Kirk Lumpkin Live Events and News

2008 Events

SUMMER 2008

SUNSET POETRY BY THE BAY
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008, 7 - 9 p.m.
1250 Bridgeway, in downtown Sausalito
Northpoint Coffee House
Open Mic with Featured Performers, The Word-Music Continuum
No Cover

Monday, August 11th, 7-9pm
featured poets Kirk Lumpkin, Blake More, H. D. Moe, and an open mic
Word Dancing Series at It's A Grind Coffeehouse
1800 Polk St. @ Washington
San Francisco

Hurricane Katrina (3rd anniversary) Fundraiser
Friday, August 22, 2008, 7pm
Rebecca's Books
(½ Block North of Alcatraz & 2 short Blocks South of Ashby BART)
Berkeley
with featured author Alice Wilson-Fried, native New Orleans murder mystery writer and
Poets Nina Serrano, Kirk Lumpkin, Mary Rudge, John Curl, Lindah Martin, Avotcja, Raymond Nat Turner, Zigi Lowenberg, Karen Folger Jacobs, & Teasha Gable.
Hosted by poets Wanda Sabir and Karla Brundage.
$5 cover
An odd, and amazing to me, side note to this event is that I used to live in the space that is now Rebecca's Books. Before we moved in about 20 years ago it had been a recording studio, Madman Recording, and the those of us that were living there were using it as a rehearsal studio.

SPRING 2008

Friday, April 4, 7:00 pm The Wired Poets present
feature poet Kirk Lumpkin plus an open mic
Wired Wash Cafe
135 Laurel Street (at Pacific Ave) (Next to the Saturn Cafe),
Santa Cruz, CA

The Word-Music Continuum was supposed to play its first gig on April 11th with our new bass player, Mark Wieder, at the Listen & Be Heard Poetry Cafe in Vallejo, but the Cafe will be folding at the end of March. Run by poets Martha & Tony Mims this was a very fine thing that was a great asset to the Bay Area poetry scene and Vallejo in particular. My thanks to Martha and Tony for their dedication and I wish them the very best of luck with whatever comes next.

Sunday, April 20th, 2008, 3pm to 6pm,
Performances starting at 3:30pm
CD release party for Sound Poems
by The Word-Music Continuum
(Kirk Lumpkin-poetry & percussion, Paul Mills-guitar,
Mark Wieder-double bass)
a part of the second annual Bay Area JazzPoetry Festival.
Anna's Jazz Island
2120 Allston Way, Berkeley (half a block off Shattuck Ave. in the Gaia Building)

Sat., April 26, 10:55am-12:15pm; Kirk Lumpkin moderates a panel on
The Future of Food for Cities, Towns and Villages
at the Ecocity World Summit Conference
Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California Street, San Francisco

Tuesday, May 27, 7pm-9pm Sharp,
Featured performance: The Word-Music Continuum starts at 7pm
Red Light Open Mic at the Amnesia Bar
853 Valencia (between 19th and 20th Streets), San Francisco

Sat., June 21, 10am-3pm, Wild Buds
(Bill Lackey-guitar, vocals, Vid Andrews-guitar, Mark Randall-bass, Ted Higgins-drums, Kirk Lumpkin-vocals)
with Captain Mike & the Sea Kings (blues by fishermen) & All Nations Singers (Pow Wow style drum group)
Summer Solstice Salmon Celebration, Civic Center Park, Berkeley

Mon., Aug. 11, 7-9pm, poet Kirk Lumpkin features plus open mic
Word Dancing Series at Its A Grind Cofeehouse
1800 Polk St. at Washington St., San Francisco

Mon., Sept. 22, 7pm, poet Kirk Lumpkin features plus open mic
Poetry Express Series at Priya Indian Cuisine
2072 San Pablo Ave. (just south of University Ave.), Berkeley

Fri., Dec. 12, 7 p.m., poet Kirk Lumpkin features poet plus open mic
Word Beat Series @ Nefeli Cafe
1854 Euclid St., Berkeley

