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Please support our local venues in whatever way you can. some of them have donation links at this time, while others may have online events you'd enjoy.
The Beat Goes On!

Adobe Books
3130 24th Street
San Francisco
415 864-3936
Open In-Store Shopping
daily Noon to 7pm
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Alley Cat Bookstore and Gallery
3036 24th Street
San Francisco
415-824-1761
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Bazaar Cafe
5927 California St,
San Francisco
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The Beat Museum
540 Broadway @ Columbus Ave, S.F.
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Bird & Beckett Books & Records
653 Chenery St.
bet. Diamond and Castro,S.F.
(415 )586-3733
open for curbside and in-store Tues.to Sun. 11am to 7pm
+online music events more.
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The Booksmith
1644 Haight St.
San Francisco
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THE BINDERY
1727 Haight Street
San Francisco
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Book Club of California
312 Sutter Street
San Francisco
(415) 781-7532
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Book Passage
1 Ferry Building
San Francisco
(415) 835-1020
San Francisco Events
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The Brava Theater
Women in the Arts
2781 24th Street
San Francisco
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Browser Bookstore
2195 Fillmore St,
San Francisco
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California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco
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Clarion Music Center
2 Waverly Place
San Francisco
415-391-1317
Clara Hsu ~ Poetic Journey
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City Arts & Lectures
upcoming events
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CITY LIGHTS BOOKSELLERS
261 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco
(415) 362-8193=
Now Open Every Day, from12–8pm
everyone must wear a face mask covering both nose and mouth
at all times while in the bookstore.social-distancing measures in place,including a new Entrance for one-way traffic.
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Folio Books
3957 24th Street
San Francisco
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Galería de la Raza
2857 24th Street
San Francisco
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Green Apple Books
506 Clement St.
San Francisco
June 2020 Event calendar
for both Green Apple locations
 In-Store every day 10am to 9pm
Browse Books
Green Apple Books/ 9th Ave
1231 9th Ave - San Francisco
open every day 10am to 8pm
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The Green Arcade
1680 Market Street @Gough
San Francisco
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Goethe-Institut San Francisco
530 Bush Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco
Events
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Jewish Community Library
1835 Ellis Street
San Francisco
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La Promenade Cafe
3643 Balboa St.@38th Ave
San Francisco
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Mechanics' Institute Library
57 Post St.
San Francisco
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Mission Cultural Center
for Latino Arts
MCCLA
2868 Mission Street
San Francisco (map)
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Museum of the African Diaspora
685 Mission St (at 3rd)
San Francisco ~ Get directions
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The Sydney Goldstein Theater(formerly Nourse) 275 Hayes St,
San Francisco
(415) 392-4400
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The Poetry Center (SFSU)
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Red Poppy Arthouse
2698 Folsom St
San Francisco
(415) 826.2402
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Sacred Grounds Cafe
2095 Hayes @ Cole
San Francisco
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San Francisco Center for the Book
375 Rhode Island Street
San Francisco
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San Francisco Public Library 
100 Larkin St
San Francisco
(415) 557-4400
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SF Live Arts at Cyprian’s
2097 Turk Street @ Lyon
San Francisco map
(415) 454.5238
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Conservatory of Flowers
100 John F. Kennedy Drive
Golden Gate Park
map - directions - parking
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San Francisco Botanical Garden
Golden Gate Park, near corner
of 9th Avenue & Lincoln Way.
The Garden is Now Open with additional safety measures
 - More!
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The de Young and Legion of Honor are temporarily closed to the public.

De Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr.
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
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The Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue
Lincoln Park
San Francisco

HAPPY BIRTHDAY (cont.)

