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San Francisco's Open Mic Poetry Scene.

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for upcoming civic actions

ART SHOWS ~ GALLERIES
ONGOING FILM - local Theater links)
WEB LINKS

A LITTLE HISTORY

LOVE in ACTION Projects
events on the calendar that show this little red heart are what SF Heart calls Love in Action projects,benefits,volunteer,
fundraiser for good causes.

VENUES

Please visit and support our local venues all of which have current calendars of upcoming events on their own websites.
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
+LIVE MUSIC SERIES
and 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
events resume in Sept.
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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
December Event calendar
for both Green Apple locations
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Green Apple Books/ 9th Ave
1231 9th Ave
San Francisco
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Goethe-Institut San Francisco
530 Bush Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco
Events
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The Green Arcade
1680 Market Street @Gough
San Francisco
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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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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 BIRTHDAYCont.)

Jan. 15, 1929 ~ born, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement.

~ JANIS JOPLIN~
Jan. 19, 1943 ~ Oct 4, 1970, age 27

early days in North Beach by artist David Archer

Jan. 19, 1809 ~ born, Edgar Allan Poe in Boston, Poet, literary critic, macabre mystery writer.
Knowing Poe

Jan 23,1910 ~ born, Gypsy jazz musician, bon-vivant Django Reinhardt in Belguim.
http://www.redhotjazz.com/django.html
Django Reinhardt (1910)~1953)
Django’s Personality

Jan. 23, 1756 ~ born with great rhythm Wolfgang A. Mozart

January 24 Happy Birthday, poet Daniel Yaryen, is the founder of Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts
He is a good friend and promoter of many poets and events in San Francisco, Santa Cruz and beyond.
Daniel Yaryen is also a commissioner of The Mystic Boxing Commission, a club dedicated to fighting for the striving artists of today.

Jan 25, 1948 ~ Happy Birthday. Poet Kit Kennedy born in Morristown, New Jersey.

January 28, 1941, born, druid and poet Jehanah Wedgewood, a treasured member of the San Francisco arts community, Jehanah lived in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood for 39 years, where she became a cornerstone of San Francisco's literary culture, presiding over weekly poetry readings at the Sacred Grounds Café for two decades. Jehanah. blog is full of Jehanah's poetry, images and memories created by her daughter Susana. Jehanah Wedgwood 1941–2010 |The Wild Hunt (about her work as druid.)

Jan. 18, 1962 ~ San Francisco Poet and artist, Susan Birkeland
was born in Hibbing, Minnesota. Susan grew up in Texas, left home to live in Austin and then followed her heart to San Francisco where she lived in the mission district and became abeloved voice among San Francisco's poetic artistic North Beach community.

“Love is no matter what
Mercy is no matter how
Justice is no matter who
Hope is no matter when.”
-Susan Birkeland
(January 18, 1961- November 18, 2006)

"The Bruised Angel Almanac" (2006)
chapbook of poetry and drawings
available at Zeitgeist Press

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I send my love and gratitude to all of you
who have touched my life and warmed my heart
during the 14 years it has been my pleasure to host
the San Francisco Art and Poetry Calendar @ sfheart.com.
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To all the venues who provide the spaces,
the organizers and promoters and all the
wonderful people who attend the events,
buy the books, support and encourage
the artists, poets, writers, musicians.
Thank you all for showing up
it's you who make it happen!

Peace and Love, Nicole Savage

ATTENTION!
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Although not available to post submitted events at
this time, I invite you to peruse my own favorite
places to find Events starting at on top left sidebar,
Also the Venue listings all have their own calendars,
as do the Museums, Art Galleries and Film sections.
Our San Francisco Public Libraries, w/ branches
in most neighborhoods are also an excellent
event source for the entire family.
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For questions, comments, reports of errors
or broken links, please CONTACT
N. Savage, editor, sfheart.com
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Below are a selection of weekly, monthly, annual,
or occassional special events.

