THE MUSIC OF THE WORD / (LA PALABRA MUSICAL) via Zoom

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_Join us ONLINE SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25th & the 4th Saturday of every Month

3PM – 5PM PST No Cover hosted by Avotcja

NAZELAH JAMISON (Poet, Performance Artist)

PAUL FLORES (Poeta / Plywright / Educator)

CHUN YU & MICHAEL WARR (multi-lingual Poets)

TONY ALDARONDO (Poet / Actor)

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YOU on the Open Mic y mas

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La Palabra Musical / The Music of The Word 3-5PM PST is usually

the 4th Saturdays on zoom. But this December we’ll be December 17th.

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Warr & Yu Open the Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival

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Poet/translator Chun Yu and Michael Warr will open the Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival on October 14, 2023, with works that include their bilingual poems from the Two Languages / One Community project they cofounded. Get there early so you don’t miss our opening.

Poets Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Joyce Gordon Gallery

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Come show your support for the celebration of the Joyce Gordon Gallery’s 20th Anniversary this Saturday, September 30. I will join a stellar group of poets including Avotcja, Charles Blackwell, James Cagney, Tureeda Mikell, Lakiba Pittman, and Raymond Nat Turner. I’m bringing books to hawk and 50% of sales go to the Gallery so bring cash and all newfangled ways to spend your money for a good cause.

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Thrilled to join poets devorah major, Tongo Eisen Martin, Dorothy Payne, Matt Sedillo, Vanessa Torres, and amazing kamele ngoni and kora player Keenan Webster this Friday, September 29. It has been a while since I recited with Keenan’s sounds from West Africa. Bissap Baobab is the perfect San Francisco spot to reconnect on stage. I will share a few poems from my years as a foreign correspondent in Africa. Hope to see you there. FREE AFRICA.

Michael Warr Recites Poems in the Park

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I was invited by Agneta Falk as one of the featured poets at Flower Piano 2023 on Friday, September 8th. I included my poem “Life in the Veins of Leaves” which is part of the “Voice of Trees” sound installation in Golden Gate Park in which with the project’s app you can hear the poets recite their recorded poems among the trees (see https://bit.ly/46ktTBf). Other featured poets and musicians the Flower Piano performance included devorah major, Neeli Cherkovski, and Scott Bird. Mauro Ffortissimo was one of the pianists performing on the Conifer Lawn. Here is a map from the Flower Piano schedule: https://www.sfbg.org/…/6a1cf5…

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Chun Yu and Michael Warr kicked off the State of the Arts Summit 2023 with a sampling of poems in English and Chinese as part of our bilingual collaboration Two Languages / One Community For details go to State of the Arts Summit 2023 for more info.

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Chun Yu and I read a few of our Two Languages / One Community poems in Chinese and English to close the 70th Anniversary of City Lights Bookstore on Sunday, August 20th, in Jack Kerouac Alley. The list of stellar poets and musicians follows below.

From City Lights:

Thank you to all the poets and attendees who turned out to help us celebrate our 70th anniversary with a live poetry reading in Kerouac Alley!

This star-studded event featured readings by Micah Ballard, Chris Carosi, Garrett Caples, Neeli Cherkovski, Norma Cole, Gillian Conoley, Sophia Dahlin, Tiff Dressen, Nadia Elbgal, Agneta Falk Hirschman, erica lewis, Randall Mann, Alexandra Mattraw, Alejandro Murguía, Achy Obejas, Julien Poirier, Sam Sax, Janaka Stucky, Tate Swindell, Sunnylyn Thibodeaux, Preeti Vangani, Michael Warr, and Chun Yu.

City Lights is celebrating our 70th anniversary all year long with historic talks, poetry readings, online panels and discussions, and much more!

Details: https://citylights.com/city-lights-70th-anniversary…/