Santa Cruz Book Launch: Inter|Act Spoken Word Open Mic 8/6/24, 7 p.m., Features Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) Reading from "God in Her Ruffled Dress"

Inter|Act Poetry & Spoken Word 
by Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) with open mic to follow
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
7 p.m. 
Free
Satori Arts
815 Almar Avenue #9, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(warehouse building near the back; follow signs)

For open mic, sign up at http://www.maginei.com/openmic.html, or onsite starting at 6:30 p.m.

I'm delighted to read from my new poetry book at this fairly new Santa Cruz arts venue, Inter|Act Spoken Word with open mic! 

Not least because Santa Cruz is one of my main hometowns. My folks bought forest property in the county, in Soquel, when I was in high school, and after some years renovating the old log house and traveling there every weekend, we moved there fulltime from Cupertino just in time for me to attend Soquel High in my senior year. 

I then attended UC Santa Cruz, getting my first in-person taste of what it meant to write contemporary poetry, study with respected poet-professors including Lynn Luria-Sukenick and George Hitchcock, and meet fascinating young fellow writers, some of whom remain my friends and colleagues.

My mother still lives in Soquel, although not in the woods, so I'm once again going there weekly, this time from my home in Oakland. Trekking down the winding curves of Highway 17, the road where I learned to drive, and its shortcuts through the meadows and forests is both a bit harrowing and comforting after lo these many decades.  

Come on down and bring a poem to read! Sign up at the link above or in person starting at 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday eve in August. I hope to see and hear you there!