3:00pm
“Cover to Cover” with Jack Foley
topic to be announced
on KPFA 94.1
FM
7:30pm
Omnidawn celebrates
the publication of their spring 2012 books
featuring Hillary Gravendyk, Lyn Hejinian, Paul
Hoover & Kelli Anne Noftle
with ample hors d’oeuvres, desserts, wine
& fizzy water
at Moe’s
Books
2476 Telegraph Road
Berkeley
Thursday, February 2
12:10-12:50pm
Lunch
Poem Series at UC Berkeley presents:
giovanni singleton
at Morrison Library (101 Doe Library)
University of Berkeley
Berkeley
free
4:30pm
the
Poetry Center presents:
Kathleen Fraser in conversation
HUM 512
San Francisco State University
San Francisco
free
4:30pm
The Holloway Series and Mixed Blood Project
present:
Claudia Rankine & Samia Rahimtoola
present “Seeing the Unsaid: Poetry in the Visual
Arts”
at 330 Wheeler Hall
The University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley
6:30pm
The Holloway Series in Poetry presents:
Claudia Rankine
at 315 Wheeler Hall (the Maude Fife Room)
at The University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley
6:30pm
James Joyce’s Birthday Reading
with Jack Foley, Adele Foley & Stella
Cassidy
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
7:00pm
Aaron Shurin reads
261 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco
7:30
Poetry Flash presents:
Rose Black & Daniel Joseph Polikoff
at Moe’s Books
2476 Telegraph Road
Berkeley
Saturday, February 4
7:30pm
the
Poetry Center presents:
Kathleen Fraser & Brandon Brown
at Unitarian Center
1187 Franklin (at Geary)
San Francisco
$10
8:00pm
Bernal Yoga Literary
Series presents:
Jeff Hoffman, Li Miao Lovett, Peter Orner, Tom
Comitta, Lara Durback & Marisela Treviño Orta
plus music from Billy & Dolly
461 Cortland Avenue (at Andover)
San Francisco
$5 suggested donation
Sunday, February 5
3:00-5:30pm
North Berkeley/Albany Poetry Salon
Jannie Dresser facilitates gatherings for
reading and discussing poems and poetry.
subject is “Women Poets Born in the 1920s and
1930s”
A small $5-10 donation is requested, but no one
will be turned away for lack of funds.
held in North Berkeley/Albany
Bay Area Poetry Salons are held in private
homes, by reservation, on a first-come/first-serve basis.
for reservations please email janniedres@att.net
5:00pm
Small
Press Traffic presents:
a multidisciplinary approach to Camille
Roy’s Sherwood Forest
with performances by David Szlasa, Yosefa Raz,
Cassie Thornton, Dia Felix & Andrew Kenower
at California College of the Arts, San Francisco
1111 8th Street
San Francisco
5:00-7:00pm
Poetry meets Electric Guitar and Bass: a
collaborative performance
featuring Clara Hsu, Randy Fingland, Jack Foley
& Adele Foley
at Redwood Cafe
8240 Old Redwood Highway
Cotati
Tuesday, February 7
5:30pm
Mills
College Contemporary Writer Series presents:
Nuruddin Farah
in Mills Hall Living Room
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Boulevard
Oakland
6:00pm sharp
the RADAR Reading Series presents:
Ellyn
Maybe, Nick Krieger, Morgan Bassichis & Micha Cardenas
hosted
by Michelle Tea, who trades cookies for questions
at the San Francisco Public Library, Main
Branch
Latino Reading Room, Basement Level
San Francisco
free
Wednesday, February 8
7:00-9:00pm
Sunset Poetry by the Bay
featuring Ellery Akers, Charles Entrekin
& Gail Rudd Entrekin
333 Caledonia Street
Sausalito
Thursday, February 9
6:30pm
James Tracy & Margot Pepper
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
7:00pm
Lyn Hejinian reads
261 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco
Friday, February 10
5:30pm
RE@DS Literary Series presents:
Tom Comitta
in the Reading Room
Woo Hon Fai Hall
2625 Durant Avenue
Berkeley
$7 (free to UC Berkeley students, faculty
& staff)
Saturday, February 11
2:00-4:30pm
Livermore Poetry Salon
Jannie Dresser facilitates gatherings for
reading and discussing poems and poetry.
subject is “The Last 10 Poet Laureates”
A small $5-10 donation is requested, but no one
will be turned away for lack of funds.
held in Livermore
Bay Area Poetry Salons are held in private
homes, by reservation, on a first-come/first-serve basis.
