Apr 24
The Parks, Recreation and Neighborhoods Department and the City of Modesto’s Poets’ Corner Committee are pleased to offer an Annual Poets’ Corner Contest. Contest Winners Poets will be invited to read their winning poems on Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 1:00 P.M. at the McHenry Museum, followed by light refreshments. Winning poems will be printed …
Apr 24
Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is pleased to present Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Rosa Lane (Maine, East Bay) & Tama Brisbane (Stockton) Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 7:00 pm PST at Bookish Modesto, 811 W. Orangeburg Ave, in the Roseburg Square shopping center Limited open mic; sign up at the event. Hosted by Gillian Wegener & Stella Beratlis …
Apr 24
Please join us as we bid a fond farewell to 2024-2025 Youth Poet Laureate Zoe Byron, whose tenure as youth laureate is complete at the end of May. As our second Stanislaus County Youth Poet Laureate, Zoe has served well to represent the poetic youth voice in our region. Zoe’s final reading as youth laureate will …
Mar 26
Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025Time: 7:00 pm PSTWhere: Bookish Modesto, 811 W. Orangeburg Ave, in the Roseburg Square shopping center Open mic following featured poets (3 min per poet); sign up at the event. Hosted by Gillian Wegener
Nov 21
Attend the Reading and Book Launch for Gary Thomas’s O YES WE BREATHE at Prospect Theater Project on Tuesday Nov. 26 at 7 pm.
