FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 2016
Contact: Katherine Jardine
(415) 477-5230
[email protected]
ACCLAIMED POETRY SERIES MOVES TO NORTH BEACH
Beginning September 6, 2016
North Beach Branch Library
6:30 PM // FREE
FREE POETRY IN LITERARY EPICENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO
Thursdays at Readers has been Friends’ highly-respected weekly poetry series celebrating
internationally acclaimed poets and showcasing local talent for the past 8 years. Past guests have
included Jonathan Richman, David Meltzer, Diane di Prima, California Poet Laureate Al Young and
freshly-discovered poets from sister program Poets 11. The series is curated by Friends’ Poet-in-Residence,
Jack Hirschman. Beginning on Tuesday, September 6th, 2016, the weekly poetry series is relocating from
Readers Bookstore Fort Mason to the beautiful new North Beach Branch Library.
Tuesdays at North Beach will take place in the historic literary epicenter of San Francisco, in a beautiful
new branch library Friends helped fund. As always: the event is free, open to the public and occurs weekly
at 6:30 p.m.
For a complete schedule, including a line-up of poets, please visit: www.friendssfpl.org.
ABOUT FRIENDS
Friends’ mission is to strengthen, support and advocate for a premier urban public library system in San
Francisco. We do this by raising funds, working with partners and volunteers to provide critical support for
the Library, and promoting literary engagement throughout the Bay Area. Visit friendssfpl.org.
EVENT WEBSITE: friendssfpl.org/TuesdaysatNorthBeach
More photos available upon request: email [email protected], or visit flickr.com/photos/friendssfpl
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