July 9,1830 ~ born, Camille Pissarro on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies. (1830-1903). Often called the father of Impressionism, Pissarro painted rural and urban French life, particularly landscapes in and around Pontoise, as well as scenes from Montmartre.   He was a reclusive and unsettled artist, an anarchist and constantly in debt. He was also a father figure to many younger artists, including Cezanne and Gauguin.
Pissarro ~ Sunset at St. Charles Eragny 1891
Sunset at St. Charles Eragny 1891

Henry David ThoreauJuly 12, 1817, born in Concord, Mass., Henry David Thoreau, author, poet, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, philosopher, and leading transcendentalist, He was best known for his book Walden, and his essay, Civil Disobedience. The Thoreau Reader (many of his writings online.
Thoreau's poem Nature

July 12, 1895- , .Buckminster Fuller, American engineer, architect, poet, author, and futurist,and the second World President of Mensa from 1974 to 1983.Buckminster Fuller (wikipedia

"Let architects sing of aesthetics
that bring Rich clients in
hordes to their knees;
Just give me a home,
Where stresses and strains
are at ease. ~ poet Bucky Fuller

1921 -- France: Man Ray, artist, anarchist & photographer, arrives in Paris where Marcel Duchamp introduces him to Dadaists. Best known for his photography, he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. Man Ray is also noted for his work with photograms, which he called "rayographs" in reference to himself.
painting
Les Mains Libre - Clouds in hands 1937

July 14, 1912~ born on this day in Okemah, Oklahoma, Woody Guthrie was an extremely prolific Woody Guthriemusician and artist who composed thousands of songs during his lifetime. His songs were about the real experiences of the American disfranchised and uprooted.
Woody Guthrie Website

July 19, 1834 ~ Artist, Edgar Degas, born in Paris, France. Best known for his paintings, pastels and drawings, Degas also did engravings and sculpture. He described himself as being "the classical painter of modern life".
Edgar Degas (wikipedia)

Maxwel ParrishJuly 25 , 1870 ~ American painter and illustrator Maxfield Parrish (1870 - 1966) , born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Parrish developed his own original and individual style and his work helped shape the Golden Age of illustration and the future of American visual arts. His career lasted more than half a century and he was able to continue painting until he was about 90 years old. He died at age 96.
Maxfield Parrish Art and Illustration
Maxwell Parrish (wikipedia)

Maxfield Parrish painting

Stanley KunitzJuly 29, 1905 ~ Stanley Kunitz
American Poet, editor, essayist, and translator His career spanned nearly 80 years. he received the Pulitzer for "Selected Poems: 1928-1958 , Stanley Kunitz,was, poet laureate of the United States - twice, the first time from 1974 to 1976, when the title was "consultant in poetry," the second in 2000 at the age of 95 and became the 10th US Poet Laureate at the age of 95

 

we are all in this together

 

SAN FRANCISCO ART AND POETRY CALENDAR

JULY 2020

Delphinium is July's Flower used by
DelphinumS 
Native Americans & European settlers to make blue dye. Its romantic meaning is to open your
heart too new love.

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POEM OF THE DAY
San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck is curating a Poem of the Day with San Francisco Public Library for every day during the COVID-19 pandemic. Check back daily for a new poetic offering from assorted local poets or view the archive of previous day's poems.

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MON  . TUES  . WEDS  . THURS  . FRI  . SAT  . SUN

MONDAY

Monday, July 13, 2020
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM via Zoom Webinar,
Twenty-Five Hours in a Day: The Life of Jo Mora
A live online presentation by Peter Hiller,
author, historian, and curator for the
Jo Mora Trust Collection.
Discover the story of Jo Mora and his rich
creative career, including his writing, printing, and publishing efforts. Through his celebration
of the great glories of nature and of the human heart, Mora reminds us that the subject matter of all art is life.
Webinar Registration


EVERY MONDAY
Every Monday during quarantine.
See below for a post with the guest poet, theme, info and the link to connect on Monday evening.
SPOKEN WORLD ONLINE (PARIS)
signup 1:00 pm PDT ~ (8 pm in Paris);
poetry begins as 1:30 pm PDT-

ONLINE Every Monday at 6:15pm
Rivertown, popular weekly Virtual Venue
Hosted by renown poet Sandra Anfang!
To participate go to: http://aqus.com/online and choose the Weekly Poetry Reading link and click on "details" to fill in the Jotform for the open mic.
Please time your share beforehand to 3 minutes to accommodate everyone who wants to read.
Aqus Poetry Open Mic hosted by Sande Anfang
https://zoom.us/j/7073476692
via high-quality video

