Eskimo's Kick-Ass Poetry Calendar © - JANUARY 2010
"MECHANICS is a means or discipline for the realization of life, but not life itself. It ought to carry us to life itself, which is at play in feelings or sensitivity." --César Vallejo, from Aphorisms translated by Stephen Kessler
Eskimo Pieku:
If I hold you close,
will you seem less far away
when you are away?
Updated January 2010 - Click here for weekly and monthly writing/poetry workshops
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6 - 9 p.m. - Maxwell R. Kessler reads plus open mic at 10:00 p.m. at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays.
http://www.hampshireslam.com/2008/03/maxwell-kessler-31108.html
Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson. http://poetryindavis.blogspot.com/530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7 - 8 p.m. - Graduate Student Creative Writers Reading Series featuring fiction writers Keith Carver and Ashley Clarke and poet Melissa Mack in 126 Voorhies. UC Davis, 1st and A Streets. http://english.ucdavis.edu/news-events/calendar
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7 - 8 p.m. -
P
oet, singer, songwriter & guitarist Audrey Edley
plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 8 - 6-7:30 p.m. - Eco-Poetry - a Reading and Discussion on Water. The American River Conservancy is offering a reading and discussion of water . People of all ages are welcome. (Donations are for ARC.) We may also do some writing depending on what moves us. www.arconservancy.org. Join poet Alexa Mergen in sharing poems that describe water, celebrate water and offer a call to action. Bring and read your original poems about water as well as poems by your favorite authors. Alexa serves as Sacramento Area Coordinator for California Poets in the Schools. All ages welcome. FREE (donations encouraged). We'll meet at the Nature Center in Coloma (348 Hwy 49).
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9 - 6-9 p.m. - Reception for The Writer's Brush Art Show at the SPC, 25th and R. Art by Jennifer O'Neill Pickering, Sue Owens Wright, JoAnn Anglin, Jeanine Stevens, Joseph Finkleman, William Laws, Susan Finkleman, Susan Orr, Mike Pickering. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
SUNDAY, JANUARY 10 - winter hours 2-4 p.m. - The featured readers this month are Lincoln Poetry Club members published by ShortReads Press: Jack Fabian, David Anderson, Stephen Sterling, Jacob Williams, Barb Lackovic, Molly Williams, Bonnie Dunlap, Lisa Augustine, Evelyn Stecher, Shirley Russell, Cleo Kocol and Sue Clark. At The Lincoln Poets Club, the Willow Room, 12 Bridges Library, 485 12 Bridges Drive, Lincoln. Every Second Sunday. Contact 916-434-9226 or sjclark@psyber.com. Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lincoln Library.
MONDAY, JANUARY 11 - 7:30 p.m. - James DenBoer and Cynthia Broshi read at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12 - 7-11 p.m. - SickSpits' Open Mic Nite. Technocultural Studies Building (Art Annex), UC Davis Campus. Free. Spoken word, rap, music, standup comedy and more. Usually, every first Tuesday.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12 - 6:30-8:30 p.m. - S.O.S. Slam-or-Stage Open Mic at Empresso Coffeehouse, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, 209-941-0782, EmpressoCoffeehouse@gmail.com. Check out a list of Stockon-area poetry events at rainflowers.org.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 - 6:30-9:30 p.m. - A Night of Spoken Word, Poetry, Dance, Live Music, and Art at the Guild Theater in Oak Park (35th and Broadway). Poetry by Leah Albright-Byrd, Laura Cook, Lawrence Dinkins, Anna Smith, Bob Stanley, Terry Moore, New Dimension youth poets. Danc by Justice and Brandon Jackson. $5. Advance tickets 916-739-0511 or email nluo@newdimensionla.com. Sponsored by the City of Sacramento, The New Dimension Learning Academy and Terry Moore (MC). muralweb.org, newdimensionlearningacademy.com, http://www.terrymoore.info/html/poetry.html
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 - 7:30 p.m. - Danyen Powell and Shawn Pittard read at The Other Voice, poetry features plus open mic, sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis (reading is in the library of the church located at 27074 Patwin Road). allegras@dcn.org
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16 - 9-11 p.m. - The Artistry of 319 at the Jazzyblues Cafe, 319 6th Street, West Sacramento. Art viewing, poetry and spoken word. Poetry by Maltize Falcon. Artwork by Jen Christ and Ray Rios. $5 Admission. Restaurant and bar open. Open mic.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 16 - 7-9 p.m. - Underground Books Poetry Series at 2814 35th Street next to the Guild Theater. $3. Features plus open mic. Your host: Terry Moore. Call 737-3333 for more info. Every third Saturday.
MONDAY, JANUARY 18 - 7:30 p.m. - Keith Ratzlaff and Jeff Knorr read at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 - 9 p.m. -
Brett Eugene Ralph
reads
http://www.sarabandebooks.org/?page_id=1058
plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. http://poetryindavis.blogspot.com/ 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 - 8-11 p.m. - NSAA hosts Anna Marie at Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 - 7 p.m. - Our House Art Gallery Poetry Night. Sign up for open mic by 7 p.m. Located at 1004 White Rock Road, Suite 400, Corner of Latrobe & White Rock Roads, in the Montano El Dorado Shopping Center, El Dorado Hills, 916-933-4278. Free. http://ourhousegallery.com
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 - Noon - Brown bag poetry reading at the Central Library. Bring your favorite poems. 828 I Street. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 - 6:30 p.m. -
MatrixArts new, once a month, Thursday Next Authors
series. Patricia Canterbury will read excerpts from her newest book Every Thursday, the first of the Nancy Noire Mysteries. Afterwards join her in conversation about the world of writing, publishing and mystery. She
'll also be available to sign copies of her book.
At
MatrixArts, 1719 25th Street (25th and R Streets @R25 arts and cultural complex). Admission is free (though a $5 donation to help support MatrixArts educational programs would be much appreciated.
http://matrixartsblogspot.com
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 - 7-9 p.m. - The Writer's Brush Art Show and Reading at the SPC, 25th and R. Readings by Jennifer O'Neill Pickering, Sue Owens Wright, JoAnn Anglin, Jeanine Stevens, Joseph Finkleman, William Laws, Susan Finkleman, Susan Orr, Mike Pickering. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24 - 6-8 p.m.
-
Pomo Literati ~ A rare radio reading with San Francisco's Poet Laureate Diane di Prima, Published and unpublished works ~ plans and projects. Poet/writerRachel Leibrock, and the always inventive David
Houston & Strings. The Pomo Literati pre-beat; contemporary and way way past post modern~ spoken word and sound ~ anchor/hosted by frank andri
ck.
A
lso ~ pre-recorded works of what you might call historic classic poetry by luminaries like Ginsberg, Philip Lamantia, French Surrealist Poets, rarities from Patti Smith from previous readings by Patti on the Pomo Lit., another tribute to Jim Carroll & new works from Ruben Reveles, Bag Of Kittens (featuring Allyson Seconds), Baby Grand, Mo Stoyoff, and rampant rumours of a HUGE HEAD and perhaps the person behind the head ??
on
KUSF 90.3 fm in San Francisco.
MONDAY, JANUARY 25 - 7:30 - 10:00 - Burns & Bukowski: A Burns Night Poetry Reading (with a twist) featuring: Kevin Jones, Jeanine Stevens, Robbie Grossklaus, Robert Roden, Rachel Hansen, Richard Hansen. Burns Nights at The Book Collector has become an annual tradition. This year we're mixing it up a bit by entertaining the premise that "Robert Burns was the Bukowski of his day." That is to say, base, common and popular. the evening's featured readers will read selections from both. Refreshments of a Scottish nature provided. Open Mic follows: attempt Burns, read Buk; poems by Scots, about Scotland; odes to drink. At The Book Collector, 1008 24th Street (between J&K). 916-442-9296, bookcollector@sacfrepress.com, Open M-S 10-6, Su 11-4.
MONDAY, JANUARY 25 - 7:30 p.m. - Pamela Richmond and Katie Cappello read at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29 - 8:00-10:30 p.m. - TheBlackOut Poetry Series featuring singers, poets, plus open mic, inside the Upper Level VIP Lounge (inside of Fitness Systems Health Club by the Cal State Skating Rink), 26 Massie Ct. (Exit Mack Road East to Stockton Blvd and then make a left on Massie right past Motel 6) 916-208-POET. Every last Friday. $5. Hosted by Terry Moore fromtheheart1@hotmail.com
FRIDAY, JANUARY 29 - 7:30 p.m. - New Fiction Series, "Stories on Stage" with writer Jodi Angel and more at the SPC, 25th and R. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30 - 7-9 p.m. - The Show at the Wo'se Community Center, 2863 35th Street (off 35th and Broadway across from the parking lot). For vendor or event information please call T. Mo at (916) 208-POET. The Show is every last Saturday of the month. $5. This is a family event. The BEST SHOW IN TOWN with an Open Mic, Top Notch Features, Live Band LSB with house singer Chris J. Sponsored by the FREEDOM EQUITY GROUP.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 - 7-10 p.m. - NSAA and FoShang poetry/jazz performance at Carol's Books, 1913 Del Paso Blvd. $5 Advance Tickets, $8 Door. Buy tickets online: http://mybmsf.com/01WordOut_Print.asp?wordoutID=3598, http://mybmsf.com/nsaa/, http://foshama.com
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 - 7 p.m. - RNR Music and Poetry - every first Saturday - Butch-N-Nellie's Coffee Company, 1827 I Street.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8 - 6-7:30 free poetry workshop Yuyutsu RD Sharma; reading at 7:30. Sacramento Poetry Center, 25th & R http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org, For more information, call 530-754-8157 or visit http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=215815512680&index=1 or http://www.epsilonmedia.de/yuyutsu/ Sponsored by the Sacramento Poetry Center and Poets & Writers, Inc., with support it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 - Noon-12:30 - poetry reading by Yuyutsu RD Sharma; 12:30-2:00 free poetry workshop. At 126 Voorhies, UCD campus. For more information, call 530-754-8157 or visit http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=215815512680&index=1 or http://www.epsilonmedia.de/yuyutsu/ Sponsored by the UC Davis English Dept., CAMU and Poets & Writers, Inc., with support it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 - 1:30-2:00 - poetry reading by Yuyutsu RD Sharma; 2:00-3:30 free poetry workshop. At the Summit Room, 3rd Floor, University Union, Cal State University Sacramento. For more information, call 530-754-8157 or visit http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=215815512680&index=1 or http://www.epsilonmedia.de/yuyutsu/ Sponsored by CSUS, CAMU and Poets & Writers, Inc., with support it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.
