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SUMMARY:LOBA Poetry Series at the Ukiah Library
DESCRIPTION:LOBA POETRY SERIES\nMonthly Poet Features & Open Mic \nJoin Ukiah Branch Library staff as we host in-person poetry events on the third Saturday of each month at 3 p.m. This free event is open to both teens & adults – all are invited to share poems in any form or style\, or just listen to others. \nPlease contact the Ukiah Branch Library at 707-463-4490 or carrm@mendocinocounty.gov for more information. \nSERIE DE POESÍA LOBA\nFunciones mensuales de poeta y micrófono abierto \nÚnase al personal de la biblioteca sucursal de Ukiah mientras organizamos eventos de poesía en persona el tercer sábado de cada mes a las 3 p.m. Este evento gratuito está abierto tanto a adolescentes como a adultos; todos están invitados a compartir poemas en cualquier forma o estilo\, o simplemente escuchar a otros. \nComuníquese con la biblioteca sucursal de Ukiah al 707-463-4490 o carrm@mendocinocounty.gov para obtener más información.
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/loba-poetry-series-03-2025/
LOCATION:Ukiah Branch Library\, 105 North Main Street\, Ukiah\, CA\, 95482\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Melissa Eleftherion Carr":MAILTO:carrm@mendocinocounty.org
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250309T180000
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SUMMARY:Open Mic Celebration of International Women’s Day\, Poetry At The Cobalt
DESCRIPTION:THIS IS AN INVITATION TO ALL POETS\, WRITERS\, READERS\, AND LOVERS OF LITERATURE\, YOUNG\, OLD\, IN BETWEEN\, KNOWN\, UNKNOWN\, SUBMERGED\, EMERGED AND EMERGING: Rhyming\, free verse\, expensive or expansive verse\, reverses\, metered\, learned\, unlearned\, experimental—all varieties\, styles and non-styles are welcome. \nThe reading series\, Poetry At The Cobalt\, is located in downtown Fort Bragg at the beautiful Cobalt Gallery\, thanks to Button Quinn\, artist and gallery owner who has graciously made the space available to us. The readings are the 2nd Sunday of the month\, 4–6 pm. The next reading at the Cobalt Gallery will be Sunday\, March 9\, 2025\, and will be an open mic Celebration of International Women’s Day. There is a signup sheet and each poet reads for 5 minutes.  Please get this around far and wide\, as we’d like to reach all over Mendocino County and beyond. Any suggestions or ideas you have\, including other people to invite\, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks\, and looking forward to seeing you Sunday\, March 9th at the Cobalt Gallery. \nPEGASUS SOARS NO MATTER WHAT\,\nLarry Felson & Joe Smith\n510-684-8270
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/poetry-at-the-cobalt-03-2025/
LOCATION:Cobalt Gallery\, 430 Main Street\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, 95437\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Larry Felson & Joe Smith":MAILTO:larryfelson325@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250306T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250306T200000
DTSTAMP:20241226T215157Z
CREATED:20241226T192632Z
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SUMMARY:Fort Bragg Library Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:First Thursday Poetry Open Mic in Fort Bragg\, CA has returned to meeting in person. You can also attend this event via Zoom. \nSince the library is a crossroads and we want to reduce risk of illness\, we still ask you to wear masks while you’re in the audience. Wear a sweater because we need to ventilate the room well. When you’re at podium reading poems\, you won’t need a mask. \nWe ask that you keep your reading under 10 minutes and stick to poetry in all its variety of forms. \nTo receive an invitation to the Zoom reading\, or for more information\, contact Dan Hess\, Branch Librarian (info in Organizer section below).
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/fort-bragg-library-poetry-open-mic-03-2025/
LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library Meeting Room\, 499 East Laurel Street\, FORT BRAGG\, CA\, 95437\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dan Hess":MAILTO:hessd@co.mendocino.ca.us
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250302T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250302T170000
DTSTAMP:20241226T215144Z
CREATED:20241226T185513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241226T215144Z
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SUMMARY:Rhythm Running River on KZYX Public Radio
DESCRIPTION:Rhythm Running River poetry programming every 1st Sunday and every 3rd Sunday from 3 to 5 pm on KZYX&Z Public Radio\, 90.7\, 91.5\, and 88.1 FM with host Dan Roberts. \nFor playlists\, visit Rhythm Running River on Out Far Press. Stream the audio here.
