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1 DECEMBER 2013 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry Unbound monthly reading series presents poet/musician Steve Arntson, poet MK Chavez, Pinnacle, and poet and prose writer Liana Holmberg, brief open mic, hosted by Clive Matson and Richard Loranger, $5, no one turned away for lack of funds, Art House Gallery, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, one block north of Ashby, Berkeley, sign up 5:00, reading 5:15 (917/399-8743, mythkiller@hotmail.com)
  • Small Press Traffic presents Jared Stanley and Christian Hawkey, Artists' Television Access, 922 Valencia Street, at 21st Street, San Francisco, $6-$10, no one turned away for lack of funds, doors open 5:00, reading 5:30 (smallpresstraffic.org)
    NORTH:
  • First Sundays "Poetry with Music" presents a reading from the poetry of the late poet Eugene Ruggles, Roads of Bread: The Collected Poems, hosted by Carl Macki, with Delia Moon, Judith Levy-Sender, Dana Alberts on guitar, anyone may read a Eugene Ruggles poem at the event, Redwood Café, Cotati, 5:00-7:00 (Café: 707/795-7868, www.petalumapoetrywalk.org)

2 DECEMBER 2013 — monday

    NORTH:
  • Rivertown Poets: A Muse-ing Mondays with featured readers Casey FitzSimons and Kate Godsey, hosted by Sandra Anfang, open mic follows, the series presents amateur and seasoned poets together, Aqus Café, 189 H Street, Petaluma, free, open mic sign up 6:30, reading 6:45 (tutor@sandraanfang.com, wdpntr51@gmail.com)

3 DECEMBER 2013 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • City Arts & Lectures presents novelist Amy Tan, The Valley of Amazement, in conversation with Roy Eisenhardt, Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes Street, San Francisco, $27, 7:30 (tickets: 415/392-4400, www.cityarts.net)

4 DECEMBER 2013 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • An Evening of Contemporary Russian Poetry presents a reading in Russian by Tatyana Apraksina, from California Psalms, with English translations read by James Manteith, Oakland Public Library, Main Branch, 125 14th Street, Oakland, 6:00-8:00 (Barbara Bibel: 510/238-3138, BBibel@OaklandLibrary.org, www.oaklandlibrary.org)
  • KPFA Radio and Pegasus Books present writer Anne Lamott reading from and discussing Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair, a benefit for KPFA hosted by San Francisco Chronicle columnist Leah Garchik, First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, at Dana, Berkeley, $25 admission includes book at Brown Paper Tickets online or at Pegasus, Marcus Books, Moe's, Walden Pond, Diesel, and Modern Times, 7:30 (tickets: Brown Paper Tickets 800/838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com, www.kpfa.org/events)
  • Creative Writing Reading Series presents poet Matthew Zapruder, Come On All You Ghosts, Soda Center, Claeys Lounge, Saint Mary's College, 1928 Saint Mary's Road, Moraga, free, 7:30 (Sara Mumolo, 925/631-8556, www.stmarys-ca.edu)
    SOUTH:
  • Center for Literary Arts and the Center for Steinbeck Studies present a reading and discussion by this year's Steinbeck Fellows, Vanessa Hua, Tommy Mouton, and Dallas Woodburn, Rooms 225/229, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, 150 E. San Fernando, San Jose, 7:00 (408/924-4600, www.litart.org)

5 DECEMBER 2013 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • A poetry reading with NPR poetry reviewer and poet Tess Taylor, The Forage House; poet Keith Ekiss, Pima Road Notebook, he also translated The Fire's Journey by Costa Rican poet Eunice Odio; and Jennifer Elise Foerster, Leaving Tulsa, El Cerrito Library, 6150 Stockton Avenue, El Cerrito, two blocks east of San Pablo Avenue, free, 7:00 (510/526-7512, ccclib.org)
  • Lunch Poems presents a reading by Zubair Ahmed, City of Rivers, a poetry finalist for the Northern California Book Award, Morrison Library, 101 Doe Library, University of California campus, Berkeley, free, 12:10 (lunchpoems.berkeley.edu)
  • SFSU Poetry Center presents a reading by Alli Warren and Evan Kennedy, The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, free, 4:30 (www.sfsu.edu/~poetry)
    NORTH:
  • Marin Poetry Center presents A Child's Christmas in Wales, an adaptation with music of the prose work by the legendary Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, performed by the Rebound Players, a local theatre troupe featuring Joel Eis, Roy Mash, and Margaret Stawoway, refreshments, Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Street, San Rafael, $5/$3, 7:30 (events@marinpoetrycenter.org, www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
    EAST:
  • Literary Lecture by Brad Buchanan, "'The Dandy's Affectation': Thom Gunn, British Tradition and the Poetics of Conscious Artifice," Sacramento Poetry Center, 25th and R Complex, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, $10, 7:30 (916/240-1897, www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)

