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12 AUGUST 2013 — monday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry Express presents featured poet Sharon Coleman, Half Circle, and open mic, note new venue with mic and parking, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00 ( www.facebook.com/poetryexpressberkeley)
  • Shakespeare's Sonnets, a participatory reading led by Joel Altman, author of multiple books on Shakespeare and Elizabethan drama, supper and libations, University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, 6:00-7:30 (rsvp required: outreach@universitypressbooks.com; 510/548-0585, www.universitypressbooks.com)

13 AUGUST 2013 — tuesday

    NORTH:
  • Marin Poetry Center's Summer Traveling Show features poets Sandra Cross, Katherine Hastings, Deborah Ruth, Renata Santerre, Francesca Bell, hosted by Barbara Martin, Stinson Beach Library, 3521 Shoreline Highway, 7:00 (415/868-0252, www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
    SOUTH:
  • Poetry Center San José's Well-RED Reading Series presents featured poets Max Goodwin, Patricia Pinedo, Yaccaira Salvatierra, Works/San José, 365 South Market Street, near the San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, 7:00, $2, no one turned away for lack of funds, 7:00 (www.pcsj.org)
  • Favorite Poem Reading Pop Up Museum sponsored by the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History and Poetry Santa Cruz, following guidelines from former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, each reader will have five minutes to read a favorite poem by someone else and to talk about its significance for them, readers will bring a copy of the poem for display and are encouraged to make the copy into a broadside by selecting the paper, font and layout, and decorative elements, Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, $3, 7:30 (poetrysantacruz.org)
  • Write to the End Workshop for all writers and writing genres, meets every Tuesday except the first Tuesday, drop-in coffee shop workshop, Snake & Butterfly, 191 E. Campbell Avenue, Campbell, 7:00-9:00 (www.writetotheend.com)

14 AUGUST 2013 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • M.L. Stedman reads from Light Between Oceans, a novel, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
    NORTH:
  • Sunset Poetry by the Bay presents a reading by poet and neurologist Dawn McGuire, The Aphasia Café, winner of the 2013 Indie Book Prize for Poetry, poet Patrick G. Houck, and poet and prose writer Lisa Robertson, her forthcoming Sixteen Rivers Press book is The Orbit of Known Objects, Studio 333 Art Gallery, 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, 7:00 (415/331-8272, poetnews @sonic.net, http://isledesk.com/islepress/SunsetPoetry.html)
    SOUTH:
  • Not Yet Dead Poets Society presents Judy Halebsky, Space/Gap/Interval/Distance, open reading follows, hosted by Wulf Losee, The Main Gallery, 1018 Main Street, near Middlefield and Main, Redwood City, donation, 7:00 (650/701-1018, www.themaingallery.org)

15 AUGUST 2013 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Thursdays at Readers Poetry Series presents poets Soheyl Dahi and Chris Carosi, hosted by poet Jack Hirschman, Reader's Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, off Marina Blvd. at Buchanan Street, San Francisco, 6:30 (415/771-1076, www.friendssfpl.org)
  • Third Thursdays in the Central Library, open reading of your favorite poems, preferably by someone else, hosted by Lawrence Dinkins and Mary Zeppa, Sacramento Poetry Center, Central Library, 828 I Street, Sacramento, free, noon-1:00 (www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)
  • Poetry reading and launch celebration for the anthology Between the Fault Lines: Eight East Bay Poets, with contributors Marianne Betterly, Nalini Davison, Martha DeWitt, Jannie Dresser, Evie Groch, Judy Maher, Anita May, Carolyn Yale, hosted by the editor, Jannie Dresser, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • Pacifica Writers' Forum is open to all readers and writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, share your work or listen, third Thursday of each month, Florey's Book Company, 2129 Palmetto Avenue, Pacifica, 7:30 (650/355-8811, floreysbooks.blogspot.com)
  • Mark R. Reiff presents Exploitation and Economic Justice in the Liberal Capitalist State, University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, 6:00-7:30 (rsvp required: outreach@universitypressbooks.com; www.universitypressbooks.com)
    NORTH:
  • Writers Forum presents "Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch: How to Perk Up Your Prose," a seminar with editor and writer Constance Hale, Vex, Hex, Smooch: Let Verbs Power Your Prose, Sin and Syntax, and Wired Style, summer special admission $5 at door, Petaluma Community Center, 320 No. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma, 7:00-9:00 (www.thewritespot.us)
  • The Third Thursday Poetry Reading Series features Neo-Beat poet Marc Olmsted, What Use Am I a Hungry Ghost? Poems from a Three Year Retreat, with an introduction by Allen Ginsberg, with live jazz and open mic with jazz improv, 215 Main, 215 Main Street, Point Arena, 7:30 (blake more: 707/884-9189, blake@snakelyone.com)
  • Marin Poetry Center's Summer Traveling Show features poets Catlyn Fendler, Susan Zerner, Peter Hensel, Lily Iona MacKenzie, Gabrielle Rilleau, Helen Bruner, hosted by Calvin Ahlgren, Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Drive, Corte Madera, 7:00 (415/924-6444, www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
    SOUTH:
  • Poetry Center San José presents reading by Christine Richardson, open mic follows, Willow Glen Library, 1157 Minnesota Avenue, San Jose, 7:00 (408/808-3045, or 408/266-1361, www.pcsj.org, willowglenpoetry.com)
    EAST:
  • Third Thursdays in the Central Library, open reading of your favorite poems, preferably by someone else, hosted by Lawrence Dinkins and Mary Zeppa, Sacramento Poetry Center, Central Library, 828 I Street, Sacramento, free, noon-1:00 (www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)