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

MONDAY

1st & 3rd Monday, 2020
7 PM – 9 PM
BIRD and BECKETT BOOKS
653 Chenery ~ San Francisco
between Diamond and Castro, San Francisco

POETS
Features on website
followed by an open mic
Hosted by Jerry Ferraz,
and Poet Laureate Kim Shuck
1ST & 3RD MONDAY POETRY SERIES

Monday, Jan. 27,2020
7:30 pm
Grace Cathedral
1100 California Street.
San Francisco

Sound Bath: A Sonic Journey Experience
Live Music
Grace Cathedral's Unique "Sound Bath" Experience
One-of-a-kind whole-body experience sound bath in the ambiance of a magnificent sacred space.
Presented by Grace Cathedral, Gabriel Gold
and Sam Jackson lead a team of top Bay Area musicians in this deeply meditative,
90min sonic journey.$20 - $60
Purchase ticket
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TUESDAY

2nd Tuesday, 2020
PARK BRANCH LIBRARY
7:00 PM
1833 Page, between Cole & Shrader
San Francisco

ON THE PAGE OFF THE PAGE
Open Mic Poetry Series (and music)
As always, we'll have food for the body
the mind, and the spirit. Everybody
(performers, audience, and friends) welcome!
Hosted by RICHARD IVANHOE
SECOND TUESDAY MONTHLY POETRY SERIES
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3rd Tuesday,2020
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
PianoFight
144 Taylor St, (between Turk & Eddy)
San Francisco

THE WORD PARTY
Featured poet NORMA SMITH!
Hosted by Jennifer Barone, Ingrid Keir, live jazz with Daniel Heffez, Geordie Van Der Bosch and friends. Open Mic sign-up for poetry only starts at 7:15pm – 3min time limit, pick your best poem to read
with live jazz accompaniment,
FREE admission. Full menu and bar available.
3RD TUESDAY POETRY/ OPEN MIC AND JAZZ SERIES

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WEDNESDAY

EVERY WEDNESDAY, 22, 2020
7 pm sign up,readings until 9:30 pm
at SACRED GROUNDS CAFE
2095 Hayes @ Cole ~ San Francisco

SACRED GROUNDS
POETRY READING SERIES (1972)
Featured Reader BRUCE FESSENDEN
clip from feature presentation at Poetry Express: HOSTED by DAN BRADY
WEEKLY SACRED GROUNDS POETRY READING + OPEN MIC

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THURSDAY

2nd Thursday 2020
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY
Latino/Hispanic Room (Lower LeveL
100 Larkin Street ~ San Francisco

POEM JAM
Join San Francisco Poet Laureate
KIM SHUCK and special guests,
for a Poetry Reading
Mark your Calendars. Free!
2ND THURSDAY MONTHLY POETRY READING SERIES

Thursday, January 23, 2020
7 PM – 9 PM
BIRD and BECKETT BOOKS
653 Chenery ~ San Francisco
between Diamond and Castro, San Francisco

A READING:
EVELINE KANES, poet and literary translator
SUSAN DAMBROFF, poet, performer, and teacher.
and MARY LEE McNEAL, both poetry and fiction.

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FRIDAY

3RD FridayJanuary 24, 2020
7:00 PM

HAIGHT ASHBURY PEACE VIGIL
corner of Masonic and Fell,
Golden Gate Park Panhandle.
We will have our usual signs,
music, candles,and snacks.
Join us for the whole two hours
or for just five minutes.

Everybody welcome!
If you join us, please dress for the weather.
Pictures from past vigils can be seen here
3RD FRIDAY PEACE VIGIL
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Neighborhood Free Days
California Academy of Sciences,
55 Music Concourse Drive,
San Francisco

2020 Winter Dates | Neighborhood Free Days

Next Free Weekend: January 24, 25, 26
Mon-Sat | 9:30 am to 5 pm
Sunday | 11 am to 5 pm
California Academy of Sciences,
55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park
Neighborhoods: Alamo Square, Cole Valley, Cow Hollow, Fisherman’s Wharf, Haight Ashbury, Laurel Heights, Marina, Pacific Heights, Presidio, Richmond, Western Addition
Zip Codes:
94115, 94117, 94118, 94121, 94123, 94129, 94159

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SATURDAY

EVERY SATURDAY is FREE MUSEUM DAY
at the De Young &The Legion of Honor
9:30 am to 5:15 pm

FIRST SATURDAY each month:
(Dogpatch, Potrero, Mission)
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!

1st Saturday, 2020
7-9:30 PM
LA PROMENADE CAFE
Good food at reasonable prices!
3643 Balboa St. Ave.near 38th Ave
-across from Balboa Theatre
San Francisco

1st Saturday San Francisco Poetry readiing
Hosted by STEPHANIE MANNING
followed by an Open Mic
Come One! Come All!
FIRST SATURDAY POETRY READING SERIES

1st Saturday, 2020
Doors -- 7:30 pm.
BLACK & BROWN SOCIAL CLUB
476 Valencia street~San Francisco
Mission District

The Black & Brown Social Club presents
Black & Brown for Justice, Peace and Equality
See link for Features
1ST SAT. OF THE MONTH POETRY SERIES

