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in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
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Poets Sakkis & Xu
Monday, September 19th, 7 pm John Sakkis & Lynn Xu + open mic POETS! 1st & 3rd Mondays hosted by Jerry Ferraz John Sakkis is the author of Rude Girl (BlazeVOX Books), and with Angelos Sakkis he has translated two books by Athenian poet Demothenes Agrafiotis — Maribor (The Post-Apollo Press), awarded the 2011 Northern…
Mark Olmsted & David Rowe
Tonight! Monday, September 12th, 7 pm POETS! David Rowe & Marc Olmsted A native of Worcester, Mass., David Rowe was educated at Swarthmore. His poems have appeared in the Cortland Review, the North American Review, Big Bridge, Dorado, Solid Quarter, Exquisite Corpse, YAWP, & in the anthology, the Maple Leaf Rag. A poet equally of…
Macy Blackman + Panel on postcolonial literature
This coming Sunday… September 18th… two events A Panel Discussion of New Writing from India, Africa and the Caribbean Music by Macy Blackman and the Mighty Fines first up: literary panel at 2 pm! Speakers: Aaron Bady – Rohit Chopra – Gautam Premnath Academic specialists Rohit Chopra (Asst. Prof., Dept. of Communication, Santa Clara Univ.), Gautam Premnath…
Lori b
Sunday, September 11, 4:30 pm Lori B – a woman, a guitar, a toy piano… which way west? Sunday concert series lori B made an indelible mark on the American creative landscape as a singer-songwriter with her debut CD, Hurricane Child, in 1996. She toured extensively and won raves, including this tribute by David Crosby:…
poets Rice, Sigafoos, Polis, Black Radish
Poetry Readings Times Four Saturday-Sunday-Monday Saturday, September 10 – 5 pm a poet from the neighborhood, and one from farther out Jane Rice & Suzanne Sigafoos Jane Rice is a neighborhood gal, but more importantly a serious poet of long experience. She will read from her new chapbook, The Truth About the World. Jane notes,…
POETS! HD Moe
Monday, September 5th, 7:00 pm H.D. Moe POETS! Featured reader + open mic Hosted by Jerry Ferraz 1st & 3rd Monday of Each Month H.D. Moe has been a force on the Bay Area poetry scene since the 1970s, tirelessly generating volcanic streams of work that falls somewhere on the psychedelic / surrealist / automatic…
Anthony Brown & Friends
Sunday, September 4th, 4:30 & 5:30 pm – two sets Anthony Brown & Friends which way west? Sunday concert series Percussionist Anthony Brown, born of an African-American/Native American father and a Japanese mother, is a mainstay in a hugely influential movement that started locally three decades ago, as a handful of talented Asian-American musicians began…
Seabop
Friday, September 2nd, 5:30 to 8:00 pm jazz in the bookshop Every Friday Evening It’s the first Friday of the month, and that means it’s time for Don Prell’s SeaBop Ensemble! Next Friday (the second Friday of the month) we host The Jimmy Ryan Quintet. Bird & Beckett’s Friday jazz sessions have been going on…
Poets Berkson/McNaughton
Monday, August 29th, 7:00 pm Bill Berkson and Duncan McNaughton POETS! Bill Berkson and Duncan McNaughton are contemporaries, friends and widely respected literary figures. In addition to their writings (more than a dozen books of poetry by Duncan since 1961, and a like number of volumes of…
Anthony Brown & Friends
Sunday, September 4th, 5:30 & 6:30 pm – two sets Anthony Brown & Friends which way west? Sunday concert series Percussionist Anthony Brown, born of an African-American/Native American father and a Japanese mother, is a mainstay in a hugely influential movement that started locally three decades ago, as a handful of talented Asian-American musicians began…