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Northern California

22 FEBRUARY 2012 — wednesday

CENTRAL:

Berkeley Poetry Slam, held weekly, features touring performers, hosted by Betsy Gomez, Dre, Jamie DeWolf, Sevan, Katelyn Lucas, and Betsy Gomez, $150 cash prize, The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, all ages before 10:00, $8, sign up 7:30, show 8:30 (519/841-2082, www.starryploughpub.com/poetryslam, www.berkeleypoetryslam.com)
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Novelist Kevin Fox reads from Until the Next Time, Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, 6:00 (415/835-1020, www.bookpassage.com)
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SOUTH:

Rubber Chicken Poetry Slam, East Village Coffee House, 498 Washington Street, Monterey, sign up 7:30, show 8:00 (831/373-5601, www.eastvillagecoffeelounge.com)
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23 FEBRUARY 2012 — thursday

CENTRAL:

Theorist and activist in feminist, lesbian and gay, queer, and sexuality Gayle Rubin celebrates her career-spanning collection Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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Thursday at Readers Poetry Series presents Jewelle Gomez and Stephen Kessler, food and drink sales benefit the San Francisco Public Library, Readers Café, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, 6:30 (415/771-1011, www.readerscafe.org)
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NORTH:

Writers Read presents poet Marilyn Motherbear Scott, with open mic reading for poetry and prose, slots limited to six minutes, Arts Center Ukiah’s Corner Gallery, 201 South State Street, Ukiah, featured reading 7:00, open mic 8:00 (707/462-1400, artcenterukiah.org, coloredhorse.com/WritingPoetry/PoetryEvents)
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24 FEBRUARY 2012 — friday

CENTRAL:

Poet's Gallery Quarterly presents the All Native American Indian Reading, featuring Luke Warmwater, Sharon Doubiago, Geoffrey Lake, Duane Big Eagle, Hawk Feather, Kim Shuck, Linda Noel, Karen Luke, Danny Hawk, James Blue Wolf, and Antoinette Nora Claypole, open mic follows, Tony Serra's Pier 5 Law Office, 506 Broadway, at Kearny, San Francisco, sign in 5:30, reading 6:00-9:00
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Novelist Josh Bazell reads from Wild Thing, Book Passage Books, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 7:00 (www.bookpassage.com)
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25 FEBRUARY 2012 — saturday

CENTRAL:

Saturday Night Special, monthly East Bay Open Mic, tonight features poets Camille Dungy and Tess Taylor, three-to-five minute open mic spots, hosted by Hollie Hardy and Tomas Moniz, Nick’s Lounge, 3218 Adeline Street, Berkeley, 7:00-9:30 (510/652-6425)
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Fourth Saturdays Poetry & Prose presents Jan Dederick and reader to be announced, hosted by Jeanne Lupton, open mic follows, refreshments, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru Street, Alameda, 7:00-9:00 (www.frankbettecenter.org)
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Poetry reading by Stephen Kopel and Nancy Wakeman, open mic follows, Florey’s Book Company, 2120 Palmetto Avenue, Pacifica, 7:00-9:30 (650/355-8811, sherrirose-walker @ hotmail.com)
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Poetry Discussion Group meets, bring a favorite poem by you or someone else, Meeting Room, El Sobrante Library, 4191 Appian Way, El Sobrante, 3:00-4:00 (510/374-3991, eweiss @ ccclib.org)
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A literary conversation with novelist Karen Kondazian, and President of the San Francisco Literary Society Peter Robinson, discussing Kondazian’s novel The Whip, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 7:00 (www.bookpassage.com)
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26 FEBRUARY 2012 — sunday

CENTRAL:

Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Willis Barnstone, Stickball on 88th Street, and Stanley Moss, God Breaketh Not All Men’s Hearts Alike: New & Later Collected Poems, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 3:00 (510/653-9965, dieselbookstore.com)
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NORTH:

Novelist and memoirist Bill Broder reads from A Prayer for the Departed: Tales of a Family Through the Decades of the Last Century, Book Passage Bookstore, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 4:00 (www.bookpassage.com)
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Poetry reading by Donna Emerson, Wild Mercy, and Zara Raab, Swimming the Eel, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 7:00 (www.bookpassage.com)
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27 FEBRUARY 2012 — monday

CENTRAL:

Poet’s Gallery presents open mic night, Caffe Greco, 423 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 6:30-9:30
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28 FEBRUARY 2012 — tuesday

NORTH:

Life Sentence poetry slam featuring Seth Walker and friends, Missouri Street Theatre, 1125 Missouri Street, Fairfield, all ages, $5, doors open and sign up to read 6:30, show 7:00-9:00 (707/422-1598, missouristreettheatre.com)
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29 FEBRUARY 2012 — wednesday

CENTRAL:

Berkeley Poetry Slam, held weekly, features touring performers, hosted by Betsy Gomez, Dre, Jamie DeWolf, Sevan, Katelyn Lucas, and Betsy Gomez, $150 cash prize, The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, all ages before 10:00, $8, sign up 7:30, show 8:30 (519/841-2082, www.starryploughpub.com/poetryslam, www.berkeleypoetryslam.com)
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City Arts & Lectures presents nonfiction writer Michael Lewis, Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, in conversation with writer, editor Dave Eggers, Zeitoun, Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, $27/$22, 8:00 (415/392-4400, www.cityboxoffice.com, www.cityarts.net)
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Trinie Dalton reads from her short story collection Baby Geisha, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, at Broadway, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
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SOUTH:

Rubber Chicken Poetry Slam, East Village Coffee House, 498 Washington Street, Monterey, sign up 7:30, show 8:00 (831/373-5601, www.eastvillagecoffeelounge.com)
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