PAR Calendar: July 31-August 6

Sunday, July 31

Bird & Beckett featuring Clive Matson, Lonner Holden & Jayne McPherson.

2:30pm

Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, SF

Monday, August 1

Bird & Beckett featuring Ed Coletti & Kevin Killian, followed by an open mic.

7:00pm

Bird & Beckett Books and Records, 653 Chenery Street, SF

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Conservatory of Flowers and Quiet Lightning present: The Greenhouse Effect, a summer reading series featuring Keely Hyslop, Alyson Sinclair, Andrew O. Dugas, Amy Cruz, Howard Junker, Tim Kahl, Graham Gremore, Cassandra Gorgeous, Cole Krawitz, Mira Martin-Parker, Tobey Kaplan, Sarah Page & Sean Labrador y Manzano.

7:00pm doors; 7:30pm reading

Conservatory of Flowers, 100 John F. Kennedy Drive, SF, $5 donation (no one turned down for lack of funds)

Tuesday, August 2

Poetry reading by Kevin Opstedal, California Redemption Value, and Donald Guravich, World at Large.

7:30pm

Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, (510/849-2087, www.moesbooks.com)

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Marin Poetry Center's Summer Traveling Show presents a poetry reading hosted by Breean Lowe, featuring Mary K. Sweeney, Judith Yamamoto, Laurie Stoelting, Patricia McCaron, Paula Weinberger, Yvonne Cannon.

7:00pm

Marin City Library, 164 Donahue Street, Sausalito, (www.marinpoetrycenter.org)

Thursday, August 4

Thursdays at Readers featuring Kareem James Abu-Zeid & Georges Long.

6:30pm

Readers Cafe (run by the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library), Building C, South End, Fort Mason Center, SF

Friday, August 5

Studio One Reading Series presents: Laura Sims & Claudia Keelan.

7:00pm doors; 7:30pm reading

Studio One, 365 45th Street, Oakland

Saturday, August 6

Laura Sheppard presents a dramatic 45-minute performance in period costume based on Harriet Land Levy’s book, Paris Portraits: Stories of Picasso, Matisse, Gertrude Stein, and Their Circle.

7:00pm

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, free, 7:00 (415/927-0960, www.bookpassage.com)