Berkeley Poetry Festival open mic night, hosted by poet Natasha Dennerstein, Anatomize; Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, free, 6:30 pm PDT (For more information and to sign up, visit: www.berkeleypoetryfestival.com/bpf2024schedule)
Fourth Saturdays Poetry at the Claremont Library presents a reading by Nancy Lynée Woo, poet and teaching artist, and Ron Koertge, Pandora's Kitchen: Poems, award-winning poet and young adult novelist, Helen Renwick Library, 208 North Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm (www.claremontlibrary.org/monthly-poetry-readings.html)