Category: Readings

Registration Now Open for Modesto Poetry Festival 2019

We have officially posted information on our 7th Annual Modesto Poetry Festival, taking place on February 2, 2019, with featured Guest Poet Indigo Moor, Sacramento’s Poet Laureate. If you’ve never attended one of our festivals before, you can expect a day of poetry readings, workshops, luncheons, and you can even enter our annual poetry contest …

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Don’t Miss CA Poet Laureate Dana Gioia This Friday

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. For more information, please see the event page on our calendar!

New Video: U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera

Great news–even if you missed the wonderful reading by U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera at our own Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock earlier this month, you can still watch the video! Thank you to our volunteer videographer Richard Anderson. Don’t forget–we also have oodles of other poetry readings on our Videos page! Juan Felipe …

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2017 Poetry Festival Details Announced!

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. Join us on Saturday, February 4th, 2017 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Modesto for a day of …

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Don’t Forget–U.S. Poet Laureate at the Carnegie Tomorrow!

United States Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera, is coming to the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock, and we could not be more excited. Mr. 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 …

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