2007 Events

Kirk Lumpkin is the featured poet
along with an open mic
Tuesday, December 11 at 7pm
Park Branch Library (Haight Ashbury neighborhood),
1833 Page Street, San Francisco
hosted by Diamond Dave Whitaker

As a Board member of PEN Oakland please accept my personal invitation:
PEN OAKLAND & THE OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENT
PEN OAKLAND-JOSEPHINE MILES 17TH ANNUAL NATIONAL LITERARY AWARDS
Saturday, December 8th
Reception 2:00 PM 3:00 PM
Awards Ceremony 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Free To The Public

Exploring Vision Caves Poetry Event
Monday, December 3, 2007 6pm
A FREE poetry event in Berkeley @
Cafe Leila
1724 San Pablo Avenue
FEATURED READERS + OPEN MIC!
Features: Kirk Lumpkin & Christopher Robin!
Call (510) 526-7858 or emil fmoore@eroplay.com for more info!

I just found this nice quote on the website of someone who saw me on May 14, 2007 in the WORDJAM series at the FREE TIMES CAFE in TORONTO, CANADA: "Kirk Lumpkin, a spoken wordist from San Francisco, was really incredible. He had this way about him that captivated me. I think most of the audience was really impressed by his style." writes Chris James at www.chrisjamesmusic.com

Sunday Oct 21, 2007 2-4 pm
Healdsburg City Hall
Kirk reads
with poet David Madgalene

Thursday, September 27, 2007
6-7:30 pm
Kirk hosts the
"OAKLAND OUT LOUD" LITERARY SERIES
based upon the PEN Oakland "Oakland Out Loud" Literary Anthology
Oakland Main Library, 125 14th Street
with featured poets
Abby Lynn Bogomolny
Karla Brundage
Kim Shuck
Slim Russell
followed by an open mic

Kirk Lumpkin: Poetry Readings East

WordJam Series
8 pm, Sunday, May 13, 2007
$5 at the door
Free Times Cafe
320 College Ave. (west of Spadina)
Toronto, Canada
(I was the featured spoken word artist and there was also a featured musician. It was tremendous fun and I jammed some with the locals. My Dad even attended this event.)

Bowery Poetry Club
5:30 pm, Tuesday, May 15, 2007
$6 admission
308 Bowery
New York City, NY
Kirk reads with Richard Tayson and Jan Clausen
(I had a true New York experience even though I was only there a few hours.)

Diamond Cherry Series
8 pm, Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Renaissance Cafe
1938 Danforth Ave.
Toronto, Canada
(I was a featured poet and read to a small, but excellent audience.)

[Monday, April 30, 2007. I read some of my poetry and talked about poetry to my 7 year old niece Mia's class. It was a very sweet experience.]

PEN OAKLAND & OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY LAUNCH
"OAKLAND OUT LOUD" LITERARY SERIES
PEN Oakland, A Bay Area Chapter of the International Organization of Poets, Essayists, and Novelists, in partnership with the Oakland Public Library, presents the Oakland Out Loud Literary Series. The series is based upon the PEN Oakland "Oakland Out Loud" Literary Anthology, which will be published by Jukebox Press in April 2007.
PEN Oakland President Floyd Salas and author Claire Ortalda will host the
Publication Party, April 26, 2007, 6:00-7:30 pm
Oakland Main Library, 125 14th Street
Writers Andrew Hayes, Sharon Doubiago, Kim McMillon, Gerry Nicosia, John Curl, Lucha Corpi, Reginald Lockett, and
Kirk Lumpkin
will read their submissions to the anthology followed by an open mic session.
Books will also be available for purchase.
The literary series will continue on the fourth Thursday of every month at the Oakland Main Library, from 6:00 -7:30 pm, with the final two readings in November and December being held at the Rockridge and Dimond branch libraries.
These events are free to the public. For more information: Kim McMillon at (510) 228-6775.