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Tuesdays at
​ North Beach

WHERE: North Beach Branch Library
WHEN: Every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
WHAT: Free poetry readings
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Join us every Tuesday evening in the historic literary epicenter of San Francisco to hear poets from near and far read their work!

Tuesdays at North Beach is a highly-respected weekly poetry series celebrating internationally acclaimed poets and showcasing local talent. Past guests have included Jonathan Richman, Diane di Prima, California Poet Laureate Al Young and freshly-discovered poets from our sister program, Poets 11.

The series is presented by Friends and curated by Friends’ Poet-in-Residence, Jack Hirschman. 
Interested in reading? Please contact Friends’ Literary Director Byron Spooner at byron.spooner@friendssfpl.org or call (415) 522-8602.

Note: Tuesdays at North Beach is a curated reading. The participating poets are invited to read and the schedule is set up well in advance of the events. Only when a scheduled poet cancels too late to locate a substitute do we revert to an open reading format. 

For more information, and to view a list of all upcoming events, please visit our calendar of events. 


 TUESDAYS AT NORTH BEACH POETS
 2018 Lineup for Tuesdays at North Beach (PDF)

JANUARY
  9   Jerry Ferraz & Julien Poirier
16   Diego Di Leo & Doreen Stock
23   Judith Ayn Bernhard & Francisco Herrera
30   Bill Brand & Kitty Costello


FEBRUARY
  6   Al Young & Judy Juanita
13   Gregory Pond & Tamsin Smith
20   Q.R. Hand & Kurt Lipschutz
27.  Charles Curtis Blackwell & Leonore Weiss


MARCH
  6   Sarah Menefee & Angelos Sakkis
13.  Gary Hicks & Genny Lim
20.  Aja Couchois Duncan & Mauro Zanetti
27.  Byron Spooner & Agneta Falk


APRIL
  3   Rob Biederman & Silvi Alcivar
10   Kim Shuck & Romeo Alcalá Cruz
17   Lisbit Bailey & Jorge Argueta
24   Jack Foley (with Sangye Land) & Virginia Barrett


MAY
  1   Andrena Zawinski & Rafael Jesus Gonzalez
  8.  Jim Normington & Heidi McGurrin
15.  Pireeni Sundaralingam & Michael Warr
22.  David Watts & Barbara Paschke
29.  Boadiba & Jami Proctor-Xu


JUNE
  5   Martin Hickel & Trang Cao
12   Carol Denney & Patti Trimble
19.  John Curl & Nadine Lockhart
26.  David Volpendesta & Dan Katz


JULY
  3.   Kevin Simmonds & Open Set
10   Jewelle Gomez & Bob Booker
17   David Volpendesta & open reading
24   Toshi Washizu  & open reading
31.  Robert Anbian & Michael Koch


AUGUST
  7  Sharon Doubiago & Chun Yu
14  Art Montecon & Devereaux Baker
21  Heather Bourbeau & Steven Gray
28  Jorge Molina & open reading


SEPTEMBER
 4   Shirin Sadeghi & Open Reading 
11   James Cagney & Jennifer Barone
18  Mahnaz Badihian & James Tracy
25  Postponed until October 2nd

OCTOBER
2 **Anita Odena Cruz & Tony Robles

**This is the last reading at North Beach Library sponsored by the Friends until further notice.

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