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SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Workshops 2018: Teen Poetry Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Downtown Modesto Library for our second Summer Poetry Workshop of 2018: a Teen Poetry Workshop with Gillian Wegener. \nAll workshops are FREE TO THE PUBLIC with materials and inspiration provided. Sponsored by Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and the Stanislaus County Library.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/summer-poetry-workshops-2-2018/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180712T180000
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SUMMARY:MoSt Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The annual meeting of the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center will be held on July 12th at a member’s home in Modesto. All members and interested poetry friends are welcome to attend. The meeting starts at 4:00\, with a potluck dinner at 5:00. Mark your calendars and join us!  Email us at info@mostpoetry.org for more information.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-annual-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings,Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180710T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180710T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Second Tuesday Barkin’ Dog reading on July 10 at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. We’ll have an evening of writing inspired by the poetry of Thomas Merton\, hosted by Ed Bearden. An open mic will follow the featured reading\, so bring a poem or two to share. \nAbout the Thomas Merton Poetry Group: In February of 2016 Deacon George Cano of St. Paul’s Episcopalian Church\, convened the Thomas Merton poetry group. It was began to provide more than chit-chat\, but rather to encourage spiritual growth. Poetry\, as another way to pray. Meeting twice a month\, the group wrote and published Poetic Prayer: writing from the soul. Meditation\ntechniques from Buddhist traditions or centering prayer were used to access the poetic well. The group consists of Deacon George Cano\, Ed Bearden\, Roberta Bearden\, Jeanette Comegys\, Stephanie Gilmer\, Sarah B. Hartmann\, Judy Miller\, Linda Marie Prather and Cheryl Russel Pogue. Others would be welcome to join the writing and fellowship.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-july2018/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180612T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180612T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:The 9th Anniversary edition of the Second Tuesday Poetry Reading is happening on June 12 at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog! \nOur featured readers are the Modesto branch of the National League of America Pen Women. Founded in 1936\, the original five charter members of this branch were Alice Scott Carlson\, Grace M. Davis\, Irene Childrey Hoch\, Blanche Willis Allen\, and Helen Hope Page. \nThe tradition continues with a host of talented writers and artists\, including those reading at the Barkin’ Dog on June 12th: Nancy Haskett\, Lynn Hansen\, ann w. bailey\, Louise Kantro\, Roberta Bearden\, Jill Adler\, Cleo Griffith\, Pat Egenberger\, and Linda Prather.\n\nJoin us for a great evening of poetry and community!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-6/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180609T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180609T150000
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SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Workshops 2018: Crowd-Sourced Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Downtown Modesto Library for our first Summer Poetry Workshop of 2018. All workshops are FREE TO THE PUBLIC with materials and inspiration provided. Sponsored by Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and the Stanislaus County Library. \nCrowd-Sourced Poetry\, also known as Exquisite Corpse\, is a collaborative poetry game that has roots in the Surrealist movement. In this workshop\, you’ll have fun and experience surprise by being part of a team effort where all of us contribute parts to each others’ work. You can use the result as a springboard to a different poem\, revise your collaborative poem\, or have fun with the poem as-is. \nRules: each participant is generally unaware of what the others have written\, which often produces a “surprising—sometimes absurd—yet often beautiful” work (poets.org). Crowd-Sourced Poetry workshop is a fun way to collaborate with other poets and to write in a way which frees you from your usual writing habits. \nThis will be SO MUCH FUN! And there are other workshops to come.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/summer-poetry-workshops-1-2018/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180520T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180520T170000
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SUMMARY:Aileen Jaffa Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Come join us at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock for the Awards Ceremony for this year’s Aileen Jaffa Young Poets Contest! First\, second and third place winners in each category will receive cash awards from the MoSt Poetry Center. Prizes are: First Place $25\, Second Place $15\, Third Place $10. In addition\, the Modesto Branch of the National League of American Pen Women will award a $60 Aileen Jaffa Outstanding Poem award in each of two combined categories\, Categories 1 and 2\, and Categories 3 and 4. The current president of the NLAPW Modesto chapter will present the awards\, and you’ll get to hear a reading featuring the winning poems.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/aileen-jaffa-poetry-contest-awards-ceremony-2/
LOCATION:Carnegie Arts Center\, Gemperle Gallery\, 250 N. Broadway Ave.\, Turlock\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Contests,Poetry on Sunday Series,Readings
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180508T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the May Barkin’ Dog reading on May 8 at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. We have two great featured readers\, Beth Spencer and Lynne Knight\, and our most excellent open mic to look forward to.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-5-2018/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180503T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180503T200000
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CREATED:20180302T223629Z
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next Board meeting is Thursday\, May 3rd at 6:30–email info@mostpoetry.org for more information!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-10/
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180422T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180422T170000
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CREATED:20180329T192617Z
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SUMMARY:5th Annual Benefit Gala
