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  • Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Escritores del Nuevo Sol/Writers of the New Sun

    Bookish Modesto 811 W. Roseburg Ave, Modesto, CA, United States

    THE ANTIDOTE IS POETRY. COME TO POETRY. Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is pleased to present Second Tuesday Poetry featuring members of Sacramento-based writing group Escritores del Nuevo Sol/Writers of the New Sun:  Zheyla Henriksen, Paul Aponte, Janet Rodriguez, JoAnn Anglin, Marco Contreras, and Lorena Rodriguez. Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026 Time: 7:00 pm PST Where: Bookish …

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  • Second Tuesday May 12 with Chris Olander and Kathy Pon

    Second Tuesday Poetry with featured poets Kathy Pon and Chris Olander

    Bookish Modesto 811 W. Roseburg Ave, Modesto, CA, United States

    Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is pleased to present Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Chris Olander, performance poet & poet laureate Nevada County (2017-2019) and Central Valley poet/farmer/educator Kathy Pon.  Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 Time: 7:00 pm PST;  doors at 6:30 PM Where: Bookish Modesto, 811 W. Roseburg Ave, in the Roseburg Square shopping center Open mic …

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  • Saturday at the Carnegie featuring poets Cleo Griffith & Sheila D. Landre

    Carnegie Arts Center 250 N. Broadway, Turlock, CA, United States

    Please join host Gary Thomas at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at Carnegie Arts Center (250 North Broadway Ave., Turlock, California) for a poetry reading featuring Cleo Griffith and Sheila D. Landre. There will be light refreshments and an open mic time following the featured poets. This event is free and open to …

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  • Second Tuesday Poetry: Brad Buchanan and Paloma Contreras

    Bookish Modesto 811 W. Roseburg Ave, Modesto, CA, United States

    Second Tuesday Poetry An Evening of Poetry featuring Brad Buchanan & Paloma Contreras Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2026 Time: 7:00 pm | Doors open 6:30 pm Location: Bookish Modesto Admission: Free and open to the public Refreshments available for purchase. BRAD BUCHANAN Brad Buchanan is a retired English professor and poet laureate–endorsed writer who earned …

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  • Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Mai-Linh Hong and Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco

    Bookish Modesto 811 W. Roseburg Ave, Modesto, CA, United States

    Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is pleased to present Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Merced  poets Mai-Linh Hong and Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco. Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 Time: 7:00 pm; doors at 6:30 PM Where: Bookish Modesto, 811 W. Roseburg Ave, in the Roseburg Square shopping center Open mic following featured poets (3 min per poet); sign up at …

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  • Second Tuesday Poetry presents Poems That Found Us Open Mic

    Bookish Modesto 811 W. Roseburg Ave, Modesto, CA, United States

    Poems That Found Us An Open Mic Reading What poem has stayed with you? What lines do you return to again and again? Join us for an evening where readers share poems by other poets—words that have meant something, sparked something, changed something. Each reader brings one poem-- one voice and 3-4 minutes of space …

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