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SUMMARY:California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia
DESCRIPTION:MoSt is excited to announce that California Poet Laureate\, Dana Gioia\, will be at the Carnegie Arts Center  in Turlock for a reading and conversation.  This event is free and open to all\, so please join us for a wonderful evening of poetry. See below for more information:
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/california-poet-laureate-dana-gioia/
LOCATION:Carnegie Arts Center\, 250 N. Broadway\, Turlock\, CA\, 95380\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Events,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170701T130000
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SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Workshops
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Downtown Modesto Library for Making a Poem: The Beauty of Form with Salvatore Salerno. 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/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170625T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170625T160000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T194445Z
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SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our open Annual Meeting and potluck and find out how you can get involved in promoting poetry in our community! For more information\, email info@mostpoetry.org
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/annual-general-meeting/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170521T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170521T160000
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CREATED:20170311T024555Z
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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/
LOCATION:Carnegie Arts Center\, 250 N. Broadway\, Turlock\, CA\, 95380\, United States
CATEGORIES:Contests,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170509T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170509T200000
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CREATED:20170425T182510Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly reading series and open mic at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in Modesto! This month’s reading features MoSt board member Linda Scheller celebrating her debut poetry collection\, Fierce Light\, out now from Future Cycle Press. Our second reader is TBA.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-may2017/
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:20170430T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170430T170000
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CREATED:20170326T205704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170401T214756Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Benefit Gala
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center’s 5th Annual Benefit\, April 30\, 2017! \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 $20\, and they are available online at mostbenefit.eventbrite.com 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/annual-benefit-gala/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170415
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SUMMARY:Aileen Jaffa Young Poets Contest Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Today is the postmark deadline. Please see the Aileen Jaffa contest page for more information!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/aileen-jaffa-young-poets-contest-deadline/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Contests,Submission Opportunities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170411T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170411T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly reading series and open mic at the Barkin’ Dog Grill in Modesto! This month’s reading features our own Gillian Wegener reading from her new book This Sweet Haphazard\, as well as her fellow Sixteen Rivers poet Erin Rodoni\, author of Body\, In Good Light.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-april2017/
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:20170226T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170226T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20170127T204657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170127T204657Z
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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 December 4th at 2 pm–feel free to print and distribute the flyer\, available as a PDF right here. \nFeatured readers: \nNoel Crane began writing poetry six years ago and hasn’t stopped. Her poetry explores her childhood struggles with listlessness and excessive daydreaming. Noel has a Bachelor’s degree in English. When she’s not writing\, she enjoys yoga\, hiking\, and plants. Noel is currently working on another degree in Horticulture. \nTom Myers is a retired elementary teacher who was raised and still lives in the Great Central Valley with his wife and assorted pets. Wild places sustain him and frame much of his poetry. He is a founding board member of MoSt. Desert Treasure is his third chapbook. \nLillian Vallee is a writer\, translator\, retired college instructor and amateur naturalist who lives at the center of the world\, in Modesto\, in California’s Great Central Valley\, a region of immense riches and only partially realized potential.  Vallee’s work expresses her region’s telluric mysteries\, its profound failings and everyday striving for healing and wholeness. \nGillian Wegener has had poetry published in Spillway\, Packinghouse Review\, Sow’s Ear\, and Wherewithal. Her chapbook Lifting One Foot\, Lifting the Other was published by In the Grove Press in 2001\, and her first full-length collection of poetry\, The Opposite of Clairvoyance was published in 2008 by Sixteen Rivers Press. Her second collection\, This Sweet Haphazard\, will be published in early 2017. In the meantime\, she hosts the monthly 2nd Tuesday Reading Series\, is founding president of the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center\, and served as poet laureate for the City of Modesto from 2012-2016.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-carnegie-2/
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:20170221T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170221T200000
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CREATED:20170127T204123Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Due to Valentine’s Day\, our February edition of Second Tuesday will be held on Tuesday\, February 21st!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-feb-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:20170204T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170204T160000
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CREATED:20160927T204301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160927T204301Z
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SUMMARY:5th Annual Modesto Poetry Festival
DESCRIPTION:Each 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 Susan Wooldridge 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. Across the Generations; 2. Rivers and Streams; 3. Fault Lines; 4. Polarities / Attractions. Submissions to the poetry contest must be postmarked by the CONTEST DEADLINE: JANUARY 11\, 2017. Please see the form for more information. \nSave
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/5th-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:20170119T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170119T193000
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CREATED:20170107T204703Z
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next Board meeting is Thursday\, Jan. 19 at 6:30 at Tom Portwood’s home–email info@mostpoetry.org for more information!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-6/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170115T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170115T210000
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CREATED:20170107T205540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170107T205540Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Resist: Modesto Louder!
