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13 SEPTEMBER 2013 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • MFA Program Writers Series presents a reading by essayist and short story writer Andrew Lam, East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres, California College of the Arts, Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro, at 15th Street, San Francisco, free, 4:30 (415/551-9237, dmorini@cca.edu)
  • Last Word Reading Series presents a poetry reading by Glenn Ingersoll, Fact, and Rebecca Radner, What you least expect—selected poems 1980-2011, open reading follows, co-hosts Dale Jensen, Ralph Dranow, John Rowe, Grace Grafton, Nefeli Caffé, 1854 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley, free but a one-drink or one-plate minimum is requested, 7:00 (Caffé: 510/841-6374)

14 SEPTEMBER 2013 — saturday

    NORTH:
  • 20th Annual Dancing Poetry Festival features a range of dancers and dance companies performing their choreography of poems, with poets reading from their Dancing Poetry Contest award-winning poems set to dance, produced by Artists Embassy International, Florence Gould Theater, California Palace of the Legion of Honor Art Museum, Lincoln Park, 100 34th Avenue, San Francisco, noon to 4:00 (415/750-3600, www.dancingpoetry.com)
    SOUTH:
  • Poetry Santa Cruz presents "Where Film Meets Poetry, Developing Poetic Narratives," a poetry workshop with novelist and poet Martina Evans, limited to ten, advance registration and payment required, lunch included, private residence, Santa Cruz, $50, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 (registration: Len Anderson, 831/464-8983, lenand@cruzio.com, poetrysantacruz.org)
    EAST:
  • Spoken Word open mic featuring Miss Spoken, hosted by Brother Hypnotic, bring your own poetry or music, second Saturdays monthly, Brickhouse Art Gallery, 2837 36th Street, Sacramento, $5, sign ups begin 6:00, show 8:00 (916/475-1240, www.thebrickhousegallery.net)
  • Book Club discusses Destiny's Embrace and Deadly Sexy by Beverly Jenkins, Underground Books, 2814 35th Street, Sacramento, noon (916/737-3333, freedom@undergroundbooks.com, www.facebook.com/undergroundbooks)

15 SEPTEMBER 2013 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry reading by Colleen Lookingbill, Avery Burns, and Chelsea DeRose, refreshments, backyard (gate on your right), 632 Evelyn Avenue, Albany, 1:00
  • Small Press Traffic presents Nicole Trigg, Lourdes Figueroa, Wendy Trevino, Artists' Television Access, 922 Valencia Street, at 21st, San Francisco, $6-$10, no one turned away for lack of funds, doors open 5:00, reading 5:30 (smallpresstraffic.org)
  • Writing Teachers Write, a Bay Area Writing Project Reading, presents BAWP writer-teachers Ruby Bernstein, Sushanna Ellington, and Marty Williams, contributors to Digital Paper, open mic follows, light refreshments, Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Avenue,
  • Cristina Garcia reads from her new novel, King of Cuba, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 4:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
    NORTH:
  • Poetry reading by David Meltzer, Julie Rogers, Clark Coolidge, and Neeli Cherkovski, Aqus Café, 189 H Street, Petaluma, free, 6:00
  • The Petaluma Poetry Walk presents a full-day of readings as you walk from venue to venue in downtown Petaluma: 11:00 a.m.: Sixteen Rivers Press presents Barbara Swift Brauer, At Ease in the Borrowed World, Gerald Fleming, The Choreographer, and Jodi Hottel, Heart Mountain, Viva Chocolat, 110 Petaluma Blvd. North; Noon: Jamie Asaye FitzGerald, Glenn Ingersoll, Fact, and Kathleen Winter, Nostalgia for the Criminal Past, Riverfront Art Gallery, 132 Petaluma Blvd. North; 1:00: Michelle Baynes, Yvonne Baynes Eavey, Nancy Keane, Geri Digiorno, Daniel Michael McKenzie, The Apple Box Café, 224 B Street; 2:00: Raphael Block, Diane Frank, Stewart Florsheim, A Split Second of Light, The Apple Box Café, 224 B Street; 3:00: poet/percussionist Avotcja, With Every Step I Take, and Judy Grahn, internationally poet, cultural theorist, and memoirist, A Simple Revolution: The Making of an Activist Poet, Copperfield's Books, 140 Kentucky Street; 4:00: Sonoma Poet Laureate Bill Vartnaw, Kim Shuck, Rabbit Stories, and Nancy Wakeman, Prisoners of the Earth, The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington Street; 5:00: Jennifer Barone, host of WordParty poetry and jazz open mic, Martin Hickel, host of Sunset Poetry by the Bay, and Lynn Watson, Petaluma Historical Museum, 20 4th Street; 6:00: Neeli Cherkovski, Manila Poems, David Meltzer, When I Was a Poet, and Julie Rogers, House of the Unexpected, Aqus Café, 189 H Street (this venue is farther away, prepare for a longer walk or drive); Petaluma, free, noon-8:00 (petalumapoetrywalk.org)
    SOUTH:
  • Poetry Santa Cruz presents Poet/Speak Open Reading with featured reader Nora Grant, all ages welcome, three to five-minute limit, hosted by Jim Russo, Santa Cruz Main Library Meeting Room, 224 Church Street, Santa Cruz, open reading sign up at 2:00 sharp, reading 2:00 (poetrysantacruz.org)
  • Poets@Play workshop for members or prospective members of Poetry Center San José, read and listen to works in progress and get feedback, e-mail if you'd like to receive a creativity prompt, Poetry Center San José, Edwin Markham House, History Park, 1650 Senter Road, San Jose, free, 1:00 (408/368-0353, poetsatplay@pcsj.org, www.pcsj.org)
  • Poetry reading by Mel C. Thompson, open mic follows, Know Knew Books, 415 California Avenue, Palo Alto, 8:00-10:00 (650/326-9355, knowknewbooks.com)