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center’s 5th Annual Benefit\, April 22\, 2018! \nOur annual benefit will be held from 2-5 p.m. at the Barkin’ Dog Grill. Join us for an afternoon of music\, food and drink\, poetry fun and games\, a silent auction\, and supporting the arts in our area. \nTickets are just $10 this year\, and they are available online at mostgala2018.eventbrite.co.uk or at the door! All proceeds will benefit the work of MoSt as we continue to promote poetry throughout Stanislaus County with poetry contests\, the Modesto Poetry Festival\, publications\, poetry readings throughout the region\, Poetry-on-the-Spot\, and many other activities. See our Annual Gala page for photos of the fun we’ve had in previous years.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/5th-annual-benefit-gala/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180410T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180410T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the April Barkin’ Dog reading on April 10 at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. We have three great featured readers\, Connie Post\, Kevin Gunn\, and Cleo Griffith\, and our most excellent open mic to look forward to.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-4-2018/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180405T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180405T200000
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next Board meeting is Thursday\, April 5th at 6:30–email info@mostpoetry.org for more information!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-9/
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180314T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180314T193000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club
DESCRIPTION:MoSt is pleased to announce the second installment of our Poetry Book Club! The meeting will be held on Wednesday\, March 14 from 6:30 to 7:30 at the downtown library and our featured book will be blud by Rachel McKibbens. The library will have extra copies to check out\, but the book is widely available if you’d like to get your own. Either way\, you want to read it ahead of time and be prepared for some great conversation. More details to follow\, but as usual\, this event is free and open to the public.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-book-club-2/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180313T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180313T200000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20180302T222242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180302T222242Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the March Barkin’ Dog reading on March 13 at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. We have two great featured readers\, Jennifer Fellguth and Salvatore Salerno\, and our most excellent open mic to look forward to.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-3-2018/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180225T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180225T160000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20180130T223358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180130T223524Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry on Sunday @ Carnegie
DESCRIPTION:Our Poetry on Sunday quarterly reading series at Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock continues on February 25th at 2 pm in the Gemperle Gallery–click here or on the image at right to view the PDF flyer. \nFeatured readers for the February reading: \nAnn Williams Bailey has been a part of the Central Valley writing community since the early 1970’s\, collaborating with other writers\, artists\, and various creative organizations. She has been an enthusiastic participant in writers’ groups\, small presses\, ekphrastic shows\, writing retreats\, and\, for ten years\, spoken word performances in collaboration with Stockton’s New Dance Company\, both locally and in the Bay Area\, including the San Francisco Legion of Honor. Given the option\, she prefers to paint portraits and write landscapes. \nA native Californian\, Brian Wright is a retired high school English teacher who divides his time between the Bay Area and the Sierra Nevada. His poems appear in More Than Soil\, More Than Sky: The Modesto Poets and several local publications including 4 More. He is active in The Healing Power of Writing\, a Bay Area Writer’s group comprised of cancer survivors and caregivers. \nMarisol Baca is the author of Tremor from Three Mile Harbor Press. She has been published in Narrative Northeast\, Riverlit\, Shadowed: An Anthology of Women Writers\, and others. She received her Master of Fine Arts from Cornell University\, where she won the Robert Chasen Poetry award. Currently\, Marisol is an English professor at Fresno City College.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-carnegie-5/
LOCATION:Carnegie Arts Center\, Gemperle Gallery\, 250 N. Broadway Ave.\, Turlock\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry on Sunday Series,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180213T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180213T200000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20180105T013518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180105T013518Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the February Barkin’ Dog reading on Feb. 13 at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. We have two great featured readers\, including Tina Curiel Allen\, and our most excellent open mic to look forward to.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-5/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180207T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180207T200000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20180105T013334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180130T223635Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Out Loud County Finals
DESCRIPTION:MoSt is coordinating the county competiton of the Poetry Out Loud contest\, a national recitation contest for high school students. The county competition will be held at MJC on Feb. 7 at 6:00. If you are interested in participating as a judge or just coming to see these talented students perform amazing poetry\, please email us at info@mostpoetry.org.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-out-loud-county-finals/
CATEGORIES:Contests,Other Events,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180203T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180203T160000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20171102T183237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T183237Z
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SUMMARY:6th Annual Modesto Poetry Festival
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to announce the details of our 6th Annual Modesto Poetry Festival\, coming up on February 3rd! \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 featured poet William O’Daly as our guest poet and workshop leader. \nJoin us on Saturday\, February 4th\, 2017 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. Arrivals and Departures; 2. The Disappearance of Things; 3. Empty Spaces; 4. Inheritances. Submissions to the poetry contest must be postmarked by the CONTEST DEADLINE: JANUARY 11\, 2018. Please see the form for more information.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/6th-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:20180117T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180117T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20171009T220619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171009T220619Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Book Club
DESCRIPTION:MoSt is pleased to announce the start of our Poetry Book Club! Starting in January 2018\, we’ll meet four times a year and discuss a different book of poetry each time. Our first meeting will be on Wednesday\, January 17 from 6:30 to 7:30 at the downtown library and our featured book will be LOOK by Solmaz Sharif. This is the most recent Northern California Book Award winner in poetry and has been taking the poetry world by storm. The library will have extra copies to check out\, but the book is widely available if you’d like to get your own. Either way\, you want to read it ahead of time and be prepared some great conversation. More details to follow\, but as usual\, this event is free and open to the public\, and in the meantime\, you can find more here: https://solmazsharif.com/look/