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TUESDAY
EVERY Tuesday,JULY, 2020
2:00 PM
RADIO~~~~KPFA 94.1
COVER TO COVER
A celebration of the art of poetry and prose
with Jack Foley, Nina Serrano,
Jovelyn Richards and Jennifer Stone
WEEKLY WEDNESDAY POETRY SHOW


Tuesday, July 14, 2020
7:00 - 9:00
Hidden San Francisco: A Guide to Lost Landscapes, Unsung Heroes, and Radical Histories peels back the layers of San Francisco's history
to reveal a storied past: behind old walls and gleaming glass facades lurk former industries, secret music and poetry venues, forgotten
terrorist bombings and more. Chris Carlsson
is a writer, historian, tour guide, photographer, college professor and co-founder of
Shaping San Francisco, a participatory community history project.
Hidden San Francisco may be purchased from Chris Carlsson directly or from your favorite
local bookstore. Rservations required: 
https://bit.ly/Carlsson7-14-2020

As always, you can tune in ANYTIME o the
ARCHIVE of Shaping San Francisco Public Talks
going back to 2006.


RADIO~~~~KPFA 94.1
Tuesday, JULY ,2020
8:00PM~10PM

BEBOP, CUBOP AND THE MUSICAL TRUTH
Exploring a variety of textures with a cross pollination of jazz, world, and Latin influences,
hosted by AVOTCJA

SECOND TUESDAY .JULY 14, 2020,
MONTHLY POETRY and MUSICSERIES
San Francisco

On the Page Off the Page Open Mic
ON THE PAGE ~ OFF THE PAGE
ONLINE OPEN MIC
hosted BY RICHARD IVANHOE
We will start at 7PM.
Fnd time will depend on how many participate.
Here's a link to join by computer or smart phone:
https://meet.jit.si/OnthePageOffthePage
As an alternative, you can call in by telephone (you will be able to hear, but won't see or be seen): Dial.512-647-1431 when it asks for the meeting room, dial dial 2951 1287 33#
I look forward to seeing (or hearing) you
Everyone welcome!!!
SECOND TUESDAY MONTHLY POETRY SERIES

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WEDNESDAY

Wednesday. JULY 15, 2020
SACRED GROUNDS CAFE
now open for take out from 8am to 3pm on weekdays and from 9am to 3pm on weekends
Hayes @ Cole, S.F. ~ 415 387-3859

Sacred Grounds Reading Series (1972) .
ONLINE OPEN MIC
Featuring  BRANDON BAGWELL
WEEKLY SACRED GROUNDS POETRY READING Open Mic

THE GLOBAL OPEN MIC? is a place where poets and people interested in poetry, can find live streaming, open mic poetry from any place at any time Here are the explanatory links and a bit more:view the current effort for the Global Open Mic as it is now.To get in touch with Dan Brennan,
email is best and the best way to do that is
to visit >>I this page, for explanatory links and
a little more f interested in learning about Sacred Grounds go here to see what it was like:
WEEKLY SACRED GROUNDS POETRY- READING
+ OPEN MIC


Wednesday, July 15,2020
5:30 pm
Bird & Beckett Books
(415 )586-3733

Emily L. Quint Freeman
with her memoir of resistance & rebellion, identity
and life underground from the 1960s on
Failure to Appear
www.facebook.com/events/279522603108770/


Wednesday JULY 15 at 9 PM
FOG CITY BLUES ~ Back from the Bunker
By DEVON STROLOVITCH
After nearly three months of one-hour shelter-in-place broadcasts from the Lower Haight, host Devon Strolovitch has returned to the studio for
two hours of blues and beyond in the Bay Area
WEEKLY RADIO\POETRY- READING + OPEN MIC

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THURSDAY

Thursday, July 16, 2020
CITY LIGHTS LIVE
5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST

SCENES OF LIFE AT THE CAPITAL
Vegetable Nerves:
A Group Reading of Philip Whalen's "Scenes of Life at the Capital"
with David Brazil, Anselm Berrigan, Andrew Schelling, Hoa Nguyen, Marie Buck, Norman Fischer, Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie), Will Alexander, Aisha Sasha John,
This is a virtual event that will be hosted
by City Lights on the Zoom platform.
You will need access to a computer
Event is free, but registration is required
(Click Here to register for event


