Readings
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Meet the authors of new books and hear poets and other literary lights read their work.
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George McCalman
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Films - Past
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Events
Past Events
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Sunday, December 3, 2 PMCANCELED: Julia Bryan-Wilson and Leigh Raiford on Louise Nevelson’s Sculpture: Drag, Color, Join, Face
In conversation with Leigh Raiford, Julia Bryan-Wilson introduces her new book, Louise Nevelson’s Sculpture: Drag, Color, Join, Face (Yale University Press, 2023), a radical rethinking of the art of renowned sculptor Louise Nevelson (1899–1988).
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Saturday, November 18, 2:30 PMBook Release: Renny Pritikin’s At Third and Mission: A Life Among Artists
Join us in celebrating the publication of At Third and Mission: A Life Among Artists, a memoir by longtime Bay Area museum curator Renny Pritikin. Pritikin will read from his new book and converse with East Bay poet Brandon Brown. Copies of Pritikin’s book will be available for purchase and signing by the author immediately following the event.
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Saturday, November 11, 5 PMPoetry Reading: Hieu Minh Nguyen, Sam Sax, and D. A. Powell
Join us for a poetry reading with Hieu Minh Nguyen, Sam Sax, and D. A. Powell!
Programmed by Thea Matthews
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Saturday, October 14, 5 PMPoetry Reading: Ashia Ajani, Nia McAllister, and open mic
Join us for a poetry reading with Ashia Ajani and Nia McAllister, plus an open mic!
Programmed by Thea Matthews
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Sunday, July 16, 4:30 PMBerkeley Poetry Festival: Lifetime Achievement Celebration
Berkeley Poetry Festival presents its 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award to Jewelle Gomez
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Wednesday, April 12, 5 PMDarcy Grimaldo Grigsby on Creole: Portraits of France’s Foreign Relations During the Long Nineteenth Century
To mark the opening of Alexandre Dumas’s Afro: Blackness Caricatured, Erased, and Back Again, which she guest curated together with Vanessa Jackson, Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby introduces her new book, Creole, with a presentation designed to frame and contextualize the exhibition.
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Sunday, March 5, 3 PMGeorge McCalman on Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen
Artist and author George McCalman introduces his new book, Illustrated Black History, which reimagines our idea of Black history with a series of vivid portraits of 145 Black pioneers throughout America’s four-hundred-year history. Each is celebrated with a painting or drawing accompanied by a brief biography of their contribution to activism, science, politics, business, medicine, technology, food, entertainment, or the arts.