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Thursday, October 15
 

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.
Speakers
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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
 
Wednesday, October 21
 

6:00pm PDT

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
 
Saturday, October 24
 

5:00pm PDT

Lit Crawl SF
Saturday October 24, 2026 5:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Multiple Locations
FREE, $10-15 suggested donation

One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, Lit Crawl SF brings together authors and fans of all ages for the world’s largest free pop-up literary event!

Full schedule comes out 9/24 at litquake.org/litcrawl


Saturday October 24, 2026 5:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Multiple Locations Mission District, San Francisco
  Performance, FREE
 

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