Category: Events

2017 Summer/Fall Poetry Workshops

Join us for some outstanding summer poetry workshops at the Downtown Modesto Library! All workshops are FREE TO THE PUBLIC with materials and inspiration provided. Sponsored by Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and the Stanislaus County Library, these poetry workshops cover a wide range of topics and feature MoSt Board members sharing their writing wisdom with the …

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Congratulations to Stanislaus County Youth Poets!

This year, MoSt Poetry was thrilled to be involved again at the local level in the national youth poetry recitation competition Poetry Out Loud. MoSt board members put in hours of volunteer work at local high schools, making presentations and mentoring competitors, and the hard work of students and board members alike paid off–our Stanislaus …

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Benefit Gala Tickets Now Available Online

You can now buy tickets online for our annual gala, to be held on Sunday, April 30th at the Barkin’ Dog Grill. Join us for food and drink, music, a silent auction, and poetry. Funds raised at this benefit will help MoSt Poetry Center to continue to bring poetry to schools, senior centers, and community …

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Save the Date for our Annual Gala!

Please join us for Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center’s 5th Annual Benefit, Sunday, April 30, 2017! Our annual benefit will be held from 2-5 p.m. at the Barkin’ Dog Grill. Join us for an afternoon of music, food and drink, poetry fun and games, a silent auction, and supporting the arts in our area. Tickets will be …

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5th Annual Modesto Poetry Festival: Enter Your Work Now!

The contest deadline for our annual poetry festival is coming up soon: January 11, 2017 is the last day you can submit your work! Even if you don’t have poems to submit, please join us on Saturday, February 4th, 2017 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Modesto for a day of poetry, learning, and inspiration! …

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