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SUMMARY:Marcia Falk & Steven Rood
DESCRIPTION:MARCIA FALK’s new book is Inner East: Illuminated Poems and Blessings\, which contains her own artwork side-by-side with her poetry and new blessings in English and Hebrew. She will be showing images of the artwork with her poetry at this event. Mark Podwal\, artist and scholar of Jewish culture\, says\, “Inner East is a symbiosis of word and image…Falk’s beautiful visual images are poems in paint that do not merely illustrate her written words but illuminate them.” A Fulbright Scholar at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem\, she returned there four years later as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Among her many other books are The Days Between: Blessings\, Poems\, and Directions of the Heart for the Jewish High Holiday Season and The Book of Blessings: New English Prayers for Daily Life\, the Sabbath\, and the New Moon Festival. She is also the author of a classic verse translation of the biblical Song of Songs\, The Song of Songs: Love Lyrics from the Bible\, about which Adrienne Rich said\, “it’s always a thrill when (as rarely happens) the scholar’s mind and the poet’s soul come together.” A translator from Yiddish as well\, she’s published The Spectacular Difference: Selected Poems of Zelda\, poetry of the twentieth century mystic\, Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky\, and With Teeth in the Earth\, poems of the Yiddish modernist Malka Heifetz Tussman. \nSTEVEN ROOD’s debut book of poems is I Say Your Name\, devoted to the memory of both the late\, great poet Jack Gilbert and Rood’s own psychotherapist. For these many years he’s been a member of the writing workshop that Gilbert founded at San Francisco State in 1967\, and he was a primary caregiver of Gilbert’s during his last Alzheimer days.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/marcia-falk-steven-rood/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Poets Laureate on Social Justice
DESCRIPTION:Poets Laureate on Social Justice at Alibi Bookshop in downtown Vallejo\, California. Part of the tour for Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice. \nPoets Laureate on Social Justice–Vallejo\nSunday\, Nov. 24\, 4PM at Alibi Bookshop in Vallejo; Napa County Poet Laureate Jeremy Benson\, former San Mateo Co. Poet Laureate Caroline Goodwin\, former Sonoma Co. Poet Laureate Iris Jamahl Dunkle\, Richmond Poet Laureate Robert Lipton\, and hosted by Ron Reikki\n\nNapa Poet Laureate Jeremy Benson (2017-2021) writes poems; he has also written novels\, short stories\, articles\, personal essays\, stand-up comedy routines\, short films\, and many letters. Jeremy aims to cultivate a rich community of writers\, readers\, and artists\, whether as a participant\, patron\, or planner. He has emceed open mics\, curated readings\, hosted craft-ins\, led workshops\, and cof-founded the Broken Nose Collective\, an annual exchange of hand-made chapbooks.\n\nCaroline Goodwin moved to California in 1999 from Sitka\, Alaska to attend Stanford as a Wallace Stegner Fellow in poetry. Her books are Trapline (2013)\, Peregrine (2015)\, The Paper Tree (2017) and Custody of the Eyes (2019). She teaches at UC Berkeley Extension\, CA College of the Arts and Stanford Continuing Studies. In fall 2013\, she was appointed San Mateo County’s first Poet Laureate\, and served for three years (2014 – 2016). http://carolinegoodw.com/\n\n\nSonoma County Poet Laureate Iris Jamahl Dunkle‘s (2017-2018) poetry collections include Interrupted Geographies (Trio House Press\, 2017) Gold Passage (Trio House Press\, 2013) and There’s a Ghost in this Machine of Air (Word Tech\, 2015). Her poem “Listening to the Caryatids on the Palace of Fine Arts” poem will be featured on 100 buses as part of the San Francisco Beautiful and Poetry Society of America Muni Art 2020 campaign. Her works have been published in Tin House\, San Francisco Examiner\, Fence\, Los Angeles Review of Books\,  Split Rock Review\, Taos Poetry Journal\, Pleiades\, Calyx\, Catamaran\, Poet’s Market\, Women’s Studies and Chicago Quarterly Review. Her biography on Charmian London\, Jack London’s wife will be published by University of Oklahoma Press in 2020. Dunkle teaches at Napa Valley College and is the Poetry Director of the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference.\n\n\n\n\nRichmond Poet Laureate Robert Lipton is helping develop a literary arts center for the city. He has been a Pushcart nominee and Gregory O’Donoghue Competition winner. His work has appeared in Interbang\, Jacaranda Review\, King Log\, Shades of Contradiction\, The Texas Observer\, Parthenon West\, New Orleans Quarterly\, Journal of Human Architecture\, Quillpuddle\, Opium Magazine\, Red Wheelbarrow\, Oberon\, Written Here\, and Southword. His book\, A Complex Bravery was published by Marick Press. He works as a spatial epidemiologist. \n\n\n\nRon Riekki wrote My Ancestors are Reindeer Herders and I Am Melting in Extinction (Loyola University Maryland’s Apprentice House Press)\, U.P.: a novel (Ghost Road Press)\, and Posttraumatic: A Memoir (Small Press Distribution). He edited Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice (Michigan State University Press)\, And Here: 100 Years of Upper Peninsula Writing\, 1917-2017 (MSU Press)\, Here: Women Writing on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (MSU Press\, Independent Publisher Book Award)\, The Way North: Collected Upper Peninsula New Works (Wayne State University Press\, Michigan Notable Book)\, and The Many Lives of The Evil Dead: Essays on the Cult Film Franchise (McFarland). Riekki is contracted for seven upcoming books.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-laureate-on-social-justice/
LOCATION:Alibi Bookshop\, 624 Marin Street\, Vallejo\, 94591
