We are excited to be hosting a drop-in community letter-writing event to reach out to incarcerated folks in Nevada and beyond with messages of support and solidarity from the outside. Stop by the shop anytime on Sunday, September 14th from 1-4 PM and write a letter! Free and open to all.

Pocket 2026 Slingshots - the classic vibe - as well as spiral bound pocket planners - when you really gotta get serious and spread those pages - are in! True radicals plan, plan, plan, so come get your next year of resistance in order.

Patreon perks! Poetry, crafting, local Nevada flavor, cultology, pyramid-scheme-ology, and more! We also have a ton of zines and a newly improved used book section, for lower tier subscribers to take your pick. Something for everyone :) We appreciate your support so much: tinyurl.com/yastrbt7

Two new must-reads! Alien invasion in White's adult debut and deep literary reflection on having and losing a mother in Roy's memoir. Balance horror dystopia with family chronicle - wait, which is which, again?

2026 Slingshot planners are arriving! Get organized while celebrating all the radical people and years that came before. We have large spiral-bound planners currently and will have pocket sizes very soon!

Tarot Exploratorium is a time to come together, be inventive, and create with the tarot. No previous experience with reading the tarot is required to join. We will explore different decks and reading methods. Tuesday, Sept. 9th at 6 PM here at the shop - $10 to participate! tinyurl.com/3mwtdnnv

Kyle Casey Chu! Join us for a craft talk on writing, screenwriting, and inspiration. Kyle writes, makes films, performs drag, plays in badass bands - she does it all! Come + chat about how to turn personal experience into meaningful, powerful art. Free and open to all - bring your friends!

Beautiful Daisy! We are so happy to announce her fosters made it official and are welcoming this gentle, loving kitty into their family!! Enjoy this pic of Daisy really feeling herself in her forever home 😭 Good job Daisy ;) RC Adoption #️⃣1️⃣2️⃣8️⃣

Princess is back! This social, playful gal is looking for a low-stress home either as a solo kitty or with maximally chill animal friends. Enjoy these pics of Princess doing a once-over of the shop: her food, her reflection, and the chair. Thankfully, it seems that everything is to her liking.

We sent this perfect angel home just a couple days shy of her 2 month anniversary at RC. Cocoa we will love you always and forever 💜 RC Adoption #️⃣1️⃣2️⃣7️⃣

Tomorrow! August 15th at 6 PM, come down to Rad Cat for a discussion about writing, adventure, radical parenting, risk and resilience with author Susan Norman and poet Karen 'Kat' Terry. We will have Susan's new memoir RISK, available for purchase and signing. Free and open to all!

Tarot Exploratorium is a time to come together, be inventive, and create with the tarot. No previous experience with reading the tarot is required to join. Tuesday, August 12th at 6 PM right here at the shop - only $5 to participate! tinyurl.com/yc5ftbcz

Tomorrow! Saturday, August 9th, we are proud and excited to host Eric King for an honest, uncensored discussion on the Federal Prison System in anticipation of his upcoming book on PM Press, A Clean Hell. Books will be available for pre-order. Free and open to all.

Goodbye sweet angel!!! Our love for you is infinite!!! RC Adoption #️⃣1️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ 😭

Books + cat toys + plushies + hell ya! We got new stacks to read, nip to trip, and handmade plushies to snuggle. One-stop-shop at Rad Cat oh yeah!

This beautiful guy is coming out of his shell 💕 Buddy is a 12 y/o baby: sweet, cuddly, and playful. Buddy is looking for a calm, loving home with or without other kitty friends. Come meet this sweet kitty and pass it on! 💌

The universe can only handle so much cuteness, and Milton gets us dangerously close to the limit! This absolutely wild little dude spent a few weeks in foster and has now moved in to his well-deserved royal palace (pictured here). We are not worthy...! RC Adoption #️⃣1️2️⃣5️⃣💥

Cocoa is a lovey angel who just wants to cuddle up by your side...by anybody's side tbh ;) She's chatty, bossy, squishy, and purry -- basically, she's got it all! Cocoa has been with us since mid June and is more than ready for a home to call her own. Come meet this purrfect (ha ha) gal ASAP 💕

Wednesday, July 30th at 6 PM, step into the beauty of the Sierra Nevada with author Eve Quesnel as she shares her new book, Snow Fleas and Chickadees, a delightful blend of natural history, personal reflection, and expert insight. Free and open to all. Book reading and signing to follow!

Come join our monthly mending and crafting circle, an informal, supportive get-together for mending veterans and first-timers alike. Bring a project to mend and learn from resourceful, talented peers. A fun afternoon of crafting + community. Free and open to all - July 27, 12 PM to 3 PM.

Very happy to send this aggressively cuddly, bossy angel (Miss Demeanor, FKA Hilda) home to two loving people and their pair of orange boys -- the sweetest family 🥰🥰 RC Adoption #️⃣1️2️⃣4️⃣💥

Time to hoist those pretty plants up in the air and make your house into a green (and kitty-safe) oasis! Learn the basics of macramé with local artist and super talented handyperson Amy Aramanda. Workshop fee covers all supplies. Bring a pot you wanna hang! tinyurl.com/4zynpud7

Friday, July 18th, we are hosting a badass all-star panel of educators to talk shop about teaching in today's 'climate.' Classrooms have always been tense battlegrounds in times of rising fascism; Bay Area, Sacramento, Reno and SoCal teachers will talk tactics and philosophy: tinyurl.com/37euywsu

Sahten: The SkatePal Cookbook is back in (very limited) stock! Skateboarding, cooking and community, all in one beautiful volume benefiting Palestinian youth. SkatePal.co.uk for more info! We only have a few copies - come snag one!

Sick stack just in!

