Berkeley Poetry Festival presents several transgender poets reading at the oldest gay bar in the nation, featuring poets Eden Sugay, Syd Staiti, THE UNDYING PRESENT, Sequoia Bailey, and more, hosted by poet and athlete Cal Calamia, San Franshitshow, White Horse Bar, 503 66th Street, Oakland, 21+, free, 6:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.berkeleypoetryfestival.com/bpf2024schedule)
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)