Thursday, July 16, 7:30pm
WALKER TALKS!
Walker Brents III retells the story of
The Plague, Albert Camus' 1947 novel of pestilence set in the port city of Oran, Algeria.
 $10-20 donation requested
book


CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE IS NOW OPEN
Every Day, from 12–8pm
Please note that everyone must wear a face mask covering both nose and mouth at all times
while in the bookstore.
They have hand sanitizer and social-distancing measures in place, including a new Entrance
for one-way traffic.
The Events will continue to be held Online


Thursday JULY 16, 2020
6 PM
Museum of the African Diaspora Calendar
OPEN MIC at MoAD is going virtual via Zoom!.
All interested readers, Sign up to perform.
For those interested in being part of the audience,
no need to rsvp.info. (Everyone welcome)


Thursday AUGUST 9, 2020
6:00 Pm - 7:30 pm
POEM JAM with
Poet Laureate KIM SHUCK and
special guests read poetry.
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Here is a past selection of POEM JAM for you to view featuring Tongo Eisen-Martin, E.K. Keith, and Q.R. Hand join San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck for a poem jam. The poets read their own work and each other's work as on-the-fly responses to the previous readings.

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FRIDAY

RADIO www.KPOO.com ~ 89.5FM
EVERY FRIDAY~ Noon to 3pm
in San Francisco

LA VERDAD MUSICAL (THE MUSICAL TRUTH)
w/AVOTCJA (pronounced Avacha))
If you love Bomba, Plena, Music of the Caribbean, Jazz & Latin dance Music,Keep your radios, computers & hearts tuned IN ~*~*~*~* We'll be talking to multi-instrumentalist JOHN EHLIS whose amazing new all Star CD ECHOS defies description & is beautiful beyond words! In these crazy times we are living through it’s important that we hold on to & support the beauty inside of each of us. Invite a friend or two & I’ll meet you on the Airwaves. It’s going to be a
great show!!!
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Friday, JULY 10, 2020
7 :30 PM
BIRD and BECKETT BOOKS
(415 )586-3733

jazz from the bookshop
duo explorations by Daniel Fabricant, bass
Vic Wong, guitar
View the live stream here:
https://www.facebook.com/bird.and.beckett/
During the show, you'll find information on how to donate in the comments stream. $20 suggested; pay what you can.It's a time of few gigs and little gig income, so be generous. 80% of your donations go to the musicians; the duo's base fee of $400 is guaranteed by the Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, our 501(c)3 nonprofit.
https://tinyurl.com/Donate-B-and-B


Bird and Beckett Books is now open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday. No browsing inside yet, but we can fill your requests for specific titles and help you find the books you don’t know you need. Walk down, take a bus or find a parking space — and visit our storefront! Do us all a favor…
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3RD Friday,

Not yet due to coronavirus considerations

Pablo Picasso's World without weapons
(Pablo Picasso's World without weapons)
HAIGHT ASHBURY PEACE VIGIL
Pictures from past vigils can be seen here
3RD FRIDAY PEACE VIGIL
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SATURDAY

Saturday, July 11, 2020
4:00PM ~ 7:00EST
Welcome to Book Passage’s
Conversations with Authors
TIM CAHILL
Tim Cahill is the author of nine books–one of which, Jaguars Ripped My Flesh, National Geographic named as one of the 100 best adventure/travel books ever written. Tim is a pioneer of literary adventure writing.
*Live sessions with the writers and thinkers most committed to America’s independent bookstores
Join us live. Register now


FIRST SATURDAY each month:
LA PROMENADE CAFE
(closed at this time)
Good food at reasonable prices!
3643 Balboa St. Ave.near 38th Ave
-across from Balboa Theatre, San Francisco

First Saturday Readings are cancelled
in June due to King Covid and in July due to the July 4th holiday we are hoping to see you
Saturday, AUGUST 1, 2020 at 7pm.for the
Ist Saturday La Pomenade Poetry Reading
Feature TBA and OPEN MIC
Hosted by Stephanie Manning

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SUNDAY

Saturday, July 12, 2020
4:00PM ~ 7:00EST
Welcome to Book Passage’s
Conversations with Authors
ANN PATCHETT
Ann Patchett‘s The Dutch House explores the bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. It’s a story of a paradise lost–one that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are. Ann is the author of seven novels.
*Live sessions with the writers and thinkers most committed to America’s independent bookstores
Join us live. Register now


Sunday, July 12, 2:00 PM
BIRD and BECKETT BOOKS
Sponsored FREE to the public!
San Francisco.

