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Second Tuesday: Members’ Holiday Open Mic & Potluck

The Dragonfly Art for Life 1210 J Street, Modesto, CA, United States

The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center presents Second Tuesday: Members' Holiday Open Mic and Potluck. Bring a dish to share, and help us celebrate 15 years of bringing poetry to the community through our Second Tuesday series. If you're not a MoSt member yet, you are warmly encouraged to attend and join us at the door.  On Tuesday, December 10 …

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Poetry Out Loud County Competition

The Artist Lab at Prospect Theater Project 1214 K Street, Modesto, CA, United States

Come watch high school students compete at the county level for the Poetry Out Loud contest at the Artist Lab, 1218 K Street in downtown Modesto. Through this program, high school students across the country participate in a dynamic poetry recitation competition that is designed to improve their public speaking skills, help build confidence, and …

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City of Modesto Poets’ Corner contest deadline

The Parks, Recreation and Neighborhoods Department and the City of Modesto’s Poets’ Corner Committee are pleased to offer an Annual Poets’ Corner Contest. Entries Due byFriday, April 4, 2025.  Contest Winners Winners will be notified by email (or mail, when email is unavailable.) Poets will be invited to read their winning poems on Sunday, June …

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Stanislaus Cty Youth Poet Laureate Reading & Open Mic with Zoe Byron

Nick W. Blom Salida Regional Library Branch 4835 Sisk Road, Salida, United States

Join Zoe Byron, 2024-2025 Youth Poet Laureate of Stanislaus County, as she reads poems in celebration of National Poetry Month. Be sure to bring a poem or two to share at the Open Mic, following Zoe's reading. They don't have to be poems you've written! Just come have some fun with us. At the Salida …

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Youth Poet Laureate Send-Off Reading & Open Mic: Zoe Byron

Oakdale Library 151 South First Avenue, Oakdale, CA, United States

Please join us as we bid a fond farewell to 2024-2025 Youth Poet Laureate Zoe Byron, whose tenure as youth laureate is complete at the end of May. She's the second ever Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate and has done a beautiful job representing the voice of youth through her poems. This final reading will …

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Welcome 2025-2026 Youth Poet Laureate: Reading & Reception

Modesto Junior College West Campus 2201 Blue Gum Avenue, Modesto, CA, United States

We’ll be celebrating our incoming youth poet laureate, Valentina Zeff, at a reading/reception at Modesto Junior College’s Science Community Center.  Come listen to a few poems, meet youth poets, and learn about the youth poet laureate program. Valentina Zeff is a sixteen-year-old poet from Modesto, California who is currently enrolled in the International Baccalaureate program …

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