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Eskimo's Kick-Ass Poetry Calendar © - DECEMBER 2009
"My simple anarchy, my great pain composed of joys." --César Vallejo, from Aphorisms translated by Stephen Kessler
Eskimo Pieku:
He tied my wrists
with the ribbons
of oblivion.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 - 7 p.m. - SickSpits' Open Mic Nite. Griffin Lounge, Memorial Union, UC Davis Campus. Free. Spoken word, rap, music, standup comedy and more. Every first Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 - 9 p.m. - Bob Ostertag reads plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://poetryindavis.blogspot.com/ 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 - 8 p.m. - Graduate Student Reading Series featuring fiction writer Noah McGee and poets Brian Ang and Naushad Ulhaq in 126 Voorhies. UC Davis, 1st and A Streets. http://english.ucdavis.edu/news-events/calendar
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 - 7 p.m. - RNR Music and Poetry - every first Saturday - Butch-N-Nellie's Coffee Company, 1827 I Street.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 7 - 7:30 p.m. - Zoe Keithley reads at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 - 6:30-8:30 p.m. - S.O.S. Slam-or-Stage Open Mic at Empresso Coffeehouse, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, 209-941-0782, EmpressoCoffeehouse@gmail.com. Check out a list of Stockon-area poetry events at rainflowers.org.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 - 9 p.m. - 2nd Annual Poetry Circle at Old Ironsides, 1901 10th Street. Lare Crowley, Rachel Leibrock, Gene Bloom, Alan Satow, Josh Fernandez, frank andrick and the TBA Soumd ensemble join forces once again in a mix of live spontaneous sound and spoken word at the legendary Old Ironsides. Expect surprises and special guests & Holiday day FUN Galore. Plus Lare will host his Open mic series too!! See www.theoldironsides.com
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 - 7:30 p.m. - Rattlesnake Press presents a new chapbook from Carol Frith. Free. At the Book Collector, 1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets, 916-442-9295, richard@poems-for-all.com, http://www.sacfreepress.com/poems/
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 - 3-5 p.m. - Features read at The Lincoln Poets Club, the Willow Room, 12 Bridges Library, 485 12 Bridges Drive, Lincoln. Every Second Sunday. Contact 916-434-9226 or sjclark@psyber.com. Free. Sponsored by the Lincoln Library and Friends of the Lincoln Library.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 - 7 p.m. - Indigo Moor and Theresa Vinciguerra read at Time Tested Books, 1114 21st Street. $5 donation requested. timetestedbooks.net
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14 - 7:30 p.m. - The Squaw Valley Community of Writers (including Joe Atkins, Lisa Jones, Lawrence Kaplun, Theresa McCourt and Wendy Trevino) reads at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16 - 9 p.m. - Andy Jones and Brad Henderson read plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. http://poetryindavis.blogspot.com/ 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16 - 7 p.m. - Our House Art Gallery Poetry Night. Sign up for open mic by 7 p.m. Located at 1004 White Rock Road, Suite 400, Corner of Latrobe & White Rock Roads, in the Montano El Dorado Shopping Center, El Dorado Hills, 916-933-4278. Free. http://ourhousegallery.com
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 - 7:30 p.m. - There will be no featured reader, but instead, a read-around where we can share poems, our own or other poets, enjoy some holiday cookies and hot cider or wine, and the joy of poetry. This time it would be helpful if you send allegras@dcn.org an e-mail letting her know if you will be attending. The Other Voice, a poetry reading series sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis (reading is in the library of the church located at 27074 Patwin Road).
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 - 8-11 p.m. - The Artistry of 319 at the Jazzyblues Cafe, 319 6th Street, West Sacramento. Art viewing 8-9 p.m. Spoken word 9-11 p.m. $5 Admission. Restaurant and bar open. Open mic. Hosted by Ben-Official the Great.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 - 7-9 p.m. - Underground Books Poetry Series at 2814 35th Street next to the Guild Theater. $3. Features plus open mic. Your host: Terry Moore. Call 737-3333 for more info. Every third Saturday.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 - 7:30 p.m. - No reading at the SPC due to the holidays, 15th and R. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26 - 7-9 p.m. - The Show at the Wo'se Community Center, 2863 35th Street (off 35th and Broadway across from the parking lot). For vendor or event information please call T. Mo at (916) 208-POET. "The Show" is every last Saturday of the month. $5. This is a family event. "The BEST SHOW IN TOWN with an Open Mic, Top Notch Features, Live Band LSB with house singer Chris J." Sponsored by the FREEDOM EQUITY GROUP. http://mybmsf.com/bmsf/bmsf_peeps/peeps_poetry/wordouts_moore2.asp
MONDAY, DECEMBER 28 - 7:30 p.m. - No reading at the SPC due to the holidays, 25th and R. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
What you missed.
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Eskimo's Kick-Ass Poetry Calendar © - NOVEMBER 2009
" . . . Afterwards, your apple orchard, your lip giving itself,/ is crumpled by me one last time/ and dies bloody from loving so much,/ like a pagan sketch of Jesus.// . . . . And you'll sing;/ and the feminine in my soul will have to vibrate/ as in a cathedral in mourning." --César Vallejo, "Chalk," from The Black Heralds translated by Rebecca Seiferle
Eskimo Pieku
Your hands at midnight
lost amongst
my valleys.
Updated November 2009 - Click here for weekly and monthly writing/poetry workshops
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2 - 7:30 p.m. - Richard Spilman, SPC Book Manuscript Award Winner, reads at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 - 7 p.m. - SickSpits' Open Mic Nite. Griffin Lounge, Memorial Union, UC Davis Campus. Free. Spoken word, rap, music, standup comedy and more. Every first Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 - 6 p.m. - Angelica Salceda gives a poetry reading at La Raza Galeria Posada (1022 22nd Street, between J and K streets). Call 916-456-5323 for info. Presented by Los Escritores del Nuevo Sol. Plus open mic. joannpen@comcast.net
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 - 7 p.m. - Graduate Student Reading Series featuring Aaron Begg (Poet), Daniel Grace (Fiction) and Megan Cummins (Fiction) in 126 Voorhies. UC Davis, 1st and A Streets. http://english.ucdavis.edu/news-events/calendar
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 - 9 p.m. - Rae Gouirand and Melissa Stein read plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://poetryindavis.blogspot.com/ 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 - 4:15-5:30 p.m. - Literary roundtable at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 - CANCELLED - 10 a.m. - noon - Literary roundtable at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 - 1-5 p.m. - California Poets in the Schools Multi-generational Celebration of Poetry, at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 - 7:30 p.m. - Literature Alive presents Michelle Huneven, author of Blame Jamesland Round Rock. 10:00-12:30 writer's workshop with Michelle. $30 workshop, $5-$10 reading. At the Off Center Stage, Nevada County Center for the Arts, , 315 Richardson Street, Grass Valley. 530-274-8384 x 14.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7 - 7 p.m. - RNR Music and Poetry - every first Saturday - Butch-N-Nellie's Coffee Company, 1827 I Street.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 - 4 p.m. - Donald Sidney-Fryer, Kathryn Hohlwein and Do Gentry in a reading to celebrate the publication of "The Outer Gate: The Collected Poems of Nora May French," published by Hippocampus Press. French (1881-1907) is considered by Dana Gioia as "one of the neglected treasures of California poetry." At The Book Collector, 1008 24th Street, Sacramento. Free.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 - 3-5 p.m. - Features read at The Lincoln Poets Club, the Willow Room, 12 Bridges Library, 485 12 Bridges Drive, Lincoln. Every Second Sunday. Contact 916-434-9226 or sjclark@psyber.com. Free. Sponsored by the Lincoln Library and Friends of the Lincoln Library.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 - 7:30 p.m. - Farallon Review Fiction night at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. 916-979-9706. This event is supported by Poets and Writers through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 - 6:30-8:30 p.m. - S.O.S. Slam-or-Stage Open Mic at Empresso Coffeehouse, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, 209-941-0782, EmpressoCoffeehouse@gmail.com. Check out a list of Stockon-area poetry events at rainflowers.org.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 - 7:30 p.m. - Rattlesnake Press presents a new chapbook from dawn di bartolo plus a Rattlesnake Reprint from frank andrick plus a new calendar from Katy Brown. Free. At the Book Collector, 1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets, 916-442-9295, richard@poems-for-all.com, http://www.sacfreepress.com/poems/
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 - 12 noon - Sandra Gilbert, UCD English Professor Emeritus and Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year, and Kel Munger, Sacramento News & Review reporter, read at the Poetry in the Arboretum series, Wyatt Deck, UC Davis Arboretum. 916-380-2811. This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc., through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 - 7:30 p.m. - Creative Writing Program Reading Series presents poet Eileen Myles in 126 Voorhies. UC Davis, 1st and A Streets. http://english.ucdavis.edu/news-events/calendar
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 - 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Sacramento Literary Roundtable Meeting convened by Poets & Writers, Inc., at the Sacramento Poetry Center (1719 25th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816). Cheryl Klein, P&W Director of the California Office and Readings/Workshops (West), will moderate the meeting, which provides a forum for dialogue and exchange of ideas between a diverse group of presenters, presses, and writers. Please RSVP to jfitzgerald@pw.org by Friday, November 6.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 - 7:30 p.m. - Zheyla Henriksen and Nela Rio read at La Raza Galeria Posada (1022 22nd Street, between J and K streets). Call 916-456-5323 for info. Presented by Los Escritores del Nuevo Sol. Plus open mic. joannpen@comcast.net