DESCRIPTION:Official Press Release: \nMODESTO WRITERS JOIN NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO “RE-INAUGURATE” DEMOCRACY \n“Writers Resist” Event Planned Locally\nfor January 15th\, 2017 \nMODESTO\, California\, December 31\, 2016 — A recent Facebook post unleashed a nationwide movement of writers organizing and promoting independent “Writers Resist” events to reclaim democracy planned for January 15\, 2017. \nThe flagship Writers Resist event\, founded by poet Erin Bilieu and co-sponsored by PEN America\, will feature famous literary figures braving January weather on the steps of the Public Library in New York City to read historic and contemporary writings on the ideals of democracy and free expression. Additional Writers Resist events\, are being held in Boston\, Los Angeles\, Oakland\, Austin\, Portland\, Omaha\, Seattle\, London\, Zurich\, Hong Kong\, and many more cities. \nLocally\, the City of Modesto’s poet laureate\, Stella Beratlis—along with writer Shanyn Vitti Avila and poet Elizabeth Sousa—is organizing Writers Resist: Modesto in response to concern during the recent Presidential campaign over public cynicism\, disdain for truthfulness\, and the unleashing of hatred and bigotry. Beratlis\, a longtime member of the League of Women Voters of Stanislaus County\, wanted to present an event which might galvanize Modesto audiences to become active in the civic life of the community\, support nonprofits that address social justice issues\, and network with like-minded people while having fun. \nThirty readers\, including Lillian Vallee\, Manny Moreno\, Trudy Wischemann\, Sam Pierstorff\, Flora Carter\, Paula Treick DeBoard\, Aishah Saleh\, Nancy Maya\, Chad Sokolovsky\, Optimism One\, and many others are scheduled to read their own work plus selections from the Constitution and from diverse voices addressing the ideals of democracy and free expression. \nThe Modesto event is free and open to the public and will be held at the Prospect Theater\, 1214 K Street in downtown Modesto on Sunday\, January 15\, starting at 6:30 pm. Doors open at 6:00 pm. Organizers will be raising funds at the event to support the work of the Modesto Peace/Life Center\, specifically to help underwrite its planned radio station. \nWriters and interested public who want to attend can visit www.writersresist.org for a list of cities holding readings. To contact local organizers\, please write to writersresistmodesto@gmail.com or call 209-613-9283 \n### \nWriters Resist (www.writersresist.org) is a national network of writers driven to #WriteOurDemocracy by defending the ideals of a free\, just and compassionate democratic society.  #WritersResist
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/writers-resist-modesto-louder/
LOCATION:Prospect Theater Project\, 1214 K Street\, Modesto\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Events,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170110T200000
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CREATED:20170107T205030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170107T205030Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Barkin’ Dog for the January edition of the Second Tuesday Reading Series. Our featured readers will wow and inspire us with their work\, and our Most Excellent Open Mic will knock your socks off. \nSusan Cohen is the author of two poetry chapbooks and two full-length collections\, including A Different Wakeful Animal\, winner of the 2015 Meadowhawk Prize from Red Dragonfly Press and finalist for half a dozen other awards.  Stephen Dunn wrote: “There are pleasures in almost every poem in Susan Cohen’s excellent A Different Wakeful Animal\, pleasures that arise out of an alertness to the natural world\, and the original phrasing she seeks and regularly finds.” She earned an MFA after a career as a journalist\, and lives in Berkeley. \nPaul Neumann‘s first book of poetry was published in 2003. His second collection\, This Valley\, appeared in 2013 and was informed by his love for the land and the people in the Central Valley. Beginnings and Endings\, his most recent collection\,begins with a series of poems inspired by the birth of his granddaughter\, Mary. The last segment of the book examines issues of aging\, a subject influenced by his own sense of mortality.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-jan-2017/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170102
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20160917T195159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161207T192209Z
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SUMMARY:Student Chapbook Contest Deadline
DESCRIPTION:EDITED: The deadline has been extended to January 1st! \nToday is the deadline for our first annual Lee Nicholson-George Rogers Award! Read more about the contest here.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/student-chapbook-contest-deadline/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Contests,Submission Opportunities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161204T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161204T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20161025T221247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161025T221247Z
