Events

Upcoming Events

Upcoming in 2012

April 25th | Poetry reading to benefit the San Francisco Food Bank – Sacred Grounds Coffeehouse, 7pm

Previous events

2012

February 17, 18, 19 | Invited back to speak at the San Francisco Writers Conference

April 20th | Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA

2011

January 15 | Book signing at Mimosa Champagne Lounge, 2355 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 4 – 6 PM

February 19-20 | Poetry Workshop and Reading, San Francisco Writers Conference Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, CA

February 28 | Joan Gelfand will be a guest of Blake More on Women’s Voices on KXYX&Z Mendocino County Community Radio (streams live at http://www.kzyx.org); the show will also be archived on Blake More’s site: http://www.snakelyone.com/radio/womens-voices/wv-home.html

March 17 | Point Arena – Third Thursday series

March 19 | Continent of Light Book Launch Party. Poetry read by contributors with music by bassist Steve Shain. MC: David Madgalene. Free & open to the public. Pelican Art Gallery and Custom Framing Studio. 143 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma, CA 94952. 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Contact: David Madgalene. madgalene at sonic.net.
http://continentoflight.blogspot.com/

April 6 | Reading at Sunset Poetry, 333 Bridgeway, Sausalito, 7 – 9 PM

April 11 | Reading at Poets Gallery, Cafe Greco, 423 Columbus Ave., San Francisco

May 2 | Reading at Bird and Beckett, 653 Chenery St., San Francisco

May 14 | Frank Bette Art Center, 1601 Paru, Alameda, 8 PM

June 6 | NY Public Library, Jefferson Market Branch

June 26 |The Poetry Hotel is pleased to feature Joan Gelfand for the salon on Sunday June 26.http://www.clarahsu.com/salon.html

September 9, 10, and 11 | Speaking on “Building Your Writers Resume” California Poets in the Schools Symposium, Santa Barbara, CA

October 5th | Launch Party for “Gape-Seed” Uphook Press’s new anthology at The Art House Gallery in Berkley, CA

November 23rd | Broken Circles:  Poets Writing About Hunger, www.feedamerica.com

December 15th |John Natsoulas Gallery Davis California hosted by Andy Jones of the Poetry and Technology Hour – KDVS, and Brad Henderson

2010

December 19 | Reading at Shakti Soulstice at Art House Gallery, 2905 Shattuck, Berkeley, CA

November 20 | Reading for Fearless Books at the Berkeley Public Library main branch

November 9 | Book launch for Here and Abroad at Pierre Menard Gallery, 10 Arrow St., Cambridge MA

November 3 | Interview on The Literati Scene with Smoki Bacon

October 9 | LitCrawl ambush – caveat lector, zeek

October 5 | Word Painters: SF Public Library: Noe Valley Branch, 7pm Host: Stephen Kopel

September 28 | Reading at Marin Poetry Center’s Marin Traveling Show (Register)

September 21 | Seminar on Pulitzer Prize winning poets at Town & Country Library

September 16 | Interview on Alan Hutner Radio

August 24 | Live Poets TV w/Robin Somers

May 2 | An Afternoon of Poetry about Mom: Ravenswood Historic Site, 2647 Arroyo Road, Livermore 2-4PM

April 19 | Café Greco/Columbus/North Beach: Sponsored by “The Poets Gallery” Fea-tured reader w/Mary Hower, Host: Philip Hacker: 7PM

April 17-18 | Adult Poetry Judge: Pleasanton Poetry, Prose and the Arts Festival

March 26 | Washington, D.C. Location TBD

March 13 | Poetry Reading to Benefit Haiti Earthquake Victims – Oakland Public Li-brary, Oakland, CA

March 6th | Collected Works Bookstore: Sante Fe with Kelly Sullivan Walden “I Had the Strangest Dream” 6PM

February 23 | mysticbablylonpodcast Cable TV Featured reader

February 12-14 | Poetry Liaison SF Writers Conference, two workshops and “Ask An Ex-pert” panel www.sfwriters.org

January 24th | San Pancho, Mexico Location Café del Mar

January 7th | Cartwheels in the Sky, internet poetry radio show with Blake More.

2009

December 13 | Valona Deli, Crockett CA 4 PM

October 22 | Jewish Community Library

October 25 | The Beat Museum

September 11 | Stories Bookstore, Los Angeles

September 4 | Poetry and Pizza

September 20 | Petaluma Poetry Walk

September 29 | Marin Poetry Center

October 5 | Gallery Cafe, 7 PM, Washington & Powell, San Francisco

October 10 | Southern Festival of Books – Nashville, Tennessee

October 17 | LitCrawl with Zeek Magazine, 7:15 The Corner Bar

June 3 | Nashville Public Library www.wnba-books.org

June 21 | Afikomen Books http://www.afikomen.com/

June 25 | WOM-BA mini-tour, Books Inc.

April 16 | WNBA – Author’s Showcase www.wnba-sfchapter.org

Feb 4 | Parkplace Books First Wednesday Poetry Series

Feb 13- 15 | Speaking on “Submission Strategies That Work”, Reading at the 1st Annual Poetry Cafe: San Francisco Writers Conference: Mark Hopkins Hotel Nob Hill

Feb 16 | Moe’s Books, 7:30PM With Geri Digiorno, 2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

March 3 | Poetry Center San Jose, Poetry First! 7 PM Art Object Gallery 592 North Fifth Street, San Jose CA 95112

March 11 | Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour: KDVS/UC Davis http://www.kdvs.org/shows/view/show_id/610/date/2006-04-19/

March 12 | Randall Museum Theater/Poetry Series: “Passion Unveiled”7PM Featured with Stephen Kopel, Jari Bradley & Christopher Bernard, Hosted by Ana Elsner http://august2008.blogspot.com/2009/02/ana-elsner-shows-poetry-as-theater.html

March 19 | 7:30 PM: Avid Reader: Davis, California 617 2nd Street. www.avidreaderbooks.com

March 22 |4PM NBC Interview with Janice Edwards: Bay Area Vistas

March 25 | Gallery Bookshop 7PM, 45098 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, with Becky Foust

April 1 | Bowery Poetry Club 6:00 with Slim Russell

April 8th | Porter Square Books in Cambridge, MA. Reading with Ann Harleman

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