Open mic before and after the featured poets. Sign up at 3 pm.

Jessica Loos’s work verges on performance art, channeling a strain of poetic tradition steeped in surrealism, dada and the best of Charles Bukowski. She’s a member of The Living Theatre and a collage artist as well, and organizes poetry on the sidewalk for the North Beach First Friday Artwalk in front of Macchiarini Creative Design.

Clara Hsu is a Chinese-American poet and executive director of Clarion Performing Arts Center in San Francisco Chinatown. Her bi-lingual music video, Gai Mou Sou Rap, went viral on the internet. Clara has also written two plays in the Cantonese language: DragonBeard (2024) and A Lantern Riddle (2026) to spark interest and uplift the spirit of Cantonese Americans. Visit clarahsu.com

Parking tip:

$8 all-day parking at St. Mary’s Square Garage.