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5/4, Berkeley
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6/12, Berkeley
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Northern California

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1 MARCH 2015 — sunday

2 MARCH 2015 — monday

3 MARCH 2015 — tuesday

4 MARCH 2015 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Alameda Island Poets features a poetry reading by Sharon Coleman, Half Circle, and Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet, The Greenhouse, open reading follows, Books Inc.,1344 Park Street, Alameda, 7:00 (510/522-2226, www.booksinc.net/Alameda)
    SOUTH:
  • The Writing Center of Notre Dame de Namur University presents a reading and reception for poet D.A. Powell, Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys, winner of the National Book Critics Award 2012, and short story writer and novelist Jan Ellison, A Small Indiscretion, The Writing Center, Notre Dame de Namur University, 1500 Ralston Avenue, Belmont, park in the NDNU main lot or in the Notre Dame Hight School lot, 7:30 (jberger@ndnu.edu)

5 MARCH 2015 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • The SFSU Poetry Center presents the Australian poet Robert Adamson in a rare West Coast appearance, The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, 4:30 (sfsu.edu/~poetry)
  • Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by J. David Cummings and Esther Kamkar, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, wheelchair accessible, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
  • Lunch Poems presents Harmony Holiday, poet, dancer and author of Negro League Baseball, Go Find Your Father/A Famous Blues, and curator of the Afrosonics archive, Morrison Library in the Doe Library, University of California campus, Berkeley, 12:10-12:50 (lunchpoems.berkeley.edu)

6 MARCH 2015 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • The SFSU Poetry Center presents the Australian poet Robert Adamson in a rare West Coast reading, with poet Joanne Kyger, Unitarian Center, 1187 Franklin Street, at Geary, San Francisco, $10, no one turned away for lack of funds, 7:00 (sfsu.edu/~poetry)
  • Omnidawn presents poets Laura Mullen, Denise Newman, and Dale Going reading from their books and translations, beverages and snacks, Studio One Art Center, 365 45th Street, Oakland, 7:30

7 MARCH 2015 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Bernal Yoga Literary Series presents Channing Allen, Michele Bigley, Sharon Coleman, Courtney Moreno, Kate Petersen, Xan Roberti, Candy Shue, with music by Barry Ebner, wear your favorite socks, light refreshments, Bernal Yoga, 908 Cortland Avenue, San Francisco, $5, doors open 7:30, reading 8:00
  • Literary Death Match presents Cassandra Dallett, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Casey Childers, and B. Alendra Szerlip, each reading their own work for seven minutes or less and then judged by three all-star judges (Faith Adiele, Echo Brown, and David Nihill) to decide the ultimate winner, Elbo Room, 647 Valencia Street, San Francisco, show starts at 7:15, doors open at 6:30, after party follows, $7 advance/$10 door (415/552-7788, elbo.com)

8 MARCH 2015 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • Carey Perloff, Artistic Director of San Francisco's ACT, reads from her new memoir, Beautiful Chaos: A Life in the Theater, in conversation with host and senior editor of KQED-FM radio Michael Krasny, American Conservatory Theater, 415 Geary Street, San Francisco, free/reservations required, 7:00 (415/362-8193, act-sf.org)

9 MARCH 2015 — monday

10 MARCH 2015 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry at the Albany Library features a reading by Chana Bloch, Swimming in the Rain: New and Selected Poems 1980-2015, with her former students, poets Judy Halebsky, Tree Line, Rusty Morrison, Beyond the Chainlink, and more, open mic follows, hosted by Catherine Taylor, Albany Library, Edith Stone Room, 1247 Marin Avenue, Albany, free, 7:00-9:00 (510/526-3720, albanylibrary.wordpress.com)
  • Elaine Kahn reads from Women in Public, number thirteen in the City Lights Spotlight Poetry Series, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)

11 MARCH 2015 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Facets of Spirituality, a poetry reading by Rafaella del Bourgo Inexplicable Business: Poems Domestic and Wild, Henry Epstein, and reader and event host Richard Silberg, The Horses: New and Selected Poems, refreshments, Temple Sinai, Albers Chapel, entrance is on Webster Street, just north of 28th Street beside the parking lot, "2808 Summit" is written above the door, several blocks east of Telegraph Avenue, no driving entry from Broadway, Oakland, free, 7:30 (Phil Rubin, 510/547-8080; www.oaklandsinai.org)
  • Brian Jones Night with Richie Unterberger and Maureen Russell, spotlighting Paul Trynka's new book Brian Jones: The Making of the Rolling Stones, co-hosted by San Francisco's Rock 'n Roll Book Club, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)

12 MARCH 2015 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Victoria Chang and David Roderick, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, wheelchair accessible, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
  • Friends of the San Francisco Public Library present memoirist Renee Gibbons and poet/translator John Curl, Readers Bookstore, Fort Mason, Building C, Fort Mason Center (415-771-1076, http://www.friendssfpl.org/)
  • EVENT CANCELLED: Story Hour in the Library presents novelist Howard Norman, The Northern Light,, book sales and signing, Morrison Library, Doe Library, University of California, Berkeley, 5:00-6:00 (storyhour.berkeley.edu)

13 MARCH 2015 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Questioning Aesthetics Symposium, in conjunction with the launch of the second six-volume edition of the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, the arts research center co-hosts this look at aesthetics as both the subject and object of critique, topics include "When is Art Participatory?" "When is Computing Aesthetic?" and "When is Art Contemporary?" Doe Library, Room 308A, University of California, Berkeley, free, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 (art.berkeley.edu)