WAKE UP AMERICA! IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
14 poets converge to address our troubled times,
including San Francisco poet laureate emeritus devorah major
www.facebook.com/events/271042350933245

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GONE BEYOND

July 1,1983: R, Buckminster Fuller, known by his friends as "Bucky", invented, among other things, the Godesic Dome. He was a philosopher, original thinker,visionary, poet,mathematician, inventor, architect, engineer, cosmologist, and second president of Mensa.
One of the first futurists, and a global thinker, it is
he who coined the phrase "Doing more with Less" as well as the term "Spaceship Earth". His work inspired and paved the way for many who came after him and much of his work was about exploring and creating synergy, a subject he called Synergetics, a "Geometry of Thinking".
Buckminster Fuller was the recipient of 44 honorary doctoral degrees and dozens of other honors and was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.

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SAN FRANCISCO POETS

Susan Birkelandstar 1961 ~ 2006
City of Love
Tony Vaughanstar1947 ~ 2008
After An Evening of Poetry
and Wine & Approaching Desire
George Tsongas star
(1927 - Jan. 2010)
The City is a Dream
John Dowling star
(Aug. 7, 1956 -. Dec.16, 2012)
The Revolution in North Beach
Joie Cookstar
(Nov. 4, 1951 ~ Feb. 24, 2013)
There Are Nights in San Francisco
Micheline
Don Brennan star
(Sept. 27, 1935- Mar. 18, 2013)
Spirit Walk &
Old World Cafes
Leonard Irving star
Bleak Morning on Jones Street
Vince Storti star
June 9, 1944 ~March 2017
Walking Woman 1 &
Mime Troupe Witness 1
Peter Sherburn-Zimmerstar
Dec.1944)~ Feb.2019
Broadway Queen &
what may a poem be?
Ronald Sauerstar
The San Francisco Renaissance
Rebecca (an acrostic poem)

Don Altadena star
Foghorns bloom,
we break upon meaning
Jerry Ferrazstar
Guitara
Richard Hack star
Three poems
Paul Leclerc star
Porter prospectus
Rosemary Manno
What the Beatniks Saw in North Beach
& Ode To Michelangelo Park at Twilight
Bill Mercerstar
Vesuvio's North Beach
Jane Rades star
My Adopted City
Mark Schwartz star
All the Critical Mass bicycles
confiscated should be: &
There was a little alley
in San Francisco
Kim Shuckstar
On Columbus
Mike Aguzinstar
420 and a Vision & Cheer
Mia Kirsi Stageberg star
Angels of San Francisco

IN MEMORIAM

peace signALLEN COHEN Poetry
April 23,1941~April 30, 2004
The Decline & Fall of San Francisco
by Allen Cohen

Dan Harrington (Dec 12 2012)
Offering For A Friend by Jerry Ferraz and Enchantment by Peter Sherburn Zimmer

* John Ross (1938-2011)
* Victor Martinez (1954-2011)
* Carlos Ramirez (1938-2013)
by Jorge Argueta
Jehanah Wedgewood
(1941- Nov, 2010)
George Tsongas
(1927 - January 2010)
Patricia Carr Lamerdin
(Aug. 15, 1926 - Nov. 9, 2009
Bill Witherup
Mar. 24, 1935- June 3, 2009
Harold Norse
July 6, 1916 - June 8, 2009
by Neeli Cherkovski
Vampyre Mike
Dec. 3, 1953 - Mar. 22, 2008
Poet OZZY
Nov. 1940 - May 2007

The Cool Grey City of Love
 by George Sterling
Legends of San Francisco

 

A LITTLE HISTORY

July, 1985
The SF Board of Supervisors declared SF a "city of refuge," and prohibited police from helping federal authorities deport undocumented workers.