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:#we - a talk and reading series of queer perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the sixth installment of #we\, a talk and reading series of queer perspectives hosted by Richard Loranger. Each event features two writers from various segments of the queer spectrum\, who each give a talk on their perspective on or experience of queerness\, followed by a reading of their creative work. \nFor our sixth event\, trans poet Natasha Dennerstein will give a talk titled “Rebel\, rebel\, you’ve torn your dress”\, along with reading from Seahorse\, her Nomadic Press chapbook about her years of trans prostitution and transition in a harsher time of the 1980s; and Pushcart-nominated writer and queer disability activist Hilary Brown will give a talk titled “I’m a Mover and a Shaker: Thoughts From an Epileptiqueer”\, and will read a variety of relevant work. \nWe try to start promptly at 7 pm. Q&A and chat time will follow. \nAbsolutely all are welcome to this sharing of perspectives. The venue is wheelchair accessible (rest room in the restaurant next door)\, and ASL translation for the deaf is available on request\, with a two-week notice preferred. \n  \n#we \na talk and reading series of queer perspectives \nfeaturing \nNatasha Dennerstein\nand Hilary Brown \n  \nHosted by Richard Loranger \n  \nPERFORMER BIOS \nNatasha Dennerstein was born in Melbourne\, Australia. She worked as a psychiatric nurse which gave her an interesting perspective on the human condition. She has an MFA from San Francisco State University. Natasha has had poetry published in many journals including Landfall\, Shenandoah\, Bloom\, Red Light Lit\, Spoon River Poetry Review\, Foglifter and North American Review. Her collections Anatomize (2015)\, Triptych Caliform (2016) and her novella-in-verse About a Girl (2017) were published by Norfolk Press in San Francisco. Her trans chapbook Seahorse (2017) was published by Nomadic Press in Oakland. She collaborated on a book with visual artist Kaye Freeman Turn and Face the Strange (2019). She lives in Oakland\, California\, where she is an editor at Nomadic Press and works at St James Infirmary\, a clinic for sex-workers in San Francisco. She was a 2018 Fellow of the Lambda Literary Writer’s Retreat. \nHilary Brown is a Pushcart-nominated writer and queer disability activist living in Oakland\, California. Their chapbook\, When She Woke She Was an Open Field (Headmistress Press)\, was a finalist for the Charlotte Mew Prize. Their work appears or is forthcoming in Queerly\, APT\, The Ocotillo Review\, The South Carolina Review\, and A Disabled Woman’s Reader. They enjoy reading their work around the Bay Area.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/we-a-talk-and-reading-series-of-queer-perspectives-2/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Saturday Night Special presents: Obsession
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss the last SNS of the year! The last (fifth!) Saturday of November\, right after Thanksgiving\, we’re celebrating OBSESSION. Every writer is obsessed with something: love\, loss\, longing\, the past\, the future\, the end of the world\, your mother\, my sister\, owls\, spiders\, scissors\, salt\, bones\, little red wagons\, the perfect pun. You know what yours is; you don’t need me to tell you. Write it down. And again. And again. Then come share. \nBring your (three-minute) poems\, stories\, comedic sketches\, songs\, or dances\, on our (optional) theme (or any topic). \nFirst come first served. Sign-up starts at 7pm and closes when it fills up or when the reading starts\, so get there early if you want to read! (Note: Sometimes the list is full by 7:03pm) \nEach reader will have 3 minutes maximum. For prose writers this is about one and a half double-spaced pages. \nPLEASE NOTE: We are strict about the 3 minute max. When you reach your time limit at SNS\, we turn on the disco lights! So\, please plan ahead. Practice your piece out loud. Time yourself! \nNovember features Giavanna Ortiz de Candia & Norman Zelaya \nGiavanna Ortiz de Candia is a Bay Area born and bred writer\, musician and photographer. In 2011\, at age 22\, Giavanna wrote David Jacobs\, who was serving a nine year sentence for white collar crimes. Giavanna and David corresponded for two years\, engaging in topics of art\, music\, literature\, and how to live a life without compromise. A Story That Could Be True is an accumulation of these letters and includes illustrations\, cards\, lyrics-tablature\, cooking recipes\, and photographs. \nGiavanna and David lived together for two years after his release in Brooklyn\, New York and Oakland\, California. He is currently in Federal Prison\, and Giavanna is finishing what the pair began. \nAfter the reading\, stick around for karaoke starting at 10pm \nSaturday\, November 30\, 2019\n7 – 9:30 pm \nNick’s Lounge (21+)\n3218 Adeline Street\, Berkeley\, CA\n1 block south of Ashby BART\nBetween Fairview St & Martin Luther King Jr Way \nFREE!\nBut bring CASH if you want to buy drinks (which you sort of have to\, because there’s a 1-drink minimum!) \nHosted by: Hollie Hardy\nGuest Hosted by: Abe Becker \nPlease help out by liking our FB page\, where you can also find more details and photos from past events: \nhttps://www.facebook.com/Saturday-Night-Special-an-East-Bay-open-mic-112174188880786/ \nBIOS forthcoming
URL:https://litseen.com/event/saturday-night-special-presents-obsession/
LOCATION:Nick’s Lounge\, 3218 Adeline St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191201T150000
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SUMMARY:Joan Baranow & Joan Aleshire
