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1 SEPTEMBER 2012 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • "Reading and Becoming," a collage talk of images and ideas that explores reading, lecture by Miranda Mellis, author of None of This is Real, The Revisionist, and more, Carville Annex, 4037 Judah Street, at 46th Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (www.carvilleannex.com)

2 SEPTEMBER 2012 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • Phil Cousineau presents The Painted Word: A Treasure Chest of Remarkable Words and Their Origins, Bird & Beckett, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 2:00 (415/586-3733, www.birdbeckett.com)
    NORTH:
  • First Sundays Monthly Poetry and Music, hosted by Geri Digiorno, featured poets Stewart Florsheim and Diane Frank read with musicians, The Redwood Cafe, 8240 Old Redwood Highway, Cotati, 5:00-7:00 (redwoodcafe.com)

3 SEPTEMBER 2012 — monday

4 SEPTEMBER 2012 — tuesday

5 SEPTEMBER 2012 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • KPFA benefit reading presents physician and best-selling author Gabor Maté, Beyond the Hungry Ghost in Politics: How Self-Awareness Within Supports Progress Without, hosted by Kris Welch, First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, $15 advance tickets at Pegasus Books, Marcus Books, Mrs. Dalloway's, Moe's Books, Walden Pond, DIESEL, and Modern Times Bookstore, 7:30 (tickets: 800/838-3006, brownpapertickets.com; www.kpfa.org/events)
  • First Wednesday Formal presents poet Sandra M. Gilbert, Aftermath, open mic and question and answer follows with special guest Toby Bielawski, Albany Poet Laureate, Five Kinds of Fences, St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 1501 Washington Avenue, Albany, free, 7:00-9:00 (510/926-9699, (firstwednesdayformal.wordpress.com)
  • Open mic follows, featured reader to be announced, Sacred Grounds Café, 2095 Hayes Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:50 (415/387-3859, www.facebook.com/groups/203539673028715)
    SOUTH:
  • The Prosperity Book Club meets, book to be announced, open to all who read the book, East West Bookstore, 324 Castro Street, Mountain View, free, 7:30 (650/988-8900, eastwest.com)
    EAST:
  • Mahogany Urban Poetry Series presents an open mic with poetry and music, Queen Sheba Restaurant, 1704 Broadway, Sacramento, $5, 9:00-11:00 (916/446-1223, www.malikspeaks.com)

6 SEPTEMBER 2012 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Artists Answer 9/11, featuring poetry, music, and visual art from Don Hazen, Mollie Hazen, Kirk Lumpkin, John Skaggs, and Lyn Talkovsky, hosted by David James Randolph, David Madgalene, and Rev. Dr. Sam Parks, The Albany United Methodist Church, 980 Stannage Avenue, Albany, free, 2:00-6:00 (davidra @ sonic.net, newwaymedia.blogspot.com)
  • The Eastside Arts Alliance presents a Holla Back! Open Mic Poetry, The Eastside Cultural Center, 2277 International Blvd., Oakland, free, 8:00-10:00 (510/533-6629, www.eastsideartsalliance.com)
  • Phil Cousineau reads from The Painted World: A Treasure Chest of Remarkable Words and Their Origins, Mrs. Dalloway's, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:30 (510/704-8222, www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • Tourettes Without Regrets poetry slam with beatboxing, stand up comedy, and more, The Oakland Metro, 630 3rd Street, $10, 8:00 sign-up, show 8:30 (touretteswithoutregrets.com)
    NORTH:
  • Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show presents a reading by Judy Halebsky, Jacqueline Kudler, Judy Wells, Alyse Rall and Bob Benjamin, Bonnie Long, and Gloria North, hosted by Roy Mash, Rebound Bookstore, 1611 4th Street, San Rafael, 7:00 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
  • UUCSR/Unitarian Universalist Congregation Santa Rosa Writers meet for coffee and conversation, Haven Café, Video Droid, 1901 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, 10:00 a.m. (GGdeB @ aol.com, uucsrwriters.blogspot.com)
    EAST:
  • Poetry Night presents Cynthia Linville, The Lost Thing, open mic with five-minute spots follows, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First Street, Davis, 8:00 (530/756-4556, poetryindavis.com)

