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Holiday Poetry Hotline

23 DECEMBER 2023 — saturday

The Holiday Poetry Hotline is featuring free, live readings for one day only, call in to (310) 853-3952 between 2:00-5:00 pm PST for poetry from the curated list or request a custom poem, from December 18 to December 31, call in to the Holiday Poetry Hotline, hosted by Jen Cheng, West Hollywood City Poet Laureate, for recordings of poems, including writings from previous West Hollywood City Poets Laureates Steven Reigns, Kim Dowers, Charles Flowers, and Brian Sonia-Wallace, as well as other curated poems, recordings are free and available 24/7 during this period, by phone, free, 2:00-5:00 pm PST




Daily Listings

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24 JUNE 2025 — tuesday

  • Leila Mottley reads from her new novel, The Girls Who Grew Big, joined in conversation by Ingrid Rojas Contreras; Leila Mottley is the winner of the Northern California Book Award for her previous novel, Nightcrawling, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free admission, 7:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)

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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