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SUMMARY:Deadline Poets' Corner Contest: postmark date
DESCRIPTION:The Modesto Poets’ Corner Contest is now accepting entries for 2020! This year’s theme is “Kindness and Connection: How do we help to heal the divisions between people\, ideas and beliefs? How can we be kind\, or make connections with each other\, even when being compassionate is inconvenient\, uncomfortable or even dangerous?” As always\, don’t worry about answering all the guiding questions – they’re designed as a jumping-off point. Feel free to write about whatever kindness and/or connection means to you! And remember\, we also accept poems on any topic of your choice in the general category. They do not have to be written recently\, they just have to be unpublished. \n\nEntries will be accepted via mail using the entry form below or via email at poetscornermodesto@gmail.com. All work must be postmarked by Saturday. March 7\, 2020. Winners will be notified in a post here\, on Facebook\, and by email in April. We’ll have our annual winners’ reading on Sunday\, May 3 at 1:00 p.m. in the McHenry Museum. Happy writing!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/deadline-poets-corner-contest-postmark-date/
CATEGORIES:Contests
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SUMMARY:Deadline: 4th Annual Lee Nicholson-George Rogers Poetry Contest
DESCRIPTION:MODESTO-STANISLAUS POETRY CENTER\nTHE FOURTH ANNUAL LEE NICHOLSON – GEORGE ROGERS POETRY CONTEST\nCONTEST GUIDELINES\nMONETARY PRIZES!!!\nDEADLINE: MARCH 1\, 2020 \nABOUT LEE NICHOLSON AND GEORGE ROGERS\nBeloved by generations of their students\, Lee Nicholson and George Rogers dedicated much of their lives to  teaching and inspiring the youth of our community. Lee Nicholson was an instructor at Modesto Junior College for thirty-two years\, and had earlier taught at Turlock High School. A Modesto native\, George Rogers taught for thirty years at Orville Wright Elementary School in Modesto. Both Lee and George were highly accomplished poets and lovers of the creative process\, and both will long be remembered for their passionate devotion to the young people whose lives they touched. \nThis contest is open to all poets residing in Stanislaus County who are 16 to 25 years of age.\n􀀀 Send up to three (3) poems\, with subjects and themes of your own choosing\n􀀀 Poems must be typed in 12 point\, Times New Roman\, with 1-inch margins\n􀀀 32 line limit; longer poems will not be considered\n􀀀 Poems must be the poet’s original work and previously unpublished\n􀀀 If sending through regular mail\, please send two copies of each poem – one copy with the poet’s name\, address\, email\, phone number in the upper right hand corner\, as well as the title of the poem\, and a second copy of the poem\, with the title of the poem\, but without the poet’s name\, address\, e-mail\, and phone number.\n􀀀 If sending through email\, send poems as doc or docx attachments (one attachment with page divisions is fine; three attachments with one poem each is fine); include two copies of each poem – one copy with the poet’s name\, address\, email\, phone number in the upper right hand corner\, as well as the title of the poem and a second copy of the poem\, with the title of the poem\, but without the poet’s name\, address\, e-mail\, and phone number; include CONTEST in the subject line of the email. \n2 ways to submit: \nThrough regular mail to: \nMoSt Poetry Center\nPO Box 578940\nModesto\, CA 95357 \nor by email to info@mostpoetry.org \nInclude the word CONTEST in the subject line of your email. \nPRIZES: \nFirst Place (awarded for best poem): $100.00\nSecond Place: $60.00\nThird Place: $40.00 \nSubmission dates: November 1\, 2019 to March 1\, 2020 \nPoets will be notified via email or phone following the judging process. \nSelected poems will be published in a chapbook. All poets submitting\npoems will receive two (2) copies of the chapbook \nFor more information contact: info@mostpoetry.org
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/youngpoetscontest/
CATEGORIES:Contests,Submission Opportunities,Youth Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200221T190000
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SUMMARY:Words Worth Speaking: Brandon Leake and Angela Drew