6 DECEMBER 2013 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • A Sixteen Rivers Press poetry reading by Miriam Bird Greenberg, All night in the new country, winner of the 2012 Poets-Under-Forty Chapbook Contest, and Lynne Knight, translator of Ito Naga's I Know (Je Sais), from the French, Books Inc., 2251 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/273-1303, www.sixteenrivers.org)
    SOUTH:
  • Waverley Writers presents featured readers, open reading follows, Friends Meeting House, 957 Colorado Avenue, near Greer, free, Palo Alto, 7:30 (650/424-9877)
  • Brown Bag Poetry Workshop to read and share your poetry, bring ten copies of your poem, drop-in, hosted by Los Gatos Poet Laureate Erica Goss, Los Gatos Library, 100 Villa Avenue, Los Gatos, noon-1:00 (www.losgatosca.gov)

7 DECEMBER 2013 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Babylon Salon presents short story writer and essayist Steve Almond, Candyfreak; California Book Award-winning fiction writer Tom Barbash, Stay Up With Me; novelist Kevin Allardice, Any Resemblance to Actual Persons; and fiction writer and Steinbeck Fellow Vanessa Hua, cash bar, Cantina SF, lower level, 580 Sutter Street, San Francisco, free, doors open 6:45, reading 7:15 (www.babylonsalon.com)
  • The 23rd Annual PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Literary Awards honor writers across the nation, this year's awards go to: Andrew Lam, Birds of Paradise Lost: Thirteen Stories of the Vietnamese Diaspora; Luis J. Rodriguez and Denise M. Sandoval, Rushing Waters, Rising Dreams: How the Arts Are Transforming a Community; Lucille Lang Day, Married at Fourteen, a memoir; Toni Morrison, Home, a novel; Tim Seibles, Fast Animal, poems; Christopher Wagstaff, A Poet's Mind: Collected Interviews of Robert Duncan; Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to novelist Jesse Douglas Allen Taylor, the (anti) Censorship Award goes to journalist Chris Hedges; reception and book signing follows, Oakland Public Library, Rockridge Branch, 5366 College Avenue, Oakland, free, 2:00-5:00 (Kim McMillon: 510/681-5652; Tennessee Reed, 510/206-6107, treedorama@gmail.com)

8 DECEMBER 2013 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • From Pain Comes Newness, an opening reception with a reading for artist Susan Duhan Felix, incorporating the poetry of the late Morton Felix, with an exhibit of pit fired ceramic plaques by Susan Felix; over two events (today and December 14), the poets reading or who have sent works to read include Al Young, J. Ruth Gendler, Joyce Jenkins, Jonathan Lethem, Kirk Lumpkin, Claire Ortalda, Floyd Salas, David Shaddock, Leah Shelleda, Lisa Smartt, Raymond Nat Turner, more, refreshments, music, Liz Filmer Gallery, 1301 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, 4:00-6:00 (sdfelix@aol.com)
  • Valona Deli presents poets Peter Kline and Austin Smith, open mic follows, with host Connie Post, Terry Henry Jazz Trio performs after poetry, Valona Deli, 1323 Pomona, Crockett, reading 4:00, open mic 5:00 (510/787-2022)
  • Writing Teachers Write, Bay Area Writing Project Reading series presents BAWP writer-teachers, open mic follows, light refreshments, Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, free, 3:00-4:30 (510/644-4930, www.expressionsgallery.org)

9 DECEMBER 2013 — monday

10 DECEMBER 2013 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry at the Albany Library features poet and translator Forrest Gander, Core Samples from the World, and Judy Halebsky, Space/Gap/Internal/Distance, winner of the Sixteen Rivers Press Poets-Under-Forty Chapbook Contest, open mic follows, hosted by Catherine Taylor, Albany Library, Edith Stone Room, 1247 Marin Avenue, Albany, free, 7:00-9:00 (510/526-3720, albanylibrary.wordpress.com)
  • City Lights at 60 presents an appreciation of the twentieth-century poet, translator, essayist Kenneth Rexroth, with readings and discussion by Ken Knabb, David Meltzer, and Kim Stanley Robinson, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.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)

