Well-RED presents World Poetry Day Festival 2026!
Schedule
Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 05:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Works/San José, art and performance center | San Jose, CA
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Poetry Center San José's Well-RED Reading Series presents World Poetry Day Festival 2026!Co-sponsored by Works/San José art & performance center.
Poetry | Music | Dance | Appetizers & Drinks
Saturday, March 21st, 5:00 – 8:45pm
38 S. Second Street in downtown San José
Free admission
Featuring poetry in 12 different languages:
Lorenz Dumuk – English
Aparna Kar – Bengali
Sergio Herrera – Spanish
Larry Hollist – Japanese
Zainab Hussain – Arabic
Anshu S. Johri – Hindi
Ellie Celine Labampa – Tagalog
Brandon Luu – Vietnamese
Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo - Nahuatl
Robert Perry - Dutch
Ethan Stanton – French
Theatrical Performances:
*Umbelina Martinez & Marcial Valencia
*Bauchhaar's Elixir: Created by Anshu Johri, Shwetha Subraya, Chandreyee Mukherjee, Sparsh Johri. Poems by Anshu Johri, Music by Sparsh Johri
Music Performance:
**Prof. Eros, Ph.D, Afrobeat hand drummer representing Yoruba language.
**Entre Zurcos, performing songs in Mixe.
Drinks & appetizers from other countries
Thank you to Mr. Zenon Robles, owner of Jess's Place for providing fine Peruvian cuisine, 3088 Monterey Rd, San Jose, CA 95111. https://jesss-place.restaurants-world.com
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Poetry Center San José is a member supported organization and is funded, in part, by grants from Applied Materials Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, the City of San José's Office of Cultural Affairs, Literary Arts Emergency Fund, supported by the Mellon Foundation (@MellonFdn), Knight Foundation, The Poetry Foundation, Poets & Writers, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, SVCREATES, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara and the California Arts Council and also supported in part by a SVCreates National Endowment for the Arts American Rescue Plan grant. We also thank Brandenburg Family Foundation and Anne & Mark's Art Party for their generous giving.
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Where is it happening?
Works/San José, art and performance center, 56 S 2nd St, San Jose, CA 95113-2500, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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