16 AUGUST 2013 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • A poetry reading by Judy Wells and Dale Jensen, with open mic, hosted by Steve Arntson, near Ashby BART, Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Avenue, free, 7:00 (510/644-4930, www.expressionsgallery.org)

17 AUGUST 2013 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • "Feeling to Form: A One-Day Memoir Workshop," with memoirist Marilyn Abildskov, The Men In My Country, limited space, sign up by August 13, Saint Mary's College, Delphine Lounge, 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, San Francisco, $100, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 (to register: 925/631-4762, www.stmarys-ca.edu)

18 AUGUST 2013 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • Sundays in Kerouac Alley presents a group poetry reading to celebrate the City Lights Spotlight Series, hosted by Garrett Caples and featuring Micah Ballard, Norma Cole, Andrew Joron, Cedar Sigo, and others, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 2:00-4:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
    SOUTH:
  • Poetry Santa Cruz presents Poet/Speak Open Reading with featured reader Mary Addems Carr, all ages welcome, three to five-minute limit, hosted by Jim Russon, Santa Cruz Main Library Meeting Room, 224 Church Street, Santa Cruz, open reading sign up at 2:00 sharp, reading 2:00 (poetrysantacruz.org)
  • Poetry reading by Sherri Rose-Walker, open mic follows, Know Knew Books, 415 California Avenue, Palo Alto, 8:00-10:00 (650/326-9355, knowknewbooks.com)

19 AUGUST 2013 — monday

    CENTRAL:
  • Amy Block Joy presents Retaliation on speaking out in the workplace, University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, 6:00-7:30 (rsvp required: outreach@universitypressbooks.com; 510/548-0585, www.universitypressbooks.com)
  • Poetry reading by Joan Beth Clair from Creature/Creator and poems published in Street Spirit, proceeds from the sale of the book benefit the homeless and animals, Kensington Public Library, 61 Arlington Avenue, Kensington, 7:00 (510/524-3043, cclib.org/locations/kensington.html)
    EAST:
  • Sacramento Poetry Center presents Hot Poetry in the Park featuring John Bell, David Iribarne with music by Narwhal, Fremont Park, 1515 Q Street, between 15th and 16th and P and Q Streets, Sacramento, free, 7:00 (www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)

20 AUGUST 2013 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • The Word Party Poetry & Jazz Open Mic, every third Tuesday of the month, live jazz with Nova Jazz, Daniel Heffrez on sax, Geordie Van Der Bosch percussion, and Leslie Thorne, hosted by Jennifer Barone and Ingrid Keir, Viracocha, 998 Valencia Street, at 21st Street, San Francisco, $5, open mic sign up 8:00 sharp, show 8:00 (www.thewordparty.com)
    NORTH:
  • Writers Read presents a reading by poet, fiction writer, and Kelly's Cove Press publisher Bart Schneider, Morning Opera, 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)
  • Marin Poetry Center's Summer Traveling Show features poets David Beckman, Maggie Morley, Dave Seter, Terri Glass, Jodi L. Hottel, Bonnie Long, hosted by Donna Emerson, Petaluma Arts Center, 230 Lakeville Street, Petaluma, 7:00 (707/762-5600, www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
    SOUTH:
  • Write to the End Workshop for all writers and writing genres, meets every Tuesday except the first Tuesday, drop-in coffee shop workshop, Snake & Butterfly, 191 E. Campbell Avenue, Campbell, 7:00-9:00 (www.writetotheend.com)

21 AUGUST 2013 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Andrew Lam reads from his story collection, Birds of Paradise Lost, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • Lyrics and Dirges monthly series presents their "Third Anniversary Special: 3 years, 3 minutes, 3 hosts!," featuring readings by poets and writers Soma Mei Sheng Frazier, Melissa Stein, Cassandra Dallett, Michelle Gonzales, Denise Jolly, John Panzer, Kwan Booth, Justin Chin, Meliza Banales, Baruch Porras-Hernandez, Terry Taplin, hosted by MK Chavez, Sharon Coleman, and Tomas Moniz, who will also read, refreshments, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/649-1320, www.pegasusbookstore.com)
  • Kenneth Worthy presents Invisible Nature: Healing the Destructive Divide between People and the Environment, University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, 6:00-7:30 (rsvp required: outreach@universitypressbooks.com; 510/548-0585, www.universitypressbooks.com)

