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SUMMARY:Lunada Literary Lounge
DESCRIPTION:Lunada’s Spring 2017 Season Closer features Saint-Hills\, DJ Glo\, and 10 spots on our Open Mic. \nOpen Mic sign-up at 7:15pm: 10 spots on the list\, 5 min. each\, inviting poets\, emcees\, singer/ songwriters\, storytellers\, laureates\, and first-timers to share their voices under the lunar spotlight.\nLunada closes a phenomenal 2017 Spring season with much pride\, featuring Brazilian emerging artist\, singer producer Saint-Hills\, and Nuyorican DJ Glo – spinning tribal\, caribbean\, latinx\, and afro beats. With deep love for our pueblo\, we enter the summer on our feet\, dancing under the full moon at Galeria de la Raza. \nHosted by Sandra García Rivera\n\nLUNADA is the Bay Area’s only full moon bilingual literary ritual & performance gathering devoted to spoken word\, música\, song\, and story. Located in the heart of the Mission District at Galería de la Raza\, and guest curated by some of the Bay Area’s most dynamic word slingers and artists\, each LUNADA features community poets\, local legends\, visiting mystics\, and other mero meros of the stage. Voted Best Literary Night of 2016 by the SF Bay Guardian. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nSaint-Hills is a 20-year-old Brazilian producer and singer\, known for his unique electro-pop sound\, which contains strong influences of Brazilian music and culture. In 2015 Saint-Hills moved from his hometown Brasilia\, Brazil to San Francisco\, USA\, where both his career and personal life took flight. In San Francisco\, Saint-Hills produced and released his first single\, the bilingual song “(Geo)graphy.” Saint-Hills is also the first transgender/gender non-conforming singer to come out of Brazil. \nDJ Glo\, a Nuyorican\, is passionate about the art of DJing and a student learning everyday. Influenced by the salsa\, bachata\, merengue\, and freestlyle music they heard growing up\, you can expect to hear (and feel) tribal\, caribbean\, latinx\, and/or afro beats while listening to their set.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/lunada-literary-lounge/
LOCATION:Galería de la Raza\, 2857 24th Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Adeline Nip
DESCRIPTION:Book talk and signing by author Adeline Nip.\nWriters Carol Liang and Tymo Lin will also participate in signing their new books.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/adeline-nip/
LOCATION:SF Public Library\, 100 Larkin Street\, San Francisco\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170610T173000
DTSTAMP:20260510T141813
CREATED:20170515T235051Z
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SUMMARY:Paseo Artistico: Tender Buttons
DESCRIPTION:An afternoon of bay area poetry <3
URL:https://litseen.com/event/paseo-artistico-tender-buttons/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:New releases from Pelekinesis Press
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special evening of sharing from three Pelekinesis authors reading from their latest books! \nPETER CHERCHES: Autobiography Without Words \nDON SKILES: Rain After Midnight \nPETER WORTSMAN: Footprints in Wet Cement \nCalled “one of the innovators of the short short story” by Publishers Weekly\, Peter Cherches is a writer\, singer and lyricist. Over the past 40 years his writing\, both fiction and nonfiction\, has appeared in dozens of magazines\, anthologies and websites. His first recording as a jazz vocalist\, “Mercerized! Songs of Johnny Mercer\,” was released in 2016. He is the author of three previous prose collections\, most recently “Lift Your Right Arm\,” which Pelekinesis published in 2013. Cherches is a native of Brooklyn\, New York. \nDubbed “a 20th-century Brother Grimm” (Bloomsbury Review) and “a delinquent Hans Christian Andersen” (by playwright Mark O’Donnell)\, Peter Wortsman is the author of work in multiple modes\, including a previous book of short prose fiction\, “A Modern Way To Die” (1991); a travel memoir\, “Ghost Dance in Berlin\, A Rhapsody in Gray” (2013); and a novel\, “Cold Earth Wanderers” (2014). He collaborated with artist Harold Wortsman on an artists’ book\, “it-t=i” (2004) and with photographer Jean-Luc Dubin on a photo essay “New York\, NY 1978” (2016). He is also the author of two stage plays. His travel writing has been included five years in a row in The Best Travel Writing\, 2008-2012\, and again in 2016. He is also a critically acclaimed translator from German into English. \nDon Skiles is the author of “Miss America and Other Stories”\, “The James Dean Jacket Story”\, and “Football”. His work has appeared in “Quaartsiluni\,” “Snowmonkey\,” “Silenced Press\,” “Over the Transom\,” “MungBeing\,” and “Chicago Quarterly Review.” His poetry appears in three books from Viking Dog Press/Conehenge Studios (with the work of painter Claribel Cone): “18 Views of San Francisco\,” “Sono Choushi!” and “Blue Rhapsody.” Skiles lives in San Francisco.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/new-releases-from-pelekinesis-press/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Writers With Drinks