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 - 6 p.m. - 11 p.m. - WORD Sacramento Poetry Festival with readings by: 6-7: Jim Nolt, Emmanuel Siguake, Bari Kennedy, Kate Asche, Danny Romero, Anna Marie; 7-8: Frank Withrow, Lawrence Dinkins, Sam Pierstorff, Quinton Duval; 8-9: music by LSB and vocalist Carla Fleming, dance by Justice; 9-10: Kathleen Lynch, Brad Buchanan, Terry Moore, Supanova; 10-11: Bob Stanley, Phoenyx Reign, TBA. $2. At the Guild Theater, 2828 35th Street, Sacramento. Sponsored by SPC and http://www.fathersandfamilies.com.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 - 5 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Distant Voices - Virtual Poetry Festival via Skype. U.S. Contingent at the Book Collector, 1008 24th Street, Sacramento, CA. 1-2 p.m. reading by Bob Stanley, Indigo Moore and Eskimo Pie Girl. StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, stages a brand-new poetry event that links up poets from around the world. Sponsored in Sacramento by the Sacramento Poet Laureate Program and Poems-For-All, the festival will be broadcast to each particpating city via Skype. In addition to the reading in Sacramento, poets in Tbilisi, Geneva, St. Andrews, Stavanger, London, Mumbai, Venice, Skye, New York, Amsterdam and Ghent will particpate. Join us anytime during the broadcast which starts at 5am (Pacific Standard Time) or just come to be a part of the audience when Sacramento poets go live at 1pm. Breakfast, coffee and other refreshments will be provided.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 - 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Fine Art and Craft Show with paintings by poet Joe Finkleman and other local artists. At Giovanni Hall, 58th and M Streets, St. Mary School, Sacramento. $3 advance/$5 door. Proceeds benefit the children and programs of St. Mary School. For more info, contact smsartisanfair@yahoo.com or call 916-452-1100.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 - 7:30 p.m. - R. D. Armstrong and Bill Gainer read at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. 916-979-9706. This event is supported by Poets and Writers through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 - 7 p.m. - Our House Art Gallery Poetry Night. Sign up for open mic by 7 p.m. Located at 1004 White Rock Road, Suite 400, Corner of Latrobe & White Rock Roads, in the Montano El Dorado Shopping Center, El Dorado Hills, 916-933-4278. Free. http://ourhousegallery.com
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 - 9 p.m. - Pam Houston reads plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://poetryindavis.blogspot.com/ 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 - 7:30 p.m. - Deborah Neal and Ron Lane read at The Other Voice, a poetry reading series sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis (reading is in the library of the church located at 27074 Patwin Road). Refreshments and Open Mike follow so bring along a poem or two to share. allegras@dcn.org.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 - 6-9 p.m. - Poetry at the Vox, 1931 H Street (at 20th). Hosted by Cynthia Linville clinville@csus.edu. Free. http://voxsac.com/
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 - 7-9 p.m. - Underground Books Poetry Series at 2814 35th Street next to the Guild Theater. $3. Features plus open mic. Your host: Terry Moore. Call 737-3333 for more info. Every third Saturday.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23 - 7:30 p.m. - Lee Herrick and Michael Medrano read at the SPC, 15th and R. Free. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27- 8:00-10:30 p.m. - TheBlackOut Poetry Series featuring singers, poets, plus open mic, inside the Upper Level VIP Lounge (inside of Fitness Systems Health Club by the Cal State Skating Rink), 26 Massie Ct. (Exit Mack Road East to Stockton Blvd and then make a left on Massie right past Motel 6) 916-681-2555 Every last Friday. $5. Hosted by Terry Moore fromtheheart1@hotmail.com
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28 - 7-9 p.m. - The Show at the Wo'se Community Center, 2863 35th Street (off 35th and Broadway across from the parking lot). For vendor or event information please call T. Mo at (916) 208-POET. "The Show" is every last Saturday of the month. $5. This is a family event. "The BEST SHOW IN TOWN with an Open Mic, Top Notch Features, Live Band LSB with house singer Chris J." Sponsored by the FREEDOM EQUITY GROUP. http://mybmsf.com/bmsf/bmsf_peeps/peeps_poetry/wordouts_moore2.asp
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30 - 7:30 p.m. - Lucy Lang Day, Tom Miner and Dianna Henning read at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
Eskimo's Kick-Ass Poetry Calendar © - OCTOBER 2009
Eskimo Haiku
Guest haiku by Suchoon Mo
Car Lot
in this trying time
of economic recession
young women
looking alike
are gathering
in a used car lot
Updated September 2009 - Click here for weekly and monthly writing/poetry workshops
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 - 6:30 p.m. - Mario Uribe and Viola Weinberg in conversation about their beautiful, hand-sewn book, Enso: 24 paintings and One Poem at the Crocker Art Museum. Admission $6 (free with membership!) call 916.808.5499 to reserve a seat. Book signing to follow.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 - 8 p.m. - Featured readers plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 - 7 p.m. - RNR Music and Poetry - every first Saturday - Butch-N-Nellie's Coffee Company, 1827 I Street.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 - 7:30 p.m. - John Amen and Scott Weiss read at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 - 7 p.m. - SickSpits' Open Mic Nite. Griffin Lounge, Memorial Union, UC Davis Campus. Free. Spoken word, rap, music, standup comedy and more. Every first Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 - Sacramento Poetry Center Poetry Contest 2009, A Reading by Winning Poets in the Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library, 828 I Street. Winners include: Whitney, Jeff, McClung, Kathleen, McCann, Janet, Myers, Lenore, Fraga, Catherine, Anderson, Laura, Benaron, Naomi, Zawinski, Andrena, Wolbarst, Susan, Beecher, Cynthia Helen. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 - 9 p.m. - William O'Daly reads (http://www.narrativemagazine.com/authors/william-o’daly) plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://poetryindavis.blogspot.com/ 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 - The Davis Jazz Artists Festival: Beyond the Beat Generation
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 - 7:30 p.m. - Literature Alive presents Wordslingers 2009: Reading and Conversation with Ethan Canin, Author of America, America; Emperor of the Air; and The Palace Thief. 10:30-12 writing workshop and bring your own bag lunch with Ethan, Van Gogh Room, CFA. 6 p.m. pre-event wine reception. $30 workshop. $20/25 reading. At the Nevada County Center for the Arts, Main Theatre, 314 West Main Street, Grass Valley. 530-274-8384 x 14. Sponsored by the Book Seller and Economy Pest Control, Inc.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 - 2 p.m. - TBA reads plus Open Mic at Barnes and Noble, in the Birdcage Shopping Mall in Citrus Heights on Sunrise Boulevard across the street from the big Macy's Plaza. Contact Margaret Bell at megdmb@surewest.net for more info.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 - 3-5 p.m. - Twenty-four poets, including seven “Young Poets,” ages 6 through 15, will read 30 poems reflecting their thoughts on “Love and Life,” “Heroes,” “Memories,” “Lincoln in 2025” and “Science and Technology” at The Lincoln Poets Club, the Willow Room, 12 Bridges Library, 485 12 Bridges Drive, Lincoln. Every Second Sunday. Contact 916-434-9226 or sjclark@psyber.com. Free. Sponsored by the Lincoln Library and Friends of the Lincoln Library.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 - 7:30 p.m. - frank andrick, David Houston & Strings, Christopher Fairman, Wendy Rivara and Josh Fernandez perform at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. 916-979-9706. This event is supported by Poets and Writers through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13- 6:30-8:30 p.m. - S.O.S. Slam-or-Stage Open Mic at Empresso Coffeehouse, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, 209-941-0782, EmpressoCoffeehouse@gmail.com. Check out a list of Stockon-area poetry events at rainflowers.org.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 - 7:30 p.m. - Rattlesnake Press presents a new chapbook from Brad Buchanan plus a LittleBook from Bill Gainer. Free. At the Book Collector, 1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets, 916-442-9295, richard@poems-for-all.com, http://www.sacfreepress.com/poems/
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 - 7 p.m. - Opening Night: A celebration of UCD creative writing featuring creative writing faculty Lucy Corin, Pam Houston, Joe Wenderoth, Joshua Clover and Alan Williamson reading from their work. Wyatt Pavillion or Wyatt Deck in the Arboretum. In the event of rain: 126 Voorhies, UC Davis Campus.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 - 7:30 p.m. - TBA reads at The Other Voice, a poetry reading series sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis (reading is in the library of the church located at 27074 Patwin Road). Refreshments and Open Mike follow so bring along a poem or two to share. allegras@dcn.org.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 - 6-9 p.m. - Poetry at the Vox, 1931 H Street (at 20th). Hosted by Cynthia Linville clinville@csus.edu. Free. http://voxsac.com/
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 - 7-9 p.m. - Underground Books Poetry Series at 2814 35th Street next to the Guild Theater. $3. Features plus open mic. Your host: Terry Moore. Call 737-3333 for more info. Every third Saturday.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 - 6-9 p.m. - Music and Poetry Reading at Carol's Books, 1913 Del Paso Blvd. Every third Saturday.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 - 7 p.m. - Julia Connor and Joshua McKinney read at Time Tested Books, 1114 21st Street. $5 donation requested. timetestedbooks.net
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 - 7:30 p.m. - Kate Greenstreet and Brian Teare read at the SPC, 15th and R. Free. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 - 7 p.m. - Our House Art Gallery Poetry Night. Sign up for open mic by 7 p.m. Located at 1004 White Rock Road, Suite 400, Corner of Latrobe & White Rock Roads, in the Montano El Dorado Shopping Center, El Dorado Hills, 916-933-4278. Free. http://ourhousegallery.com
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 - 9 p.m. - Rosy Carrick features http://www.rosycarrick.co.uk/ plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://poetryindavis.blogspot.com/ 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 - 8 p.m. - Reading by poet Frank Bidart. 126 Voorhies, UC Davis Campus.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 - 8 p.m. - Featured readers plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 - 5:30-7:00 p.m. - Francisco X. Alarcón presents, "TONALLI - El Poder de Palabra (The Power of the Word): Toward a Mesoamerican Consciousness and Empowerment Through Poetry Around the Day of the Dead" plus a performance by traditional Aztec dancers. At Woodland Community College, Community Room 800, 2300 E. Gibson Road, Woodland, CA, 530-661-5700, mmoreno@yccd.edu.