July,1985-Larry Harvey and friends began the Burning Man festival (timeline) with a torching of an 8-foot wooden figure on Baker Beach. It was to celebrate the summer solstice and exorcize sadness of a lost love affair.

July ,1990 -Police halted the Burning Man torching on Baker Beach. Larry Harvey the founder of the event then hooked up with the SF Cacophony Society, a gang of fun-loving provocateurs, and moved the fiery scene to Black Rock Desert.

July 3, 1994 --
Inauguration of the Allen Ginsberg Library at the Naropa Institute. The Mayor of Boulder declares today officially Allen Ginsberg Day.link

July 4, 1968 -- Bill Graham stages first concert at Fillmore West (Van Ness & Market), Frisco, California.

July 4, 1978 -- Joan Baez concert in Leningrad with Santana & The Beach Boys is abruptly cancelled without explanation by Soviet officials. Baez heads to Moscow, meets dissidents, including Andrei Sakharov & Yelena Bonner, bringing messages & gifts from friends & relatives in the U.S.

July 5, 1968 -- John Lennon sells his psychedelic painted Rolls-Royce.

July 5, 1968 - Promoter Bill Graham opens The Fillmore West in San Francisco.

July 6, 1935 Dalai Lama spiritual leader of Tibet exiled.

July 6, 1911 ~ Joe Hill's song "The Preacher & the Slave" first appears in the Little Red Song Book

Long-haired preachers
come out every night,
Try to tell you what's
wrong & what's right,
But when asked about
something to eat,
They will answer
in voices so sweet:-

Chorus:

You will eat bye & bye,
In that glorious land above the sky.
Work & pray, (work & pray),
Live on hay, (live on hay),
You'll get Pie in the Sky,
When you die, (that's a lie!)

July 6, 1957 ~ John Lennon meets Paul McCartney at a church picnic in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool. In the church basement between sets, 14 year old McCartney teaches a 16 year old Lennon Eddie Cochran's, "Twenty Flight Rock" & Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula."

July 6, 1963~ Dylan joins other folk singers to play at a voter registration rally in Greenwood, Mississippi at some personal risk & his own expense. During this month his album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" is released.

July 7, 1961- The Hall of Flowers was built in Golden Gate Park. It was renamed the County Fair Building in the 1980s

 

July 17, 1966
poster
Allen Ginsberg read poetry
and performed in concert at the Fillmore, San Francisco A.R.T.S. Gary Goodrow to Benefit for Artist Reorganization Throughout
The Committee
emceed. Artist: Wes Wilson

July 23, 1967 Neal Cassady in performance with "Straight Theatre Rap" at the Straight Theatre.

July 24, 1966
The Beard with McClureThe American Theatre
Micheal McClure's The Beard
Fillmore Auditorium
Artist:Wes Wilson
Andy Warhol, Michael McClure
and The Beard

Black BartJuly 26, 1875 ~ Black Bart, a poet with a fondness for Wells Fargo, robs his first stagecoach, the Sonora to Milton stage, in Calaveras County, California —the same stage line he targets in his last heist (his 29th) in 1883. Black Bart, California's infamous Stage Robber

"I've labored long & hard for bread, For honor & for riches, But on mycorns too long you've tred, You fine-haired sons of bitches."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

George SandJuly 1, 1804 ~French Romantic writer,
George Sand was born in Paris. Her name a Pseudonym of Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dudevant. She was noted also for her numerous love affairs with such prominent artists as Prosper Merimée, Alfred de Musset, Frédéric Chopin, & others.

hermann HesseJuly 2, 1877 ~ German poet, novelist and artist, Hermann Hesse (1877-1962 )was born near the Black Forest. His best known works include Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, Narcissus and Goldmund, Demian, and The Glass Bead Game (also known as Magister Ludi, all of which explore an individual's search for spirituality.

