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POET NEWS
SUPPORT: San Francisco Poetry Theater John Rhodes presented his first Poetry Theater last Friday and there will be more to come. His goal is to project more than 1000 poets on the silver screen. If you are one of them, you know John is in need of funding for equipment. He has been doing great work for years in recording poets and their readings.
Please support John by donating directly to : John Rhodes, 1840 McAllister, San Francisco, CA 94115, or go to:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/san-francisco-poetry-movie-theater
ACCIÓN LATINA ADOBE BOOKS Alley Cat Books The Alliance Française of San Francisco Art House Gallery & Cultural Center Artists’ Television Access ArtInternationale! Bird & Beckett Books & Records Bonnafont Gallery BOOKSMITH Book Club of California California Institute of Integral Studies Canessa Park Gallery City Lights Bookstore Contemporary Jewish Museum Diesel, A Bookstore deYoung Museum The Emerald Tablet Eric Quezada Center Galeria De La Raza George Krevsky Gallery The Green Arcade Goethe Institut La Pena Cultural Center Live Worms Gallery 50 Mason Social House Meridian Gallery MIRUS GALLERY Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts New Nothing Cinema Nourse Theatre ODC Theater Modern Times Bookstore Collective Paramount Theatre Readers Bookstore Roxie Theater Sacred Grounds Cafe Studio 333 Art Gallery Unitarian Center Viracocha Yerba Buena Gardens Yoshi's San Francisco
CURRENTLY ON EXHIBIT
May 10 - June 12, 2013 Printed Poems:
January 26 ~June 2, 2012 Girl with a Pearl Earring:
January 26 ~June 2, 2012 Rembrandt’s Century
April 20 - June 1, 2013 OFF THE WALL
ONGOING EXHIBITION The Book Club of California The Legacy of Florence Walter: The Legacy of Florence Walter features forty-five fine design bindings that Walter’s family has treasured for many decades. Her working sketches, photographs, keepsakes, and other printed ephemera supplement
May 24 through May30 |
SATURDAY MAY 25, 2013
Saturday & Sunday Saturday, May 25, 2013
Saturday, May 25 , 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013 Mid-East Poetry and Musical Offering Saturday, May 25, 2013
SUNDAY MAY 26, 2013
Sunday, May 26, 2013 "San Francisco Poetry for Social Justice", Sunday May 26, 2013 Sunday May 26, 2013
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm ~ Sunday, May 26 at 5 pm MONDAY MAY 27, 2013
Monday May 27, 2013 TUESDAY MAY 28,2013
Tuesday May 28, 2013 Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Poetry at the 3300 Club WEDNESDAY MAY 29, 2013
Wednesday May 29,, 2012 Wednesday 29, 2013 THURSDAY MAY 30, 2013
Thursday May 30, 2013 Thursdays at Readers Poetry Series: ONE NIGHT ONLY! Paintings, Collages, Spring, Art priced for the discerning collector within us all. Thursday, May 30, 2013 MCCLA & Me Priva Pictures FRIDAY MAY 31, 2013
Friday May 31, 2013 Poets celebrate Adobe Books as they close their doors Friday May 31, 2013 A classical music performance Friday May 31, 2013 Local acoustic band Smooth Toad!
