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6:00pm PDT

for colored girls who considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf 50th Anniversary
Thursday October 15, 2026 6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
Decentered Arts
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FREE, $10-$15 suggested donation

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Broadway debut of Ntozake Shange’s famed choropoem for colored girls who considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf. First performed at the women’s bar Bacchanal right here in Albany before becoming the second play by a Black woman to run on Broadway,  for colored girls is a series of poetic monologues accompanied by dance movements and music. To honor Shange’s legacy, join amalee b., Briana Grogan, Jaine, Mukethe Kawinzi, Erica Lewis, Carl Nickolas, and Wendy M. Thompson. Curated by London Pinkney as they weave the work together. Doors at 5:30pm.
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Briana Grogan

Briana Grogan (she/they) is a Black queer femme poet from Southern California. She received her MFA in Poetry from Mills College and was a 2025 Lambda Literary Fellow and Rosemary’s House Fellow, as well as a 2023 grant recipient of the San Francisco Arts Commission. Their poetry... Read More →
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Jaine

Jaine is an Afro feminine futurist completing her final year of her MFA program at San Francisco State, as an Editor in Chief for 14 Hills: the SFSU Review. Her fiction, nonfiction, and poetry seek to explore ghosts, the outer universe, and the strange-complicated existence of love... Read More →
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London Pinkney

London Pinkney is a writer and the editor-in-chief of The Ana. She is currently working on her debut essay collection that explores the history & culture of Black Californians.
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Mukethe Kawinzi

Mukethe Kawinzi is a trans shepherd and land steward working at the intersection of the pastoral, modern negritude, queer identity, and contemporary rural life. He has farmed in sustainable and organic agriculture for six years, with a focus on small ruminants, artisanal cheesemaking, non-violent livest... Read More →
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Wendy M. Thompson

Wendy M. Thompson is a poet, writer, and scholar who hails from Oakland, California. Her debut poetry collection Black California Gold maps out life in the Bay Area during the 1980s and 1990s and was a finalist for the 2025 Martin Cruz Smith Award: Emerging Diverse Voices prize... Read More →
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amalee b.

amalee b. (they/she) works across experimental writing, painting, installation, and the curatorial. Currently, they facilitate a monthly poetry workshop inspired by the Black Radical Tradition at The Sanctuary in Oakland. Amalee’s practice is motivated by the principle that we should... Read More →
Thursday October 15, 2026 6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
Decentered Arts 1175 Folsom St, San Francisco
  Performance, FREE

6:30pm PDT

Ukraïne: Recipes and Stories from Kyiv to the Black Sea
Thursday October 15, 2026 6:30pm - 8:00pm PDT
Omnivore Books on Food
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Co-presented with Omnivore Books on Food

Experience the joy and resilience of Ukrainian cuisine in a visually rich, travelogue-style cookbook filled with 100 traditional and modern recipes highlighting the comforting dishes, distinctive flavors, and time-honored techniques that make this food so extraordinary. Ukrainian chef Anna Voloshyna traveled across the diverse regions of her homeland―from the mountains to coastline, cities to grasslands, forests to wine country―collecting recipes, stories, and friendships to answer the question: What is Ukrainian cuisine? Joining Voloshyna on this appetizing and fascinating journey is Resy’s editor-in-chief, Paolo Lucchesi.

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Anna Voloshyna

Anna Voloshyna, chef, food stylist, and writer, was born and raised in Southern Ukraine and later immigrated to Oakland with her husband. She teaches cooking classes in the Bay Area and hosts pop-up dinners focusing on Ukrainian food. Her first cookbook, Budmo!, featuring family... Read More →
Thursday October 15, 2026 6:30pm - 8:00pm PDT
Omnivore Books on Food 3885a Cesar Chavez St, San Francisco, CA 94131
  Food, FREE

6:30pm PDT

Freedom: Essays with Zinzi Clemmons
Thursday October 15, 2026 6:30pm - 8:00pm PDT
Mechanics’ Institute
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$5 MI members / $15 gen public

Co-presented with Museum of the African Diaspora & Mechanics’ Institute 

Join Zinzi Clemmons in conversation with Faith Adiele on Clemmons's latest essay collection, Freedom, a deft mix of memoir, family history, criticism, and reportage, drawing on a vast range of material from Joan Didion to James Baldwin, political analysis and history to Clemmons’s own experiences across the globe. In elegiac prose, Clemmons trains her discerning eye on American institutions and mythologies, probing the bounds of liberation and autonomy to interrogate our most enduring quest—the relentless pursuit of freedom for all. Doors at 6:00pm.
Moderators
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Faith Adiele

