ZyFez 2012 - SF & Oakland

Sometime back in 2006 or 2007, some friends of mine at Offbeatpulp.com and Kill Poet Press threw a week long debauchery fest of poets and writers in Kansas City. I got to meet tons of great people, almost all of them writers in some way, from across the entire country. From as far away as San Francisco and Boston and as close as a four-minute drive from my house in KC. Now, quite a few of them are making the trek out to the Bay Area for another week-long debauchery fest put on by the collective efforts of Red Fez and Zygote In My Coffee.

Here's the list of events and performers at their specific locations both here in SF and in Oakland. The events start on July 3rd with a grand finale on Sunday the 8th.


Jeanne Lupton’s Poetry Series
Tuesday, July 3.
Bread Workshop, 1398 University Ave., Berkeley, CA. (corner University Ave. and Acton St.)

This poetry series is hosted by Jeanne Lupton. The featured reader is Lynn Alexander, followed by an open mic.


Toxic Abatement
Thursday, July 5, 7:30pm
Viracocho, 998 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA 94110-2322

Spoken Words, Contaminated World. Full Of Crow Press/Fashion For Collapse present TOXIC ABATEMENT on July 5, 2012 7:30-10 at Viracocha, 998 Valencia, San Francisco. Hosted by Paul Corman-Roberts and Lynn Alexander. Featuring The Three Times Bad Band and Youssef Alaoui-Fdili, Zarina Zabrisky, Cassandra Dallett, Sharon Coleman, John Swain, Tim Murray, Joel Landmine, Shali Nicholas, Amy Glasenapp, Jezebel Delilah X, Missy Church, Frankie Metropolis, and Brian Fugett. 



Punk Hostage Press Reading
Friday, July 6. 4-6pm Pacific
The Baltic Restaurant
135 Park Place, Point Richmond, CA 94801

this a non-salon, casual, open air reading brought to you by Iris And Razor to celebrate the fruition of Punk Hostage Press with all our friends in the bay area. The reading will feature Iris Berry, A. Razor, Frank Reardon, Lindsey Thomas, Frankie Metropolis and more TBA …
For more info visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/250333931738112/



Morrigan Wars
Friday, July 6. Berkeley

Performance art by Lynn Alexander and Paul Corman-Roberts. For more information please contact Lynn here.


Beast Crawl
Saturday, July 7, 5-11pm
Beast Crawl is the East Bay Literary Pub Crawl. This year will be hosted by a variety of Bay Area curators who have chosen to feature many fabulous writers in venues located in the 19th St. BART vicinity between 25th St. and 15th St.

Performance times are 5:00, 6:30 and 8:00. Readings to begin simultaneously at those times in all the different venues. There will also be an afterparty at 9:30.
For more information visit their tumblr page here.


Red Crow @ Beast Crawl Leg 2
Saturday, July 7 6:30-7:30
Inwell Tattoo, 2400 Broadway Ave. Oakland, CA

Hosted by Michele McDannold and Lynn Alexander, performers include Jason Neese, Aurora KillPoet, and Frank Reardon, for Full Of Crow, and Bill Gainer, Lynn Alexander, and Paul Corman-Roberts reading for Red Fez. Special guest Puma Perl will bring her ink from the East- coming all the way to Oakland from New York!


Crawling Zygote @ Beast Crawl Leg 3
Saturday, July 7. 8-9pm
Xolo, 1916 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612 (across from Fox Theater)

Hosted by Brian Fugett, performers include Tim Murray, Cathleen Daly, Frankie Metro, Lindsey Thomas, Rob Pierce and Youssef Alaoui. 


Beast Crawl After Party
4th leg of the Beast at Club Paradiso, located at 2272 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (#27 & #28 on the Beast Crawl Map, between 23rd and Grand, next to Rock Paper Scissors).

The after party is FREE and open to everyone (21+). We have the private upstairs room reserved for drinking, dancing, and schmoozing. 




Zyfez 2012 – Oakland (Finale)
Sunday, July 8th. 3-8pm
The New Parish, 579 18th Street (at San Pablo), Oakland, CA

Schedule of Performances

3:00 Brian Fugett	4:00 Paul Corman-Roberts	5:00 Shali Nicholas	6:00 3x Bad Band	7:00 intermission
3:10 Lynn Alexander	4:10 John Swain	5:10 Jason Neese	6:10 3x Bad Band	7:10 Puma Perl
3:20 Tim Murray	4:20 intermission	5:20 Aurora KillPoet	6:20 Bill Gainer	7:20 David Smith
3:30 Frankie Metro	4:30 Steve Goldberg	5:30 Zarina Zabrisky	6:30 William Taylor Jr	7:30 Jason ‘Juice’ Hardung
3:40 Lindsey Thomas	4:40 Leah Angstman	5:40 Jesus Angel Garcia	6:40 Iris Berry	7:40 Frank Reardon
3:50 Luis Rivas	4:50 Melissa Hansen	5:50 intermission	6:50 A. Razor	7:50 Cathleen Daly

For More Information, go to the ZyFez 2012 Website

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