16 SEPTEMBER 2013 — monday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry Express presents a featured reading by poet and Sugartown Publishing editor Jannie Dresser, note new venue with mic and parking, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00 ( www.facebook.com/poetryexpressberkeley)

17 SEPTEMBER 2013 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • The Word Park 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)
    SOUTH:
  • Write to the End Workshop for all writers and writing genres, drop-in coffee shop workshop, Snake & Butterfly, 191 E. Campbell Avenue, Campbell, 7:00-9:00 (www.writetotheend.com)

18 SEPTEMBER 2013 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Allison Arevalo and Erin Wade present The Mac + Cheese Cookbook: 50 Recipes from Homeroom, America’s Favorite Mac And Cheese Restaurant, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • Lyrics & Dirges, a monthly reading series, features Joel Landmine, SB Stokes, Youssef Alaoui, Alvin Orloff, and Jesus Angel Orloff, curated and hosted by MK Chavez, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/649-1320, www.pegasusbookstore.com)
  • Creative Writing Reading Series presents writer Bernard Cooper, The Bill From My Father, Soda Center, Claeys Lounge, Saint Mary's College, 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, 7:30 (Sara Mumolo, 925/631-8556, www.stmarys-ca.edu)

19 SEPTEMBER 2013 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Jack Marshall, Spiral Trace, and Anne Winters, The Displaced of Capital, 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)
  • 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)
  • Biographer Sylvie Simmons presents I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
    NORTH:
  • The Mystic Boxing Commission presents Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts, Round 52, led by emcee Gerald Nicosia, three generations of the Beat generation are featured, including Joanna McClure, Latif Harris, Gerald Nicosia, Michelle Tea, and Ali Liebegott, drinks and books available for purchase, main event room, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista, Corte Madera, free, 7:00 (415/927-0960, www.bookpassage.com)
  • The Third Thursday Poetry Reading Series featured poet, 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)
  • Writers Forum presents "Revealing Truth Through Fiction," a seminar with novelist Melanie Thorne, Hand Me Down, $15 at the door, Petaluma Community Center, 320 No. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma, 7:00-9:00 (www.thewritespot.us)
    SOUTH:
  • Poetry Center San José presents reading by Deborah Kennedy, 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)

