Fest at The New Parkway in Uptown Oakland, West Edge Opera at the Scottish Rite Center, Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending at the black box inside FLAX art supply in Uptown (two weeks remaining), and Oakland Pride on Sunday.

The editors flag San Francisco events as "[West Bay Bonus]" — a useful signal for what requires crossing the bay. Oakland Public Library events are free; other venues list ticket links inline. One caveat: the calendar uses neighborhood shorthand rather than street addresses, so verify the exact location before you go.

Also on the ORB calendar: the publication's Launchiversary party, Thursday August 20, at Eli's Mile High Club. Ticket details weren't posted at publication time.

New editions run weekly at oaklandreviewofbooks.org.