ONGOING POETRY READINGS
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www.PoetryFlash.org www.sfheart.com/ArtPoetryEvents.html Sundays LA PALABRA MUSICAL/THE MUSIC OF THE WORD the 2nd & 4th Sunday of every Month (in English, Spanish, Spanglish y Lo Que Sea) 3:30 – 5:30PM No Cover hosted by Avotcja (Donations accepted & bring Congas, Guiros, Maracas, Panderetas etc. Always the word festival to remember! @ CASA LATINA (Taqueria, Bakery & Café) 1805 San Pablo Avenue @ Delaware (3 blocks North of University) Berkeley, CA 94702 (510)558-7177 www.Avotcja. org or LaVerdadMusical@yahoo.com wheel chair accessible POETRY SANTA CRUZ Presents "POET/SPEAK" (Open reading) 3rd Sunday of the Month Hosted by Joyce Keller 2PM to 4PM in the Upstairs Meeting Room @ THE SANTA CRUZ MAIN LIBRARY 224 Church Street (downtown Santa Cruz) sign up at 2PM sharp Free wheel chair accessible Mondays POETRY EXPRESS hosted by Jan, Odilia Galvan Rodriguez, Jim Barnard & Nancy Wogan Every Monday 7PM – 9PM Features, Open mic & a Monthly all open Theme Night @ HIMALAYAN FLAVORS 1585 University Avenue @ California Berkeley, CA 94703 No Sign up Free Admission wheel chair accessible (510)704-0174 Facebook PoetryExpress@gmail.com BIRD & BECKETT BOOKS 1st & 3rd Mondays 7PM POETS! hosted by Jerry Ferraz Feature & open mic follows 653 Chenery @ Diamond San Francisco, CA 94131 (2 blocks from Glen Park BART) (415) 586-3733 birdbeckett@yahoo.com wheel chair accessible Tuesdays THE WORD PARTY 3rd Tuesday of every month! Co-hosted by: Jennifer Barone & Ingrid Keir Featuring Live Jazz with NOVA JAZZ (Daniel Heffez, Colin Williams & Geordie Van Der Bosch) Bring your poems, bring your instrument, get ready to party & it's ON! 8:00pm - 10:30pm (sign-up at 8:00pm with the hosts) @ VIRACOCHA 998 Valencia Street @ 21st Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Donation: $5 For more info see: www.thewordparty.com GOLDEN STATE SLAM 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the Month Slam hosted by Ner City Open Mic hosted by Jelal (features, open Mic) @ THE GRAND LAKE COFFEE HOUSE 440 Grand Avenue @ Bellevue (right across the street from Lake Merritt) Oakland, CA 94610 8PM TO 9PM there is a Door charge Doors open @ 7:30PM (but donations gratefully accepted) (510)922-1507 or www.gsslam.com www.grandlakecoffee.house.com wheel chair accessible Wednesdays ALAMEDA ISLAND POETS hosted by Nanette Bradley Deetz First Wednesday of the Month 6:30-7PM free Writing Workshop Featured Reader 7PM Open Mic will follow to-9:00PM All are invited to read BOOKS INC. 1344 Park Street @ Alameda Alameda, CA 94501 (510) 522-2226 or (510) 995-8698 6:30PM – 9PM Email: nanettedeetz@comcast.net Website: www.fameinalameda.com wheel chair accessible Parking is available at a public lot (free after 6pm) located directly across from the Alameda Theater. Street parking is also available. Sponsored by: The Alameda Island Poets Chapter of the California Federation of Chaparral Poets Inc. SACRED GROUNDS (the Bay Area's oldest Open Mic) Every Wednesday 7PM – 9PM Features & Open mic hosted by Dan Brady @ SACRED GROUND 2095 Hayes Street @ Cole San Francisco, CA 94117 Info: (415)387-3859 7PM - 9PM FREE wheel chair accessible BERKELEY POETRY SLAM Every Wednesday 8:30PM (sign up 7:20PM) rotating Hosts @ The Starry Plough 3101 Shattuck Avenue @ Prince Berkeley, CA 94705 (510)841-2082 $7 www.myspace.com/berkeleypoetryslam SUNSET POETRY hosted by Martin Hickel First Wednesday of the Month Features & Open mic 7PM – 9PM $5 suggested Donation (no one turned away for lack of Funds) @ STUDIO 333 GALLERY 333 Caledonia Street Sausalito, CA 94965 (415)382-8022 www.isledesk.com/islepress/SunsetPoetry.html