Our mind is capable
of passing beyond
the dividing line
we have drawn for it.
Beyond the pairs
of opposites of which
the world consists,
other,new insights begin

...Herman Hesse
(1877-1962)

Tivino Landscape by Hesse 
Hesse Art     Brief Autobiography
Hermann Heese (wikipedia)

Wisława SzymborskaJuly 2, 1923 ~ Wisława Szymborska-Włodek was a Polish poet and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality." She was described as a "Mozart of Poetry".
Wislawa Szymborska died in her sleep at age, 88.
Children Of Our Age

Frida KahloJuly 6, 1907 ~ Surrealist artist Frida Kahlo was born in Coyoacán, a small town on the outskirts of Mexico City. Twice married to artist Diego Rivera. Kahlo's works are often characterized by their stark portrayals of pain. Of her 143 paintings, 55 are self-portraits which often incorporate symbolic portrayals of physical and psychological wounds. (July 6, 1907-July 13, 1954)
Frida Kahlo, paintings,bio,quotes

July 7, 1887 ~ Russian-born French Painter and Stained Glass Artist, Marc Chagall was born in Russia and became a naturalized citizen of France in 1937. Chagall himself
Chagall said he was a dreamer who never woke up. His friend and rival Picasso who had something to say about everyone said of Chagall
“I don’t know where he gets those images. He must have an angel in his head.”Chagall's 10 most famous paintings

Marc ChagallChagall Girl with white doves
Girl with white doves
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Bring back the World

 

Children Of Our Age

We are children of our age,
it's a political age.

All day long, all through the night,
all affairs--yours, ours, theirs--
are political affairs.

Whether you like it or not,
your genes have a political past,
your skin, a political cast,
your eyes, a political slant.

Whatever you say reverberates,
whatever you don't say speaks for itself.
So either way you're talking politics.

Even when you take to the woods,
you're taking political steps
on political grounds.

Apolitical poems are also political,
and above us shines a moon
no longer purely lunar.
To be or not to be, that is the question.
And though it troubles the digestion
it's a question, as always, of politics.

To acquire a political meaning
you don't even have to be human.
Raw material will do,
or protein feed, or crude oil,

or a conference table whose shape
was quarreled over for months;
Should we arbitrate life and death
at a round table or a square one?

Meanwhile, people perished,
animals died,
houses burned,
and the fields ran wild
just as in times immemorial
and less political.

Wislawa Szymborska
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NATURE

O Nature! I do not aspire
To be the highest in thy choir, -
To be a meteor in thy sky,
Or comet that may range on high;
Only a zephyr that may blow
Among the reeds by the river low;
Give me thy most privy place
Where to run my airy race.

In some withdrawn, unpublic mead
Let me sigh upon a reed,
Or in the woods, with leafy din,
Whisper the still evening in:
Some still work give me to do, -
Only - be it near to you!

For I'd rather be thy child
And pupil, in the forest wild,
Than be the king of men elsewhere,
And most sovereign slave of care;
To have one moment of thy dawn,
Than share the city's year forlorn.

Henry David Thoreau

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ONGOING

MONTHLY ART EVENTS

FIRST SATURDAY each month:
(Dogpatch, Potrero, Mission)
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MINNESOTA PROJECT GALLERIES
1275 Minnesota St. and 1150 25th St.
and select other SFADA member galleries present special opportunities to connect with artists or learn more about current exhibitions. Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Check back often as these events are continually updated! - four blocks of the T Third St. Muni Metro, #48 bus stop, and the 22nd St. Cal Train Station
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
ONLINE
MoAD (Museum of the African Diaspora
ONLINE EVENT CALENDAR OF EVENTS

In San Francisco
California Academy of Sciences
join our livestream on Thursday evenings! During Virtual NightLife events, we’ll bring you an eclectic mix of science, music, and art, and when NightSchool is in session, we’ll take deeper dives into a single science-related theme.
Catch both events, streaming alternate weeks, Thursdays at 7:00 PM PDT on the Academy’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.
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Children’s Creativity Museum
Exploratorium
For All Ages. Online experiences.
Fun with Science. Ignite Curiosity. ~*~*~*~*~

Due to coronavirus considerations, San Francisco Museums and Galleries are not open at this time. However some do offer special programing ONLINE.