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/rhythm-running-river-on-kzyx-03-2025-1/
LOCATION:KZYX & Z\, 88.1\, 90.7\, & 91.5 FM\, 9300 HWY 128\, Philo\, CA\, 95466\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Dan Roberts":MAILTO:outfarpress@saber.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250228T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250228T203000
DTSTAMP:20250206T182135Z
CREATED:20250206T182135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250206T182135Z
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SUMMARY:Spirit of Place: Fundraiser Reading for Anthology
DESCRIPTION:Join poets Bill Churchill\, Georgina Marie Guardado\, Linda Noel\, Michael Riedell\, and Theresa Whitehill in a reading to benefit the anthology Spirit of Place: Mendocino County Women Poets \nFriday\, February 28\, 2025\n6:30 pm\nGrace Hudson Museum\n431 South Main Street\, Ukiah\, CA 95482 \n$10 Donation (benefits the anthology project) \nProduced by Devreaux Baker\, Poet Laureate of Mendocino County along with a group of co-editors\nFor more information: poetryanthology2@gmail.com
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/spirit-of-place-fundraiser-reading/
LOCATION:Grace Hudson Museum Community Room\, 431 South Main Street\, Ukiah\, CA\, 95482\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Devreaux Baker":MAILTO:dbaker@mcn.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250227T190000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T010417Z
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SUMMARY:Larry Felson\, Writers Read Ukiah
DESCRIPTION:Writers Read Ukiah last Thursday poetry series will meet on Thursday\, February 27\, at 7 PM at the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah. The featured reader is Larry Felson. \nOpen mic session will follow the featured reading. Maximum time for each reader is six minutes. Event will end at 9 PM. \nFor Information\, contact Writers Read Ukiah MC Michael Riedell\, innisfreeriedell@gmail.com \nWriters Read happens on the last Thursday of almost every month and has been happening in Ukiah since 1999. This reading series is sponsored by Colored Horse Studios\, Michael Riedell\, Dan Barth\, the Poet Laureate Committee of Ukiah\, the Grace Hudson Museum and donations. Since the start of 2023\, donations have not been keeping up with expenses. Please consider a one-time or once-a-year larger than usual donation to help us keep this reading series going. Contact Michael—innisfreeriedell@gmail.com—if you can help. Thanks.
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/writers-read-ukiah-02-2025/
LOCATION:Grace Hudson Museum Community Room\, 431 South Main Street\, Ukiah\, CA\, 95482\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250222T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250222T180000
DTSTAMP:20250121T181335Z
CREATED:20250121T181303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T181335Z
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SUMMARY:Thomas Roberdeau and Scott Croghan\, Mendocino Poetry Series
DESCRIPTION:Dear Poets and lovers of poetry\,\nYou are invited to attend the February 22nd Mendocino Open Mic Poetry Series at the Mendocino Art Center.\nThe February featured readers are poets Thomas Roberdeau and Scott Croghan. There is a sign-up sheet available for poets reading in the open mic following the featured readers. \nDirections:\nMendocino Open Mic Poetry Series\nLast Saturday of the month: February 22nd\nMendocino Art Center at the Stevenson Studio\nTime: 4-6 pm\nFormat: Reading begins with featured readers in the first hour and is followed by an open mic.\nOpen mic poets are asked to read one or two poems no longer than five minutes total. \nQuestions Contact:\nDevreaux Baker\ndbaker@mcn.org\nwww.devreauxbaker.org
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/mendocino-poetry-series-02-2025/
LOCATION:Mendocino Art Center\, 45200 Little Lake Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Devreaux Baker":MAILTO:dbaker@mcn.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250220T210000
DTSTAMP:20250109T174753Z
CREATED:20241226T193529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T174753Z
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SUMMARY:Bill Churchill\, Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz - hybrid event
