Saturday,
March 17
2:00-5:30pm
a special
Oakland Poetry Salon
"Latin
American Poets, An Overview"
presented
by John Oliver Simon
location
in the Oakland Hills
All Bay
Area Poetry Salons are are open but require reservations as they are held in
private homes in private homes and space is limited.
for
reservations please email janniedres@att.net
$10
donation
4:00pm
Julie
Gard reads prose poems
at
Rockridge Branch Library
5366
College Street
Oakland
free
Sunday,
March 18
1:00-3:00pm
Rossmoor
Poetry Salon
Jannie
Dresser facilitates gatherings for reading and discussing poems and poetry.
subject
is “French Symbolists”
A small
$5-10 donation is requested, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
held in
Rossmoor
All Bay
Area Poetry Salons are are open but require reservations as they are held in
private homes in private homes and space is limited.
For
reservations please email janniedres@att.net
3:00pm
Poetry Flash presents:
giovanni
singleton & Sarah Menefee
5433
College Avenue
Oakland
5:00pm
doors; 5:30pm reading
Small Press Traffic presents:
David
Buuck, CAConrad & Eileen Myles
992
Valencia Street (at 21st)
San
Francisco
$6-10
sliding scale; members free
5:30pm
doors; 6:00pm reading
The WordParty presents
Circo
Poetico 2 – a Poetry Circus (Theme: Romeo & Juliet)
featuring
poets Cesar Love, Alice Rogoff, Al Young, Jennifer Barone
and
acrobats and more
hosted by The Haight Ashbury Literary Journal and friends
at Main
Street Theatre
915
Cayuga Avenue
San
Francisco
$10-20
suggested donation; $7 children
Tuesday,
March 20
8:00pm
The WordParty celebrates National Women’s History
Month
with
featured poet Susan Browne
please
bring your favorite poem by, for, and about women to celebrate
at
Viracocha
998
Valencia Street (at 21st)
San
Francisco
Wednesday,
March 21
3:00pm
“Cover to
Cover” with Jack Foley
featuring
poet and artist Marilyn Stablein (part 1 of 2)
on KPFA 94.1 FM
7:00pm
featuring
Kathering Hastings
featuring
Gerald Fleming & Matthew Zapruder
Thursday,
March 22
5:30-7:00pm
a reading
presented by Milvia Street in the Community
featuring
Hao Tran, Rosa Lane, Jim Barnard, Vida Felsenfeld, Wattie Taylor, Michael Noel,
Mary Dacorro & Fred Dodsworth
2430
Bancroft Way
Berkeley
6:30pm
Thursdays at
Readers Poetry Series presents:
Olivia
Sears & Luke Breit
at
Readers Cafe & Bookstore
Building
C, Room 165
Fort
Mason Center
San
Francisco
7:00pm
Diana
O’Hehir reads
87
Throckmorton Avenue
Mill
Valley
7:00pm
an
evening of poetry with Terry Ehret, Gerald Fleming & Laura Moriarty
535
Powell Street
San
Francisco
7:30pm
Poetry Flash presents:
Chad
Sweeney, Natalie Skeith, Chris Shaw & Jackie Carbajal
at Moe’s Books
2476
Telegraph Road
Berkeley
Friday,
March 23
5:30pm
RE@DS
Literary Series presents:
Brian Ang
in the
Reading Room
Woo Hon
Fai Hall
2625
Durant Avenue
Berkeley
$7 (free
to UC Berkeley students, faculty & staff)
7:00pm
sign-up; 7:30pm reading
every
fourth Friday of the month
featured
reader to be announced
2919 24th
Street
San
Francisco
Saturday,
March 24
7:00pm
WordTemple Poetry Series presents:
David
Meltzer, Julie Rogers & Gregory Randall
at the
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
6780
Depot Street
Sebastopol
Sunday,
March 25
3pm
Chris
Daniels, Susan Maxwell & Claiborne McDonald
at The
Long Haul
3124
Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley
6pm
arriving to commence; 7pm reading
Manifest
#5
featuring
Claudia Castro-Luna & Aichlee Bushnell
at Tender
Oracle
531 22nd
Street
Oakland