CANCELLED - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 - 7:30-9 p.m. - TBA reads at La Raza Galeria Posada (1022 22nd Street, between J and K streets). Call 916-456-5323 for info. Admission is $5 ($3 for students and seniors). Presented by Los Escritores del Nuevo Sol. Plus open mic. joannpen@comcast.net
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 - 7:30 p.m. - SPC 30-Year Anniversary Party with Rattlesnake chapbook release at the SPC, 25th and R. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 - 6-7 p.m. - Open Mic Poetry Nite at the Upstairs Art Gallery, 420 Main Street, Placerville. Every fourth Wednesday.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 - 8 p.m. - d.a. levy celebration plus open mic! W/ F. Andrick, R. Grossklaus, G. Chaconas, M. Grosse, Sage, M. Miniaci, L. Dinkins, G. Bloom, C. Ungstad. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30- 8:00-10:30 p.m. - Features: Shawana Monique Thrower, dance grouop JUSTICE, Knaledge the New College, Anna Smith, Yolanda Stevenson aka "Coquest" and Chris J at TheBlackOut Poetry Series featuring singers, poets, plus open mic, inside the Upper Level VIP Lounge (inside of Fitness Systems Health Club by the Cal State Skating Rink), 26 Massie Ct. (Exit Mack Road East to Stockton Blvd and then make a left on Massie right past Motel 6) 916-681-2555 Every last Friday. $5. Hosted by Terry Moore fromtheheart1@hotmail.com
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 - 9 p.m. - midnight - Music by David Houston with Christopher Fairman and special guest Wally. Poetry by frank andrick, b. l. kennedy and becca costello. Luna's Cafe, 1414 16th Street. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 - 7-9 p.m. - The Show at the Wo'se Community Center, 2863 35th Street (off 35th and Broadway across from the parking lot). Halloween Night Poetry with SPECIAL GUEST C-Bone Jones from Los Angeles, plus Shawana Monique Thrower, Knaledge the New College, dancer Brandon Jackson and vocal group CARRiON . For vendor or event information please call T. Mo at (916) 208-POET. "The Show" is every last Saturday of the month. $5. This is a family event. "The BEST SHOW IN TOWN with an Open Mic, Top Notch Features, Live Band LSB with house singer Chris J." Sponsored by the FREEDOM EQUITY GROUP. http://mybmsf.com/bmsf/bmsf_peeps/peeps_poetry/wordouts_moore2.asp
Eskimo's Kick-Ass Poetry Calendar © - SEPTEMBER 2009
" . . . I wander from one point to another, I absorb illusions/ . . . There is an extensive country in the sky/ with the superstitious carpets of the rainbow/ and with vesperal vegetation;/ toward there I journey . . . ." --Pablo Neruda, "Dream Horse" from Residence on Earth, translated by Donald D. Walsh
Eskimo Haiku
Guest haiku by Suchoon Mo
By A Perfumed Pond
he was meditating
by a perfumed pond
two lotus flowers
stuck in his nostrils
he sneezed
two herons flew away
each with a lotus flower
in its beak
Updated September 2009 - Click here for weekly and monthly writing/poetry workshops
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 - 5:30-7:30 p.m. - Favorite Poem Reading at The Sacramento Room - Central Library, 2nd Floor. Hosted by Mary Zeppa and Bob Stanley. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 - 9 p.m. - Performance poet Jenny Overman (http://www.jennyoverman.com) reads plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://poetryindavis.blogspot.com/ 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 - 8 p.m. - Featured readers plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 - 7 p.m. - RNR Music and Poetry - every first Saturday - Butch-N-Nellie's Coffee Company, 1827 I Street.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 - 7:30 p.m. - Tim Kahl book release reading for Possessing Yourself at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 - 6:30-8:30 p.m. - S.O.S. Slam-or-Stage Open Mic at Empresso Coffeehouse, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, 209-941-0782, EmpressoCoffeehouse@gmail.com. Check out a list of Stockon-area poetry events at rainflowers.org.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 - 7:30 p.m. - Rattlesnake Press presents a new chapbook from Joe and Susan Finkleman. Free. At the Book Collector, 1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets, 916-442-9295, richard@poems-for-all.com, http://www.sacfreepress.com/poems/
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 - 2 p.m. - TBA reads plus Open Mic at Barnes and Noble, in the Birdcage Shopping Mall in Citrus Heights on Sunrise Boulevard across the street from the big Macy's Plaza. Contact Margaret Bell at megdmb@surewest.net for more info.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 - 2:30-4:30 p.m. - Sinag-Tala presents a Poetry Kapihan at the SPC, 25th and R. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 - 5-8 p.m. - Art Sale benefit for California Stage and SPC at the SPC, 25th and R. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 - 3-5 p.m. - Featured readers plus open mic, at The Lincoln Poets Club, the Willow Room, 12 Bridges Library, 485 12 Bridges Drive, Lincoln. Every Second Sunday. Contact 916-434-9226 or sjclark@psyber.com. Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lincoln Library.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 - 7:30 p.m. - Poets College Tour kick-off reading with Maya Khosla, Indigo Moor, Susan Kelly-DeWitt, James BlueWolf and Dennis Hock at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 - 7 p.m. - Our House Art Gallery Poetry Night. Sign up for open mic by 7 p.m. Located at 1004 White Rock Road, Suite 400, Corner of Latrobe & White Rock Roads, in the Montano El Dorado Shopping Center, El Dorado Hills, 916-933-4278. Free. http://ourhousegallery.com
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 - 9 p.m. - Yosefa Raz features (http://www.yosefaraz.blogspot.com) plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://poetryindavis.blogspot.com/ 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 - 7:30 p.m. - Rae Gouirand and Mandy Dawn Kuntz read at The Other Voice, a poetry reading series sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis (reading is in the library of the church located at 27074 Patwin Road). Refreshments and Open Mike follow so bring along a poem or two to share. allegras@dcn.org.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 - 6-9 p.m. - Poetry at the Vox, 1931 H Street (at 20th). Hosted by Cynthia Linville clinville@csus.edu. Free. http://voxsac.com/
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19- 7-9 p.m. - Underground Books Poetry Series at 2814 35th Street next to the Guild Theater. $3. Features plus open mic. Your host: Terry Moore. Call 737-3333 for more info. Every third Saturday.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 - 6-9 p.m. - Music and Poetry Reading at Carol's Books, 1913 Del Paso Blvd. Every third Saturday.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 - 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. - Petaluma Poetry Walk, various locations in Petaluma.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 - 7 p.m. - D. R. Wagner and Phil Weidman read at Time Tested Books, 1114 21st Street. $5 donation requested. timetestedbooks.net
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 - 6:00 p.m. - Hot Poetry in the Park with Ruebi Freyja and Phillip T. Nails at Fremont Park, 15th and P. Free. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. Sponsored by the City of Sacramento, Friends of Fremont Park, SPC and by Poets & Writers, Inc., through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 - 6-7 p.m. - Open Mic Poetry Nite at the Upstairs Art Gallery, 420 Main Street, Placerville. Every fourth Wednesday.
THURSDAY, SEPEMBER 24 - 8 p.m. - Featured readers plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 - 7 p.m. - Thomas Centolella, winner of the American Book Award, and W. Scott McLean, UCD Professor of Comparative Literature and Nature and Culture, read at the Poetry in the Arboretum series, Wyatt Deck, UC Davis Arboretum. 916-380-2811. This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc., through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 - 7:30-9 p.m. - Jim Michael reads at La Raza Galeria Posada (1022 22nd Street, between J and K streets). Call 916-456-5323 for info. Admission is $5 ($3 for students and seniors). Presented by Los Escritores del Nuevo Sol. Plus open mic. joannpen@comcast.net
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 - 8:00-10:30 p.m. - TheBlackOut Poetry Series featuring singers, poets, plus open mic, inside the Upper Level VIP Lounge (inside of Fitness Systems Health Club by the Cal State Skating Rink), 26 Massie Ct. (Exit Mack Road East to Stockton Blvd and then make a left on Massie right past Motel 6) 916-681-2555 Every last Friday. $5. Hosted by Terry Moore fromtheheart1@hotmail.com
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26- 7-9 p.m. - The Show at the Wo'se Community Center, 2863 35th Street (off 35th and Broadway across from the parking lot). For vendor or event information please call T. Mo at (916) 208-POET. "The Show" is every last Saturday of the month. $5. This is a family event. "The BEST SHOW IN TOWN with an Open Mic, Top Notch Features, Live Band LSB with house singer Chris J." Sponsored by the FREEDOM EQUITY GROUP. http://mybmsf.com/bmsf/bmsf_peeps/peeps_poetry/wordouts_moore2.asp
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 - 7:30 p.m. - Joshua McKinney and D. A. Powell read at the SPC, 25th and R. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
Eskimo's Kick-Ass Poetry Calendar © - AUGUST 2009
" . . . . you found the child in me/ when you took farewells/ under the full bay tree/ by the gate in Glanmore,// opulent and restorative/ as that lingering summertime,/ the fish-dart of your eyes/ risking, 'I'll pray for you.'" --Seamus Heaney, Field Work: Poems
Eskimo Haiku
Irrigation ditches twist and turn
like water snakes thru the verdant fields
towards the vanishing point
where you hide in the mist
Updated August 2009 - Click here for weekly and monthly writing/poetry workshops
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 - 7 p.m. - RNR Music and Poetry - every first Saturday - Butch-N-Nellie's Coffee Company, 1827 I Street.
MONDAY, AUGUST 3 - 7:30 p.m. - Noah "Supanova" Hayes and Stuart Livingston read at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 - 9 p.m. - D. R. Wagner reads plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://poetryindavis.blogspot.com/ 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 - 7:30 p.m. - RENT PARTY! with Julie Valin, Shawn Aveningo and Marilyn Souza read at the Nevada County Center for the Arts, Main Theatre, 314 West Main Street, Grass Valley. 530-432-8196/530-274-8384. $5 general, seniors and students. $1 for those under 18. Refreshments and open mic.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 - 2 p.m. - Brigit Truex reads plus Open Mic at Barnes and Noble, in the Birdcage Shopping Mall in Citrus Heights on Sunrise Boulevard across the street from the big Macy's Plaza. Contact Margaret Bell at megdmb@surewest.net for more info.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 - 3-5 p.m. - Bonnie Dunlap reads plus open mic, at The Lincoln Poets Club, the Willow Room, 12 Bridges Library, 485 12 Bridges Drive, Lincoln. Every Second Sunday. Contact 916-434-9226 or sjclark@psyber.com. Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lincoln Library. "Bonnie Dunlap, a well-known artist in Lincoln, writes poetry about the beauty she sees around her, whether she’s sitting in her back yard on a warm spring day, or enjoying Yosemite, her “favorite place in the whole world.” Bonnie’s poetry has been enjoyed at many Open Mic events, as well as Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contests. She describes herself as 'a work in progress.'"
