Wednesday, May 22
3:00pm
“Cover to Cover” with Jack Foley
topic to be announced
on KPFA
94.1 FM
5:30pm
Jannie M.
Dresser reads
2035 Ashby
Avenue
Berkeley
free
7:00pm
Amber Dawn
reads from and discusses her new book
How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler’s Memoir
joined by
special guest Sinclair Sexsmith
2919 24th Street (at Alabama)
San Francisco
Thursday, May 23
Poetry Flash presents
Alex Dimitrov & Genine Lentine
at Moe’s Books
2476 Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley
6:00-8:00pm
City of Pleasanton Firehouse Arts
Center presents
Amplified: Stage Performance & Open
Mic Event
Pleasanton’s teen co-Poet Laureates are
organizing their first big event, entitled “Amplified.” It will be a stage performance and open mic
evening showcasing a variety of local teens.
4444 Railroad Center
Pleasanton
$5 at the door
6:00pm
Jeff Alessandrelli, Patrick Haas, Peter
Burghardt & Laura E. Davis
3036 24th Street
San Francisco
7:00-8:00pm writing workshop;
8:00-10:00pm open mic + features
featuring Jade Cho & Paulie Lipman
writing workshop facilitated by Paulie
Lipman
at Viracocha
998 Valencia Street
San Francisco
$5-10 at door; no one turned away for
lack of funds
Friday, May 24
4 days of readings, talks and bbq’s at
houses and haunts of the East Bay
confirmed readers include Anne Boyer,
Anna Vitale, Bhanu Kapil, David Wolach, Dolores Dorantes, Jen Hofer, Maged
Zaher, Douglas Rothschild, Frank Montesonti, Sophie Sills, Matt Longabucco,
Matthew Timmons & Uyen Hua
click here for full
details
8:00pm
featuring Alex Dimitrov, Cedar Sigo,
Erica Lewis & Ben Mirov
at The Squat (an abandoned apartment)
at 849 Haight Street
San Francisco
Saturday, May 25
4 days of readings, talks and bbq’s at
houses and haunts of the East Bay
confirmed readers include Anne Boyer,
Anna Vitale, Bhanu Kapil, David Wolach, Dolores Dorantes, Jen Hofer, Maged
Zaher, Douglas Rothschild, Frank Montesonti, Sophie Sills, Matt Longabucco,
Matthew Timmons & Uyen Hua
click here for full
details
3:00-5:00pm
Before There Is
Nowhere To Stand: Palestine / Israel:
Poets Respond
To The Struggle
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley
$5-10 donation (no one turned away for
lack of funds)
4:00pm
The Other Fabulous Reading
Series presents
Mathew Timmons, Katy Bohinc, Cassandra
Smith, Frank Sherlock & Susan Landers
3124 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley
7:30pm
Arturo Mantecón & Andrea
Lingenfelter
3036 24th Street
San Francisco
Sunday, May 26
4 days of readings, talks and bbq’s at
houses and haunts of the East Bay
confirmed readers include Anne Boyer,
Anna Vitale, Bhanu Kapil, David Wolach, Dolores Dorantes, Jen Hofer, Maged
Zaher, Douglas Rothschild, Frank Montesonti, Sophie Sills, Matt Longabucco,
Matthew Timmons & Uyen Hua
click here for full
details
Poetry Flash presents
Tim Kahl & Joshua McKinney
5433 College Avenue
Oakland
7:00pm
Manifest #15
East Bay Poetry Summit Edition
featuring Maged Zaher, Matt Longabucco
& Dawn Lundy Martin
at The Tender Oracle
531 22nd Street
Oakland
Monday, May 27
4 days of readings, talks and bbq’s at
houses and haunts of the East Bay
confirmed readers include Anne Boyer,
Anna Vitale, Bhanu Kapil, David Wolach, Dolores Dorantes, Jen Hofer, Maged
Zaher, Douglas Rothschild, Frank Montesonti, Sophie Sills, Matt Longabucco,
Matthew Timmons & Uyen Hua
click here for full
details
7:00-9:00pm
featuring Theme:
Clothesline
plus an open
mic
2072 San
Pablo Avenue
Berkeley
Wednesday, May 29
3:00pm
“Cover to Cover” with Jack Foley
topic to be announced
on KPFA
94.1 FM
Friday, May 31
7:00pm
Poets Bid
‘Adieu’ to Adobe Books as it closes its doors
and prepares
to open in a new location
featuring
Micah Ballard, Jennifer Barone, Marina Lazzara, Richard Loranger, Rod Roland,
Sunnylyn Thibodeaux
at Adobe Books
3166 16th Street (near Valencia)
San Francisco
$3-5
suggested donation
Saturday, June 1
7:00pm
Babylon Salon presents their summer reading
featuring Glen David Gold, Justin
Torres, Camille Dungy, Dan Coshnear, Tess Taylor and music from Russell Bourne
at Cantina SF
580 Sutter Street
San Francisco
free admission; cash bar exotica
Sunday, June 2
3:00-5:30pm
Berkeley Poetry Salon
featuring “Post-War East European
Poets”
salon is free and open to the
public. a small donation is appreciated
to defray the cost of handouts and snacks.