Patreon perks! Zine zone is stocked with a whole bunch of historical zines/pamphlets/booklets from revolutionary movements around the world. For $15/month you get a selection of free zines every month, in addition to a 10% discount on everything in the store! tinyurl.com/mr3emhft

We've got a full house over here, all perfect babies ♠️♥️♣️♦️ Come give them some pets while they're still here! We love hosting these cuties but we love sending them home with their people even more 💕

Tarot Exploratorium is a time to come together, be inventive, and create with the tarot. Explore, chart, and play games to get a deeper understanding of the cards. No previous experience with reading tarot is required to join. Tuesday, July 8th at 6 PM - only $5 to participate!

Your eyes do not deceive you, this is in fact a photo of the best boy ever. Buddy is a 12 y/o angel whose person passed away. He has requested a calm and super loving home including pets and scratches and lots of doting. If you or someone you know is a good fit, come meet Buddy today! Pass it on ❤️

Attention aspiring young chess masters! Every Wednesday in July, come get your check on at the Rad Cat Summertime Chess Club! Absolutely no chess experience is required - learn to whoop your parents in no time :) theradicalcat.square.site/events

Thanks to your support this weekend, we were able to donate $400 to the amazing Our Center as part of their Rainbows Over Reno initiative! Solidarity between local biz and community orgs + non-profits is the only way we are all going to survive and make it through this mess!

Coco and Daisy are here and ready to accept your love and pets and playtime. Both are confident, affectionate 8 y/o females ready to be adopted. As always, they are spayed, vaccinated, and microchipped. 💕💎🪄📚

Shop this weekend and support Our Center, our amazing local LGBTQ+ community center! Tough times ahead for organizations working towards a brighter future for everyone. Small bizzes like us have to bend commerce in the service of community empowerment.

Back-to-back events this week! Different genres, different topics, different vibes, both sharing one mission: imagining a better future and realizing it through the power of storytelling. Tuesday's event is an author talk on Nevada's broken prisons, and Wednesday's is a solarpunk writing workshop!

Adoption alert! Two legendary cuties going home. Escanor, the gentle orange giant, went home from foster care and now has his very own robot litter-box - the future is here! We are tearing up today because Toto has finally found her new family 😭😭😭! Miracles do happen. RC Adoptions 1️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ and 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ 🎇

Please Don't Feed The Ghosts! Coffee, food trucks, an amazing group art show, a pop-up mini-bookshop (us!), and more! Saturday, June 21st from 5 - 8 PM at Pitch Black Printing Co., 700 E. 4th St - free and open to all! Proceeds from the exhibition go to Washoe County Public Libraries.

Tonight (Thursday 6/12) at 6 here at the shop! Pride + poetry + Palestinian liberation. Free and open to all. Learn more about Mx. Yaffa - mxyaffa.jimdosite.com. Books will be available for purchase and signing. See you soon!

William came to Options Veterinary Care with a bad back leg and FIV+. With some time in a foster home and then at Rad Cat, we learned William is a playful, silly guy who loves being doted on. William went home today and we are so happy for him to go live a long, wonderful life💕 RC Adoption #️⃣1️2️⃣1️💥

Pictured is this month's stack of perk-books available to Patreon supporters. We appreciate all of you for doing what you can to help Rad Cat thrive. If they don't already know, make sure and tell your friends about supporting us on Patreon - any amount helps! www.patreon.com/c/TheRadical...

Pride + Palestinian Poetry! Come celebrate the release of @yaffasutopia.bsky.social's new book, Sage, with an evening dedicated to Palestinian liberation - Thursday, June 12 at 6 PM. Event is free, but please donate at givebutter.com/iPxsAf to support Palestinians living through an ongoing genocide!

New @samsax.bsky.social novel is here :)

Have you even seen our crew? Toto (white/grey/orange), Princess (black + white splotchy) and William (blue-eyed Tabby) are so cute it's painful. They are all getting braver and more social by the day. Come meet them and take one of these cuties home! Email [email protected] with questions.

Virgie is coming!! Don't miss two amazing events this weekend featuring our very very special out-of-town guest, www.virgietovar.com! Saturday night will be a rad talk and Sunday morning an embodied writing workshop. More info and sign up here tinyurl.com/ybw724wp! We love Virgie!

Saturday, 10-2, No City Coffee, Silver State Pie Co, and Bibo will be here serving up drinks, pies, and gelato! Sunday 12-3 we're grillin' veggie dogs and kickin' it to low-key outdoor jams, including a live fiddle set from The Peavine Pickers! Oh - and 10% off storewide all weekend!

Spanish language stack!

Brilliant new stacks!

We are turning 3! Some people (like us) love birthdays - come celebrate! Friday eve we'll be having an all-star hands-on poetry party. Virgie Tovar will be here Saturday + Sunday. Sales + specials all weekend long. Records and good vibes, too, of course! theradicalcat.square.site/events

Maxwell was surrendered when his owner could no longer care for him due to illness. A family member was able to care for Max's kitty sibling, and so Max came to us solo. Today Max went home with two loving people, where he'll have a couple kitty brothers who look just like him. RC Adoption #️⃣1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ 💥

We are ordering another box of Sahten: The Skatepal Cookbook! Info on the book here: www.skatepal.co.uk/shop/p/sahte... Order a copy through us here: square.link/u/RogOmCLa This book and the entire SkatePal project is dedicated to supporting and uplifting Palestinian youth through skateboarding

Digital security is an important first step in organizing today. At this hands-on virtual workshop, we will learn how to prevent doxxing, how to cover your tracks and not leave evidence , and generally how to remain anonymous yet effective online (and off). RSVP for Zoom link: tinyurl.com/mrxzu4ec