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A LITTLE HISTORY

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events on the calendar that show this little red heart are projects, volunteer, benefits, fundraisers for good causes.

VENUES

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
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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
+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
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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
May 2020 Event calendar
for both Green Apple locations
Curbside pick up now available!
Browse Books
Green Apple Books/ 9th Ave
1231 9th Ave - San Francisco
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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 the corner of 9th Avenue and Lincoln Way.
Calendar of Events
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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.)

May 11,1950 ~ Jerry Ferraz, Troubador, poet, artist, musician ~
was born and grew up in Eureka Valley … a San Franciscan to the core… though a much broader expanse of time and geography reverberates through him…

May 14, 1935, Roque Dalton, was born in El Salvador. He was the son of one of the Dalton boys of Kansas, a notorious American outlaw family, who escaped to El Salvador.
Roque Dalton was one of Latin America's most compelling poets. He captured the spirit of a generation of intellectuals committed to the overthrow of the oligarchy in El Salvador.
Rogue Dalton was martyred by former comrades four days before his 40th birthday on May 10,1975.

When you know that I have died,
don't say my name …

From Small Hours of the Night
I REMEMBER ROQUE DALTON
by Ernesto Cardenal
ROQUE DALTON: POET AND
REVOLUTIONARY
by Clarebel Alegría
'Like You' by Roque Dalton (Translated by Jack Hirschman)
The Assassination of a Poet Memories of Roque Dalton By Nina Serrano

May 18, 1048 ~ born, Omar Khayyám (d. December 4, 1123; Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer.
. Khayyám's poetry did not surface until 200 years after his death ,when Edward Fitzgerald published an English translation of Khayyam's Rubaiyat ("Quatrains").

May 22, 1845, born.Mary Cassatt, American Impressionist painter and printmaker. Mary Cassatt lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists. www.marycassatt.org

May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892)
Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.
http://whitmanarchive.org/

SAN FRANCISCO ART AND POETRY CALENDAR

MAY 2020

WE LOVE OUR BOOKSTORES!
They support the varied interests of our neighborhoods culture, and serve as a lifeline for San Francisco's many writers, artists, poets, performers as well as hosting meetings of civic importance within our communities. Many of the bookstores and other
places listed on the left side bar of this calendar
under Venues are in need of extra support.
If you are can, please contribute to their survival!

San Francisco Poet Laureate
POEM OF THE DAY
S. F. 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..

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

MONDAY

Monday May 23, 10 a.m.~ Author Talk:
San Francisco Public Library and hoopla digital partner bring you the author of
The Mountains Sing, Nguyen Phan. Que Mai
is a Vietnamese poet and author of eight books. This is her first novel in English and tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Vivid, gripping and steeped in the language and traditions of Việt Nam, The Mountains Sing brings to life the human costs of this conflict from the point of view of the Vietnamese people, while showing us the true power of kindness and hope. Reservations required:

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-

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TUESDAY

BIRD and BECKETT BOOKS
653 Chenery ~ San Francisco.
(415 )586-3733

coronavirus considerations
We’re 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…Read More

2nd Tuesday, 2020
PARK BRANCH LIBRARY
1833 Page, between Cole & Shrader
San Francisco

2nd Tuesday each Month
Starting at 7:00

ON THE PAGE ~ OFF THE PAGE
OPEN MIC hosted BY RICHARD IVANHOE
Tonight we will experiment with doing it online
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.512.402.2718 when it asks for the meeting room, dial 2951128733#
Since this is the first time we're trying this,
there may be a few glitches.
As an alternative, you can call in by telephone (you will be able to hear, but won't see or be seen)
SECOND TUESDAY MONTHLY POETRY SERIES

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WEDNESDAY

On Wednesday May 20, 2020
CITY LIGHTS BOOKSELLERS
is "reopening"
the store for curbside pickup. We'll be here to take
your phone orders (for store pickup or mail order) every Monday - Saturday from 12-6pm PSTat 415-362-8193. Please keep in mind that we are unable to fulfill walk-up orders, so please be sure to call ahead!

Museum of the African Diaspora
Each Wednesday at 1:00 pm
join MoAD staff members as we visit some of our favorite artists in their studios to see what they’re currentlyworking on and how their work is changing
as aresult of the quarantine. This is a rare opportunity to hear from artists directly from their studios.
We will follow all talks with an audience Q&A.