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SUNDAY

Sunday, January 26, 2020
2:30 PM
BIRD and BECKETT BOOKS
653 Chenery ~ San Francisco
between Diamond and Castro,
San Francisco

WALKER TALKS! ~ THE FAIRY TALE
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Sunday, January 26, 2020
– 4:30-6:30pm
Grant Levin Residency
last Sundays through June
which way west?
SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES
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Sunday January 26, 2020
7PM
BIRD and BECKETT BOOKS
653 Chenery ~ San Francisco
between Diamond and Castro,
San Francisco

Celebrate the
COLLECTED POEMS OF BOB KAUFMAN POEMS
which was recently published by City Lights Books.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti said of Kaufman, "He was an original voice. No one else talked like him. No one else wrote poetry like him." Readers will include: *devorah major, * Jack Hirschman, *Tate Swindell,
*Gail Mitchell, *Neeli Cherkovski, *Michael Warr,
*Agneta Falk, *Jessica Loos.
Click on the links below to read reviews.,
Jonah Raskin in Counterpunch,
Marc Olmsted in Sensitive Skin Magazine,
Dwight Garner in NY Times

Do check out the abundance of outstanding event choices available most every day at the
BIRD & BECKETT BOOKS & RECORDS
LITERARY, COMMUNITY, +LIVE MUSIC SERIES
~*~Nicole Savage,editor/www,sfhesrt.com
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~ January 12, 1986 ~
BOB KAUFMAN

"Bob Kaufman, the "black Rimbaud" of Beat
San Francisco, passed away in his sleep Sunday morn January 12, 1986, passed on in a dream of Halley's Comet leaving our visibility. In the mosaic of the micro-environments of this penninsular city, his very presence would percolate events and cluster conversation. Bolts of insight and humor charging his public atmosphere, electric beat and dancer of his word that went out to the everyday lives, to stir us all. North Beach was his book, its streets his paper, to do his poems in person. For thirty years Bob was the beat Ulysses of North Beach in his dynamic trails and stops, those ports of call, portals of horn, that generated a poetic geography."
© Kush,excerpt from The Duende of Bob Kaufman,
Third Railrom, issue 6, 1987

The Prince with the Big Eyes by Jack Micheline
The Funeral of Bob Kaufman by Allen Cohen
BeatitudePoetry.com

~January 19 1905 ~
BYRON ALTON HUNT
born in Eugene,Oregon

BYRON HUNT

Byron Hunt was an artist, poet, noted story teller, filmmaker, mail art enthusiast, as well as a mentor and beloved advisor to artists and poets.
During the 1920's Hunt settled in San Francisco into a studio in the “Monkey Block”
(now the Transamerica Pyramid. During the Depression he worked as a weaver for the FAP
and as a sketcher for Diego Rivera at the
Golden Gate International Exposition.
Artist Harold La Vigne once followed Byron
Hunt around with a movie camera, recording his antics for posterity.
Byron Hunt, original beat poetand trickster, was also the poet who gave Allen Ginsberg"Moloch" that Allen used in Howl. Byron always said, "Allen and I were upon the hill overlooking the financial district and I started jumping up and down waving my arms yelling 'MOLOCH!, MOLOCH!, MOLOCH!' and Allen used it in Howl and never thanked me for it. Some poets are like that". Byron, poet, artist was also a retired postman and walked the
city everyday for miles.
Artist Byron Hunt painted the cover of
Beatitude 33, Silver Anniversary
edited by Jeffrey Grossman.
On June 12, 1993, Byron Alton Hunt
died in Clear Lake, Cal., age 88.
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POEM FOR BYRON HUNT

In the San Francisco daylight
Stood a young man on the street
he was round & smily and wore glasses
This young man had wild eyes
and a room full of color
The real museum of Modern Art
yellow as the sun
red as trees and grass
blue as the sky
fuscia as a ladies behind
orange as the moon
He loves the moon
All in his room at the Goodman Hotel
A True Artist Byron Hunt
Humble man of the people and the street
To know this man is to know heart

by Jack Micheline, Sept. 7, 1977 SF

Obituary for Byron Alton Hunt by Tony Vaughan

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

January 3, 1867
Joshua Norton I, "Dei Gratia" Emperor of the United States & Protector of Mexico, abolishes Congress & calls out the Army to clear out the riff-raff & crooks

WHEREAS, a body of men calling themselves the National Congress are now in session in Washington City, in violation of our Imperial edict of the 12th of October last, declaring the said Congress abolished; WHEREAS, it is necessary for the repose of our Empire that the said decree should be strictly complied with; NOW, THEREFORE, we do hereby Order & Direct Major-General Scott, the Command-in-Chief of our Armies, immediately upon receipt of this, our Decree, to proceed with a suitable force & clear the Halls of Congress.

