Café Society presents Betty Reid Soskin reading from her new memoir, Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life, interviews, letters, and speeches, Kaleidoscope Coffee, 109 Park Place Point, Richmond, 7:00 (www.cafesociety.coffee/events)
Youth Speaks holds their Teen Poetry Slam Semi-Finals featuring hundreds of kids performing their strong, demanding, moving poetry on stage, Red Bay Coffee Warehouse, 3098 E. 10th Street, Oakland, 5:00 (www.youthspeaks.org/youth-speaks-teen-poetry-slam)
Musical performance combining poetry and music by Chappell and Dave Holt, open mic follows, Florey's Book Company, 2120 Palmetto Avenue, Pacifica, free, 7:30-9:30 (floreysbooks.blogspot.com)