MONDAY, AUGUST 10 - 7:30 p.m. - Mariono Castro de Ali and Terry A. O'Neal read at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 - 6:30-8:30 p.m. - S.O.S. Slam-or-Stage Open Mic at Empresso Coffeehouse, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, 209-941-0782, EmpressoCoffeehouse@gmail.com. Check out a list of Stockon-area poetry events at rainflowers.org.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15- 7-9 p.m. - Underground Books Poetry Series at 2814 35th Street next to the Guild Theater. $3. Features plus open mic. Your host: Terry Moore. Call 737-3333 for more info. Every third Saturday.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15 - 6-9 p.m. - Music and Poetry Reading at Carol's Books, 1913 Del Paso Blvd. Every third Saturday.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 - 7 p.m. - Ann Menebroker and Joyce Odam read at Time Tested Books, 1114 21st Street. $5 donation requested. timetestedbooks.net
MONDAY, AUGUST 17 - 7:30 p.m. - Molly Fisk, Joshua Neely (with Flatman Crooked) and Lawrence Dinkins, Jr., read at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 - 7 p.m. - Our House Art Gallery Poetry Night. Sign up for open mic by 7 p.m. Located at 1004 White Rock Road, Suite 400, Corner of Latrobe & White Rock Roads, in the Montano El Dorado Shopping Center, El Dorado Hills, 916-933-4278. Free. http://ourhousegallery.com
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 - 9 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://poetryindavis.blogspot.com/ 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20 - 8 p.m. - Release party for WTF. Featured readers plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 - 7 p.m. - THERE WILL BE NO READING at Raven's Tale Bookstore, 352 Main Street, Placerville. 530-622-4540. Contact poetspiper@att.net
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 - 6-9 p.m. - Poetry at the Vox featuring SLiC, Laura Baumann, Shawn Pittard, Traci Gourdine, Bill Carr, Sibilla Hershey and Ann Privateer. 1931 H Street (at 20th). Hosted by Cynthia Linville clinville@csus.edu. Free. http://voxsac.com/
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 - 6-8 p.m. - KUSF Spotlight Presents: The Pomo Literati--Poetry, Prose, Sound, Fury and Experiment. David Houston & Strings. Tom Wilson, Bill Gainer. Rare stuff. Hosted by frank andrick on KUSF 90.3 fm in San Francisco. http://www.kusf.org
MONDAY, AUGUST 24 - 7:30 p.m. - Rebecca Foust and Mari L'Esperance read at the SPC, 25th and R. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 - 6-7 p.m. - Open Mic Poetry Nite at the Upstairs Art Gallery, 420 Main Street, Placerville. Every fourth Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27 - 8 p.m. - Featured readers at Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. Plus open mic. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 - 8:00-10:30 p.m. - TheBlackOut Poetry Series featuring singers, poets, plus open mic, inside the Upper Level VIP Lounge (inside of Fitness Systems Health Club by the Cal State Skating Rink), 26 Massie Ct. (Exit Mack Road East to Stockton Blvd and then make a left on Massie right past Motel 6) 916-681-2555 Every last Friday. $5. Hosted by Terry Moore fromtheheart1@hotmail.com
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 - 7-9 p.m. - Spanish Poetry Reading - you are invited to read poetry in Spanish with or without English translations. All Spanish speakers at any level are invited. International House, 10 College Park Drive, Davis. Contact Maria Maldonado marumh@gmail.com.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 - 7-9 p.m. - The Show at the Wo'se Community Center, 2863 35th Street (off 35th and Broadway across from the parking lot). For vendor or event information please call T. Mo at (916) 208-POET. "The Show" is every last Saturday of the month. $5. This is a family event. "The BEST SHOW IN TOWN with an Open Mic, Top Notch Features, Live Band LSB with house singer Chris J." Sponsored by the FREEDOM EQUITY GROUP. http://mybmsf.com/bmsf/bmsf_peeps/peeps_poetry/wordouts_moore2.asp
MONDAY, AUGUST 31 - 7:30 p.m. - Hot Poetry in the Park with Garland Thompson, Jr., and Robert Lozano, Fremont Park, 15th and P. 916-979-9706. http://fremontpark.net http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
Eskimo's Kick-Ass Poetry Calendar © - MAY 2009
" . . . . Sun's going down this evening --/ Might never rise no mo'./ The sun's going down this very night --/ Might never rise no mo' --/ So dance with swift feet honey,/ (The banjo's sobbing low)/ Dance with swift feet honey --/ Might never dance no mo." --Langston Hughes, "Song for a Banjo Dance"
Eskimo Haiku
Rome:
Men in tight shirts.
Updated April 2009 - Click here for weekly and monthly writing/poetry workshops
FRIDAY, MAY 1 to SUNDAY, MAY 3 - 70th Annual Convention, California Federation of Chaparral Poets, Doubletree Hotel, 1150 North 9th Street, Modesto -
SATURDAY, MAY 2 - 7 p.m. - RNR Music and Poetry - every first Saturday - Butch-N-Nellie's Coffee Company, 1827 I Street.
MONDAY, MAY 4 - 7:30 p.m. - Annual High School Poetry Contest, Free, 25th and R, http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org/
TUESDAY, MAY 5 - 7 p.m. - SickSpits' Open Mic Nite. Griffin Lounge, Memorial Union, UC Davis Campus. Free. Spoken word, rap, music, standup comedy and more. Every first Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 - 8:15 p.m. - Poetry reading by Ariana Reines , 126 Voorhies, UC Davis Campus.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6 - 9 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://www.bistro33.com/bistro33_davis 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
THURSDAY, MAY 7 - 7-9 p.m. - UC Davis Creative Writing graduate students' reading series, 126 Voorhies, UC Davis Campus.
THURSDAY, MAY 7 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, MAY 9 - All day - Oak Park Community Festival and Farmer's Market, McClatchy Park, 5th Avenue and 35th. 5-8 p.m. - Second Saturday in the Hood - Broadway and 35th.
SATURDAY, MAY 9 - 2 p.m. - Open Mic at Barnes and Noble, in the Birdcage Shopping Mall in Citrus Heights on Sunrise Boulevard across the street from the big Macy's Plaza. Contact Margaret Bell at megdmb@surewest.net for more info.
SATURDAY, MAY 9 - 6-9 p.m. - Capitol Public Radio presents a reception for poet Jennifer Pickering's art exhibition: The Language of Flowers in Watercolor. Live music, refreshments, hors d'oeuvres, 7055 Folsom Blvd. (on the south side of the California State University campus, 916-278-8900, Show runs April 10 - June 26, M-F, 8-5, http://www.capradio.org
MONDAY, MAY 11 - 7:30 p.m. - Farrah Field and Brad Buchanan perform, "A Brief History of British Poetry from John Milton to Dylan Thomas," at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
TUESDAY, MAY 12 - 6:30 p.m. - Open Mic at Empresso Coffeehouse, 1825 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, 209-941-0782, EmpressoCoffeehouse@gmail.com.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 - 7:30 p.m. - Rita Dove reads at the Crest Theater.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 - 7:30 p.m. - Rattlesnake Press presents a new chapbook from Tom Goff, a rattlesnake littlebook from Iven Lourie and Volume 5 of Interviews by B. L. Kennedy. Free. At the Book Collector, 1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets, 916-442-9295, richard@poems-for-all.com, http://www.sacfreepress.com/poems/
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, MAY 14 - 7 p.m. - Todd Walton and Marcia Sloan read at Time Tested Books, 1114 21st Street. $5 donation requested. timetestedbooks.net
THURSDAY, MAY 14 - 7-9:30 p.m. - Expression Redefined: A Nite of the Arts at the Griffin Lounge, Memorial Union, Davis Campus. "This event celebrates the creativity of writers, poets, visual artists, musicians, comedians, actors, film makers, and all other artists. The aim is to provide a night during which people of different interests can come together and share their minds and voices with one another, with the hope that these interactions will continue outside of the event. Come and support your friends, meet some awesome people, witness incredible talent and hard work, and have fun. It will be amazing." Contact namelessquarterly@gmail.com.
THURSDAY, MAY 14 - 8 p.m. - Featured readers plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, MAY 15 - 7:30 p.m. - Danyen Powell and Dr. Andy Jones feature plus open mic at the Library of the UU Church at 27074 Patwin Road in Davis. http://www.uusofdavis.org/ Free. allegras@dcn.org.
FRIDAY, MAY 15 - 8-10:30 p.m. - TheBlackOut Poetry Series featuring singers, poets, plus open mic, inside the Upper Level VIP Lounge (inside of Fitness Systems Health Club by the Cal State Skating Rink), 26 Massie Ct. May features are The Jaaziest One and Bene' Bailey.
SATURDAY, MAY 16 - Multicultural Children's Literary Arts Festival in Fremont Park, 15th & P Streets, Midtown Sacramento. Spoken word, music, art, dance, children's activities, & more! Free. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 16- 7-9 p.m. - Underground Books Poetry Series at 2814 35th Street next to the Guild Theater. $3. Features plus open mic. Your host: Terry Moore. Call 737-3333 for more info. Every third Saturday.
SATURDAY, MAY 16 - 6-9 p.m. - Music and Poetry Reading at Carol's Books, 1913 Del Paso Blvd. Every third Saturday.
SUNDAY, MAY 17 - 3-5 p.m. - Featured readers plus open mic, The Lincoln Poets Club, the Willow Room, 12 Bridges Library, 485 12 Bridges Drive, Lincoln. Every Second Sunday. Contact 916-434-9226 or sjclark@psyber.com. Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lincoln Library.
MONDAY, MAY 18 - 7:30 p.m. - Joseph Pratt reads at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
TUESDAY, MAY 19 - 7 p.m. - Reading by Hannah Stein, poet (Earthlight; Schools of Flying Fish; and Greatest Hits of Hannah Stein, 1981-2004). Wyatt Deck, adjacent to the redwood grove, UC Davis Campus.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 - 7 p.m. - Our House Art Gallery Poetry Night. Sign up for open mic by 7 p.m. Located at 1004 White Rock Road, Suite 400, Corner of Latrobe & White Rock Roads, in the Montano El Dorado Shopping Center, El Dorado Hills, 916-933-4278. Free. http://ourhousegallery.com
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 - 9 p.m. - James Ragan reads plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://www.bistro33.com/bistro33_davis 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
THURSDAY, MAY 21 - 8 p.m. - Publication party for WTF at Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
MONDAY, MAY 25 - 7:30 p.m. - Joshua Clover and Jasper Bernes read at the SPC, 25th and R. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 - 6-7 p.m. - Open Mic Poetry Nite at the Upstairs Art Gallery, 420 Main Street, Placerville. Every fourth Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, MAY 28 - Noon - 1 p.m. - UC Davis Professor Clarence Major reads at the Poetry in the Arboretum series, Wyatt Deck, UC Davis Arboretum. 916-524-9338
THURSDAY, MAY 28 -8 p.m. - Featured readers at Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. Plus open mic. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, MAY 30 - 7-9 p.m. - The Show featuring Supanova, Jane Guireman, and Lawrence Dinkins at The Show at the Wo'se Community Center, 2863 35th Street (off 35th and Broadway across from the parking lot). For vendor or event information please call T. Mo at (916) 208-POET. "The Show" is every last Saturday of the month. $5. This is a family event. "The BEST SHOW IN TOWN with an Open Mic, Top Notch Features, Live Band LSB with house singer Chris J." Sponsored by the FREEDOM EQUITY GROUP. http://mybmsf.com/bmsf/bmsf_peeps/peeps_poetry/wordouts_moore2.asp
Eskimo's Kick-Ass Poetry Calendar © - APRIL 2009
" . . . . 'Did you say pasta or basta?'. . . ." --Clarence Major, Surfaces and Masks, a book-length poem about Venice
Eskimo Haiku
Guest Haiku © Alan Britt
SUNLIGHT
Afternoon sunlight's
wobbly calf legs
flicker between lattice.
Pausing briefly
to chew the cuds
of dirty clouds.
Updated April 2009 - Click here for weekly and monthly writing/poetry workshops
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 - 9 p.m. - Drew Dellinger reads (http://www.drewdellinger.org) plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://www.bistro33.com/bistro33_davis 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
THURSDAY, APRIL 2 - 7-9 p.m. - UC Davis Creative Writing graduate students' reading series, 126 Voorhies, UC Davis Campus.
THURSDAY, APRIL 2 - 7:30 p.m. - Chana Bloch will read her poetry as well as that of Dahlia Ravikovitch, the late great Israeli poet, in the Fellowship Hall of the United Methodist Church, 1620 Anderson Road in Davis. The reading is sponsored by Israel Peace Alternatives, the Church and Society Committee of the Davis United Methodist Church and the Celebration of Abraham. For more info contact allegras@dcn.org
THURSDAY, APRIL 2 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, APRIL 3 & 4 - Sacramento Poetry Center Annual Writer's Conference will feature readings and workshops by Libby Kovacs (wife of Pulitzer Prize winner James Wright, mother of Pulitzer Prize winner Franz Wright) William O' Daly, Camille Norton, Camille Dungy and Matthew Zapruder.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4 - 7 p.m. - RNR Music and Poetry - every first Saturday - Butch-N-Nellie's Coffee Company, 1827 I Street.
