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20 AUGUST 2020 — thursday

  • Bookshop Santa Cruz presents Green Architecture pioneer Lloyd Kahn discussing his new book, The Half-Acre Homestead, free, online, 7:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/event)
  • The Racket Weekly presents six to eight writers and poets, hosted by Noah Sanders, every Thursday, online, 7:00-8:00 pm PDT (See Facebook page for Zoom link: theacketsf.com)
  • The Mechanics' Institute Library of San Francisco hosts "Write If You Dare," a drop-in writing workshop for all genres and levels with directed free writing and sharing, member-led, free for MI members, 11:00 am–1:00 pm PDT (For questions: tedwards@milibrary.org, online sign up: www.milibrary.org/events)

21 AUGUST 2020 — friday

  • Nomadic Press hosts a virtual open mic with thirty slots, hosted by Nazelah Jamison, every Friday, three minutes per reader, 6:00–7:30 pm PDT (Sign up to read: forms.gle/1ZNKSnnzRZpXxvUE7; online Zoom link is posted on Nomadic Press Facebook invitation)

22 AUGUST 2020 — saturday

  • The San Francisco Public Library presents "Poetry: Our Spirits Carry Our Voices," a reading by poets from the Bay Area, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire, inspirational work on bringing people together, free, online, 11:00 am-12:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: sfpl.org/events)
  • The Mechanics' Institute Library of San Francisco offers "Story Power: The Storytelling Revolution from Traditional to Personal," a workshop taught by author Kate Farrell, on the radical changes in storytelling and how to create, craft, and tell a memorable story, offered in partnership with the San Francisco Writers Conference, online, $24.99 general/$19.99 MI members, 10:00-11:30 am PDT (For questions: tedwards@milibrary.org, register at www.milibrary.org/events)

23 AUGUST 2020 — sunday

  • City Lights Live! presents translator and editor Kristen Gehrman, in conversation with Jennifer Croft, celebrating the publication, in English, of Dola de Jong's The Tree and the Vine, a novel about Queer life in The Netherlands under occupation, translated from the Dutch, online, Noon PDT (Via Zoom, register at Eventbrite.com, see www.citylights.com/info/?fa=events)

24 AUGUST 2020 — monday

  • Rivertown Poets present Aqus Poetry Open Mic, hosted by Sandra Anfang every Monday, three minutes per reader, sign up in advance, 8:15-8:30 pm PDT (https://aqus.com/event/rivertown-poets-weekly/all, Zoom:

25 AUGUST 2020 — tuesday

  • Join a diverse community of poets at Berkeley City College in Sharon Coleman's Poetry Writing class, all levels, exploring surrealist poetics and games, Engl 91A, 92A, 93A, 94, online, this is the first day of a sixteen-week semester for about $150, Tuesdays, 6:30-9:00 pm PDT (Sign up in advance at ; for more information and how to bypass the pre-rec, email scoleman@peralta.edu)
  • Bookshop Santa Cruz presents presents Dan Pfeiffer—White House Communications Director under President Obama (2009-2013), Senior Advisor to the President (2013-2015), and co-host of Pod Save America—discussing his book, Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again, with Santa Cruz County Supervisor Zach Friend, ticketed, online, 7:00 pm PDT (To buy tickets: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/event)

26 AUGUST 2020 — wednesday

27 AUGUST 2020 — thursday

  • Bookshop Santa Cruz presents neuroscientist David Eagleman discussing his new book on neuroplasticity, Livewired, free, online, 7:00 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.bookshopsantacruz.com/event)
  • The Museum of African Diaspora hosts Open Mic Night with featured reader New York poet Raymond Nat Turner, hosted by Nia McAllister, online, 6:00-8:00 pm PDT (For links to sign up for Open Mic and attend: www.moadsf.org/calendar)
  • The Racket Weekly presents six to eight writers and poets, hosted by Noah Sanders, every Thursday, online, 7:00-8:00 pm PDT (See Facebook page for Zoom link: theacketsf.com)
  • The Mechanics' Institute Library of San Francisco hosts "Write If You Dare," a drop-in writing workshop for all genres and levels with directed free writing and sharing, member-led, free for MI members, 11:00 am–1:00 pm PDT (For questions: tedwards@milibrary.org, online sign up: www.milibrary.org/events)

28 AUGUST 2020 — friday

  • Nomadic Press hosts a virtual open mic with thirty slots, hosted by Nazelah Jamison, every Friday, three minutes per reader, 6:00–7:30 pm PDT (Sign up to read: forms.gle/1ZNKSnnzRZpXxvUE7; online Zoom link is posted on Nomadic Press Facebook invitation)

29 AUGUST 2020 — saturday

30 AUGUST 2020 — sunday

31 AUGUST 2020 — monday

  • Rivertown Poets present Aqus Poetry Open Mic, hosted by Sandra Anfang every Monday, three minutes per reader, sign up in advance, 8:15-8:30 pm PDT (https://aqus.com/event/rivertown-poets-weekly/all, Zoom:

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