January 3, 1917 - Tom Mooney trial begins in San Francisco.

"America free Tom Mooney
America save the Spanish Loyalists
America Sacco & Vanzetti must not die..." ~ Allen Ginsberg

A series of lithographs (1933) by Ben Shahn depicting the Tom Mooney trial aided their cause & helped establish his reputation as an activist artist.

Jan. 7, 1714 ~ The 1st typewriter patent issued in England.

January 7, 1968
San Francisco’s KMPX-FM, a pioneering ‘underground’ radio stations, held a ‘grass ballot’ vote among its listeners.
Among those elected were:
Bob Dylan ~ (President)
Paul Butterfield~ (Vice-President)
George Harrison
(UN Ambassador)
Jefferson Airplane
(Secretary of Transportation)
and the Grateful Dead
(Attorney-General)

January 7, 1968
Benefit for "Stop the Draft" Week
Phil Ochs
The Loading Zone
Blue Cheer
Venue: Fillmore Auditorium

Jan 12, 1967

Jerry Rubin
Gary Snyder
Allen Cohen
@ 1542 Haight Street
photographer: Gene Anthony

Jan. 12, 1967 ~ Beat poets hold a free benefit for the Diggers. Held at Gino & Carlo's Tavern, billed as "the first San Francisco Poets 'Thank You' to the Diggers." Included were "Gary Snyder, Lenore Kandel, George Stanley, Ron Lowensohn, Lew Welch, Richard Brautigan, David Meltzer and William Fritchey."
The Diggers, true to form, refuse to accept cash donations collected at the event.

Jan 14, 1967 ~ Human Be-In

Allen Ginsberg
Richard Alpert
Dick Gregory
Jack Weinberg
Timothy Leary
Jerry Rubin
Gary Snyder
Polo Fields, Golden Gate Park

The Be-In was a blossom.
It was a flower.
It was out in the weather.
It didn't have all its petals.
There were worms in the rose.
It was perfect in its imperfections.
It was what it was -
and there had never been anything
like it before.
- Michael McClure (The Summer of Love)

January 16, 1966
Joan Baez is jailed for 10 days for Vietnam antiwar protest during a demonstration, Oakland, California.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

January 1, 1942, "Country" Joe McDonald grew up in El Monte, Ca, At 17, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy for three years . In the early 1960s, he began busking on the Telegraph Ave. in Berkeley, Ca.
Visit Country Joe's website for his bio and more.

Jan. 3, 1892 ~ born, J. R.R. Tolkien, author of Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world". .J. R.R. Tolkien

January 6, 1706 ~born, Benjamin Franklin, electrician, printer, statesman, philosopher, writer, kite-flyer. Franklin's Virtues

Jan. 6, 1832 ~ born in Strasbourg, France, artist Gustave Dore worked primarily with wood and steel engraving. In the forty year period from 1860-1900 a new Doré illustrated edition was published every eight days!

Jan. 6, 1878.~ born, Carl Sandburg in Galesburg, Illinois. American poet, historian, novelist & folklorist.

January 6, 1883 ~ born, Poet Kahlil Gibran (The Prophet) in Lebanon. "On Love"

(Jan, 6, 1915 – Sept.30, 2001) was an American physician, neuroscientist, psychoanalyst, psychonaut, philosopher, writer and ..

On Jan. 8, 1880 –
Headline in the Morning Call: “Norton the First, by the grace of God Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, departed this life.

”Emperor Norton, an eccentric resident proclaimed himself Emperor of the United States & Protector of México in 1859. Although a pauper, he was fed free in San Francisco's best restaurants And all his state proclamations were published in San Francisco's newspapers. While rational reformers elsewhere failed to crack the national bank monopoly with alternate currency plans, Norton the First had his own private currency accepted throughout San Francisco.

January 12, 1876 ~ Jack London,
(born John Griffith Chaney.
Jack London was one of the most successful writer in America in the early 20th Century. An illegitimate child, London passed his childhood in poverty in the Oakland slums. At the age of 17, he ventured to sea on a sealing ship. The turning point of his life was a thirty-day imprisonment that was so degrading it made him decide to turn to education and pursue a career in writing.source

You look back and see how hard you worked and how poor you were, and how desperately anxious you were to succeed, and all you can remember is how happy you were." Jack London,
San Francisco Quotes

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LENORE KANDALL
poet and counter-culture activist
Lenore Kandel
Jan. 14, 1932, New York - Oct. 18, 2009, San Francisco

Praise be to Eros who loves only beauty
and finds it everywhere
…sharing his own soft wanton grace
with all who let his presence enter in
faithless as flowers, fickle as the wind-borne butterfly
– Lenore Kandel

Lenore Kandel (1932–2009) was born in New York City and wrote poetry from childhood. She was reading about Buddhism and world religion when she was 12 years old. In 1959. her writings An Exquisite Navel, A Passing Dragon and Passing Dragon Seen Again appeared.