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 10\, 2017: \nGlen David Gold (Sunnyside\, Carter Beats The Devil)\nMark Oshiro (Mark Does Stuff) \nCost: $5 to $20\, no-one turned away\nAll proceeds benefit the Center for Sex and Culture.\nAt The Make Out Room 3225 22nd St.\, San Francisco CA\, from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM\, doors open at 6:30 PM. \n 
URL:https://litseen.com/event/writers-with-drinks-5/
LOCATION:Make-Out Room\, 3225 22nd St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170610T220000
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SUMMARY:Red Light Lit: Secret Speakeasy
DESCRIPTION:Join Red Light Lit for a SPECIAL evening of sexy spoken word and song in an intimate SECRET SPEAKEASY\, featuring the photography of Lucille Lares-Kiwan (@__gatekeeper). The show will be hosted by Jennifer Lewiswith piano accompaniment by Sarah Dineen and live musical scoring byDavid Williams. \nFeatured writers: Lisa Alden\, Tomas Moniz\, Kimberly Reyes\, Kelsey Kundera Whitman and more (TBA). \nComedy by: Luna Malbroux \nSpecial musical guests: Rykarda Parasol \nDoors open at 7:30pm\, show starts at 8pm. DJ Duserock (aka Ryan Stubbs) will play music after the show so plan on staying for a dance party. \nADVANCE TICKETS ARE SUGGESTED. Seating is limited!\n$15 in advance\, $20 at the door. Once you buy tickets via Eventbrite\, you will get the address. If you plan on buying tickets at the door\, please email: jennifer@redlightlit.com. \n***NO ONE WILL BE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS. (Please email jennifer@redlightlit.com)
URL:https://litseen.com/event/red-light-lit-secret-speakeasy/
LOCATION:Secret South of Market Location
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Gears Turning Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Kim Shuck’s monthly poetry series
URL:https://litseen.com/event/gears-turning-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Adobe Books\, 3130 24th St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170611T180000
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SUMMARY:Tongo Eisen-Martin\, Raina Leon\, and James Cagney
DESCRIPTION:Poetry! A reading from Tongo Eisen-Martin\, Raina Leon\, and James Cagney.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tongo-eisen-martin-raina-leon-and-james-cagney/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Science Fiction in SF
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Sunday\, June 11\, for a lively evening of reading and discussion with Steven Boyett and Ken Mitchroney\, moderated by Bay Area author and editor Terry Bisson.\n​\nEach author will read from a selection of their work\, followed by Q&A with the audience\, moderated by Terry B​isson. \nBorderlands Books will be on hand selling books\, and our event will be podcasted by SOMA FM. \nSteven R. Boyett‘s novels include the fantasy classic Ariel\, The Architect of Sleep\, Elegy Beach\, and Mortality Bridge. He has been a professional martial arts instructor\, paper marbler\, advertising copywriter\, proofreader\, writing teacher\, website designer & editor\, chapbook publisher\, and DJ who has played in major cities and Burning Man. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area. His latest book\, Fata Morgana\, was written with Ken Mitchroney. \nKen Mitchroney’s film and television credits include director\, head of story\, director of photography\, and storyboard artist on Storks\, The Lego Movie\, The Ant Bully\, Toy Story 2\, Monsters Inc.\, The Annoying Orange Show\, Mighty Magiswords\, and more. His comic illustration includes Ren & Stimpy\, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\, Myth Conceptions\, and creating the influential Space Ark. He is an official artist for the Ed “Big Daddy” Roth estate\, and official illustrator for the Oakland Athletics and at one time the Baltimore Orioles. Mitchroney has been a professional race-car driver and pinstriper\, and restores and runs vintage locomotives. He is currently involved with the restoration of the Ward Kimball collection at the Southern California Railway Museum in Perris\, California. He lives and works in the San Francisco Bay area and Los Angeles.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/science-fiction-in-sf/
LOCATION:American Bookbinders Museum\, 355 Clementina St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170611T210000
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CREATED:20170519T100317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170519T100317Z
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Poetry Marathon Reading
DESCRIPTION:Guest curator Julian Talamantez Brolaski with readers Sirama Bajo\, Tongo Eisen-Martin\, Evan Kennedy\, Erica Lewis\, Laura Moriarty\, Cedar Sigo\, Max Wolf Valerio\, and Ronaldo Wilson.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bay-area-poetry-marathon-reading/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170612T190000
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SUMMARY:Mark Hull
