the Poetry Center
presents
SPRING 2010 CALENDAR
Friday January 29
Dennis Tedlock
@ Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell Street
2000 Years of Mayan Literature
art exhibition and book party/reading
co-sponsored with Meridian Arts Center
Thursday February 4
a reading with Stephen Motika and Bill Mohr
• 3:30 pm @ the Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU, free
Saturday February 6
a tribute to Leland Hickman
(1934-91) poet, actor, and editor of Temblor
to celebrate Tiresias: The Collected Poems of Leland Hickman
featuring
Todd Baron • Norma Cole • Beverly Dahlen • Kathleen Fraser
Robert Glück • Larry Kearney • Kevin Killian • Bill Mohr
Laura Moriarty • Stephen Motika • Brian Teare
• 7:30 pm @ the Unitarian Center, $5-10
1187 Franklin (at Geary), San Francisco
Thursday February 18
a reading with Akilah Oliver and Jane Sprague
• 3:30 pm @ the Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU, free
Wednesday–Thursday March 3 & 4
The Poetics of Healing
a series of programs featuring special guest
philosopher and author Alphonso Lingis
curated by Eleni Stecopoulos
• Wednesday March 3, 7:30 pm, “Dominion of Shadows”
@ Subterranean Arthouse, 2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, $5-10
• Thursday March 4, 3:30 pm, a public conversation with
Alphonso Lingis and Eleni Stecopoulos
@ the Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU, free
Thursday March 11
two readings with Jonathan Skinner and Juliana Spahr
• 3:30 pm @ the Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU, free
• 7:30 pm @ the Green Arcade, 1680 Market (at Gough), San Francisco, free
Friday March 12
Immortal Cupboard: in Search of Lorine Niedecker
a screening and discussion
with director Cathy Cook
and poet Jonathan Skinner
@ Artists Television Access, 992 Valencia Street
co-sponsored with Kino21 and Small Press Traffic
Thursday March 18
a reading with Brandon Downing and Macgregor Card
• 3:30 pm @ the Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU, free
Thursday April 8
a reading and conversation with Ammiel Alcalay
@ The Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU, free
Saturday April 10
a reading with Ammiel Alcalay and Diane di Prima
• 7:30 pm @ Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell Street, San Francisco, $5-10
Thursday April 22
INDIVISIBLE
editors Neela Banerjee, Summi Kaipa, and Pireeni Sundaralingam
and featuring Tanuja Mehrotra and Minal Hajratwala
contributors to the first ever anthology of South Asian American poetry
• 3:30 pm @ the Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU, free
• 7:30 pm @ the Green Arcade, 1680 Market (at Gough), San Francisco, free
Thursday April 29–Saturday May 1
The Poetics of Healing
a series of programs with special guests
Petra Kuppers, Neil Marcus, Sadie Wilcox • Olimpias Artist Residency
curated by Eleni Stecopoulos
• Thursday April 29, Petra Kuppers and Neil Marcus: CRIPPLE POETICS
3:30 pm @ the Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU, free
• Friday April 30, artist talks with Petra Kuppers and Sadie Wilcox
7:30 pm @ Subterranean Arthouse, 2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, $5-10
• Saturday May 1, BURNING workshop and performance
@ Subterranean Arthouse, 2179 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
workshop 2:00–5:00 pm, $30
performance 7:00 pm, $10
(no one turned away for lack of funds)
Thursday May 6
a reading and conversation with Richard O. Moore
• 3:30 pm @ the Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU, free
Thursday May 6
PRISON/CULTURE book launch and celebration
featuring contributors Jack Hirschman, Ericka Huggins, and Rigo 23
• 7:00 pm @ City Lights Bookstore
261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, free
co-sponsored with Intersection for the Arts, SFSU Gallery,
and City Lights Books
Saturday May 8
Richard O. Moore
reading and *rare* screening of two historic films featuring Robert Duncan
produced by Richard O. Moore for KQED, 1965 and 1973
• 7:30 pm @ the Unitarian Center, 1187 Franklin (at Geary), San Francisco, $5-10
Wednesday May 12
a reading by Charles Bernstein and Norman Fischer
• 7:30 pm @ the Unitarian Center
1187 Franklin @ Geary, San Francisco, $5-10
All programs free to SFSU students and Poetry Center Members
No one turned away for lack of funds
SPRING 2010 CALENDAR
********** FIGHT THE BUDGET CUTS **********
Thanks to the Governor and State Legislature
Nine Unpaid "Work Furlough Days" for FALL 2009
September 4, 8; October 23, 26;
plus five employee elective dates, and
Nine More Unpaid "Work Furlough Days" for SPRING 2010
headed oour way
Information HERE
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The Poetry Center since 1954 has hosted what is likely the longest continuously running poetry reading series in the United States. The Poetry Center presents dozens of public programs throughout the year, on the SFSU campus and at other sites in San Francisco and vicinity. Our American Poetry Archives houses original audio and video recordings dating from 1954 to the present, available for public access.
Programs supported by San Francisco State University, the Creative Work Fund, Grants for the Arts/Hotel Tax Fund (City of San Francisco), National Endowment for the Arts, and Friends of the Poetry Center.
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supports our programs.
Checks should be mailed to:
The Poetry Center, SFSU
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco CA 94132
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