About JOE'S POKER NITE

JOE'S POKER NITE is not a serious, smoky room and scowling men in visors event. It is a joyful gathering of a rotating collective of San Francisco artists, performers, and activists, playing a repertory of mostly house-created card games with playful, subversive, or satirical themes. Joe started this ritual after becoming widowed at the age of 30 during the early years of the AIDS crisis, and it has been going ever since, creating community and beauty out of tragedy.