Wednesday. May 27, 2019
SACRED GROUNDS CAFE Hayes @ Cole, S.F.
(cafe not open at this time
ONLINE OPEN MIC info on Facebook page
SACRED GROUNDS POETRY READING SERIES (1972)
Featuring the remarkable, multi-talented
Jennifer Hasegawa and her wonderful new book of poetry, La Chica’s Guide to Banzai Living,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZsJ1HuPelM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqdzAKpspPI
Jennifer's website: https://jha.land/
WEEKLY SACRED GROUNDS POETRY READING + OPEN MIC

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THURSDAY

Thursday May 21 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
MoAD (Museum of the African Diaspora
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)

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FRIDAY

Friday, May 29, 2020
BIRD and BECKETT BOOKS
653 Chenery ~ San Francisco.
(415 )586-3733

jazz in the bookshop, every Friday since 2002
sets at 5:30 and 7:00 pm
This Evening's feature,
Pianist KEITH SAUNDERS live streamed to you!....
Here’s where to view the live stream:
Live music on the bookshop’s stage every Friday
and occasional Saturdays & Sundays, live streamed
to the world, without an in-store audience.

3RD Friday,

(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, May 23, 2020
-San Francisco Women Artists Gallery
~ * ~ ONLINE BENEFIT AUCTION ~ *~
featuring 60 artworks donated by our SFWA artists.
- We invite you to first - Preview the auction items:
Desktop or Mobile. Then second, in order to Bid,
pre-register for online bidding by creating an account on Silent Auction Pro: Desktop or Mobile.
All Auction proceeds go directly to our
SF Women Artists Recovery Fund,
as we make every effort to re-open our gallery
and continue our programs. promoting
art and community culture.

FIRST SATURDAY each month:
(Dogpatch, Potrero, Mission)
MINNESOTA PROJECT GALLERIES
ONLINE EXHIBITIONS

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

Hopefully
Saturday, AUGUST 1, 2020 at 7pm.
Ist Saturday La Pomenade Poetry Reading
Feature TBA and OPEN MIC
Hosted by Stephanie Manning.

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SUNDAY

To Be Announced

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GONE BEYOND

May 6,1862 ~ Henry David Thoreau, American tax resister, anti-war activist, essayist and author, most famous for his book Walden, and his influential treatise (Civil Disobedience), which inspired Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King. died on this day .

“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”
― Henry David Thoreau

May 22, 1885 ~The French author Victor Hugo, is regarded by many as the supreme poet of French romanticism (a style in the 1800s that emphasized a free form of writing and expressed strong emotions, experiences of common people, and imaginative expressions and passion).

When Victor Hugo died in 1885, the coffin lay in state under the Arc de Triomphe and, on the 1st of June 1885, he was buried as a national hero in the Panthéon. It is estimated that at least two million people followed the funeral procession.

"The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live." Victor Hugo
Seen over the entrance of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO.

May 30,1778 -- France: Philosopher, satirist Voltaire was possibly the greatest 18th-century European writer, noted for his wit, satire, & critical capacity. His greatest work is Candide (1759)
"Do let me die in peace"were the last words of French writer, Voltaire.

May 30, 1960 ~ Boris Pasternak, Nobel prize-winner (1958), the author of Doctor Zhivago died on this day, possibly starved to death by the refusal of the USSR to allow him to work.

"I have been expelled from the Union of Soviet Writers so that I shall starve. No one publishes my poetry or my translations anymore, which was my daily bread. The first payments from my editor have been confiscated by order of the authorities."

"The aim of art is self-discharge
And not the clap-trap of success.
It's shameless to be looming large
For merits which are but a guess."
... Boris Pasternak
Boris Pasternak Poetry
Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)

SAN FRANCISCO POETS

Susan Birkeland 1961 ~ 2006
City of Love
Tony Vaughan1947 ~ 2008
After An Evening of Poetry
and Wine & Approaching Desire
George Tsongas
(1927 - Jan. 2010)
The City is a Dream
John Dowling
(Aug. 7, 1956 -. Dec.16, 2012)
The Revolution in North Beach
Joie Cook
(Nov. 4, 1951 ~ Feb. 24, 2013)
There Are Nights in San Francisco
Micheline
Don Brennan
(Sept. 27, 1935 ~ Mar. 18, 2013)
Spirit Walk &
Old World Cafes
Leonard Irving
Bleak Morning on Jones Street
Vince Storti
June 9, 1944 ~March 2017
Walking Woman 1 &
Mime Troupe Witness 1
Peter Sherburn-Zimmer
Dec.1944)~ Feb.2019
Broadway Queen &
what may a poem be?
Ronald Sauer
The San Francisco Renaissance
Rebecca (an acrostic poem)