DESCRIPTION:discussing the subject of his new book \nMasquerade: Treason\, the Holocaust\, and an Irish Impostor \nco-authored by Mark Hull and Vera Moynes \nfrom University of Oklahoma Press \nPhyllis Ursula James. Nora O’Mara. Róisín Ní Mhéara. Like her name\, the life of Rosaleen James changed many times as she followed a convoluted path from abandoned child\, to foster daughter of an aristocratic British family\, to traitor during World War II\, to her emergence as a full Irish woman afterward. In Masquerade\, authors Mark M. Hull and Vera Moynes tell James’s story as it unfolds against the backdrop of the most important events of the twentieth century. James’s life—both real and imagined—makes for an incredible but true story. \nBy altering her identity to suit the situation\, James manipulated almost everyone she encountered: the German intelligence service\, the Nazi propaganda broadcasting service\, British intelligence\, and various Irish cultural groups. She was in a liaison with Irish writer Francis Stuart and\, with him\, provided a voice for Nazi radio programs aimed at neutral Ireland\, served as the pseudo-Irish expert for German espionage missions\, and participated in the failed\, almost comical effort to recruit Irish prisoners of war to join the Nazis against Great Britain—quite a series of performances\, considering her only contact with Ireland had been a weeklong visit in 1937. \nImmediately after the war\, James was wanted by British intelligence as a “renegade” (traitor)\, but her case was quickly squelched by the British government. Drawing on an assumed wartime persona\, she became fluent in Irish Gaelic and organized a number of conferences for which she won grants from the Irish government. James garnered wider attention in 1992 with her autobiography\, published in Gaelic\, in which she claimed that the Holocaust was a myth—a belief she maintained until her death in 2013. \nIn documenting James’s life of deception\, Hull and Moynes masterfully analyze how an intellectually gifted child turned traitor to her country and convincingly rebranded herself as an Irish patriot and intellectual\, while denying historical reality. The story of Rosaleen James reminds us that reality may be much less—or more—than what meets the eye and ear. \nMark M. Hull\, Associate Professor of Military History at the U.S Army Command and General Staff College\, Fort Leavenworth\, Kansas\, is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society\, an attorney\, and the author of Irish Secrets: German Espionage in Wartime Ireland\, 1939–1945.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mark-hull/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Philip Kobylarz + Renee Rettig
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith is excited to host Philip Kobylarz for his new book A Miscellany of Diverse Things. He’ll be in conversation with Renee Rettig. \nPlease note: this event will be held at the Bindery\, 1727 Haight St. in San Francisco. It is free and open to the public. Join us! \nThe essence of a miscellany of diverse things is not merely to catalog a wunderkammer of everyday objects\, but moreover to hold up a double mirror: one to reveal the interior lives of objects\, and another to reflect the depths of their creators and owners. Kobylarz’s poetry may initially elevate the mundane\, but its deepest design is to ask what the human possession divulges about the human being. The quotidian isn’t only ecstatic; the quotidian is a book of revelations. \nWith nods to Flaubert’s Le Dictionnaire des IdEes Recues and Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary\, Kobylarz moves beyond a contained lexicon to a flung-open cabinet of curiosities. Encyclopedic in its compilation (more than 400 entries in this dictionary volume)\, miscellany avoids the static inventory list of a storehouse to embody the world as theatre. There are no museum exhibits\, with objects isolated and preserved in glass cases. Instead\, Kobylarz places spotlights on the minute\, under-appreciated\, and even unloved. He regards common objects as pearls within the world of an oyster\, but never forgets their genesis of grit and irritant.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/philip-kobylarz-and-renee-rettig/
LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Poetic Tuesdays with Litquake & Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
DESCRIPTION:Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents Poetic Tuesdays on the second Tuesday of each month at Jessie Square next to the Contemporary Jewish Museum. Guest curated by Litquake’s Brynn Saito\, Poetic Tuesdays run from 12:30pm-1:30pm and feature poets and music.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetic-tuesdays-with-litquake-yerba-buena-gardens-festival/
LOCATION:Jessie Square\, 736 Mission Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170613T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170613T200000
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SUMMARY:Queer Mysteries at Perfectly Queer