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, February 20\, at 7pm The Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz Reading Series will feature Bill Churchill. \nThe reading will take place at Think Visual Gallery\, located at 240 Main Street in Point Arena. Doors open at 7pm\, event begins at 7:15pm. Bring something to sit on\, something to eat and/or drink (if you want!)\, your words\, music and ears!! The reading will begin with live improv jazz\, followed by a featured reading\, then an open mic with jazz improv\, and finally the reading will conclude with more live improv jazz. \nThird Thursday Poetry & Jazz is supported by The Third Thursday Poetry Group\, anonymous supporters\, and Poets & Writers\, Inc. \n  \n 
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/point-arena-third-thursday-poetry-jazz-02-2025/
LOCATION:Think Visual Gallery\, 240 Main Street\, Point Arena\, 95468\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Blake More":MAILTO:blake@snakelyone.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250216T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250216T170000
DTSTAMP:20241226T215026Z
CREATED:20241226T185425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241226T215026Z
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SUMMARY:Rhythm Running River on KZYX Public Radio
DESCRIPTION:Rhythm Running River poetry programming every 1st Sunday and every 3rd Sunday from 3 to 5 pm on KZYX&Z Public Radio\, 90.7\, 91.5\, and 88.1 FM with host Dan Roberts. \nFor playlists\, visit Rhythm Running River on Out Far Press. Stream the audio here.
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/rhythm-running-river-on-kzyx-02-2025-2/
LOCATION:KZYX & Z\, 88.1\, 90.7\, & 91.5 FM\, 9300 HWY 128\, Philo\, CA\, 95466\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Dan Roberts":MAILTO:outfarpress@saber.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250215T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250215T160000
DTSTAMP:20241226T215012Z
CREATED:20241226T210637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241226T215012Z
UID:3632-1739631600-1739635200@theresawhitehill.com
SUMMARY:LOBA Poetry Series at the Ukiah Library
DESCRIPTION:LOBA POETRY SERIES\nMonthly Poet Features & Open Mic \nJoin Ukiah Branch Library staff as we host in-person poetry events on the third Saturday of each month at 3 p.m. This free event is open to both teens & adults – all are invited to share poems in any form or style\, or just listen to others. \nPlease contact the Ukiah Branch Library at 707-463-4490 or carrm@mendocinocounty.gov for more information. \nSERIE DE POESÍA LOBA\nFunciones mensuales de poeta y micrófono abierto \nÚnase al personal de la biblioteca sucursal de Ukiah mientras organizamos eventos de poesía en persona el tercer sábado de cada mes a las 3 p.m. Este evento gratuito está abierto tanto a adolescentes como a adultos; todos están invitados a compartir poemas en cualquier forma o estilo\, o simplemente escuchar a otros. \nComuníquese con la biblioteca sucursal de Ukiah al 707-463-4490 o carrm@mendocinocounty.gov para obtener más información.
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/loba-poetry-series-02-2025/
LOCATION:Ukiah Branch Library\, 105 North Main Street\, Ukiah\, CA\, 95482\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Melissa Eleftherion Carr":MAILTO:carrm@mendocinocounty.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250209T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250209T180000
DTSTAMP:20250205T202620Z
CREATED:20241226T212100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T202620Z
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SUMMARY:Laura Pope and Noyo High School Students\, Poetry At The Cobalt
DESCRIPTION:Super-Soul Reading \n“Why\, what’s the matter\,\nThat you have such a February face\,\nSo full of frost\, of storm and cloudiness?” \nTHIS IS AN INVITATION TO ALL POETS\, WRITERS\, READERS\, AND LOVERS OF LITERATURE\, YOUNG\, OLD\, IN BETWEEN\, KNOWN\, UNKNOWN\, SUBMERGED\, EMERGED AND EMERGING: Rhyming\, free verse\, expensive or expansive verse\, reverses\, metered\, learned\, unlearned\, experimental—all varieties\, styles and non-styles are welcome. \nThe reading series\, Poetry At The Cobalt\, is located in downtown Fort Bragg at the beautiful Cobalt Gallery\, thanks to Button Quinn\, artist and gallery owner who has graciously made the space available to us. The readings are the 2nd Sunday of the month\, 4–6 pm. The next reading at the Cobalt Gallery will be Sunday\, February 9\, 2025\, featuring Laura Pope\, and Noyo High School students\, followed by open mic readings. There is a signup sheet and each poet reads for 5 minutes.  