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

IN MEMORIAM

ALLEN 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

May 1, 1543 -- Copernicus circulates "The Little Commentary," showing the heliocentricity of the Solar System. The Churches and the populace did not take kindly to the idea that Mankind is not the center of the Universe. 473 years latter, many right wingers still find this idea unacceptable.

May 1, 1650 -- England: Hey! Dig This!
The Diggers at Iver issue their declaration

May 3, 1968 ~ Thelonious Monk and Dr. John the Night Tripper played the same night at the Carousel Ballroom.

May 2, 1968

Moby Grape
Hour Glass
The United States of America
@ Fillmore Auditorium
Artist: Mari Tepper

May 3, 1966 ~ Culture Symposium at SF State College: Ron Davis, director of the SF Mime Troupe,& the poet/anarchist Kenneth Rexroth participate in a symposium on the state of the arts in San Francisco at which Rexroth proposes a neighborhood arts movement.

May 3,1966
California legislation passes to outlaw possession of marijuana for sale or giving away, not simple possession itself.

May 3, 1968
Thelonious Monk and Dr. John the Night Tripper played the same night at the Carousel Ballroom.

May 4, 1953 ~ British novelist, visionary Aldous Huxley (age 58) takes mescaline, his first psychedelic trip. Aldous Huxley wrote &Brave New World&, which warned of a mindless, materialistic existence a modernized society could produce.

May 5, 1926 ~ Sinclair Lewis declines the 1926 Pulitzer, declaring that all such prizes tend to make writers &safe, polite, obedient and sterile.& However, he does accept the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930.Sinclair Lewis was the first American novelist so honored, His last best work was It Can't Happen Here, a speculative novel about the election of a Fascist as US President. It Can't Happen Here (1935) can be read online.

May 7, 1968
SF Free City Poetry Bust. After a month of noontime poetry readings on the steps of City Hall, the San Francisco police arrested five of the participlants. One of the Diggers began reading a poem on America while wearing an American flag shirt. The police arrested him for violating a law against defiling the flag. A second man was arrested for profanity after shouting "Fuck" (the newspaper account described it as "a four-letter word meaning to make love". Ron Thelin was arrested for wearing a mask after Judge Albert Axelrod informed had informed that it was a violation of the Penal Code. A fourth man was arrested while trying to prevent Ron's arrest.
Terrence Hallinan, the Diggers' lawyer, charged that talks with the Mayor's Office had produced no results except for pressure from The City on produce market vendors to discontinue supplying free fruits and vegetables to the Diggers. He also said that the police had ordered the noon poetry events off the Polk street steps of City Hall. The Diggers provided free apples to the crowds. Other days they had provided free oranges and strawberries. source:Jerry Burns, SF Chronicle, May 8, 1968, p. 1

May 13,1960
San Francisco police attack students (including a young Abbie Hoffman) protesting a local hearing of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

May 16, 1717 ~ French poet and philosopher Voltaire (François Marie Arouet) suspected of writing subversive satire, is imprisoned for the first time in the Bastille. Voltaire by Clarence Darrow
Voltaire wikipedia.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

May 1, 1830 -- Mother Jones (Mary Harris), is born in Cork, Ireland. The Irish-American anti-war activist & labor organizer lived to be 100-years old. Mother Jones Bio (1837–1930)
The Mother Jones magazine was named in her honor.

"I live in the United States,
but I do not know exactly where.
My address is wherever there is a fight against oppression.
My address is like my shoes; it travels with me. I abide where there is a fight against wrong." said Mother Jones

May 1, 1923, American novelist, Joseph Heller. Best known for Catch-22, a satirical war novel basedon his personal experience in World War II, during which he flew 60 bombing missions from May to October. He began it in 1953; and it was first published in 1961. The title entered the English lexicon to refer to absurd, no-win choices, especially in situations in which the desired outcome of the choice is an impossibility, and regardless of choice, the same negative outcome is a certainty.
Joseph Heller (wikipedia)

May 8, 1930 ~ Born in San Francisco, Zen anarchist and one of the earliest of the Beat Poets, Gary Snyder has been described as the "poet laureate of Deep Ecology". He is all that as well as an essayist, travel writer, translator, award winner and educator, (U.C. Davis) for many years.

