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SUMMARY:Wednesday Big Table
DESCRIPTION: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 a part of this longstanding Specs tradition! Everyone welcome!
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/wednesday-big-table/2026-09-09/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION: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 Avenue.
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Golden Sardine\, 362 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Big Table
DESCRIPTION: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 a part of this longstanding Specs tradition! Everyone welcome!
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/wednesday-big-table/2026-09-02/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Big Table
DESCRIPTION: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 a part of this longstanding Specs tradition! Everyone welcome!
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/wednesday-big-table/2026-08-26/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Big Table
DESCRIPTION: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 a part of this longstanding Specs tradition! Everyone welcome!
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/wednesday-big-table/2026-08-19/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Big Table
DESCRIPTION: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 a part of this longstanding Specs tradition! Everyone welcome!
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/wednesday-big-table/2026-08-12/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:An evening of words and music
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/an-evening-of-words-and-music/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Coit Tower Poetry Club
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/coit-tower-poetry-club-2-8/
LOCATION:Coit Tower\, 1 Telegraph Hill Blvd\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Jessica Loos Poetry & Music Series
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWant to know more about the North Beach Poetry Crawl? Check out Mukethe Kawinzi’s experience in Quiet Lighting.
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/jessica-loos-poetry-music-series-2/2026-08-07/
LOCATION:Macchiarini Creative Design\, 1544 Grant Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION: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 a focused space to hear contemporary work from emerging and established voices\, with glasses raised among shelves of verse as the neighborhood’s literary community comes together to kick off the month
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/poetry-reading-2-5/
LOCATION:Golden Sardine\, 362 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Big Table
DESCRIPTION: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 a part of this longstanding Specs tradition! Everyone welcome!
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/wednesday-big-table/2026-08-05/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Big Table
DESCRIPTION: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 a part of this longstanding Specs tradition! Everyone welcome!
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/wednesday-big-table/2026-07-29/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Book Party for 'Tambourine' by Jessica Loos\, with special musical guests
DESCRIPTION: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\, Orono\, and had a wild run in the Lower East Side of Manhattan\, where she became a member of The Living Theatre and a contributing writer for High Times magazine. She has an MA/MFA from New College of California. She also taught there\, as well as at Academy of Art University. She lives in San Francisco where she organizes poetry and music events.
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/book-party-for-tambourine-by-jessica-loos-with-special-musical-guests/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Big Table
DESCRIPTION: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 a part of this longstanding Specs tradition! Everyone welcome!
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/wednesday-big-table/2026-07-22/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Big Table
DESCRIPTION: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 a part of this longstanding Specs tradition! Everyone welcome!
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/wednesday-big-table/2026-07-15/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Bastille Day Party & Lamantia Reading
DESCRIPTION: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 poetry bookstore’s intimate space\, inviting guests to raise a glass while listening to Francophone and Lamantia‑inspired verse
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/24428/
LOCATION:Golden Sardine\, 362 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music
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SUMMARY:Camille T. Dungy
DESCRIPTION: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 on love\, family\, and America from a Guggenheim‑honored\, NAACP Image Award–nominated poet whose work spans nature\, history\, and Black experience.
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/camille-t-dungy/
LOCATION:Golden Sardine\, 362 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Big Table
DESCRIPTION: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 a part of this longstanding Specs tradition! Everyone welcome!
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/wednesday-big-table/2026-07-08/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Coit Tower Poetry Club reads Langston Hughes
DESCRIPTION: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 and other archives\, the club’s members will share Hughes’s vivid portraits of Black life\, hope\, struggle\, and joy\, inviting listeners into a communal\, outdoor experience of his enduring words in the heart of San Francisco.
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/coit-tower-poetry-club-2-7/
LOCATION:Coit Tower\, 1 Telegraph Hill Blvd\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Jessica Loos Poetry & Music Series
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWant to know more about the North Beach Poetry Crawl? Check out Mukethe Kawinzi’s experience in Quiet Lighting.
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/jessica-loos-poetry-music-series-2/2026-07-03/
LOCATION:Macchiarini Creative Design\, 1544 Grant Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION: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\, offering a focused\, intimate space to hear contemporary work from a Mohr Visiting Poet at Stanford\, an Oakland‑based visual theorist and writer\, and a Lambda Literary‑recognized Bay Area performer and organizer.
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/poetry-reading-2-4/
LOCATION:Golden Sardine\, 362 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260701T203000
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Big Table
DESCRIPTION: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 a part of this longstanding Specs tradition! Everyone welcome!
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/wednesday-big-table/2026-07-01/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260624T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260624T203000
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Big Table
DESCRIPTION: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 a part of this longstanding Specs tradition! Everyone welcome!
