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Christopher Bernard w/Keith Ekiss, Clara Hsu + David Wong / Chien Lunatique

Booksmith 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco, United States

  Booksmith hosts local poet Christopher Bernard for his new book Chien Lunatique. With Christopher will be poets Keith Ekiss and Clara Hsu, who will be joined by David Wong on the guqin. Join us for a night of poetry and music!

An Elegant Tea Gathering

Guqin is a scholarly Chinese musical instrument that traditionally accompanied poetry. In ancient China poets and musicians would often come together for an “elegant gathering.” Of course fine tea will be served in such an occasion. David Wong (guqin master and director of Tranquil Resonance Studio) together with Clara Hsu, poet, will present an evening of elegant … Continue reading An Elegant Tea Gathering

$20 – $25

Celebratory Reading for the New SF Poet Laureate

Kim Shuck has been selected as San Francisco’s seventh poet laureate, and will take succeed Alejandro Murguia in early August. Tongo Eisen-Martin, Nellie Wong, Clara Hsu, Ed Dang and others will lend their voices to celebrate  the outset of her two-year term as Poet Laureate of San Francisco.

Free

Opera at Clarion

Clarion Music Performing Arts Center 2 Waverly Place, San Francisco, CA, United States

Teatro Mistral brings Italian opera to Chinatown! Once upon a time the fate of two brothers was changed in a moment of frenzied anguish. See two worlds collide: The Count di Luna, courtly and moneyed, and the troubadour Manrico, nomadic and poor. Both compete for Leonora’s true love. But…the gypsy Azucena links them all with a great secret that will soon be revealed. Cast Leonora – Vismaya Lhi Manrico – Claudio Santomé … Continue reading Opera at Clarion

$35

Opera at Clarion

Clarion Music Performing Arts Center 2 Waverly Place, San Francisco, CA, United States

Teatro Mistral brings Italian opera to Chinatown! Once upon a time the fate of two brothers was changed in a moment of frenzied anguish. See two worlds collide: The Count di Luna, courtly and moneyed, and the troubadour Manrico, nomadic and poor. Both compete for Leonora’s true love. But…the gypsy Azucena links them all with a great secret that will soon be revealed. Cast Leonora – Vismaya Lhi Manrico – Claudio Santomé … Continue reading Opera at Clarion

$35