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Second Tuesday Poetry Nov. 12: John Shoptaw and Murray Silverstein

Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2024Time: 7:00 pm PSTWhere: Artist Lab at the Prospect Theater Project, 1214 K Street, Modesto CA 95354  Join us at this reading featuring noted East Bay poets John Shoptaw and Murray Silverstein, with open mic following our guest poets. Hosted by Gillian Wegener.

Summer Poetry Workshop #4 “Poetry for the Ages”

1:00-3:00 p.m. Saturday, September 21, 2024 in the Modesto Library Auditorium

7th Annual MoSt Benefit

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Support poetry in Stanislaus County and buy a ticket to our annual fundraiser. Only $20; purchase online or at the door.

Join us at the Great Valley Bookfest!

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Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is once again pleased to announce that we will have a table at the Great Valley Bookfest, and our own Modesto Poet Laureate Stella Beratlis will be hosting the Poets’ Corner featuring an exciting list of poets from our region. The Great Valley Bookfest takes place on October 12th from 10am to …

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Tonight 2/6–Poetry Out Loud County Competition

Join us tonight, February 6th, at MJC’s Little Theater from 7:00 to 9:00 for the county-level Poetry Out Loud competition! Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation contest for students, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. Last year, our county winner took third place at the state level, …

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