7 SEPTEMBER 2012 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • KPFA benefit reading with the Oakland Education Association and the Berkeley Federatikon of Teachers presents National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol, Fire in the Ashes: Twenty-Five years Among the Poorest Children in America, a tribute to public school teachers, hosted by Anthony Cody, King Middle School, 1781 Rose Street, Berkeley, $15 door/$12 advance tickets at Pegasus Books, Marcus Books, Mrs. Dalloway's, Moe's Books, Walden Pond, DIESEL, and Modern Times Bookstore, $5 for public school teachers with ID, 7:30 (for public school teacher tickets call 510/763-4020; for general tickets: 800/838-3006, brownpapertickets.com; www.kpfa.org/events)

8 SEPTEMBER 2012 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • The eighth annual New Way Media and Art Festival presents "What Survives the Worst?" Artists Answer 9/11 2001-2012, artists, poets, and musicians include Don Hazen, Mollie Hazen, poet Kirk Lumpkin, John Skaggs, Rebecca Skaggs, and Lyn Talkovsky, hosts and emcees are James Randolph, David Madgalene, and Rev. Rd. Sam Parks, Albany United Methodist Church, 980 Stannage Avenue, at Marin Avenue, Albany, 2:00-6:00 (newwaymediafest.blogspot.com)
  • The 18th Annual Dancing Poetry Festival, features dance companies and award-winning poets whose works are choregraphed for performance, presenting poetry and dance as a unified art form, sponsored by Artists Embassy International and Natica Angilly's Poetic Dance Theater Company, Florence Gould Theater, California Palace, Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, 100 34th Avenue, San Francisco, free, noon-4:00 (510/235-0361, www.dancingpoetry.com)
  • PEN West Freedom-to-Write event features writers Carolyn Cooke, Camille Dungy, Michael David Lukas, Peter Orner, and Tess Taylor introducing and reading excerpts from writers who have been banned, censored, or imprisoned, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (www.mrsdalloways.com)
  • Second Saturdays Poetry & Prose presents Jan Steckel, The Horizontal Poet, and Julia Vinograd, open mic follows, refreshments, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru Street, Alameda, 7:00-9:00 (www.frankbettecenter.org)

9 SEPTEMBER 2012 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • The eighth annual New Way Media and Art Festival presents "What Survives the Worst?" Artists Answer 9/11 2001-2012, artists, poets, and musicians include Don Hazen, Mollie Hazen, poet Kirk Lumpkin, John Skaggs, Rebecca Skaggs, and Lyn Talkovsky, hosts and emcees are James Randolph, David Madgalene, and Rev. Rd. Sam Parks, Albany United Methodist Church, 980 Stannage Avenue, at Marin Avenue, Albany, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 (newwaymediafest.blogspot.com)
  • A memorial reading from the work of Carol Tarlen, well-loved North Beach poet, on the occasion of the publication of Every Day is an Act of Resistance: Selected Poetry, organized by Louise Nayer, with Jack Hirschman, Agneta Falk, Nellie Wong, Sara Menefee and David Joseph, Bird & Beckett, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 2:00 (415/586-3733, www.birdbeckett.com)
  • Valona Deli presents poets Ruth L. Schwartz and Dorinne Jennette, open mic follows, with host Connie Post, Terry Henry Jazz Trio performs after poetry, Valona Deli, 1323 Pomona, Crockett, 4:00-6:00 (510/787-2022)
    NORTH:
  • Phyllis Stowell reads from her new book of poetry, Sundered, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 4:00 (415/927-0960, bookpassage.com)
    SOUTH:
  • Poetry Santa Cruz presents a workshop taught by poet Eva Salzman, co-editor of Women's Work: Modern Women Poets Writing in English; bring eleven copies of a poem, advance registration and payment required, at a private residence in Live Oak, Santa Cruz, $50, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 (to register, contact Len Anderson, 831/464-8983, lenand @ cruzio.com poetrysantacruz.org)

