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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
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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)
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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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