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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 December 4th at 2 pm–feel free to print and distribute the flyer\, available as a PDF right here. \nFeatured readers: \nStella Beratlis is the author of Alkali Sink (Sixteen Rivers Press\, 2015) and co-editor of the collection More Than Soil\, More Than Sky: The Modesto Poets. Alkali Sink was a nominee for the Northern California Book Award in poetry this year. Stella was also very recently appointed Modesto Poet Laureate for the 2016-2018 term. She lives in the Central Valley and works as a public librarian in Tracy. \nRhony Bhopla was born in London and raised in California. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Sacramento Poetry Center\, is the editor of Poetry Now\, and moderates a weekly poetry workshop at the Sacramento Library. Rhony holds a Bachelor of Science with a minor in Comparative Literature from the University of California\, Davis\, and a multiple-subject teaching credential from San Francisco State University. Her work appears in: Medusa’s Kitchen\, Brevities\, Sacramento Voices\, Flumes\, among others. Ceremony\, Rhony’s chapbook\, includes reveries on ancestral themes. \ndebee loyd lives in modesto\, writing\, making music\, teaching and reaching to put eager fingers on faux-ivory keys.  Gathering inspiration from everywhere. \ncreds:      one chapbook\, noon\, twilight\, midnight\, published by Kathy Kieth\, Rattlesnake Press\, 2005 \ntime in the poet laureate box for the city of modesto \nhours and fortunes spent chasing elusive spaces in my        brain where the best poetry hides.  Finally decided to        excavate on my own. \n“poems visit like rain.   Am always waiting for the next downpour”. \nGillian Wegener has had poetry published in Spillway\, Packinghouse Review\, Sow’s Ear\, and Wherewithal. Her chapbook Lifting One Foot\, Lifting the Other was published by In the Grove Press in 2001\, and her first full-length collection of poetry\, The Opposite of Clairvoyance was published in 2008 by Sixteen Rivers Press. Her second collection\, This Sweet Haphazard\, will be published in early 2017. In the meantime\, she hosts the monthly 2nd Tuesday Reading Series\, is founding president of the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center\, and served as poet laureate for the City of Modesto from 2012-2016.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-carnegie-dec-2016/
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:20161115T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161115T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20161025T220408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161025T220408Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog *Date Change
DESCRIPTION:Our usual Second Tuesday reading is being held a week later — same time\, same place — with Modesto Poet Laureate Stella Beratlis and Alice Anderson. Come join us for a reading followed by our usual open mic!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-nov-2016/
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:20161029T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161029T160000
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20161025T215800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161025T215840Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading at the Library
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, October 29 at 2:00 at the downtown Modesto library\, there will be a poetry reading! Modesto Poet Laureate Stella Beratlis and former Poet Laureate Gillian Wegener will be reading with Bay Area poets Rosa Lane and Nina Lindsay. Stay after the reading for a Q&A and book signing. \nAll four poets have books published by Sixteen Rivers Press. Join us for a great afternoon!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-reading-at-the-library/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161026T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161026T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20161025T220208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161025T220208Z
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next Board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday\, October 26th\, at 6:30 pm at Tom Portwood’s home. Please contact info@mostpoetry.org for more information\, if you would like to attend. All members are welcome.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-5/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161011T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161011T200000
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Come join us at the Second Tuesday reading series at the Barkin’ Dog Grill! This month\, our poets are Jerry Fleming and Melchor Sagahun\, and as always\, you are invited to stay for the open mic after the reading. \nAlso\, we are giving away tickets to this year’s Ill List Poetry Slam! But you have to be here to win…so don’t miss this one!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-oct-2016/
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:20161008T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161008T160000
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20160917T192110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160917T192110Z
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SUMMARY:Great Valley Bookfest
