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VENUES
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Please support our local venues in whatever way you can. some of them have donation links at this time, and /or pic-up offers~ online sales of books, online events while others have closed for now, and sadly we may find that some
may never reopen.
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
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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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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ONLINE
MoAD (Museum of the African Diaspora
Online Calendar or Events
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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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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
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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

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To all the venues who have provided the spaces, and the organizers and promoters that have supported our artistic, literary community and all the wonderful people who will continue to attend their events online and support our local venues by contributing as they can to their fundraisers & buying your Books locally and supporting our outstanding local Artists communities, Thank you all for your support !

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GONE BEYOND

August 1, 1963 ~ Theodore Roethke–Teacher, poet, author died from a heart attack in a friend's swimming pool in Bainbridge Island, Washington, age 55- ---Theodore -Roethke was one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation.. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his book, The Waking.

Jerry GarciaAugust 9, 1995 ~ Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead lead guitarist and singer died in New York City.

August 12, 1992 -- US: Anarchist composer & musician John Cage dies, New York City.

"I have nothing to say / & I am saying it / & that is poetry / as I needed it"— John Cage

August 12, 1827
William BlakeWilliam Blake, English poet, painter, and printmaker died on this day at the age of 80 years. He had only once travelled any further than a day's walk outside London over the course of his life,and was largely unrecognised during his lifetime,
The William Blake Archive ~
20-Year-Old Blake's Defence of the Imagination and the Creative Spirit
William Blake
(28 Nov. 1757–12 Aug. 1827)

August 19, 1936 - Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer, murdered. A member of the Generation of '27, he was killed by Fascist soldiers in the opening days of the Spanish Civil war,
 City That Does Not Sleep & Lorca's last poem

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SAN FRANCISCO ART AND POETRY CALENDAR

AUGUST 2020

Stay the Course for Peace and Justice!
Seek Beauty! & Follow Inspiration!
Wash our hands, and wear our masks
to protect others and ourselves.

we are all in this together

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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

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-


Monday, August 3, 2020 6 pm
ONLINE ZOOM EVENT
THE HEALING FIRE is the 11th edition of The Fire Thieves Poetry Series. Please help us welcome features Maw Shein Win, Jennifer Barone, Genevieve Yuen, Norma Smith, Anastasia Rutledge and Shirley Chan.
The Fire Thieves is an inter-sectional & inter-generational poetry series produced by San Francisco poet laureate Kim Shuck every month with 2 established poets, 2 mid-career poets
and 2 younger poets.
This event made possible by the Academy of American Poets with funds from the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.


ONLINE Every Monday at 6:15 PM
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, August 4, , 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
EVERY WEDNESDAY POETRY SHOW


Tuesday, August 4,2020
5 PM – 6:30 PM ~ Online Zoom
Public ~ Hosted by The Long Now Foundation

The History of the ICE AGE
Tracking the First People into Ice Age North America
Craig Childs chronicles the last millennia of the Ice Age, the violent oscillations and retreat of glaciers, the clues and traces that document
the first encounters of early humans, and
the animals whose presence governed
the humans chances for survival.
With the cadence of his narrative moving from scientific observation to poetry, he reveals how much has changed since the time of mammoth hunters and how little. Across unexplored landscapes yet to be peopled, readers
will see the Ice Age, and their own,
age in a whole new light.
Sneak Preview


Tuesday, August 4, , 2020
6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST
CITY LIGHTS BOOKSELLERS
261 Columbus Avenue ~ San Francisco
(415) 362-8193

No Fascist USA! Discussion Series, Talk #1
The 1st of 4 talks about anti-fascist movements and street-level organizing, with Hilary Moore, James Tracy, and Shane Burley.
Event co-sponsored by Burning Books (Buffalo,NY) and Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)

 

CITYLIGHTS
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.


RADIO~~~~KPFA 94.1
Tuesday, AUGUST 4,,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


2nd TUESDAY August, 11, 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 2951 1287 33#
I look forward to seeing (or hearing) you
Everyone welcome!!!
SECOND TUESDAY MONTHLY POETRY SERIES

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WEDNESDAY

-Wednesday, August 5, NOON–1:30 PM
Virtual Tour of the MEACHANICS' INSITUTE
via Zoom, by librarian/historian Taryn Edwards.
Mechanics' Institute was founded at the end of 1854 with four books and a mission to start an organization to serve the vocational and social needs of the city’s mechanics, artisans, and industralists
FREE, w/ register required.