10 SEPTEMBER 2012 — monday

    SOUTH:
  • Senior Connections presents a poetry reading and talk on "how poems may begin as recovery but move to discovery," by Santa Cruz Poet Laureate David Swanger, question-and-answer session follows, refreshments, Temple Beth El, 3055 Porter Gulch Road, Aptos, donation, reception 1:30-2:00, reading 2:00-3:30 (poetrysantacruz.org)

11 SEPTEMBER 2012 — tuesday

    NORTH:
  • Marin Poetry Center Summer Traveling Show presents a reading by Joan R. Brady, Susan Cohen, Kenneth Dickinson, Ethel Mays, and Dave Seter, hosted by Donna Emerson, Pelican Art Gallery, 143 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma, free, 7:00 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
    SOUTH:
  • Poetry Santa Cruz presents a poetry reading celebrating the anthology Women's Work: Modern Women Poets Writing In English, featuring co-editor Eva Salzman, Brenda Hillman, and Siobhán Campbell, Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, $3, 7:30 (poetrysantacruz.org)

12 SEPTEMBER 2012 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Berkeley Arts & Letters presents linguist Geoffrey Nunberg discussing Ascent of the A-Word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years, The Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley, $12 advance/$15 at the door, 7:30 (800/838-3006, hillsideclub.org)
  • Open mic and featured reader to be announced, Sacred Grounds Café, 2095 Hayes Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:50 (415/387-3859, www.facebook.com/groups/203539673028715)
  • Vetted Word, a monthly performance art showcase for poets, storytellers, and music on the theme of spirituality, Viracocha, 998 Valencia Street, San Francisco, $7-$10 donation, 7:30 (www.VettedWord.com)
    NORTH:
  • Center Literary Café presents A Night of Poets: New York poet Lee Slominsky, Fairfield Poet Laureate Juanita J. Martin, and Sonoma County poet Katherine Hastings, open mic with three minute spots, Healdsburg Senior Center, 133 Matheson Street, Healdsburg, free/donation, 7:00 (707/696-1111, www.centerliterarycafe.wordpress.com)
    SOUTH:
  • San José Center for Literary Arts presents novelist Karen Tei Yamashita, Tropic of Orange, Mt. Pleasant High School, 1750 S. White Road, San Jose, free, 3:00 (www.litart.org)
  • San José Center for Literary Arts presents The James D. Houston Memorial Lecture, a reading by novelist Karen Tei Yamashita, Tropic of Orange, book signing follows, ENGR 189, San José State University, One Washington Square, San Jose, free, 7:00 (www.litart.org)
    EAST:
  • Mahogany Urban Poetry Series presents an open mic with poetry and music, Queen Sheba Restaurant, 1704 Broadway, Sacramento, $5, 9:00-11:00 (916/446-1223, www.malikspeaks.com)

13 SEPTEMBER 2012 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • The Eastside Arts Alliance presents a Holla Back! Open Mic Poetry, The Eastside Cultural Center, 2277 International Blvd., Oakland, free, 8:00-10:00 (510/533-6629, www.eastsideartsalliance.com)
  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Maria Mazziotti Gillan and Sotère Torregian, wheelchair accessible, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, moesbooks.com)
  • Poetry Mission presents The New Sh!t Show open mic, read new poems only, five minute slots, hosted by Sam Sax, Jen Genius, and Nic Alea, Viracocha, 998 Valencia Street, San Francisco, free, 8:00 (www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_101877549894113)
  • The Oakland Comedy Slam and Wide-Open-Mic, with poets, emcees, comedians, and singers, hosted by Nazelah and Dhaled Jeffries with DJ Dre, LeQuiVive Gallery, 1525 Webster Street, Oakland, $7/$5 performers, sign up 7:30, show 8:00 (oaklandslam.com)
    NORTH:
  • UUCSR/ Unitarian Universalist Congregation Santa Rosa Writers meet for coffee and conversation, Haven Café, Video Droid, 1901 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, 10:00 a.m. (GGdeB @ aol.com, uucsrwriters.blogspot.com)
  • Why There Are Words Literary Reading Series presents a fiction reading on the theme of Ignored, featured readers fiction writer David Booth; short story writer and blogger Traci Chee; essayist and story writer Lindsey Crittenden, The Water Will Hold You: A Skeptic Learns to Pray; best-selling humorist Erich Origen, The Adventures of Unemployed Man; memoirist Caroline Paul, Fighting Fire; novelist Sarah Stone, The True Sources of the Nile; memoirist Rebecca Wilson, A House with No Roof: After My Father's Assassination, Studio 333, 333 Caledonia Street, Sausilito, $5, 7:00-9:00 (415/331-8272, whytherearewords.com)
    SOUTH:
  • The Poets' Circle Monthly Poetry Reading Series presents a poetry reading by Santa Cruz Poet Laureate David Swanger, open mic follows, Watsonville Public Library, 275 Main Street, Suite 100, Watsonville, free, 6:00-8:00 (poetrysantacruz.org)
  • SubRosa Open Mic, music, poetry, performance, SubRosa, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, donation $3-$7, sign up 7:30, show 8:00 (www.subrosaproject.org)