20 SEPTEMBER 2013 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • MFA Program Writers Series presents a reading by poet Julie Carr, Sarah—Of Fragments and Lines, co-publisher of Counterpath, California College of the Arts, Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro, at 15th Street, San Francisco, free, 4:30 (415/551-9237, dmorini@cca.edu)
  • Lindsay Tam Holland reads from her young adult novel Counterfeit Family Tree of Vee Crawford-Wong, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • Omnidawn celebrates its fall 2013 books and chapbooks, with readings by Robin Clarke, Lines the Quarry, winner of Omnidawn's 1st/2nd Poetry Book Prize, selected by Brenda Hillman; Sara Mumolo, Mortar; Dean Rader, Landscape Portrait Figure Form, a chapbook; Donald Revell, translator of Songs Without Words by Paul Verlaine; Martha Ronk, Transfer of Qualities; and Daniel Tiffany, Neptune Park, refreshments, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, moesbooks.com)

21 SEPTEMBER 2013 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Launch party for Tess Taylor's The Forage House, poems, Minna Gallery, 111 Minna Street, San Francisco, 6:30 (415/974-1719, www.111minnagallery.com)
  • Omnidawn's first annual Garden Party Fundraiser, featuring a talk with poet ad translator Donald Revell, wine, hor d'oeuvres, to benefit Omnidawn Publishing, rsvp by September 7, guest also receive a copy of Donald Revell's newest Omnidawn translation and a broadside, $75, The Osmond's garden in Rockridge, Oakland, 4:00-6:00 (rsvp required: www.omnidawn.com/gardenparty.htm)
    NORTH:
  • Sonoma County Book Festival presents authors, panels, exhibitors, workshops, and youth activities; Poetry Stage, hosted by Sonoma County Poet Laureate Bill Vartnaw, features, beginning at 10:30 a.m.: Sandy Eastoak, 10:45 a.m.: Jonah Raskin, 11:00 a.m.: Mary Mackey, 11:20 a.m.: Geri Digiorno, 11:40 a.m.: Arisa White, Noon: Mike Tuggle, 12:15: Terry Ehret, 1:00: Q.R. Hand, 1:15: Iris Dunkle, 1:30: Kevin Simmonds, 2:00: Avotcja, 2:20: Dawn McGuire, 2:40: Gwynn O'Gara, 3:00: David Madgalene, Santa Rosa Junior College campus, Bertolini Student Center, Doyle Library, and Student Quad, free to the public, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 (www.socobookfest.org)

22 SEPTEMBER 2013 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • The Music of the Word/La Palabra Musical presents Grito de Lares Poetry Celebration with poets Jose “Manny” Martinez, Suzie Dod Thomas, Javier Reyes, Rico Pabon, Vylma Ortiz, and Cris and Israel Matos, hosted by poet/percussionist 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 (510/558-7177, www.Avotcja.org)
  • Sundays in Kerouac Alley presents Quiet Lightning, all forms of writing presented with no introductions or banter, with host Evan Karp and friends, submissions for readers will be open to the public soon, see website for details to be announced, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 2:00-4:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
    SOUTH:
  • Poetry Santa Cruz presents Poets Respond to Violence with featured readers and open mic, hosted by Magdalena Montagne and David Swanger, Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, 7:00 (poetrysantacruz.org)

23 SEPTEMBER 2013 — monday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry Express presents a featured reading by L.A. poet Terry McCarty, Hollywood Poetry: 2001-2013, note new venue with mic and parking, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00 ( www.facebook.com/poetryexpressberkeley)

24 SEPTEMBER 2013 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • City Arts & Lectures presents novelist Terry McMillan, Who Asked You?, in conversation with Michael Krasny, host of KQED's Forum, benefits 826 Valencia Scholarship Program, Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $27, 7:30 (tickets: 415/392-4400, www.cityarts.net)
    SOUTH:
  • Write to the End Workshop for all writers and writing genres, drop-in coffee shop workshop, Snake & Butterfly, 191 E. Campbell Avenue, Campbell, 7:00-9:00 (www.writetotheend.com)