DESCRIPTION:The MJC Library & Learning Center and the MJC Black Student Union invite you to a poetry event at the East Campus L & LC. \nFeaturing performers Brandon Leake and Angela Drew. \nBring a poem to read + submit your work to the WWS zine. \nBrandon Leake is an award-winning spoken word poet\, artistic educator\, and motivational speaker from Stockton\, CA. His creative blend of art\, charisma\, and passion tailored to his own unique personal narrative has taken him across the world as a speaker and performer. Brandon has performed in New Zealand\, Mexico\, Canada\, and 36 states around the country for his Dark Side Tour which promotes his first published poetry chapbook and his album Deficients: A Tale From My Dark Side\, a project rooted in transparency and healing. Brandon is also the founder and CEO of Called To Move – CTM\, an arts organization whose mission is to aid youth in self-actualization and personal development through poetry. Through Called to Move\, Brandon had led youth workshops around the world and in his hometown of Stockton. \nAngela Drew is a teacher\, mother\, poet\, and spoken word performer who has loved the rhythm of words for as long as she can remember. Born in Berkeley\, CA\, she began writing at age eight and has always understood that words have the power to soothe\, stir\, or solidify connection. Thus\, her lifelong love affair with storytelling began. Angela has performed at various venues throughout the Modesto\, Sacramento and Bay Areas\, including Modesto Junior College\, Modesto’s inaugural “Ill List Poetry Slam” at the State Theater\, the Gallo Center for the Arts\, in a Sankofa Community Theater production of The Journey—The African American Experience\, and at various other venues. Her recent poetry is included in COLLISION VI\, the February 2020 exhibit at the Mistlin Gallery which features poet-photographer collaborations
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/words-worth-speaking-brandon-leake-and-angela-drew/
LOCATION:Modesto Junior College Library & Learning Center\, 435 College Ave.\, Modesto\, CA\, 95350\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Events,Readings
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SUMMARY:Collision VI: Intersection of Photography and Poetry
DESCRIPTION:COLLISION VI: At the Intersection of Poetry and Photography \nJoin us on Thursday\, Feb. 20 at 7:30 pm for artists reception and reading at the Mistlin Gallery. Featuring 17 poets\, 17 photographers\, and 2 painters who merged their talents to create singular work or art consisting of words and images. \nPoets:\nGillian Wegener\nSara Coito\nJosslyn Turner\nLinda Scheller\nAngela Drew\nTheresa Rojas\nLynn Hansen\nMelchor Sahagun\nDan Schmidt\nVielka Solano\nKaren Baker\nStella Beratlis\nCristina Sandoval\nSheila Landre\ndebee lloyd\nLillian Vallee\nSal Salerno \nPhotographers: \nDavid Schroeder\nRebecca Harvey\nMiguel Trejo\nBill Harris\nEm McLaren\nShirley Stevens\nCarolyn Huff\nNoah Wilson\nLorraine Nilson\nKrystle Lisek\nDan Souza\nAdrian Mendoza\nHeath Vanderpol\nJohn Wynn\nAlyn Brereton\nPeter David Lee \nThe COLLISION VI exhibit runs from Feb. 4 – 28. \nCOLLISION VI is a production of FotoModesto\, sponsored by FocusOn\, a not-for-profit corporation.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/collision-vi-intersection-of-photography-and-poetry/
LOCATION:Mistlin Gallery\, 1015 J Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Events,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200212T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200212T200000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Out Loud County Competition
DESCRIPTION:Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation contest for students\, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation\, and the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is proud to announce that we will be holding our county-level competition at the MJC Little Theatre on February 12th. Our county winners have earned places at the state level in recent years\, so don’t miss the chance to witness this year’s contest!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-out-loud-county-competition-2020/
LOCATION:Little Theatre\, MJC\, 435 College Ave\, Modesto\, CA\, 95350\, United States
CATEGORIES:Contests,Youth Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200211T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200211T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on February 11th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto.  Featured poets include Zaid Shlah. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-2-2020/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200206T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200206T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T203236
CREATED:20191113T231018Z
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next MoSt Poetry Board meeting will be held on Thursday\, February 6th\, at 6:30 pm at the house of one of our members. If you are interested in attending\, please email info@mostpoetry.org for more information.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-2-2020/
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200202T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200202T160000
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SUMMARY:Poetry on Sunday Series