14 SEPTEMBER 2012 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry Slam for youth and young adults ages twelve to twenty-five, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru Street, Alameda, free, 7:00-9:00 (510/523-6957, www.frankbettecenter.org)

15 SEPTEMBER 2012 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • The Black & Brown Social Club presents an open mic, all ages welcome, Compañeros del Barrio Preschool and Parent Support Project, 474 Valencia Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00-9:00 (415/431-9926, www.facebook.com/BlackBrownSocialClub)
  • San Francisco Writing for Change Conference: Changing the World One Book at a Time, featuring Nina Amir, How to Blog a Book; Kirk Boyd, 2048: Humanitiy's Agreement to Live Together; Joel Friedlander, A Self-Publisher's Companion; Georgia Hughes, editorial director of New World Library; Jan Johnson, pulisher of Red Wheel/Weiser/Turning Stone Press; Alan Rinzler, independent editor; Jeevan Sivasubramanium, managing director, editorial, of Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Peter Beren of Peter Beren Agency; Michael Larsen, How To Write a Book Proposal; Andy Ross of Andy Ross Literary Agency; Britt Bravo, blogging coach; and Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, with talks, Q&A, opportunities to pitch your book to agents, editors, and networking with speakers, limited to 100 attendees, First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco, 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, 8:15 a.m.-5:30, $125 through August 31/$149 in September (reserve tickets online: 415/673-0939, www.SFWritingforChange.org)
    NORTH:
  • Reading by poet Maria Mazzioti Gillan, The Place I Call Home, and novelist and playwright Wesley Brown, A Prophet Among Them, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, 1:00 (415/927-0960, bookpassage.com)

16 SEPTEMBER 2012 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry reading by Jennifer Arin, Ways We Hold, and Meg Schoerke, Anatomical Venus, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 2:00 (415/586-3733, www.birdbeckett.com)
  • Small Press Traffic presents a celebration of the Les Figures Press anthology I'll Drown My Book: conceptual writing by women, edited by Caroline Bergvall, Laynie Browne, Teresa Carmody, and Vanessa Place, with contributors Christine Werth Christine Wertheim, Dodie Bellamy, Frances Richard, Yedda Morrison, Giovanni Singleton, Jen Hofer, Jen Karmin, Juliana Spahr, Kathryn Pringle, Kristin Prevallet, Laura Moriarty, and Norma Cole, hosted by Vanessa Place, Artists' Television Access, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, $6-$10, 5:00 (www.atasite.org)
    NORTH:
  • The Petulama Poetry Walk presents a full-day of readings as you walk from venue to venue in downtown Petaluma: noon: Sixteen Rivers Press presents Judy Halebsky, Jackie Kudler, and Donna Emerson at Viva Chocolat, 110 Petaluma Blvd. North; 1:00: Ron Salisbury, David Beckman, and Sonoma County Poet Laureate Bill Varnaw, Riverfront Art Gallery, 132 Petaluma Blvd. North; 2:00: Nancy Keane, Godelieve Uyttenhove, Geri Digiorno, Susan Browne, The Apple Box Café, 224 B Street; 3:00: Avotcja and Q.R. Hand, Jr., The Apple Box Café, 224 B Street; 4:00: Maria Mazziotti Gillan and A.D. Winans, Copperfield's Books, 140 Kentucky Street; 5:00: Clara Hsu (with musician David Wong) and Jack and Adelle Foley, The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington Street; 6:00: Alan Kaufman and Jenny Orvino, Graffiti Restaurant, 101 2nd Street; 7:00: Smooth Toad Band, poetry and music with G.P. Skratz, Bob Ernst, Hal Hughes, with singer-songwriter Sarah Baker, guitarist-poet Timothy Williams and poet-nonfiction author Jonah Raskin, Aqus Café, 189 H Street (this venue is farther away, prepare for a longer walk or drive); Petaluma, free, noon-8:00 (petalumapoetrywalk.org)
    SOUTH:
  • Poet/Speak presents a poetry reading by Dane Cervine, What a Father Dreams: Poems of Love, Family, and Aging, open mic follows, hosted by Joyce Keller, Meeting Room, Santa Cruz Main Library, 224 Church Street, Santa Cruz, free, 2:00 (poetrysantacruz.org)

