Sat., October 15, 2022Noon to 4:30 p.m. • FreeFestival Main Stage • Martin Luther King, Jr. Civic Center Park • Berkeley Genny Lim read poems about Water, Wildfires and War and sang Jim Pepper’s “Witchi-Tai-To” and “Besame Mucho,” accompanied by the Barry Finnerty Trio, featuring Finnerty, Akira Tana on drums, with bassist Peter Borshay, on […]
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Lewis Jordan & Music at Large
Genny performs with Lewis Jordan & Music at Large at St. Mary’s College on Friday, September 30, 2022, 4:30pm – 6pm.
Genny Lim and the ensemble perform Modirzadeh’s epic poem, Ode B’kongofon at Bird & Beckett on May 12, 2022.
Bobby Bradford, Francis Wong & William Roper with poet Genny Lim celebrate “The Zen of Glenn.” Three master musicians and an esteemed poet join together in honor of their late colleague and friend Glenn Horiuchi, born February 27, 1955. Horiuchi, who passed on June 3, 2000, was a key figure in the Asian American arts movements […]
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Anglim/Trimble
Please join us next Thursday, Feb. 17 at 5pm for a live poetry reading and music performance with special guests: Genny Lim, Clara Hsu, and David Wong. The event will take place in the gallery located on the second floor of the Minnesota Street Project Xiaoze Xie’s “Panorama of Eternal Night” On view through Feb. […]
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Memory, Meaning and Memoir 2022
January 29, 2022 at 5:00pm – 7pm PST, via Zoom Registration is FREE and available on Eventbrite. A presentation of readings by a diverse, intergenerational, cross-section of writers, who include visual artists, educators, activists and professionals from the AAPI community, who will share their stories and poems, ranging from immigration stories and family memoir to gender […]
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Berkeley Poetry Festival 2022
Genny Lim receives the Berkeley Poetry Festival’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award. Poetry & Dance with dNaga Dance Company Join the Live-streamed Festival via Zoom or on the Bay Area Poetry Festival Facebook page on Saturday, January 22, from 3:00pm-4:00pm, for poetry and dance with dNaga Dance Company, featuring recorded poetry readings by Genny. Saturday, January […]
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PEN Oakland Awards
Genny Lim receives the Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award Join the 32nd Annual PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Literary Awards. The PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Awards, named for the late poet and professor at the University of California at Berkeley, were created to provide recognition for outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse literary community. In […]
SAN FRANCISCO, October 21, 2021 — Poet, playwright, performer, and educator Genny Lim speaks to Jen Shyu and Sumi Tonooka about the evolution of her career as an artist and writer. This is a part of Asia Society’s In the Green Room: Layering Legacies of Women in Jazz. FULL INTERVIEW (52 min., 26 min.) https://asiasociety.org/video/green-room-genny-lim In the Green Room: Layering Legacies […]
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El Tecolote
Poetry Tribute, dedicated to Victor Martínez, Francisco X Alarcón, & Alfonso Texidor, in honor of El Tecolote’s 50th anniversary. Saturday, September 18, 2021, 7pm • Facebook Live @ El Tecolote and @Acción Latina