DESCRIPTION:Come join us at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock for 2020’s first installment of our quarterly reading series! Click the image at right to download the PDF flyer\, and see below for bios of our featured readers. \nBarbara Swift Brauer is a freelance writer living in San Geronimo\, California. Her poems have appeared in journals and anthologies as well as in art exhibitions and installations. She is the author of two collections from Sixteen Rivers Press: Rain\, Like a Thief (2019) and At Ease in the Borrowed World (2013). With portrait artist Jackie Kirk\, Barbara is coauthor of the nonfiction book\, Witness: The Artist’s Vision in “The Face of AIDS” (Pomegranate Artbooks\, 1996). \nBethanie Humphreys is a writer\, editor\, and mixed-media visual artist. She is a Sacramento Poetry Center board member\, SPC Art Gallery curator\, Associate Editor for Tule Review\, and was Editor-in-Chief for the 2015 American River Review. Her chapbook\, Dendrochronology\, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2019\, and her poetry\, short fiction\, and art have appeared in various publications in the U.S. and U.K. including:  Artemis\, Nonbinary Review\, The Found Poetry Review\, American River Review\, and Sacramento Voices. She is a California Certified Naturalist and teaches creative writing workshops as a certified Amherst Writers and Artists method instructor. \nMaya Khosla is the poet laureate of Sonoma County (2018–20). Her new poetry book is All the Fires of Wind and Light (Sixteen Rivers Press\, 2019). Her work in the natural world has led her into the wild\, to the page\, and to the screen. She has documented forests\, fire scientists\, and firefighters talking about ways to be wise about wildfire. Maya’s work has taken her across coastal India\, Kenya\, and the United States. Her poems have also been collected in Keel Bone (Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize\, Bear Star Press) and in Heart of the Tearing (Red Dust Press). Her essays have appeared in Flyway\, Yes Magazine\, Humans and Nature\, and elsewhere. She has written for the films Village of Dust\, City of Water\, and Shifting Undercurrents\, and is working on a film about being “Firewise” in a time of climate change.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-series-2-2020/
LOCATION:Carnegie Arts Center\, Gemperle Gallery\, 250 N. Broadway Ave.\, Turlock\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Poetry on Sunday Series,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200201T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200201T160000
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SUMMARY:8th Annual Modesto Poetry Festival
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to announce the details of our 8th Annual Modesto Poetry Festival\, coming up on February 1st\, 2020! \nEach year in February we organize and hold an all-day poetry festival featuring workshops\, readings\, and a featured poet. This year\, we are proud to welcome Lee Herrick and Camille Norton as our guest poets and workshop leaders. \nJoin us on Saturday\, February 1st\, 2020 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Modesto for a day of poetry\, learning\, and inspiration! Click on the image at right to download the PDF flyer\, and you can click here to download the registration form (which also has details about this year’s festival poetry contest). \nThemes for this year’s contest are 1. The Graceful Stumble; 2. Handling Earth with Care; 3. Notre Dame; 4. Following a Thread. Submissions to the poetry contest must be postmarked by the CONTEST DEADLINE: JANUARY 11\, 2020. Please see the form for more information. \n\nLee Herrick has authored three poetry books\, Scar and Flower\, Gardening Secrets of the Dead\, and This\nMany Miles from Desire. His poems have also appeared in numerous literary magazines and anthologies. He is co-editor of The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit (forthcoming in Spring\, 2020 from Orison Books). Born in Daejeon\, Korea\, Lee served as Fresno Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017\, and teaches at Sierra Nevada College and Fresno City College. \nCamille Norton’s first collection of poems\, published by HarperPerennial\, was a National Poetry Series winner in 2004. Other honors include the Grolier Prize in Poetry\, accolades from the National Endowment\nof the Humanities\, and residencies at the MacDowell Art Colony and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Professor of English at University of the Pacific in Stockton\, Camille co-edited Resurgent: New Writing by Women\, featuring experimental writing by women in literature\, film\, and the visual arts. Her latest poetry book is A Folio in the Dark (Sixteen Rivers).