Tuesday,
March 27
5:30pm
Mills
College Contemporary Writer Series presents:
Renee
Gladman & Rena Rosenwasser
in Mills
Hall Living Room
Mills
College
5000
MacArthur Boulevard
Oakland
Wednesday,
March 28
3:00pm
“Cover to
Cover” with Jack Foley
featuring
poet and artist Marilyn Stablein (part 2 of 2)
on KPFA 94.1 FM
7:00pm
the Poetry Center and SFSU
Departments of Art and Cinema present:
Osvaldo
Sanchez and Omar Barrada
on
vocation(s): a discussion about interdisciplinary practice
moderated
by SFSU Cinema Professor Tarek Elhaik
at Art
History Lecture Hall, Fine Arts 193
San
Francisco State University
San
Francisco
free
7:00pm
In
Conversation with Daniel Matt
at Jewish
Community Center of San Francisco
3200
California Street
San
Francisco
JCCSF
members $17; public $20; students $10
tickets
available here
Thursday,
March 29
4:30pm
the Poetry Center presents:
Khaled
Mattawa & Ravi Shankar
the
Poetry Center Book Award Reading
HUM 512
San
Francisco State University
San
Francisco
free
6:30pm
Thursdays at
Readers Poetry Series presents:
Art
Montecom & Leslie Simon
at
Readers Cafe & Bookstore
Building
C, Room 165
Fort
Mason Center
San
Francisco
Sunday,
April 1
time tbd
Small Press Traffic presents:
Miranda
Melis & Sharhnush Parsipur
992
Valencia Street (at 21st)
San
Francisco
2:00pm
the RADAR Reading Series
at Sister Spit Tour Kickoff Show
starring Dorothy Allison, Michelle Tea, Erin Markey, Brontez
Purnell, Cassie J. Sneider, Kit Yan & Ali Liebegott
plus special Bay Area guests!
sponsored by the James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center +
Friends of the Public Library
at the
San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch
Koret
Auditorium
San
Francisco
free
2:30pm
Poetry
Salon Anthology Event
further
information to be announced
653
Chenery Street
San
Francisco
Wednesday,
April 4
3:00pm
“Cover to
Cover” with Jack Foley
topic to
be announced
on KPFA 94.1 FM
Thursday,
April 5
12:10-12:50pm
Lunch Poem Series at UC
Berkeley presents:
Richard
Berengarten
at
Morrison Library (101 Doe Library)
University
of Berkeley
Berkeley
free
6:30pm
Michael Rothenberg
& Terri Carrion
at
the Readers Cafe
Fort
Mason, Building C, Room 165
San
Francisco
7:00pm
Marjorie
Stein & Amber DiPietra
99
Sanchez Street
San
Francisco
7:30pm
poets who
have featured in Chicago’s Criminal Class Review
featuring
Bucky Sinister, A. Razor, Laura Le Hew, Sharon Coleman & Colleen Mckee
2349
Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley
Sunday,
April 8
3:30-5:30pm
Poetry &
Psychoanalysis
featuring
Ron Silliman
2340
Jackson Street, 4th Floor (enter on Webster)
San
Francisco
Monday,
April 9
7:00pm
doors; 7:30pm reading
Canessa
Park Reading Series presents:
Sara
Larsen, Rusty Morrison & Dennis Phillips
at
Canessa Park Gallery
708
Montgomery Street (at Columbus)
San
Francisco
$6
donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Tuesday,
April 10
6:30pm
The
Holloway Series in Poetry presents:
Ron
Silliman
at 315
Wheeler Hall (the Maude Fife Room)
at The
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley
Wednesday,
April 11
3:00pm
“Cover to
Cover” with Jack Foley
topic to
be announced
on KPFA 94.1 FM
7:30pm
a
celebration of the publication of Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds
of Black Power 1965-1975
featuring
a visual presentation by Pat Thomas by Fantagraphics compiled from over five
years of research for this compendium which features the music, poetry and art
of the Black Power movement.