25 SEPTEMBER 2013 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Shirley Streshinsky and Patrick Klaus present An Atomic Love Story: The Extraordinary Women in Robert Oppenheimer’s Life, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)

26 SEPTEMBER 2013 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • SFSU Poetry Center and YBCA present way, a film by Konrad Steiner, made in collaboration with the late poet Leslie Scalapino, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street, at 3rd Street, YBCA members $10; students, seniors, teachers $8, two showings, 6:30 and 8:00 (www.sfsu.edu/~poetry, advance tickets: ybca.org)
  • Sixteen Rivers Press reading with poet Lynne Knight reading from her translation, I Know (Je Sais), by Ito Naga, and poet Miriam Bird Greenberg reading from All night in the new country, winner of the 2012 Poets-Under-Forty Chapbook Contest, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • City Arts & Lectures presents singer/songwriter Linda Ronstadt, author of Simple Dreams, a forthcoming memoir, in conversation with Roy Eisenhardt, Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $27, 7:30 (tickets: 415/392-4400, www.cityarts.net)

27 SEPTEMBER 2013 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • MFA Program Writers Series presents a poetry reading by Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Shy Green Fields, and Caroline Goodwin, Trapline, California College of the Arts, Writers' Studio, 195 De Haro, at 15th Street, San Francisco, free, 4:30 (415/551-9237, dmorini@cca.edu)
  • Norman Rush reads from his novel Subtle Bodies, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)

28 SEPTEMBER 2013 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Novelist Jonathan Lethem reads from Dissident Gardens, Moe's Berkeley, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, moesbooks.com)
  • Strawberry Creek Walk, part of the Watershed Poetry Festival, led by poet/eco-educator Chris Olander from University of California campus through downtown Berkeley to the Watershed Festival site, with readings by poets Jennifer Elise Foerster, Mary Mackey, Barbara Jane Reyes, John Shoptaw, Tom Wilson, and commentary by UC Berkeley creek restoration specialist, meet at Oxford and Center Streets, UC Berkeley campus, free, 10:00 a.m. (510/525-5476, mbb@poetryflash.org)
  • 18th Annual Watershed Poetry Festival with 100 Thousand Poets for Change features poetry readings by Pulitzer Prize-winning poets Gary Snyder and Robert Hass; Brenda Hillman, Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire; Brian Teare, Companion Grasses; Ann Fisher-Wirth, co-editor of The Ecopoetry Anthology; giovanni singleton, Ascension; special guest Wang Jiaxin; Alan Soldofsky, In the Buddha Factory; Matthew Zapruder, Come On All You Ghosts; John Shoptaw, Barbara Jane Reyes, Jennifer Elise Foerster, Mary Mackey; Ozzie Zehner, Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism; Richard Silberg, and much more, John Oliver Simon and Maureen Hurley with K-12 students from Poetry Inside Out, River of Words, California Poets in the Schools, great jazz by The Barry Finnerty Trio, We are Nature Open Mic, (enter the drawing to read on site at noon); River Village exhibits for literary and environmental mags or organizations, and DIY mags, 'zines, books on sale by Pegasus Downtown, wheelchair accessible, e-mail to request ASL interpreter by September 20, near Berkeley BART, presented by Poetry Flash, Ecology Center/Berkeley Farmers' Market, co-sponsored by Moe's Books, Ecocity Builders, Civic Center Park, Martin Luther King, Jr. Way at Center Street, Berkeley, noon-4:30 (510/525-5476, mbb@poetryflash.org)

29 SEPTEMBER 2013 — sunday

30 SEPTEMBER 2013 — monday

    SOUTH:
  • Poetry Workshop led by Los Gatos Poet Laureate Erica Goss, bring ten copies of your poem, drop-in, meets the last Monday of the month, Los Gatos Adult Recreation Center, Neighborhood Center, Room 2 downstairs, 208 East Main Street, Los Gatos, 6:00-8:00 (www.lgsrecreation.org)

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