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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry with featured poets Kathy Pon and Chris Olander
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nDate: Tuesday\, May 12\, 2026\nTime: 7:00 pm PST;  doors at 6:30 PM\nWhere: Bookish Modesto\, 811 W. Roseburg Ave\, in the Roseburg Square shopping center \nOpen mic following featured poets (2-3 min per poet); sign up at the event. Hosted by Gillian Wegener. Event is free and open to the public; refreshments and books available for purchase at Bookish.  \nKathy Pon\nKathy Pon earned a doctorate in education\, but in retirement returned to her life-long passion for reading and writing poetry. Her husband is a third-generation farmer\, and they live in the middle of a Central California almond orchard with their two dogs. She is a member of two monthly poetry groups\, is an avid pickleball player\, and enjoys hiking and swimming. Her work has been published in Passengers Journal\, Canary\, Rock Paper Poem\, Wild Roof Journal\, The Closed Eye Open\, The Gilded Weathervane\, Rockvale Review\, and in other places including the anthology\, Women in a Golden State (Gunpowder Press). She recently received honorable mention for the Bearing Witness Contest (Slingo Creek). Her chapbook\, Orchard Language (Finishing Line Press) was published in 2025. You can find her at kathleenpon@gmail.com.  \nChris Olander\nChris Olander\, poet\, performer\, teacher and bio-educator with California Poets in the Schools (CPITS) since 1984\, blends performance techniques with spoken word to create an Action Art Poetry: musical image phrasing to dramatize relative experiences—a poetry arising from oral and bardic traditions.   \nChris is the author of 3 full-length collections including this year’s Who Are We\, Cold River Press as well as four chapbooks and 8 CDs. His work is included in the anthology Silent Motif: Conference of Poets.  Chris was Nevada County’s poet laureate from 2017-2019 and for over 25 years was an organizer and featured reader in the Berkeley Watershed Poetry Festival\, sponsored by Poetry Flash and U.S. poet laureate Robert Hass.  \nHe was the Artistic Director for the Nevada County Poetry Series in Grass Valley from 2000-2013\, the Artistic Director for Poets Playhouse Series in Nevada City for 10 years\, and the poet coach for Poetry Out Loud in Nevada\, Placer\, Sacramento and El Dorado Counties. In 2008\, his student Roshawnda Bettencourt won the CA statewide POL championship\, with numerous other Nevada County POL winners taking 2nd and 3rd place in that competition through the years. 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/2026may_st/
LOCATION:Bookish Modesto\, 811 W. Roseburg Ave\, Modesto\, CA\, 95350\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stella Beratlis":MAILTO:stellab@mostpoetry.org
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SUMMARY:Saturday at the Carnegie featuring poets Cleo Griffith & Sheila D. Landre
DESCRIPTION: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 the public. \nCleo Griffith has been widely published in journals such as Main Street Rag\, Straylight\, and Westward Quarterly. She has been on the editorial board of Song of the San Joaquin since it began in 2003. She lives with her cats\, Amber and Mister\, and an assortment of barn swallows\, lizards\, scrub jays and other creatures among the artist-rich environment of the Central Valley. Her first book\, The Yellow Dress\, was published last  year.           \nSheila D. Landre is a retired English and Spanish teacher\, a minister\, grandmother\, and great-grandmother.  She was raised in a military family and has lived in Ohio\, Louisiana\, San Antonio\, Yokohama\, Washington\, D.C.\, and Heidelberg.  She came to Santa Cruz in 1965\, then Capitola and Salinas before coming to Modesto in 1976.  She is a graduate of Cal State Stanislaus and taught at Turlock Junior High until her retirement.  Sheila has been writing poetry since childhood.  Her work has been appeared in many California publications including ZamBomba!\, In the Grove\, Song of the San Joaquin\, Stanislaus Connections\, Penumbra\, and Modern Bride Magazine.   She is currently finishing Volume 124 of her journal. \n \n \n 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/saturday-at-the-carnegie-featuring-poets-cleo-griffith-sheila-d-landre/
LOCATION:Carnegie Arts Center\, 250 N. Broadway\, Turlock\, CA\, 95380\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings
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SUMMARY:Woven Words Tiny Poem Contest — Reading & Reception
DESCRIPTION:Woven Words Tiny Poem Contest — Reading & Reception\nYou’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.  \nHosted by Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate Valentina Zeff \n📅 Wednesday\, May 20\, 2026 | 5:30 PM 📍 Queen Bean Coffeehouse 1126 14th St.\, Modesto\, CA 95350 \n\nAbout the Program \nThe Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate program is administered by Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center (MoSt Poetry) with partners MJC Library & Learning Center & MJC School of Language Arts & Education\, Stanislaus County Office of Education\, Stanislaus County Library\, and Stanislaus Library Foundation.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/wovenwordreading26/
LOCATION:Queen Bean Coffee House\, 1126 14th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Contests,Readings,Youth Poetry
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stella Beratlis":MAILTO:stellab@mostpoetry.org
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry: Brad Buchanan and Paloma Contreras
DESCRIPTION:Second Tuesday Poetry\nAn Evening of Poetry featuring Brad Buchanan & Paloma Contreras\nDate: 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. \nBRAD BUCHANAN\nBrad Buchanan is a retired English professor and poet laureate–endorsed writer who earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University and chaired the English Department at Sacramento State University. His poetry\, fiction\, and scholarly articles have appeared in more than 200 journals\, and his first two poetry collections received Writer’s Digest awards. A two-time blood cancer survivor and stem cell transplant recipient\, he is the author of eight books\, including a medical memoir and four collections of poetry. His latest poetry collection\, Birds of Poverty Ridge\, was published by Finishing Line Press earlier this year. His website is bradthechimera.com. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPALOMA CONTRERAS\n \nPaloma Contreras is a young poet who loves reading and teaching adults. She is currently studying for a graduate degree in Translation to translate written art for a living. Paloma is a member of the Stanislaus Grito de Mujer® team. Grito de Mujer is an international\, United Nations-supported month-long program of readings\, art events\, and workshops to raise awareness of gender-equity issues. 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/2026june2ndtues/
LOCATION:Bookish Modesto\, 811 W. Roseburg Ave\, Modesto\, CA\, 95350\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Stella Beratlis":MAILTO:stellab@mostpoetry.org
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Mai-Linh Hong and Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco
DESCRIPTION:MAI-LING HONG  \nMai-Linh Hong is a Vietnamese American refugee poet and literary scholar. Her debut poetry collection\, Continental Drift\, won the 2025 Trio Award and was published by Trio House Press in July 2026. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in Waxwing\, Ploughshares\, Copper Nickel\, Wildness\, Beloit Poetry Journal\, The Maine Review\, and elsewhere. She publishes essays on Asian American and refugee literature in scholarly journals and anthologies. A lifelong crafter\, she is coauthor and coeditor of The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making\, Radical Care\, and Racial Justice (University of California Press\, 2021). She teaches literature at the University of California\, Merced. \n  \nELIZABETH MCMUNN-TETANGCO \nElizabeth McMunn-Tetangco lives in California’s Central Valley and co-edits One Sentence Poems and First Frost. She also works as a librarian at UC Merced. Her work has appeared in many online and print journals\, and her most recent book\, Salt Shaker Girls\, is available through Cuttlefish Books. 
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-poetry-featuring-mai-linh-hong-and-elizabeth-mcmunn-tetangco/
LOCATION:Bookish Modesto\, 811 W. Roseburg Ave\, Modesto\, CA\, 95350\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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