to r.s.v.p. and get location
information please email janniedres@att.net
5:00pm doors; 5:30pm reading
Small Press Traffic presents
Stephen Motika & Stephanie Young
992 Valencia Street (at 21st)
San Francisco
$6-10
5:00-8:00pm
Poetry Unbound
featuring Ingrid Keir, Tomas Moniz
& John Rowe
hosted by Clive Matson, Karla Brundage
& Richard Loranger
at Art House Gallery
2905 Shattuck Avenue (near Ashby BART
station)
Oakland
$5 suggested donation
Monday, June 3
7:00-9:00pm
featuring May
Alice Jones & Yoo-Chong Wong
plus an open
mic
2072 San
Pablo Avenue
Berkeley
Wednesday, June 5
time tbd
The RADAR Reading Series presents
Underground
Writers + Independent Writers + Artists
Koret Theater
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco
free
7:00-9:00pm
First Wednesday Formal presents
Jeanne Wagner & Laurence Snydal
at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
1501 Washington Avenue
Albany
free
Friday, June 7
7:30pm
Studio One Reading Series presents
Sara Wintz, Megan Breiseth & Grace
Marie Grafton
with host Bryn Lee Garrehy
365 45th Street
Oakland
Saturday, June 8
7:00pm
WordTemple Poetry
Series presents
Tomàs Q. Morìn,
Natalie Diaz & Jonah Raskin
Sebastopol Vets Building
282 South High Street
Sebastopol
Sunday, June 9
3:00pm
Poetry Flash presents
James Arthur, Natalie Diaz &
Tomés Q. Morin
5433 College Avenue
Oakland
7:00pm
The Other Fabulous Reading
Series presents
Joe Hall, Tessa Mcaela & TBA
3124 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley
Monday, June 10
7:00-9:00pm
featured poet
tbd
plus an open
mic
2072 San
Pablo Avenue
Berkeley
7:00pm
Sunset Poetry by the Bay
featuring Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Albert
Flynn DeSilver, Claire Botter & Tim Kahl
at Studio 333
333 Caledonia Street
Sausalito
Sunday, June 16
5:00pm
Small Press Traffic presents
Endless Summer, A Marathon Reading
in the Graduate Writing Lounge
195 de Haro
San Francisco
Monday, June 17
7:00-9:00pm
featured poet
tbd
plus an open
mic
2072 San
Pablo Avenue
Berkeley
Saturday, June 22
5:00pm
Featherboard Reading Series reading and
reception
featured readers to be announced
in conjunction with the “Enough
Already” exhibit
801 West Grand Avenue (enter on West
Street)
Oakland
Sunday, June 23
1:00-4:00pm
Celebrate Poetry at Fort Ross
with Poetry from 19th Century Russian
California
featuring Gary Snyder & Martina
Morgan
Fort Ross State Historic Park
19005 Coast Highway One
Jenner
$18 tickets online at Eventbrite
(includes park entrance fee for car)
car pooling is recommended
all proceeds to benefit Fort Ross
5:00pm doors; 5:30pm presentation
Small Press Traffic presents
The Leslie Scalapino Lecture in 21st
Century Poetics
with Petah Coyne
at Timken Hall
1111 8th Street
San Francisco
$6-10
7:00pm
The Other Fabulous Reading
Series presents:
Joseph Lease, Evan Karp & TBA
3124 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley
Monday, June 24
7:00-9:00pm
featuring
spontaneous poems written during the event
plus an open
mic
2072 San
Pablo Avenue
Berkeley
Saturday, June 29
12:00pm-12:00am
Small Press Traffic presents
Endless
Summer, a marathon reading
2141 Broadway
Oakland
$10 entrance;
$25 includes food & drink
Sunday, June 30
12:00pm-12:00am
Small Press Traffic presents
Endless Summer,
a marathon reading
at a location
to be announced
in Berkeley
$10 entrance;
$25 includes food & drink
Monday, July 1
7:00-9:00pm
featuring
Rober Shelby
plus an open
mic
2072 San
Pablo Avenue
Berkeley
Monday, July 8
7:00-9:00pm
featuring
Naomi Lowinsky
plus an open
mic
2072 San
Pablo Avenue
Berkeley
Monday, July 15
7:00-9:00pm
featured poet
tbd
plus an open
mic
2072 San
Pablo Avenue
Berkeley
Monday, July 22
7:00-9:00pm
featured poet
tbd
plus an open
mic
2072 San
Pablo Avenue
Berkeley
Monday, July 29
7:00-9:00pm
theme: bring
poem; others read it
plus an open
mic
2072 San
Pablo Avenue
Berkeley
Monday, August 5
7:00-9:00pm
featuring
Maria Rosales (tentative)
plus an open
mic
2072 San
Pablo Avenue
Berkeley
Wednesday, August 7
7:00-9:00pm
First Wednesday Formal presents
Dan Bellm & Kathleen McClung
at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
1501 Washington Avenue
Albany
free
Saturday, September 21
7:00pm
WordTemple Poetry
Series presents
Philip Terman, Iris Jamahl Dunkle &
Dave Seter
Sebastopol Vets Building
282 South High Street
Sebastopol
Saturday, September 28
times tbd
at many locations
stay tuned and/or check the website
Monday, October 7
7:00-9:00pm
featuring
Larry DiCostanzo
plus an open
mic
2072 San
Pablo Avenue
Berkeley
Saturday, October 26
7:00pm
WordTemple Arts &
Lectures
presents Susan Griffin & Judy Grahn
at the inauguration of WordTemple’s Arts & Lectures Series
Sebastopol Vets Building
282 South High Street
Sebastopol
$5 admission
Monday, November 4
7:00-9:00pm
featuring
Kirston Kothes
plus an open
mic
2072 San
Pablo Avenue
Berkeley
Monday, December 2
7:00-9:00pm
featuring
Stephen Kopel & Nancy Wakeman
plus an open
mic
2072 San
Pablo Avenue
Berkeley