Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet
Melissa Stein, Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet, Susan Cohen, more
4 MAY 2014 — sunday
Poetry Flash presents a contributor's reading for Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry, featuring Susan Cohen, Lucille Lang Day, Julia B. Levine, Colleen McKee, Melissa Stein, and Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, wheelchair accessible, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 3:00 (510/653-9965, dieselbookstore.com)
MORE ABOUT THE READERS
This celebration for the Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry features a reading by contributing poets Susan Cohen, author of Throat Singing; Lucille Lang Day, Curvature of Blue; Julia B. Levine, Small Disasters Seen in Sunlight; Colleen McKee, 9 Kinds of Wrong; Melissa Stein, Rough Honey; and Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet, Tulips, Water, Ash. The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry, edited by Deborah Ager and M. E. Silverman, includes the work of more than one hundred poets offering fascinating insights into Jewish culture, religion, and identity. Among the anthologies other contributors are Ellen Bass, Charles Bernstein, Edward Hirsch, Jane Hirshfield, David Lehman, Ira Sadoff, and Philip Schultz.
Daily Listings
Northern California
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17 AUGUST 2018 — friday
CENTRAL:- Poetry reading by Barbara Tomash, PRE-, Jennifer Firestone, Story, and Joseph Lease, The Body Ghost, Alley Cat Books & Gallery, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/824-1761, in-fo@alleycatbookshop.com)event page
18 AUGUST 2018 — saturday
CENTRAL:- The Richmond Poets Laureate (there are more than one) present a reading of poetry followed by a round table discussion moderated by Richmond Poet Laureate Rob Lipton, featuring a panel of Bay Area poets including Rene Vaz, Berkeley Poet Laureate Rafael Jesús González, Amos White, Alison Luterman, and Fred Dodsworth, Bridge Storage and ArtSpace, 23 Maine Avenue, Richmond, free, 5:00-6:30 (RSVP: political-poetry-discussion.eventbrite.com)event page
19 AUGUST 2018 — sunday
SOUTH:- Poetry Santa Cruz presents Poet/Speak Open Reading, an all open reading, meets every third Sunday, Santa Cruz Library, upstairs Training Room, 224 Church Street, Santa Cruz, 2:00-4:00 (www.poetrysantacruz.org)event page
20 AUGUST 2018 — monday
CENTRAL:- Poetry Express presents a reading by poet Judy Bebelaar, open mic, hosted by Bruce Bagnell, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.com)event page
21 AUGUST 2018 — tuesday
22 AUGUST 2018 — wednesday
23 AUGUST 2018 — thursday
24 AUGUST 2018 — friday
25 AUGUST 2018 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Poetry reading by Jeannette DesBoine aka JD, prolific poet, creative writing coach, and reporter, open mic follows, hosted by David Zeltzer, meets every fourth Saturday of every month, Gearbox Gallery, 770 West Grand Avenue, Oak-land, 2:00-4:00, open mic sign up starts 1:30 (dzeltzer@acm.org, www.gearboxgallery.com)event page
- Poetry reading by Alison Luterman, Desire Zoo, The Dream Institute of Northern California, 1672 University Avenue, Berkeley, 3:00-4:30 (www.dream-institute.org)event page
26 AUGUST 2018 — sunday
27 AUGUST 2018 — monday
CENTRAL:- Poetry Express presents a reading by Clive Matson, open mic, hosted by Gary Turchin, Himalayan Flavors, 1585 University Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00 (poetryexpressberkeley.com)event page
28 AUGUST 2018 — tuesday
29 AUGUST 2018 — wednesday
30 AUGUST 2018 — thursday
CENTRAL:- Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Joseph Lease, The Body Ghost, Donna de la Perrière, Night Calendar, and Natasha Sajé, Vivarium, wheelchair accessible, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)event page
- The International Hotel Eviction Commemoration (on August 4) remembered the night in 1977 when seniors were evicted from the original hotel and protests took place over the destruction of the last vestige of San Francisco's once pros-pering Manilatown; that historic event foretold the San Francisco housing cri-sis; the event featured the opening of an exhibit of I Hotel "Family Portraits," Au-gust 2-30, historic black and white photographs by photographer Steven C. Wil-son; this is the last day to see that historic photo exhibit; International Hotel Ma-nilatown Center, 868 Kearny Street, between Washington Street and Jackson Street, San Francisco, 4:00-6:00 (415/291-0175, manilatown.org)event page
31 AUGUST 2018 — friday
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