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2 AUGUST 2011 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• A fiction reading by Ben Loory, Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day, and Grace Krilanovich, The Orange Eats Creeps, Book Passage, Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, 6:00 (415/835-1020, www.bookpassage.com)
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• Poetry reading by Kevin Opstedal, California Redemption Value, and Donald Guravich, World at Large, Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
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NORTH:
• Marin Poetry Center's Summer Traveling Show presents a poetry reading hosted by Breean Lowe, featuring Mary K. Sweeney, Judith Yamamoto, Laurie Stoelting, Patricia McCaron, Paula Weinberger, Yvonne Cannon, Marin City Library, 164 Donahue Street, Sausalito, 7:00 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
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• Novelist John Burnham Schwartz reads from Northwest Corner, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 7:00 (415/927-0960, www.bookpassage.com)
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3 AUGUST 2011 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Steve Englehart reads from his thriller, The Plain Man, Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
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• Berkeley Arts Festival presents Philippa Kelly discussing her new book The King and I, on connecting her reading of King Lear to growing up in Australia, 2133 University Avenue, between Shattuck and Oxford, Berkeley, 8:00 (www.berkeleyartsfestival.com)
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• Kurt Melchior presents Off the Record, on being a trial lawyer, Book Passage, Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, 6:00 (415/835-1020, www.bookpassage.com)
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NORTH:
• Women’s Book Night presents Kate Levinson, Emotional Currency: A Woman’s Guide to Building a Healthy Relationship with Money, women only, Gallery Bookshop, 319 Kasten Street, at Main, Mendocino, 6:00 (707/937-2665, www.gallerybookshop.com)
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• San Francisco novelist Vendela Vida reads from The Lovers, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 7:00 (415/927-0960, www.bookpassage.com)
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EAST:
• Featured poetry reading, come early to sign up for the open mic that follows, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, Bistro 33, 226 F Street, Davis, 8:30-10:30 (PoetryinDavis @ gmail.com, www.poetryindavis.com)
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4 AUGUST 2011 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry reading by Kareem James Abu-Zeid and Georges Long, curated by Jack Hirschman, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library poet-in-residence, Readers Café & Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, SF, 6:30 (415/771-1011, readerscafe.org)
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• Book club discussion open to all, Bird & Beckett Books, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/586-3733, birdbeckett.com)
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• First Thursdays Poetry Readings presents featured poets, hosted by Deconstructed Artichoke Press, San Francisco Center for the Book, 300 De Haro Street, SF, 6:00-8:00 (sfcb.org/events)
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• Poetry reading by Stewart Florsheim, A Split Second of Light, Richard Silberg, Deconstruction of the Blues, and Henry Epstein, refreshments, Temple Sinai, Albers Chapel, entrance on Webster Street, just north of 28th Street beside the parking lot, “2808 Summit” is written above the door, one block west of Broadway, two blocks east of Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, free, 7:30 (Phil Rubin, 510/547-8080, www.oaklandsinai.org)
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• San Francisco Chronicle's urban design critic John King presents Cityscapes: San Francisco and its Buildings, Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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• Novelist Edie Meidav, Lola, California, in conversation with ZYZZYVA managing editor Oscar Villalon, Book Passage, Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, 6:00 (415/835-1020, www.bookpassage.com)
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• Open Heart Poetry, open mic precedes and follows featured reader, hosted by Marc Kockinos, Om Shan Tea, 233 14th Street, at Natoma, SF, $5 minimum for tea or food, open sign up 6:30, show 7:00-10:00 (www.openheartpoetry.com, www.omshantea.com)
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NORTH:
• Steven T. Jones discusses Tribes of Burning Man: How an Experimental City in the Desert Is Shaping the New American Counterculture, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 7:00 (415/927-0960, www.bookpassage.com)
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5 AUGUST 2011 — friday

CENTRAL:
• First Friday reading presents Clive Matson with Gael Alcock on cello, with special guests Adele Mendelson and G.P. Skratz, Caffe Roma, 526 Columbus Avenue, at Union, San Francisco, 7:00-9:00 (hackett.philip @ gmail.com)
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• Charles Fleming presents Secret Stairs, East Bay: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Berkeley and Oakland, Pegasus Books, 1855 Solano Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/525-6888, www.pegasusbookstore.com)
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• Novelist Edie Meidav reads from Lola, California, with novelist Carolyn Cooke, Daughters of the Revolution, A Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Avenue, Montclair Village, Oakland, 7:00 (510/339-8210)
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NORTH:
• Grant Morrison discusses Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 7:00 (415/927-0960, www.bookpassage.com)
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6 AUGUST 2011 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Writers with Drinks presents novella author Ted Chiang, The Lifecycle of Software Objects, a Nebula Award-nominee; memoirist Melissa Febos, Whip Smart; and Lee Konstantinou, Pop Apocalypse: A Possible Satire, editor of the forthcoming The Legacy of David Foster Wallace: Critical and Creative Assessments; emceed by Charlie Anders, benefits the Center for Sex and Culture, The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, between Mission and Valencia, SF, $5–$10 sliding scale, doors open 6:30, event 7:30 (writerswithdrinks.com)
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• Contributors Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Rose Guilbault, and editor Victoria Zackheim read from and sign He Said What? Women Write About Moments When Everything Changed, Potrero Branch Library, Program Room, 1616 20th Street, near Connecticut, San Francisco, free, 4:00 (415/355-2822, sfpl.org)
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NORTH:
• Louse Nayer, Burned: A Memoir, leads a one-day creative writing workshop, "Memoirs from Childhood Trauma," Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, $60, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 (pre-registration: 415/927-0960, www.bookpassage.com)
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• Oliver Pötzsch reads from his historical thriller The Hangman’s Daughter, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 1:00 (415/927-0960, www.bookpassage.com)
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• Kim Culbertson reads from her young adult novel Instructions for a Broken Heart, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 4:00 (415/927-0960, www.bookpassage.com)
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• Laura Sheppard presents a dramatic 45-minute performance in period costume based on Harriet Land Levy’s book, Paris Portraits: Stories of Picasso, Matisse, Gertrude Stein, and Their Circle, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 7:00 (415/927-0960, www.bookpassage.com)
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• Poetry SoCoCo presents a featured poetry reading hosted by Andrew Mayer, SoCo Coffee, 1015 4th Street, at Brookwood, Santa Rosa, 7:00-9:00
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• Jafar Yaghoobi reads from Let Us Water the Flowers: The Memoir of a Political Prisoner in Iran, Four-Eyed Frog Books, Cypress Village, 46501 Gualala Road, Gualala, 4:00 (707/884-1333, www.foureyedfrog.com)
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7 AUGUST 2011 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Xochiquetzal Candelaria, Empire, and Robin Ekiss, The Mansion of Happiness, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 3:00 (510/653-9965, dieselbookstore.com; wheelchair accessible, ASL interpreters for the deaf and hearing impaired may be requested a week in advance by email, editor@poetryflash.org)
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• Poetry reading by San Francisco Poet Laureate Diane di Prima and Michael McClure, Mythos Fine Art and Artifacts, 1747 Solano Avenue, Berkeley, 3:00-5:00 (510/528-4291, mythosfineart.com)
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• "See You Later, Allen Ginsberg," Josh Kornbluth reads HOWL, accompanied by Ralph Carney, Pegasus Books, 1855 Solano Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/525-6888, www.1stpersonsingular.com)
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• PAWA/Philippine American Writers & Artists Reading featuring writers Tina Bartholome and Bonne Marie Bautista, story writer G. Justin Hulog, poet Cheena Marie Lo, and poet Michael Medrano, hosted by Barbara Jane Reyes, Bird & Beckett Books, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, 2:00 (415/586-3733, birdbeckett.com)
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• Poetry reading by George Wallace and Diane Frank, open mic follows, Bird & Beckett Books, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, 2:30 (415/586-3733, birdbeckett.com)