DESCRIPTION:Come and see MoSt members and a panoply of authors from the Central Valley and beyond! \nCelebrate the fun of reading  with author talks\, autographs\, cooking demos\, workshops\, costume parade\, contests\, vendors\, and books\, books\, books! — Admission is free! \nMoSt president Gillian Wegener and board member Linda Scheller will be reading in the Poets’ Corner\, and MoSt board member and treasurer Sarah Stevenson will be presenting in the afternoon on the Mystery! Thriller! Romance! stage. Dozens of authors will be available all day\, chatting with readers and selling books in the Author Alley. \nTake some time out on a Saturday to celebrate the love of reading! For more information\, visit the Great Valley Bookfest website. \nThe Great Valley Bookfest is held at: \nThe Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley (aka Bass Pro Center)\nHighway 120 at Union Rd exit\n280 Lifestyle Road\nManteca\, CA 95337
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/great-valley-bookfest/
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:20160929T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160929T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20160927T204534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160927T204534Z
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Tom Portwood’s home for our next Board meeting! All interested MoSt members may attend. For more information\, contact us at info@mostpoetry.org
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-4/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160924T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160924T150000
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20160513T190545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160806T231037Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Workshop: The Beauty of Form with Sal Salerno
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for a workshop on Making a Poem: The Beauty of Form at the Modesto Library with MoSt Board member Sal Salerno. This poetry workshop is designed to instruct poets on the use of rhythm\, rhyme\, and forms in order to enhance the beauty and durability of their work. Participants should bring five copies of two of their unfinished poems to the workshop. \nThis free workshop is open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information contact the Modesto Library at (209) 558-7814. \nSponsored by Friends of the Modesto Library\, Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/summer-poetry-workshop-the-beauty-of-form-with-sal-salerno/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160924T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160924T120000
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20160830T215620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160830T215621Z
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SUMMARY:Local Author Fair at the Library
DESCRIPTION:Come visit us at the Stanislaus County Library’s 7th Annual Local Author Fair! MoSt will have a table with information and poetry books for sale. It’s the perfect accompaniment to the nearby Farmers’ Market\, and you can infuse your day with even MORE poetry by attending Salvatore Salerno’s 1:00 pm poetry workshop inside the library.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/local-author-fair-at-the-library/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160918T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160918T163000
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20160830T215202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160830T215213Z
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SUMMARY:U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera
DESCRIPTION:United States Poet Laureate\, Juan Felipe Herrera\, is coming to the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock\, and we could not be more excited. \nMr. Herrera will give a reading on Sunday\, September 18 at 3:00 P.M. Seating is limited for the event\, so please purchase your tickets soon. Individual tickets are $25 general\, $20 for Carnegie Arts Center and MoSt members\, and $15 for students. A select group of premium tickets are available for $50 and will include a pre-lecture reception (starting at 2 P.M.) and book signing with the author. \nTickets can be purchased at the link below.\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/juan-felipe-herrera-reading-tickets-25586839927
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/u-s-poet-laureate-juan-felipe-herrera/
LOCATION:Carnegie Arts Center\, 250 N. Broadway\, Turlock\, CA\, 95380\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Events,Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160913T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160913T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20160830T214610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160830T214610Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly reading series and open mic following the reading! This month’s featured poets are from awg.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-9-2016/
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:20160906T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160906T210000
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20160830T220249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160830T220249Z
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SUMMARY:Modesto Poet Laureate @ Queen Bean
DESCRIPTION:Our new Modesto Poet Laureate (and founding Board member of MoSt) Stella Beratlis will be featured in the Queen Bean’s poetry reading series this month! Join us and show your support for poetry in the community.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/modesto-poet-laureate-queen-bean/
