Poetry Events Coming Up Starting TONIGHT

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Tonight! Rivertown Poets (on Zoom)

• Thursday, May 26, 7-9 p.m.
• Tricia De Jesus-Gutierrez and Amos White featured, along with Edward Mycue and Antoinette Vella Payne
• Open mic—no advance signup; first come, first read
• Zoom link  https://zoom.us/j/6508887879 

 

Poet/Essayist /Scholar Claudia Rankine

• Wednesday June 1, 6:30 p.m. Zoom or in-person at the Benicia Library
• Discussion of her book Just Us as part of the Benicia Library’s book-to-action series.
• Information and Zoom link at benicialibrary.org/book-to-action

 

Generation: Beat Café/Tribute to Q.R. Hand

• Thursday, June 2, 6 p.m. Live at the Empress Theatre, Vallejo
• Featuring Tongo Eisen-Martin, Tony Aldarondo, Tom Stanton, Mary Susan Gast, Fred Dodsworth, D.L. Lang
• Information at https://www.ticketfairy.com/event/poetry-music-in-the-lounge-2jun2022

 

Generation: Beat!

• Friday, June 3, 6 p.m. Live at the Empress Theatre, Vallejo
• Jeff Kingman will read from his book Off the Road, inspired by Jack Kerouac.
• Open mic for sharing your own Beat poetry or reading from the Beat of your choice.
• Information at https://www.ticketfairy.com/event/lawrence-ferlingetti-beat-generation-films-3jun2022

 

Ina Coolbrith Circle Picnic at Benicia City Park

• Saturday, June 4, noon – 4 p.m.

 

First Tuesday

• Tuesday, June 7, 7 p.m. on Zoom. 
• Poets-in-Context:  Alameda Island Poets
• Theme:  Déjá vu
• Open mic
• Link to come.

 

Request

If you will be featured as a poet anywhere during June, please let me know so that I can announce it in the soon-to-be-released June calendar.  If your work has been recently published or you’ve received an award, send me that information so the community of poets can celebrate with you. 

 

 

 

 

 

Mary Susan Gast

Benicia Poet Laureate

707 373 6825