Stella Beratlis

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Youth Poet Laureate: Open Mic Performance

National Poetry Month: TEENS ONLY! Open Mic Performance Saturday April 20 at 2 pm, Turlock Library Maker Space

Saturday, Apr. 20, 2 pm Join Faith Delgado, 2023-24 Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate, in this final installment of Painless Poetry. Come show off what you’ve been working on these past months! Connect with Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate Faith Delgado if you’d like more information: faithd@mostpoetry.org Light refreshments will be served while they last.

MoSt Poetry Book Club: The Art of Drowning

Stanislaus County Library 1500 I Street, Modesto, CA, United States Free, facilitated by Modesto Poet Laureate Salvatore Salerno. See event listing for details. Book available at the Modesto Library.

Poetry Books for Hart-Ransom

Poetry books dropped off at Hart-Ransom Charter School. Pictured: Salvatore Salerno on the left and female school employee on the right; standing in front of black background with banner reading Excellence in Education: Watch us Soar.

As part of our Poetry Everywhere initiative, we’ve been delivering libraries of poetry books to elementary schools in Stanislaus County. On August 26, 2023, MoSt board member & Modesto’s current poet laureate Salvatore Salerno dropped off a trove of tasty poetry collections to Hart-Ransom Charter School. Pictured are Salerno and an employee of the school.

MoSt Gala: Save the Dates

Join us for a fun afternoon of poetry and friendship on Saturday September 23 at Camp 4 in Modesto. Featuring our special guest Lee Herrick, California’s state poet laureate. A limited number of tickets will become available on August 1; watch this space for link to purchase.

Second Tuesday Poetry on July 11: Aideed Medina and Ramón García

MoSt Poetry presents Second Tuesday Poetry with Aideed Medina & Ramon Garcia on Tuesday July 11, 2023 at 7 pm PDT on Zoom.

Please welcome to our series Fresno poet Aideed Medina, whose debut collection, 31 Hummingbird, was just published, along with poet, scholar, and artist Ramón García, who was born in Mexico and grew up in Modesto, California. July 11, 2023 at 7 pm on Zoom. Please RSVP to receive the link. Event info.