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8 AUGUST 2011 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Express presents Adele Mendelsohn, plus open reading, mention the event for ten percent meal discount, Priya Indian Cuisine, 2072 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 (510/644-3977)
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9 AUGUST 2011 — tuesday

NORTH:
• Marin Poetry Center's Summer Traveling Show presents a poetry reading hosted by Geri Digiorno, featuring Ronna Leon, Ethel Mays, Mark Meierding, Susan Cohen, Dave Seter, Maggie Tuteur, Pelican Art Gallery, 143 Petaluma Blvd. N., Petaluma, 7:00 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
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SOUTH:
• Poetry reading featuring four Santa Cruz area poets including T. Mike Walker, Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, $3, 7:30 (www.poetrysantacruz.org) )
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• California Writers Club-South Bay Writers present Tina Glasner, illustrator, author, and editor speaking on book design, “Interior Motives: Your Artistic Success,” Lookout Bar & Grill, 605 Macara Avenue, at Sunnyvale Golf Course, Sunnyvale, $20/$15 CWC members, includes dinner, 6:00 (www.southbaywriters.com)
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EAST:
• Sixteen Rivers Press poetry reading by Christina Hutchins, The Stranger Dissolves, and Jeanne Wagner, In the Body of Our Lives, The Barkin' Dog Grill, 940 Eleventh Street, Modesto, 7:00 (wegenerspage @ yahoo.com)
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10 AUGUST 2011 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• On the Page, Off the Page open mic with Diamond Dave Whitaker, Park Branch Library Community Room, downstairs, 1833 Page Street, between Cole and Shrader, San Francisco, 7:00-8:45 (sfpl.org)
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NORTH:
• Sunset Poetry by the Bay presents Mendocino poets Devreaux Baker, Red Willow People, Blake More, Lydia Rand, Janet DeBar, hosted by Martin Hickel, Studio 333 Gallery, 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, 7:00 (415/331-8272, poetnews @ sonic.net, www.studio333.info)
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11 AUGUST 2011 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Launch party: Stacy Carlson reads from her novel Among the Wonderful, set in nineteenth century New York, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 7:00 (510/653-9965, dieselbookstore.com)
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• Open Heart Poetry, open mic precedes and follows featured reader, hosted by Marc Kockinos, Om Shan Tea, 233 14th Street, at Natoma, SF, $5 minimum for tea or food, open sign up 6:30, show 7:00-10:00 (www.openheartpoetry.com, www.omshantea.com)
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• Political Book Club open to all, call for title to be discussed, Bird & Beckett Books, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/586-3733, birdbeckett.com)
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• Poetry reading by Matt Sedillo and Luke Warm Water, curated by Jack Hirschman, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library poet-in-residence, Readers Café & Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, SF, 6:30 (415/771-1011, readerscafe.org)
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12 AUGUST 2011 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Last Word presents a poetry reading by Randy Fingland and Marianne Robinson, plus open mic, the series is alternately co-hosted by Dale Jensen, Ralph Dranow, John Rowe, and Grace Grafton, good food, Nefeli Caffe, 1854 Euclid Avenue, near Hearst, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00 (510/841-6374)
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13 AUGUST 2011 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Featured poetry reading by Jeanne Wagner and Zara Raab, open mic follows, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru Street, Alameda, 7:00-9:00 (www.frankbettecenter.org)
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NORTH:
• Linda Lambert, Cairo Diary and Etruscan Nights, discusses her thoughts on writing a book, Four-Eyed Frog Books, Cypress Village, 46501 Gualala Road, Gualala, 6:00 (707/884-1333, www.foureyedfrog.com)
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• Summer Local Author Reception to meet fifteen Mendocino County authors of fiction, poetry, memoir, and more, wine and books, Gallery Bookshop, 319 Kasten Street, at Main, Mendocino, 5:00-7:00 (707/937-2665, www.gallerybookshop.com)
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14 AUGUST 2011 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• The Music of the Word/La Palabra Musical presents featured readers, open mic, hosted by Avotcja, free, The Other Change of Hobbit, 3264 Adeline Street, Berkeley, 3:30-5:30 (510/848-0413, www.Avotcja.org, www.otherchangeofhobbit.com)
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• Laura Sheppard dramatizes Harriet Lane Levy’s memoir of Gertrude Stein and her circle, Bird & Beckett Books, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, 2:30 (415/586-3733, birdbeckett.com)
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SOUTH:
• Blarney Sunday spoken word open mic, upstairs at Lilly Mac's Irish Restaurant & Bar, 187 Murphy Street, Sunnyvale, 2:00-4:00 (Karla Rogers, 408/218-6731, www.lillymacs.com)
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15 AUGUST 2011 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Neeli Cherkovski reads from his new poetry book, From the Middle Woods, and selections from his memoir-in-progress, Café Greco, at Columbus and Vallejo Streets, North Beach, San Francisco, 6:30
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• Poetry reading by Paula Hackett with jazz pianist Connie Crothers, hosted by Jerry Ferraz, open mic follows, Bird & Beckett Books, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/586-3733, birdbeckett.com)
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• Talking Taiko, poetry and music to celebrate Yuri Kageyama’s The New and Selected Yuri: Writing from Peeling Till Now, Yuri Kageyama reads with noted jazz musicians Eric Kamau Gravatt, drummer, Isaku Kageyama, drummer, and Makoto Horiuchi, musical director and guitar, with special guests poet Ishmael Reed, whose Ishmael Reed Publishing Co. released the book, poet Tennessee Reed, and Hiroyuki Shido on bass, Yoshi’s San Francisco, 1330 Fillmore Street, at Eddy, San Francisco, two shows at 8:00 and 9:30 (415/655-5600, sfyoshis.inticketing.com, yurikageyama @ yahoo.com)
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16 AUGUST 2011 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• WORDParty presents poetry and jazz, open mic for poetry only, with hosts Jennifer Barone and Ingrid Keir, Nova Jazz with Daniel Heffez on sax, Colin Williams on bass, and Geordie Van Der Bosch on skins, Virachocha, 998 Valencia Street, at 21st Street, SF, $5, 8:00 (thewordparty.com)
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NORTH:
• Marin Poetry Center's Summer Traveling Show presents a poetry reading hosted by Jane Green, featuring Lynn Ireland, Calvin Ahlgren, Marie Henry, Margaret Stawowy, Donna Mussato, Paul Watsky, Larkspur Library, 400 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur, 7:00 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
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17 AUGUST 2011 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• An Evening with Jane Fonda discussing her new book, Prime Time, Making the Most of Your Life, hosted by Kris Welch, benefits KPFA Radio, Fisrt Congregational Church, 2345 Channing, Berkeley, $15 advance tickets at Pegasus Books, WaldenPond Books, Diesel, A Bookstore, Moe’s Books, Mrs. Dalloway’s in the East Bay/$18 door, 7:30 (www.kpfa.org/events)
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18 AUGUST 2011 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Open Heart Poetry, open mic precedes and follows featured reader, hosted by Marc Kockinos, Om Shan Tea, 233 14th Street, at Natoma, SF, $5 minimum for tea or food, open sign up 6:30, show 7:00-10:00 (www.openheartpoetry.com, www.omshantea.com)
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• Poetry and Prose reading by poet, translator, and essayist Marc Hofstadter and Jan Steckel, Mixing Tracks, a fiction chapbook, Laurel Book Store, 4100 MacArthur Blvd., at 39th Avenue, Oakland, 7:00 (510/531-2073, www.laurelbookstore.com)
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• Small Press Traffic presents Pop-Up Poets Series of readings and/or talk on a single artist or artwork, inspired by The Steins Collect exhibition, tonight Brent Cunningham on Hanne Darboven's "51 Drawings," to find the poet, meet in the Haas Atrium before moving on to the galleries, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 Third Street, between Mission and Howard, San Francisco, free with museum admission, 6:30 (415/357-4000, www.sfmoma.org)
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• Poetry reading by Lenore Weiss and Jerry Ferraz, curated by Jack Hirschman, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library poet-in-residence, Readers Café & Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, SF, 6:30 (415/771-1011, readerscafe.org)
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NORTH:
• Writers Forum presents “The Semi-Reluctant Memoirist,” a discussion and craft workshop with celebrated TV news anchor Belva Davis and award-winning journalist Vicki Haddock, who share the inside story of their collaboration to produce the memoir, Never In My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman’s Life in Journalism, Petaluma Community Center, Lucchesi Park, 320 No. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma, $15 at door, 7:00-9:00 (www.thewritespot.us)
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• Marin Poetry Center's Summer Traveling Show presents a poetry reading hosted by Catlyn Fendler, featuring Susan Stuart, Albert Flynn Desilver, Sandra Cross, Stephen Galiani, Rachel McKay, True Heitz, Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Fairfax, 7:00 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
