Sunday, November 17, 2024, 4:00 pm A Sunday afternoon reading featuring eight poets: Genny Lim, current San Francisco Poet Laureate, Giovanna Lomanto Kim Shuck, 7th San Francisco Poet Laureate David Gorin, Winner of the 2023 Emily Dickinson Award Deborah Bachels Schmidt NSAA (Lawrence Dinkins, Jr) Rebecca Lee Whiting Bob Stanley, Sacramento Poet Laureate, 2009-2012 With […]
San Francisco Public Library’s 19th One City One Book: San Francisco Reads selection, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. This One City One Book title was chosen with the unveiling of the new monument honoring Dr. Angelou, Portrait of a Phenomenal Woman by Lava Thomas, on the front steps of the […]
A Concert and Fundraiser October 6, 2024, 6pm La Peña, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley Join us for an evening of beautiful music and cultural performances as we raise funds for the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund. Today, the situation in Haiti could not be more dire. Government backed paramilitary groups continue to terrorize opposition neighborhoods. Six […]
In English and Chinese 中英⽂詩會(A Two Languages/One Community 兩種語⾔/⼀個社群 Project) Wednesday, September 11, 6-7:30 PM, 447 Minna Street, San FranciscoFree – Light Food and Drinks will be served FEATURING GENNY LIM, San Francisco’s Poet Laureate (2024- )TONGO EISEN MARTIN, San Francisco Poet Laureate (2021-2024)CHUN YU, Poet/Editor/Translator, San Francisco Public Library Laureate (2023)MICHAEL WARR, Poet/Editor, San […]
Mayor London Breed invites you to the announcement and celebration of San Francisco’s Ninth Poet Laureate GENNY LIM Friday, September 6, 4PM; Asian Art Museum, Samsung Hall, San Francisco, CA Web Gallery Mayor London Breed and Genny Lim, 9th Poet Laureate of San Francisco We celebrate a new chapter in our city’s literary legacy by […]