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/8th-annual-modesto-poetry-festival/
LOCATION:St. Paul’s Episcopal Church\, 1528 Oakdale Road\, Modesto\, CA\, 95355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Contests,Other Events,Readings,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T200000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club
DESCRIPTION:MoSt is pleased to announce another installment of our Poetry Book Club! Join us for a conversation about  Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky. Copies of Deaf Republic will be available at the downtown Modesto library to check out in the near future. \nThe book club will be held Wednesday\, January 22 at 6:30 in the conference room at the downtown library and will be facilitated by Stella Beratlis.  See you there!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-book-club-1-2020/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200114T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200114T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191212T014817Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on January 14th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-1-2020/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200112
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SUMMARY:Poetry Festival Contest Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Today’s the postmark deadline for the poetry contest held at our annual Modesto Poetry Festival! For more information\, take a look at the main event page.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-festival-contest-deadline-2020/
CATEGORIES:Contests,Submission Opportunities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200109T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200109T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T203236
CREATED:20191212T014601Z
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next MoSt Poetry Board meeting will be held on Thursday\, January 9th\, at 6:30 pm at the house of one of our members. If you are interested in attending\, please email info@mostpoetry.org for more information.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-1-2020/
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191210T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191210T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T203236
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on December 10th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-12-2019/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T193000
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next MoSt Poetry Board meeting will be held on Thursday\, December 5th\, at 6:30 pm at the house of one of our members. If you are interested in attending\, please email info@mostpoetry.org for more information.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-12-2019/
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191201T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191201T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T203236
CREATED:20191107T000835Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry on Sunday Series
DESCRIPTION:Come join us at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock for the third installment of our quarterly reading series! Click the image at right to download the PDF flyer\, and see below for bios of our featured readers. \nAsh Young currently lives in Modesto with her husband\, two sons\, and two Pomeranians. She writes poetry about her life\, and hopes to never be famous. \nBorn in Canada\, and of Iraqi heritage\, Zaid Shlah currently resides in Northern California with his family. His poetry has appeared in literary magazines\, journals\, and anthologies in both Canada and the U. S. In May of 2005\, he was awarded the American Academy of Poets Award. His first book of poetry\, Taqsim\, was published in the US and in Canada (Frontenac House\, 2006). His second book of poems and essays is entitled Clockwork (Frontenac House\, 2015). He teaches composition and literature at Modesto Junior College. \nLee Herrick is the author of three books of poems: Scar and Flower\, Gardening Secrets of the Dead\, and This Many Miles from Desire. His poems appear widely in literary magazines\, textbooks\, and anthologies\, including Columbia Poetry Review\, The Poetry Foundation\, Indivisible: Poems of Social Justice and Here: Poems for the Planet\, with an introduction by the Dalai Lama. He is co-editor of The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spirit (forthcoming in Spring 2020 by Orison Books). Born in Daejeon\, Korea and adopted to the United States\, he served as Fresno Poet Laureate (2015-2017) and teaches at Fresno City College and the MFA Program at Sierra Nevada College.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-series-12-2019/
LOCATION:Carnegie Arts Center\, Gemperle Gallery\, 250 N. Broadway Ave.\, Turlock\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Poetry on Sunday Series,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191113T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191113T193000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club
DESCRIPTION:MoSt is pleased to announce another installment of our Poetry Book Club! Join us for a conversation about  Blindspot by Teju Cole. Copies of Blindspot are available at the downtown Modesto library to check out. \nThe book club will be held Wednesday\, November 13 at 6:30 in the conference room at the downtown library and will be facilitated by Janette Jameson.  See you there!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-book-club-11-2019/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on November 12th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-11-2019/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191107T183000