May 11, 1904 ~ Salvador Dali
Dali videos
"There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad." Salvadore Dali Dali-what's my line video

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ONGOING

MONTHLY ART EVENTS

NORTH BEACH FIRST FRIDAY

\The de Young and Legion of Honor are temporarily closed to the public.

ART CHANGES LIVES, you can, too.
Creativity Explored ~
3245 Sixteenth St ~SF, (map)
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FIRST SATURDAY each month:
(Dogpatch, Potrero, Mission)
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At 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
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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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Children’s Creativity Museum
Exploratorium
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MUSEUMS
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin St. ~ San Francisco

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

GREY CITY GALLERY (facebook)
250 Columbus #202
Saroyan Place
North Beach ~ San Francisco
www.artbyashcroft.com

ONLINE THROUGH MAY, 2020
FROM THE HEART OF SAN FRANCISCO'S
HISTORIC NORTH BEACH
LIVE WORMS GALLERY
1345 Grant Avenue ~ San Francisco

The Corona virus has disrupted all of our lives and cast our future to the wind. Live Worms responds by sharing what local artists have been creating during these trying times.

ARTISTS SHELTERING IN PLACE
GROUP EXHIBITION OPENING

Featuring artwork by Kevin Brown, Debra Walker, Jeffrey Thompson, Tom Schultz, Michael Pedroni, Ruth Cali Caprow Mauro Ffortissimo, Bob Bralov, Elly Simmons, Tina Tarnoff, Howard Whitehouse, Michael Fasanella, Fanny Renoir, Marc Brown,Dan Macchiarini, Richard Louis Perri, Jerry Ferraz, James Redo, Victoria Brill, Lisa Keith,
Gary Janis, Nancy Calef

Music by Mauro Ffortissimo,
Bob Bralove & Jerry Ferraz
Animation and production by Nancy Calef

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The Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue map MuseumFromHome
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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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SF Opera ~ SF Ballet
SF Symphony
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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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GREY CITY GALLERY (facebook)
250 Columbus #202
Saroyan Place
North Beach ~ San Francisco
www.artbyashcroft.com
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SFLIVE WORMS
1345 Grant Avenue ~ San Francisco
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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
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ART CHANGES LIVES, you can, too.
Creativity Explored ~
3245 Sixteenth St ~SF, (map)
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FIRST THURSDAY each month
Visit SFADA.com for a full list of galleries, exhibitions, and SDFA EVENTS throughout
We look forward to seeing you
in our galleries. FIRST THURSDAY
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Please give your SUPPORT to our independent Theaters

Not Avalilable at this time

***RADIO ONLINE***

EVERY FRIDAY~ Noon to 3pm
www.KPOO.com or 89.5FM in San Francisco
LA VERDAD MUSICAL (THE MUSICAL TRUTH)
AVOTCJA (pronounced Avacha)
playing the best of African, Caribbean,Jazz, Bomba ,
Plena & Latin dance.

Diamond Dave
Common Thread Collective
~*~ 2nd Saturdays 8-10pm ~*~on
www.MutinyRadio.fm
OPEN MIC w/ co-host Global Val
Commom Thread Collective

Dave Whitaker and the Three Generation Rainbow

CANCELLED FOR NOW

FILMS
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(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
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Bamfa
(UC Berkeley Art Museum
♥~*~♥

ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES
at SAN FRANCISCO LIBRARY
♥~*~♥

FILM
(Ongoing Current Calendar Links)

Please give your SUPPORT to our independent Theaters

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

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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
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
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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Poets: Here Now and There Then, Beats and Otherwise, Artist Friends, Odds and Ends

POETS
Jennifer Barone
Charles Curtis Blackwell artist poet

Charles is (.mini documentary of the painter Charles Curtis Blackwell)
Bob Booker Ambush Review
Bob Booker @ The 8th Annual Beat
Museum Poetry Festival (youtube)

