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5 JUNE 2025 — thursday

• Berkeley Poetry Festival presents "Prince, Poetry & Protest," in conjunction with Moondrop Productions, a reading with Kevin Dublin, Rhea Melina Harrison, Kira Allen, Jenee Darden, Audrey Williams, Nazelah Jamison, Baruch Porres Hernandez, Joshua Merchant and Brandy Collins, hosted by Kelechi Ubozoh and Cassandra Dallett, Pegasus Books, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 (www.berkeleypoetryfestival.com)
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6 JUNE 2025 — friday

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7 JUNE 2025 — saturday

• Fiction author Alka Joshi, known for her trilogy which includes The Henna Artist, will discuss her new book, Six Days in Bombay, The 222, 222 Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg, $20, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: the222.org/product/alka-joshi)
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• Berkeley Poetry Festival presents "May We Heal? (A Work in Progress)," dance and spoken word; choreographer Dazaun Soleyn; performers: Jordon Ellis Dabney, Claire Fisher-Mendez and Dazaun Soleyn, with sound, music, spoken word by Jordon Ellis Dabney, Berkeley Ballet Theater, 1370 Tenth Street, Berkeley, free, 7:00-8:00 (www.berkeleypoetryfestival.com)
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8 JUNE 2025 — sunday

• Berkeley Poetry Festival presents their annual Lifetime Achievement Award Celebration, honoring poet Maw Shein Win, with a poetry reading by Tongo Eisen-Martin and Tim Xonnelly, Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut Street, Berkeley, free, 3:00-5:00 (www.berkeleypoetryfestival.com)
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9 JUNE 2025 — monday

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10 JUNE 2025 — tuesday

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11 JUNE 2025 — wednesday

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12 JUNE 2025 — thursday

• Poetry Flash presents a reading by Susan Browne, Monster Mash, and Jeanne Wagner, One Needful Song, the 2024 Catamaran Book Prize-winner, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 7:00 pm PDT (poetryflash.org).
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• Poetry reading and book launch celebration with Kit Robinson, Tunes & Tens, Carrie Hunter, The Flow of the Poem's Display of Itself, and James Sherry, Comin' 'Round: Selected Writings, works of poetry and prose 1970-2022, hosted by Steve Orth, at a community-supported art book library + work/performance space, Bathers Library, 2310 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, 7:00 (batherslibrary.cargo.site)
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• San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck celebrates San Francisco Bay Area trans poets by inviting poets Natasha Dennerstein, Dena Rod, Lia le-Nguyen, Cadence Mc Cracken, Mercy Gray and special guests to read at SFPL's monthly poetry reading, the Main Library's Poem Jam poetry reading series takes place on the second Thursday of each month. unless otherwise noted, San Francisco Public Library, Latino/Hispanic Room, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm PDT (415/557-4400, on.sfpl.org/06-12-25)
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13 JUNE 2025 — friday

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14 JUNE 2025 — saturday

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15 JUNE 2025 — sunday

• Celebrate Bloomsday with a new ballet by Danse Lumière inspired by James Joyce's Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and The Dead, a short story; the dance is also inspired by the author's relationships with Nora Barnacle and their daughter Lucia, featuring Max Barker, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company; with actors Russell Murphy and Howard Swain; choreography by Kathryn Roszak; St. Patrick's Room, United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco, purchase tickets on Eventbrite, $20, 2:00 pm PDT (For more information: 415/661-2700, irishcentersf.org/event/danse-lumiere-presents-a-james-joyce-ballet-for-bloomsday; Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/danse-lumiere-presents-a-james-joyce-ballet-for-bloomsday-tickets-1334802382859)
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16 JUNE 2025 — monday

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17 JUNE 2025 — tuesday

• Oakland Poetry Slam, monthly on the third Tuesday, Tamarack, 1501 Harrison Street, Oakland, 6:30-10:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: tamarackoakland.com)
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18 JUNE 2025 — wednesday

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19 JUNE 2025 — thursday

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20 JUNE 2025 — friday

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21 JUNE 2025 — saturday

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22 JUNE 2025 — sunday

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23 JUNE 2025 — monday

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24 JUNE 2025 — tuesday

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25 JUNE 2025 — wednesday

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26 JUNE 2025 — thursday

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27 JUNE 2025 — friday

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28 JUNE 2025 — saturday

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29 JUNE 2025 — sunday

• Café Frida Poetry Festival presents Jack Crimmins, Lisa Shulman, Dave Holt, Melissa Eleftherion, readings from Phyllis Meshulam's new book by her daughter Audrey, John Duran, Briahn Kelly-Brennan, and Timothy Williams, hosted by Gwynn O'Gara, Café Frida, 300 South A Street, Santa Rosa, free, 1:00-3:00 (www.cafefridagallery.com)
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30 JUNE 2025 — monday

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