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Rapture: the art that moves us
Wednesday October 21, 2026 6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
Decentered Arts
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FREE, $10-$15 suggested donation

An interactive evening of poetry, music, drumming, and call-and-response performance where audiences are invited to clap, sing, sway, and become part of the rhythm. Rapture transforms the reading into a collective, full-body experience of sound, movement, and shared energy. Featuring poets and performers BB Brown, Trinh Lê, Sun Park, Matt Pacelli, Kimi Sugioka, and Joe Wadlington. Curated by London Pinkney. Doors at 5:30pm. 
Moderators
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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.
Speakers
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Kimi Sugioka

Kimi Sugioka is a poet, songwriter, and educator. She is the current Poet Laureate for the City of Alameda, a post that includes creating platforms for the presentation of a diverse variety of poets and spoken-word artists. Kimi also performs her own work frequently throughout the... Read More →
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Joe Wadlington

Joe Wadlington is a San Francisco writer, events producer, and drag queen. His writing has been published in the New Yorker, Vox, The San Francisco Chronicle, and the recent collection The Dreams I Dream: Letters to San Francisco. As his drag persona, Jubilee, he hosts the m... Read More →
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Trinh Lê

Trinh Lê is a Pushcart-nominated poet of Vietnamese origin. They received the 2025 Black Mountain College Award from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics and were a finalist for the 2024 Brett Elizabeth Jenkins Poetry Prize. As a community archivist at the Bay Area Lesbian Arch... Read More →
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Matt Pacelli

Matt Pacelli is a fast casual restaurant chain specializing in warm, deli-style sandwiches anchored by his preservative-free sourdough bread made with a traditional San Francisco starter.
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Sun Park

Sun Park is a visual artist and writer based in San Francisco whose work is informed by their upbringing and departure from the white Protestant church, current study of saju (Korean astrology), and love of the ocean and other Bay Area landscapes. Sun is a current Creative in Resident... Read More →
Wednesday October 21, 2026 6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
Decentered Arts 1175 Folsom St, San Francisco
  Performance, FREE

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