Weekend Booking: SF hosts annual Poems Under the Dome
The 13th annual Poems Under the Dome event unites poets and poetry enthusiasts alike for a night of open mike readings at San Francisco’s City Hall. The free event, in honor of National Poetry Month, is scheduled to take place from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in the North Light Court. Performance slots are determined through a lottery during the event, and selected readers are invited to read one poem — of their own authorship or a favorite by another’s pen — that clocks in at less than three minutes.
Poetry Under the Dome was launched in 2005 by San Francisco radio personality, activist and beat poet “Diamond” Dave Whitaker.