Poetry Out Loud is a national poetry recitation contest for students, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, and the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center is proud to announce that we will be holding our county-level competition at the MJC Little Theatre on February 12th. Our county winners have earned places at …
COLLISION VI: At the Intersection of Poetry and Photography Join us on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 pm for artists reception and reading at the Mistlin Gallery. Featuring 17 poets, 17 photographers, and 2 painters who merged their talents to create singular work or art consisting of words and images. Poets: Gillian Wegener Sara Coito …
The MJC Library & Learning Center and the MJC Black Student Union invite you to a poetry event at the East Campus L & LC. Featuring performers Brandon Leake and Angela Drew. Bring a poem to read + submit your work to the WWS zine. Brandon Leake is an award-winning spoken word poet, artistic educator, …
MODESTO-STANISLAUS POETRY CENTER THE FOURTH ANNUAL LEE NICHOLSON – GEORGE ROGERS POETRY CONTEST CONTEST GUIDELINES MONETARY PRIZES!!! DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2020 ABOUT LEE NICHOLSON AND GEORGE ROGERS Beloved by generations of their students, Lee Nicholson and George Rogers dedicated much of their lives to teaching and inspiring the youth of our community. Lee Nicholson was …
The Modesto Poets' Corner Contest is now accepting entries for 2020! This year's theme is "Kindness and Connection: How do we help to heal the divisions between people, ideas and beliefs? How can we be kind, or make connections with each other, even when being compassionate is inconvenient, uncomfortable or even dangerous?" As always, don't …
Braid fresh flowers into your hair and perform pagan rituals as we ponder the newly-hatched world of SPRING. Or you could just come to this poetry reading! Join Modesto poet laureate Stella Beratlis as she presents featured poets Josh McKinney and Lisa Dominguez Abraham. Joshua McKinney’s most recent book of poetry is Small Sillion (Parlor …
