Tongo Eisen-Martin
Tongo Eisen-Martin and Steve Dickison
18 MAY 2024 — saturday
A house concert reading by Tongo Eisen-Martin, current San Francisco Poet Laureate, performing his poetry accompanied by David Boyce, and Steve Dickison, longtime director of The Poetry Center at San Francisco State University, accompanied by Hafez Modirzadeh; the two great saxophone/improvisor musicians David Boyce and Hafez Modirzadeh will perform a short improv duo between the two readings; hosted by Harry Bernstein, the event takes place at a private home in Berkeley, $20 admission, payable in advance via PayPal or Venmo, all proceeds go to the artists, 4:00 pm PDT (Email: harry@fullplatemedia.com for the address)
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21 JANUARY 2025 — tuesday
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24 JANUARY 2025 — friday
- Fiction author Nancy Miller Gomez, Inconsolable Objects, poet Lynne V.E. Crawford, Washing Water, and 2021-2022 Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson, Blue on a Blue Palette, read from and celebrate their latest books, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 8:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/nancy-miller-gomez-lynda-ve-crawford-lynne-thompson-tickets-1118331051279?aff=oddtdtcreator)
25 JANUARY 2025 — saturday
- Mobile Data Mag, a literary journal released exclusively on Substack, will feature five Los Angeles-based poets for an in-person reading: Pam Concepcion, Daryl Gussin, Jennifer "Miss B' Baptiste, Mauricio "Soul on Fire" Moreno, and Laura Sermeño, hosted by lead editor and author, Jesse Tovar, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 1:30 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.eventbrite.com/e/mobile-data-mag-a-reading-with-la-authors-tickets-1104979145369?aff=oddtdtcreator)
26 JANUARY 2025 — sunday
- The Laminations: An Experimental Fiction Workshop, will occur over four Sundays (January 26, February 9, 23, March 9), exploring how to manage layers of formal complexity with plot complexity, and when these laminations overload and opacify the truth, led by Angie Sijun Lou, fiction editor at FENCE, Virtual on Zoom, sliding scale $60-200, 1:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.smallpresstraffic.org/event/laminations-experimental-fiction-workshop)
27 JANUARY 2025 — monday
28 JANUARY 2025 — tuesday
29 JANUARY 2025 — wednesday
30 JANUARY 2025 — thursday
- Former City Poet Laureate of West Hollywood Kim Dower will read from and discuss her latest poetry collection, What She Wants: Poems on Obsession, Desire, Despair, Euphoria, with poet Blas Falconer, Rara Avis, Warwick's, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, free, 7:30 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.warwicks.com/event/dower-2025)
- Writers Read Ukiah presents a reading by Chris Olander, Nevada County Poet Laureate emeritus, Open Mic follows the featured poet with six-minute slots for each participant, Grace Hudson Museum, 431 South Main Street, Ukiah, free, 7:00 pm PST (For more information, visit: www.gracehudsonmuseum.org/new-events)
31 JANUARY 2025 — friday
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