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Deadline to apply for Youth Poet Laureate

Young poets: Don't forget to apply for the Youth Poet Laureate contest by January 27, 2024. Open to poets ages 15-19 who live or attend school in Stanislaus County and who will reside in the area through the youth poet laureate term (June 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025). All details at the Youth Poet …

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MoSt Second Tuesday Poetry Reading featuring Angela Drew & Linda Scheller

Prospect Theater Project 1214 K Street, Modesto, CA, United States

Please join us Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. PST for a poetry reading featuring Angela Drew and Linda Scheller at Prospect Theater Project's Artist Lab, 1214 K Street, Modesto CA. Hosted by Gillian Wegener, this free event will include an open mic. Angela Mason-Drew is a mother, dancer, poet, spoken word performer and …

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MoSt Poetry Book Club – Information Desk by Robyn Schiff

BakeShop 940 Eleventh Street, Modesto, CA, United States

MoSt Poetry Book Club meets at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at BakeShop, 11th Street in downtown Modesto to discuss Information Desk by Robyn Schiff. You can pick up a copy of the book at the Stanislaus County Library's Modesto Branch. Here's what the publisher, Penguin Random House, has to say: ABOUT INFORMATION DESK …

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MoSt Poetry On Saturday featuring Susan Kelly-DeWitt & Mary Mackey

Carnegie Arts Center 250 N. Broadway, Turlock, CA, United States

Please join us at the Carnegie Arts Center, 250 North Broadway in Turlock, for a MoSt Poetry reading featuring Susan Kelly-DeWitt and Mary Mackey on Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. PST.  An open mic will follow the featured poets, and light refreshments will be available. This reading, hosted by Gary Thomas, is free …

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Ekphrasis: Second Tuesday Poetry featuring Rhony Bhopla and Lynn Hansen

Prospect Theater Project 1214 K Street, Modesto, CA, United States

Ekphrastic poetry has come to be defined as poems written about works of art; however, in ancient Greece, the term ekphrasis was applied to the skill of describing a thing with vivid detail. --Getty Museum We invite you to join the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center at Second Tuesday Poetry as we feature visual artist/poet Rhony Bhopla …

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