DESCRIPTION:“Queer Mysteries” stars three Lambda Literary Award luminaries–Michael Nava\, who has won six times and is nominated again this year for Lay Your Sleeping Head—Jon Wilson\, a 2016 Finalist for Cheap as Beasts–and Katie Gilmartin\, the 2015 Winner for Blackmail\, My Love. PLEASE NOTE: We are meeting for mysteries on TUESDAY\, June 13 this month at Perfectly Queer\, 7pm\, Dog Eared Books Castro\, 489 Castro St. in San Francisco. Mysterious door prizes for the quick and easy\, free admission\, and free refreshments. Book signing follows the readings.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/queer-mysteries-at-perfectly-queer/
LOCATION:Dog Eared Books Castro\, 489 Castro Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Alex Dimitrov + Randall Mann
DESCRIPTION:reading from new poetry \nTogether and by Ourselves \nby Alex Dimitrov  \nfrom Copper Canyon Press \n& \nProprietary: Poems \nby Randall Mann \nfrom Persea Press \nAbout Together and by Ourselves: \nTogether and by Ourselves\, Alex Dimitrov’s second book of poems\, takes on broad existential questions and the reality of our current moment: being seemingly connected to one another\, yet emotionally alone. Through a collage aesthetic and a multiplicity of voices\, these poems take us from coast to coast\, New York to LA\, and toward uneasy questions about intimacy\, love\, death\, and the human spirit. Dimitrov critiques America’s long-lasting obsessions with money\, celebrity\, and escapism—whether in our personal\, professional\, or family lives. What defines a life? Is love ever enough? Who are we when together and who are we by ourselves? These questions echo throughout the poems\, which resist easy answers. The voice is both heartfelt and skeptical\, bruised yet playful\, and always deeply introspective. \nAlex Dimitrov is the author of Together and by Ourselves (Copper Canyon Press\, 2017)\, Begging for It (Four Way Books\, 2013)\, and the online chapbook American Boys (Floating Wolf Quarterly\, 2012). He is the recipient of the Stanley Kunitz Prize from the American Poetry Review and a Pushcart Prize. His poems have been published in Poetry\, The Yale Review\, Kenyon Review\, Slate\, Tin House\, Boston Review\, and the American Poetry Review. He is the Senior Content Editor at the Academy of American Poets where he edits the popular online series Poem-a-Day and American Poets magazine. He has taught creative writing at Rutgers University-New Brunswick\, Marymount Manhattan College\, Bennington College\, and lives in New York City. \nvisit: http://alexdimitrov.tumblr.com/ \nAbout Proprietary: Poems: \nIn Proprietary\, Randall Mann critiques corporate culture\, depicting (and slyly rebuking) the American materialism that erupted in the 1980s and has metastasized ever since. For years\, Randall Mann has been hailed as one of contemporary American poetry’s most daring formalists\, expertly using craft as a way of exploring racy subjects with trenchant wit and aplomb. His new collection\, Proprietary\, depicts with the insights of a longtime insider the culture of corporate America\, in which he’s worked for years\, intertwined with some of his tried-and-true subjects\, including gay life in the wildly disparate worlds of San Francisco and northern Florida. \nRandall Mann is the author of Complaint in the Garden (2004)\, which won the Kenyon Review Prize in Poetry; Breakfast with Thom Gunn (2009)\, finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry and the California Book Award; Straight Razor (2013)\, also a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award; and Proprietary (2017). He is co-author of the textbook Writing Poems (2007). Mann received the 2013 J. Howard and Barbara M.J. Wood Prize from Poetry.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/alex-dimitrov-randall-mann/
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\, 261 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170614T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170614T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T141813
CREATED:20170201T045300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170523T020535Z
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SUMMARY:Fireside Storytelling: Bad Decisions
DESCRIPTION:Nothing makes for a better story than a bad decision. Short of an Act of God\, that’s how the best (as in worst) things tend to come about\, really. So this month\, join us at Fireside as we celebrate six storytellers’ very bad decisions\, with the entertaining— for us\, anyway — tales that they led to. \nReaders:\nEmily Epstein-White\nDoug Cordell\nJake Arky\nMark Steinberg
URL:https://litseen.com/event/fireside-storytelling-bad-decisions/
LOCATION:The Institute of Possibility\, 3359 Cesar Chavez St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170614T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170614T213000
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SUMMARY:Christopher Bernard w/ Keith Ekiss\, Clara Hsu\, + David Wong
