Berkeley Poetry Festival presents "May We Heal? (A Work in Progress)," dance and spoken word; choreographer Dazaun Soleyn; performers: Jordon Ellis Dabney, Claire Fisher-Mendez and Dazaun Soleyn, with sound, music, spoken word by Jordon Ellis Dabney, Berkeley Ballet Theater, 1370 Tenth Street, Berkeley, free, 7:00-8:00 (www.berkeleypoetryfestival.com)
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)