Babar in Exile #22: Up Close and Personal

Babar in Exile #22: Up Close and Personal

Babar in Exile will be ending in May, and for its penultimate installment we proudly feature a lineup of queer readers who will take a…

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Jan Steckel on Poetry and Activism

Jan Steckel on Poetry and Activism

On February 16th the California Writers Club – Berkeley branch welcomes award-winning poet and activist Jan Steckel as a featured guest of the club. Steckel…

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Jan Steckel & Shazam at Works in Progress Women's Open Mic

Jan Steckel & Shazam at Works in Progress Women’s Open Mic

A WOMEN-ONLY open mic featuring poet Jan Steckel and singer-songwriter Shazam. Jan Steckel is a former pediatrician who stopped practicing medicine because of chronic pain….

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World-Renowned Poets Ellen Bass, Jane Hirshfield and Marie Howe to Give Poetry Reading in Support of the Courageous Students of the Safe House Education (S.H.E.) Fund for Maasai Girls

World-Renowned Poets Ellen Bass, Jane Hirshfield and Marie Howe to Give Poetry Reading in Support of the Courageous Students of the Safe House Education (S.H.E.) Fund for Maasai Girls

On February 15, 2020, three renowned poets will join voices to offer and unforgettable evening of poetry in support of the Safe House Education (S.H.E.)…

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Clearly Meant presents Rebecca Radner

Clearly Meant presents Rebecca Radner

Clearly Meant presents: a poetry reading, interview, and discussion, featuring Rebecca Radner. Rebecca Radner, a Berkeley poet, is the author of What you least expect—selected poems…

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#we - a talk and reading series of queer perspectives

#we – a talk and reading series of queer perspectives

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…

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Babar in Exile #21: Till Death Do We Part

Babar in Exile #21: Till Death Do We Part

Babar in Exile continues it’s November tradition with “Till Death Do We Part”, a reading that celebrates our vociferous dead and the living who go…

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Release Party for New great weather for MEDIA Anthology

Release Party for New great weather for MEDIA Anthology

Perch Coffee House and great weather for MEDIA present an inspiring evening of cutting edge poets and prose writers from across the Bay Area and…

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Release Party for New great weather for MEDIA Anthology

Release Party for New great weather for MEDIA Anthology

Bird & Beckett and great weather for MEDIA present an inspiring evening of cutting edge poets and prose writers from across the Bay Area and…

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Book Launch for Heidi Van Horn's Belated Poem, with Sarah Heady and Nancy Au

Book Launch for Heidi Van Horn’s Belated Poem, with Sarah Heady and Nancy Au

The Bindery hosts San Francisco poet Heidi Van Horn for her debut collection, Belated Poem. Reading with her are poet Sarah Heady and fiction writer Nancy Au. Please join us! Belated…

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