Perform your own Poem or read one from your favorite author under the Dome In
San Francisco City Hall!
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Press Release: For immediate release
3/12/2010
For info contact: Diamond Dave Whitaker, dmndv@hotmail.com (415) 240-0286,
Pam Benjamin, pamsedai@hotmail.com (760) 716-3865, E.K. Keith, ekkeith@hotmail.
com (415) 489-8451
The 5th Annual Poems Under the Dome
The Mayor and Board of Supervisors of San Francisco along with the San Francisco
Public Library invite you to celebrate the last day of National Poetry Month on April
30, 2010, from 5:30 to 8:00pm. Come to City Hall, and perform your own poem or
read one from your favorite author at San Francisco’s largest open mic poetry event,
inside City Hall.
The event will be held in the North Light Court of City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett
Place. The event begins at 5:30 with a poem by Maxine Chernoff, the Chair of San
Francisco State’s prestigious Creative Writing Department.
Because this rare opportunity to express one’s self in such a unique setting will prove
to be popular, on the day of the reading, each of the performance slots will be
apportioned by lottery and limited to three minutes for one poem.
Poems Under the Dome started five years ago when Diamond Dave Whitaker sat
atop a hill, saw the glistening City Hall dome and exclaimed, “We need to do a poetry
open mic THERE!” Through the incredible support of the Mayor’s Office, the Board
of Supervisors, John Avalos and his staff, the San Francisco Public Library,
Viracocha Performance Space, and Kaleidoscope Free Speech Zone this event will
celebrate poetry for the fifth year in the most inclusive, exclusively San Francisco
way. Come join us, participate or just listen in and celebrate National Poetry Month.
Info for event listing calendars:
The 5th Annual Poems under the Dome! A Celebration of San Francisco Open Mic
Poetry
Friday April 30th, 2010
5:30-8:00pm
City Hall, North Light Court
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco
Open and free for all to enter. Come early to enter the lottery for your three-minute
slot to perform your own work or that of your favorite author.
For more details go to the website:
www.poemdome.com