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• Third Thursday Poetry Reading Series presents Margery Snyder, preceded by open mic and followed by live jazz and poetry with jazz, 215 Pub, 215 Main Street, Point Arena, free, open mic sign up 7:00, reading 7:30 (Blake More, 707/884-9189, blake @ snakelyone.com)
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SOUTH:
• Third Thursday of the Month poetry reading features Nick Butterfield, open mic follows, Willow Glen Library, 1157 Minnesota Avenue, San Jose, free, 7:00 (408/808-3045, 408/229-1589)
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EAST:
• Poetry Night featured reading series features poet/publishers Bill Gainer, A Note in the Window, and Dave Boles, come early to sign up for the open mic that follows, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 1st Street, Davis, 8:00 (poetryindavis.com, 530/756-3938)
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• Sacramento Poetry Center presents a favorite poems reading, bring poems to read by a writer other than yourself, hosted by Mary Zeppa and Lawrence Dinkins, Sacramento Room, Central Library, 828 I Street, Second Floor, Sacramento, noon (www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org)
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19 AUGUST 2011 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Friday night reading, poets to be announced, open reading follows, Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, across the street from Ashby BART, free, 7:00-9:00 (510/644-4930, www.expressionsgallery.org)
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• Friday night reading features poets David Gollub, As Needed for Rage, and Kathleen Wood, Tenderloin Rose, open reading follows, Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, across the street from Ashby BART, free, 7:00-9:00 (510/644-4930, www.expressionsgallery.org)
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20 AUGUST 2011 — saturday

EAST:
• Nevada County Poetry Series Annual Rent Party features a poetry reading and fundraiser by the series organizers, who all have new books: Chris Olander, Iris, Julie Valin, The Distance Between, Todd Cirillo, This Trouble Heart and Still A Party, and Bill Gainer, A Note in the Window, open mic follows, the event will be videoed for Nevada County TV, channel 11, refreshments, Center for the Arts, Main Theater, 314 W. Main Street, Grass Valley, $5/$1 under eighteen, donations welcome, 7:30 (530/432-8196, or 530/274-8384, thecenterforthearts.org))
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21 AUGUST 2011 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry reading by Megan Harlan, Mapmaking, and poet to be announced, open mic follows, Bird & Beckett Books, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, 2:30 (415/586-3733, birdbeckett.com)
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• Laura Sheppard her thirty-minute performance in period costume that gives voice to Harriet Lane Levy’s Paris Portraits: Stories of Picasso, Matisse, Gertrude Stein, and Their Circle, Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 4:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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NORTH:
• Healdsburg Literary Guild’s Third Sunday Salon presents a reading by novelist, poet, and artist Leah Lubin, Between Two Worlds, open mic follows, light refreshments, Senior Center, 133 Matheson Street, Healdsburg, free, 2:00 (www.HbgLitGuild.org)
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• People, Places, Poetry Group hosted by Geri Digiorno and Nancy Long of LiveWire Literary Salon, drop-in writing exercises and opportunity to read your work, all levels welcome, Oasis Community Room, 141 Second Street, Petaluma, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 (nsasha @ earthlink.net)
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SOUTH:
• Poet/Speak Open Reading with featured reader Frances Hatfield, Santa Cruz Main Library, Meeting Room, 224 Church Street, Santa Cruz, 2:00 (www.poetrysantacruz.org) )
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22 AUGUST 2011 — monday

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23 AUGUST 2011 — tuesday

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• Marin Poetry Center's Summer Traveling Show presents a poetry reading hosted by Julia Vose, featuring Louise Yahnian, Laurel Feigenbaum, Bruce Sams, Lily Iona MacKenzie, Susan Zerner, Gloria North, Corte Madera Library, 707 Meadowsweet Drive, Corte Madera, 7:00 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
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24 AUGUST 2011 — wednesday

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25 AUGUST 2011 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Eminent Authors' Birthdays Open Reading, read from the work of an author born in August, Bird & Beckett Books, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/586-3733, birdbeckett.com)
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• Tom Farber, editor of El León Literary Arts, reads from his book of epigrams, Foregone Conclusions, Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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• Poetry reading by Alan Kaufman and Stephen Kopel, curated by Jack Hirschman, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library poet-in-residence, Readers Café & Bookstore, Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, SF, 6:30 (415/771-1011, readerscafe.org)
