Feb 06
Join us tonight, February 6th, at MJC’s Little Theater from 7:00 to 9:00 for the county-level Poetry Out Loud competition!
Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation contest for students, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. Last year, our county winner took third place at the state level, so don’t miss the chance to witness this year’s contest and support these wonderful students in developing and demonstrating their poetry reading skills.
MoSt is pleased to announce another installment of our Poetry Book Club! The meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 24th from 6:30 to 7:30 at the downtown library. Our featured book is Wade in the Water by Tracy K. Smith–copies will be available from the Modesto Library or on Amazon, and we will have a few copies on hand.
This event is free and open to the public.
Save the date for our Sixth Annual Benefit on April 14th, 2019! Our annual MoSt Poetry Center Benefit provides our supporters with the chance to enjoy food, drinks, and music while mingling with poetry-minded friends.
Come have a lovely afternoon of poetry, food and drink, music, poetry games, a silent auction, and the release of our 2019 George Rogers-Lee Nicholson Chapbook featuring the work of young poets.
Tickets are $20 each and available online at https://mostpoetry.
You’ll also be able to buy tickets at the door, but if you purchase them beforehand we’ll know you’re coming and can better plan for the event.
To read about some of our past events, click here.
Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on April 9th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. We’ll be featuring poets from the Sixteen Rivers poetry collective.
An open mic will follow the featured reading, so bring a poem or two to share.
Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on March 12th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. Our featured readers are Lee Herrick and Maw Shein Win.
An open mic will follow the featured reading, so bring a poem or two to share.