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-book-club/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books,Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180109T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180109T200000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20180105T013110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180105T013110Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the January Barkin’ Dog reading on Jan. 9 at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in downtown Modesto. We have two great featured readers and our most excellent open mic to look forward to. \nChiyuma Elliott is Assistant Professor of African American Studies at the University of California\, Berkeley. Her scholarly work and teaching focus on poetry and poetics\, visual culture\, and intellectual history from the 1920s to the present. Before joining the Berkeley faculty\, Elliott was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford\, and Assistant Professor of English\, Creative Writing\, and African American Studies at the University of Mississippi. A Cave Canem Alumni Fellow\, she has also received fellowships from the American Philosophical Society\, the James Irvine Foundation\, and the Vermont Studio Center. She earned her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College and her Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. \nElliott’s first book of poems\, California Winter League\, was published by Unicorn Press in December of 2015. Her creative work has appeared in the African American Review\, Callaloo\, the Collagist\, the Notre Dame Review\, the PN Review\, and other journals. She is the co-editor of several poetry chapbooks: African American Poetic Responses to Faulkner (2015 / U Press of Mississippi)\, Of Rivers ( 2016 / Southern Humanities Review)\, and an untitled ​group of poems inspired by the Gordon W. Bailey Collection (forthcoming). She is currently at work on a poem cycle called Vigil\, and a scholarly monograph about poetics in the New Negro movement. \n Stella Beratlis grew up in a Greek-American family in Northern California. Her work has appeared in Quercus Review\, Penumbra\, Song of the San Joaquin\,In Posse Review\, California Quarterly\, and other journals\, as well as in the anthology The Place That Inhabits Us: Poems from the San Francisco Bay Watershed (Sixteen Rivers Press\, 2010). She is coeditor of the collection More Than Soil\, More Than Sky: The Modesto Poets(Quercus Review Press\, 2011). Beratlis is a librarian in Modesto\, where she lives with  her daughter.  Alkali Sink is her first collection of poems.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-jan2018/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180104T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180104T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20180101T212131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180101T212131Z
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next Board meeting is Thursday\, January 4th at 6:30 at Sal Salerno’s home–email info@mostpoetry.org for more information!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-jan2018/
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171212T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171212T200000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20171102T181538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T181538Z
UID:832-1513101600-1513108800@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:December’s 2nd Tuesday Reading Series is on December 12 at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog! Our featured poets are the Meter Maids. Don’t forget to stay for our open mic after the reading!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-december2017/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171210T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171210T170000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20171102T181328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171118T183518Z
UID:830-1512914400-1512925200@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Poetry on Sunday @ Carnegie
DESCRIPTION:Our Poetry on Sunday quarterly reading series at Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock continues on December 10th at 2 pm in the Gemperle Gallery–click here or on the image at right to view the PDF flyer. \nFeatured readers for the December reading: \nAngela Morales Salinas was born in Cerritos\, San Luis Potosi\, Mexico\, and emigrated to the United States as a child. She has lived in the San Joaquin Valley for most of her life\, and taught Kindergarten for twenty-seven of her forty-year career as an educator. She has been published locally\, and was proud to be included in More Than Soil\, More Than Sky: The Modesto Poets (Quercus Review Press\, 2011). Angela was there when the Licensed Fools came into existence\, and is happily continuing her foolish ways. \nBorn in Los Angeles\, Mark Nicoll-Johnson has lived in Modesto since 1980. In 2014\, he retired after nearly 40 years of teaching\, the last 24 of which as a member of the Department of English at Merced College\, where at one time or another he counted among his colleagues Angela Morales and Meg Withers. \nLinda Toren is a retired elementary school teacher who lives in the foothills of Calaveras County along with her husband\, a horse\, chickens\, two goats\, a box turtle\, and cats and dogs.  She teaches poetry in two local schools\, is an active Friend of the Library and belongs to two writer’s groups—Licensed Fools (Modesto/Turlock) and Pine Grove Writer’s Group (PGWG—“Pig Wigs”.) Her most current poems appear in Out of the Fire by Manzanita Press. \nMeg Withers has been writing to save her sanity since she was about 9. She has been published in literary journals and other creative projects. She has been anthologized\, and has three published books: Must Be Present to Win (Ghost Road 2005)\, A Communion of Saints (TinFish 2008). Shadowed: Unheard Voices (Press at Fresno State 2014). The latter was edited with Joell Hallowell. The basis for Meg’s work is concern with the attempt to silence voices.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-carnegie-4/
LOCATION:Carnegie Arts Center\, Gemperle Gallery\, 250 N. Broadway Ave.\, Turlock\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry on Sunday Series,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171207T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171207T193000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20171118T183941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171118T183941Z
UID:850-1512671400-1512675000@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next Board meeting is Thursday\, December 7th at 6:30 at Sal Salerno’s home–email info@mostpoetry.org for more information!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-8/
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171125T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171125T210000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20171102T181122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T181122Z
UID:827-1511629200-1511643600@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Join Us at Mod Shop!