DESCRIPTION:This reading will feature a festive book launch for JOAN BARANOW’s new book of poems\, In the Next Life. Alicia Suskin Ostriker says\, “The lilt and love\, the trust and thrust\, the pain and gain of these poems\, is simply marvelous. In the Next Life reminds me of what I often forget—that poetry can be radiant.” Her previous collection is Living Apart. With her husband David Watts she produced the PBS documentary Healing Words: Poetry & Medicine. Her feature-length documentary The Time We Have draws an intimate portrait of a young woman facing terminal illness.\nJOAN ALESHIRE’s new memoir in poems is Days of Our Lives. Reginald Dwayne Betts says\, “Most poets choose: navigate the personal or navigate the public. In Days of Our Lives\, Aleshire abandons the choice. Instead\, opts for the gospel that is all the ways our private turns at living are never as private as we imagine. As if\, all of it\, our love and the nation’s loss\, hang by the thinnest of wires.” She’s published five previous collections and is working on a novel. She lives in Vermont and is the founder of SAGE\, an organization that supports sustainable agricultural education and the arts.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/joan-baranow-joan-aleshire/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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SUMMARY:Beasts of Bourbon II
DESCRIPTION:Beasts of Bourbon returns with a stellar lineup of kick ass writers poets and musicians to close out the New Year with it’s second edition featuring Kim Shuck\, James Cagney\, Cassandra Dallett\, Juba Kalamka\, Alexandra Naughton and Red O’ Hare with musical guests Oddly Even (featuring Ashley Macachor and Calvin Sturges.)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/beasts-of-bourbon-ii/
LOCATION:The Legionnaire Saloon\, 2272 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191203T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191203T200000
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SUMMARY:The Bushwick Book Club Oakland - - There\, There
DESCRIPTION:EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS is excited to welcome The Bushwick Book Club Oakland on Sunday\, November 3rd\, from 6:30-8 pm (doors at 6). \n**Please Note** This event will take place after the store’s regular Sunday hours (10 am-6 pm). Attendees of the event are welcome to shop before or after but we will not be open to regular browsing in order to minimize disruption to the performances. \n\n\n\nThe Bushwick Book Club was started in 2009 by Brooklyn based singer-songwriter\, Susan Hwang.  At every Bushwick Book Club performance\, a book is selected\, and a collection of local musicians read the book and write songs inspired by them.  Over the past decade\, branches of the book club have sprouted all over the world\, in cities such as Portland\, LA\, Seattle\, Malmo\, Sweden\, Santa Barbara\, New Orleans\, Greenville\, SC and Toronto\, Canada. \n​Now\, Oakland\, CA has its very own Bushwick Book Club!  BBC Oakland specifically selects literature written by authors of color and members of LGBTQ communities. Each season a book is chosen and group of select singer-songwriters and composers read the book\, write a song inspired by it\, and perform their pieces for an audience of enthusiastic book people.  Bushwick Book Club Oakland selects books that take up issues of race\, gender\, class\, and mental health giving a place for artists of these communities to share their voices to an audience of similar representation and allies. Audience members are welcomed to read the book ahead of time for added fun. \nFor more information click here. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK \nThere There lives and breathes its setting — the streets and neighborhoods of Oakland — and is a full-throated voicing of the urban Native American experience(s). A brutal history has made for a painful present that is as complex as the people living it. The characters in There There are angry\, funny\, heartbroken\, and their stories are woven together by having been silenced — their tongues and heads removed in past lives unseen in the present. What of their futures? \n— Brad \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nSunday\, November 3\, 2019 – 6:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-bushwick-book-club-oakland-there-there/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T121000
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SUMMARY:Lunch Poems: Margaret Ross
DESCRIPTION:Margaret Ross is the author of A Timeshare. Her poems and translations appear in The New Republic\, The Paris Review\, and POETRY. Her honors include a Fulbright arts grant\, a VSC/Luce Chinese Poetry & Translation Fellowship\, and a Wallace Stegner Fellowship. She currently teaches at Stanford University where she is a Jones Lecturer.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lunch-poems-margaret-ross/
LOCATION:Morrison Library\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T200000
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SUMMARY:Dan Pfeiffer
DESCRIPTION:I’m incredibly grateful to be able to be part of something that I think makes a small bit of difference in helping people cope with this time and most importantly\, to think about ways to take action to ensure we don’t live in this time for that long. \n—Dan Pfeiffer\, Delaware News Journal \n\nSpeakers Series\n\nDan Pfeiffer\n\n\nDan Pfeiffer combines wry wit\, spot-on political instincts\, and formidable storytelling chops in an optimistic exploration of how politics and digital media interact in modern-day America. The former White House communications director\, noted political strategist and commentator\, and Pod Save America co-host is credited with breaking new ground in harnessing the power of social media during the Obama presidential campaign and subsequent administration. He is the author of the New York Times #1 best-seller Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama\, Twitter and Trump—a colorful account of how politics\, the media\, and the internet changed during the Obama presidency alongside the evolution of social media. Far from a jaded insider\, Pfeiffer infuses his talks with optimism for America’s political system\, and stresses the value and impact of civic engagement. \nCal Performances’ Speaker Series is a season-long series of presentations by some of the leading creative and intellectual voices of our time—thinkers\, activists\, strategists\, satirists\, journalists\, and pioneers at the leading edge of culture and politics.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dan-pfeiffer-2/
