Saturday Night Special
Leg Two | 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Telegraph Beer Garden

Event Description

Saturday Night Special is an open mic literary reading series held at Nick’s Lounge in Berkeley on the last Saturday of every month. SNS has an optional monthly theme, a huge following and a reputation for being diverse, loud, gritty, sexy, inclusive, and loaded with local talent. 

Co-Curators:
​Hollie Hardy & Tomas Moniz

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HOLLIE HARDY is the author of How to Take a Bullet and Other Survival Poems, co-host of Saturday Night Special: An East Bay Open Mic, and a core producer of the Beast Crawl Literary Festival.
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TOMAS MONIZ is the founder, editor, and writer for Rad Dad,  author of Bellies and Buffalos, and co-host of Saturday Night Special in Berkeley. Write him a postcard: PO Box 3555, Berkeley CA 94703. He promises to write back. ​

Event Readers

Peter Bullen

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Increasing ambivalence in regard to conversation led PETER BULLEN in quiet and lonely solitude, to take up something he optimistically refers to as writing. He hopes you see it that way.

Dennis Cruz

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DENNIS CRUZ has been writing and performing poetry for over 30 years. His latest collection of poems: Moth Wing Tea is available  at punkhostagepress.com

Karen Penley

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KAREN PENLEY sort of plays guitar, accordion. cartoon dogs. old black men. shitty little feelings in a really pretty voice. She also makes tee shirts, Shit Howdy Shirts on Facebook.

April Sinclair

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APRIL SINCLAIR is the author of three novels, including the best seller, Coffee Will Make You Black. Sinclair received the Carl Sandburg Award in Literature from the Friends of the Chicago Public Library. Sinclair is a Chicago native and a longtime Bay Area resident. ​