Wednesday , AUGUST 4, 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)
This evening featuring starAVOTCJA star
Renown in poetry and music, she is courageous and honors her heartfelt convictions. Widely appreciated for her programs at KPOO & KPFA, her many appearances.  www.Avotcja.org
We welcome new readers, encourage diversity, support justice, and encourage activism! It is also fine if you just want to hear and enjoy,
feel free to stop by Face Book: www.facebook.com/groups/203539673028715
Links to web pages and Documents regarding Sacred Grounds. To see past video from the Café: http://www.Youtube.com/user/MusicByinterva.
Weekly SACRED GROUNDS POETRY READING Open Mic

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Special Project
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. The explanatory links and more can be 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 >>this page, for explanatory links and
a little more for those interested in learning about Sacred Grounds go here to see what it was like:
WEEKLY SACRED GROUNDS POETRY- READING
+ OPEN MIC


Wednesday 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 ~ 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)


FRIDAY

 

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SATURDAY

Saturday, August 8. 2020
11 AM–12:15 PM, via Zoom,
FREE, reservations required, sign up.

The San Francisco Public Library hosts
Indigenous Women of Alcatraz
and the Red Power Movement
Women played a key role in organizing and maintaining the occupation of Alcatraz Island (1969-1971) yet their story is often overlooked.
This panel, moderated by original occupier
Dr. La Nada War Jack (Shoshone-Bannock), explores the role of women in the indigenous rights movement from the occupation to the present. Dr. LaNada War Jack is a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes where she lives on the
Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho.

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SUNDAY

 

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THE SONG MT. TAMALPAIS SINGS

This is the last place. There is nowhere else to go.

Human movements,
but for a few,
are Westerly.
Man follows the Sun.

Or follows what he thinks to be the
movement of the Sun.
It is hard to feel it, as a rider,
on a spinning ball.

This is the last place. There is nowhere else to go.

Centuries and hordes of us,
from every quarter of the earth,
now piling up,
and each wave going back
to get some more.

This is the last place. There is nowhere else to go.

"My face is the map of the Steppes,"
she said, on this mountain, looking West.
My blood set singing by it,
to the old tunes,
Irish,
among these Oaks.

This is the last place. There is nowhere else to go.

Once again we celebrate the great Spring Tides.
Beaches are strewn again with Jasper,
Agate, and Jade.
The Mussel-rocks stand clear.

This is the last place. There is nowhere else to go.

Once again we celebrate the
Headland's huge, carin-studded fall
into the Sea.

This is the last place. There is nowhere else to go.

For we have walked the jeweled beaches
at the feet of the final cliffs
of all Man's wanderings.

This is the last place

There is nowhere else to go.

Lew Welch

Bring back the World
with peace and love

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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

August 11, 1998 ~ Lawrence Ferlinghetti was named the first poet laureate of SF in August 1998 and served for two years.

August 14, 1846 ~ Henry David Thoreau was jailed for tax resistance to the Mexican War, Massachusetts

August 22, 1969 ~ Three-day Wild West Festival at Kezar Stadium with Janis Joplin, Turk Murphy, Jefferson Airplane, the Dead, Country Joe, Santana, Sly and the Family Stone and the Youngbloods.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Herman Melville August 1, 1819 American novelist short story writer, essayist and poet, Herman Melville in New York. Best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the novella Billy Budd.  (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891)  

August 1, 1942 ~ Happy Birthday!
Jerry GarciaJerome John "Jerry" Garcia, born in San Francisco. He was a musician, songwriter, artist, and lead guitarist and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead.

August 2, 1942 ~Happy Birthday Chet Helms!, Considered by Chet Helmsmost to be "the Father of the Summer of Love," Chet Helms was the nexus of San Francisco counter-culture. 
Chet Helms

August 2, 1946 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY Alfonso Texidor, Poet, activist, translator. born in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Alfonso Texidor
Alfonso Texidor was an important part of El Tecolte and Accion Latina team as translator and editor of the Tecolte newspaper event calendar. A fearless champion gifted with what he himself called, "a great personality!
.(Aug. 2, 1946 - Dec. 25, 2014)
Poet, Friend, Mission Icon Alfonso Texidor Dies at 68 by Laura Wenus
Alfonso Texidor's life celebrated at La Boheme

Aug 4,1792 English poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley,was one of the major English Romantic poets, widely regarded as one of the greatest lyric and philosophical poets in the English language. 

The Call to Freedom
"Rise like Lions after slumber
In invanquishable number-
Shake your chins to earth like dew
Which in sleep has fallen on you-
Ye are many-they are few"

August. 5,1850
born, French novelist and poet, Guy de Maupassant,.,..

"Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being.We feel love as we feel the warmth of out blood, we breathe love as we breathe air, we hold it in ouselves as we hold our thoughts.Nothing more exists for us."

August 6, 1934
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Diane di Prima's, Diane di PrimaDiane"s maternal grandfather was Domenico Mallozzi, an active anarchist, and associate of Carlo Tresca and Emma Goldman."
Diane du Prima dedicated herself to poetry when she 14 year sold. By the age of 19 she was corresponding with Ezra Pound and Kenneth Patchen. Diane di Prima (wikipedia)
Archived version of Diane di Prima Official Website
RANT by Diane di Prima

August 14, Happy Birthday, Jane Rades, San Francisco poet, artist and world traveler.
My Adopted City
Jane Rades webSite

August 15, 1785 -- Famous opium addict Thomas De Quincey, born in Manchester. Wrote "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater".His influence in depicting nightmarish movements of mind is later seen in the works of Edgar Allan Poe & Charles Baudelaire. wikipedia

August 16, 1926,American poet Lew Welch was published and performed widely during the 1960s. Jack Kerouac based his character Dave Wain on Welsh in his novel Big Sur (1962)
Lew Welsh@ The Beat Page
Hear Lew Welsh @ Penn Sound
Lew Welsh:A Tender Mind- by Aram Saroyan
THE SONG MT.TAMALPAIS SINGS

August 24, 1899
Jorge Luis Borges, (born in Buenos Aires, Argentina—died June 14, 1986, Geneva, Switzerland), Argentine poet, essayist, and short-story writer whose works became classics of 20th-century world literature.
Jorge Luis Borge Wikipedia

"The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing."
Jorge Luis Borge

August 28, 1749
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His works include: four novels; epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; and treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour.   Goethe poetry and links

August 29, 1809 ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, was born on this day in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Two poems by Holmes
1.The Height of the Ridiculous
2.What We All Think
Oliver Wendell Holmes Transcendentalist
Oliver Wendell Holmes wikipedia

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RANT: FRON A COOL PLACE
'I see no end of it, but the turning upside down
of the entire world.' - Erasmus

We are in the middle of a bloody, heartrending revolution
Called America, called the Protestant reformation, called
Western man.
Called individual consciousness, meaning I need a refrigerator
and a car

And milk and meat for the kids so I can discover that I don't
need a car
Or a refrigerator, or meat, or even milk, just rice and a place
with no wind to sleep next to someone
Two someone's keeping warm in the winter learning to weave
To pot and to putter, learning to steal honey from bees,
wearing the bedclothes by day, sleeping under
(or in) them at night: hoarding bits of glass, colored stones,
and stringing beads
How long before we come to that blessed definable state
Known as buddhahood, primitive man, people in a landscape
together like trees, the second childhood of man

I don't know if I will make it somehow nearer by saying all this
out loud, for christ sake, that Stevenson was killed, that
Shastri was killed
both having dined with Marietta Tree
the wife of a higher-up in the Cia
both out of their own countries mysteriously dead, as how
many others
as Marilyn Monroe, wept over in so many tabloids
done in for sleeping with Jack Kennedy - this isn't a poem -
full of cold prosaic fact
thirteen done in in the Oswals plot : Jack Ruby's cancer that
disappeared in autopsy
the last of a long line - and they're waiting to get Tim Leary
Bob Dylan
Allen Ginsberg
LeRoi Jones --as, who killed Malcolm X? They give themselves
away
with TV programs on the Third Reich, and I wonder if I'll live
to sit in Hanoi or Peking
see TV programs of LBJ's Reich, our great SS analysed , our
money exposed, the plot to keep Africa
genocide in Southeast Asia now in progress Laos Vietnam
Thailand Cambodia O soft spoken Sukarno
O great stone Buddhas with sad negroid lips torn down by us by the red guard all one force
one leveling mad mechanism, grinding it down to earth and
swamp to sea to powder
till Mozart is something a few men can whistle
or play on a homemade flute and we bow to each other
telling old tales half remembered gathering shells
learning again 'all being are from the very beginning Buddhas'
or glowing and dying radiation and plague we come to that final
great love illumination

'FROM THE VERY FIRST NOTHING IS.'
Diane di Prima, January 1967
from Revolutionary Letters (pub.last Gasp (2007)
a new poem added to the this edition to address some to the
history of past years, and written as various occasions arose.

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JOHN DOWLING

Trieste by John Dowling
Cafe Trieste by John Dowling

THE PROBLEM WITH YOU

I love the empty hand held with care and gesture
Passing the space between my gaze
And your unawareness.
I advert my eyes whenever
You look in my direction
And imagine myself a child walking,
Followed by another teasing child,
Who is just out of reach.
I dream as a thunderous rage striking out
And jerk my body in a salute to anger
Too foolish to escape my lips.
Perhaps i will wear all confusion today
And pass from thought to intention
And into forgetfulness.

