Al Young, Rafael Jesús González, Avotcja, more

23 JUNE 2013 — sunday

Poetry Past & Present reading presents Al Young, California Poet Laureate emeritus; Rafael Jesús González, La musa lunática/The Lunatic Muse; poet and percussionist Avotcja Jiltonilro, With Every Step I Take, her award-winning band is Modupue; poet performer Kirk Lumpkin; poet and prose writer Ava Bird, Berkeley Public Library, Central Branch, Third Floor Community Meeting Room, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, free, 2:00 (510/981-6195, www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org)