Co-sponsored by Works/San José art and performance center!
38 South Second Street, downtown San José.
Open mic to start the show!
If you are unable to attend in person, we welcome you to join via Zoom! Register in advance for this event via Zoom.
Link:
https://bit.ly/Well-RED_November2025
Kristina Robertson is a confessional spoken word performer, writer, and producer here in the South Bay. She has competed in 2 national poetry slam competitions. Her work has appeared in Overachiever Magazine and was published in Chopsticks Alley Art’s “Asian American Healing: A Nature Walk Guide.” She just released her first full length book of confessional poems titled “Getting Out of My Head … with Poems from My Heart” in October. She currently co-produces Chopsticks Alley Art’s CreativiTEA Open Mic. Through her work with Chopsticks Alley Art, she helps to provide opportunities for AAPI artists to showcase their work while also sharing her love for art and poetry with her community.
Downtown SJ provides free parking on the street after 6:00 p.m. Available street parking is difficult to find after 6:30 p.m.
If you are unable to find parking on the street, there are two parking garages of note:
1.) 25 S. 3rd Street PARKSJ Garage (located underground, under The Globe Apartments), about 300 meters from Works/San Jose;
2.) 2nd & San Carlos PARKSJ Garage (first 90 minutes are free). This is a 5-10 minute walk to Works/San Jose
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Poetry Center San José is a member supported organization and is funded, in part, by grants from Applied Materials Foundation, the City of San José's Office of Cultural Affairs, Literary Arts Emergency Fund, supported by the Mellon Foundation (@MellonFdn), Knight Foundation, Poets & Writers, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, SVCREATES, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara and the California Arts Council and also supported in part by a SVCreates National Endowment for the Arts American Rescue Plan grant. We also thank Brandenburg Family Foundation and Anne & Mark's Art Party for their generous giving.
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