# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Poetry Month Open Mic with featured reader Dena Rod
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: Come read your work!!!!   Lyrics & Dirges is hosting an open mic to celebrate Poetry Month. Sign ups start at 6:40pm. 

And we'll have an amazing poet and essayist feature: Dena Rod!!!!

It's all free and super fun.  Bring a date! Bring friends!!  Come alone and leave with a new friend!!

Pegasus Books, Downtown Berkeley. 


Dena Rod is a non-binary poet and essayist whose debut poetry collection Scattered Arils is now in its fifth print run from Milk and Cake Press. You can find their writing anthology My Shadow is My Skin: Voices From the Iranian Diaspora, The Rumpus, SF Eater, and Autostraddle. They're currently at work on their first novel. Connect with Dena at their website, denarod.com
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/poetry-month-open-mic-with-featured-reader-dena-rod/200029974641747
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, open-mic, music, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 34

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Berkeley
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Pegasus Books Downtown
- **lat**: 37.86652
- **long**: -122.26719
- **full address**: Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349  Shattuck Ave ,Berkeley,CA,United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Poetry Month Open Mic with featured reader Dena Rod being held?
  - **A:** Poetry Month Open Mic with featured reader Dena Rod takes place on Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Pegasus Books Downtown, 2349  Shattuck Ave ,Berkeley,CA,United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Poetry Month Open Mic with featured reader Dena Rod?
  - **A:** Poetry Month Open Mic with featured reader Dena Rod is organized by Lyrics & Dirges.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Poetry Month Open Mic with featured reader Dena Rod is ideal for aspiring performers, spoken word artists, budding comedians, and audiences who love discovering raw, unpolished talent in an intimate and supportive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Berkeley, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Poetry Month Open Mic with featured reader Dena Rod sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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