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Poetry Center San José's Well-RED Reading Series presents World Poetry Day Festival 2025!Co-sponsored by Works/San José art & performance center.
Poetry | Music | Dance | Appetizers & Drinks
Saturday, March 22nd, 4:00 – 8:45pm
38 S. Second Street in downtown San José
For tickets, visit: https://buytickets.at/pcsj/1597196
Featuring poetry in 14 different languages:
Aparna Ganguly – Bengali
Sergio Herrera – Spanish
Larry Hollist – Japanese
Anshu S. Johri – Hindi
Esther Kamkar – Farsi
Keana Aguila Labra – Cebuano
Brandon Luu – Vietnamese
Maribel Martínez – Spanish
Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo - Nahuatl
Robert Perry - Dutch
Robert Srchek Pešić – Serbian
Annabelle & Ethan Stanton – French
Jeremy Michael Vasquez – Spanglish
Zainab Hussain – Arabic
Jing Jing Yang – Chinese
*Different exotic drinks
*Appetizers from other countries
Come join. Schedule is as follows:
4:00-5:00 Workshop with instructor David Perez! (MLK Library)
5:00-5:20 Open mic
5:20-6:10 Featured Poets: Aparna Ganguly to Brandon Luu
6:10-6:30 Entre Zurcos, performing songs in Mixe
6:30-6:50 Esther Young, Guitarrista singing in Chinese
6:50-7:10
Theatrical Performance, Umbelina Martinez & Marcial Valencia
Body Painting, Cesareo Vega
7:10-7:30 Open Mic
7:30-8:20 Featured Poets: Maribel Martínez to Jing Jing Yang
8:20-8:35 Folarin Erogbogbo (Prof. Eros), Ph.D, Afrobeat hand drummer representing Yoruba language
8:35-8:45 Dance
Thank you to Mr. Zenon Robles, owner of Jess's Place for providing fine Peruvian cuisine, 3088 Monterey Rd, San Jose, CA 95111. https://jesss-place.restaurants-world.com
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Poetry Center San José is a member supported organization and is funded, in part, by grants from Applied Materials Foundation, the City of San José's Office of Cultural Affairs, Literary Arts Emergency Fund, supported by the Mellon Foundation (@MellonFdn), Knight Foundation, Poets & Writers, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, SVCREATES, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara and the California Arts Council and also supported in part by a SVCreates National Endowment for the Arts American Rescue Plan grant. We also thank Brandenburg Family Foundation and Anne & Mark's Art Party for their generous giving.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Works/San José, art and performance center, 56 S 2nd St, San Jose, CA 95113-2500, United States,San Jose, California
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