17 SEPTEMBER 2012 — monday

18 SEPTEMBER 2012 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry reading by Maria Mazziotti Gillan, The Place I Call Home, Sandra M. Gilbert, Aftermath, Jennifer Lagier Fellguth, Fishing for Portents, and Giovanna Capone, light refreshments, Room 21, Berkeley City College, 2050 Center Street, Berkeley, free, 7:00-9:00 (www.berkeleycitycollege.edu)
  • KPFA, with Poetry Flash, presents Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Hass reading from What Light Can Do: Essays on Art, Imagination, and the Natural World, hosted by Poetry Flash's Richard Silberg and Joyce Jenkins, The Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley, $15/ $12 advance tickets at Pegasus Books, Mrs. Dalloway's, Moe's Books, Walden Pond, DIESEL, A Bookstore, and Modern Times Bookstore, 7:30 (800/838-3006, www.kpfa.org/events)

19 SEPTEMBER 2012 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Lyrics & Dirges's third Wednesday monthly reading series presents Gina Goldblatt, Baruch Porras-Hernandez, Christian Gullette, Julian Shendelman, and Michael Montlack, hosted and curated by MK Chavez, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/649-1320, pegasusbookstore.com)
  • Omnidawn presents Norma Cole, Win These Posters and Other Unrelated Prizes Inside, Sylvain Gallais and Cynthia Hogue read from their translation of Virginie Lalucq and Jean-Luc Nancy's Fortino Samano (the Overflowing of the Poem), Richard Meier, In the Pure Block of the Whole Imaginary, kathryn l. pringle, fault tree, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, moesbooks.com)
  • Open mic and featured reader to be announced, Sacred Grounds Café, 2095 Hayes Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:50 (415/387-3859, www.facebook.com/groups/203539673028715)
  • First Person Singular presents Women on the Stoop: Elizabeth Rosner reads stories by acclaimed writer-activist Grace Paley, with improvised live piano score by Richard Leiter, Pegasus Books Solano, 1855 Solano Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/525-6888, pegasusbookstore.com)
    EAST:
  • Mahogany Urban Poetry Series presents an open mic with poetry and music, Queen Sheba Restaurant, 1704 Broadway, Sacramento, $5, 9:00-11:00 (916/446-1223, www.malikspeaks.com)

