2019 Poetry Festival, Book Fair & Open Mic | Berkeley

Submitted by the Event Organizer

The 17th Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival features readings by many local poets, plus a poetry Open Mic at the Berkeley City College Student Lounge.

17th Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival
Saturday, September 21, 2019 | 11:30 am to 4:30 pm
Berkeley City College (Student Lounge), 5th Floor
2050 Center Street, Downtown Berkeley
FREE

The 17th Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival celebrate writers who make the world a better place. This year the Lifetime Achievement Awardee Nanette Deetz

Invocation of the Muse:

Michael Young for Al Young

Featured Readers:

• Barbara Jane Reyes
• James Cagney

Readers:

• Anna Allen
• Claire Calderón
• Natasha Dennerstein
• Steve Fujimura
• Ingrid C Keir
• Michelle Lin
• James J. Siegel
• Norma Smith
• Kelechi Ubozoh

Milvia Street Readers:

• Joseph Mendoza
• Yohana Girma Gebre
• Lisa Jacqueline Graves
• Carla Schick

–Poetry/Flamenco Performance by Vida Felsenfeld
–Cherokee singing and drumming by Unole
–Image is Self Portrait Air by Erika Gagnon

Host: Marguerite Munoz

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.