Clearly Meant reading & interview series joins Beast Crawl, the annual downtown Oakland literary festival.
Poets Joyce E. Young, Tim Xonnelly, Jair "The Literary Masturbator", Maureen Hurley, and host Glenn Ingersoll will be celebrating nine years of the Claremont Branch series during Leg 2 (5:30-6:30pm) of the Beast Crawl. The reading will take place at Itani Ramen, 1736 Telegraph Ave (at 18th St).
Come by Youth Spirit Artworks, on 1740 Alcatraz Ave (about a 15 min walk from the Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch) for a youth open mic night! You can sign up to perform or show up to support, all are welcome. There will be free food and Berkeley Public Library swag. Open to performers ages 16-25 years old. All poetry, music, dance, or other performance art is welcome. There will be special performances by the Berkeley Youth Poet Laureates and more!
If you would like to register in advance, please use this link:
Hosted by Tongo Eisen-Martin. Join us for readings by Dena Rod, Antony Fangary, Nathalie Khankan, and Cassandra Rockwood Ghanem.
This event will be held in the Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch Community Room
Join us for an afternoon of poetry at the Tarea Hall Pittman Library! This event is a part of the Marin Poetry Center's Traveling Show. A line-up of Marin Poetry Center poets will share live readings of their work.
The Marin Poetry Center's Traveling Show comes to North Branch! Join host Judy Bertelsen and readers Kathe Jordan, Robin Michel, Rafaella Del Bourgo, Judy Wells and Dale Jensen for an afternoon of poetry.
Tim Xonnelly reads his poetry, followed by an interview & discussion.
Celebrate Poem In Your Pocket Day at the library! Come to any of our locations to pick up a beautifully decorated poem to read and share. Poems are from poets.org and the artwork is by Berkeley Public Library interns. Poems available during open hours at each BPL location. Learn more about Poem In Your Pocket Day at the following link: https://poets.org/national-poetry-month/poem-your-pocket-day
Celebrate Berkeley's poetic legacy and present with Berkeley’s Poets Laureate!
Join us for a poetry reading and conversation with Aya de León (Berkeley Poet Laureate), Julia Segre (Berkeley Youth Poet Laureate), and Serena Griffin (Berkeley Vice Youth Poet Laureate).
This reading will take place at the Central Branch (5th Floor) on Monday, May 13th at 6pm. (It was rescheduled from April 22nd.)
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