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Saturday,February 4

7:30pm

the Poetry Center presents:

KathleenFraser & Brandon Brown

atUnitarian Center

1187Franklin (at Geary)

SanFrancisco

$10

8:00pm

Bernal Yoga LiterarySeries presents:

JeffHoffman, Li Miao Lovett, Peter Orner, Tom Comitta, Lara Durback &Marisela Treviño Orta

plusmusic from Billy & Dolly

at Bernal Yoga Studio

461Cortland Avenue (at Andover)

SanFrancisco

$5suggested donation

Sunday,February 5

3:00-5:30pm

NorthBerkeley/Albany Poetry Salon

JannieDresser facilitates gatherings for reading and discussing poems and poetry.

subjectis “Women Poets Born in the 1920s and 1930s”

A small$5-10 donation is requested, but no one will be turned away for lack offunds.

held inNorth Berkeley/Albany

Bay AreaPoetry Salons are held in private homes, by reservation, on a first-come/first-servebasis.

forreservations please email janniedres@att.net

5:00pm

Small Press Traffic and Futurepoem Presents present:

amultidisciplinary approach to Camille Roy’s Sherwood Forest

withperformances by David Szlasa, Yosefa Raz, Cassie Thornton, Dia Felix &Andrew Kenower

co-curatedwith Brandon Brown

in TimkenHall

atCalifornia College of the Arts, San Francisco

1111 8thStreet

SanFrancisco

5:00-7:00pm

Poetrymeets Electric Guitar and Bass: a collaborative performance

featuringClara Hsu, Randy Fingland, Jack Foley & Adele Foley

atRedwood Cafe

8240 OldRedwood Highway

Cotati

Tuesday,February 7

6:00pmsharp

the RADAR ReadingSeries presents:

Ellyn Maybe, Nick Krieger, Morgan Bassichis & MichaCardenas

hosted by Michelle Tea, who trades cookies for questions

at theSan Francisco Public Library, Main Branch

LatinoReading Room, Basement Level

SanFrancisco

free

Wednesday,February 8

7:00-9:00pm

SunsetPoetry by the Bay

featuringEllery Akers, Charles Entriken & Gail Rudd Entrekin

at Studio 333 Art Gallery

333Caledonia Street

Sausalito

Thursday,February 9

6:30pm

JamesTracy & Margot Pepper

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

7:00pm

LynHejinian reads

at City Lights Bookstore

261Columbus Avenue

SanFrancisco

Friday,February 10

5:30pm

RE@DSLiterary Series presents:

TomComitta

in theReading Room

ofthe Berkeley ArtMuseum & Pacific Film Archive

Woo HonFai Hall

2625Durant Avenue

Berkeley

$7 (freeto UC Berkeley students, faculty & staff)

Saturday,February 11

2:00-4:30pm

LivermorePoetry Salon

JannieDresser facilitates gatherings for reading and discussing poems and poetry.

subjectis “The Last 10 Poet Laureates”

A small$5-10 donation is requested, but no one will be turned away for lack offunds.

held inLivermore

Bay AreaPoetry Salons are held in private homes, by reservation, on afirst-come/first-serve basis.

forreservations please email janniedres@att.net

7:00pmdoors; 7:30pm reading

HouseReading

featuringLara Durback, Dan Thomas-Glass & Stephanie Young

at Lauren& Tony’s

foraddress email lauren.lab@gmail.com

7:30pm

MKitchell, Jarrett Kobek & Ben Mirov

celebratethe 13th and possibly final release of the

micro-publishingpress SOLAR LUXURIANCE, LAND GRID

at 851Haight Street (an abandoned apartment)

SanFrancisco

Monday,February 13

7:00pmdoors; 7:30pm reading

CanessaPark Reading Series presents:

RickLondon & Susan Thackrey

atCanessa Park Gallery

708Montgomery Street (at Columbus)

SanFrancisco

$6donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Tuesday,February 14

7:00pm

MillsCollege Contemporary Writer Series presents:

GuillermoGómez-Peña

in LisserTheater

MillsCollege

5000MacArthur Boulevard

Oakland

Wednesday,February 15

7:30pm

Lyrics& Dirges: A Monthly Reading Series

featuringDean Rader, Katy Chatel, Lee Herrick, Linda King & Antonio G. Fernandez

at Pegasus Books Downtown

2349Shattuck Avenue

Berkeley

Thursday,February 16

3:30pm

the Poetry Center presents:

CeciliaVicuña Open Workshop

at the Poetry Center

HUM 512

SanFrancisco State University

SanFrancisco

free

5:00pm

the Poetry Center and SFSU Departments of Art and Cinema present:

a previewscreening of Cecilia Vicuña’s film Kon Kon

at ArtHistory Lecture Hall

SanFrancisco State University

SanFrancisco

free

6:30pm

Ramu& Joie Cook

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

7:30pmreading; 7:00pm doors

Marin Poetry Center presents:

JosephStroud & Robert Sward of Santa Cruz, California

to bringpoetry & insights to

FalkirkCultural Center

1408 Mission& E Streets

SanRafael

$5general public; $3 for MPC members

Friday,February 17

4:30pm

the Poetry Center presents:

the WestCoast premiere of Cecilia Vicuña’s film Kon Kon

at Roxie Theater

3117 16thStreet

SanFrancisco

$10admission

7:30pm

AliceJones & Lindy Hough

at Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary and Garden Arts

2904College Avenue

Berkeley

Sunday,February 19

time tba

Small Press Traffic presents:

anevening with Cecilia Vicuna

atCalifornia College of the Arts, San Francisco

1111 8thStreet

SanFrancisco

afternoontime tba

AlanKaufman & Brenda Knight

at Bird & Beckett Books and Records

653Chenery Street

SanFrancisco

11:30am-2:00pm

WalnutCreek Poetry Salon

JannieDresser facilitates gatherings for reading and discussing poems and poetry.

subjectis “War Poetry-I: Vietnam-Iraq”

A small$5-10 donation is requested, but no one will be turned away for lack offunds.

held inWalnut Creek

Bay AreaPoetry Salons are held in private homes, by reservation, on afirst-come/first-serve basis.

forreservations please email janniedres@att.net

Sunday,February 19

3:00-5:30pm

NorthBerkeley Poetry Salon

JannieDresser facilitates gatherings for reading and discussing poems and poetry.

subjectis “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 offunds.

held inNorth Berkeley

Bay AreaPoetry Salons are held in private homes, by reservation, on afirst-come/first-serve basis.

forreservations please email janniedres@att.net

Monday,February 20

time tba

poetry& pianistics with Les Gottesman & William Crossman

at Bird & Beckett Books and Records

653Chenery Street

SanFrancisco

1:00-3:00pm

Rossmoor/WalnutCreek Poetry Salon

JannieDresser facilitates gatherings for reading and discussing poems and poetry.

subjectis “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 offunds.

held inRossmoor/Walnut Creek

Bay AreaPoetry Salons are held in private homes, by reservation, on afirst-come/first-serve basis.

forreservations please email janniedres@att.net

Tuesday,February 21

5:00pm

the Poetry Center and SFSU Fine Arts Gallery present:

Pamela Z

soloperformance of works for voice, electronics, and video

tocelebrate the opening of “SmARTspace” exhibition (at Fine Arts Gallery)

at KnuthHall Theater

CreativeArts Building

SanFrancisco State University

SanFrancisco

free

Thursday,February 23

6:30pm

TheHolloway Series in Poetry presents:

M.Nourbese Philip

at 315Wheeler Hall (the Maude Fife Room)

at TheUniversity of California, Berkeley

Berkeley

6:30pm

JewelleGomez & Stephen Kessler

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Friday,February 24

5:30pm

RE@DSLiterary Series presents:

MonicaPeck

in theReading Room

ofthe Berkeley ArtMuseum & Pacific Film Archive

Woo HonFai Hall

2625Durant Avenue

Berkeley

$7 (freeto UC Berkeley students, faculty & staff)

7:00pmsign-up; 7:30pm reading

San Francisco’s Queer Open Mic

everyfourth Friday of the month

featuredreader to be announced

at Modern Times Bookstore

2919 24thStreet

SanFrancisco

Saturday,February 25

afternoonevent, time tba

the RADAR BookClub presents:

Justin V.Bond’s Tango + Matilda Berstein Sycamore’s Why AreFaggots So Afraid Of Faggots?

atViracocha

998Valencia Street

SanFrancisco

Sunday,February 26

6:30pmdoors; 7:30pm reading

ManifestReading Series #4

featuringLaura Woltag, Ryan Funk & Annah Anti-Palindrome

at TheTender Oracle

531 22ndStreet (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:

LouiseGlück

atMorrison Library (101 Doe Library)

Universityof Berkeley

Berkeley

free

6:30pm

AngelinaLlongueras & Yvonne Cannon

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Sunday,March 4

time tbd

Small Press Traffic presents:

DodieBellamy, Claudia Rankine & Sara Wintz

at Artists’ Television Access

992Valencia Street (at 21st)

SanFrancisco

3:00-5:30pm

NorthBerkeley/Albany Poetry Salon

JannieDresser facilitates gatherings for reading and discussing poems and poetry.

subjectis “Canadian Poets”

A small$5-10 donation is requested, but no one will be turned away for lack offunds.

held inNorth Berkeley/Albany

Bay AreaPoetry Salons are held in private homes, by reservation, on afirst-come/first-serve basis.

forreservations please email janniedres@att.net

Tuesday,March 6

5:30pm

MillsCollege Contemporary Writer Series presents:

AchyObejas

in MillsHall Living Room

MillsCollege

5000MacArthur Boulevard

Oakland

Thursday,March 8

time tbd

the RADAR ReadingSeries presents:

Miranda Mellis, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Eileen Myles & NteLippens

at theSan Francisco Public Library

SanFrancisco Public Library, Main Branch

SanFrancisco

free

4:30pm

the Poetry Center and Dilena Takeyama Center for the Study of Japan andJapanese Culture present:

SawakoNakayasu

at the Poetry Center

HUM 512

SanFrancisco State University

SanFrancisco

free

6:30pm

TheHolloway Series in Poetry presents:

MartinCorless-Smith

at 315Wheeler Hall (the Maude Fife Room)

at TheUniversity of California, Berkeley

Berkeley

Friday,March 9

5:30pm

RE@DSLiterary Series presents:

ChristianNagler

in theReading Room

ofthe Berkeley ArtMuseum & Pacific Film Archive

Woo HonFai Hall

2625Durant Avenue

Berkeley

$7 (freeto UC Berkeley students, faculty & staff)

Saturday,March 10

7:30pm

the Poetry Center presents:

SawakoNakayasu & Michael Cross

atMeridian Gallery

535Powell Street

SanFrancisco

$10

Monday,March 12

7:00pmdoors; 7:30pm reading

CanessaPark Reading Series presents:

SuzanneDyckman, Jaime Robles & Hazel White

atCanessa Park Gallery

708Montgomery Street (at Columbus)

SanFrancisco

$6donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Thursday,March 15

3:30pm

the Poetry Center presents:

an OpenWorkshop with Dodie Bellamy and Alan Gilbert

HUM 512

SanFrancisco State University

SanFrancisco

free

6:30pm

JorgeArgueta & Garrett Caples

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Friday,March 16

5:30pm

RE@DSLiterary Series presents:

ArielGoldberg

in theReading Room

ofthe Berkeley ArtMuseum & Pacific Film Archive

Woo HonFai Hall

2625Durant Avenue

Berkeley

$7 (freeto UC Berkeley students, faculty & staff)

7:30pm

the Poetry Center presents:

Dodie Bellamyand Alan Gilbert

at TheGreen Arcade

1680Market Street (at Gough)

SanFrancisco

free

Saturday,March 18

time tbd

Small Press Traffic presents:

DavidBuuck, CAConrad & Eileen Myles

at Artists’ Television Access

992Valencia Street (at 21st)

SanFrancisco

2:00-5:30pm

OaklandPoetry Salon

featuringJohn Oliver Simon on Latin American Poetry

locationto be announced in Oakland

a small$10-15 donation.

areservation is required; for reservations please email janniedres@att.net

Thursday,March 22

6:30pm

OliviaSears & Luke Breit

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Friday,March 23

5:30pm

RE@DSLiterary Series presents:

Brian Ang

in theReading Room

ofthe Berkeley ArtMuseum & Pacific Film Archive

Woo HonFai Hall

2625Durant Avenue

Berkeley

$7 (freeto UC Berkeley students, faculty & staff)

Tuesday,March 27

5:30pm

MillsCollege Contemporary Writer Series presents:

ReneeGladman & Rena Rosenwasser

in MillsHall Living Room

MillsCollege

5000MacArthur Boulevard

Oakland

Wednesday,March 28

7:00pm

the Poetry Center and SFSU Departments of Art and Cinema present:

OsvaldoSanchez and Omar Barrada

onvocation(s): a discussion about interdisciplinary practice

moderatedby SFSU Cinema Professor Tarek Elhaik

at ArtHistory Lecture Hall, Fine Arts 193

SanFrancisco State University

SanFrancisco

free

Thursday,March 29

4:30pm

the Poetry Center presents:

KhaledMattawa & Ravi Shankar

thePoetry Center Book Award Reading

HUM 512

SanFrancisco State University

SanFrancisco

free

6:30pm

ArtMontecom & Leslie Simon

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Sunday,April 1

time tbd

Small Press Traffic presents:

MirandaMelis & Sharhnush Parsipur

at Artists’ Television Access

992Valencia Street (at 21st)

SanFrancisco

2:00pm

the RADAR ReadingSeries at Sister Spit Tour Kickoff Show

starring Dorothy Allison, Michelle Tea, Erin Markey, BrontezPurnell, 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 theSan Francisco Public Library, Main Branch

KoretAuditorium

SanFrancisco

free

Thursday,April 5

12:10-12:50pm

Lunch Poem Series at UC Berkeley presents:

RichardBerengarten

atMorrison Library (101 Doe Library)

Universityof Berkeley

Berkeley

free

6:30pm

MichaelRothenberg & Terri Carrion

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Monday,April 9

7:00pmdoors; 7:30pm reading

CanessaPark Reading Series presents:

SaraLarsen, Rusty Morrison & Dennis Phillips

atCanessa Park Gallery

708Montgomery Street (at Columbus)

SanFrancisco

$6donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Tuesday,April 10

6:30pm

TheHolloway Series in Poetry presents:

RonSilliman

at 315Wheeler Hall (the Maude Fife Room)

at The Universityof California, Berkeley

Berkeley

Thursday,April 12

6:30pm

Avotca& Lucha Corpi

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Friday,April 13

5:30pm

RE@DSLiterary Series presents:

Ted Rees

in theReading Room

ofthe Berkeley ArtMuseum & Pacific Film Archive

Woo HonFai Hall

2625Durant Avenue

Berkeley

$7 (freeto UC Berkeley students, faculty & staff)

Sunday, April15

time tbd

Small Press Traffic presents:

Pamela Lu& Erika Staiti

at Artists’ Television Access

992Valencia Street (at 21st)

SanFrancisco

Thursday,April 19

6:30pm

AggieFalk & giovanni singleton

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Thursday,April 26

6:30pm

JamesAbu-Zeid & Trang Cao

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Thursday,May 3

12:10-12:50pm

Lunch Poem Series at UC Berkeley presents:

StudentReading (readers tba)

atMorrison Library (101 Doe Library)

Universityof Berkeley

Berkeley

free

6:30pm

MariaMedina, Maria Mecetes & Soheyl Dahi

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Sunday,May 6

time tbd

Small Press Traffic presents:

integrationsof community and creation

withRonaldo Wilson, Vanessa Place, Sueyeun Julliette Lee, Tisa Bryant, JulianaSpahr & Anna Moschovakis

at Artists’ Television Access

992Valencia Street (at 21st)

SanFrancisco

Thursday,May 10

6:30pm

BillMercer, Clara Hsu & Mark Johnson

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Friday,May 11

5:30pm

RE@DSLiterary Series presents:

LaraDurback

in theReading Room

ofthe Berkeley ArtMuseum & Pacific Film Archive

Woo HonFai Hall

2625Durant Avenue

Berkeley

$7 (freeto UC Berkeley students, faculty & staff)

Monday,May 14

7:00pmdoors; 7:30pm reading

CanessaPark Reading Series presents:

BrandonBrown, Mary Burger & Peter Weltner

atCanessa Park Gallery

708Montgomery Street (at Columbus)

SanFrancisco

$6donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Thursday,May 17

6:30pm

PeterYamamoto & Carol Denney

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Thursday,May 24

6:30pm

JimmyMankind & Gary Gach

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Thursday,May 31

6:30pm

JohnLandry & Peter-Sherburn-Zimmer

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Thursday,June 7

6:30pm

PaulFlores & Dee Allen

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Thursday,June 14

6:30pm

devorahmajor & George Long

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Thursday,June 21

6:30pm

BrandonLobert & Dave Lee

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Wednesday,June 20

time tbd

Small Press Traffic presents:

LeslieScalapino Lecture in 21st Century Poetics

withJalal Toufic

locationtbd

Thursday,June 28

6:30pm

LoreneZarou-Zouzounis & Martin Hickle

atthe Readers Cafe

FortMason, Building C, Room 165

SanFrancisco

Saturday,September 29

all day

100 Thousand Poetsfor Change 2012

“Do you want to join other poets around the USA andacross the planet in a demonstration/celebration of poetry to promote
serious social, environmental, and politicalchange?”

furtherinformation can be found here

this is aworldwide event

San Francisco Bay Area Poetry Events