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 […]
The 27th Annual Petaluma Poetry Walk – Sunday, September 15, 2024, 11am – 8pm The Petaluma Poetry Walk is an annual poetry festival founded in September 1996 by the late poet Geri Digiorno. It features over two dozen poets reading their works at eight venues. The event has grown over the years, attracting notable poets […]
Clarion Performing Arts Center hosts a special film screening of the 1985 American Playhouse television adaptation of Genny Lim’s Paper Angels (1985) Join Genny Lim, playwright of award winning drama; co-author of Island: Poetry & History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, for a rare archival screening of the 1985 American Playhouse television adaptation of […]
The third edition of the Festival, “The Many Languages of Poetry,” takes place on June 14 and 15, 2024 at the Roman Villa and Antiquarium in Desenzano del Garda and the Grottoes of Catullus in Sirmione, in Italy. The voices of some of the leading contemporary poets, including Genny Lim, will resonate in the museums […]
FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM: Saturday, May 25, 2024, 1 – 11pm. Hosted by Theater for the New City, 155 First Av, New York, NY 10003 LES Lower East Side Festival of the Arts is an annual celebration of the rich artistic culture and ethnic diversity of this area. For three days over Memorial Day Weekend, TNC […]
World reknowned muralist, Juana Alicia, and award-winning poet-playwright, Genny Lim, collaborated on this Mural, Not in My Name / No en nuestro nombre, in the hopes that a permanent Cease Fire will end the genocide in Gaza. The artists are seeking sites in San Francisco Bay Area to mount the mural and funds to cover […]
April 5, 6pm at Golden Sardine, 362 Columbus Avenue North Beach First Friday Poetry Crawl is back! 5p @citylightsbooks in the alley @vesuviobarsfw/ @sfflorycanto hosted by @soledadconcarne + @spell_dust 6p at Golden Sardine upstairs in the Poetry Loftw/ Genny Lim, Alie Jones, & Antony Fangaryhosted by @scottmbird22 7p at Maccharini Gallery hosted by Jessica Loos(long […]