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Rumi's Caravan: Doug Von Koss, Larry Robinson, Maya Spector, Barry Spector, more

20 AUGUST 2023 — sunday

Rumi's Caravan, an improvised poetic conversation with music, featuring Doug Von Koss, Larry Robinson, Kay Crista, Rebecca Evert, Maya Spector, Barry Spector, quoting from the works of Rumi, Hafiz, Mary Oliver, Kabir, Wendell Berry, Pablo Neruda, Nikki Giovanni, Robert Bly, W.B. Yeats, Naomi Shehab Nye, William Stafford, Maya Angelou, Leonard Cohen, Seamus Heaney, Denise Levertov, Antonio Machado, Rainier Maria Rilke, May Sarton, and others, with musicians Don Fontavitz and Jason Parmar, all proceeds from tonight's performance will support the work of the Middle East Children's Alliance (www.mecaforpeace.org); The Freight & Salvage, 2020 Addison Street, Berkeley, advance tickets $25, tickets at the door $25 plus fees, 7:30 pm PDT (Purchase tickets here: secure.thefreight.org/12750/rumis-caravan; For more information: www.rumiscaravan.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)

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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