Bay Area Then and Now Poetry Series

Public Programs

Bay Area Then and Now Poetry Series

Presented by YBCA |

Saturday, October 18, 2025, 12–1 PM

Join us outside on YBCA’s Third Street Courtyard for a midday poetry and spoken word reading by Bay Area poets Maw Shein Win, Julien Poirier and Yates Cessna. See our latest exhibition Bay Area Then, and enjoy the performances designed to bring together intergenerational and diverse voices from the Bay. These Saturday readings will take place once from noon to 1 pm and are included with gallery admission.

This event is part of the programming for the exhibition Bay Area Then. Poetry programming is conceived by Chris Johanson.

Tickets

Third Street Courtyard, YBCA

Tickets: Free with gallery admission

Maw Shein Win

Julien Poirier

Yates Cessna

Bay Area Then poetry programming conceived by Chris Johanson.

This program is supported by Yerba Buena Partnership, Mayor Daniel Lurie, San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development.

YBCA Programs are made possible in part by Blue Shield of California, the City and County of San Francisco, Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Bloomberg Philanthropies, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, James R. Lilienthal Trust, California Arts Council, Yerba Buena Community Benefit District, Amy and Hannah Eliot, Tides Foundation, Farhang Foundation, Peter Rigano and Cody Hicks, Malia Simonds, Alan Seiffert, Katie Colendich, Peter Schumann and Rob Wullenjohn, Vicky Shipkowitz, John Bankston and Robert Goodman and YBCA Members.

Lead image: Installation view of Bay Area Then, 2025, Yerba Buena Centers for the Arts. Photo by Charlie Villyard.