On Jewish poets: Bill Berkson, Maxine Chernoff, Alli Warren, David Meltzer, more

11 JUNE 2015 — thursday

Jewish poets on Jewish Poets is a reading of the work of dead Jewish poets by Bay Area Jewish poets, the performance was envisioned by poet and art critic Bill Berkson, featuring readings by Bill Berkson, Renny Pritikin, Maxine Chernoff, Suzanne Stein, Alan Bernheimer, Susan Gevirtz, Norman Fischer, Alli Warren, David Meltzer, and Norma Cole from the poetry of Joel Oppenheimer, Paul Celan, Gertrude Stein, Robert Desnon, Lossif Ventura, Nelly Sachs, Jackson Mac Low, Adrienne Rich, Stacy Doris, Jerome Rothenberg, Heine, Charles Renikoff, F.T. Prince, and Kenneth Koch, in conjunction with Bound to be Held: A Book Show, a solo exhibition of work by San Francisco-based conceptual artist Josh Greene that celebrates the relationship between a reader and a book (the exhibit runs through June 28), Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission Street, free with museum entry, $5 after 5:00, San Francisco, 6:30 (415/655-7800, www.thecjm.org)