A Special Chinatown Moon Festival Program for All Ages Sunday, September 27, 20262:00pm – 4:00pmChinatown Meeting RoomChinatown/Him Mark Lai Branch 1135 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94108 Genny Lim, the 9th Poet Laureate of San Francisco, presents FACING THE MOON in celebration of the Chinese Moon Festival, featuring the internationally renowned Del Sol Quartet and […]
Fri, October 9, 2026, 8:00 PMSat, October 10, 2026, 8:00 PMSun, October 11, 2026, 5:00 PM Dance Mission Theater3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110 KULARTS, the nation’s premier presenter of contemporary and tribal Pilipino arts, will present Tubong* to Living Ancestors, a new production by Executive Artistic Director Alleluia “Manai” Panis honoring seventeen diasporic Pan […]
Sat, September 12, 2026, 1:00pmMain Library, Lower Floor, Koret Auditorium Film screening and post-film discussion with Director Felicia Lowe and San Francisco Poet Laureate, Genny Lim. “Chinatown” offers an intimate look at San Francisco’s oldest neighborhood that thrives and survived isolation, racial and social injustice throughout its 160-year history. The film, which features the poetry […]
Weds., July 29, 2026 • 5:30pmat GLIDE, 330 Ellis Street Event Program:Poet Laureate Genny LimCommunity DinnerCrane Folding In honor of Janice Mirikitani’s vision, courage, and devotion to peace and justice, we invite our community to come together in creativity, solidarity, and love. Come help contribute to our 10,000 cranes – Each crane, a wish for […]
Program length • 20:54m Full Frame’s Mike Walter speaks with Genny Lim. Lim is a poet, author, and educator. She is the author of several books of poetry, as well as the award-winning play Paper Angels that tells the story of a group of Chinese immigrants detained on Angel Island in the early 20th century. […]
Saturday, May 9, 20261:00pm-2:30pmKoret AuditoriumSan Francisco Public Library100 Larkin StreetSan Francisco, CA 94102 Directed by Steven OkazakiCast: Genny Lim, Kelvin Han YeeDocumentary | English | 1983 | 20 Mins. The Only Language She Knows is an intimate portrait of poet and playwright Genny Lim and San Francisco’s Chinatown in the early 1980s. This rarely seen film, […]
SFJAZZ Resident Artistic DirectorMESHELL NDEGEOCELLO“A Love Letter to The Bay Area” SAT, May 2 · 3PM & 7:30PMMINER AUDITORIUM GRAMMY-winning bassist, singer, and songwriter performs covers and compositions that speak to American protest GRAMMY-winning bassist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello is an uncompromising trailblazer whose deliriously funky, soulful work doubles as potent commentary on race, […]
San Francisco Public LibraryPresents21st AnnualPoems Under the Dome April 24th 2026, 5:30-8:00pmNorth Light Court, San Francisco City Hall San Francisco Public Library presents Poems Under the Dome at San Francisco’s majestic City Hall. The 21st annual event features an all-ages open mic to celebrate National Poetry Month. San Francisco Poet Laureate Genny Lim will read […]
Wednesday, April 29, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.CCSF Chinatown Campus Auditorium, 628 Washington Street Film screening and post-film discussion with Director, Felicia Lowe and San Francisco Poet Laureate, Genny Lim. Through interviews and archival images, Chinatown offers an intimate look at San Francisco’s oldest neighborhood. The film, which features the poetry of Genny Lim received an […]
An Evening with San Francisco Poet Laureate Genny Lim Mon, Apr 6 / 6:00 PM PDTCommonwealth Club110 The EmbarcaderoSan Francisco, CA The star of the evening is Genny Lim, San Francisco’s current poet laureate—an acclaimed poet, playwright and performer whose work reflects the rhythms, struggles and resilience of the city we call home. Appointed poet laureate […]