Laurel Benjamin, Caroline Goodwin, Robin Michel, Lisa Rosenberg 10/26, Berkeley more info
Desert Split Open Mic
17 JUNE 2023 — saturday
Come celebrate Hi-Desert Pride with the Desert Split Open Mic reading, share beautiful and bold words from LGBTQ+ writers, either your own or a writer you admire, six-minutes per reader, Beatnik Lounge, 61597 29 Palms Hwy, Joshua Tree, free, 5:00 pm-7:00 pm PDT (More information here: susanrukeyser.com/the-desert-split-open)
Poetry Flash presents Women in a Golden State, California Poets at 60 and Beyond, an anthology celebration and contributor's reading featuring poets Laurel Benjamin, Caroline Goodwin, Robin Michel, and Lisa Rosenberg, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 3:00 pm (poetryflash.org).
Poetry reading by Marcia Falk, The Sky Will Overtake You, and Lucille Lang Day, Birds of San Pancho and Other Poems of Place; she is publisher of Scarlet Tanager Books, reading introduced by Richard Silberg, homemade goodies will be served, sponsored by Temple Sinai's Fine Arts Committee on Culture and Community, Temple Sinai Chapel, 2808 Summit, at 28th Street between Webster and Summit, enter at gate in parking lot, Oakland, free, 7:00 (www.oaklandsinai.org/event/poetry-reading1.html)
Sacramento Poetry Center presents "Dangerous Women," a poetry reading by Molly Fisk, Kim Shuck, Moira Magneson, and Tricia Caspers, open mic follows, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, 7:30