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4 JUNE 2025 — wednesday

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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 Poetry 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

• Poetry reading by Leeann Pickrell, Gathering the Pieces of Days, and Cathryn Shea, Ghost Matinee, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free admission, 7:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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19 JUNE 2025 — thursday

• Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Richard Tillinghast, Night Train to Memphis, Jeanne Foster, Your Form Became My Own, and Alan Williamson, The Pattern More Complicated: New and Selected Poems, 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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20 JUNE 2025 — friday

• Firefighter Kelly Ramsey reads from her new book, Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free admission, 7:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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21 JUNE 2025 — saturday

• Women in the Arts, a program with choreographer Kathryn Roszak, artistic director of Danse Lumière, presenters of dance performances based on literary works: screenings/performances, discussion, and tributes to Berkeley women in the arts; Kathryn Roszak's film, Women at the Top, featuring ballet dancer Lia Cirio will be screened, Berkeley Public Library, Central Branch, 2090 Kittredge Street, at Shattuck, downtown Berkeley free admission, 1:00 (RSVP by email, dance@dlkdance.com)
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• Marin Poetry Center Traveling Show presents a poetry reading by Catharine Clark-Sayles, Melaine Maier, Ella Eytan, Linda Enders, and Steve Maxwell, with host Lucia Coppola, San Anselmo Library, 110 Tunstead Avenue, San Anselmo, free, 2:00 (marinpoetrycenter.org/mec-events-category/traveling-show)
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• Beyond Baroque presents a fiction writers reading from Beyond Baroque's Monday Night Workshop, with writers Raquel Baker (workshop facilitator), Pat Branch, Sergey Denisov, River Langford, Julia Lopate, Jill Michaels, Jen Tilman, in person and livestreamed on YouTube, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, free admission, 2:00-4:00 (www.eventbrite.com/e/monday-night-workshop-reading-tickets-1366484153889?aff=oddtdtcreator)
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22 JUNE 2025 — sunday

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23 JUNE 2025 — monday

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24 JUNE 2025 — tuesday

• Leila Mottley reads from her new novel, The Girls Who Grew Big, joined in conversation by Ingrid Rojas Contreras; Leila Mottley is the winner of the Northern California Book Award for her previous novel, Nightcrawling, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free admission, 7:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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25 JUNE 2025 — wednesday

• Benefit Poetry Reading for the Community of Writers, featuring Victoria Chang, Anthony Cody, Forrest Gander, Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Jane Miller, Gregory Pardlo, a fundraiser for the scholarship program, online or in person, Olympic House Lodge at the Palisades Tahoe Ski Area, Olympic Valley, recommended donation $25, no one turned away for lack of funds, 7:30 PDT (communityofwriters.org/2025-benefit-poetry-reading/?mc_cid=5db9c2ad22&mc_eid=1de3cd9a6d)
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• Journalist Megan Greenwell reads from her new book, Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream, joined in conversation by Mike Isaac, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free admission, 7:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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• Mutual Aid Benefit Literary Reading in solidarity with a Palestinian family in Gaza, featuring writings by Munira El Najar, one of Palestine's most acclaimed teachers, and Dr. Hassan Al Qatrawy, celebrated author and university lecturer, all funds raised will directly support them and their four children, Bird & Beckett Books & Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, 7:30 (415/586-3733, www.birdbeckett.com)
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26 JUNE 2025 — thursday

• Adam Becker reads from and presents his new book, More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free admission, 7:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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• Writers Read presents featured reader Zida Borcich, What It Seemed Then—Poems & a Fable, open mic follows, maximum time for each reader is six minutes, with emcee Michael Riedell, Grace Hudson Museum, 431 South Main Street, Ukiah, suggested donation $5, refreshments, featured reading 7:00, open mic 8:00 (For information, email: Michael Riedell, Innisfreeriedell@gmail.com)
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27 JUNE 2025 — friday

• For Kids: Vivienne Chang and Eugenia Yoh present their new children's picture book, What If We…, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free admission, 7:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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• Beyond Baroque presents a double poetry book launch with Paul Lieber, Slow Return, and Gail Wronsky, Mockingbird's Proverbs, in person and live on YouTube, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, Eventbrite tickets $11.49, members and students free, 7:30 (www.eventbrite.com/e/double-book-launch-paul-lieber-gail-wronsky-tickets-1409594869199?aff=oddtdtcreator)
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28 JUNE 2025 — saturday

• Marin Poetry Center Traveling Show presents a poetry reading by Lucia Coppola, Francesca Bell, Selena Anne, Josh Lubin, and Robin Von Breton, with host Dotty LeMieux, The Art Bloc Sausalito, 200 Gate 5 Road, Sausalito, free, 2:00 (marinpoetrycenter.org/mec-events-category/traveling-show)
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• Fourth Saturdays: Poetry at the Claremont Library presents Louise Mathias, What if the Invader is Beautiful, and Sarah Thursday, Conversations with Gravel; Thursday is part of the Cadence Collective of Long Beach Poets, Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Avenue, in the Claremont Village, Claremont, free, 2:00 (909/621-4902, www.claremontlibrary.org/monthly-poetry-readings.html)
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• Book Launch for Spirit of Place: Mendocino County Women Poets Anthology, a celebration with a reading by many of the contributing poets; the anthology features one hundred women poets from across Mendocino County, the anthology is a special project of Mendocino County's first Poet Laureate, Devreaux Baker; Spirit of Place was edited by Devreaux Baker, Kate Dougherty, Maureen Epstein, Georgina Marie Guardado, Karen Lewis, and Blake More; Gallery Books will be on hand to sell copies; Main Gallery, Mendocino Art Center, 45200 Little Lake Street, Mendocino, free, 4:00-6:00 (For more information, email: dbaker@mcn.org)
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29 JUNE 2025 — sunday

• Café Frida Gallery presents a Poetry Festival, readers TBD, see website calendar, Café Frida, 300 South A Street, Santa Rosa (www.cafefridagallery.com)
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• 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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