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next MoSt Poetry Board meeting will be held on Thursday\, November 7th\, at 6:30 pm at the house of one of our members. If you are interested in attending\, please email info@mostpoetry.org for more information.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-nov-2019/
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191015T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191015T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on October 15th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto with featured readers Paul Neuman and Amy Miller. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-10-2019/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191003T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191003T193000
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next MoSt Poetry Board meeting will be held on Thursday\, October 3rd\, at 6:30 pm at the house of one of our members. If you are interested in attending\, please email info@mostpoetry.org for more information.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-oct-2019/
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190928T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190928T170000
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SUMMARY:Members' Book Exchange Party
DESCRIPTION:We’re having a party for our members! \nWhat: A book exchange open-house party! Arrive your duplicate or unwanted poetry books and trade for new-to-you poetry! \nWhere: At a member’s home in Modesto. \nWhen: September 28\, from 2pm to 5pm. \nWhy: To celebrate our members and share our love of poetry! \nJoin us for food\, drink and poetry joy! More formal invitations to come\, but pencil the date in today! And if you aren’t yet a member\, it isn’t too late! Join MoSt today and join us for this poetry celebration!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/members-book-exchange-party/
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190914T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190914T150000
DTSTAMP:20260425T203236
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SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Workshops 2019
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Downtown Modesto Library for our FINAL Summer Poetry Workshop of 2019. Tom Portwood will lead a workshop on Writing Poems of Social Justice — the Art of Empathy. \n\nAll experience levels are welcome. This event is part of the MoSt Summer Poetry Workshop series. \n\nAll workshops are FREE TO THE PUBLIC with materials and inspiration provided. Sponsored by Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and the Friends of the Modesto Library.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/summer-poetry-workshops-2019-4/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190913T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190913T203000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading: Odilia Galván Rodríguez
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for a special upcoming poetry reading with poet and activist Odilia Galván Rodríguez at the College Avenue United Church of Christ. \nAbout Odilia Galván Rodríguez (bio: University of Arizona Poetry Center) \nOdilia Galván Rodríguez\, poet\, writer\, editor\, educator\, and activist\, is the author of six volumes of poetry\, her latest\, The Nature of Things\, is a collaboration with Texas photographer\, Richard Loya\, by Merced College Press 2016. Also\, along with the late Francisco X. Alarcón\, she edited the award-winning anthology\, Poetry of Resistance: Voices for Social Justice\, University of Arizona Press\, 2016.  This poetry of witness anthology\, the first of its kind\, because it came about because of the on-line organizing work of Alarcón\, Galván Rodriguez\, and other poet-activists which began as a response to the proposal of SB 1070\, the racial profiling law which was eventually passed by the Arizona State Legislature in 2010\, and later that year\, HB 2281which bans ethnic studies. With the advent of the Facebook page Poets Responding (to SB 1070) thousands of poems were submitted witnessing racism\, xenophobia\, and other social justice issues which culminated in the anthology. \nGalván Rodríguez has worked as an editor for various print media such as Matrix Women’s News Magazine\, Community Mural’s Magazine\, and Tricontinental Magazine in Havana\, Cuba. She is currently\, the editor of Cloud Women’s Quarterly Journal online; facilitates creative writing workshops nationally\, and is director of Poets Responding (to SB 1070) and Love and Prayers for Fukushima\, both Facebook pages dedicated to bringing attention to social justice issues that affect the lives and wellbeing of many people and encouraging people to act. Her poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies\, and literary journals on and offline. \nAs an activist\, she worked for the United Farm Workers of America AFL-CIO\, The East Bay Institute for Urban Arts\, has served on numerous boards and commissions\, and is currently active in Women’s organizations whose mission it is to educate around environmental justice issues and disseminate an indigenous world view regarding the earth and people’s custodial relationship to it. Odilia Galván Rodríguez has a long and rich history of working for social justice in solidarity with activists from all ethnic groups.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-reading-odilia-galvan-rodriguez/
LOCATION:College Avenue United Church of Christ\, 1341 College Ave\, Modesto\, CA\, 95350\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190910T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on September 10th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-9-2019/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190907T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190907T170000