John Dowling
(Aug. 7, 1956 -. Dec.16, 2012)

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City That Does Not Sleep

"Careful! Be careful! Be careful!"
The men who still have marks of the claw and the thunderstorm,
and that boy who cries because he has never heard of the invention of the bridge,
or that dead man who possesses now only his head and a shoe,
we must carry them to the wall where the iguanas and the snakes are waiting,
where the bear’s teeth are waiting,
where the mummified hand of the boy is waiting,
and the hair of the camel stands on end with a violent blue shudder.

Federico García Lorca,
written in 1929 after he visited New York

  

 

Garcia Lorca recited his last poem, just before
his execution during the Spanish Civil War
in August 1936 by a firing squad.

Qué es el hombre sin libertad
Oh! Mariana dime
Dime cómo puedo amarte
Si no estoy libre, dime
Cómo te ofreceré mi corazón
Si no es a mío

What is man without freedom
Oh! Mariana tell me
Tell me how can I love you
If I am not free, tell me
How I will offer my heart
If it's not mine
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ONGOING

MONTHLY ART EVENTS

FIRST THURSDAY Bay Area art walks have been cancelled while COVID-19 “shelter in place” mandates are in effect.All SFADA galleries are honoring California's "Shelter in place" orders.  (Mar 13 — Aug 31, 2020
Online Exhibitions & Features

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 usually free, at this time a few are open by appointment. A few show past exhibitions online.
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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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Due to coronavirus considerations, San Francisco Museums and Galleries are not open at this time. However some do offer special programing ONLINE.

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SF Opera ~Fall 2020 Season - closed
SF Symphony- youtube music
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The Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue map
Closed
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Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin St. ~ San Francisco
Closed
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SFMOMA
Modern Art Museum
151 Third Street
San Francisco
Closed
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Children’s Creativity Museum
Exploratorium
For All Ages. Online experiences.
Fun with Science. Ignite Curiosity. ~*~*~*~*~
ART CHANGES LIVES, you can, too.
Creativity Explored ~
offers Art for sale online at this time
3245 Sixteenth St ~SF, (map)
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GALLERIES

CANESSA GALLERY
708 Montgomery St, SF
ONLINE
Art and Activism:From the New Deal to the Green New Deal An Exhibit of WPA and Contemporary Posters
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CITYART
Cooperative Gallery
828 Valencia Street, SF
July 3rd - August 2nd
Now Open for In Gallery Shopping
Current GROUP EXHIBITION
See Artists
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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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FAR OUT GALLERY
3004 Taraval St @ 40th Ave.
San Francisco
FOG's phone-415-463-5537
For appointment: 415-681-3674
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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 ~
Avenue 12 Gallery open by appointment. 415-750-9955
Window viewing always available.
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SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN ARTISTS
647 Irving St.,SF
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Diamond Dave and Val Ibarra

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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!
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San Francisco Film Society
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Silent Film Festival
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Cinemalit
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Bamfa
(UC Berkeley Art Museum
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ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
at SAN FRANCISCO LIBRARY
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San Francisco Movie Theaters closed due to the Coronavirus tho some have excellent titles in Virtual Screening Rooms available

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

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Hammond Guthrie's Third Page
"The Birth of Digger Batman" by Kirby Doyle,as published in The Digger Papers
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Harold Norse July 6, 1916 - June 8, 2009
Charles Olson
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Mark Other Place by Phillip Whalen
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Poetry and Jazz days, 1957–1959
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A Letter to God by Kenneth Patchen
Shig Murao: The Enigmatic Soul of City Lights and the San Francisco
BJ PAPA Interview by Catz Forsman.
Kenneth Patchen:Journal of Albion Moonlight (1941)
 
Kenneth Patchen -- In Order To
 
Kenneth Patchen – Reads His Poetry with the Chamber Jazz Sextet
As I Opened the Window
 
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International SurreaLists Art
the ART STORY Modern Art Insight (new)
A Book Lover's San Francisco - The New York Times
Fusion Anomaly objects that were found, mixed and compiled by Atomjack
Light and Dust Anthology
Institute for study of Bohemian Literature
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the best free cultural and education media on the web
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Neurotic Poets
Political Writings of George Orwell
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For the Love of Beauty!
On The Edge The Hidden Art of Fore-Edge Book Painting
A Book Lover's San Francisco - The New York Times(2005)

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