Category: Community Partners

Oakdale High’s Zoe Byron Selected as 2024-25 Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate

Zoe Byron with her dog

We’re excited to share that Zoe Byron of Oakdale has been selected as our next youth laureate. Zoe Byron,  a sophomore at Oakdale High School, was selected as the Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate for 2024-2025. She will serve a one-year term, participate in several engagements throughout the year, and receive a $500 honorarium. Cameron …

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Barkin’ Dog Grill: We’ll Miss You

thank you to Barkin' Dog Grill for its support of poetry in Modesto

MoSt Poetry Center wishes to thank Hanibal Yadegar and the Barkin’ Dog Grill for the many years of support of poetry in our community, They gave a home to our monthly readings and supported our poetry center and our poets in a huge variety of ways. Thank you to The Barkin’ Dog Grill! You will be so missed!

Congratulations to Pat Egenberger

We are very pleased that Pat Egenberger is the featured poet for the June issue of Stanislaus Connections. Pat taught for 36+ years in middle schools, high schools, and colleges.  Her courses included English, foreign languages, sheltered English, drama/art electives, and video production.  She received an award for classroom excellence from the California Association of …

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NAACP Virtual Showcase on TV 26

The NAACP Youth Video Contest, co-sponsored by MoSt, has come to a close, and you can see the results on local TV 26! The presentation will air on the following dates and times: Dec 26th: 11am & 8pm Dec 28th: 1pm & 8pm Dec 30th: 11am & 8pm