DESCRIPTION:Booksmith hosts local poet Christopher Bernard for his new book Chien Lunatique. With Christopher will be poets Keith Ekiss and Clara Hsu\, who will be joined by David Wong on the guqin. Join us for a night of poetry and music! \nLove\, Modernity\, and the Internet. Just who\, or what\, is Le Chien Lunatique? The poet driven out of his mind when faced with the catastrophe of the modern world? The modern world turned into a rabid canine when faced with the hopelessly idealistic poet? Or when it looks in the mirror and sees what it has become? \nThese poems—profound yet accessible\, contemporary yet classical\, eloquent and dynamic even when apparently most despairing—distill one poet’s somewhat jaundiced look at modernity\, from the Renaissance and the philosophical revolutions of the seventeenth century to the nihilism of post-modernism\, from the death of God to the bankruptcy of humanism\, from the midnight of the Enlightenment to the immortalized barbarism of the internet. Yet behind all of these poems\, supporting them like a hand\, lies the passion that drives all of existence\, old or new: the ferocious and uncompromising demands of love. \nA rabid dog eventually bites itself to death. So is there hope pour ce pauvre chien lunatique? Maybe there is. Maybe there isn’t. Only the future knows. It sits at your feet. Growling. \nChristopher Bernard is author of the novels A Spy in the Ruins andVoyage to a Forgotten Planet\, the short-story collections Dangerous Stories for Boys and In the American Night\, and The Rose Shipwreck: Poems and Photographs. He is co-editor of Caveat Lector and a regular contributor to Synchronized Chaos. Bernard writes fiction\, poetry\, essays\, plays\, and criticism. His poetry can be found online at The Bog of St. Philinte. He lives in San Francisco. \nKeith Ekiss is a Jones Lecturer in Creative Writing at Stanford University and a former Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry. He is the author of Pima Road Notebook(New Issues Poetry & Prose\, 2010) and translator of The Fire’s Journey\, an epic poem by the Costa Rican writer Eunice Odio in four volumes. Territory of Dawn: The Selected Poems of Eunice Odio was published in 2016 by The Bitter Oleander Press. \nClara Hsu practices the art of multidimensional being: mother\, piano teacher\, director of Clarion Music Performing Arts Center in San Francisco\, traveler\, translator\, and poet. Henry W Leung wrote in Lantern Review on her work: “Hsu…remains faithful to the sense in Chinese while also refreshing our English idiom.” But Clara likes to experiment and transform her translations into unique poetic expressions\, stunning in sound and form. She is currently finishing her translations of Lao-Tze’s Tao-te Ching\, taking the ancient texts for a wild ride in the twenty-first century. \nHailing from a long line of Chinese scholars\, David Wong has studied guqin (seven string zither)\, guzheng (Chinese table harp)\, pipa (Chinese lute)\, traditional Chinese painting\, and tea culture under masters in the United States and China. As a member of the San Francisco Gu-zheng Music Society’s youth ensemble\, with the support of guzheng virtuoso Liu Weishan\, Wong’s passion for teaching and introducing traditional Chinese culture lead to the establishment of Tranquil Resonance Studio\, which carries on the mission of passing along these ancient traditions to the greater community through lessons\, performances\, workshops and lectures throughout the bay area. In 2004 he received Honor awards and Outstanding Performance awards at the First International Guqin Competition held in Beijing.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/christopher-bernard-w-keith-ekiss-clara-hsu-david-wong/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170615T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170615T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T141813
CREATED:20170604T230042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170604T230042Z
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SUMMARY:Borderlands Lectura Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:The bi-monthly Borderlands Lectura reading series returns with writers exploring the issues of borders and boundaries. Featured readers: Scott Duncan\, Noam Zelaya\, Sara Campos\, Norma Liliana Valdez and John Jota Leaños.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/borderlands-lectura-reading-series/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170615T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170615T220000
DTSTAMP:20260510T141813
CREATED:20170519T111257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170523T020624Z
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SUMMARY:You're Going to Die: Poetry\, Prose & Everything Goes
DESCRIPTION:YOU’RE GOING TO DIE: Poetry\, Prose & Everything Goes\nis a total open mic event\, with no set or featured performers\,\nbut only the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying\, to embrace our losses & mortality\,\nto grieve\, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love…\nwhile all the while making room for simply being ALIVE. \nSign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly\, so if you want to perform\, you’d better get there early… \nIf you’re going to perform\, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)]. \nPoetry\, prose\, music\, dancing\, comedy\, drama\, happy\, sad\, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want. \nYou don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers. \nPlease don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly\, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument\, figure it out before you’re called to the stage. \nIMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday\, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously\, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged. \nYou’re Going to Die. No. Really. You are.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/youre-going-to-die-poetry-prose-everything-goes-6/