I'm the author of Meeting Faith, an award-winning account of ordaining as Thailand’s first Black Buddhist nun that is widely taught, is the subject of multiple studies, and regularly appears on essential travel listicles. I am also author of four hybrid chapbooks/memoirs about my Nigerian/Nordic/American heritage... Read More →
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Zinzi Clemmons

Zinzi Clemmons' novel What We Lose was a finalist for the NBCC John Leonard First Book Prize and the Aspen Words Literary Prize. A National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” honoree, she was raised in Philadelphia by a South African mother and an American father. A cofounder of the literary journal Apogee, she lives... Read More →
Thursday October 15, 2026 6:30pm - 8:00pm PDT
Mechanics’ Institute 57 Post St, San Francisco
  Nonfiction

7:00pm PDT

A 22nd-Century Conservation Ethos for California
Thursday October 15, 2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
KALW
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FREE, $10-$15 suggested donation

Sponsored by Heyday Books
Co-presented with KALW

California’s landscapes have long been shaped by deep relationships between people and place. But that relationship has changed dramatically over time, especially with the rise of European American settlement and the erasure of Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Panelists Obi Kaufmann, creator of the California Field Atlas series; Laura Cunningham, award-winning author of A State of Change; and earth scientist and professional mountain biker Dillon Osleger examine how modern society has grown increasingly estranged from the natural world. Together, they imagine a new conservation ethos—one rooted in restoration, resilience, and reciprocity—and ask what it would take for Californians to leave the state healthier, more biodiverse, and more ecologically whole at the end of the 21st century than at its beginning. Moderated by Leslie Carol Roberts. Doors at 6:30pm.
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Leslie Carol Roberts

Leslie Carol Roberts is a writer, full professor, and interdisciplinary educator passionate about storytelling, community design, and the power of creativity to address urgent global challenges. She is President of the Northern California Fulbright Association board and has designed and taught graduate... Read More →
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Dillon Osleger

Dillon Osleger is a geoscientist, professional trail builder, public lands policy analyst, and author of Trail Work (Heyday Books, 2026). Dillon's work focuses on the invisible infrastructure of the American West, from snow science to trail restoration to reforestation. A leading voice in public lands advocacy, his projects have highlighted the intersectional nature of trails, climate, history... Read More →
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Laura Cunningham

Laura Cunningham is a life-long artist-naturalist raised in the East Bay, author of A State of Change: Forgotten Landscapes of California (Heyday: 2010), an in-depth exploration of the historical ecology of California. Using field sketches, oil paintings, and explorations around the state, she imagines a past of abundant wildlife shaped by fire, floods, and tribal agency... Read More →
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Obi Kaufmann

Obi Kaufmann is an award-winning author of six best-selling books. Most famously, his 2017 book The California Field Atlas, recontextualized popular ideas about ecology, biodiversity, and geography. His subsequent books—The State of Water: Understanding California’s Most Prec... Read More →
Thursday October 15, 2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
KALW 220 Montgomery St, Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94104
  Nonfiction, FREE

7:00pm PDT

Decentered Arts presents Poolside Poets
Thursday October 15, 2026 7:00pm - 9:30pm PDT
St. Joseph’s Art Society
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$30

Immerse yourself in a dreamy night of poetry, music, and dance by the pool at the breathtaking historic venue founded by Ken Fulk. Dress to impress (disco theme!), and remember to wear your dancing shoes. Performances by poets Bridget Clancy, Shane King Zackery, Jaír Griffin, Denise Masiel, spinelli, James Morehead, Maya Anne , and Papi Grande, alongside an epic musician, dancers, fashion, community, and more! Hosted by Rhea Joseph & Liz Cahill. Doors at 6:30pm.
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Bridget Clancy

Bridget is a half full bottle of Fireball whiskey
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Shane King Zackery

Shane King Zackery is a queer black poet, filmmaker, and technologist who has lived in the Bay for over 10 years. They like to sit in the river and talk in circles about being human. Occasionally, they write something down about the nature of time, space, and love.
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Jair Griffin

Jair Griffin is a well-rounded artist native to Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Kennesaw State University, majoring in music and minoring in philosophy. When he wasn't practicing his cello, he was exploring all of his other passions, such as photography, painting, and even jewelry-making... Read More →
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Denise Masiel