LOCATION:Zellerbach Hall\, UC Berkeley\, 101 Zellerbach Hall #4800\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191206T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191206T203000
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SUMMARY:Wherever There's a Fight: 10th Anniversary Reading
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the 10th Anniversary Edition of Wherever There’s a Fight\, Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi’s sweeping story of the social movements and activists who have changed California and made ripples beyond. \nElaine Elinson was the communications director of the ACLU of Northern California and editor of the ACLU News for more than two decades. She is a coauthor of Development Debacle: The World Bank in the Philippines\, which was banned by the Marcos regime. \nStan Yogi is the coauthor\, with with Laura Atkins\, of the children’s book Fred Korematsu Speaks Up. He managed development programs for the ACLU of Northern California for fourteen years and is the coeditor of two books\, Highway 99: A Literary Journey through California’s Great Central Valley and Asian American Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. \nPresented by Eastwind Books and the Oakland Asian Cultural Center \nEvent is wheelchair accessible. Free and open to the public.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/wherever-theres-a-fight-10th-anniversary-reading/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T170000
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SUMMARY:East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest
DESCRIPTION:2019 marks the 10th year of EBABZ! This year\, we’re “Renewing Our Vows” with a gaudy\, affectionate\, wedding-themed fest. Whether you’re tabling\, volunteering or browsing\, we hope you can make it out to enjoy a fun\, festive day of zines!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/east-bay-alternative-book-zine-fest/
LOCATION:Omni Commons\, 4799 Shattuck Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94609\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T170000
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poets Coalition Open Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE\n1320 Addison St.\, Berkeley\, CA\n \nAddison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave.\nbetween Acton & Bonar St.\nParking on the street (NOT in the S.C.L. parking lot)\n\nCheck in at the front desk and you will be directed to the meeting location\n(usually Movie Room\, or backyard garden)\n \nAll Ages Welcome\n\nCome and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around —\n3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too 🙂\n \n \n\n\n\n\nAfter the reading\, join us for dinner if you’d like at a nearby restaurant
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poets-coalition-open-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T190000
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SUMMARY:Eastwind's End of Year Celebration!
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the end of the year with friends at Eastwind Books of Berkeley! We would like to thank our dedicated volunteers\, customers\, and community members for all of the support they have given Eastwind throughout the year. Come for the fun\, raffle prizes\, food and entertainment. Stock up on holiday gifts and books tor the winter break. \nHappy Holidays and New Year from Eastwind Staff!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/eastwinds-end-of-year-celebration/
LOCATION:Eastwind Books of Berkeley\, 2066 University Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T210000
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SUMMARY:I Think About Your Hands - Belgium-based Poet Marina Kazakova
DESCRIPTION:As the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death is commemorated this year\, a Belgium-based poet Marina Kazakova prepared a poetry programme inspired by and devoted to the great artist and his gorgeous country. The hands drawn by da Vinci in his portrait paintings as well as his famous study of arms and hands probably represent the most exquisite visualisation of hands in the history of art. \nMarina will perform a selection of poems inspired by da Vinci’s works\, Italy and Russia. The selected poems reflect the scope of human emotion\, as well as relevant issues facing present-day world of Europe: hate crimes\, migrants\, discrimination\, body commodification. \n*** \nMarina Kazakova (b. Gorky\, Russia\, 1983) is a Belgium-based writer\, poet and audio-visual artist. Published internationally in magazines and journals (Three Rooms Press “Maintenant”\, “AntiNarrative Journal”\, “Crannog”\, “Duck Lake Books”\, “Writing in a Woman’s Voice”)\, Marina is a frequent performer\, she has been shortlisted at different poetry/ film-poetry competitions and was awarded various prizes. \nShe is author of verse novel “Tishe…Piano”\, the film adaptation of which was shortlisted for International Short Film Festival Leuven 2013\, Miami Indie Wise Festival 2018\, XpoNorth Festival 2018\, and got ’The Best Narrative Short’ Award at the International Film Festival behalf Savva Morozov in Moscow in 2015. \nHer literature works deal to a large degree with confrontation with the past and explore the challenges posed both by memory and grief. \nMarina holds a Master in Public Relations and in Transmedia. Currently\, she is PR Officer at ‘Victim Support Europe’ (Brussels) and working on her practice-based PhD in Arts “Lyric Poem. A research on how the unique characteristics of lyric poetry can be expressed in audio-visual medium” at Luca School of Arts (KULeuven).
