Raffi Del Bourgo and David Watts 11/30, Berkeley more info
Cynthia Hogue, Louise Nayer, Tennison S. Black 12/3, Berkeley more info
Kirk Lumpkin
16 FEBRUARY 2023 — thursday
The Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz Reading Series presents poet and spoken word artist Kirk Lumpkin, In Deep, free, Shindig, 35590 Verdant View, Sea Ranch, as well as online via Zoom, 7:00 pm PST (Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/85692398733?pwd=YzExNy9TQ01LT3hyVjhkVHl6bmxBQT09)
Cobalt Poets presents a reading with featured poet and novelist Lana Hechtman Ayers, When All Else Fails, followed by an open mic, online via Zoom, free, 7:30 pm PST (Register to attend: www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
Lyrics and Dirges, a monthly reading series featuring a variety of prominent and emerging poets, hosted by poets MK Chavez, Dear Animal, and Sharon Coleman, Paris Blinks, Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, free, 7:00 pm PST (More information here: www.pegasusbookstore.com/event)
City Lights Books presents Oscar Peñaranda, poet, activist, and founding member of the Filipino American National Historical Society, for an evening of storytelling and literary pyrotechnics, featuring a reading from Peñaranda's latest book, Follower of the Seasons, joined by Shirley Ancheta, Joaquin Tuason Cruz, and Jason Bayani, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free, 6:00 pm PST (Register to attend: citylights.com/events)
Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Raffi Del Bourgo, A Tune Both Familiar and Strange, forthcoming, and David Watts, Katy Bridge, Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, two blocks north of Ashby BART, refreshments, free, 7:00 pm PST (poetryflash.org).