\OLD FEATURES 2009 2008 2007 2010 Calendar Northern California Current Northern California Highlights Poetry Flash@Moe's features CAMILLE DUNGY & ROBIN EKISS FEBRUARY 18 Berkeley   Tenderness: A KPFA Valentine Evening MAXINE HONG KINGSTON plus two documentaries by Haydn Reiss FEBRUARY 14 Berkeley   University Press Books present JONAH RASKIN in conversation with ERNEST CALLENBACH FEBRUARY 11 Berkeley   Poetry Santa Cruz presents JACK MARSHALL FEBRUARY 9 Santa Cruz   Point Reyes Books presents ROBERT HASS in conversation with MICHAEL ONDAATJE FEBRUARY 6 Point Reyes Station   Mrs. Dalloway’s presents STEPHEN KESSLER & MARC ELIHU HOFSTADTER FEBRUARY 5 Berkeley   Poetry Flash @ Moe’s features LYN HEJINIAN & MARY JO BANG FEBRUARY 4 Berkeley   University Press Books presents MAXINE CHERNOFF & PAUL HOOVER read from & discuss their translation Selected Poems of Friedrich FEBRUARY 2 Berkeley   Inauguration Address SF Poet Laureate DIANE di PRIMA "Poetry as Spiritual Practice" FEBRUARY 2 San Francisco   Bird & Beckett presents DAVID MELTZER CLARK COOLIDGE DON PRELL FEBRUARY 1 San Francisco   Poetry Flash @ Diesel features TERRY WOLVERTON CHERYL KLEIN JANUARY 31 Oakland   Beatitude Golden Anniversary anthology reading with SHARON DOUBIAGO LATIF HARRIS NEELI CHERKOVSKI & MORE JANUARY 27 San Francisco   Stanford Feminist Studies presents MAXINE HONG KINGSTONi JANUARY 27 Stanford   Marin Poetry Center presents MARIA MAZZIOTTI GILLAN JANUARY 21 San Rafael   Poetry Flash @ Moe's features BRETT EUGENE RALPH & JASON MORRIS JANUARY 21 Berkeley   Poetry Flash @ Moe's features SHARON DOUBIAGO & MARIA MAZZIOTTI GILLAN JANUARY 20 Berkeley   Diesel, A Bookstore presents poet & writer JERRY RATCH JANUARY 17 Oakland   Poetry in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. with devorah major RAYMOND NAT TURNER GENNY LIM & MORE JANUARY 15 Oakland   Mrs. Dalloway's presents ROBIN EKISS & CHERYL DUMESNIL JANUARY 14 Berkeley   Poetry Flash @ Moe's features ANDREI CODRESCU & WILLIS BARNSTON JANUARY 14 Berkeley   Poetry Santa Cruz presents ASRIENNE RICH & JAMES SCULLY JANUARY 12 Santa Cruz 2010 Calendar Northern California Please check back regularly for additions to this schedule. For more event listings, SUBSCRIBE to Poetry Flash or request a SAMPLE COPY; then see the Calendar. 2010 Calendar Southern California Current Southern California Highlights PEN USA: Dissent Poets “I am Neda” poetry inspired by events in Iran with poet SHOLEH WOLPE & OTHERS FEBRUARY 16 Los Angeles   Art of the Spoken Word featuring California Poet Laureate CAROL MUSKE-DUKES & GetLit! Players FEBRUARY 10 Santa Monica   Red Hen presents WANDA COLEMAN ALBERT GOLDBARTH BRENDAN CONSTANTINE in conversation with DANA GOODYEAR FEBRUARY 8 Los Angeles   Good Luck Bar pressents poets BRENDAN CONSTANTINE MANDY KAHN & MORE FEBRUARY 7 Los Angeles   Santa Barbara Poetry presents MARSHA de la O MELINDA PALACIO PHIL TAGGART FEBRUARY 6 Santa Barbara   The Third Area presents D.A. POWELL JOHN CROSS KIKI PETROSINO DINA HARDY FEBRUARY 5 Santa Monica   Skylight Books pressents PATTI SMITH reads from her new memoir, Just Kids, about her life with Robert Mapplethorpe JANUARY 30 Los Angeles   Bell Arts Factory features SARAH MACLAY JANUARY 30 Ventura   Tebot Bach presents TONY BARNSTONE BRIAN MICHEAL TRACY JANUARY 29 Huntington Beach   Valley Contemporary Poets presents B.H. FAIRCHILD & SUZANNE LUMMIS JANUARY 17 Tarzana    2010 Calendar Southern California Please check back regularly for additions to this schedule. For more event listings, SUBSCRIBE to Poetry Flash or request a SAMPLE COPY; then see the Calendar.