Events
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Pedro Uc Be Reading: Recap and Pictures
We had the honor of hosting the Yucatec Mayan poet Pedro Uc Be last night at CCSF’s Mission campus. Mr. Uc Be held an illuminating conversation with us about the aggressive development in the Yucatan peninsula and its effects on the large Mayan population there. He also read three beautiful pieces of poetry in the…
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Get Lit At Lit Night, this Monday the 16th!
Come join us at Lit Night on Monday night at 7:30pm to get lit, so lit, so very literary! Featuring the always inspiring writing from our large CCSF community, including students and faculty, staff and alumni, passerby and Ocean Ale house locals. Want to read? Email ahead or waltz in and put your name down.…
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Poetry Reading: Pedro Uc Be
Poetry Reading: Pedro Uc Be Thursday, September 19, 6:30-8:00pm CCSF’s Mission Campus, Room 109 Free and open to the public! Prof. Uc Be is a prominent Yucatec Maya poet and essayist who uses the pen name Lázaro Kan Ek. He contributes to training and reflection projects in Maya culture and identity in many indigenous communities…
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Forum Launch Party Recap!
A huge thank you to Alley Cat books for hosting our Launch Party on May 23! We had a standing-room-only turnout to celebrate the latest issue of Forum and hear from many of the contributors featured in the issue. Especially when the artists and writers of San Francisco are feeling the pressures and rapid changes…
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Forum Celebrates National Poetry Month at the Public Library
Forum celebrated National Poetry Month with a reading at the San Francisco Public Library on April 24. Our featured poets were Kim Shuck and Aaron Shurin, and other Forum contributors joined in to make it an evening full of wonderful poetry (and some music). Thank you to the library for hosting us! Kim Shuck is…
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Open Mic and Featured Poets at San Francisco Public Library!
Come celebrate National Poetry Month at the San Francisco Public Library! Whether it’s spoken word, music, comedy, or something else entirely, all are welcome to the stage! Artist sign-ups will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. Each artist receives 5 minutes on stage.
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Open Mic Night!
Forum Literary Magazine Presents…Open-Mic Night! Come join us as we celebrate the colorful urban voices of San Francisco! Whether it’s spoken word, music, comedy, or something else entirely, all are welcome to the stage! Artist sign-ups will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. Each artist receives 5 minutes on stage. Featuring San Francisco City College’s…
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Forum Fall 2018 Launch Event
The Forum Fall 2018 Launch Event was held Thursday, December 20th at Alley Cat Books in the Mission. Forum Faculty Advisers Chante McCormick and John Isles kicked- off the event, thanking the entire Forum Fall 2018 Staff for their dedication in producing a beautiful publication filled with fiction, non-fiction, poetry and visual art. They reminded…
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Forum Fall 2018 Launch Party
Forum announces the launch of its Fall 2018 edition!! Thursday, December 20th, 2018 at 6:00pm-8:30pm. Alley Cat Books, 3036 24th Street, San Francisco, Ca (near Harrison Street). Readings from our Fall 2018 featured poet MK Chavez, SF Poet Laureate Kim Shuck, California Book Award Winner Tongo Eisen-Martin, poet/authors Cassandra Dallett, Jennifer Barone and Thea Matthews.…
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CANCELLED – Open Mic Night!
Hello Forum Followers! We have had to cancel our Open Mic Night on Wednesday, November 28th, 2018 at 6pm at the Ocean Ale House. 😦 Due to the cancellation of classes through next Monday, November 26th, the Forum staff will be diligently working on preparing Forum Magazine for print; therefore, we need to cancel our…
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