Well-RED presents World Poetry Day Festival 2025!

Saturday, March 22, 4:00-8:45 p.m.
Co-sponsored by Works/San José
38 S. 2nd Street, San José

Poetry Center San José's Well-RED Reading Series presents World Poetry Day Festival 2025!
Co-sponsored by Works/San José art & performance center.

Poetry | Music | Dance | Appetizers & Drinks

Saturday, March 22nd, 4:00 – 8:45pm
38 S. Second Street in downtown San José

For tickets, visit: https://buytickets.at/pcsj/1597196

Featuring poetry in 14 different languages:
Aparna Ganguly – Bengali
Sergio Herrera – Spanish
Larry Hollist – Japanese
Anshu S. Johri – Hindi
Esther Kamkar – Farsi
Keana Aguila Labra – Cebuano
Brandon Luu – Vietnamese
Maribel Martínez – Spanish
Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo - Nahuatl
Robert Perry – Dutch
Robert Srchek Pešić – Serbian
Annabelle & Ethan Stanton – French
Zainab Hussain – Arabic
Jing Jing Yang – Chinese

*Different exotic drinks
*Appetizers from other countries

Come join. Schedule is as follows:
4:00-5:00 Workshop with instructor David Perez! (MLK Library)
5:00-5:20 Open mic
5:20-6:10 Featured Poets: Aparna Ganguly to Keana Aguila Labra
6:10-6:30 Entre Zurcos, performing songs in Mixe
6:30-6:50 Esther Young, Guitarrista singing in Chinese
6:50-7:10
Theatrical Performance, Umbelina Martinez & Marcial Valencia
Body Painting, Cesareo Vega
7:10-7:30 Open Mic
7:30-8:20 Featured Poets: Brandon Luu to Jing Jing Yang
8:20-8:35 Folarin Erogbogbo (Prof. Eros), Ph.D, Afrobeat hand drummer representing Yoruba language
8:35-8:45 Dance


Thank you to Mr. Zenon Robles, owner of Jess's Place for providing fine Peruvian cuisine, 3088 Monterey Rd, San Jose, CA 95111. https://jesss-place.restaurants-world.com