MONDAY, APRIL 6 - 6:30 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. reading - SPC Press Book Release of the California Poets Laureate anthology and readings by Julia Connor, Dennis Schnitz, José Montoya, Terry Ehret, Kevin Patrick Sullivan, Sam Pierstorff and Carolyn Wing Greenlee. Free. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org/
TUESDAY, APRIL 7 - 8 p.m. - Poetry reading by Jane Mead , 126 Voorhies, UC Davis Campus.
TUESDAY, APRIL 7 - 7 p.m. - SickSpits' Open Mic Nite. Griffin Lounge, Memorial Union, UC Davis Campus. Free. Spoken word, rap, music, standup comedy and more. Every first Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 - 7:30 p.m. - Rattlesnake Press presents a new chapbook from Laverne Frith, a littlesnake broadside from Taylor Graham and Musings3: An English Affai from Katy Brown plus anniversary party/buffet. Free. At the Book Collector, 1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets, 916-442-9295, richard@poems-for-all.com, http://www.sacfreepress.com/poems/
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9 - 8 p.m. - Poetry reading by Francisco Reinking and Mischa Erickson, 126 Voorhies, UC Davis Campus.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9 - 7 p.m. - Mary Roach reads at the Nevada County Center for the Arts, 314 West Main Street, Grass Valley, 530-274-8384.
THURSDAY, APRIL 9 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, APRIL 10 (?) - 7:30-9 p.m. - TBA reads at La Raza Galeria Posada (1022-1024 22nd Street, between J and K streets). Call 916-446-5133 for info. Admission is $5 ($3 for students and seniors). Presented by Los Escritores del Nuevo Sol. Plus open mic. joannpen@comcast.net
SUNDAY, APRIL 12 - 3-5 p.m. - Featured readersplus open mic, The Lincoln Poets Club, the Willow Room, 12 Bridges Library, 485 12 Bridges Drive, Lincoln. Every Second Sunday. Contact 916-434-9226 or sjclark@psyber.com. Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lincoln Library.
TUESDAY, APRIL 13 - 7:30 p.m. - Dennis Hock reads at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
TUESDAY, APRIL 14 - 7:30 p.m. - Pam Houston and her UCD students read at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
TUESDAY, APRIL 14 - 7 p.m. - Our House Art Gallery Poetry Night. Sign up for open mic by 7 p.m. Located at 1004 White Rock Road, Suite 400, Corner of Latrobe & White Rock Roads, in the Montano El Dorado Shopping Center, El Dorado Hills, 916-933-4278. Free. http://ourhousegallery.com
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 - 9 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://www.bistro33.com/bistro33_davis 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
THURSDAY, APRIL 16 - 8 p.m. - An evening of poetry and photographsy by Joe Wenderoth, 126 Voorhies, UC Davis Campus.
THURSDAY, APRIL 16 - 8 p.m. - Features plus open mic at Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, APRIL 17 - 7:30 p.m. - Hannah Stein features plus open mic at the Library of the UU Church at 27074 Patwin Road in Davis. http://www.uusofdavis.org/ Free. allegras@dcn.org.
SATURDAY, APRIL 18 - 7-8:30 p.m. - Poetry at the Vox in the Old Union Hall, 4th and F Streets, West Sacramento. Free. Readings by Rachel Leibrock, Joe Atkins, Lytton Bell, Genelle Chaconas, James Benton, Jen Jenkins, Matt Veazey, and Crystal Anderson. Hosted by Cynthia Linville clinville@csus.edu. Benefit for the Sacramento Homeless. http://voxsac.com/
SATURDAY, APRIL 18 - 7-9 p.m. - Underground Books Poetry Series at 2814 35th Street next to the Guild Theater. $3. Features plus open mic. Your host: Terry Moore. Call 737-3333 for more info. Every third Saturday.
SATURDAY, APRIL 18 - 6-9 p.m. - Music and Poetry Reading at Carol's Books, 1913 Del Paso Blvd. Every third Saturday.
SUNDAY, APRIL 19 - 7 p.m. - Traci Gourdine and Quinton Duval read at Time Tested Books, 1114 21st Street. $5 donation requested. timetestedbooks.net
MONDAY, APRIL 20 - 7:30 p.m. - Mary Zeppa and Friends read at the SPC, 25th and R. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
TUESDAY, APRIL 21 - 1-2:30 p.m. - Earth Week "Literature of the Wild" Open Reading. The public is invited to read poetry, prose, creative fiction or non-fiction of their own or a favorite wilderness writer. At the El Dorado Center, Folsom Lake College, 6699 Campus Drive, Placerville, CA (Planet Earth) Community Room. Call 530-642-5644 or 916-608-6611 or email Kathy at lelandk@flc.losrios.edu.
TUESDAY, APRIL 21 - 7 p.m. - Danny Romero and Tim Kahl read at the Woodland Public Library, 250 First Street, Woodland. Contact Tim Kahl at tnklbnny@frontiernet.net for more info.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 - 6-7 p.m. - Open Mic Poetry Nite at the Upstairs Art Gallery, 420 Main Street, Placerville. Every fourth Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, APRIL 23 - Chris Olander and James Lee Jobe read at Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. Plus open mic. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, APRIL 24 - 7-9 p.m. - Open Mic at Barnes and Noble, in the Birdcage Shopping Mall in Citrus Heights on Sunrise Boulevard across the street from the big Macy's Plaza. Contact Margaret Bell at megdmb@surewest.net for more info.
SATURDAY, APRIL 25 - 7-9 p.m. - Features for April: One of Sacramento's hottest poets Mr. Ike Torres features. Plus, poet Eldridge Batiste and the Jimmy James Acoustic Guitar Experience. Open mic too!!!! The Show at the Wo'se Community Center, 2863 35th Street (off 35th and Broadway across from the parking lot). For vendor or event information please call T. Mo at (916) 208-POET. "The Show" is every last Saturday of the month. $5. This is a family event. "The BEST SHOW IN TOWN with an Open Mic, Top Notch Features, Live Band LSB with house singer Chris J." Sponsored by the FREEDOM EQUITY GROUP. http://mybmsf.com/bmsf/bmsf_peeps/peeps_poetry/wordouts_moore2.asp
SATURDAY, APRIL 25 - 7:30 p.m. Literature Alive! presents Listening to the Wild: An evening of prose, poetry, and music by local and regional artists: Beesharq, singer-songwriter; Tim Bellows, poetry; Jennifer Dewey, prose; Freedom and the Tall Cans, bluegrass; Carol Meals, harpist; Hank Meals, prose; Crawdad Nelson, poetry; and Craig Steiger, poetry, at the Nevada County Center for the Arts, 314 West Main Street, Grass Valley, 530-274-8384. $12 general, $10 students & seniors.
SUNDAY, APRIL 26 - 2 p.m. pre-concert forum, 3 p.m. performance - Far Out Friends with Galax Quartet, Gary Snyder and Karen Clark at the Nevada County Center for the Arts, 314 West Main Street, Grass Valley, 530-274-8384. $40 reserved seating. Reception following the show.
SUNDAY, APRIL 26 - Noon - 5 p.m. - THEPRIMESPOT.COM Presents A LIVE WEBCAST, "STRANGERS WITH POETRY," Live from The Clamshell. A live webcast of some of SoCal’s strongest poets, performing in an intimate (secret) venue. Hosted by G. Murray Thomas and Eric Morago, this will be an entertaining and enlightening session of spoken word. The featured performers will include: R.D. “Raindog” Armstrong, founder and publisher of Lummox Press. His latest book is Fire and Rain. James Bolt SoCal performance poet extraordinaire. Mona Jean Cedar combines poetry, dance and ASL until a unique performance style. Commoners & Kings (Jason O'Neal, Anthony Sims, and Dragonfly Jon): "We're all common men striving to be kings, but when we get to be kings don't forget to be common men." Scott Huestis, from Gizmo and Building 7,will be accompanying some of the poets on guitar. A rare SoCal appearance by Lob, head of the Instagon Foundation. Poet, musician, artist, all-around creative master. Eric Morago: A poet who blends page and performance, passion and humor, featured all around Southern California. Mindy Nettifee, Long Beach’s poetry queen, author of Sleepyhead Assassins. Gill S.O.T.U "He be to soul what key be to lock." Rob “Ratpack Slim” Sturma, long-time host of Green and author of You Sensitive Bastard. G. Murray Thomas, performance poet, former editor of Next..., author of Cows on the Freeway. And many more to be announced. Watch your favorite poet on live internet TV! To watch this rare event, tune into ThePrimespot.com between noon and 5 pm. ThePrimeSpot.com is a website about Long Beach.
MONDAY, APRIL 27 - 12 p.m. - Poet and critic John Yau gives a poetry reading, 126 Voorhies, UC Davis Campus. He gives a lecture at 7 p.m. in the Art Annex (TCS).
MONDAY, APRIL 27 - 7:30 p.m. - Lucy Corin and Danny Romero read at the SPC, 25th and R. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, APRIL 30 - 8 p.m. - Joe Wenderoth reads poetry and shows photos (again?), 126 Voorhies, UC Davis Campus.
THURSDAY, APRIL 30 - 4-7 p.m. - Come for a POETRY QUENCH! The community is invited to share this new idea to mark the last day of Poetry Month, Thursday, April 30. WHAT: Stop on your way home - or on your way into town for the First Ever POETRY QUENCH. All passersby are invited to have a small cup of water and accept a free poem two necessary elements of life. WHERE: In front of La Raza Galeria Posada, 1024 22nd Street in midtown Sacramento. Poets and poetry lovers will be there to help QUENCH the public thirst for these necessities. WHO: Initiated by Writers of the New Sun / Escritores del Nuevo Sol, we have invited members of the Sacramento Poetry Center, the Book Collector, ZICA writers, and other local poetry writers and teachers. Interest has grown quickly. The general public is welcome. We strongly encourage those who wish to also one at a time, one poem at a time recite. Any reader can present his/her own poem, or one by anyone else just so credit is given. A podium, but no microphone friendly and informal. IDEA SOURCE: One of our writing group founders, Graciela Ramirez, had the idea of reciting poetry on the street for Poetry Month, starting April 1. More talk led to the idea of a POETRY QUENCH, which should be manageable. What then? People could stop on their way home for their POETRY QUENCH, stay for the LRGP movie presentation, ‘City of Men,’ or visit Luna’s Café for their weekly poetry readings which start at 8 PM. Phone Contact: 916-456-5323; Or E: joannpen@comcast.net
THURSDAY, APRIL 30 - 7:30-11 p.m. - SICKSPITS & THE HOTTEST POETRY SPEAK-OFF EVER! Poetry Slam between UCD, UC Berkeley, Stanford, and UC Santa Cruz. Email sickspits@ucdavis.edu
THURSDAY, APRIL 30 - Features TBA at Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. Plus open mic. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, MAY 16 - Multicultural Children's Literary Arts Festival in Fremont Park, 15th & P Streets, Midtown Sacramento. Spoken word, music, art, children's activities, & more! Free. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
THURSDAY, MAY 28 - UC Davis Professor Clarence Major reads at the Poetry in the Arboretum series, 12-1 p.m., Wyatt Deck, UC Davis Arboretum.
