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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180104T193000
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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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171212T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171212T200000
DTSTAMP:20260426T133957
CREATED:20171102T181538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T181538Z
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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:20260426T133957
CREATED:20171102T181328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171118T183518Z
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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 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:20260426T133957
CREATED:20171118T183941Z
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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/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171125T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171125T210000
DTSTAMP:20260426T133957
CREATED:20171102T181122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T181122Z
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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:20260426T133957
CREATED:20171102T180744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T180744Z
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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:20260426T133957
CREATED:20170621T194305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T194305Z
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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:20260426T133957
CREATED:20171009T221005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171009T221005Z
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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:20260426T133957
CREATED:20171009T220249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171009T220249Z
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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:20260426T133957
CREATED:20170621T194157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T194157Z
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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:20260426T133957
CREATED:20170906T200214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170906T200214Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170912T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170912T200000
DTSTAMP:20260426T133957
CREATED:20170906T200033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170906T200033Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:September’s 2nd Tuesday Reading Series is on September 12 at 6:00 at the Barkin’ Dog! Our featured poets are Erica Goss and Ed Coletti. \nErica Goss served as Poet Laureate of Los Gatos\, California from 2013-2016. She is the author of Night Court (2014\, Pushpen Press) and Vibrant Words: Ideas and Inspirations for Poets (2012\, Finishing Line Press) Her latest poetry collection\, Wild Place\, won the 2016 Lyrebird Prize from Glass Lyre Press. Widely published\, Erica was the host of Word to Word\, a Show About Poetry\, on KCAT Cable TV in Los Gatos\, and wrote The Third Form\, a column about video poetry\, for Connotation Press. She is the co-founder of Media Poetry Studio\, a poetry-and-film camp for teen girls. Erica lives in Eugene\, Oregon\, and teaches classes in poetry and video. \nEd Coletti is a poet\, painter\, fiction writer and middling chess player.  Recent poems  have appeared in The Brooklyn Rail\, North American Review\, Volt\, Spillway\, and Blueline.  Most recent poetry collection The Problem With Breathing (Edwin Smith Publishing –Little Rock- 2015).  Ed also curates the popular ten-year-old blog “No Money In Poetry.” He lives with his wife Joyce in Santa Rosa\, California.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-3/
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:20170827T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170827T170000
DTSTAMP:20260426T133957
CREATED:20170712T235520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170712T235520Z
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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 August 27 at 2 pm–feel free to print and distribute the flyer\, available as a PDF right here. \nFeatured readers: \nSy Margaret Baldwin was born and raised in the West Midlands of England. Presently she lives in the Sierra of California where she worked from 1992 to 2008 as a Wildlife Technician for the Stanislaus National Forest. Her poems has been published widely in literary magazines. Her poetry collection\, Signal Fires\, was published in 2014 by Word Project Press. \nSalvatore Salerno has an M.F.A. from University of North Carolina\, where he was awarded The Academy of American Poets University Prize. He worked as a poet and playwright in the Visiting Artist Program in North Carolina. More than 110 of his poems have appeared in such magazines as Descant\, Poem\, and Quercus Review. His poetry books are Sunleaf\, Inkboat and the recently released New Wine in Old Barrels. Salvatore is a founding member of Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center. \nLinda Scheller‘s writing has appeared in nearly 50 journals and anthologies including Notre Dame Review\, Lone Star Legacy\, Slipstream\, Howling Dog\, Hawaii Pacific Review\, and The Distillery. FutureCycle Press recently published Ms. Scheller’s first book\, Fierce Light\, a collection of persona poems based on years of research into the lives and accomplishments of 36 women from world history and culture. For more information\, visit her website at www.lindascheller.com. \nGillian Wegener is the author of a chapbook\, Lifting One Foot\, Lifting the Other (In the Grove Press\, 2001)\, a full-length collection\, The Opposite of Clairvoyance (Sixteen Rivers Press\, 2008)\, and was a coeditor of More Than Soil\, More Than Sky: The Modesto Poets (Quercus Review Press\, 2011). Her most recent collection\, This Sweet Haphazard\, was published this year by Sixteen Rivers Press.  She is founding president of the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center\, has served as poet laureate for the City of Modesto\, and has run the Second Tuesday Reading Series for the past eight years. She lives in Modesto with her husband\, daughter\, and a button-eating dog.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/poetry-on-sunday-carnegie-3/
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:20170826T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170826T150000
DTSTAMP:20260426T133957
CREATED:20170621T194056Z
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SUMMARY:Summer Poetry Workshops
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Downtown Modesto Library for Delving into a Different Self: Persona Poetry with Linda Scheller. 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-2/
LOCATION:Stanislaus County Library\, 1500 I Street\, Modesto\, CA\, 95354\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170808T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170808T200000
DTSTAMP:20260426T133957
CREATED:20170804T214218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170804T214218Z
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SUMMARY:Second Tuesday @ Barkin' Dog
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a great reading this Tuesday\, August 8 at the Barkin’ Dog in downtown Modesto at 6:00. This month’s poets are Modesto’s own Gordon Preston and William O’Daly. \nWilliam O’Daly has translated eight books of poetry by Pablo Neruda\, all published with Copper Canyon Press. He’ll publish his ninth book of Neruda’s poetry\, Book of Twilight\, with Copper Canyon in October\, 2017. His collection of poems\, Water Ways\, was published in 2017\, and his homage to Neruda\, The Road to Isla Negra\, in 2015\, both by Folded Word Press. \n Gordon Preston has appeared in Cutbank\, Five Points\, Miramar\, Missouri Review\, and Rattle. He is a founding member of MoSt\, Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center. His newest publication is What Morning Brings\, a mini-chapbook from Tiger’s Eye Press Infinities.
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-aug-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:20170803T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170803T200000
DTSTAMP:20260426T133957
CREATED:20170712T233845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170712T233845Z
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SUMMARY:MoSt Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our next Board meeting is Thursday\, August 3 at 6:30 at Tom Portwood’s home–email info@mostpoetry.org for more information!
URL:https://www.mostpoetry.org/event/most-board-meeting-7/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Board Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170714T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170714T203000
DTSTAMP:20260426T133957
CREATED:20170712T233144Z
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170701T150000
DTSTAMP:20260426T133957
CREATED:20170621T193945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170621T193945Z
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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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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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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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LAST-MODIFIED: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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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170414
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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CREATED:20170326T210252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170326T210252Z
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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
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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
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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
LAST-MODIFIED: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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