22 AUGUST 2013 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Thursdays at Readers Poetry Series presents poets Gary Hicks and Doreen Stock, hosted by poet Jack Hirschman, Reader's Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, off Marina Blvd. at Buchanan Street, San Francisco, 6:30 (415/771-1076, www.friendssfpl.org)
  • Thomas Farber reads from The End of My Wits, a collection of his epigrams, including an essay on the epigram by poet and fiction writer Laura Glen Louis, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)

23 AUGUST 2013 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Under the Influence presents Heather Bourbeau, Ariana Weckstein, Nathan Kelle Springer, Liz Worthy, and Zoe Tuck, five artists performing work by one of their major influences, followed by original work created for the show that channels that influence, artists have fifteen minutes and select the following month's performers so each show is inspired by the one before, hosted by Evan Karp, food and drink available, The Emerald Tablet, 80 Fresno Street, San Francisco, $5, doors open 6:45, show 7:30 (415/500-2323, emtab.org/event/under-the-influence-aug-23-2013)

24 AUGUST 2013 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Radiolarian Press presents a bilingual reading from California Psalms, by author/artist Tatyana Apraksina (Russian), translator James Manteith, and Radiolarian Press publisher Greg Darms, founding editor of Convolvulus magazine; an exhibit of Tatyana Apraksina's art work, including the book's illustrations, will be on display during the event, Tatyana Apraksina's Studio, 27A Embarcadero Cove, Oakland, free, 7:00 (510/326-6500, www.apraksinblues.com/ca-psalms-oak-201308)

25 AUGUST 2013 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • The Music of the Word/La Palabra Musical presents featured poets, hosted by Avotcja, bring your congas, Casa Latina Café, 1805 San Pablo Avenue, at Delaware, Berkeley, two blocks west of North Berkeley BART, no cover, 3:30-5:30 (LaVerdadMusical@yahoo.com, www.Avotcja.org)

26 AUGUST 2013 — monday

27 AUGUST 2013 — tuesday

    NORTH:
  • Marin Poetry Center's Summer Traveling Show features poets Joan Baranow, Karen Benke, David Watts, Terry Phelan, Julia Vose, Melanie Maier, hosted by Roy Mash, Mill Valley Library, 375 Throckmorton, Mill Valley, 7:00 (415/388-4033, www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
    SOUTH:
  • Write to the End Workshop for all writers and writing genres, meets every Tuesday except the first Tuesday, drop-in coffee shop workshop, Snake & Butterfly, 191 E. Campbell Avenue, Campbell, 7:00-9:00 (www.writetotheend.com)

28 AUGUST 2013 — wednesday

29 AUGUST 2013 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Thursdays at Readers Poetry Series presents poets Justice Morrighan and Jorge Molina, hosted by poet Jack Hirschman, Reader's Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, off Marina Blvd. at Buchanan Street, San Francisco, 6:30 (415/771-1076, www.friendssfpl.org)
  • Sylvie Simmons reads from her biography, now in paperback, I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/649-1320, www.pegasusbookstore.com)
  • Sarah Stevenson reads from her new Young Adult novel, Underneath, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • Writing Without Walls: Second Chances presents six readers and one musician reading and performing to the theme, to be considered, submit your work online by midnight August 1, books for purchase at event, hosted by Jeff Von Ward, Café de Soleil, 200 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, 7:00 (writingwithoutwalls.submittable.com/submit)

30 AUGUST 2013 — friday

31 AUGUST 2013 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Bay Area Poetry Marathon 2013 features Lucy Corin, Steffi Drewes, Edward Foster, Caroline Goodwin, Maggie Heaps, Bill Hughes, Francois Luong, Louise Mathias, Michael Nicoloff, Steven Seidenberg, and Carleen Tibbetts, curator Donna de la Perrière, California College of Arts Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro, San Francisco, doors open 7:00, event begins 7:30 (BayPoMa@zoho.com, www.bayareapoetrymarathon.net)
  • Poetry reading by Kit Kennedy and Nancy Wakeman, open mic follows, Florey's Book Company, 2129 Palmetto Avenue, Pacifica, 7:30-9:30 (650/355-8811, floreysbooks.blogspot.com)
    EAST:
  • The Self Expression Show with Lateef, featuring Themba, Duce, K.I.E., Esso P., DJ Hustle, Spoken word, hip hop, and rap, black and white attire, Brickhouse Art Gallery, 2837 36th Street, Sacramento, $5/$7 door, 8:00 (916/475-1240, www.thebrickhousegallery.net)

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