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  • Dos Rios State Park Nature Poetry Walk

    Dos Rios State Park 3559 Shiloh Rd, Modesto, CA, United States

    A special event for poetry lovers! Join a State Park Interpreter and special guest, poetry author, Salvatore Salerno. Bring your favorite poem or poetry book about nature and share with other poetry enthusiasts. Walk 2.5 miles round-trip to the amazing pond Oaks. Share or just listen to poems that connects us to nature. Please bring …

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  • Second Tuesday Poetry featuring John Shoptaw and Murray Silverstein

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

    Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is excited to present Second Tuesday Poetry with featured poets Murray Silverstein and John Shoptaw.  Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Time: 7:00 pm PST Where: Artist Lab at the Prospect Theater Project, 1214 K Street, Modesto CA 95354  Join us at this reading featuring noted East Bay poets John Shoptaw and Murray …

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  • Poetry Book Club: In Praise of Late Wonder by Lee Herrick

    Panera 2103 McHenry A, Modesto, CA, United States

    Join us for the latest edition of the MoSt Poetry Book Club, when we'll be discussing California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick's excellent new collection, In Praise of Late Wonder! We’ll meet on Sunday, November 17th, 2024 at 2pm, at Panera Bread, 2103 McHenry Avenue, in Modesto. In the meantime, pick up a copy of Lee's …

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  • 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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  • Reading/Open Mic & Book Launch for Gary Thomas’s O YES WE BREATHE

    Prospect Theater Project 1214 K Street, Modesto, CA, United States

    O Yes We Breathe is a collection of earthborn connections, a ragged inquiry into our commonalities and yearnings as humans. Divided into four sections (Hard News & Kittens in Trees, If Memory Serves, Liaisons Ordinaires, and Ready to Step Into Waves) these poems address “current” events, the acts of recollection and reminiscence, mortal-to-mortal relationships, and …

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