DESCRIPTION:Each year\, on the Saturday following Thanksgiving\, this event allows creative people to sell their wares and promote their small businesses in a hip\, inclusive\, and entertaining atmosphere. This year\, MoSt will join the fun again with our Poetry on the Spot table\, so come by and see us and get your personalized poem!!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/join-us-at-mod-shop/
LOCATION:Downtown Modesto
CATEGORIES:Other Events,Poetry on the Spot
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171114T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171114T200000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20171102T180744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T180744Z
UID:825-1510682400-1510689600@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:November’s 2nd Tuesday Reading Series is on November 14 at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog! Our featured poets are Iris Jamahl Dunkle and Marisol Baca. Don’t forget to stay for our open mic after the reading!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-4/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171014T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171014T150000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20170621T194305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T194305Z
UID:727-1507986000-1507993200@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Workshops
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Downtown Modesto Library for Sharing the Common Amazement: Poetry Dialogue and Co-Creation with Linda Toren and Gary Thomas. All workshops are FREE TO THE PUBLIC with materials and inspiration provided. Sponsored by Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and the Stanislaus County Library.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/summer-poetry-workshops-4/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171014T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171014T160000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20171009T221005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171009T221005Z
UID:819-1507975200-1507996800@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Great Valley Bookfest
DESCRIPTION:Come join us at the Great Valley Bookfest in Manteca this weekend! We’ll have a wide range of fabulous readers on the dedicated poetry stage\, including Sacramento Poet Laureate Indigo Moor. You can also visit our table in the Authors’ Alley for more information about what we do\, and to learn more about becoming a member or volunteer.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/great-valley-bookfest-2/
LOCATION:Bass Pro Center\, 280 Lifestyle Road\, Manteca\, CA\, 95337\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Events,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171010T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171010T200000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20171009T220249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171009T220249Z
UID:811-1507658400-1507665600@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:October’s 2nd Tuesday Reading Series is on Tuesday\, October 10 at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog! Our featured readers are Andrena Zawinski and Jim Beggs. \nAndrena Zawinski was born and raised in Pittsburgh\, PA but has made the San Francisco Bay Area her home since 2000. Her latest collection of poetry is Landings. She has two previous collections: Something About (a PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award) and Traveling in Reflected Light (a Kenneth Patchen Poetry Prize). Her poetry has received accolades for lyricism\, form\, spirituality\, and social concern. She is also Features Editor at PoetryMagazine.com. \nJim Beggs has only written perhaps seven poems\, but he has written about a poet–his book on Henry Reed (“Naming of Parts”)–and he has set a dozen familiar poems to music or matched them to songs we all know and love.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-10-2017/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170923T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170923T150000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20170621T194157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T194157Z
UID:725-1506171600-1506178800@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Workshops
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Downtown Modesto Library for Blackout and Erasure Poetry with Modesto Poet Laureate Stella Beratlis. All workshops are FREE TO THE PUBLIC with materials and inspiration provided. Sponsored by Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center and the Stanislaus County Library.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/summer-poetry-workshops-3/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170923T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170923T130000
DTSTAMP:20260426T090554
CREATED:20170906T200214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170906T200214Z
UID:807-1506160800-1506171600@www.mostpoetry.org
SUMMARY:Local Author Fair @ Modesto Library
DESCRIPTION:MoSt will be at the Modesto Library’s Author’s Fair on September 23 from 10:00 to 1:00. Stop by our table and check out poetry by local authors\, find out about poetry events\, and ask your poetry questions! Then make sure to attend our poetry workshop inside the library at 1pm with Stella Beratlis.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/local-author-fair-modesto-library/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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