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Sierra Poetry Festival: Patricia Spears Jones, Sharon Olds, Matthew Zapruder, more

11 APRIL 2021 — sunday

The Sierra Poetry Festival celebrates fifty years of poetry writing with the Community of Writers and launches its new anthology, Why to These Rocks: 50 Years of Poetry with the Community of Writers, featuring readings from staff poets Patricia Spears Jones, Sharon Olds, and Matthew Zapruder, as well as alumni poets Francisco Márquez, Chris Davidson, Christina Hutchins, and Maw Shein Win, introduced by editor Lisa Alvarez, followed by a short open mic, free, online via Zoom and Facebook Live, 11:50 am PDT (Register to attend: www.sierrapoetryfestival.org)




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25 JUNE 2025 — wednesday

  • 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)

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)

27 JUNE 2025 — friday

28 JUNE 2025 — saturday

  • 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)

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)
  • 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)

30 JUNE 2025 — monday


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