LOCATION:The Lost Church\, 65 Capp Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170616T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170618T130000
DTSTAMP:20260510T141813
CREATED:20170323T002808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170323T002808Z
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SUMMARY:Americans for the Arts 2017 Annual Convention
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now open! \nThe Americans for the Arts 2017 Annual Convention is heading to San Francisco! Mark your calendars for June 16-18 and join your fellow arts leaders and professionals for the arts networking event of the year\, including: \n• 100+ speakers\n• 35+ sessions\n• 2 preconferences on equity and public art\n• 10+ ARTventure tours across San Francisco \nWith a vibrant culture and history of experimentation in everything from fashion to technology\, San Francisco has long been a haven for artists and innovators. During the tumultuous summer of 1967\, thousands sought out San Francisco for refuge in expression\, community and art. \nOn the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love\, we’re heading to San Francisco to not only explore this iconic arts center but also discuss the pressing issues of equity\, accessibility and community building in arts world.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/americans-for-the-arts-2017-annual-convention/
LOCATION:Hilton San Francisco Union Square\, 333 O'Farrell St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170616T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170616T130000
DTSTAMP:20260510T141813
CREATED:20170513T010218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170513T010218Z
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SUMMARY:Have a Poet for Lunch w/ Sherilyn Connelly
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a lunchtime poetic performance in the gallery with Sherilyn Connelly in conjunction with Pride Month and the exhibition Cary Leibowitz: Museum Show. \nSherilyn Connelly is a San Francisco-based writer and librarian\, and a film critic for the Village Voice and SF Weekly. Her first nonfiction book\, Ponyville Confidential: The History and Culture of My Little Pony\, 1981-2016\, was recently published by McFarland & Company.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/have-a-poet-for-lunch-w-sherilyn-connelly/
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170616T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170616T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T141813
CREATED:20170604T230322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170604T230322Z
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SUMMARY:At The Inkwell
DESCRIPTION:The At The Inkwell series returns with its usual variety of tender mayhem.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/at-the-inkwell/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170617T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170617T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T141813
CREATED:20170615T001803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170615T001803Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Real Life
DESCRIPTION:Guest curator: Tongo Eisen-Martin\nReaders: A’aron Heard\nDavid Lau\nTanea Lunsford\nAndrea Murphy\nIndiana Pehlivanova\nAsh Phillips\nMathew Siegel\nSB Stokes\nRene Vaz
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-real-life/
LOCATION:Alley Cat Books\, 3036 24th St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170619T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170619T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T141813
CREATED:20170324T014116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170616T044640Z
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SUMMARY:POETS! - featured readers followed by an open mic
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-featured-readers-followed-by-an-open-mic-3/
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170619T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170619T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T141813
CREATED:20170504T235133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170504T235133Z
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SUMMARY:Booksmith Resists: A Radical Hope Party