for reservations please email janniedres@att.net
7:00pm doors; 7:30pm reading
House Reading
featuring Lara Durback, Dan Thomas-Glass
& Stephanie Young
at Lauren & Tony’s
for address email lauren.lab@gmail.com
7:30pm
M Kitchell, Jarrett Kobek & Ben Mirov
celebrate the 13th and possibly final release of
the
micro-publishing press SOLAR LUXURIANCE, LAND
GRID
at 851 Haight Street (an abandoned apartment)
San Francisco
Monday, February 13
7:00pm doors; 7:30pm reading
Canessa Park Reading Series presents:
Rick London & Susan Thackrey
at Canessa Park Gallery
708 Montgomery Street (at Columbus)
San Francisco
$6 donation (no one turned away for lack of
funds)
Tuesday, February 14
7:00pm
Mills
College Contemporary Writer Series presents:
Guillermo Gómez-Peña
in Lisser Theater
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Boulevard
Oakland
Wednesday, February 15
7:30pm
Lyrics & Dirges: A Monthly Reading
Series
featuring Dean Rader, Katy Chatel, Lee Herrick,
Linda King & Antonio G. Fernandez
2349 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley
Thursday, February 16
3:30pm
the
Poetry Center presents:
Cecilia Vicuña Open Workshop
HUM 512
San Francisco State University
San Francisco
free
5:00pm
the
Poetry Center and SFSU Departments of Art and Cinema present:
a preview screening of Cecilia Vicuña’s
film Kon Kon
at Art History Lecture Hall
San Francisco State University
San Francisco
free
6:30pm
Ramu & Joie Cook
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
7:30pm reading; 7:00pm doors
Marin
Poetry Center presents:
Joseph Stroud & Robert Sward of Santa
Cruz, California
to bring poetry & insights to
Falkirk Cultural Center
1408 Mission & E Streets
San Rafael
$5 general public; $3 for MPC members
Friday, February 17
4:30pm
the
Poetry Center presents:
the West Coast premiere of Cecilia Vicuña’s
film Kon Kon
at Roxie Theater
3117 16th Street
San Francisco
$10 admission
7:30pm
Alice Jones & Lindy Hough
2904 College Avenue
Berkeley
Sunday, February 19
time tba
Small
Press Traffic presents:
an evening with Cecilia Vicuna
at California College of the Arts, San Francisco
1111 8th Street
San Francisco
afternoon time tba
Alan Kaufman & Brenda Knight
653 Chenery Street
San Francisco
11:30am-2:00pm
Walnut Creek Poetry Salon
Jannie Dresser facilitates gatherings for
reading and discussing poems and poetry.
subject is “War Poetry-I: Vietnam-Iraq”
A small $5-10 donation is requested, but no one will
be turned away for lack of funds.
held in Walnut Creek
Bay Area Poetry Salons are held in private
homes, by reservation, on a first-come/first-serve basis.
for reservations please email janniedres@att.net
Sunday, February 19
3:00-5:30pm
North Berkeley Poetry Salon
Jannie Dresser facilitates gatherings for
reading and discussing poems and poetry.
subject is “The Non-Modernist Poets of the Early
20th Century”
A small $5-10 donation is requested, but no one
will be turned away for lack of funds.
held in North Berkeley
Bay Area Poetry Salons are held in private
homes, by reservation, on a first-come/first-serve basis.
for reservations please email janniedres@att.net
Monday, February 20
time tba
poetry & pianistics with Les Gottesman
& William Crossman
653 Chenery Street
San Francisco
1:00-3:00pm
Rossmoor/Walnut Creek Poetry Salon
Jannie Dresser facilitates gatherings for
reading and discussing poems and poetry.
subject is “The Non-Modernist Poets of the Early
20th Century”
A small $5-10 donation is requested, but no one
will be turned away for lack of funds.
held in Rossmoor/Walnut Creek
Bay Area Poetry Salons are held in private
homes, by reservation, on a first-come/first-serve basis.
for reservations please email janniedres@att.net
Tuesday, February 21
5:00pm
the
Poetry Center and SFSU Fine Arts Gallery present:
Pamela Z
solo performance of works for voice,
electronics, and video
to celebrate the opening of “SmARTspace”
exhibition (at Fine Arts Gallery)
at Knuth Hall Theater
Creative Arts Building
San Francisco State University
San Francisco
free
Thursday, February 23
6:30pm
The Holloway Series in Poetry presents:
M. Nourbese Philip
at 315 Wheeler Hall (the Maude Fife Room)
at The University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley
6:30pm
Jewelle Gomez & Stephen Kessler
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
Friday, February 24
5:30pm
RE@DS Literary Series presents:
Monica Peck
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, February 25
afternoon event, time tba
the RADAR Book Club presents:
Justin V. Bond’s Tango +
Matilda Berstein Sycamore’s Why Are Faggots So Afraid Of Faggots?
