The Second Tuesday Poetry Series is happening at the Barkin’ Dog Grill, 940 11th Street, Modesto! Join us on April 8 at 6:00p.m. for a great reading, and come and enjoy a great dinner too. BEVERLY BURCH’s previous poetry collection, Sweet to Burn (Gival Press, 2004) won the Gival Poetry Prize and a Lambda Literary …
The 19th Annual Aileen Jaffa Poetry Contest is underway. This contest is for students living in or attending school in Stanislaus County. The deadline is April 12. Forms are available at county schools, McHenry Museum, the Mistlin Gallery, the downtown Modesto library, or the Salida library. For more information contact Cleo at cleor36@yahoo.com.
The weekend of April 25-26, the annual convention for the California Federation of Chaparral Poets will be held right here in Modesto. The registration deadline is April 12. If you'd like more info, please contact Cleo Griffith at cleor36@yahoo.com
Save the date! The benefit and gala celebration for the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center will be held on Sunday, May 4 from 2:00-5:00 pm at the Barkin' Dog Grill. Join us for an afternoon of music, art, food, and poetry, and help support one of our areas newest arts endeavors. Contact us at info@mostpoetry.org for tickets!
Our next meeting is scheduled for Sunday, July 27 at 2:30 at Tom Portwood's home. This meeting will serve as our 'annual' meeting and will include reports from the president, secretary, and treasurer as well as a budget for the next year, and a membership report from our veep. We will also be discussing the bylaws …
This month at the Barkin' Dog we will feature Los Angeles poet Lynne Thompson and Stanislaus County poet Linda Scheller. Attached is a PDF flyer with more information, so please print, post, forward, and otherwise share. And don't forget, the featured readers will be followed by our Most Excellent Open Mic, so be sure to bring …