20 SEPTEMBER 2012 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • The Eastside Arts Alliance presents a Holla Back! Open Mic Poetry, The Eastside Cultural Center, 2277 International Blvd., Oakland, free, 8:00-10:00 (510/533-6629, www.eastsideartsalliance.com)
  • Holloway Poetry Reading Series presents David Marriott and Yosefa Raz, in conjunction with the Mixed Blood Project, Maude Fife Room 315, Wheeler Hall, University of California campus, Berkeley, free, 6:30 (hollowayreadingseries.wordpress.com)
  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Ruth L. Schwartz and Ruth Thompson, wheelchair accessible, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, moesbooks.com)
  • Storytelling Swap, share a traditional tale, fictional piece, or personal experience, or come to listen, hosted by Cathy Dana, 1601 Paru Street, Alameda, free, 7:00-9:00 (510/523-6957, www.frankbettecenter.org)
    NORTH:
  • Writers Forum of Petaluma presents a writing workshop, "Finding Your Voice on the Page, with memoirist Ianthe Brautigan, You Can't Catch Death, Petaluma Community Center, 320 No. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma, $15 at door, 7:00-9:00 (www.thewritespot.us)
  • Marin Poetry Center presents a reading by poet and publisher Martha Rhodes, The Beds, and poet Susan Browne, Zephyr, refreshments, Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission Street, at E Street, San Rafael, $5/$3 members, 7:30 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)
  • UUCSR/ Unitarian Universalist Congregation Santa Rosa Writers meet for coffee and conversation, Haven Café, Video Droid, 1901 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, 10:00 a.m. (GGdeB @ aol.com, uucsrwriters.blogspot.com)
    SOUTH:
  • Poetry Center San Jose presents featured reader Marjorie Manwaring, What to Make of a Diminished Thing, open mic follows, Willow Glen Library, 1157 Minnesota Avenue, San Jose, free, 7:00 (408/808-3045, www.willowglen.org)
  • SubRosa Open Mic, music, poetry, performance, SubRosa, 703 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, donation $3-$7, sign up 7:30, show 8:00 (www.subrosaproject.org)
    EAST:
  • Poetry Night presents Alice Jones, Plunge, open mic with five-minute spots follows, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First Street, Davis, 8:00 (530/756-4556, poetryindavis.com)
  • Sacramento Poetry Center presents an open mic, hosted by Mary Zeppa and Lawrence Dinkins, Central Library, 828 I Street, Sacramento, free, 12:00 (916/240-1897 www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com)

21 SEPTEMBER 2012 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • The Birth of a Poet celebrates the Centennial of poet William Everson/Brother Antoninus, leading figure of the San Francisco Literary Renaissance, precursor to the Beats, and renowned hand-press printer, presentations by theologian Matthew Fox and Jungian therapist/writer Steven Herrmann, with poetry readings by Lorna Dee Cervantes, Janet DeBar, David Fetco, Rafael Jesús González, Mary Norbert Körte and Jim Powell, music by Gerardo Omar Marin, hosted by Clifton Ross, sponsored by Freedom Voices Publications, Berkeley City College Auditorium, 2050 Center Street, free, 7:00-9:00 (510/373-5404, clifross @ gmail.com, www.freedomvoices.org)

22 SEPTEMBER 2012 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • The Black & Brown Social Club presents an open mic, all ages welcome, Compañeros del Barrio Preschool and Parent Support Project, 474 Valencia Street, San Francisco, free, 6:00-9:00 (415/431-9926, www.facebook.com/BlackBrownSocialClub)
  • Fourth Saturdays Poetry & Prose presents a poetry reading by Kimberly Satterfield and Carla Kandinsky, open mic follows, hosted by Jeanne Lupton, refreshments, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru Street, Alameda, free, 7:00-9:00 (510/523-6957, www.frankbettecenter.org)
    NORTH:
  • Hand to Mouth/WORDS SPOKEN OUT presents a poetry reading by Jay Leeming, Miracle Atlas and Margaret Stawowy, open mic follows, refreshments, Rebound Bookstore, 1611 4th Street, San Rafael, free/donation, 4:00-6:00 (to sign up for open mic: 415/482-0550, Reboundbookstore @ aol.com)
  • Redwood Writers Open Mic, with a featured reader, SoCo Coffee, 1015 4th Street, at Brookwood Drive, Santa Rosa, sign up 3:30, reading 4:00-6:00 (house @ bbooks.com; redwoodwriters.org)
  • Sonoma County Book Festival features dozens of authors and exhibitors including Poetry Flash, author panels, also children and young adult authors and stages, teen poetry slam, Poetry Stage features readings from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 with Kathleen Winter, Toby Bielawski, Ed Coletti, Terry Ehret, Mike Tuggle, Bart Schneider, Jodi L. Hottel, Katherine Hastings, Camille T. Dungy, and Nguyen Do with Tim Kahl, Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, free, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 (707/523-1977, www.socobookfest.org)

