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singles poetry night | Ages 25+
Sat, Jun 6, 2:00 AM[singlespoetrynight.eventbrite.com](singlespoetrynight.eventbrite.com) Get your ticket on Eventbrite to confirm your spot, this event is promoted on other platforms. Walk-ins welcome! Join us for a chill singles poetry night at Oasis Fusion Kitchen in San Francisco! If you’re 25 or older and love poetry or just want to meet some cool people, this is the spot for you. The event kicks off on Friday, June 5th at 7:00 PM. Come ready to share or write your favorite love poems with other singles or just listen and vibe with others. It’s all happening in person, so bring your energy and enjoy a night of words and connections. ✨ Event Details ✨ 📅 Date: Friday, June 5th ⏰ Time: 7:00 PM - 7:15 PM - Check in with your host (Mingle, Grab a drink, bite to support the venue, drinks and food are not included in the ticket) 7:15 PM - 8:15 PM - Singles will be grouped and rotated to write some poems (writing is optional) 8:15 PM - 8:45 PM - Share your love poem 8:45PM - 9:00PM - Mingle 📍 Location: Oasis Fusion Kitchen (4826 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94112) ✨Additional Details✨ * Street parking is available * Dedicated Host * Poetry Ice Breakers * Writing and sharing is optional * Walk-ins welcome

Hangout + Silent Writing
Sun, Jun 21, 8:00 PMHangout + Silent Writing is the backbone of the group. This is where both build a community of writers and also take time to connect with our writing. **At 1pm:** People will start gathering in the coffee shop. This is an opportunity to meet other writers, introduce yourselves, and just chat it up! Discuss your writing or your favorite book or why your bus ride was extra interesting today. (What else inspires our writing than the stories we witness?) **At 1:30pm:** We will begin an hour of silent work. This is when we pull out laptops or notebooks or whatever and begin working. Whether you're working on a novel or a screenplay or a piece of flash fiction, this is your chance to dedicate one solid hour to just engaging with it. Before the hour starts, I will call everyone's attention and do a round of check-ins where we share our intentions for the hour. **At 2:30pm:** The hour of silent work is over! I will call everyone's attention again and we will check-out by sharing how the hour went for us. After check-out, people may choose to continue working away. If you're really in the groove, I encourage this! Otherwise, people may go back to chatting and discussing their writing, etc. You may also decide to head out if you have other Sunday activities to get to. **Location:** We will be meeting at the Wave Art Collective in Lower Haight. They have both indoor and outdoor seating so plan accordingly. On Sundays, they graciously open up their space to the community. They run a small coffee shop and invite pop-up food vendors. I can guarantee there will always be coffee, but I cannot guarantee what food will be there. Everyone is encouraged to purchase what they can to help support the Wave Art Collective!

Literary Devices: Writers and Hackers for Noisebridge!
Sat, Jun 13, 2:00 AMSan Francisco Writers Workshop collaborates with our hacker friends to raise funds for everyone's favorite local makerspace: Noisebridge! Several of our best authors will produce stories/poems/word-based constructs. Each will share their literary product with a hacker, who will respond with a device/app/gadget/doohickey inspired by the writing. On the night of the event, audience members will vote for the device that best complements the assigned writer's piece. The winning hacker will receive a prize of dubious value! Expect delicious snackies, and other fun additions: in the past we've included a fun raffle!

