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21 MAY 2013 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Digital media pioneer and musician Jaron Lanier discusses his book, Who Owns the Future? City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
    NORTH:
  • Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show presents Cesar Love, Kathleen Winter, Ida VSW Red, Claire J. Baker, Charles Glaser, Daniel Polikoff, hosted by Rebecca Foust, Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton, Mill Valley, 7:00 (415/388-4033, www.marinpoetrycenter.org)

22 MAY 2013 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Elizabeth Fishel presents When Will My Grown-Up Kid Grow Up? Loving and Understanding Your Emerging Adult, Fishel and co-author Jeffrey Jensen Arnett provide practical advice for parents frustrated with their older children, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • A reading by poet and scholar Susan Gevirtz, Coming Events (Collected Writings), and Benjamin Hollander, In the House Un-American, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/849-2087, moesbooks.com)
  • Santa Clara Review presents a reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Hass, U.S. Poet Laureate 1995-97, to celebrate the launch of their spring issue Volume 100, Issue 2, check out the digital e-reader format of the review, refreshments, Santa Clara University, Locatelli Activity Center, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, free, 4:00-6:00 (santaclarareview.com)
  • Center for the Art of Translation celebrates the launch of their new publishing venture, Two Lines Press, with a reception and staged readings by Bay Area actors Delia MacDougall and Juan Amador, performing work from the new titles, All My Friends, stories by Marie NDiaye, youngest person ever to be shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, translated by Jordan Stump, and, Hi, This is Conchita, a novella by Santiago Roncagliolo, translated by Edith Grossman, Intersection for the Arts, 925 Mission Street, San Francisco, $10/$15 admission plus one of the new books/admission plus both books $20,

23 MAY 2013 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Josh Beemish hosts a weekly Thursday night open mic, Bazaar Café, 5927 California Street, come early to sign up, free, 7:00 (415/831-5620, www.bazaarcafe.com)
  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Alex Dimitrov and Genine Lentine, wheelchair accessible, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor @poetryflash.org, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, moesbooks.com)
  • Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts presents a celebration for the launch of Michael Pollan's new book, Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, Pollan will be in conversation with Davia Nelson, from NPR's "The Kitchen Sisters," off site at Saint George Spirit Distillery, Alameda, admission free with purchase of book from Mrs. Dalloway's, 7:00 (for required ticket and reservations: http://cookedeventmdb.eventbrite.com; information: 510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • Thursdays at Readers Poetry Series presents a reading by Julie Rogers and Latif Harris, Readers Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, free, 6:30 (415/771-1011, www.friendssfpl.org)
  • Scott Johnson reads from his memoir, The Wolf and the Watchman, retelling the story of his father as a trusted spy of the CIA, and their journey to Afghanistan after 9/11, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 7:00 (510/653-9965, dieselbookstore.com)
  • A evening of poetry reading by David Shaddock, winner of the International Peace Poem Prize, and Yiskah Rosenfeld, winner of the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Prize for poems on the Jewish experience, St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00 (yiskahrose @gmail.com)
    NORTH:
  • Marin Poetry Center will be hosting the annual Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show, readers include Vincent DeMaio, Lonner Holden, Robert Huotari, Patti Trimble, Paul Watsky, Juanita J. Martin, hosted by Catlyn Fendler, Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Street, San Rafael, 7:00 (415/485-3326, www.marinpoetrycenter.org)

24 MAY 2013 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • East Bay Poetry Summit hosts a house party, featuring Uyen Hua, Douglas, Rothschild, Melissa Buzzeo, Jen Hofer, David Wolach, at private home, 2127 Blake Street, Berkeley, 7:00 (facebook.com/eastbaypoetrysummit)
  • David Reid hosts a poetry reading with Jerry Ratch, The Six Second Rule, and R.M. Ryan, The Book Of All There Is, refreshments, Mythos Fine Art & Artifacts, 930 Dwight Way #10, Berkeley, free, 7:00 (mythosfineart.com)

