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me to the Spice Monkey Restaurant in Oakland this Wednesday, March 4th, and hear Mary Mackey read her poems in the Pandemonium Press Reading Series “Hot! New Books!.” Mary will be reading with poets Indigo Moor, Jon Sindell, and Wayne Goodman. There will also be a musical performance by guitarist Hao C. Tran. Curated by Leila Rae, publisher/editor Pandemonium Press. TIME: 6:45 pm to 9:00 pm. PLACE: The Loft at the Spice Monkey Restaurant and Bar, 1628 Webster Street, Oakland (at 17th St, 2 1/2 blocks from the 19th Street BART). This event is free and open to the public. Sign up for the open mic at pandemoniumpress@gmail.com.
Mutiny Radio and Beatnick Ghosts
Turn your radios on this Friday and Mutiny with Pirate Cat! Mary Mackey and 7 other Sparring With Beatnick Ghosts poets will be reading on Diamond Dave’s show on 
Pirate Cat Mutiny Radio at 3:00 pm on December Friday 12th. You can catch it live or later at mutinyradio.org. Remember “Mutiny Radio is Pirate Cat Radio’s nonstop punk rock radio station!“
Mary Mackey Reads Her Poetry at Cal State Sacramento
Wednesday, November 12, 2014, Sacramento, CA: Mary reads poems from Travelers With No Ticket Home with poet Dennis Schmitz. TIME: 3:00 pm. PLACE: Library Gallery, California State University Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA. Free and open to the public.
Mary Mackey Reading at Hotel Rex, Litquake October 11th
On Saturday October 11th at 12:30 pm at Hotel Rex, Mary will read poems from Travelers With No Ticket Home as part of the Litquake event “Off With Your Heads and Off the Richter Scale.” Mary will be reading with Litquake authors Judy Berhnard, Maggie Glover, David Koehn, and Aimee Suzara. TIME: 12:20 pm. PLACE: Hotel Rex, 562 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA (at Powell Street). This event is free and open to the public. Bring a friend!
Come hear Mary Mackey’s love poems set to music
Thursday, September 25, 2014, San Francisco, CA: Mary Mackey reads her love poems including “The Kama Sutra of Kindness: Position Number 2″ at the launch party for San Francisco musician-songwriter Holly Munoz’s debut album Maps and Lists. TIME: 7:00 pm. PLACE: The San Francisco Institute of Possibility, Private Warehouse on Caesar Chavez at Mission, San Francisco. Mary’s “Kama Sutra of Kindness: Position Number 2″ is recited as “Interlude” on the final track of the Maps and Lists. To purchase tickets to this event, click here. (Holly is so cool that she is recording on vinyl!). Between the sets, Mary will do a short reading of her love poems and other poems from Travelers With No Ticket Home.
A Celebration of the Indigenous Cultures of the Americas
A Celebration of the Indigenous Cultures of the Americas at the Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, Sunday September 7, 2014. The Poetry Unbound Reading Series will celebrate the indigenous cultures of the Americas with three very different readers. Kim Shuck, whose ancestors hail from the Tsalagi and Sauk and Fox peoples, will grace us with her woven words and insights. John Paige will present a variety of his expert and gorgeous translations from Nahuatl, language of the Aztecs. And Mary Mackey will share her acclaimed poetic observations from decades of travel in the Amazon. The Poetry Unbound Series is curated by Richard Loranger, Carla Brundage, and Clive Matson. TIME: 5:00 pm. PLACE: Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley CA. The featured readings will be followed by a brief open mic.