DESCRIPTION:Feeling a little (or a lot) tired sixth months into this administration? Local and International Treasure Carolina De Robertis is here to help you stay fueled for the long haul with a new collection of letters called Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times. Carolina will be joined by Jeff Chang\, Aya De León\,Cristina García\, Kate Schatz\, and Jane Smiley to discuss how on earth we’ll keep resisting amid the daily chaos. \nRadical Hope is a collection of letters–to ancestors\, to children five generations from now\, to strangers in grocery lines\, to any and all who feel weary and discouraged–written by award-winning novelists\, poets\, political thinkers\, and activists. Provocative and inspiring\, Radical Hope offers readers a kaleidoscopic view of the love and courage needed to navigate this time of upheaval\, uncertainty\, and fear\, in view of the recent US presidential election. It serves as a kind of literary sustenance in dangerous times\, and together we’ll reflect on how to resist\, who we are\, the power and beauty of pluralism\, and how to hold on to our vision for a better world. \nJoin us for a night of readings\, drinks\, snacks\, bitching\, plotting\, tips\, tricks\, and actual facts. Sponsored by Quiet Lightning\, Lagunitas Brewing Co\, and more TBA. \nRSVP greatly appreciated so we know how much stuff to get.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/booksmith-resists-a-radical-hope-party/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170619T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170619T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T141813
CREATED:20170616T123013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170619T114234Z
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SUMMARY:Peter N. Caroll + David Watts
DESCRIPTION:Peter Neil Caroll has just published his fourth poetry collection\, The Truth Lies on Earth: A Year by Dark\, by Bright (Turning Point Press). His work follows the cycle from winter solstice to winter solstice\, exploring how seasonal time affects ordinary moments of our lives. \nDavid Watts is a physician writer who has published seven books of poetry\, four anthologies\, two books of short stories\, and two novels. His most recent publication\, Having and Keeping\, was a runner-up in the Brick Road Poetry Press national contest\, and published as the ‘Editor’s Choice.’
URL:https://litseen.com/event/peter-n-caroll-and-david-watts/
LOCATION:Folio Books\, 3957 24th St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170620T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170620T200000
DTSTAMP:20260510T141813
CREATED:20170604T215327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170620T015026Z
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SUMMARY:Eastridge Open Mic: Robert Tinoco Duran
DESCRIPTION:Feature: Roberto Tinoco Duran\nopen mic follows \nRoberto Tinoco Duran is the author of six books of poetry\, A Friend of Sorrow (1980); Triple Crown (1987); Reality Ribs (1993)\, Darkspark (2006)\, Ace Race Card (2010)\, and Maximum in Minimum (2016). His work has been published in numerous anthologies and literary journals in the US and abroad. Duran has taught poetry in homeless shelters\, mental health agencies and in various City of San Jose programs supporting ‘at risk’ kids. He has performed and recited his poetry for nearly 40 years in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond and collaborated with many well known poets and writers including world renowned performance artist Guillermo Gomez Pena. Videographer Emilio Ratti of RAI Television\, Milan\, Italy\, has produced numerous videos from 2000-2016 that feature Roberto’s signature live performances from the streets of San Jose. Duran’s poetry was featured by director River O’Mahony Hagg in the 35mm experimental short film “86ed Again” which premiered at the San Diego Film Festival in 2002. Duran’s vocals and original poetry are showcased in four Music/Spoken word albums\, 86ed Again (2001); Poetry Pie (2003); Darkspark (2007); and The Poet (2010). For more information\, visit http://www.robertoduranpoet.com/
URL:https://litseen.com/event/eastridge-open-mic-robert-tinoco-duran/
LOCATION:Barnes & Noble at Eastridge Mall\, 2200 Eastridge Loop\, Suite #1420\, San José\, CA\, 95122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170620T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170620T210000
DTSTAMP:20260510T141813
CREATED:20170503T234050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170503T234050Z
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SUMMARY:Children of the Love
DESCRIPTION:For decades\, Northern California has been Ground Zero for countercultural communities\, rejecting conventional suburbia in favor of individualism and personal freedom. But what happens to children with this background\, growing up amid such unorthodox family dynamics? Three Bay Area authors with recent memoirs meet on the summer solistice to discuss their experiences growing up in the shadow of the Summer of Love. \nThis program is part of San Francisco’s 50th anniversary celebration of the Summer of Love.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/children-of-the-love/
LOCATION:California Historical Society\, 678 Mission St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170620T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170620T223000
DTSTAMP:20260510T141813
