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  • Poet Leslie Simon – “Everything Appeared That Night” and Composer Wendy Loomis -“Gaudi’s Curves”

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Leslie Simon is a labor and progressive activist hero, and established CCSF's Poetry for the People class, which continues to this day. She has brought countless students into creative communion with progressive ideals.  Bottlecap Press recently published Leslie Simon's chapbook "Everything Appeared That Night. For the evening, she'll bundle copies of the chapbook with old copies…

    Free, donations welcome

  • POETS! Paul Fericano & K.Lipschutz + Open Mic

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Paul Fericano & K.Lipschutz POETS! Every 1st Thursday, featured readers followed by a community open mic, hosted by Michael Koch & Jerry Ferraz

    Free, donations welcome

  • Jonah Raskin, Marc Zegans, Larry Beckett read some of their poetry, and Jonah introduces his latest book

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Jonah Raskin introduces his most recent book of cultural writings, Keeping the Beat (Regent Press, 2026), a collection of original, groundbreaking reviews and essays about the writers of the Beat Generation, plus their contemporaries and fellow travelers. Jonah's five and a half decades' output of short and long-form literary/cultural criticism and journalism has traced three-quarters of…

    Free, donations welcome

  • POETS! Angie Minkin + Open Mic

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    POETS! Every 1st Thursday, featured readers followed by a community open mic, hosted by Michael Koch & Jerry Ferraz

    Free, donations welcome

  • Kim Shuck

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Kim was the 7th San Francisco Poet Laureate, a layover in the midst of a long and ongoing career in poetry. Additional details to follow.

    Free, donations welcome

  • POETS! Featured Readers + Open Mic

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    POETS! Every 1st Thursday, featured readers followed by a community open mic, hosted by Michael Koch & Jerry Ferraz

    Free, donations welcome

  • Taurean Horn Poets: Jack Crimmins, Melissa Eleftherion & Bill Vartnaw

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Taurean Horn is a press without whom the Northern California poetry scene would be bereft. Its roster of poets and publication history is beyond valuable. On it goes!

    Free, donations welcome

  • POETS! Featured Readers + Open Mic

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    POETS! Every 1st Thursday, featured readers followed by a community open mic, hosted by Michael Koch & Jerry Ferraz

    Free, donations welcome

  • POETS! Featured Readers + Open Mic

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    POETS! Every 1st Thursday, featured readers followed by a community open mic, hosted by Michael Koch & Jerry Ferraz

    Free, donations welcome

  • POETS! Featured Readers + Open Mic

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    POETS! Every 1st Thursday, featured readers followed by a community open mic, hosted by Michael Koch & Jerry Ferraz

    Free, donations welcome

  • POETS! Featured Readers + Open Mic

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    POETS! Every 1st Thursday, featured readers followed by a community open mic, hosted by Michael Koch & Jerry Ferraz

    Free

  • POETS! Featured Readers + Open Mic

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    POETS! Every 1st Thursday, featured readers followed by a community open mic, hosted by Michael Koch & Jerry Ferraz

    Free

  • POETS! Featured Readers + Open Mic

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    POETS! Every 1st Thursday, featured readers followed by a community open mic, hosted by Michael Koch & Jerry Ferraz

    Free