2349
Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley
Thursday,
April 12
6:30pm
at
the Readers Cafe
Fort
Mason, Building C, Room 165
San
Francisco
6:30pm
Thursdays at
Readers Poetry Series presents:
Avotca &
Lucha Corpi
at
Readers Cafe & Bookstore
Building
C, Room 165
Fort
Mason Center
San
Francisco
7:30pm
Kelsey
Street Press presents
Rena
Rosenwasser & Susan Gevirtz
2349
Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley
Friday,
April 13
5:30pm
RE@DS
Literary Series presents:
Ted Rees
in the
Reading Room
Woo Hon
Fai Hall
2625
Durant Avenue
Berkeley
$7 (free
to UC Berkeley students, faculty & staff)
Sunday,
April 15
time tbd
Small Press Traffic presents:
Pamela Lu
& Erika Staiti
992
Valencia Street (at 21st)
San
Francisco
Monday,
April 16
7:00pm
featured
poets to be announced
plus an
open mic
653
Chenery Street
San
Francisco
Tuesday,
April 17
7:30-9:00pm
Milvia
Street in the Community presents:
Willy
Lizzaraga, Meredith Paige, Eric Crow, Pamela Brenman, Carla Kandinsky, Patricia
France, Scott Hoshida, Inna Nopuente & Sarah Chavanne
hosted by
Sharon Coleman
at Moe’s Books
2476
Telegraph Road
Berkeley
Wednesday,
April 18
7:30pm
Lyrics &
Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series
featuring
Paul S. Flores, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Soma Mei Sheng Frazier, Jeremy Adam Smith,
Shailja Patel & Chelsea Martin
2349
Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley
Thursday,
April 19
6:30pm
Thursdays at
Readers Poetry Series presents:
Aggie
Falk & giovanni singleton
at
Readers Cafe & Bookstore
Building
C, Room 165
Fort
Mason Center
San
Francisco
Friday,
April 20
2:00pm
"The
Freedom of the Mask: Persona Poetry from Browning to Now"
presented
by Jannie M. Dresser
at the
San Francisco Browning Society
Redwood
Room, The Sequoias
1400
Geary Boulevard
San
Francisco
free
Saturday,
April 21
3:00pm
Featherboard Writing Series presents
a reading
readers
to be announced
801 West
Grand Avenue
Oakland
7:00pm
WordTemple Poetry Series presents:
Connie
Post, James Maughn, Gillian Wegener & Ed Coletti
at the
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
6780
Depot Street
Sebastopol
Sunday,
April 22
2:00pm
John
Trudell
653
Chenery Street
San
Francisco
Thursday,
April 26
6:30pm
James
Abu-Zeid & Trang Cao
at
the Readers Cafe
Fort
Mason, Building C, Room 165
San
Francisco
Friday,
April 27
7:00pm
sign-up; 7:30pm reading
every
fourth Friday of the month
featured
reader to be announced
2919 24th
Street
San
Francisco
7:30pm
Omnidawn Poetry Night
featuring
George Albon, Maxine Chernoff, Norma Cole, Gillian Conoley, Lyn Hejinian, Paul
Hoover, Alice Jones, Bill Mayer, Laura Moriarty, Bin Ramke & Elizabeth
Robinson
with host
Rusty Morrison
2349
Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley
Thursday,
May 3
12:10-12:50pm
Lunch Poem Series at UC
Berkeley presents:
Student
Reading (readers tba)
at
Morrison Library (101 Doe Library)
University
of Berkeley
Berkeley
free
6:30pm
Thursdays at
Readers Poetry Series presents:
Maria
Medina, Maria Mecetes & Soheyl Dahi
at
Readers Cafe & Bookstore
Building
C, Room 165
Fort
Mason Center
San
Francisco
Friday,
May 4
time tbd
the 4th
Annual RADAR Spectacl;e
a Benefit
the Radar
Lab
featuring
Mirah, Vivienne Forevermore, Annah Anti-Palindrome & way more
100% of
the proceeds will go to the 4th Annual Radar Lab, a queer writers retreat in
Akumal, Mexico.