Neeli Cherkovski
Ana Elsner poem for George Tsongas
Ferlinghetti
Auto/Biographical Sketch of Jack Hirschman by Matt Gonzalez
Clare Hsu ~poet/ president of ClarionMusic, Performing Arts Center
Diamond Dave, S. F. Rabble Rouser and Revolutionary Rebel By Hugh Dander
Fifteen Poems Jack Hirschman
Q R Hand
Phil Deal poet, artist, musician, inventor
Fifteen Poems Jack Hirschman
devorah major
David Meltzer
A Tribute to David Meltzer
THE ART / THE VEIL:Meltzer
Ed MyCue
Diane di Prima
Diane di Prima Lunch Poems - video
Gary Snyder
Kim Shuck -S.F. Poet Laureate
George Tsongas North Beach Poet
Cara Vida
Mel C. Thompson
Cara Vida
A.D.Winans Fansite

Antonin Artaud mad as hell
Anais Nin
Baudelaire -Les Fleurs du mal
William Blake Archive
Ira Cohen
Ira Cohen youtube videos
Robert Creeley
ee cummings paintings
Hermann Hesse and Paintings
Krishnamurti
Robert Lax
Robert Lax poetry
Pablo Neruda poems
Charles Olson reads 'Maximus to Gloucester, Letter 27
Ezra Pound's "Cantos," section LXXXI
read by the poet

BEATS gone/ gone/ gone beyond
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg performs William Blake
Richard Brautigan
Richard Brautigan poems

Charles Bukowski
William Burroughs
William Burroughs Reality Studio
Howard Hart by Armour Garland
Kenneth Rexroth Archive
(David Meltzer, Summer 1969)
Jack Hirschman Remembers:
Kenneth Rexroth and the Beats
Interview with Kenneth Rexroth
Gregory Corso
Herbert E. Huncke
Kirby Doyle links:
obituary, & announcement of memorial readingS F Chronicle, 05.14.03
Kirby Doyle page
Hammond Guthrie's Third Page
"The Birth of Digger Batman" by Kirby Doyle,as published in The Digger Papers
Remembrances of Kirby Doyle by McClure, Peter Coyote,Tisa Walden, Philomene Long and John Thomas, and Claude Hayward.
Jack Kerouac
Bob Kaufman (1925-1986)
Philip Lamantia

In memory of Jack Micheline Poet-
by Jack Hirschman
Harold Norse July 6, 1916 - June 8, 2009
Charles Olson
Jack Spicer

Philip Whalen
Philip Whalen chapbook
Mark Other Place by Phillip Whalen
Academy of Beat Poets
American Museum of Beat Art
The Beat Generation:
Beat SuperNova
Cultural Chronology of Early Beat Generation Literature
Cosmic Baseball Association
How Beat Happened
Lit Kicks
Decade of Bebop, Beatniks & Painting
Arthur Monroe1998
Naropa U. Internet Archive
Harry Redl : Portraits of Beat Generation
Beat Generation/Bohemian Dialectic
Why the Beats Still Matter

Kenneth Patchen links
Kenneth Patchen;
Poetry and Jazz days, 1957–1959
Kenneth Patchen Home Page
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

Kenneth Patchen - Do The Dead Know What Time It Is?-
Kenneth Patchen Reads With Jazz In Canada.-

Beautiful You Are (Poem by Kenneth Patchen)


kenneth patchen poems
kenneth patchen youtube

Harry Smith Archives (1923-1991)
M.C. Escher Gallery

Vincent van Gogh Gallery
Vincent van Gogh Letters

Literary stamps
Art Crimes Writing on the Wall
Art Daily

Women in the Arts National Museum
Women Painters Index: 1893 Expo
Women in Art video
Women are Art - Corot video
Women of the Beat Generation
The Golda Foundation presents
Vali Myers, a Memoir

Project Gutenberg
Poetry through the Ages
Poetry Foundation
*UBUWEB*
*Aspen web version - multimedia magazine in a box
surrealist.com ~ A history of surrealism, surreal art, and the artists involved in the surrealist art movement. A definitive history of the surrealist movement.

ODDS & ENDS
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
Open Culture
the best free cultural and education media on the web

Transcendental Biographies:
The effect of the Transcendental Planet in the lives of historical, cultural and artistic personalities
Neurotic Poets

Political Writings of George Orwell
Essays, newspaper columns, letters and editorials.
George Orwell complete works,photos
Oscar Wilde

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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