Category: Events

Free Workshop – Using Your Voice: Reading Poems Aloud to Share Their Essence

Using Your Voice

MoSt Summer Poetry Workshop——Salida Library——June 13, 2026——1:00 to 3:00 p.m.  Using Your Voice:  Reading Poems Aloud to Share Their Essence   How do we let the language in a poem come alive and share its truths when we read it aloud?  How do we create an energy that lets people want to listen?  (Hint:  practice, practice, practice…). …

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Woven Words Reading & Reception May 20 at Queen Bean

Woven Words Tiny Poem Contest event May 20, 5:30 pm at Queen Bean

Woven Words Tiny Poem Contest — Reading & Reception You’re invited to a poetry reading to celebrate the publication of Woven Words, an anthology of short poems featuring the work of Stanislaus County youth poets.  Hosted by Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate Valentina Zeff 📅 Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | 5:30 PM 📍 Queen Bean …

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Second Tuesday Feb. 11: Joseph Rios & Vielka Solano

Don’t miss the Second Tuesday reading in February, when Fresno poet laureate emeritus Joseph Rios joins us to read with Vielka Solano at Bookish Modesto, 7:00 pm. Open mic follows featured poets; free! Read more about our poets.

Reading/Open Mic & Book Launch Tues Nov 26

Gary Thomas book launch & reading Nov. 26 7 pm

Attend the Reading and Book Launch for Gary Thomas’s O YES WE BREATHE at Prospect Theater Project on Tuesday Nov. 26 at 7 pm.

The Letter: Writing Resistance in Epistolary Poems

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Please check our Events for details on this free poetry workshop scheduled for September 19, 2020 at 1:00 pm.