The Berkeley Slam ft. Leticia Hernandez-Linares
About this Event
THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST!
Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1998, and third in the nation at the 2015 National Poetry Slam! 3rd place at Bigfoot 2023 and 2nd place at Bigfoot 2024 in Portland, OR.
don't forget to check us out before the show for the writing workshop, led by one of our crew members.
Doors open @ 7:00PM
Workshop Hosted in Person and Online @ 7:00PM
Poetry Slam SIGN UP LIST Goes out @ 7:00PM
SHOW STARTS AT 8PM!!!
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Leticia Hernández-Linares is an award-winning bilingual, interdisciplinary writer, artist, and racial justice educator. She is the author of Mucha Muchacha, Too Much Girl, Alejandria Fights Back! ¡La lucha de Alejandria! and co-editor of The Wandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States. Widely published, her work appears in anthologies such as Maestrapeace, San Francisco’s Monumental Feminist Mural and Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology. She has created numerous interdisciplinary performances and art installation projects and has performed her poemsongs throughout the country and in El Salvador. A six-time San Francisco Arts Commission grantee, she received the Community Appreciation Award from the SF Flor y Canto Festival in 2023. She has lived, created, taught, & protested in the Mission (unceded Ramaytush Ohlone land) for thirty years and teaches in the Department of Latina/Latino Studies at SFSU.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 9.31
