The Midnight Hour: Reading for Revolution

Schedule

Sun Mar 29 2026 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Air Temple Art Space | Oakland, CA

A poetry reading series centered on domestic and global liberation.
About this Event

Artists Against Apartheid & The Midnight Hour Collective present: a poetry reading series centered on domestic and global liberation. Come gather in community to read and listen to poetry centering Black liberation and the liberation of Palestine, Sudan, the Congo, and an end to American militarism.

All proceeds for Series 1 go to the Oakland People's Arms Embargo & Anti-Police Terror Project.

Our March reading will feature TBD.

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Last Month's Theme: Who Made the Bomb?

This Month's Theme: Where Is It Going?

Masks are highly encouraged. If you're feeling sick, please stay home!


Want to contribute a reading? Sign up here.

Want to read but don't have a poem yet? Join this month's The Midnight Hour: Writing for Revolution workshop @AiR Temple, 3-5pm.

Writing workshops every 2nd Sunday. Readings every last Sunday.

Both of these spaces seek to prioritize and uplift the voices of Black, Brown, Indigenous people as well as members of the disabled and queer communities. If you are a member of one or multiple of those communities especially, pull up!

Questions/concerns? Email us at [email protected]

Where is it happening?

Air Temple Art Space, 2nd Street, Oakland, United States
Tickets

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