23 SEPTEMBER 2012 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • AfterWords open mic and featured reader every fourth Sunday, all ages, hosted by D'dra WhiteGrand Lake Coffee House, 440 Grand Avenue, Oakland, $5, 6:00-8:00 (www.facebook.com/after.words.31#!/after.words.31?sk=wall)
  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Joan Aleshire, Stephanie Brown, and Martha Rhodes, wheelchair accessible, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 3:00 (510/653-9965, dieselbookstore.com)
  • Philippine American Writers & Artists presents "Birds of a Feather", a reading by novelist Rabih Alameddine, The Hakawati, novelist and poet Laura Goode, Sister Mischief, and poet Barbara Jane Reyes, Gravities of Center, hosted by G. Justin Hulog, Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 2:00 (415/586-3733, www.birdbeckett.com)

24 SEPTEMBER 2012 — monday

25 SEPTEMBER 2012 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry at the 3300 Club presents a reading by Daniel Brady, open mic, twenty-one and over, courtesy pub grub, Keane's 3300 Club, 3300 Mission Street, at 29th Street, San Francisco, free, sign up 6:30, show 7:00 (415/826-6886, www.3300club.com)

26 SEPTEMBER 2012 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Great Books Discussion Group discusses Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, led by Rosalie Gonzales, Edith Stone Room, Albany Library, 1247 Marin Avenue, Albany, 1:30-2:30 (510/526-3720, rdavis @ aclibrary.org)
  • Open mic, featured reader to be announced, Sacred Grounds Café, 2095 Hayes Street, San Francisco, free, 7:00-9:50 (415/387-3859, www.facebook.com/groups/203539673028715)
    EAST:
  • Mahogany Urban Poetry Series presents an open mic with poetry and music, Queen Sheba Restaurant, 1704 Broadway, Sacramento, $5, 9:00-11:00 (916/446-1223, www.malikspeaks.com)

27 SEPTEMBER 2012 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Eastside Arts Alliance presents a Holla Back! Open Mic Poetry, The Eastside Cultural Center, 2277 International Blvd., Oakland, free, 8:00-10:00 (510/533-6629, www.eastsideartsalliance.com)
  • Poetry Mission presents The New Sh!t Show open mic, read new poems only, five minute slots, hosted by Sam Sax, Jen Genius, and Nic Alea, Viracocha, 998 Valencia Street, San Francisco, free, 8:00 (www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_101877549894113)
  • The Oakland Comedy Slam and Wide-Open-Mic, with poets, emcees, comedians, and singers, hosted by Nazelah and Dhaled Jeffries with DJ Dre, LeQuiVive Gallery, 1525 Webster Street, Oakland, $7/$5 performers, sign up 7:30, show 8:00 (oaklandslam.com)
  • UUCSR/ Unitarian Universalist Congregation Santa Rosa Writers meet for coffee and conversation, Haven Café, Video Droid, 1901 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, 10:00 a.m. (GGdeB @ aol.com, uucsrwriters.blogspot.com)

28 SEPTEMBER 2012 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • San Francisco Queer Open Mic, with featured reader, five minute spots to perform one piece only, Museum of Performance and Design, Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness Avenue, Fourth Floor, Suite 402, San Francisco, free, sign up 7:00, show 7:30 (queeropenmic.com/)
    NORTH:
  • 100 Thousand Poets for Change Headquarters Event presents Jim Corbett sings protest songs; Intro to 100 Thousand Poets for Change by co-founder Michael Rothenberg; Attila Nagy Trio plays political songs; poetry reading hosted by Susan Lamont of the Peace & Justice Center of Sonoma County; The Hubbub Club; iHOP SLAM second place winners perform; Onye Onyemaechi and The Messengers; ongoing livestreams throughout the weekend from Istanbul, Cairo, Jamaica, Greece, New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and more, The Arlene Francis Center, 99 6th Street, Santa Rosa, 5:30-10:30 (100TPC.org)

