J-town Arts will present “A Poetic Journey,” a reading with Pete Yamamoto and other J-Town Arts writers, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the National Japanese American Historical Society’s Peace Gallery, 1684 Post St., in S.F.’s Japantown. The event also features the talents of writers Sabrena Taylor, Nancy Hom, Aimee Espiritu and Frederick Cloyd. The public is invited to the free reading and discussion with the writers. Info: (415) 921-5007 or njahs.org.