14 MARCH 2015 — saturday

15 MARCH 2015 — sunday

16 MARCH 2015 — monday

17 MARCH 2015 — tuesday

18 MARCH 2015 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • The SFSU Poetry Center co-presents poet-translator Pierre Joris reading from Breathturn into Timestead: The Collected Later Poetry of Paul Celan, with multimedia by Nicole Peyrafitte, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
  • The Holloway Poetry Series presents a reading by Fred Moten, 2014 National Book Award poetry finalist, joined by Daniel Benjamin at UC Berkeley, Maude Fife Room, Third Floor, Wheeler Hall, 6:30 (hollowayreadingseries.wordpress.com)

19 MARCH 2015 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • An evening with Paul Beatty celebrating the release of his novel The Sellout, in conversation with writer/critic Oscar Villalon, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)
  • The SFSU Poetry Center presents poet-translator Pierre Joris and Nicole Peyrafitte, The Poetry Center, HUM 512, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, 4:30 (sfsu.edu/~poetry)
  • Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Cammy Thomas and Bill Mayer, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, wheelchair accessible, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)
    NORTH:
  • The Marin Poetry Center presents a reading by poet and translator Dan Bellm, Practice, and Robert Sward, the author of more than twenty books, Falkirk Cultural Center, 1408 Mission, San Rafael, 7:30 (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)

20 MARCH 2015 — friday

21 MARCH 2015 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Alta Solano Lit Out Loud monthly series presents a reading by flash fiction writer Jon Sindell, The Roadkill Collection, and Chantal Guillemin, Truchas: Closer to Heaven, open mic precedes the featured readers, hosted by Jannie Dresser, Folk & Fine Art Gallery, 1861-A Solano Avenue, Berkeley, $5-$10 sliding scale, 7:30-9:00 (janniedres@att.net, www.folkandfineart.com)

22 MARCH 2015 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • The SFSU Poetry Center presents a tribute to Kathleen Fraser, poet, publisher of the journal HOW(ever), former Poetry Center director, and author of more than fifteen books; featured guests include Lauren Shufran, Frances Richard, Brian Teare, Latasha Diggs, Beverly Dahlen, Linda Russo, Eléna Rivera, Robin Tremblay-McGaw, Brenda Hillman, and John Sakkis, The Poetry Center and Small Press Traffic co-sponsor, Writers Studio, California College of the Arts, 195 De Haro, at 15th, San Francisco, $10/$5 low income, free to SFSU students, Poetry Center and SPT members, no one turned away for lack of funds, 5:00 (sfsu.edu/~poetry)
  • Poetry Flash presents a reading by Rob Lipton and Willa Schneberg, request ASL interpreters one week in advance from editor@poetryflash.org, wheelchair accessible, Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, 3:00 (510/653-9965, dieselbookstore.com)

23 MARCH 2015 — monday

24 MARCH 2015 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Lone Mountain Readings Emerging Writers Festival, presented by University of San Francisco MFA in Writing Program and the English Department, features poet Hala Alyan, Atrium, winner of the 2014 Arab American Book Award in Poetry; novelist and essayist Kiese Laymon, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America; short story writer Nina McConigley, Cowboys and East Indians, Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall, corner of Golden Gate Avenue and Parker Avenue, main campus, University of San Francisco, 7:30 (www.usfca.edu/mfaw)
  • Nelson George celebrates two new books, The Lost Treasures of R&B and The Hippest Trip in America: Soul Train and the Evolution of Culture and Style, in conversation with writer Adam Mansbach, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)

25 MARCH 2015 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Lone Mountain Readings, presented by University of San Francisco MFA in Writing Program and the English Department, features short story writer Ryan MacDonald, winner of the 2012 American Short(er) Fiction Award, and poet Shara Lessley, Two-Headed Nightingale, Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall, corner of Golden Gate Avenue and Parker Avenue, main campus, University of San Francisco, 7:45 (www.usfca.edu/mfaw)

26 MARCH 2015 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Jane Hirshfield reads from her two new books, The Beauty, a collection of poetry, and Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World, essays, Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30, (510 704-8222, < a target="_blank" href="http://www.mrsdalloways.com/">www.mrsdalloways.com)

27 MARCH 2015 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Omnidawn Night with six poets who are teachers, editors, translators, and prize winners: Richard O. Moore, poet and 92 year-old co-founder of KPFA, Donald Revell, Claudia Keelan, Susan Terris, C. Violet Eaton, winner of the Omnidawn Open competition, and Eric Ekstrand, Moe's Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 7:30 (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)

28 MARCH 2015 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Publication party for City Lights Publishers' first children's book, Rad American Women A-Z, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, 7:00 (415/362-8193, www.citylights.com)

29 MARCH 2015 — sunday

    NORTH:
  • Tania Pryputniewicz celebrates and reads from her book of poetry, November Butterfly, at an evening of Poetry and Poetry Movies featuring the work of Sonoma County Artists, Q&A and book signing follows, refreshments sold, Occidental Center for the Arts, 3850 Doris Murphy Court, Bohemian at Graton Roads, Occidental, donations accepted, 3:00 (707/874-9392)

30 MARCH 2015 — monday

31 MARCH 2015 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Amanda McTigue, from the Redwood Writers' Fiction Book Club, reads from her novel Going to Solace, Copperfield's Books, Montgomery Village Store, 775 Village Court, Santa Rosa, 6:00 (www.copperfieldsbooks.com)

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