Keith Felton and Jessica Loos read new and recent work as the featured poets in our first Thursday of the month poetry series, a Bird & Beckett tradition dating back a quarter century. The reading and the following open mic are hosted and moderated by Jerry Ferraz and Michael Koch.

Jessica, who cut her teeth with the Living Theater on the Manhattan’s Lower East Side, has been a central presence on the North Beach poetry scene for decades, well known as an organizer of events including the readings at North Beach First Fridays and the annual North Beach Festival.

Bring 3 minutes of your own poems to read in the open mic segment.

No charge, though donations are appreciated.