at Viracocha
998 Valencia Street
San Francisco
Sunday, February 26
6:30pm doors; 7:30pm reading
Manifest Reading Series #4
featuring Laura Woltag, Ryan Funk &
Annah Anti-Palindrome
at The Tender Oracle
531 22nd Street (at Telegraph; near 19th Street
BART)
Oakland
Monday, February 27
time tba
Thursday, March 1
12:10-12:50pm
Lunch
Poem Series at UC Berkeley presents:
Louise Glück
at Morrison Library (101 Doe Library)
University of Berkeley
Berkeley
free
6:30pm
Angelina Llongueras & Yvonne Cannon
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
Sunday, March 4
time tbd
Small
Press Traffic presents:
Dodie Bellamy, Claudia Rankine & Sara
Wintz
992 Valencia Street (at 21st)
San Francisco
3:00-5:30pm
North Berkeley/Albany Poetry Salon
Jannie Dresser facilitates gatherings for
reading and discussing poems and poetry.
subject is “Canadian Poets”
A small $5-10 donation is requested, but no one
will be turned away for lack of funds.
held in North Berkeley/Albany
Bay Area Poetry Salons are held in private
homes, by reservation, on a first-come/first-serve basis.
for reservations please email janniedres@att.net
Tuesday, March 6
5:30pm
Mills
College Contemporary Writer Series presents:
Achy Obejas
in Mills Hall Living Room
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Boulevard
Oakland
Thursday, March 8
time tbd
the RADAR Reading Series presents:
Miranda
Mellis, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Eileen Myles & Nte Lippens
at the San Francisco Public Library
San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch
San Francisco
free
4:30pm
the
Poetry Center and Dilena Takeyama Center for the Study of Japan and
Japanese Culture present:
Sawako Nakayasu
HUM 512
San Francisco State University
San Francisco
free
6:30pm
The Holloway Series in Poetry presents:
Martin Corless-Smith
at 315 Wheeler Hall (the Maude Fife Room)
at The University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley
Friday, March 9
5:30pm
RE@DS Literary Series presents:
Christian Nagler
in the Reading Room
Woo Hon Fai Hall
2625 Durant Avenue
Berkeley
$7 (free to UC Berkeley students, faculty
& staff)
Saturday, March 10
7:30pm
the
Poetry Center presents:
Sawako Nakayasu & Michael Cross
at Meridian Gallery
535 Powell Street
San Francisco
$10
Monday, March 12
7:00pm doors; 7:30pm reading
Canessa Park Reading Series presents:
Suzanne Dyckman, Jaime Robles & Hazel White
at Canessa Park Gallery
708 Montgomery Street (at Columbus)
San Francisco
$6 donation (no one turned away for lack of
funds)
Thursday, March 15
3:30pm
the
Poetry Center presents:
an Open Workshop with Dodie Bellamy and Alan
Gilbert
HUM 512
San Francisco State University
San Francisco
free
6:30pm
Jorge Argueta & Garrett Caples
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
Friday, March 16
5:30pm
RE@DS Literary Series presents:
Ariel Goldberg
in the Reading Room
Woo Hon Fai Hall
2625 Durant Avenue
Berkeley
$7 (free to UC Berkeley students, faculty
& staff)
7:30pm
the
Poetry Center presents:
Dodie Bellamy and Alan Gilbert
at The Green Arcade
1680 Market Street (at Gough)
San Francisco
free
Saturday, March 18
time tbd
Small
Press Traffic presents:
David Buuck, CAConrad & Eileen Myles
992 Valencia Street (at 21st)
San Francisco
2:00-5:30pm
Oakland Poetry Salon
featuring John Oliver Simon on Latin American
Poetry
location to be announced in Oakland
a small $10-15 donation.
a reservation is required; for reservations
please email janniedres@att.net
Thursday, March 22
6:30pm
Olivia Sears & Luke Breit
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
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)
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
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
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
Art Montecom & Leslie Simon
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
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
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
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
Thursday, April 12
6:30pm
Avotca & Lucha Corpi
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
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
Thursday, April 19
6:30pm
Aggie Falk & giovanni singleton
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
Thursday, April 26
6:30pm
James Abu-Zeid & Trang Cao
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
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
Maria Medina, Maria Mecetes & Soheyl
Dahi
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
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
Thursday, May 10
6:30pm
Bill Mercer, Clara Hsu & Mark Johnson
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
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)
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
Peter Yamamoto & Carol Denney
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
Thursday, May 24
6:30pm
Jimmy Mankind & Gary Gach
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
Thursday, May 31
6:30pm
John Landry & Peter-Sherburn-Zimmer
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
Thursday, June 7
6:30pm
Paul Flores & Dee Allen
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
Thursday, June 14
6:30pm
devorah major & George Long
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
Thursday, June 21
6:30pm
Brandon Lobert & Dave Lee
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
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 28
6:30pm
Lorene Zarou-Zouzounis & Martin Hickle
at the Readers Cafe
Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165
San Francisco
Saturday, September 29
all day
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