URL:https://litseen.com/event/i-think-about-your-hands-belgium-based-poet-marina-kazakova/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T220000
DTSTAMP:20260422T105755
CREATED:20191028T065440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191028T065440Z
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SUMMARY:Ugly Beauty
DESCRIPTION:Poetry & Performance Art Open Mic
URL:https://litseen.com/event/ugly-beauty/
LOCATION:The Beat Dance Studio\, 2560 9th St.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94710\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ugly Beauty":MAILTO:uglybeautyopenmic@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191208T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191208T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T105755
CREATED:20191031T061715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191031T061715Z
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SUMMARY:Mondo Bummer 10th Anniversary Non-Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating Mondo Bummer’s 10th anniversary! \nMondo Bummer started in 2009 as sort of a joke and grew into a small press / mail art project that’s published 40+ titles. In honor of the fact that Mondo Bummer hasn’t published anything new in a few years\, the theme of this event is not-publishing and not-writing. \nMondo Bummer authors including Lauren Levin\, Taylor Brady\, Sarah Fontaine\, Wendy Trevino\, and others will give short talks on not-writing and/or do anything other than read poems. \nThere will be\n*cake\n*Mondo Bummer books (and other things) for sale \nMore information about Mondo Bummer at http://mondobummer.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mondo-bummer-10th-anniversary-non-reading/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191209T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191209T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T105755
CREATED:20190930T192939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190930T192939Z
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SUMMARY:Poets Laureate on Social Justice in Vallejo
DESCRIPTION:Date/Time\nDate(s) – 12/09/2019\n6:30 pm – 8:00 pm\nLocation\n505 Santa Clara St\nJoseph Room at the John F. Kennedy Library\, Vallejo\, CA\, with: \n–D.L. Lang\, Vallejo Poet Laureate 2017-2019 \n–Juanita J. Martin\, Fairfield Poet Laureate 2010-2012 \n–Rob Lipton\, Richmond Poet Laureate 2017-2019 \n–Allegra Silberstein\, Davis Poet Laureate 2010-2012 \n–Lois Requist\, Benicia Poet Laureate 2012-2014 \n–and host Ron Riekki\, co-editor of Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice \nRon Riekki wrote My Ancestors are Reindeer Herders and I Am Melting in Extinction (Loyola University Maryland’s Apprentice House Press)\, U.P.: a novel (Ghost Road Press)\, and Posttraumatic: A Memoir (Small Press Distribution). He edited Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice (Michigan State University Press)\, And Here: 100 Years of Upper Peninsula Writing\, 1917-2017 (MSU Press)\, Here: Women Writing on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (MSU Press\, Independent Publisher Book Award)\, The Way North: Collected Upper Peninsula New Works (Wayne State University Press\, Michigan Notable Book)\, and The Many Lives of The Evil Dead: Essays on the Cult Film Franchise (McFarland). Riekki is contracted for seven upcoming books. \nJuanita J. Martin is Fairfield’s first poet laureate\, 2010-2012. She’s also a freelance writer\, and performance artist. Her poetry book\, The Lighthouse Beckons\, was accepted into the Solano County Library. Martin’s next volume of poems\, Quiet Intensity\, is due out in 2019. She’s published in Blue Collar Review\, SoMa Literary Review\, and others. Juanita is active in Ina Coolbrith Circle\, and Benicia First Tuesday Poets. Juanita was also a longtime member of Redwood Writers from 2007-2017. \nJuanita is listed with Poets & Writers Directory of Poets. She has read at the Frank Bette Cultural Center for the Alameda Poets in the Annual Black History event. She often reads for the Beat Poetry Festival and 100 Thousand Poets for Change. Juanita has been a featured reader with Healdsburg Literary Guild\, Petaluma Poetry Walk 2007 & 2016\, as well as Berkeley Poetry Festival. She has also contributed to Sonoma Discoveries Magazine\, a tourist magazine covering North & West Sonoma County\, and the Coast. www.jmartinpoetwriter.com \nAllegra Jostad Silberstein was born in the middle of a blizzard on a farm in Wisconsin. Her Norwegian ancestors had by-passed the flat prairie land and settled in the coulees and hills of the non-glaciated area near the Mississippi River. Love of poetry began as a child when her Mom would recite poems as she worked. She has lived in California since 1963 but her growing years on the farm brought a deep appreciation for the out-of-doors world that stays with her and sustains her. \nIn March of 2010 she was selected as the first Poet Laureate for the city of Davis\, CA. She has three chapbooks and her first full book of poems was published by Cold River Press in the spring of 2015. She has danced with Pamela Trokanski’s Third Stage company since 1994 and is a member of Threshold Choir. \nLois Requist has been engaged with writing most of her adult life. In the 80s\, she got a B.A. and M.A. in English/Creative Writing/Poetry from SFSU. She served as poet laureate in Benicia from 2012-2014. She’s published newspaper columns\, fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry. Where Lilacs Bloom is her political and personal novel. Travel is another passion of hers. As the result of a long trip\, she wrote RVing Solo Across America…without a cat\, dog\, man\, or gun. She works with Benicia Literary Arts and Carquinez Village\, walks and practices yoga\, enjoys family and friends. Learn more at http://www.loisrequist.com/home.html \nD.L. Lang serves as Poet Laureate of Vallejo\, California (2017-2019). She is the author of twelve books\, most recently Midnight Strike\, and one spoken word album\, Happy Accidents. Her work been anthologized in Marin Poetry Center Anthology\, Vol. 21\, A Poet’s Siddur\, and Light & Shadow. She edited the 2019 anthology Verses\, Voices & Visions of Vallejo. Lang has been a featured act at numerous events in Vallejo and poetry shows around the bay area. Her poems have been transformed into songs\, liturgy\, and used as a means to advocate for causes. Her website is: www.poetryebook.com
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-laureate-on-social-justice-in-vallejo/