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SAN FRANCISCO POETS
Tony Vaughan
1947 ~ 2008 After An Evening of Poetry and Wine & Approaching Desire John Dowling (d. Dec.16, 2012) The Revolution in North Beach Joie Cook Nov. 4, 1951 ~ Feb. 24, 2013 There Are Nights in San Francisco Micheline Don Altadena
Foghorns bloom, we break upon meaning Don Brennan Spirit Walk & Old World Cafes Jerry Ferraz Guitara Richard Hack Three poems Leonard Irving Bleak Morning on Jones Street Paul Leclerc Porter prospectus Rosemary Manno What the Beatniks Saw in North Beach & Ode To Michelangelo Park at Twilight Bill Mercer Vesuvio's North Beach Jane Rades My Adopted City Ronald Sauer The San Francisco Renaissance Mark Schwartz All the Critical Mass bicycles confiscated should be: & There was a little alley in San Francisco Mike Aguzin 420 and a Vision & Cheer Kim Shuck On Columbus Mia Kirsi Stageberg Angels of San Francisco- 2,4&5 Vince Storti Walking Woman 1 & Mime Troupe Witness 1 IN MEMORIAM April 23,1941 ~April 30, 2004 The Decline & Fall of San Francisco by Allen Cohen ELEGY for Max Schwartz (1942 - 2012) by Neeli Cherkovski Dan Harrington MEMORIAM * John Ross (1938-2011) * Victor Martinez (1954-2011) * Carlos Ramirez (1938-2013) by Jorge Argueta Jehanah Wedgewood (1941- Nov, 2010) George Tsongas (1927 - January 2010) Mar. 24, 1935- June 3, 2009
Harold Norse
July 6, 1916 - June 8, 2009 by Neeli Cherkovski Vampyre Mike Dec. 3, 1953 - Mar. 22, 2008 Poet OZZY Nov. 1940 - May 2007
S.F. Open Mic Poetry Podcast TV, produced/hosted
May 14,1969 NOT PEOPLE'S PARK May 16, 1717 ~ French poet and philosopher Voltaire (François Marie Arouet) suspected of writing subversive satire, is imprisoned for the first time in the Bastille. Voltaire by Clarence Darrow May 16, 1893 ~ The first typewriter with results visible while typing is patented. May 22, 1846 -- Adolphe Sax gets patent for inventing the Saxophone. HAPPY BIRTHDAY May 1, 1830 -- Mother Jones (Mary Harris), is born in Cork, Ireland. "I live in the United States, May 1, 1923, born, American novelist, Joseph Heller. Best known for Catch-22, a novel about US servicemen during World War II. The title entered the English lexicon to refer to absurd, no-win choices, particularly in situations in which the desired outcome of the choice is an impossibility, and regardless of choice, the same negative outcome is a certainty. May 3, 1919 Happy birthday Pete Seeger, Ninety three years old today ~ Radical songster Pete Seeger was born in Patterson, New York ...I heard the song
May 8, 1861 ~ Rabindranath Tagore's Birthday~Prolific playwright, novelist, musician and poet, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature (1861-1941)
May 8, 1928, born, Dick ( Richard William) McBride, American beat poet, playwright and novelist ~ worked at City Lights Books & Publishers from 1954-1969. May 11, 1904 ~ Salvador Dali was born on this day. Salvadore Dali Dali videos
May 13, 1950 ~ Steveland Morris Hardaway was "Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it." ~ Stevie Wonder May 14,1265 ( Mid-May to mid-June) "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality." May 14, 1935, When you know that I have died, From Small Hours of the Night May 14,1944 --Film producer, director, George Lucas was born on this day. May 18, 1048 ~ born, Omar Khayyám (d. December 4, 1123; Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer. “What wisom can you find that is greater than kindness. ” - Henri Rousseau
May 22, 1895 ~ born, Indian religious leader Jiddu Krishnamurti. "Truth is a pathless land, & you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organisation be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path."
