Medicine for Nightmares presents "Day Dreamers Poetry Showcase," from RichOak Events, the organizing body behind the Berkeley Slam and the Oakland Slam, featuring Ashley Pugh, Esperanza Cabrales, and Michael "Mic" Ting, Novelty, Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, free, 4:30 pm-6:30 pm PDT (More information here: medicinefornightmares.com/events)
Fourth Saturdays Poetry at the Claremont Library presents a reading by Nancy Lynée Woo, poet and teaching artist, and Ron Koertge, Pandora's Kitchen: Poems, award-winning poet and young adult novelist, Helen Renwick Library, 208 North Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm (www.claremontlibrary.org/monthly-poetry-readings.html)