Poetry in Parks 2016

Quiet Lightning, California State Parks, and Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy present Poetry in Parks 2016, a free, daylong festival in the historic Cushing Memorial-Mountain Theater in Mt. Tamalpais State Park celebrating Quiet Lightning’s 100th show, the centennial of the National Parks, and the connection between the wilderness experience and the inspiration parks provide to everyone.

Featured readers include Dana Gioia, Kay Ryan, Jane Hirshfield, Alejandro Murguía, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Matthew Zapruder, with Barbara Jane Reyes, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Brynn Saito, Arisa White, Charlie Getter, and Andrew Paul Nelson; a submission-based literary mixtape; youth poetry readings curated by Marin County Poet Laureate Prartho Sereno, and performances by San Francisco’s Classical Revolution and postmodern dance pioneer Anna Halprin. Includes children’s activities, local food and beverage booths. For full lineup, free shuttle service, directions, and more info: quietlightning.org/tam.