In tomorrow's world, men will not need artificial instruments such as jets and space ships. In the world of tomorrow, the new man will 'think'the place he wants to go, then his mind will take him there. -- Sun Ra, 1956 May 24, 1941~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Robert Zimmerman.(Dylan) May 25, 1950- San Francisco Poet Mike Asagi. May 25, 1942 ~Happy Birthday San Francisco poet Bob Booker. May 31,1819 ~ "To states everywhere,
May 6,1862 ~ Henry David Thoreau, American tax resister, anti-war activist, essayist and author, most famous for his book Walden, and his influential treatise (Civil Disobedience), which inspired Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King. died on this day . "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation May 7, 2007 ~ Our friend Poet Ozzy died at midnight in San Francisco. May 16, 1953 ~ Django Reinhardt died on this day in Fountainebleau, France.age 43. May 22, 1885 ~ Victor Hugo dies in Paris. Mourned as a national hero & buried in the Pantheon. |
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May 8, 1928, born, SAN FRANCISCO: SATURDAY SCENE It was clear and early everything quietly fine -- one dog-faced mutt one dough-nosed, a carload of cops and the statue of St. Francis --Richard McBride, from Beatitude #5 ~ June 6, 1959 |
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January 26 ~June 2, 2012 Girl with a Pearl Earring: January 26 ~June 2, 2012 Rembrandt’s Century
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COMING SOON! OPENING Liudmila Kondakova & Douglas Hofmann
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr. San Francisco (415) 750-3600 Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953–1966 June 22, 2013 - September 29, 2013 ~*~ |
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| CURRENT CALENDARS BALBOA THEATRE ~ VOGUE THEATRE CASTRO THEATRE ~ ROXIE Theatre ~ FOUR STAR PRESIDIO MARINA Landmark Films: Embarcadero Center Cinema ~ Clay Theatre ~ Opera Plaza Cinema - Landmark Film Club ) SAN FRANCISCO FILM SOCIETY CINEMALIT experimental films ~ SAN FRANCISCO MEDIA ARCHIVE (sfma) ODDBALL FILMS |
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Just as these are hard times for independent local bookstores, it is also a difficult time for
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Children's Creativity Museum ~ 221 Fourth Street ~ San Francisco Creativity Explored ~ (where art changes lives) ~ 3245 Sixteenth St ~ San Francisco (map) |
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See The Poet's One Page Guide to San Francisco's Open Mic Poetry Scene by Dan Brady for a more complete list |
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Please note: Bird and Beckett' ongoing POETS! series — always presenting featured poets followed by an open mic hosted by Jerry Ferraz moves from 1st and 3rd Monday to a once-a-month Third Thursdays slot in the new year, |
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Second Tuesday of the month ~ On the Page, Off the Page-- 7:00 to 8:45 pm ~ Open Mic Poetry ~ (acoustic music also ok) Park Branch Library, 1833 Page Street (downstairs) (between Cole and Shrader, San Francisco), |
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1st Wednesday ~ 4pm-6-pm ~ Alley Cat Books ~ 3036 24th St ~ San Francisco -Alley Cat Poets In The Mission" |
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Every Thursday~ 7 pm ~ Bazaar Cafe - 5927 California Street - between 21st / 22nd Avenue - (415) 831-5620 - |
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Every Thursday ~6:30 pm~ Readers Café & Bookstore ~ Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco |
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| EVERY 3rd Thursday - 7:00 pm ~ BIRD and BECKETT ~ 653 Chenery ~ San Francisco map POETS! featured poets followed by open mic hosted by Jerry Ferraz. |
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Every Friday~ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm ~ BIRD and BECKETT ~ 653 Chenery ~ San Francisco map ~ |
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Every Friday 3pm- 6pm ~ Diamond Dave Whitaker's - COMMON THREAD COLLECTIVE OPEN MIC with with Douglas and co-host Val Ibarra broadcasting live out of the MutinyRadio & Cafe ~ 2781 21st St. @ Florida ~ San Francisco. |
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1st Friday of each month ~ Support the Artist and independent galleries! Come meet the artists and dig the scene :-) |
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Every 3rd Friday ~ Expressions Gallery , 2035 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, 7:00-9:00 (510) 664-4930 |
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Full Moon ~ LA LUNADA (bilingual Poetry series) Galeria de la Raza, 2857 24th St. @ Bryant (415) 826-8009 |