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SUMMARY:The Writers' Block @ Barnes & Noble
DESCRIPTION:Modesto’s Barnes and Noble is hosting The Writer’s Block\, an afternoon celebration of writing in our area\, on September 7 from noon to 5pm. This event will include panels\, readings\, and book signings. This is also a bookfair fundraiser benefiting Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center (MoSt). Mention the bookfair or use the ID 12545562 and a percentage of the profits from your purchase will go back to MoSt to support the work we do promoting poetry throughout Stanislaus County. \nThis is going to be a great day! We hope you can stop by!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/the-writers-block-barnes-noble/
LOCATION:Barnes & Noble\, 3501 McHenry Ave\, Suite E\, Modesto\, CA\, 95356\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Events,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190905T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190905T193000
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next MoSt Poetry Board meeting will be held on Thursday\, September 5th\, at 6:30 pm at the house of one of our members. If you are interested in attending\, please email info@mostpoetry.org for more information.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-8-2019/
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190818T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190818T170000
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SUMMARY:Poetry on Sunday Series
DESCRIPTION:Come join us at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock for the third installment of our quarterly reading series! Click the image at right to download the PDF flyer\, and see below for bios of our featured readers. \nSara Coito is a Central Valley native whose claim to fame is that she and Megan Rapinoe share an alma mater. She seeks to explore ugly emotions\, the struggle and ease of intimacy\, and the plurality of devotion in her poetry. Her other passions include music\, making pictures\, working in kindergarten classrooms\, eggs for breakfast\, and snail mail. You can find her earlier work in Sigma Tau Delta’s Rectangle and University of Portland’s Writers magazine. Connect with her via email at coitosk@gmail.com or Instagram @thecoits. \nIngrid Keriotis is a former MJC English instructor. Her first book of poetry\, It Started with the Wild Horses\, was published in April and is available at ingridkeriotis.com. Ingrid currently teaches at Sierra College in Grass Valley. When it comes to writing poetry\, she believes in Richard Hugo’s advice: “You owe reality nothing and the truth about your feelings everything.” \nJoshua McKinney’s most recent book of poetry is Small Sillion (Parlor Press\, 2019). His work has appeared in such journals as Boulevard\, Denver Quarterly\, Kenyon Review\, New American Writing\, and many others. He is the recipient of The Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize\, The Dickinson Prize\, The Pavement Saw Chapbook Prize\, and a Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Writing. He is co-editor of the online eco-poetry zine\, Clade Song. He teaches at California State University\, Sacramento.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-series-2/
LOCATION:Carnegie Arts Center\, Gemperle Gallery\, 250 N. Broadway Ave.\, Turlock\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Poetry on Sunday Series,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190817T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190817T150000
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SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Workshops 2019
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Downtown Modesto Library for our third Summer Poetry Workshop of 2019. Gillian Wegener will lead a workshop on Poetry of Place. Write new poems inspired by other poems of place and some questions that will help you dig deep and find new creativity in writing about places that are important to us. \n\nAll experience levels are welcome. This event is part of the MoSt Summer Poetry Workshop series. \n\nAll workshops are FREE TO THE PUBLIC with materials and inspiration provided. Sponsored by Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and the Friends of the Modesto Library.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/summer-poetry-workshops-2019-3/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190813T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190813T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on August 13th at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto\, featuring poets Pos Moa and Yu-Han Chao. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share. \nPos Moua is a Hmong-American writer\, educator\, and poet who lives in Merced with his wife and their five children. He is the author of the chapbook “Towards the World Where the Torches Are Burning” (Swan Scythe Press\, 2001)\, the first published work from a Hmong American poet. He has published work in How Do I Begin?: A Hmong American Literary Anthology\, Tilting the Continent: Southeast Asian American Writing\, UC Davis Poetry Review\, Sacramento’s “Poetry Now\,” and National Poetry.” Pos Moua’s new book\, Karst Mountains Will Bloom\, was published by Blue Oak Press in April 2019. \nYu-Han (Eugenia) Chao was born and grew up in Taipei\, Taiwan. Her poetry books & chapbooks were published by Another New Calligraphy\, BOAAT Press\, Dancing Girl Press\, and University of Nebraska Press. Her new short story collection\, Sex & Taipei City\, is now out with Red Hen Press. She maintains a blog at www.yuhanchao.com about nursing school.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-8-2019/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Readings,Second Tuesday
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