LOCATION:John F. Kennedy Library\, Joseph Room\, 505 Santa Clara St\, Vallejo\, 94590
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="John F. Kennedy Library Vallejo":MAILTO:poetryebook@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191209T203000
DTSTAMP:20260422T105755
CREATED:20191024T154002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191024T154002Z
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SUMMARY:Silvia Federici\, Jenny Brown and Dani Burilson
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, Dec 09\, 2019 7:00 PM \nLocation:\nIn the basement\n2476 Telegraph Avenue\, Berkeley \nSilvia Federici in conversation with Jenny Brown\, author of Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight over Women’s Work\, and Dani Burilson\, editor of All of Me: Stories of Love\, Anger\, and the Female Body. \nSilvia Federici is a feminist activist\, writer\, and a teacher. In 1972 she was one of the cofounders of the International Feminist Collective\, the organization that launched the Wages For Housework campaign internationally. In the 1990s\, after a period of teaching and research in Nigeria\, she was active in the anti-globalization movement and the U.S. anti–death penalty movement. She is one of the co-founders of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa\, an organization dedicated to generating support for the struggles of students and teachers in Africa against the structural adjustment of African economies and educational systems. From 1987 to 2005 she taught international studies\, women studies\, and political philosophy courses at Hofstra University in Hempstead\, NY. All through these years she has written books and essays on philosophy and feminist theory\, women’s history\, education and culture\, and more recently the worldwide struggle against capitalist globalization and for a feminist reconstruction of the commons. \nJenny Brown is a National Women’s Liberation organizer and former editor of Labor Notes. She was a leader in the grassroots campaign to have morning-after pill contraception available over the counter in the U.S. and was a plaintiff in the winning lawsuit. In addition to Labor Notes\, her work has appeared in Jacobin\, Huffington Post\, and Alternet\, and she is coauthor of the Redstockings book Women’s Liberation and National Health Care: Confronting the Myth of America. She is the author of Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now. \nDani Burlison (she/her) is the author of Some Places Worth Leaving (Tolsun Books\, 2019)\, Dendrophilia and Other Social Taboos: True Stories\, a collection of essays that first appeared in her McSweeney’s Internet Tendency column of the same name\, and the Lady Parts zines. She has been a staff writer at a Bay Area alt-weekly\, a book reviewer for Los Angeles Review\, and a regular contributor at Chicago Tribune\, KQED Arts\, The Rumpus\, and Made Local magazine. Her writing can also be found at Ms.\, Yes!\, Earth Island Journal\, Wired\, Vice\, Utne\, Ploughshares\, Hip Mama\, Rad Dad\, Spirituality & Health\, Shareable\, Tahoma Literary Review\, Prick of the Spindle\, and more. Her writing also appears in several anthologies. She is a single mom and lives\, teaches\, and writes in Santa Rosa\, CA.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/silvia-federici-jenny-brown-and-dani-burilson/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Avenue\, BERKELEY\, 94704-2322
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Moe's Books":MAILTO:owenmoes@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191210T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191210T220000
DTSTAMP:20260422T105755
CREATED:20191024T160340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191024T160340Z
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SUMMARY:Open Mic at the Black Rep
DESCRIPTION:Music\, Comedy and Spoken Word \nEvery 2nd & 4th Tuesday \nSign-Ups @ 7:30 PM \nGeneral Admission: $5 Per Person \nTickets available online and at-the-door.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/open-mic-at-the-black-rep/
LOCATION:Black Repertory Group Theater\, 3201 Adeline Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94703\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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ORGANIZER;CN="Black Repertory Group Theater":MAILTO:info@blackrepertorygroup.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191211T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191211T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T105755
CREATED:20191124T193809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T193809Z
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SUMMARY:The View from Somewhere: Reimagining local journalism in Oakland
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation on journalism\, objectivity and an equitable approach to local news in Oakland. \nTwo months after the 2016 presidential election\, radio journalist Lewis Raven Wallace proclaimed “Objectivity is Dead and I’m Okay With it” to highlight how “neutrality” in newsrooms can be a tool of white supremacy. While journalism schools and newsrooms often tout objectivity as a pillar of the craft\, Wallace argues that if you look back at how journalists in the U.S. reported on issues like slavery or the early LGBTQ movement\, “many of the journalists who’ve told the truth in key historical moments have been outliers and members of an opposition\, here and in other countries.” \nWallace is now launching a book and accompanying podcast\, The View from Somewhere: A Podcast About Journalism With A Purpose\, and going on tour to facilitate conversations about “objectivity\,” oppressed communities\, and the news. \nAt this special event in Oakland\, Wallace will talk with journalist Tasneem Raja about the harm caused by the myth of objectivity\, and facilitate a group discussion on how journalism can better serve and reflect Oakland. \n*The event is free\, but please RSVP via the Eventbrite link above!*
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-view-from-somewhere-reimagining-local-journalism-in-oakland/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191211T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191211T230000
DTSTAMP:20260422T105755
CREATED:20191210T033932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191210T033932Z
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SUMMARY:The Berkeley Slam ft. Jason LaCour!
