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 […]
Category: Interview
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. […]
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 […]
Originally Broadcast Monday, January 6, 2025, 6pm, Live on KALW Public Media / 91.7 FM Bay Area Meet new Berkeley Mayor Adina Ishii, Sophia Bollag on new laws Californians must follow now. Meet San Francisco’s new poet laureate Genny Lim. Hosts: Ethan Elkind, Chris NooneyProducers: Chris Nooney, Wendy Holcombe
Passing Through: An Evening of Poetry and Music Inspired by, Loved by, and Left Behind by Leonard CohenNovember 8, 2024, 7:30PMSwedish American Hall A November celebration of the words, music, and spirit of Leonard Cohen in San Francisco. Hosted by San Francisco’s Conspiracy of Beards, a choir of men that sing the songs of Leonard […]
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 […]