9/27/26 “Words Without Walls” 2pm – 4pm Chinatown Meeting Room, Chinatown/Him Mark Lai Branch – 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 youth poets Katelyn Wong and Naia Chien.
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 […]
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 […]
Reading by Genny Lim & Nellie Wong, with Hyeyung Sol Yoon Weds., April 19, 2025, 2pm – 3:30pmLatino/Hispanic Meeting RoomMain Library, 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 SFPL’s Humanities Center celebrates National Poetry Month with a reading by Genny Lim, San Francisco’s 9th Poet Laureate. Cherry blossoms have long been a symbol of life’s […]
Feb. 11, 2025, 5–7 p.m. Koret Auditorium, SF Main Library, 100 Larkin St. San Francisco An exciting, kinetic procession of Indian and West African dance and drums joined together with Chinese lion dancers kicks off an electrifying evening of music, dance and poetry with San Francisco’s new poet laureate Genny Lim and former poet laureate Tongo […]
Sunday, February 2, 20253:00pm – 5:00pmKoret Auditorium San Francisco Main Library100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA 94102 An afternoon of poetry, youth performances and music to mark the inauguration of San Francisco’s 9th Poet Laureate, Genny Lim, at the San Francisco Main Library. Hosted by City Librarian Michael Lambert, the event featured performances by youth […]
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 […]