Woven Words Tiny Poem Contest — Reading & Reception You’re invited to a poetry reading to celebrate the publication of Woven Words, an anthology of short poems featuring the work of Stanislaus County youth poets. Hosted by Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate Valentina Zeff 📅 Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | 5:30 PM 📍 Queen Bean …
Second Tuesday Poetry An Evening of Poetry featuring Brad Buchanan & Paloma Contreras Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2026 Time: 7:00 pm | Doors open 6:30 pm Location: Bookish Modesto Admission: Free and open to the public Refreshments available for purchase. BRAD BUCHANAN Brad Buchanan is a retired English professor and poet laureate–endorsed writer who earned …
MoSt Summer Poetry Workshop——Salida Library——June 13, 2026——1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Using Your Voice: Reading Poems Aloud to Share Their Essence How do we let the language in a poem come alive and share its truths when we read it aloud? How do we create an energy that lets people want to listen? (Hint: practice, …
Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is pleased to present Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Merced poets Mai-Linh Hong and Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco. Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 Time: 7:00 pm; doors at 6:30 PM Where: Bookish Modesto, 811 W. Roseburg Ave, in the Roseburg Square shopping center Open mic following featured poets (3 min per poet); sign up at …
Poems That Found Us An Open Mic Reading What poem has stayed with you? What lines do you return to again and again? Join us for an evening where readers share poems by other poets—words that have meant something, sparked something, changed something. Each reader brings one poem-- one voice and 3-4 minutes of space …
Join host Gary Thomas for the latest edition of MoSt’s Poetry at the Carnegie readings on August 15 at 2:00 p.m. at the Carnegie Arts Center, 250 North Broadway Avenue in Turlock, CA. Our featured poets are Sixteen Rivers Press poets Carolyn Miller and Lenore Myers (both with new books out!) followed by our Open …
