Beast Crawl extravaganza: Leg 2

16 JULY 2016 — saturday

Beast Crawl: Leg 2 presents Leg 2 Open Mic, hosted by Rivet Journal, with Deborah K. Steinberg, sign up thirty minutes prior, three-minute limit, Laurel Book Store, 1423 Broadway; Oakland Youth Poet Laureate 2016, finalist performance and new laureate announcement, with teen readers Lucy Flattery-Vickness, Nandi Maunder, Emma Talamantes, Isabel Hallock, Azariah Cole-Shephard, host Aimee M. Espiritu, Impact Hub, 2323 Broadway, earlier time: 6:00; "Rolling Writers Crossing Over" reading by Jacqueline Doyle, Candy Shue, Sandra Wassilie, Lynn Mundell, James Warner, Kara Vernor, host Jon Sindell, Farley's East, 33 Grand Avenue; "StorySlam Oakland: Unexpected—a true story competition," Mosa Maxwel-Smith, Chris Breen, Jenn Riek, Gary Pinsky, Luna Malbroux, Kathleen Auterio, host Julie Soller, The Layover Lounge, 1517 Franklin Street; "The Music Continued: In Memory of Justin Chin," Manic D Press reading by James Tracy, Thea Hillman, Alvin Orloff, Daphne Gottlieb, Daniel LeVesque, and Jon Longhi,host Jennifer Joseph, Woods Bar & Brewery, 1701 Telegraph Avenue; "BustingOut Storytelling" reading, The Golden Bull, 412 14th Street; "Saturday Night Special" reading by Peter Bullen, Karen Penley, Dennis Cruz, and April Sinclair, hosts Hollie Hardy and Tomas Moniz, Telegraph Beer Garden, 2318 Telegraph Avenue; "Youth Radio with Creative Reflections and Commentaries," reading, Youth Radio Arts Center, 1701 Broadway; "Bay Area Generations" reading, see listing below, hosts Hugh Behm-Steinberg and Alyssa Montantes, The Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster Street; "Get Woke by Nomadic Press" reading by Sonya Renee Taylor, Denise Jolly, Jason Bayani, Cassandra Dallett, Joyce Lee, Amber Flame, and musician Azuah, Awaken Café, 1429 Broadway Avenue; "Live Pedestrians! with Pedestrian Press" reading by Brontez Purnell, Kwan Booth, Jezebel Delilah X, Rick Lupert, Shirley Acuna, and William Taylor Jr., host J de Salvo, Drexl Bar, 382 19th Street; Naked Bulb Open Mic's "Dionysus" reading by Carla Christensen, Fred Dodsworth, Lee Foust, Paul Corman Roberts, Andrew J. Thomas, Bill Gainer, and Lee Foust, host Missy Church, The Punchdown, natural wine bar and bottle shop, 1737 Broadway; LIMINAL feminist and womanist writing space reading by Brenda Usher-Carpino, Kelechi Ubozoh, Jeneé Darden, and Liz Demi Green, host Gina Goldblatt, Darling's Elixirs, 1635 Broadway, free, 6:30-7:30 (415/706-9128, beastcrawl.weebly.com)