May 2025 archive

Reading/Reception for 2025-2026 Youth Poet Laureate Valentina Zeff May 31

Youth Poet Laureate Stanislaus County add Youth Poet Laureate in yellow letters with colorful microphone image

We’ll be celebrating our incoming youth poet laureate, Valentina Zeff, at a reading/reception at Modesto Junior College’s Science Community Center.  Come join us to listen to a few poems, meet youth poets, and learn about the youth poet laureate program. Valentina Zeff is a sixteen-year-old poet from Modesto, California who is currently enrolled in the …

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2025-2026 Youth Poet Laureate Selected

Announcing Valentina Zeff as Stanislaus County's 2025-2026 Youth Poet Laureate.

May 1, 2025 Valentina Zeff, incoming junior at Modesto High School’s International Baccalaureate program, was selected as the Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate for 2025-2026. She will serve a one-year term, participate in several engagements throughout the year, and receive a $500 honorarium. Valentina Zeff is a sixteen-year-old poet from Modesto, California who is currently …

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Second Tues: Tama Brisbane & Rosa Lane May 13

Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is pleased to present Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Rosa Lane (Maine, East Bay) & Tama Brisbane (Stockton) Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 7:00 pm PST at Bookish Modesto, 811 W. Orangeburg Ave, in the Roseburg Square shopping center Limited open mic; sign up at the event. Hosted by Gillian Wegener & Stella Beratlis …

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