29 SEPTEMBER 2012 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Fourth Saturdays Poetry & Prose presents a Backyard Poets, A 100 Thousand Poets for Change reading, open mic, hosted by Sharon Coleman, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru Street, Alameda, free, 7:00-9:00 (510/523-6957, www.frankbettecenter.org)
  • Strawberry Creek Walk, part of the Watershed Poetry Festival, led by poet/eco-educator Chris Olander from University of California campus through downtown Berkeley to the Watershed Festival site, with readings by poets and commentary by creek restoration experts, featuring Susan Kelly-DeWitt, Maya Khosla, Maureen Hurley, Rebecca Moos, Kim Shuck, UC Berkeley's Tim Pine, and Kirstin Miller of Ecocity Builders, meet at Oxford and Center Streets, Berkeley, free, 10:00 a.m. (510/525-5476, mbb @ poetryflash.org)
  • 17th Annual Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival with 100 Thousand Poets for Change features poetry readings by Robert Hass, Joy Harjo, Brenda Hillman, Michael McClure, Francisco X. Alarcón, Rebecca Foust, with Maya Khosla, Susan Kelly-DeWitt, Kim Shuck, Maureen Hurley, Rebecca Moos, Richard Silberg; Laura Moriarty and Brent Cunningham present The Arcadia Project: Postmodern Pastoral; John Oliver Simon with K-12 students from Poetry Inside Out, River of Words, California Poets in the Schools; journalist Mark Hertsgaard, Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth; great jazz by The Barry Finnerty Trio, We are Nature Open Mic, enter the drawing for spots on site at noon; River Village exhibits for literary, environmental, and DIY mags, 'zines, organizations, wheelchair accessible, email to request ASL interpreter by September 21, near Berkeley BART, co-sponsored by Poetry Flash, Ecology Center/Berkeley Farmers' Market, and Ecocity Builders, Civic Center Park, MLK Jr. Way at Center Street, Berkeley, noon-4:30 (510/525-5476, mbb @ poetryflash.org)
    NORTH:
  • 100 Thousand Poets for Change Headquarters Event presents a Photo Journalism Workshop, session one, with Max Kalkman; lunch and Folk Music with Moss Henry; Abrahim Entin's Move To Amend-End Corporate Personhood Teach-In; three bands: Taiowa Band (electronic jazz), Sanctuary Lost (punk), Waxwyng (heavy metal); documentary screening of Allah's Frontier and Q&A with filmmaker Amir Jaffer; group mural painting; documentary The Ultimate Song; Musicians as Activists, by Rockamole; Eliot Fintushel of Imaginist Theater Mime and theramin performance; Studio Gray Dance; English/Spanish poetry reading with Susan Lamont of the P&J Center of Sonoma County; documentary The Ultimate Song; Musicians as Activists, by Rockamole; Jim Corbett sings protest songs; Sol Flamenco Dance with guitar; Batacha Latin Dance Party; iHOP SLAM first place winners perform; The Steve Pile Band; three closing bands: Shit Committee (conscious rap 8-bit hip-hop), The Atomic Happens (garage surf rock), Darkfoot (electronic singer/songwriter trip-hop); Late Night Jam with all musicians and poets; midnight-closing with Fire Dancers; ongoing livestreams throughout the weekend from Istanbul, Cairo, Jamaica, Greece, New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and more, The Arlene Francis Center, 99 6th Street, Santa Rosa, 11:00 a.m.-midnight (100TPC.org)

30 SEPTEMBER 2012 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry and country blues performed by Smooth Toad, with poet GP Skratz, actor Bob Ernst, and musician Hal Hughes, their new CD is Long Old Road, Bird & Beckett Books, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, donations accepted, 4:30
  • Walker Talks! topic to be announced, with Walker Brents III, Bird & Beckett, 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, free, 2:30 (415/586-3733, www.birdbeckett.com)

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