Sip and Scribe
Sat, Jun 6, 6:00 PMStep into an analog morning with Sip and Scribe Society, where we slow down and return to the simple act of creating. From 11am to 1pm, we gather in a calm, welcoming space for one hour of uninterrupted writing whether you’re working on an exciting project or simply exploring self expression in your own way. Bring your notebook, your thoughts, or just your presence. This is open to anyone creative seeking a moment of intention, connection, and quiet inspiration.
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Shut Up & Write!® in NORTH BEACH [UNHOSTED]
Sat, Jun 6, 5:30 PM\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* **PLEASE NOTE: I broke my arm while traveling, and I am in a cast, and will not be hosting or attending any Shut Up And Write meet ups for the foreseeable future (at least through June )** The Caffe is welcoming, and writers should feel free to show up at the usual time and look for other writers 😃 Happy writing! Hope to see you all soon **===============================================================** ***Want to write in a café on a Saturday afternoon in the company of other writers?*** We’re doing just that, every week. Come and be inspired to complete your work! Here’s how it works: **10:45 AM** **Show up** at **Caffe Capriccio,** feeling productive and energized! We meet in the main cafe area, across from the counter. We’ll have Shut Up and Write signs on the tables, so we’re easy to find. Brace yourself for 90 minutes of writing in focused silence. * ***\*RSVP and please arrive by 10:45 am in order to get settled in, get set up, order food. We will introduce ourselves briefly and start promptly at 11:00 am.*** * * **11:00 AM to 12:30 PM: we shut up and write!** * **12:30 PM: Post-writing chat!** More writing if you like! Or break and head out to get a jump on your other weekend activities. ***Sound good?! Join us!*** \* \* \* If you are new to the "Shut Up & Write" concept... Shut Up & Write hosts free in-person and online writing events for writers all over the world. Our goal is to ensure that every writer, regardless of genre or skill level, has access to the community, accountability, and resources they need to be successful in their personal writing goals. Our events use our proven formula: a few minutes of introductions, an hour of focused writing, and a final check-in to share the hour's progress. **What to Expect** ***\*\*\* RSVP and please arrive 10–15 minutes early to get settled at an in-person event.\*\*\**** Our host will lead introductions and then everyone will write for a quiet, focused period of time. Afterward, we’ll have an optional time to chat and get to know each other. Members often talk about their successes and challenges as writers. Our events are a safe space for writers to work on their craft. No one will read or critique your writing. For more information about our events, visit [https://shutupwrite.com](https://shutupwrite.com). **Being Late is Okay**: Just show up and get settled, without interrupting other writers who may be in the zone :-) Check in with me **after** the session. (I’ll be the person with the Shut Up & Write sign.) **\*\*\* I will be out of the country in April and therefore will not be hosting Shut Up & Write. However everyone is of course encouraged to show up at Caffe Capriccio on Saturdays and write! :-D. See you in May! \*\*\*** === **\*\*If you RSVP that you will attend, and your plans change, PLEASE change your RSVP to indicate you will NOT be attending!** (\*\*That saves your host from trying to save seats/table space) This is a cozy cafe and can get busy on the weekend -- if it gets crowded, please be considerate and allow room for other patrons by sharing your table with writers in our group. **What Should I Bring?** Whatever you need to be able to write! Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block the cafe’s ambient music or the occasional conversation by other patrons. **Other Important Details:** VENUE WIFI NAME/PASSWORD: * **Capriccio-Guest/ Mason2200** TRAVEL / PARKING: * The **#8/#30/#45 buses + the Powell/Mason Cable Car all pass by within a couple of blocks. Street parking.** GUIDELINES: **Please support a local business and thank our hosts by purchasing something**.

The Distance Between Two Notes: Poetry, Music, and the Art of Silence
Sat, Jun 6, 9:00 PMThere is a moment in every piece of music when nothing is played. A pause. A breath. A silence so brief it can be overlooked, yet so essential that without it there would be no rhythm, no tension, no release. Poetry lives in that same interval. Between one word and the next, one line and another, there is a space where meaning gathers. The unsaid deepens what is spoken. The pause after a verse can carry as much emotion as the verse itself. In both poetry and music, beauty often emerges not only from what is expressed, but from what is withheld. “The Distance Between Two Notes” is a gathering devoted to these luminous intervals — the rests, silences, echoes, and subtle transitions where feeling ripens slowly into language and sound. Across traditions, artists have long understood the creative power of emptiness. Jalal al-Din Rumi listened for the music beneath words. Amir Khusrau dissolved the boundary between poetry and melody. Matsuo Bashō distilled entire worlds into a few carefully placed syllables. John Cage transformed silence itself into a form of listening. This gathering invites us into that attentive space where poetry and music meet — where a held note, a repeated refrain, or a lingering line reveals what ordinary speech often cannot. Some poems arrive softly. Some songs remain with us longest in the silence after they end. Some feelings can only be approached indirectly — through rhythm, pause, repetition, or breath. We will read poetry that listens as much as it speaks. We will explore the emotional architecture of the ghazal — its refrains, separations, returns, and resonances. We will sit with poems shaped by stillness, longing, memory, and incompleteness. There may be music. There will certainly be pauses. And somewhere in those intervals — between one voice and another, one poem and the next — something shared may quietly begin to take shape. You are welcome to bring: * A poem centered on silence, longing, resonance, or waiting * A ghazal, haiku, or meditative poem you love * A musical piece or lyric that embodies stillness or emotional depth * An original poem inspired by pause, rhythm, listening, or distance We invite poetry from all languages and traditions. Together, we will read, reflect, interpret, and listen — allowing meaning to emerge collectively and slowly. As always with Kaavya Connections, the conversation may wander beyond the theme. We follow where the words — and silences — lead. Because sometimes, what stays with us most is not the note itself, but the space between. > “Music is the space between the notes.” — commonly attributed to Claude Debussy And perhaps poetry is the space between two silences. Please find more about us here — [Kaavya Connections Website](https://www.kaavyaconnections.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) Please also join the mailing list for upcoming gatherings and events: [Kaavya Connections Mailing List](https://www.kaavyaconnections.com/mailing-list/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) If you would like to volunteer to help organize future gatherings and performances, please email: contact@kaavyaconnections.com Bring a friend, a poem, a favorite piece of music, or simply come to listen. Above all, bring your creative self. **Kaavya Connections**
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