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25 FEBRUARY 2017 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • 15th Annual MFA in Creative Writing Scholarship Fund Benefit for St. Mary's College, with literary toasts by poets Louise Glück, Robert Pinsky, The Inferno of Dante, novelist Natalie Baszile, Queen Sugar, novelist and poet Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient, and writer and editor Linda Spalding, enjoy bountiful noshes, a hosted beer and wine bar, virtual reality painting, music, and a scholarship fund raffle with fabulous prizes, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, 210 Post Street, Suite 205, San Francisco, $50-$250, rsvp online required by February 20, space is limited, cocktail reception with authors 5:00, benefit event 6:00-9:00 (925/631-8556, www.stmarys-ca.edu/mfa-in-creative-writing/support-the-mfa-scholarship-fund)
  • Ruth Beckford and Careth Reid present The Picture Man: From the Collection of Bay Area Photographer E.F. Joseph 1927-1979, telling the story of the Bay Area's African American community, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 2:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com/events/ruth-beckford-careth-reid-offsite)
  • "Voices of Conflict: Writing During Wartimes," an afternoon of poetry written and read by veterans, followed by a discussion, featuring internationally known poet, writer, and cultural theorist Judy Grahn, poet and Iraq War veteran Victor Inzunza, writers and veterans Colby Buzzzell, memoirist Grady Smalling, and poet E.S. Smutny, this event is part of a series of public programs in conjunction with "Not Alone: Exploring Bonds Between and With Members of the Armed Forces," through March 4, SFAC Community Room, Suite 125, War Memorial Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, free, 2:00-4:00 (www.sfartscommission.org/gallery/2017/veterans-poetry-reading-panel-discussion)
  • Poetry at Florey's presents an evening of poetry and music with poets Clara Hsu and Greg Pond, aftermoon, reading from Lao-Tzu's Tao-te Ching and Infusions, translated by Clara Hsu, and other poems by Xu Zhimo and Su Shi, musician David Wong plays the guqin, a seven-stringed zither, three-minute limit open mic follows, hosted by Sherri Rose-Walker, Florey's Book Company, 2120 Palmetto Avenue, Pacifica, 7:30 (650/355-8811, SherriRose-Walker@hotmail.com)
  • LIMINAL's Annual Soiree,"Embodying Spaces: A Night of Women's Narratives," features readings and performance by Oakland Poet Laureate Alison Luterman, Desire Zoo; writer and artist Indira Allegra; Kate Schatz, Rad American Women A-Z, New York Times best-selling feminist children's book; writer, storyteller, and blogger Akilah Monifa; spoken word poet Audacious Iam; poet and multimedia artist Mg Roberts, ANEMAL, UTER MECK, Liminal, 3037 38th Avenue, Oakland, $15-$25, limited seating, purchase tickets online, 7:00-10:00 (gina@theliminalcenter.com, www.oaklandliminal.com)
  • Guest Poet Series features a poetry reading by novelist and poet Mariana Ruybalid, Daring to Write; her novels include Coyote Healer, Coyote Curandero, an interview and discussion follows, The Berkeley Public Library, Claremont Branch, 2940 Benvenue Avenue, Berkeley, free, 2:00-3:30 (510/981-6280, www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org)
    EAST:
  • Ina Coolbrith Circle presents "A Snare of Refuge a Revenge," a poetry reading by Robert Eastwood, Snare, open reading follows, refreshments, Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church, 49 Knox Drive, Lafayette, 2:00 (www.coolpoetry.org)

26 FEBRUARY 2017 — sunday

27 FEBRUARY 2017 — monday

    NORTH:
  • Jumpstart Workshop, where creative prompts inspire writing, workshops are facilitated by Susan Bono and Marlene Cullen in alternating months, bring a notebook and a fast-moving pen, all writers encouraged to come, Copperfield's Books, 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, $15, 6:30 (707/762-0563, www.thewritespot.us/jumpstart.php)

28 FEBRUARY 2017 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Meg Elison launches her second novel, The Book of Etta, a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Pick for Spring 2017, The Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco, 7:30 (415/863-8688, www.booksmith.com)
  • Bill Hayes reads from his memoir, Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me, about Oliver Sacks, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com/events/bill-hayes)
    SOUTH:
  • Mystery Writers of America Mary Feliz celebrates the launch of her latest thriller, Scheduled to Death, Books Inc., 301 Castro Street, Mountain View, 7:00 (650/428-1234, www.booksinc.net/MountainView)

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