Denise Masiel is a Caribbean-American storyteller from Texas. She is an essayist and poet dedicated to the art of capturing feelings of warmth, passion, and visceral emotions in her work. Her poetry has been published in The Ana and Mujer Manifesto, and she is an active spoken word... Read More →
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Spinelli

Spinelli is a queer witch who has been writing poetry her whole life. When she was 7, she devoted an entire journal to creative writing about cats. In college, she wrote and performed a one-woman show about cat ladies. Her poems today may or may not be about pussy.
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James Morehead

James Morehead is Poet Laureate Emeritus of Dublin, California, host of the Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast, and has published several poetry collections including "The Plague Doctor". “tethered” was transformed into an award-winning animated short film, “Twilight in the Sculpture... Read More →
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Maya Anne

I am a multi-media artist that began my poetry practice in honor of my grandfather who was also a poet. My first poems were out about relationship and the quiet lessons I learned about life being in his presence. I now write with the lens of an educator, painter, sewist and woman... Read More →
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Papi Grande

Papi Grande (He/Him/Prince) is an Oakland raised spoken word artist, educator, and published author known for his dynamic stage presence and emotional resonant storytelling. His work explores identity, community, and personal evolution creating powerful connections with audiences... Read More →
Thursday October 15, 2026 7:00pm - 9:30pm PDT
St. Joseph’s Art Society 1401 Howard St, San Francisco
  Poetry

7:30pm PDT

Sweet and Lowdown: Poets at the Bar
Thursday October 15, 2026 7:30pm - 9:00pm PDT
Make-Out Room
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$12 adv / $15 door

This celebration of poetry collates a half-dozen poets’ stylings, live on our darkest, dankest stage. Featuring multi-hyphenate award winners Nancy Miller Gomez, Prairie Moon Dalton, Ibe Liebenberg, Leigh Lucas, and Preeti Vangani for a lurid evening of ebullient verse. Hosted by Litquake Artistic Director Graham Todd. Doors at 6:30 PM. 
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Graham Todd

Graham Todd is a fiction writer and the Artistic Director of Litquake, San Francisco's Literary Festival. He studied literature and religion at Stanford and received his MFA from Bowling Green. His writing has appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Southampton Review, Notre Dame Review, Epiphany... Read More →
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Prairie Moon Dalton

Prairie Moon Dalton is a Southern Appalachian poet born and raised in Western North Carolina. She is a 2025–2027 Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University. Her work has appeared in The Adroit Journal, TriQuarterly, Cagibi, and elsewhere. She earned her MFA at North Carolina State University... Read More →
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Leigh Lucas

Leigh Lucas is the author of Splashed Things (Boa Editions, 2026), selected by Maya C. Popa for the A. Poulin Jr. Prize. Her chapbook Landsickness (Tupelo Press, 2024) was selected by Chen Chen for the 2023 Sunken Garden Poetry Chapbook Award. Leigh’s writing can be found in Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, Poetry Society of America, Electric Lit, and elsewhere. She holds a BA from Stanford and an MFA from Warren Wilson... Read More →
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Nancy Miller Gomez

Nancy Miller Gomez (she/her) is the author of Inconsolable Objects (YesYes Books) winner of the 2025 Patterson Poetry Prize, and Punishment (Rattle Chapbook Series). An Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow, her work has appeared in Best American Poetry, Best New Poets, ... Read More →
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Preeti Vangani

Preeti Vangani is a poet & writer from Bombay based in San Francisco. She is the author of the poetry collections, Mother Tongue Apologize (2019), and Fifty Mothers, (River River Books, 2026). Her work has appeared in AGNI, The Georgia Review, Gulf Coast, and Prairie Schooner, among other places. Her debut short story won the 2021 Pen/Dau Emerging Writers Prize. Vangani has been a resident at UCross, Djerassi and Ragdale. She has received artist grants from San Francisco Arts Commission and YBCA, and is a 2026-27 Steinbeck fellow. She holds an MFA in... Read More →
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Ibe Liebenberg

Ibe Liebenberg is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. He lives in Paradise, California and works as a firefighter, and a lecturer at Chico State University. He is a recent graduate of the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in both poetry and fiction. He has been published... Read More →
Thursday October 15, 2026 7:30pm - 9:00pm PDT
Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco
  Poetry
 

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