There’s so much to do this summer weekend in The Town. If you’ve been wanting to explore poetry, the Poet’s Bookshelf Book Club and Workshop meets on Thursday at Nomadic Bookshop, led by Oakland poet Fortino Vazquez-Edmonds. Then on Friday, stop by a night market in Oakland Chinatown to check an array of local vendors and live music. And if you’re looking for new artists to add to your playlist, check out the genre-blending Arizona vocalist MaryAnne Muglia, who is making her Oakland debut at Eli’s Mile High Club.
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Hot Ticket in The Town this week: MaryAnne Muglia at Eli’s Mile High Club
MaryAnne Muglia, a pianist and vocalist from Arizona, blends indie, jazz and pop sounds. She’s heading out on tour on the West Coast for the first time to promote the release of her debut album, “Try Hard,” out on Aug. 5. San Francisco indie band Lucky Break and rock artist Luke Sweeney are also on the bill.
Saturday, July 24, 8 p.m., 21 and up, $17, Eli’s Mile High Club, 3629 Martin Luther King Jr Way
The Poet’s Bookshelf Book Club and Workshop
Mexican American poet from Oakland Fortino Vazquez-Edmonds leads this monthly book club and workshop every fourth Thursday at Nomadic Bookshop, a new bookstore led by the folks behind indie publisher Nomadic Press that opened in January. This month, the book club will read “Incendiary Art,” a collection of poems by Black poet, spoken-word performer, and playwright Patricia Smith…