LOCATION:Queen Bean Coffee House\, 1126 14th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160828T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160828T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20160703T231222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160703T231222Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry on Sunday @ Carnegie
DESCRIPTION:Come join us at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock for our next installment of the quarterly Poetry on Sunday series\, featuring Laura Bayliss\, Pat Egenberger\, Lynn M. Hansen\, and Jennifer Lagier. This event is FREE and open to the public\, with an open mic following the reading. Join us in celebrating the spoken word! \nClick here to download the PDF flyer. \nLaura Bayless is the author of three collections of poetry\, The Edge of the Nest\, White Streams and Touchstones\, and Persistent Dreams. Her poems have appeared in local and national publications\, and anthologies\, including Dancing on the Brink of the World\, Selected Poems of Point Lobos\, Porter Gulch Review\, The Homestead Review\, and Blue Heron. She is co-editor of an award-winning compilation of stories and poems about the Carmel River – Passion for Place. She participated in seven Women’s Voices readings at the Carl Cherry Center in Carmel and multiple Women and Food art and poetry presentations on the Monterey Peninsula. “In the practice of writing poems I find what has been waiting for me\, what sheds another layer of pretense. I am uplifted\, enriched\, reconciled\, and reminded of all that I do not know. I cast my poems to itinerant winds\, unquestioning of where they might reseed in the meadow of another heart.” \nPat Egenberger‘s first published poems appeared in the early 1970’s in Original Works\, a multi-language journal. Locally\, Song of the san Joaquin\, Modesto Poets’ Corner\, and Between Sheets have published her poems over the years. Her work was included in the anthology More Than Soil More Than Sky\, the Modesto Poets. Other publications include Spirit of the Rose Journal\, Women Talking\, Women Listening\, and Medicine Jug. Pat taught for about 38 years in public schools–middle school through university–various subjects\, such as English\, foreign languages\, art/drama electives\, and video production. She enjoys learning foreign languages\, exploring various art media\, doing volunteer work\, and spending special time with grandchildren. She lives in Modesto with her husband of 49 years\, Leroy. \nLynn M. Hansen\, author of Flicker\, Poems by Lynn M. Hansen\, has lived in the Modesto\, California area since 1955. Her roots are rural as reflected in her poetry celebrating Valley living. A naturalist and trained biologist she uses her poetry to immortalize natural environments like vernal pools and grasslands special to the Central Valley. She is Past President of the Modesto Chapter of National League of American Pen Women\, a founding member of MoSt Poetry Center\, a member and 2014 Grand Prize winner of the Ina Coolbrith Circle’s annual Poets’ Dinner Contest. Her poems have appeared in The Pen Woman; More Than Soil\, More Than Sky\, an Anthology of the Modesto Poets; Quercus Review; hardpan; and Song of the San Joaquin\, among others. She lives with her husband Richard Anderson in Modesto\, California not far from the Tuolumne River\, lifeblood for Valley farmers and spawning salmon. \nJennifer Lagier has published ten books and in literary magazines. She taught with California Poets in the Schools\, co-edits the Homestead Review\, helps coordinate monthly Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Second Sunday readings. Forthcoming books: Harbingers (Blue Light Press)\, Scene of the Crime (Evening Street Press)\, Camille Abroad (FutureCycle). Website: http://jlagier.net
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-carnegie-aug-2016/
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:20160827T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160827T150000
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20160513T190104Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Workshop: Ekphrastic Poetry with Gary Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for a workshop on Ekphrastic Poetry at the Modesto Library with MoSt Board member Gary Thomas. \nThis free workshop is open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information contact the Modesto Library at (209) 558-7814.\nSponsored by Friends of the Modesto Library\, Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/summer-poetry-workshop-ekphrastic-poetry-with-gary-thomas/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160809T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160809T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T060856
CREATED:20160621T185844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160621T185844Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly reading series and open mic following the reading! This month’s featured poets include Mai Der Vang and members of the Hmong American Writers’ Circle.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-aug-2016/
LOCATION:Barkin’ Dog Grill\, 940 11th St\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings,Second Tuesday
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