LINKS WE LOVE!!!
Browse through and pay a visit to our favorite people and places...

Venues – Our spots for self-expression:
Club Deluxe – Home to our WordParty Tuesdays Poetry & Jazz open mic in San Francisco!
The Red Poppy Arthouse – A local venue in the Mission, San Francisco, that we love! Check 'em out
The Beat Museum – Home of the Beats in the Heart of North Beach SF
The Poet's House – A beautiful and peaceful library dedicated to only poetry. Heaven.

Poetry Links
Bookstores for Poetry:
City Lights Books – Great independent press section and the home to Beat literature and culture.
St. Mark's Bookstore – A favorite East Village NY bookstore; great poetry and independent section.
Bird & Beckett Books – In Glen Canyon SF, Eric is the shit and they have poetry & jazz events!
Modern Times Bookstore – Great bookstore in the Mission, SF, has wonderful readings in the back room.
The Booksmith – Sweet independant bookstore on Haight Street, SF, supports local writers and journals.

Local Poets:
Cara Vida – Visit the caberet stylin world of CaraVida, a WordParty regular. She wows us every time!
Clara Hsu's Poetry Hotel – She's a great poet and supporter / organizer for the SF poetry community
William Taylor Jr. – A sad dumb world? We beg to differ! Check out a great poet.
The Reverend Jen – She is downtown NY’s goddess of the Art Stars!

Poetry Event listings:
Poets One-sheet Open Mic List – Local SF poet, Dan Brady hosts this useful calendar for SF open mics.
Poetz.com Poetry Calendar – Multi-regional poetry calenders. A great resource for open mics.
San Francisco Heart – Nicole's website is chock full of peace, love, art & poetry.

Journals:
Poesy – An east / west anthology for poets across the country. Inspirational!
Lungfull – Brooklyn-based poetry journal pairs rough drafts and finished pieces, side by side
Pom Pom Press – Downloadable journal based on the responses to poems previously posted.

Musicians We Love
Nova Jazz – The reason Jennifer moved to the west coast. Damn their version of Corcovado! Daniel heffezz and the Nova Jazz Quartet are our amazing jazz band on Tuesday nights at Deluxe. They are amazing and they are available for bookings, parties, weddings, gigs and thensome.
Hanna Rifkin – She is the lovgely diva who melts our hearts with jazz at Deluxe!
Buzz Heavy – Experience the uncontrollably gyrating glitter-punkabilly movement of Buzz Heavy.
Luck Be a Lady – We are their #1 fans. Hear great punky love songs that will make all the girls cry.
Flex Unger / Black Rhombus – Straight from Dyker Heights – the Italian underbelly of Brooklyn, Pasquale Cangiano, is a genius in all that he does. Check out his label Black Rhombus Records and his other projects.

Artists We Love
Edward Barone – Jennifer's Dad and one kick-ass artist, see his art featured in Jennifer's book "Secret City."
Kyle Knobel – Art portfolio, including his recent projects, installations, drawings and more.
Marco Morsella – The founder of Miracle of Zero, name of both website and event hosted by Marco.
Leoworks – Wear one of Nicole's one-of-a-kind masterpieces around your neck, ankle or finger!
Reggie Sparks – Art portfolio for Reggie Sparks—sick and crazy. Love it.
Jennifer Barone – How Jennifer makes ends meet…check out her online portfolio.

Holistic Care —Because we care about you:
She's Krafty – One krafty lady – Christine mixes up homemade and holistic products just for you.
Inner Lotus Yoga – check out Ingrid and Jennifer at their yoga homebase.

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