CREATED:20170620T224411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170620T224411Z
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SUMMARY:One Year Anniversary Bash
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the one-year anniversary of Dog Eared Books keeping books in the Castro!! \nWe are beyond excited to have Cleve Jones\, Charlie Jane Anders\, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz\, and Jeff Chang as our featured readers. Pick up copies of their books before the big night! Faluda Islam [Zulfikar Ali Bhutto] will be our MC\, and their artwork will be on display in the store throughout June. \nThe reading schedule for the night: \n7pm – introduction by artist/performer Faluda Islam [Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]; Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz\n8pm Charlie Jane Anders; Jeff Chang\n9pm Cleve Jones \nDelicious vegetarian food will be provided by Temo’s Cafe\n\nThank you to everyone who has supported us this past year – it has been a joy to see all of your faces in the store\, and we can’t wait to celebrate with you soon! \nBios:\nCLEVE JONES is a human rights activist\, lecturer\, and author of “When We Rise: My Life in the Movement\,” which partly inspired the ABC miniseries of the same name. Mentored by LGBTQ pioneer Harvey Milk\, Cleve co-founded the San Francisco AIDS Foundation\, conceived and founded The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt\, led the 2009 National March for Equality in Washington D.C.\, and served on the Advisory Board of the American Foundation for Equal Rights\, which challenged California’s Proposition 8 in the U.S. Supreme Court. Today he works as an organizer for the hospitality workers’ union UNITE HERE. \nCHARLIE JANE ANDERS is the author of All the Birds in the Sky\, which won a Nebula Award and a Crawford Award and has been shortlisted for the Hugo and Locus Awards. She organizes the Writers With Drinks reading series\, and was a founding editor of io9.com. Her story “Six Months\, Three Days” won a Hugo Award\, and her debut novel Choir Boy won a Lambda Literary Award. \nROXANNE DUNBAR-ORTIZ: Originally from rural Oklahoma\, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz\, has lived in San Francisco most of her adult life. She is Professor Emerita in Ethnic Studies at California State University East Bay. She is author or editor of 12 books\, including a memoir trilogy: Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie; Outlaw Woman: A Memoir of the War Years\, 1960–1975; and Blood on the Border: A Memoir of the Contra War. Her most recent book is An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States. \nJEFF CHANG is the Executive Director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University. His books include Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation\, Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop\, Who We Be: The Colorization of America (published in paperback in January 2016 under the new title\, Who We Be: A Cultural History of Race in Post Civil Rights America). His latest\, We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes On Race and Resegregation\, was published in September 2016. His next book will be a biography of Bruce Lee. \nJeff co-founded CultureStr/ke and ColorLines. He was named by The Utne Reader as one of “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World” and by KQED as an Asian Pacific American Local Hero. He has been a USA Ford Fellow in Literature and the winner of the Asian American Literary Award. \nZULFIKAR ALI BHUTTO received his BA and an MAH in Art History from Edinburgh University and completed his MFA from San Francisco Art Institute this year. As an artist of mixed Pakistani and Lebanese descent and having grown up in Pakistan\, Bhutto sees his body caught in the middle of complex identity politics formed by centuries of colonialism and exacerbated by contemporary international politics. He explores political queerness and how that queerness exists in a constant in-between and non-aligned space. His work has been shown in the United States\, Pakistan\, Scotland\, Dubai\, and Colombia.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/one-year-anniversary-bash/
LOCATION:Dog Eared Books Castro\, 489 Castro Street\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170620T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170620T213000
DTSTAMP:20260510T141813
CREATED:20170604T222225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170607T020053Z
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SUMMARY:The WordParty Poetry & Jazz Night
DESCRIPTION:Featured Poet: Val Ibarra! \nHosted by Jennifer Barone\, Ingrid Keir. Live jazz with Daniel Heffez\, Geordie Van Der Bosch and friends. FREE admission\, all ages\, full menu and bar in the front room. Open Mic for poetry only – 3min time limit\, pick your best poem to read with live jazz accompaniment.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/the-wordparty-poetry-jazz-night-4/
LOCATION:PianoFight\, 144 Taylor St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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