DESCRIPTION:Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1999\, and third in the nation at the 2015 National Poetry Slam! \nhttp://berkeleyslam.org/\nTwitter: @berkeleyslam\nInstagram: @berkeleyslam\nPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/berkeleyslam \n—————�————-\nJoseph Jason Santiago LaCour is a Poet\, Artist and Emcee from the Midwest now living in Santa Cruz. A Filipino and French Creole fiasco\, he has struggled as a young parent and worked countless jobs. Today\, his Daughters are grown\, he has true love in his life and he wants to share his art\, his heart\, with you. Through his twin flame partnership\, Sacred Poets\, he expresses a creative message of empowerment. As a member of The Legendary Collective and co-curator of The Santa Cruz Word Church – a weekly poetry event at The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History – he consciously works to contribute to a strong community of Artists and Supporters locally and globally.\n—————�————-\nUPCOMING\n12/18: Anarchy Slam\n—————�————- \nTHE STARRY PLOUGH\n3101 Shattuck Avenue\, 510-841-2082\n(1 block uphill from the Ashby BART).\nEVERY WEDNESDAY\n$7 – $10 sliding scale (most nights)\nCash Prizes!\nWorkshop: 6:30 p.m. Sign-up: 7:30 p.m. Show: 8:15 p.m.\nALL AGES before 10 p.m. \nDon’t have cash or Venmo? Like being extra prepared? Get a presale ticket while you can!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-berkeley-slam-ft-jason-lacour/
LOCATION:The Starry Plough\, 3101 Shattuck Avenue\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191212T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191212T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T105755
CREATED:20191124T195333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T195333Z
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SUMMARY:Fight the Tower! Asian American Women Scholars' Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Asian American women scholars experience shockingly low rates of tenure and promotion because of the ways they are marginalized by intersectionalities of race and gender. Fight the Tower is Asian American women scholars’ response and blueprints for resistance. Presenters are the editors\, Kieu Linh Caroline Valverde and Wei Ming Dariotis\, and the contributors\, including Eliza Noh and Kaozong Mouavangsou. \nWei Ming Dariotis is a professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University. She is co-editor of War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art and co-author of the definition of critical mixed race studies. \nKieu Linh Caroline Valverde is an associate professor of Asian American studies and the founding director of the New Viet Nam Studies Initiative at the University of California\, Davis. She is the author of Transnationalizing Viet Nam: Community\, Culture\, and Politics in the Diaspora and co-founder of the social justice movement\, Fight the Tower. \nKaozong N. Mouavangsou is the first Hmong American PhD candidate in the School of Education at The University of California\, Davis. \nEliza Noh is professor and chair of Asian American Studies at California State University\, Fullerton.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fight-the-tower-asian-american-women-scholars-resistance/
LOCATION:Eastwind Books of Berkeley\, 2066 University Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eastwind Books":MAILTO:eastwindbooks@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191212T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191212T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T105755
CREATED:20191024T155610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191024T155610Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry by the Bay
DESCRIPTION:Longest running poetry open mic in Vallejo. Come. Everyone is welcome. 4 minutes per poet. Multiple rounds. Freedom of expression. 2nd Floor Oddfellows Hall. 342 Georgia\, Vallejo.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-by-the-bay/
LOCATION:Oddfellows Hall\, 342 Georgia St.\, Vallejo\, CA\, 94590\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Poetry by the Bay":MAILTO:profeticlyrics@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191212T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191212T213000
DTSTAMP:20260422T105755
CREATED:20191210T034128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191210T034128Z
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SUMMARY:BPR Midterm Chapbook Release Party
DESCRIPTION:Berkeley Poetry Review will be holding a release party for the third issue of our chapbook series: MIDTERM 3 – CIRCUITS\, including poems from Leila Weefur\, Leena Joshi\, Colleen Baran\, Louise Akers\, Jennifer Soong\, and Tess Brown-Lavoie. The reading will be hosted at E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore @ 410 13th St\, Oakland\, @ 8pm. Snacks & beverages & chapbooks provided!!! Come celebrate with us ✨ \nOur wonderful readers for the night include: Leena Joshi\, Nathalie Khankan\, and Leila Weefur. Bios below! \nLEENA JOSHI is an artist and writer currently based in Oakland\, California. Their poetry\, essay\, and visual art practice consider the lateral roots of affect\, gender\, labor\, and desire within a transmedia practice of world building. Leena’s writing can be found in The Felt\, Gramma\, Monday: The Jacob Lawrence Gallery Journal\, Tagvverk\, La Norda Specialo\, Poor Claudia\, and bluestockings magazine\, among others. \nNATHALIE KHANKAN is the author of quiet orient riot\, to be published by Omnidawn in 2020\, and winner of the Omnidawn 1st/2nd Book Prize\, judge Dawn Lundy Martin. Her work appears in Berkeley Poetry Review and Crab Creek Review\, and is upcoming in jubilat. \nShe teaches Arabic language and literature in the Near Eastern Studies Department at UC Berkeley. \nLEILA WEEFUR (She/They/He) is an artist\, writer\, and curator who lives and works in Oakland\, CA. \nThrough video\, installation\, writing\, and lecture-performances they examine the performativity intrinsic to systems of belonging present in our lived experiences. The work brings together concepts of the sensorial memory\, abject\, hyper surveillance\, and the erotic. It implicates the viewer by controlling the mobility of the audience through fabricated environmental discomfort and strict rules of engagement. The site-specific installations are architectural interventions made up of constructed walls and tempered glass\, simulating systems of control and willful participation. \nWeefur is a recipient of the Hung Liu award\, the Murphy & Cadogan award\, and the Walter & Elise Haas Creative Work Fund. They have worked with local and national institutions including SFMOMA\, The Wattis Institute\, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive\, and Smack Mellon in Brooklyn\, New York. Weefur is a member of The Black Aesthetic and a lecturer at SFAI and UC Berkeley.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bpr-midterm-chapbook-release-party/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191217T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T105755