The Radar
Lab gets 100% of its funding from special benefits such as this
at
the Verdi Club
2424
Mariposa Street
San
Francisco
ticket
information to be announced
Sunday,
May 6
time tbd
Small Press Traffic presents:
integrations
of community and creation
with
Ronaldo Wilson, Vanessa Place, Sueyeun Julliette Lee, Tisa Bryant, Juliana
Spahr & Anna Moschovakis
992
Valencia Street (at 21st)
San Francisco
Monday,
May 7
2:00pm
"Sleep
to Wake: Robert Browning Remembers Elizabeth"
in honor
of Robert Browning's 200th anniversary
Julian
Lopez-Morillas performs his one-man show as Robert Browning in advance of
taking it to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer
at
the Aurora Theater Company
2081
Addison Street
Berkeley
free
Thursday,
May 10
6:30pm
Thursdays at
Readers Poetry Series presents:
Bill
Mercer, Clara Hsu & Mark Johnson
at
Readers Cafe & Bookstore
Building
C, Room 165
Fort
Mason Center
San Francisco
Friday,
May 11
5:30pm
RE@DS
Literary Series presents:
Lara
Durback
in the
Reading Room
Woo Hon
Fai Hall
2625
Durant Avenue
Berkeley
$7 (free
to UC Berkeley students, faculty & staff)
Saturday,
May 12
7:00pm
WordTemple Poetry Series presents:
giovannie
singleton & Kathleen Winter
at the
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
6780
Depot Street
Sebastopol
Monday,
May 14
7:00pm
doors; 7:30pm reading
Canessa
Park Reading Series presents:
Brandon
Brown, Mary Burger & Peter Weltner
at
Canessa Park Gallery
708
Montgomery Street (at Columbus)
San
Francisco
$6
donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Thursday,
May 17
6:30pm
Thursdays at
Readers Poetry Series presents:
Peter
Yamamoto & Carol Denney
at
Readers Cafe & Bookstore
Building
C, Room 165
Fort
Mason Center
San
Francisco
Thursday,
May 24
6:30pm
Thursdays at
Readers Poetry Series presents:
Jimmy
Mankind & Gary Gach
at
Readers Cafe & Bookstore
Building
C, Room 165
Fort
Mason Center
San
Francisco
Friday,
May 25
7:00pm
sign-up; 7:30pm reading
every
fourth Friday of the month
featured
reader to be announced
2919 24th
Street
San
Francisco
Thursday,
May 31
6:30pm
Thursdays at
Readers Poetry Series presents:
John
Landry & Peter-Sherburn-Zimmer
at
Readers Cafe & Bookstore
Building
C, Room 165
Fort
Mason Center
San
Francisco
Thursday,
June 7
6:30pm
Thursdays at
Readers Poetry Series presents:
Paul
Flores & Dee Allen
at
Readers Cafe & Bookstore
Building
C, Room 165
Fort
Mason Center
San
Francisco
Thursday,
June 14
6:30pm
Thursdays at
Readers Poetry Series presents:
devorah
major & George Long
at
Readers Cafe & Bookstore
Building
C, Room 165
Fort
Mason Center
San
Francisco
Wednesday,
June 20
time tbd
Small Press Traffic presents:
Leslie
Scalapino Lecture in 21st Century Poetics
with
Jalal Toufic
location
tbd
Thursday,
June 21
6:30pm
Brandon
Lobert & Dave Lee
at
the Readers Cafe
Fort
Mason, Building C, Room 165
San
Francisco
Thursday,
June 28
6:30pm
Lorene
Zarou-Zouzounis & Martin Hickle
at
the Readers Cafe
Fort
Mason, Building C, Room 165
San
Francisco
Saturday,
July 14
7:00pm
WordTemple Poetry Series presents:
Alicia
Suskin Ostriker & Joan Baranow
at the
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
6780
Depot Street
Sebastopol
Saturday,
September 29
all day
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