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Every Saturday ~ Sacred Grounds Cafe ~ 2095 Hayes @ Cole Street, San Francisco \(415)387-3859 |
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Every 2nd Saturday ~7:00 pm-9:00 pm - Frank Bette Center for the Arts ~ 1601 Paru at Lincoln - Alameda,Ca map ~ |
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2nd & 4th Sunday ~- 3:30-5:30pm ~ THE MUSIC OF THE WORD / (LA PALABRA MUSICAL) SERIES still in English, |
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First Sunday each month - Poetry Unbound, a new monthly reading series featuing three poets each month at the Art House Gallery in Berkeley , 2905 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, Ca. (one block north of Ashby, and close to Ashby BART) signup 5 pm- start 5:15- |
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Last Sunday each month ~ 4:30 to 6:30 pm ~ Bird and Beckett ~ 653 Chenery ~ San Francisco map ~ |
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New Moon Open mic ~Sweet Sanctum ~ 640-A Stanyan St, between page and oak invites you to come out with intention to a new open mic poetry and music series in San Francisco ~ 7:00 pm sign-up, 7:30-9:30pm performances. acoustic only venue. $5 donation at the door, vegetarian soup and tea available. Feel free to bring a vegetarian item (no fish, fowl, meat please) to BBQ! Hosted by Virginia Barrett. |
| FREE DAYS ~ SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUMS ♥♥♥ (¯`♥´¯) ♥♥♥ ಌ ⋱ಌ⋰⋱ಌ ღ✿ .✫* . ☼°"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" ~ Eleanor Roosevelt |
Free admission to Legion of Honor: First Tuesdays (Richmond Dist.)The Legion of Honor displays a collection of 4,000 years of ancient and European art in an exquisite Beaux-Arts building in an unforgettable setting overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.~ Lincoln Park, opens at 9:30 am, public transportation |
Free admission to de Young museum: First Tuesdays (Golden Gate Park)Founded in 1895 in Golden Gate Park, the de Young Museum s a landmark art museum to showcase the museum’s priceless collections of American art from the 17th through the 20th centuries, and art of the native Americas, Africa, and the Pacific. Re-opened in 2005, the new de Young Museum is considered by many to be a state-of-the-art facility. Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive opens at 9:30 am Public Transportation |
Free admission at the Conservatory of Flowers First Tuesdays (Golden Gate Park)With almost two thousand plant species represented in its exhibits and floral displays, the Conservatory joins a distinctive circle of modern American horticultural museums that are on the cutting edge of botanical interpretation and conservation education. |
| Free admission to the SFSOMA museum First Tuesdays (SOMA) In the striking Mario Botta-designed building, SFMOMA houses the West Coast’s most comprehensive collection of twentieth-century art including painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, design, and media arts. A stellar collection of master works. SFMOMA, 151 Third Street, bet Mission / Howard St.,map opens at 11am Thursday evenings (6:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.) are 1/2 off. |
Free admission to Cartoon Art Museum First Tuesdays (SOMA)The Cartoon Art Museum is the only museum in the United States dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of cartoon art in all its forms. This unique institution houses approximately 6,000 original pieces in its permanent collection; a complete volume research/library facility is located on the museum’s premises. The museum also has a classroom for cartoon art and a bookstore. Cartoon Art Museum, 655 Mission St, opens at 11am, map |
Free admission Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Gallery: First Tuesdays (SOMA)OurGallery hours are usually Thursday – Saturday from 12 noon to 8pm, and Sundays from 12 noon to 6pm. Visual Arts exhibitions at YBCA focus on contemporary art and popular culture and include the work of local, national and international artists. YBCA is not a collecting institution. Its programs include year-round theater, dance, music and cross-disciplinary performances. YBCA also features appearances by national and international artists and ensembles. |
| Free on first Wednesday of the month. The “Exploratorium” science museum is now open in a spectacular new home at Pier 15 on San Francisco’s Embarcadero. There are 150 brand new exhibits plus hundreds of beloved classics, new outdoor exhibits, a Bay Observatory, a bigger focus on tinkering and social psychology, and much more. See you soon!Free on first Wednesday of the month. |
Museum of Craft and Design ~ has moved and is now open at 2569 Third Street ~ an environment for experiencing innovative contemporary work in craft and design. Visit the link for all information. |
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