CREATED:20191024T151604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191024T151604Z
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SUMMARY:Get Lit #54
DESCRIPTION:Heading into its fourth consecutive year\, Get Lit is a community gathering of 12–15 writers reading NEVER-BEFORE-READ material (rough drafts / debuts) within a three-minute time limit. There is live music at every show\, beer made by Ale Industries on site\, and wonderful food by Guadalajara Restaurant & Tequila Bar just down the block. All ages are welcome. \nDoors open at 7:00 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM SHARP!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/get-lit-54/
LOCATION:Ale Industries\, 3096 E 10th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191219T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191219T210000
DTSTAMP:20260422T105755
CREATED:20191024T154916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191024T154916Z
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SUMMARY:PEOM: Poetry Every Other Month
DESCRIPTION:Join us every other month at 7pm for a featured poet\, an open mic and great drinks and treats! \nFeatured Poet: Gene Kahane\n(more dates/poets later)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/peom-poetry-every-other-month/
LOCATION:Julie’s Coffee and Tea Garden\, 1223 Park St.\, Alameda\, CA\, 94501\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Julie's":MAILTO:julie@juliestea.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191219T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191219T220000
DTSTAMP:20260422T105755
CREATED:20191028T065042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191028T065042Z
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SUMMARY:Speaking Axolotl Reading and Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:A Latinx poetry reading series y open mic that happens every third Thursday (unless otherwise noted) in “The Chapel” at Nomadic Press.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/speaking-axolotl-reading-and-open-mic/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press\, 2926 Foothill Blvd\, Oakland \, CA\, 94601\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191220T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191220T203000
DTSTAMP:20260422T105755
CREATED:20191124T195112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T195112Z
UID:54082-1576866600-1576873800@litseen.com
SUMMARY:The Southeast Asian Diaspora in Poetry & Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading that brings together the work of Laotian poet and dancer Krysada Phounsiri and Cambodian writer Sieu Sean Do. \nKrysada Phounsiri’s debut book of poetry\, Dance Among Elephants\, is at turns intimate and interrogative\, interested in unpacking the many layers of his family’s journey from Laos to the United States and around the world. Phounsiri is a Lao American professional dancer who has performed with the acclaimed group Jabbawockeez in Las Vegas\, award winning poet\, engineer\, and avid photographer. \nSieu Sean Do’s memoir\, A Cloak of Good Fortune\, traces his coming of age from the idyllic\, peaceful years of childhood in rural Cambodia through his family’s forced exile by the Khmer Rouge. Sieu Sean was born in 1963 and grew up in Kampong Speu\, a rural town about fifty kilometers outside Phnom Penh. \nCo-presented by Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Eastwind Books of Berkeley. \nFREE\, suggested donation $3-5 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-southeast-asian-diaspora-in-poetry-memoir/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 388 9th St Ste 290\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Eastwind Books":MAILTO:eastwindbooks@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200104T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200104T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T105755
CREATED:20191219T070759Z
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poets Coalition
DESCRIPTION:STRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE\n1320 Addison St.\, Berkeley\, CA\n \nAddison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave.\nbetween Acton & Bonar St.\nParking on the street (NOT in the S.C.L. parking lot)\n\nCheck in at the front desk and you will be directed to the meeting location\n(usually Movie Room\, or backyard garden)\n \nAll Ages Welcome\n\nCome and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around —\n3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too 🙂\n\nAfter the reading\, join us for dinner if you’d like at a nearby restaurant
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poets-coalition-8/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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CREATED:20191218T054448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191218T054448Z
UID:54315-1578335400-1578342600@litseen.com
SUMMARY:Walnut Creek Poetry Workshop [Meetup]
DESCRIPTION:Monday night’s Weekly Poetry Workshop at House of Sake in Walnut Creek.Bring one or two\, at most\, poems with copies to be passed out to compatriots for comments of praise\, questions and suggestions for future thought. House of Sake\, 313 North Civic Drive\, Walnut Creek\, 8 minute walk from BART Station
URL:https://litseen.com/event/walnut-creek-poetry-workshop-meetup/
LOCATION:Eat and Cre-ate\, 313 North Civic Drive\, Walnut Creek
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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