She was 30 years In 1960 when she moved to <br />San Francisco and she fell in with the poets Lew Welch and Gary Snyder.Then she met Jack Kerouac who immortalized her a Welsh's girlfriend in Big Sur."

INCARNATION OF LIGHT

Lenore Kandel

you were Lucifer in the morning, the day star
you were Aurora, tearing Hecate's black veil
with your dancing feet;
spinning golden banners from star to dimming star
you were helios, the sun driver, hero of flame,
bright with the terrible beauty of infinite light
your were Hesperus in the evening, first candle
of Selene who lights night with star fire and her
own silver passion

you were the first light and last light, incarnate in
gods and goddesses. in the hearth fire and the
shooting star
each flame a votive light, acknowledged or unknown

( dreaming, I saw creatures shaped as men but with garuda wings fanning from their backs - their blood flowed on the earth and it came from their veins burning in phosphorescent streams - I saw this and remembered)

Light I invoke you with the power of match and of candle -
BE BORN AGAIN!
light beyond the shape of flame, clear light that
shines from the shapes of mankind around me,
clear light that shines from the shapes of mankind
around me, clear light that becomes the universe
around me, the incarnation of light in all living things,
all aspects of the planet,
all visions and all dreams.
I do invoke you

BE BORN AGAIN!

SF: Communication Company, 1967. Broadside.

"When a society is afraid of its poets,
it is afraid of itself.
A society afraid of itself stands
as another definition of hell."
~Lenore Kandel

In 2012 Collected Poems of Lenore Kandel , edited by Evan Karp, was published by Berkeley-based independent publisher North Atlantic Books featuring 80 of her poems, many of which had never before been published.
Historic photos and interview with poet Lenore Kandel utube)

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MONTHLY ART EVENTS

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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FIRST FRIDAY IN NORTH BEACH

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!

ART CHANGES LIVES, you can, too.
Creativity Explored ~
3245 Sixteenth St ~SF, (map)
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San Francisco Museums for All offers opportunities to experience art and educational enrichment at more than 15 museums and cultural centers by providing free entry to residents participating in public benefit programs offered by the Human Services Agency.

In San Francisco
California Academy of Sciences
Children’s Creativity Museum
de Young Museum
Exploratorium

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MUSEUMS
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin St.
San Francisco
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Museum of the African Diaspora
685 Mission St.
San Francisco
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Contemporary Jewish Museum
736 Mission Street
San Francisco
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De Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr.
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
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The Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue
San Francisco map
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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

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
North Beach First Friday.
www.artbyashcroft.com
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SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN ARTISTS
647 Irving St.,SF
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Please give your SUPPORT to our independent Theaters

***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.

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

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!
♥~*~♥

FILMS
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Tue, Jan 21, 2020 ~ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday French Movie Night:
The Alliance Française of San Francisco
1345 Bush Street ~ San Francisco map

Persepolis" by
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Genre: animation, bigraphy, drama
Trailer The theater doors open 15 minutes before the movie starts.
You are welcome to wait in the library if you arrive before then. $5. Tickets
one Tuesday each month we organize a screening of a Francophone movie
with English subtitles. See you there!
ONE TUESDAY A MONTH FILM SERIES
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~* FREE MUSEUMS ON SATURDAY*~
Every Saturday the DE YOUNG and LEGION OF HONOR Museums offer free general admission to all residents of the nine Bay Area counties, featuring engaging art experiences for the entire family, including art making, gallery guides, and tours with discussion including free entry to Soul of a Nation, for all visitors on four Sat. throughout the run of the exhibition.
Please read New information

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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Clay Theatre
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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

San Francisco Film Society
~*~
Silent Film Festival
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Cinemalit
~*~
Bamfa
(UC Berkeley Art Museum
♥~*~♥

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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.
~*~

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.
~*~

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

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~ WEB LINKS~ ♥´¯) ¸.♥´¯)¸.♥´¯) (¸♥´ (¸.♥´ (¸♥´ (¸.♥´¯`•.✿◠‿◠✿¸¸.♥ Enjoy!
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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All products and company names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.