25 MAY 2013 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • East Bay Poetry Summit hosts a poetry potluck, private house (in back), 1628 Woolsey Street, Berkeley, 6:00 (facebook.com/eastbaypoetrysummit)
  • Poetry reading by Dana Negev, CB Follett, Doreen Stock, Nitza Agam, Hannah Stein, and other contributors to the anthology Before There Is Nowhere To Stand: Palestine/Israel: Poets Respond To The Struggle, plus Middle Eastern musical performances, La Peña Cultural Center Lounge, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, $5/$10, 3:00 (510/417-5743, lapena.org)
  • East Bay Poetry Summit hosts a house party reading, Bhanu Kapil, Andrew Durbin, John Coletti, Jared Stanley, Dolores Dorantes, Jen McCreary, house in back, 1628 Woolsey Street, Berkeley, 8:00 (facebook.com/eastbaypoetrysummit)
  • Reading by Arturo Mantecón, from his translation of selected poems by Leopoldo María Panero, Like an Eye in the Hand of a Beggar, also reading is Northern California Book Award-winning translator Andrea Lingenfelter, from her bilingual translation, The Changing Room, by contemporary Chinese poet Zhai Yongming, Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 7:30 (415/824-1761)
  • East Bay Poetry Summit hosts a house party reading, featuring Cassie Smith, Sue Landers, Matthew Timmons, Katy Bohinc, Frank Sherlock, Long Haul, 3124 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, 4:00 (facebook.com/eastbaypoetrysummit)

26 MAY 2013 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • East Bay Poetry Summit hosts a house party reading, Anne Boyer, Anna Vitale, Laura Henriksen, Sophie Sills, Frank Montesonti, The Public School, 2141 Broadway, Oakland, 3:00 (facebook.com/eastbaypoetrysummit)
  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Tim Kahl and Joshua McKinney, wheelchair accessible, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 3:00 (510/653-9965, dieselbookstore.com)
  • East Bay Poetry Summit hosts a house party reading, Maged Zaher, Matt Longabucco, Dawn Lundy Martin, Tender Oracle, 531 22nd Street, Oakland, 7:00 (facebook.com/eastbaypoetrysummit)

27 MAY 2013 — monday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry Express presents an open mic devoted to the theme of "clotheslines," ten percent discount on dinner if you come for the reading, Priya Indian Cuisine, 2702 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00 ( www.facebook.com/poetryexpressberkeley)

28 MAY 2013 — tuesday

29 MAY 2013 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • David Reid hosts poet Jeremy Larner and artist Ariel Parkinson, plus the short film Inner Wilderness, refreshments, Mythos Fine Art & Artifacts, 930 Dwight Way #10, Berkeley, free, 7:00 (mythosfineart.com)

30 MAY 2013 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Josh Beemish hosts a weekly Thursday night open mic, Bazaar Café, 5927 California Street, come early to sign up, free, 7:00 (415/831-5620, www.bazaarcafe.com)
  • A poetry reading by Hugh Martin, The Stick Soldiers, Brandon Shimoda, Portuguese, and Greg Wrenn, Centaur, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • Thursdays at Readers Poetry Series features readings by Garrett Murphy and Barbara Paschke, Readers Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, free, 6:30 (415/771-1011, www.friendssfpl.org)
    NORTH:
  • Writers Read presents award-winning performance poet, playwright and screen writer Lin Marie deVincent, Sky Fishing, poems, open mic session follows, refreshments, Art Center Ukiah's Corner Gallery, 201 S. State Street, Ukiah, donation requested, 7:00 (707/463-6989, 707/462-4557, coloredhorse.wordpress.com/category/calendar/mendocino-poetry)

31 MAY 2013 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Benefit for Adobe Books, Ingrid Keir hosts a reading with poets and writers Marina Lazzara, Micah Ballard, Jennifer Barone, Rod Roland, Sunnylyn Thibodeaux, Adobe Bookshop, 3166 16th Street, San Francisco, 7:00 (richardloranger/events)

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