The Word on the Beach brings the living pulse of Bay Area poetry to the Makers Stage at Broadway & Columbus, gathering six distinctive voices — Jerry Ferrez, Ayla Ginger, Tate Swindell, Patrick Dunagan, Sarah Menefee, and Michael Koch — for an afternoon of verse that is as electric and alive as any instrument on...
The Word on the Beach returns to the Makers Stage at Broadway & Columbus with a second gathering of powerful voices — David Byrd, Genny Lim, Danny Rosen, Evan Kennedy, Jalal Huyler, and Jessica Loos — continuing the festival's celebration of the spoken and written word in the great San Francisco literary tradition. Each poet...
An open gathering of writers, poets, artists and more around the Big Table at Specs every Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm! This more than 40 year tradition began with writers Jack Hirschman and Agneta Falk, and continues on with hosts Agneta and writers Byron Spooner and Judith Bernhard. Join us for drinks, laughs, good conversation and become...
An open gathering of writers, poets, artists and more around the Big Table at Specs every Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm! This more than 40 year tradition began with writers Jack Hirschman and Agneta Falk, and continues on with hosts Agneta and writers Byron Spooner and Judith Bernhard. Join us for drinks, laughs, good conversation and become...
The Golden Sardine in North Beach hosts the First Friday Poetry Series — an evening of live readings in the wine bar’s cozy poetry loft featuring acclaimed poets D. A. Powell, D’mani Thomas, and Baruch Porras‑Hernandez. Set amid shelves of books and glasses of wine, this series anchors the North Beach First Friday poetry crawl,...
Jessica Loos poetry series 7pm, art by Roger Strobbel. Poetry reading and music in front of Macchiarini Creative Design. Follow the poets up to Coit Tower at 9pm. Want to know more about the North Beach Poetry Crawl? Check out Mukethe Kawinzi’s experience in Quiet Lighting.
Coit Tower Poetry Club presents an evening of Langston Hughes — gathering on the back lawn beneath Coit Tower to read and celebrate the work of one of the foremost voices of the Harlem Renaissance, whose jazz‑inflected, socially conscious poems spanned from the 1920s through the 1960s. Drawing from pieces featured by the Poetry Foundation...
An open gathering of writers, poets, artists and more around the Big Table at Specs every Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm! This more than 40 year tradition began with writers Jack Hirschman and Agneta Falk, and continues on with hosts Agneta and writers Byron Spooner and Judith Bernhard. Join us for drinks, laughs, good conversation and become...
Golden Sardine in North Beach hosts a special poetry reading with Camille T. Dungy — celebrating her newest collection America, A Love Story (Wesleyan Press) alongside Cate Lycurgus and a guest to be announced. Set in the wine bar and poetry bookstore’s intimate upstairs loft, this July 11 event offers an evening of contemporary poetry...
Golden Sardine in North Beach hosts a Bastille Day Party & Lamantia Reading — an evening that pairs French‑themed celebration with a tribute to poet Philip Lamantia, featuring readings by Pepite, Pierreclos, and Alexandre Sahli. Running from 5–8 pm, this special event combines poetry, wine tasting, and Bastille Day festivities in the wine bar and...
An open gathering of writers, poets, artists and more around the Big Table at Specs every Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm! This more than 40 year tradition began with writers Jack Hirschman and Agneta Falk, and continues on with hosts Agneta and writers Byron Spooner and Judith Bernhard. Join us for drinks, laughs, good conversation and become...
An open gathering of writers, poets, artists and more around the Big Table at Specs every Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm! This more than 40 year tradition began with writers Jack Hirschman and Agneta Falk, and continues on with hosts Agneta and writers Byron Spooner and Judith Bernhard. Join us for drinks, laughs, good conversation and become...
Tambourine is the new collection of poetry by San Francisco poet Jessica Loos. Loos is best known for her improvisational performances with music, including collaborations with Marco Eneidi, Cecil Taylor, Drop D, Mario Sacasa, and many others. She plays the tambourine and also makes collages. Loos grew up in New Jersey, went to University of Maine,...
An open gathering of writers, poets, artists and more around the Big Table at Specs every Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm! This more than 40 year tradition began with writers Jack Hirschman and Agneta Falk, and continues on with hosts Agneta and writers Byron Spooner and Judith Bernhard. Join us for drinks, laughs, good conversation and become...
An open gathering of writers, poets, artists and more around the Big Table at Specs every Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm! This more than 40 year tradition began with writers Jack Hirschman and Agneta Falk, and continues on with hosts Agneta and writers Byron Spooner and Judith Bernhard. Join us for drinks, laughs, good conversation and become...
The Golden Sardine in North Beach hosts its First Friday Poetry Series — an upstairs poetry loft gathering featuring readings by Carlos Quinteros III, Reuben Gelley Newman, and Randall Mann in the intimate setting of a wine bar and poetry bookstore. As part of the broader North Beach First Friday Poetry Crawl, this series offers...
Jessica Loos poetry series 7pm, art by Roger Strobbel. Poetry reading and music in front of Macchiarini Creative Design. Follow the poets up to Coit Tower at 9pm. Want to know more about the North Beach Poetry Crawl? Check out Mukethe Kawinzi’s experience in Quiet Lighting.
Join the Coit Tower Poetry Club with a reading of Cara Vida featuring the San Francisco-based performance artist and poet known for gritty, collage-style spoken word and performances on the back lawn of Coit Tower.
Join us at Specs’ for a special Roadside Press Author Showcase! Words & music from William Taylor Jr., Matt Jenson, Westley Heine, Hosho McCreesh, Jon Bennett, and Kristen Dunn.
An open gathering of writers, poets, artists and more around the Big Table at Specs every Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm! This more than 40 year tradition began with writers Jack Hirschman and Agneta Falk, and continues on with hosts Agneta and writers Byron Spooner and Judith Bernhard. Join us for drinks, laughs, good conversation and become...
An open gathering of writers, poets, artists and more around the Big Table at Specs every Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm! This more than 40 year tradition began with writers Jack Hirschman and Agneta Falk, and continues on with hosts Agneta and writers Byron Spooner and Judith Bernhard. Join us for drinks, laughs, good conversation and become...
An open gathering of writers, poets, artists and more around the Big Table at Specs every Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm! This more than 40 year tradition began with writers Jack Hirschman and Agneta Falk, and continues on with hosts Agneta and writers Byron Spooner and Judith Bernhard. Join us for drinks, laughs, good conversation and become...
An open gathering of writers, poets, artists and more around the Big Table at Specs every Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm! This more than 40 year tradition began with writers Jack Hirschman and Agneta Falk, and continues on with hosts Agneta and writers Byron Spooner and Judith Bernhard. Join us for drinks, laughs, good conversation and become...
Golden Sardine’s First Friday Poetry Series welcomes Preeti Vangani, Marina Lazzara, and Lauren Parker on Friday, September 4, from 6:00–7:00 PM. The North Beach wine bar’s monthly literary gathering spotlights new Bay Area poetry releases—Vangani reads from Fifty Mothers and Lazzara presents The House Begins an Alphabet—in an intimate, free community setting at 362 Columbus...
An open gathering of writers, poets, artists and more around the Big Table at Specs every Wednesday from 6:30-8:30pm! This more than 40 year tradition began with writers Jack Hirschman...