11 DECEMBER 2013 — wednesday

    NORTH:
  • Sunset Poetry by the Bay presents a reading by Joan Gelfand, Scraping Dead Stars Off the Pavement, George Korolog, Gods Vengeful Concubines, Prartho Sereno, Call from Paris, and poet, artist, and teacher Heidi Joseph, founding member of Poetry Farm, a Novato monthly reading forum, Studio 333 Art Gallery, 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, 7:00 (415/331-8272, poetnews@sonic.net, http://isledesk.com/islepress/SunsetPoetry.html)
    SOUTH:
  • Poetry Center San José's Well-RED Reading Series presents a featured reading, Works/San José, 365 South Market Street, near the San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, $2, doors open 6:30, show 7:00 (www.pcsj.org)

12 DECEMBER 2013 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Alameda Island Poet's Poetry Workshop, every second Thursday monthly, all poets and writers welcome, bring three to five minutes of writing to share and discuss if you wish, hosted by Vince Storti and friends, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru, at Lincoln, Alameda, donation, 7:00-9:00 (vincestorti@hotmail.com, www.frankbettecenter.org)
  • City Lights at 60 presents Conspiracy of Venus, an all women's a cappella vocal ensemble under the artistic direction of Joyce Todd McBride, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)

13 DECEMBER 2013 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Last Word Reading Series presents a poetry reading by Jack Foley, EYES: Selected Poems, Adelle Foley, Along the Bloodline, and Evelyn Posamentier, Poland at the Door, 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 DECEMBER 2013 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • From Pain Comes Newness, an opening reception with a reading for artist Susan Duhan Felix, incorporating the poetry of the late Morton Felix, with an exhibit of pit fired ceramic plaques by Susan Felix; over two events (December 8 and today), the poets reading or who have sent works to read include Al Young, J. Ruth Gendler, Joyce Jenkins, Jonathan Lethem, Kirk Lumpkin, Claire Ortalda, Floyd Salas, David Shaddock, Leah Shelleda, Lisa Smartt, Raymond Nat Turner, more, refreshments, music, Liz Filmer Gallery, 1301 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, 4:00-6:00 (sdfelix@aol.com)
  • A reading by poet, scholar, and memoirist Judy Grahn, A Simple Revolution: The Making of an Activist Poet, and poet-physician Dawn McGuire, The Aphasia Café, open mic follows, hosted by Jeanne Lupton, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru, at Lincoln, Alameda, donation, 7:00-9:00 (jeany98@aol.com, www.frankbettecenter.org)
  • The SFSU Poetry Center presents Joseph Donahue delivering the annual George Oppen Memorial Lecture, Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell Street, above Stockton, San Francisco, $10/$5, no one turned away for lack of funds, 7:30 (www.sfsu.edu/~poetry)

15 DECEMBER 2013 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • Small Press Traffic presents Amanda Davidson and Jaime Cortez, Artists' Television Access, 922 Valencia Street, at 21st Street, San Francisco, $6-$10, no one turned away for lack of funds, doors open 5:00, reading 5:30 (smallpresstraffic.org)

16 DECEMBER 2013 — monday

17 DECEMBER 2013 — tuesday

    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 DECEMBER 2013 — wednesday

19 DECEMBER 2013 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Berkeley Poets Cooperative Workshop meets on the third Thursday of each month, drop-in okay, give feedback and share your poetry, 609 Curtis Street, near Thousand Oaks, Albany, 7:30 (510/367-4248)
    NORTH:
  • Marin Poetry Center presents a Holiday Party for members and Read Around, Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Street, San Rafael, party 6:30, reading 7:30 (events@marinpoetrycenter.org, www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
    SOUTH:
  • Poetry Center San José presents reading by Nils Peterson, 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 DECEMBER 2013 — friday

21 DECEMBER 2013 — saturday

22 DECEMBER 2013 — sunday

    NORTH:
  • Writers Read Winter Solstice party, potluck and open mic, no featured reader, hosted by Dan Barth and Mary Miller, 1001 Recreation Road, Ukiah, 6:00 (707/367-6581, barth.dan@gmail.com)

23 DECEMBER 2013 — monday

24 DECEMBER 2013 — tuesday

25 DECEMBER 2013 — wednesday

26 DECEMBER 2013 — thursday

27 DECEMBER 2013 — friday

28 DECEMBER 2013 — saturday

29 DECEMBER 2013 — sunday

30 DECEMBER 2013 — monday

31 DECEMBER 2013 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Love & Taxes, comic storyteller Josh Kornbluth's hit one-man show, Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Avenue, Alameda, wheelchair accessible, $35, $45 for midnight show includes champagne toast, two shows at 7:00 and 10:00 (www.rhythmix.org)

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