Email: poetnews@sonic.net Facebook wheel chair accessible LYRICS & DIRGES 3rd Wednesday every Month (except December) Hosted by Mk Chavez, Tomás Muniz & ? Features 7:30PM – 9:30PM No Cover @ PEGASUS BOOKS 2349 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, California 94704 www.pegasusbookstore.com wheel chair accessible Thursdays THE READERS CAFÉ POETRY SERIES hosted by JACK HIRSCHMAN featuring 2 half Hour Features @ THE READERS CAFÉ & BOOKSTORE FORT MASON Bldg C (near Laguna & Marina) San Francisco, ca 94102 (415)771-1076 (Bookstore open @ 9AM) READING @ 6:30PM (free & open to the Public) Sponsored by The Friends Of The San Francisco Public Library www.friendssfpl.org wheel chair accessible VOZ SIN TINTA Reading Series (witness art as energy) 2nd Saturday every Month 6:30PM @ ALLEY CATS BOOKS 3036 24th St San Francisco, CA 94110 (415)824-1761 (between Treat & Balmy Alley in the Mission) ¡Bienvenidos todos! Spots open for open mic! Sponsored by Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguia & Alley Cat Books Curated by Marguerite Muñoz & Jose Hector Cadena www.alleycatbookshop.com PLANET EARTH CENTRAL/NEW CAMELOT THE POETRY STAGE Last Thursday of the Month @ A Taste of Rome Caffé 1000 Bridgeway Sausalito, CA 94965 7PM-9:30PM (415)332-7660 plus You on the OPEN MIC! wheel chair accessible HOLLA BACK! Every Thursday 7:30 - 10PM Rotating Hosts Features, an Open mic & lots of surprises @ 2277 International Blvd @ 23rd Avenue Oakland, CA 94606 Email: eastsideculturalcenter@gmail.com Website: www.eastsideartsalliance.org (510)533-6629 wheel chair accessible OAKLAND S.O.U.P. (Sing Open Up & Poetize) hosted by Selene Steese 1st & 3rd Thursday 7PM – 9PM Feature & Open mic @ Smoky Bones’ DAY OF THE DEAD CAFE 3208 Grand Avenue @ MacArthur Blvd (next to the Grand Lake Theater) Oakland, CA 94620 (510)325-3113 LUNCH POEMS a Noontime Poetry Series hosted by Robert Hass All Readings from 12:10 to 12:50PM on the 1st Thursday of the Month Admission Free Morrison Library in Doe Library University of California Berkeley, CA Website: lunchpoems.berkeley.edu THE OAKLAND SLAM 2nd Thursdays 8PM (SHARP!) (sign-up 7:30PM) WIDE OPEN MIC before the Poetry Slam hosted byNazelah & Dre AWAKEN CAFE 1429 Broadway (near 14th) Downtown Oakland $7 ALL AGES $5 for Performers Info: www.oaklandslam.com or Facebook & Twitter MARIN POETRY CENTER READING SERIES the 3rd Thursday of the Month 7:30PM FEATURES & OPEN MIC before the Poetry Slam FALKIRK CULTURAL CENTER 1408 Mission Street @ E San Rafael, CA 94912 Info: www.marinpoetrycenter.org or events@marinpoetrycenter.org or |
Fridays
THE LAST WORD READING SRIES 2nd Friday of every month w/co hosts: Dale Jensen, Ralph Dranow, John Rowe, Diana Q, Grace Grafton There are typically 2 Feature Readers per month, plus an open Mic reading @ NEFELI CAFFÉ 1854 Euclid @ Hearst Berkeley, CA 94704 (510)841-6374 7PM Admission is free info: Email: RowePoet@yahoo.com CAFÉ INTERNATIONAL POETRY & MUSIC SERIES every Friday of the Month hosted by Steve Feature & Open Mic 7PM – Midnight No Cover @ CAFÉ INTERNATIONAL 508 Haight Street @ Fillmore San Francisco, CA 94117 (415)552-7390 wheel chair accessible EXPRESSIONS GALLERY POETRY SERIES third Friday of the Month hosted by Steve Arntson Feature & Open Mic 7PM – 9PM No Cover @ EXPRESSIONS ART GALLERY 2035 Ashby Ave (between Adeline & Shattuck) Berkeley, CA 94703 (510)644-4930 Email: expressionsgallery@msn.com Website: www.expressionsgallery.org wheel chair accessible POETRY DIVERSIFIED hosted by Mark G 1st Friday every Month Features, Open mic & surprises @ LA ESTRELLITA CAFÉ & LOUNGE 446 East 12th Street @ 5th Avenue Oakland, CA 94601 Sign up @ 7:30PM 8PM – 10:30PM (510)465-7188 Facebook www.laestrellitacafe.com wheel chair accessible Saturdays BAY AREA POETS COALITION hosted by John Rowe 1st Saturday every Month 3PM – 5PM Casual Read Around (no Feature) @ STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE 1320 Addison Street (near Acton) Berkeley, CA ?94103 (510)527-9905 Email: poetalk@aol.com Website: www.bayareapoetscoalition.org wheel chair accessible LOST POETS SALON First Saturday of the month 2:30PM to 5PM Open Reading and Discussion THE BAGELRY 320 Cedar Street Santa Cruz, 95060 (831)420-0211 wheel chair accessible HAND TO MOUTH/WORD SPOKEN OUT hosted by Toni & Joel Eis Last Saturday of the Month Feature & Open mic 4PM – 6PM Free Admission but Donations accepted @ REBOUND BOOKSTORE 1611 Fourth Street (between F & G) San Rafael, CA 94901 (415)482-0550 Web: www.reboundbookstore.com Email: reboundbookstore@aol.com Facebook THE FRANK BETTE CENTER FOR THE ARTS SECOND SATURDAY POETRY & PROSE READING SERIES hosted by Jeanne Lupton Feature & Open Mic to follow 7PM – 9PM No Cover (but Donations are appreciated) @ THE FRANK BETTE CENTER For The Arts 1601 Paru Street @ Lincoln (a couple of blocks west of GrAnd) Alameda, CA 94501 (510)523-6957 www.frankbettecenter.org wheel chair accessibility @ side of building THE LEGENDARY SANTA CRUZ INDIE SLAM 1st & 3rd Saturdays of the Month CYPRESS LOUNGE 120 Union Street Santa Cruz CA 95060 Cash prizes open signup list 10 poets 4 rounds 6:30 PM $5 admission info@legendarycollective.com www.legendarycollective.com WRITERS RESOURCE CENTER Writers Workshop & reading 2nd Saturday of every month! with Guest Hosts 10AM - 12:30Pm @ JOSEPH NELSON COMMUNITY CENTER 611 Village Drive off Hwy 12 Suisun City, CA 94585 members FREE Visitors $5 Web: www.writersresourcecenter.com or Email: janiepbess@yahoo.com wheel chair accessible ALTA SOLANO LIT OUT LOUD 3rd Saturdays of the Month An exciting new reading series celebrating good writing, intellect & artistic community @ FOLK & FINE ART GALLERY 1861-A Solano Ave., Berkeley [in the small alleyway just above Pegasus Books] Berkeley, CA (510)900-2591 7:30-8PM Open Mic: 8-8:45PM Featured Readers hosted by Jannie M. Dresser janniedres@att.net for information ongoing series with variable dates LA LUNADA (bilingual Poetry series) hosted by Sandra Garcia Rivera & Guests once a month during the Full Moon (Lunadas are traditionally a place for Poets, Musicians, Educators, Activists & other like-minded FREE THINKERS to come together.) Features & Open mic @ GALERÍA DE LA RAZA 2857 24th Street @ Bryant San Francisco, CA 94110 Sign up @ 7PM 7:30-10:30PM www.galleriadelaraza.org Email: info@galleriadelaraza.org (415)206-9242 $5 Donation or bring a dish to share & get in FREE wheel chair accessible SPARRING WITH BEATNIK GHOSTS (is a traveling poetry supershow held six times a year throughout the San Francisco Bay Area) 10 features plus a Guest Host For upcoming readings & location visit the website: www.sparringwithbeatnikghosts.com RHYMES & RHYTHMS SERIES (a four times a year Extravaganza) hosted by Nancy Hom & Avotcja with Features, an Open Mic & surprises SATURDAYS @ THE I HOTEL MANILATOWN CENTER 868 Kearny Street @ Jackson San Francisco, CA 94108 (doors open @ 1:30PM) 2PM – 5PM $5 to $10 Sliding Scale (no one turned away for lack of Funds) call or check Website for exact date (415)399-9580 or www.Manilatown.org wheel chair accessible (this Series benefits the Manilatown Heritage Foundation, a Non-profit organization dedicated to preserving & fostering the rich cultural and artistic traditions of San Franciscos Filipino American community) for names of features see: www.PoetryFlash.org www.sfheart.com/ArtPoetryEvents.html |
