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  • Aileen Jaffa Contest Awards Ceremony

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

    Join us at the Carnegie Arts Center on Saturday, May 11 at 2:00 pm to celebrate our youth contest winners! Presented by the North American League of American Pen Women, Modesto Branch, in partnership with MoSt Poetry.  

  • Poetry Reading and Open Mic featuring Youth Poet Laureate Zoe Byron

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

    Please join Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and Stanislaus County Library at a poetry reading and open mic at the Oakdale Library, featuring Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate Zoe Byron. Bring a poem—your own or a favorite--to share at open mic. Reading starts at 12:00; free and open to all. Zoe, a student at Oakdale High School, …

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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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  • 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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