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/wednesday-big-table/2026-06-24/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260621T140000
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SUMMARY:The Word on the Beach
DESCRIPTION: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 brings their own lens\, rhythm\, and fire to the stage\, making this one of the most intimate and thought-provoking experiences the festival has to offer. Come for the music\, stay for the poetry — this is the soul of the city finding its voice.
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/the-word-on-the-beach-2/
LOCATION:North Beach Festival- Makers Stage\, Filbert & Grant\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:The Word on the Beach
DESCRIPTION: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 festival grounds. From the raw to the lyrical\, the personal to the political\, this gathering of poets represents the rich and restless tradition of San Francisco literary culture that has inspired writers and readers for generations. Pull up a spot\, take a breath\, and let the words wash over you.
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/the-word-on-the-beach/
LOCATION:North Beach Festival- Makers Stage\, Filbert & Grant\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Big Table
DESCRIPTION: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 a part of this longstanding Specs tradition! Everyone welcome!
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/wednesday-big-table/2026-06-17/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Big Table
DESCRIPTION: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 a part of this longstanding Specs tradition! Everyone welcome!
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/wednesday-big-table/2026-06-10/
LOCATION:Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\, 12 Saroyan Pl\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Coit Tower Poetry Club reads Robert Creely
DESCRIPTION:Join the Coit Tower Poetry Club for the June installment of their First Friday residency on the back lawn of Coit Tower. This month’s featured poet turns toward the spare\, searching voice of Robert Creely (1926–2005). A central figure in the Black Mountain poetry movement and a close collaborator of Charles Olson\, Creeley wrote with radical economy — short lines\, fragmented syntax\, and an intense focus on the rhythms of thought and feeling as they unfold in real time. Following the club’s tradition\, attendees gather in a circle on the back lawn of Coit Tower\, passing around selected works and reading aloud\, with the city and Bay spread out below — an open\, informal evening of poetry in a neighborhood long shaped by the literary traditions Creeley helped define. \n 
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/coit-tower-poetry-club-2-6/
LOCATION:Coit Tower\, 1 Telegraph Hill Blvd\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Sirenland Poetry Book Release Party w/ Jennifer Barone & Duo Pizzicato
DESCRIPTION:Sirenland\, by Jennifer Barone\nBook Release Party & Poetry Reading with Live Music by Duo Pizzicato \nFriday June 5th\, 2026 from 6:30pm – 8:00pm\nTelegraph Hill Books\, 1501 Grant Ave\, San Francisco\, CA 94133\nPresented by Feather Press & Telegraph Hill Arts & Literature \nJoin us for the launch of Sirenland – a new poetry collection by Jennifer Barone\, published by Feather Press. The evening will feature a poetry reading by the author with special guests and live music by Duo Pizzicato\, Italian Mandolins – followed by a book signing. Sirenland\, by Jennifer Barone features 24 original\, color illustrations and photographs by the author. \nA reclamation of personal lineage – Sirenland is a mythic conversation across time with the poet’s ancestors from the Bay of Naples\, Italy. Ancestral spirits rise from sea caves and memory – as the poet reimagines her grandparents as sirens\, singing stories long submerged. \nIn this collection\, the sirens transform from feared monsters to radiant guardians of land\, sea\, and the Napoletani people. The ache of ancestral loss and immigration threads through grottos and sea caves of oracular whisper\, as Vesuvio stirs with ancestral fire and the sea becomes a liminal realm of longing\, alchemy\, and rebirth. \nThough the sirens’ voices have been silenced over centuries\, these poems listen deeply\, inviting their songs to be heard by all who are ready to receive them. \nAbout the Author:\nJennifer Barone is an Italian-American poet and artist\, with roots in the Bay of Naples\, Italy. She is the author of four poetry collections\, including Saporoso: Poems of Italian Food & Love\, Feather Press. A two-time winner of the San Francisco Public Library’s Poets Eleven contest for North Beach\, where Jennifer resides. At Telegraph Hill Books and Libreria Pino\, she curates and hosts Italian-English poetry readings\, leads writing workshops\, and hosts the Voices From the Hill podcast\, interviewing SF Bay Area authors. Her work has been published in multiple literary journals\, and featured at SFMOMA\, de Young Museum\, SFJAZZ Center\, and Marin Poetry Center\, among others. Visit: jenniferbarone.wordpress.com and on Instagram: @baronejenn
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/sirenland-poetry-book-release-party-w-jennifer-barone-duo-pizzicato/
LOCATION:Telegraph Hill Books\, 1501 Grant Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Music,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Grab a glass of wine and join us for First Fridays poetry reading at the Golden Sardine. \nReadings by Leigh Lucas\, Perry Janes\, & Christian Gullette.
URL:https://offbeatsf.com/event/poetry-reading-2-3/
LOCATION:Golden Sardine\, 362 Columbus Ave\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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