SF Opera ~ SF Ballet
SF Symphony
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The Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue mapMuseumFromHome
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Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin St. ~ San Francisco
SFMOMA
Modern Art Museum
151 Third Street
San Francisco
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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street
San Francisco
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ONLINE
SPECIAL JUNE SHOW
GREY CITY GALLERY (facebook)
250 Columbus #202
Saroyan Place
North Beach ~ San Francisco
www.artbyashcroft.com

ART CHANGES LIVES, you can, too.
Creativity Explored ~
3245 Sixteenth St ~SF, (map)
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GALLERIES

CANESSA GALLERY
708 Montgomery St, SF
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CITYART
Cooperative Gallery
828 Valencia Street, SF
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DOLBY CHADWICK GALLERY
210 Post Street, SF
Daily Art and Poetry via email
Mar 21 — May 31, 2020
Check gallery website for hours and additional info
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EDEN FINE ART GALLERY
223 Jefferson St, SF
(415) 908-1007
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FAR OUT GALLERY
3004 Taraval St @ 40th Ave.
San Francisco
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FORT MASON CAMPUS
2 Marina Boulevard, Pier 2, SF
Directions
Exhibitions -Public Events
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Avenue 12 Gallery
1101 Lake Street @ 12th Avenue
San Francisco ~ 415-750-9955
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SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN ARTISTS
647 Irving St.,SF
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
FIRST THURSDAY each month
Visit SFADA.com for a full list of galleries, exhibitions, and SDFA EVENTS throughout. We look forward to seeing youin our galleries. FIRST THURSDAY

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***RADIO ONLINE***  

Diamond Dave Whitaker
Common Thread Collective
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Diamond Dave and Val Ibarra

Dave Whitaker and the Three Generation Rainbow star

 

\FILMS
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San Francisco Public Library
KANOPLY is free Films for users with
a library card

YOUTUBE (Free Full Movies)

DeafMovies.org
(aka the Deaf Cinema List),a collection of films in ASL & other Sign Languages.
Thanks to John Lubostky who researched and compiled this DeafMovies list!
♥~*~♥
San Francisco Film Society
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Silent Film Festival
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Cinemalit
~*~
Bamfa
(UC Berkeley Art Museum
♥~*~♥

ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
at SAN FRANCISCO LIBRARY
♥~*~♥

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San Francisco Movie Theaters closed due to the Coronavirus

Balboa Theatre
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Vogue Theater
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Castro Theatre
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Roxie Theater
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Lee Neighborhood Theaters
Four Star   Marina  Presidio
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OPERA PLAZA CINEMA
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Embarcadero Center Cinema
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Alamo Drafthouse

ALL CLOSED AT THIS TIME

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The Prisoners Literature Project
The Prisoners Literature Project
Volunteer With Us
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California Poets in the Schools
Since 1964, CPITS has become one of the largest writers-in-the-schools programs in the nation, serving students K-12 in districts both urban and rural.
California Poets in the Schools empowers students of all ages throughout California to express their creativity, imagination, and intellectual curiosity through writing, performing and publishing their own poetry. We train and coordinate a multicultural network of published poets, who bring their passion and craft to public and private schools, juvenile halls, hospitals, libraries and other community settings.
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LOVE IN ACTION

these special programs are excellent example of Love in ActionThese special programs are
LOVE IN ACTION

826 VALENCIA
826 Valencia the Writing Center

828 mission statement
 Since opening in 2006, this nonprofit organization has enlisted help from hundreds of qualified volunteer tutors eager to teach students in the area.
Volunteer now »


The Imagine Bus
The Imagine Bus
bringing arts education
where it's needed most
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ART CHANGES LIVES
you can, too.
Creativity Explored ~
(where art changes lives)
3245 Sixteenth St ~
San Francisco (map)


Children's Creativity Museum
221 Fourth Street
San Francisco
Children’s Creativity Museum is a non-profit organization that offers is a hands-on, multimedia arts and technology experience for kids.
~*~

THE RANDALL MUSEUM
Natural History Museum, Science Museum & Arts Center Open Tues. through Sat. ~ 10 am – 5 pm

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