Eskimo's Kick-Ass Poetry Calendar © - MARCH 2009
" . . . . Armies cross your heart in moonlight./ Naked, they can barely stand/ the discipline./ Strands of your hair command attention;/ each gets what it wants,/ shimmering, at ease/ around the gravity of your face. . . . I tell you: the sage has said: and those who conquer/ conquer because they yield. . . ." --Bill Vartnaw, Suburbs of My Childhood
Eskimo Haiku
Guest Haiku © Alan Britt
WHITE SPRUCE
Snow crows
squawk and squawk
atop a snowy spruce.
Automobiles bruise
the dirty white hips
of February.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 3 - 7:30 p.m. - Brian Turner reads at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
TUESDAY, MARCH 3 - 7 p.m. - SickSpits' Open Mic Nite. Griffin Lounge, Memorial Union, UC Davis Campus. Free. Spoken word, rap, music, standup comedy and more. Every first Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 - 9 p.m. - Alice Anderson reads plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://www.bistro33.com/bistro33_davis 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
THURSDAY, MARCH 5 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, MARCH 7 - 7 p.m. - RNR Music and Poetry - every first Saturday - Butch-N-Nellie's Coffee Company, 1827 I Street.
SUNDAY, MARCH 8 - 3-5 p.m. - Jeanie Robertson reads plus open mic, The Lincoln Poets Club, the Willow Room, 12 Bridges Library, 485 12 Bridges Drive, Lincoln. Every Second Sunday. Contact 916-434-9226 or sjclark@psyber.com. Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lincoln Library.
MONDAY, MARCH 9 - 7:30 p.m. - Dobby Gibson and Matt Hart read at the SPC, 25th and R. Plus open mic. Free. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 - 7:30 p.m. - Rattlesnake Press presents a new chapbook from Norma Kohout, a littlesnake broadside from Patricia Hickerson and a brand new Rattlesnake Review. At the Book Collector, 1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets, 916-442-9295, richard@poems-for-all.com, http://www.sacfreepress.com/poems/
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, MARCH 12 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, MARCH 13 - 7:30-9 p.m. - TBA reads at La Raza Galeria Posada (1022-1024 22nd Street, between J and K streets). Call 916-446-5133 for info. Admission is $5 ($3 for students and seniors). Presented by Los Escritores del Nuevo Sol. Plus open mic. joannpen@comcast.net
FRIDAY, MARCH 13 - 7-9 p.m. - The Second Friday Poetry Reading will NOT BE HELD in March and will be at a new location in April. Free. Hosted by Cynthia Linville.
SUNDAY, MARCH 15 - 7 p.m. - Douglas Blazek reads at Time Tested Books, 1114 21st Street. $5 donation requested. timetestedbooks.net
MONDAY, MARCH 16 - 7:30 p.m. - The McKinley Park Poets read at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
TUESDAY, MARCH 17 - 7 p.m. - Our House Art Gallery Poetry Night. Sign up for open mic by 7 p.m. Located at 1004 White Rock Road, Suite 400, Corner of Latrobe & White Rock Roads, in the Montano El Dorado Shopping Center, El Dorado Hills, 916-933-4278. Free. http://ourhousegallery.com
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 - 9 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://www.bistro33.com/bistro33_davis 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
THURSDAY, MARCH 19 - 8 p.m. - Features plus open mic at Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, MARCH 20 - 7:30 p.m. - Julia Levine and Gillian Wegener feature plus open mic at the Library of the UU Church at 27074 Patwin Road in Davis. http://www.uusofdavis.org/ Free. allegras@dcn.org.
FRIDAY, MARCH 20 - 7 p.m. - Celtic Women Poets read plus open mic at Raven's Tale Bookstore, 352 Main Street, Placerville. Every Third Friday. 530-622-4540. Free. Contact poetspiper@att.net
SATURDAY, MARCH 21 - 7-9 p.m. - Underground Books Poetry Series at 2814 35th Street next to the Guild Theater. $3. Features plus open mic. Your host: Terry Moore. Call 737-3333 for more info. Every third Saturday.
SATURDAY, MARCH 21 - 6-9 p.m. - Music and Poetry Reading at Carol's Books, 1913 Del Paso Blvd. Every third Saturday.
MONDAY, MARCH 23 - 7:30 p.m. - Troy Jollimore reads at the SPC, 25th and R. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 - 6-7 p.m. - Open Mic Poetry Nite at the Upstairs Art Gallery, 420 Main Street, Placerville. Every fourth Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, MARCH 26 - Features TBA at Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. Plus open mic. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 - 7-9 p.m. - The Show at the Wo'se Community Center, 2863 35th Street (off 35th and Broadway across from the parking lot). For vendor or event information please call T. Mo at (916) 208-POET. "The Show" is every last Saturday of the month. $5. This is a family event. "The BEST SHOW IN TOWN with an Open Mic, Top Notch Features and Live Band LSB." Sponsored by the FREEDOM EQUITY GROUP. http://mybmsf.com/bmsf/bmsf_peeps/peeps_poetry/wordouts_moore2.asp
MONDAY, MARCH 30 - 7:30 p.m. - Sacramento City College !X Ethnic Theatre performs at the SPC, 25th and R. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
FRIDAY, APRIL 3 - SATURDAY, APRIL 4 - Sacramento Poetry Center Annual Writer's Conference will feature readings and workshops by Libby Kovacs (wife of Pulitzer Prize winner James Wright, mother of Pulitzer Prize winner Franz Wright) William O' Daly, Camille Norton, Camille Dungy and Matthew Zapruder.
SATURDAY, MAY 16 - Multicultural Children's Literary Arts Festival in Fremont Park, 15th & P Streets, Midtown Sacramento. Spoken word, music, art, children's activities, & more!
Eskimo's Kick-Ass Poetry Calendar © - FEBRUARY 2009
" . . . . Though I know their stone heads and hands/ would have been broken off early on--/ victors or vandals could have done/ a thing like that--I wish just a few of the gods/ had been left standing." --Paula Closson Buck, Litanies Near Water
Eskimo Haiku
Guest Haiku © Mike Cluff
Olin Dangerfield
Sings "Top of the World"
that Carpenters' felony
I then strangle him.
Updated February 2009 - Click here for weekly and monthly writing/poetry workshops
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2 - 7:30 p.m. - Miles Miniaci, Bo Lopez and Crawdad Nelson read with music by Litany at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 - 7 p.m. - SickSpits' Open Mic Nite. Griffin Lounge, Memorial Union, UC Davis Campus. Free. Spoken word, rap, music, standup comedy and more. Every first Tuesday.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 - 12 noon - Gary Short reads at Sacramento City College in Room A-6 (the Little Theater), 3835 Freeport Blvd., 916-558-2228, http://www.citytheatre.net/index.html
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 - 9 p.m. - Kim Addonizio reads plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://www.bistro33.com/bistro33_davis 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 - 7 p.m. - RNR Music and Poetry - every first Saturday - Butch-N-Nellie's Coffee Company, 1827 I Street.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8 - 3-5 p.m. - David Anderson, Jack Fabian and Jim Nolt plus open mic, The Lincoln Poets Club, the Willow Room, 12 Bridges Library, 485 12 Bridges Drive, Lincoln. Every Second Sunday. Contact 916-434-9226 or sjclark@psyber.com. Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lincoln Library.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9 - 7:30 p.m. - Hannah Stein and Katherine Hastings read at the SPC, 25th and R. Plus open mic. Free. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 - 7:30 p.m. - Rattlesnake Press presents a new chapbook from Julia Connor, a littlesnake broadside from Josh Fernandez and a reprit by D. R. Wagner. At the Book Collector, 1008 24th Street, between J & K Streets, 916-442-9295, richard@poems-for-all.com, http://www.sacfreepress.com/poems/
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 - 7:30-9 p.m. - An Evening of Love Poems featuring Alejandro Murguia, Winner of the American Book Award, and Milta Ortiz, Slam Poet, at La Raza Galeria Posada (1022-1024 22nd Street, between J and K streets). Call 916-446-5133 for info. Admission is $5 ($3 for students and seniors). Presented by Los Escritores del Nuevo Sol. Plus open mic. joannpen@comcast.net
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 - 7-9 p.m. - The Second Friday Poetry Reading Valentines Day Marathon of Love Poems with 20 readers at The Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th Street, Sacramento, Free. Hosted by Cynthia Linville. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 - 10 a.m. - Noon - Valentine’s Day Sonnet Walk in the UC Davis Arboretum - The Arboretum will partner with the Mondavi Center and the UC Davis Department of Theatre & Dance to present a special event featuring Shakespeare’s poetry read by local residents. Theatre & Dance professor Peter Lichtenfels directs the performance, inviting participants to different locations in the Arboretum and Davis where they will hear recitations as they walk from site to site. The daytime event is free of charge. Reservations required. Please contact: 530-754-2787, 866-754-2787 (toll-free). 530-754-5402 (TDD) MondaviArts.org
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 - 2-4 p.m. - Culture Collection poetry series (meets every second Sat.), 6391 Riverside Blvd in Greenhaven (Sacramento). Free. Info: (916) 208-POET.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 - 7-11 p.m. - CANCELED - "Insatiable" Valentines Day event with exotic food, smooth music and erotic poetry plus open mic. $20 advance, $25 at the door. Queen Sheba's restaurant, 1704 Broadway. http://www.chocolatesiztas.com/cs_events
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 - 7 p.m. - Feature William O'Daly, translator of Pablo Neruda, with guitarist Louis V. Johnson at Time Tested Books, 1114 21st Street. $5 donation requested. timetestedbooks.net
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 - 7:30 p.m. - African American Poetry Reading with Mario Ellis Hill and others. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 - 7 p.m. - Our House Art Gallery Poetry Night. Sign up for open mic by 7 p.m. Located at 1004 White Rock Road, Suite 400, Corner of Latrobe & White Rock Roads, in the Montano El Dorado Shopping Center, El Dorado Hills, 916-933-4278. Free. http://ourhousegallery.com
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 - 9 p.m. - Mary Mackey features, plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://www.bistro33.com/bistro33_davis 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 - 7:30 p.m. - Ed Buryn and Brad Buchanan read at the Nevada County Center for the Arts, OffCenter Stage, 314 West Main Street, Grass Valley. 530-432-8196/530-274-8384. $5 general, seniors and students. $1 for those under 18. Refreshments and open mic.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 - 8 p.m. - Features plus open mic at Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 - 7:30 p.m. - Miles Miniaci and Charles Halsted read w/musical accompaniment plus open mic at the Library of the UU Church at 27074 Patwin Road in Davis. http://www.uusofdavis.org/ Free. allegras@dcn.org.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 - 7 p.m. - Features plus open mic at Raven's Tale Bookstore, 352 Main Street, Placerville. Every Third Friday. 530-622-4540. Free. Contact poetspiper@att.net
