2nd Berkeley Poetry Festival 1999 - Poetry Slam, Open Mike, Open Mike Directory, Private Reading Studio, Poet's Exchange Table.html

Sat. & Sun. Oct. 1 & 2, 1999

*Berkeley Poetry Festival* coordinator Louis Cuneo joins the audience to watch the Featured Readers in the Outdoor Sculpture Garden at the Berkeley Art Museum.

The **2nd Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival** was a two day event. The program hosted **Featured Readers from the Bay Area and Sacramento** in the George Gund Theater and the Outdoor Sculpture Garden. An ongoing **Open Mike** was held in the Conference Room and a Poet's Exchange Table was in the lobby.
Featured Readers in order of appearance Mary Rudge; Rita Beaugat; John Rowe; Joan Gatten; Jeane Powell; Anama Waynes; Gaya Jenkins; Jesse Beagle; Julia Vinograd; Bonnie Beardon; Joe Montoya; Max Schwartz; Lawrence Brooks; Johnny Hart; Melanie Bishop; Marianna Sousa; Odessa Bethea; Adrea Porras; Kirk Lumpkin; Patricia D'Allesandro; Allen Cohen; Lee Williams; Richard 'Dixi' Cohn; Mary Mackey; and Jack & Adele Foley

Poets from left to right: Charles Ellick, friend, Mark States: Johnnie Hart & Sacramento poets relaxing with Max Schwartz & Joan Gatten; Jack & Adele Foley after their Featured Reading.

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