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• Small Press Traffic presents Pop-Up Poets Series of readings and/or talk on a single artist or artwork, inspired by The Steins Collect exhibition, tonight Yedda Morrison on Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson’s “Swamp,” to find the poet, meet in the Haas Atrium before moving on to the galleries, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 Third Street, between Mission and Howard, San Francisco, free with museum admission, 6:30 (415/357-4000, www.sfmoma.org)
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26 AUGUST 2011 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Barbara Babcock reads from Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz, on the first woman admitted to the California Bar, Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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• San Francisco Zen Center’s Nothing is Hidden presents a poetry reading by Matthew Dickman, All-American Poem, and Matthew Zapruder, Come On All You Ghosts, refreshments, City Center, 300 Page Street, San Francisco, $10, 7:30 (www.sfzc.org)
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EAST:
• Stories on Stage featuring fiction read by actors presents stories by Heather Brittain Bergstrom and Adam Russ, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, between Q and R Streets, Sacramento, $5, 7:30 (916/979-9706, sacpoetrycenter.wordpress.com)
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27 AUGUST 2011 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Featured poetry reading by Cathy Barber and Richard Lawson, 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 reading by Glenn Meisenheimer, open mic follows, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru Street, Alameda, free, 7:00-9:00 (www.frankbettecenter.org)
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28 AUGUST 2011 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Walker Brents III "tells tales of Flintlock," Bird & Beckett Books, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, 2:30 (415/586-3733, birdbeckett.com)
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• The Music of the Word/La Palabra Musical presents featured readers, open mic, hosted by Avotcja, free, The Other Change of Hobbit, 3264 Adeline Street, Berkeley, 3:30-5:30 (510/848-0413, www.Avotcja.org, www.otherchangeofhobbit.com)
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• Michelle Stern presents The Whole Family Cookbook: Celebrate the Goodness of Locally Grown Food, Mrs. Dalloway’s Literary & Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 4:00 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
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SOUTH:
• Blarney Sunday spoken word open mic, upstairs at Lilly Mac's Irish Restaurant & Bar, 187 Murphy Street, Sunnyvale, 2:00-4:00 (Karla Rogers, 408/218-6731, www.lillymacs.com)
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EAST:
• A Starry Night Poetry Series presents poet and guitarist Ernest Johnson, plus open mic, Lodi Library, 201 West Locust Street, Lodi, 2:00–4:30 (www.astarrynightproductions.com/poetryseries/poetryseries.htm)
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29 AUGUST 2011 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry reading by Bill Berkson, Portrait and Dream: New & Selected Poems, and Duncan McNaughton, Capricci, Bird & Beckett Books, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/586-3733, birdbeckett.com)
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NORTH:
• North Bay Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators/SCBWI presents "Freeing Your Creativity: Tips and techniques for releasing your creativity and freeing your muse," by children's author Dawn Lairamore, open to the public, Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Avenue, Santa Rosa, $15/$10 members, no pre-registration, 7:00-9:00 (charles-t @ charlesmarkee.com)
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30 AUGUST 2011 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry reading by Tiff Dressen and Avery Burns, Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
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NORTH:
• Marin Poetry Center's Summer Traveling Show presents a poetry reading hosted by Calvin Ahlgren, featuring Janet Jennings, Donna Emerson, Rose Black, Rafaella Del Bourgo, Heidi Joseph, Melanie Maier, Belvedere-Tiburon Library, 1501 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon, 7:00 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
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31 AUGUST 2011 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Poet and art critic Bill Berkson reads from and discusses the work of poet-dance critic Edwin Denby (1903-1983) and poet Frank O’Hara (1926-1966), Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
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