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 - 7-9 p.m. - Underground Books Poetry Series at 2814 35th Street next to the Guild Theater. $3. Features plus open mic. Your host: Terry Moore. Call 737-3333 for more info. Every third Saturday.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 - 6-9 p.m. - Music and Poetry Reading at Carol's Books, 1913 Del Paso Blvd. Every third Saturday.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23 - 1-2 p.m. - Black History Month poetry reading and book signing by several local poets. Hosted by Emmanuel Sigauke. At the Hawks Nest Bookstore, Cosumnes River College, 8401 Center Parkway, Sacramento,
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23 - 7:30 p.m. - The Lawrence Dinkins Traveling All-Stars at the SPC, 25th and R. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 - 6-7 p.m. - Open Mic Poetry Nite at the Upstairs Art Gallery, 420 Main Street, Placerville. Every fourth Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba's Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26 - Features TBA at Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. Plus open mic. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 - 8 p.m. (doors open at 7) Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir with special guest Jose Montoya, at the Guild Theater, 35th and Broadway. Tickets $30, available at La Raza Galeria Posada, R5 Records (Broadway & 16th), 40 Acres Art Gallery (35th and Broadway) or online at inticketing.com. Presented by La Raza Galeria Posada, swell-productions.com
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 - 7-9 p.m. - The Show at the Wo'se Community Center, 2863 35th Street (off 35th and Broadway across from the parking lot). For vendor or event information please call T. Mo at (916) 208-POET. "The Show" is every last Saturday of the month. $5. This is a family event. "The BEST SHOW IN TOWN with an Open Mic, Top Notch Features and Live Band LSB." Sponsored by the FREEDOM EQUITY GROUP. http://mybmsf.com/bmsf/bmsf_peeps/peeps_poetry/wordouts_moore2.asp
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Eskimo's Kick-Ass Poetry Calendar - JANUARY 2009
" . . . . Come closer./ You will begin to see how deep the woods are,/ how much of night is suggested./ Are you thinking about sleep?/ It is easy to imagine.// The tools you might use to invent the world/ are everywhere, close at hand." -- Terry Ehret, Translations from the Human Language
Eskimo Haiku
Guest Haiku © Mike Cluff
Icicle garden
koi tastes the infernal cold
spring too far away
Updated January 2009 - Click here for weekly and monthly writing/poetry workshops
MONDAY, JANUARY 5 - 7:30 p.m. - James Lee Jobe and Monica Storrs read at the SPC, 25th and R. Free. Refreshments. Open Mic. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 6 - 7 p.m. - SickSpits' Open Mic Nite. Griffin Lounge, Memorial Union, UC Davis Campus. Free. Spoken word, rap, music, standup comedy and more. Every first Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7 - 9 p.m. - Terry Ehret reads plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://www.bistro33.com/bistro33_davis 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8 - 6:30-8:30 p.m. - "Personal Epiphanies: Poetry of the Season" - readings by Ed Buryn & Maxima Kahn. Hosted by Q. Loren Ruh Smith. Followed by an Open Mike on the subject of Personal Epiphanies. Located at the Broad Street Bistro & Gallery, 426 Broad Street, Nevada City. Donations welcome. For more info, contact maxima@infostations.com
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10 - 2-4 p.m. - Culture Collection poetry series (meets every second Sat.), 6391 Riverside Blvd in Greenhaven (Sacramento). Free. Info: (916) 208-POET.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10 - 6-9 p.m. - Join Midtown Monthly for their first art show in their new digs at The Space at 25th and R. http://midtownmonthly.net
SUNDAY, JANUARY 11 - 3-5 p.m. - Richard Stella Reads for The Lincoln Poets Club, plus open mic at the Willow Room, 12 Bridges Library, 485 12 Bridges Drive, Lincoln. Every Second Sunday. Contact 916-434-9226 or sjclark@psyber.com. Free. Sponsored by the Friends of the Lincoln Library.
MONDAY, JANUARY 12 - 7:30 p.m. - Kate Asche reads at the SPC, 25th and R. Plus open mic. Free. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15 - 8 p.m. - Featured reader plus open mic. Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 - 7:30 p.m. - Brad Henderson and Brad Buchanan read at the Library of the UU Church at 27074 Patwin Road in Davis. allegras@dcn.org.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 - 7 p.m. - Cleo Fellers Kocol and Phil Weidman read plus open mic at Raven's Tale Bookstore, 352 Main Street, Placerville. Every Third Friday. 530-622-4540. Free. Contact poetspiper@att.net
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 - 7 p.m. Reading? at La Raza Galeria Posada (1024 - 22nd Street, between K and J streets). Call 916-456-5323 for info. Admission is $5 ($3 for students and seniors). Presented by Los Escritores del Nuevo Sol. Plus open mic. joannpen@comcast.net
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 - 4 p.m. - Celebration of Scottish poet and songwriter, Robert Burns. Includes dinner and live music. $50. Miners Foundry, 325 Spring Street, Nevada City. 530-478-5616 or 265-5040 http://www.minersfoundry.org
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 - 7-9 p.m. - Underground Books Poetry Series at 2814 35th Street next to the Guild Theater. $3. Features plus open mic. Your host: Terry Moore. Call 737-3333 for more info. Every third Saturday.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 - 6-9 p.m. - Music and Poetry Reading at Carol's Books, 1913 Del Paso Blvd. Every third Saturday.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 - 6:30 p.m. - Linda Niel, Kirk Lumpkin and Susan Kelly-DeWitt read nature poems at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, 1230 J Street, as part of the California Native Plant Society Conservation Conference. Free. http://www.cnps.org
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18 - 6-8 p.m. - The Pomo Literati featuring Bill Gainer, Todd Cirillo, Farinaz Agharabi, and Jim "the germ" Smith, plus beaucoup recorded works. On KUSF, 90.3 fm in San Francisco. www.kusf.org, hosted by frank andrick.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18 - 7 p.m. - New Poetry Series at Time Tested Books. Patrick Grizzell and B. L. Kennedy feature. At 1114 21st Street, Sacramento. $5 donation requested. timetestedbooks.net
MONDAY, JANUARY 19 - 7:30 p.m. - Holiday - No reading at SPC. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20 - 6-8:30 p.m. - Our House Art Gallery Poetry Night. Sign up for open mic by 6 p.m. Located at 1004 White Rock Road, Suite 400, Corner of Latrobe & White Rock Roads, in the Montano El Dorado Shopping Center, El Dorado Hills, 916-933-4278. Free. http://ourhousegallery.com
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21 - 9 p.m. - Joshua Clover features, plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://www.bistro33.com/bistro33_davis 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 - 8 p.m. - Josh Fernandez, Todd Cirillo, and Raindog read plus open mic at Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 - 8 p.m. - Poetry by Jack Hirschman, Sharon Doubiago, John Bennett and Jane Crown. $10. You and yours host B.L.K. Luna's Cafe 1414 16th St.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 25 - 6 p.m. - Poems-For-All presents- - -BURNS 250---A Burns Night Poetry Reading Featuring KEVIN JONES- - -Presenting 'HAGGIS: A REBUTTAL' by Rachel & Richard Hansen- - -at The Book Collector, 1008 24th Street, Sacramento, Between J & K Streets, 916.442.9295. Free, Burns/Scottish open mic.
MONDAY, JANUARY 26 - 7:30 p.m. - Reading for Flatman Crooked literary periodical with Joe Wenderoth and Chris "Whitey" Erickson at the SPC, 25th and R. 916-979-9706. http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28 - 6-7 p.m. - Open Mic Poetry Nite at the Upstairs Art Gallery, 420 Main Street, Placerville. Every fourth Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28 - 8-11 p.m. - Mahogany Urban Poetry Series at Queen Sheba Restaurant, 1704 Broadway (17th and Broadway). DJ Rock Bottom spins at 8 and open mic poetry at 9. $5 Cover, All ages.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28 - 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. - Presented at the Mondavi by the UCD Dept. of Education: Chicano Poet & Educator Francisco X. Alarcón. TWO APPEARANCES - Words Take Wing; Honoring Diversity in Children’s Literature - Matinee: for children and teachers, and including illustrator Maya Gonzalez at the Mondavi Center Jackson Hall, 10:30 AM and Evening Lecture & Conversation with the Author at the Mondavi Center Studio Theatre, 7 PM. For more information contact: Dr. Joanne Galli-Banducci, Lecturer and Supervisor; University of California, Davis, School of Education, jagallibanducci@ucdavis.edu, (530) 752-4877; (530) 752-5411 (fax), Tickets: $11 General; $7 Student/Child, Purchase tickets at Box Office, online at www.mondaviarts.org, or call 866-754-ARTS.For more about Francisco Alarcón: /spanish.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/Alarcon ALSO: TV Appearances on Spanish-Language TV: Este viernes 9 de enero me van a entrevistar en dos programas de televisión en español en Sacramento. En el Canal 19 de UNIVISIÓN 9 a las 6 am y en el Canal 64 de TELEFUTURA a las 7 am. Es muy temprano pero quizás estén levantados a esas horas y le interese vesr esta entrevistas. Van a ser sobre mi labor como poeta y sobre el programa del 28 de enero que tendré en el Mondavi Center de UC Davis.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29 - Features TBA at Poetry Unplugged at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. Free. Plus open mic. http://www.lunascafe.com, 916-441-3931.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 - 7-9 p.m. - The Show at the Wo'se Community Center, 2863 35th Street (off 35th and Broadway across from the parking lot). For vendor or event information please call T. Mo at (916) 208-POET. "The Show" is every last Saturday of the month. $5. This is a family event. "The BEST SHOW IN TOWN with an Open Mic, Top Notch Features and Live Band LSB." Sponsored by the FREEDOM EQUITY GROUP. http://mybmsf.com/bmsf/bmsf_peeps/peeps_poetry/wordouts_moore2.asp
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3 - 7 p.m. - SickSpits' Open Mic Nite. Griffin Lounge, Memorial Union, UC Davis Campus. Free. Spoken word, rap, music, standup comedy and more.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 - 9 p.m. - Kim Addonizio reads plus open mic (10:00 p.m.) at The Bistro, 3rd and F Streets in Davis, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Free. Hosted by Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. http://www.bistro33.com/bistro33_davis 530-756-4556 or aojones@ucdavis.edu
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 - 7 p.m. - RNR Music and Poetry - every first Saturday - Butch-N-Nellie's Coffee Company, 1827 I Street.