Please get this around far and wide\, as we’d like to reach all over Mendocino County and beyond. Any suggestions or ideas you have\, including other people to invite\, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks\, and looking forward to seeing you Sunday\, February 9th at the Cobalt Gallery. \nPEGASUS SOARS NO MATTER WHAT\,\nLarry Felson & Joe Smith\n510-684-8270 \nBIO OF LAURA POPE\nLaura Pope has been an artist\, mother\, and reasonably decent human on the Mendocino coast for 26 years.  Her art path has traveled through wood working\, jewelry making\, painting\, mixed-media sculpture\, poetry and music. Laura exhibited in the Laguna Sawdust Festival and the Laguna Beach Festival of Art for 20 years.  Finding herself in the company of several astoundingly deep\, brilliant poets\, she discovered that writing poetry is contagious. She has presented poetry in interviews on KZYX and KMUD.  Her paintings are currently on display at The Bookstore on Larel street in Fort Bragg. \nTribe\nIt’s the moment when’\nMom tells you she’s marrying the boyfriend\nwho touches your breasts\nwhen she’s not around\nDad loses his job\nin a town\, a county\nwhere there are no more jobs\nYou learn your husband\nhas the worst kind of cancer\nOr the lump is in your breast\nFor millions\nthis moment is happening\nnow\nThe boy at the cash register\nThe woman waiting for the bus\nThe man who always sits alone\nWe all feel so alone\nin our heads\nyet our bones are all humming\nthe same half-remembered tune\nroared ecstatically by a sun\nbillions of years ago\nTake a step to the right\nwe are all tugged along\nThey say if a single atom was removed\nthe universe would collapse\nYou are the atom at the center\nholding us all together\nYou are the gift\nwe’ve been waiting for\nIf your husband is hurting you\ntake a step to the left\nthen another\nuntil you are surrounded by people\nwho smile when they see you\,\nIf someone wants to hurt you\nthey circle around you\nlike a herd of mama elephants\nprotecting the young\nYou are the gift\nYou are the gift\nYou are the gift\nwe’ve been waiting for \nNoyo High Students will present poems in connection with the exhibit of their artwork\, currently on display at the Cobalt Gallery.
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/poetry-at-the-cobalt-02-2025/
LOCATION:Cobalt Gallery\, 430 Main Street\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, 95437\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Larry Felson & Joe Smith":MAILTO:larryfelson325@gmail.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250206T210000
DTSTAMP:20250205T001059Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T001059Z
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SUMMARY:Fort Bragg Library Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:You’re all invited to Poetry Open Mic on February 6th\, 2025 at 7 pm. This monthly program is for those who wish to share poems with the library’s poetry community. Come to read or listen. You are welcome to read for about 8 minutes or 3 poems. (This event features poetry\, not other forms of fiction or essays.)\n\nChange in Zoom\, there is now a passcode required\, besides the Meeting ID. Zoom participants will read first. (See below.)\n\nTopic: First Thursdays Poetry Open Mic at Fort Bragg Library\nTime: Feb 6\, 2025 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\n\nDescription\n\nOpen Mic for those who wish to share poems with the library’s poetry community. Come to read or listen. You are welcome to read for about 8 minutes or 3 poems. (This event features poetry\, not other forms of fiction or essays.)\nEvery month on the First Thu\, 10 occurrence(s)\nPlease download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.\nMonthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZMrdOiqqzsrGdQDNJrmNyBq9PjHlpb3Xe1t/ics?icsToken=DDZLnFr0d8ZvFay_sgAALAAAALuRQW5H6BFUTqrUNWczxVinYVP01xh-iz_2REBMTV8kvcbXGBlZgcP9n-gUMLboLyYEwizyY1LEpC1QRjAwMDAwMQ&meetingMasterEventId=k8pSyOuWQ0CiRsbktwTPxQ\nJoin Zoom Meeting\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87631250130?pwd=TPsfPmz1Zz01hK22tNvbK9T5IWqgHV.1\n\nMeeting ID: 876 3125 0130\nPasscode: 857721\n\n—\n\nOne tap mobile\n+16694449171\,\,87631250130# US\n+16699009128\,\,87631250130# US (San Jose)\n\n—\n\nDial by your location\n• +1 669 444 9171 US\n• +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n• +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n• +1 719 359 4580 US\n• +1 253 205 0468 US\n• +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n• +1 386 347 5053 US\n• +1 507 473 4847 US\n• +1 564 217 2000 US\n• +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n• +1 646 931 3860 US\n• +1 689 278 1000 US\n• +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n• +1 305 224 1968 US\n• +1 309 205 3325 US\n• +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n• +1 360 209 5623 US\n\nMeeting ID: 876 3125 0130\n\nFind your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdXkFYlmUN
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/fort-bragg-library-poetry-open-mic-02-2025/
LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library Meeting Room\, 499 East Laurel Street\, FORT BRAGG\, CA\, 95437\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dan Hess":MAILTO:hessd@co.mendocino.ca.us
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250202T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250202T170000
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CREATED:20241226T185337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241226T214930Z
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SUMMARY:Rhythm Running River on KZYX Public Radio
DESCRIPTION:Rhythm Running River poetry programming every 1st Sunday and every 3rd Sunday from 3 to 5 pm on KZYX&Z Public Radio\, 90.7\, 91.5\, and 88.1 FM with host Dan Roberts. \nFor playlists\, visit Rhythm Running River on Out Far Press. Stream the audio here.
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/rhythm-running-river-on-kzyx-02-2025-1/
LOCATION:KZYX & Z\, 88.1\, 90.7\, & 91.5 FM\, 9300 HWY 128\, Philo\, CA\, 95466\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Dan Roberts":MAILTO:outfarpress@saber.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250130T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250130T210000
DTSTAMP:20241219T173400Z
CREATED:20241219T173400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241219T173400Z
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SUMMARY:Chris Olander\, Writers Read Ukiah
DESCRIPTION:Writers Read Ukiah last Thursday poetry series will meet on Thursday\, January 30\, at 7 PM at the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah. The featured reader is Chris Olander. \nOpen mic session will follow the featured reading. Maximum time for each reader is six minutes. Event will end at 9 PM. \nFor Information\, contact Writers Read Ukiah MC Michael Riedell\, innisfreeriedell@gmail.com \nWriters Read happens on the last Thursday of almost every month and has been happening in Ukiah since 1999. This reading series is sponsored by Colored Horse Studios\, Michael Riedell\, Dan Barth\, the Poet Laureate Committee of Ukiah\, the Grace Hudson Museum and donations. Since the start of 2023\, donations have not been keeping up with expenses. Please consider a one-time or once-a-year larger than usual donation to help us keep this reading series going. Contact Michael—innisfreeriedell@gmail.com—if you can help. Thanks.
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/writers-read-ukiah-01-2025/
LOCATION:Grace Hudson Museum Community Room\, 431 South Main Street\, Ukiah\, CA\, 95482\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250125T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250125T180000
DTSTAMP:20250109T172712Z
CREATED:20250109T172712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T172712Z
UID:3698-1737820800-1737828000@theresawhitehill.com
SUMMARY:Karen Lewis and Amanda Cruise\, Mendocino Poetry Series
DESCRIPTION:Dear Poets and lovers of poetry\,\nYou are invited to attend the January 25th Mendocino Open Mic Poetry Series at the Mendocino Art Center.\nThe January featured readers are poets Karen Lewis and Amanda Cruise. There is a sign-up sheet available for poets reading in the open mic following the featured readers. \nDirections:\nMendocino Open Mic Poetry Series\nLast Saturday of the month: January 25th\nMendocino Art Center at the Stevenson Studio\nTime: 4-6 pm\nFormat: Reading begins with featured readers in the first hour and is followed by an open mic.\nOpen mic poets are asked to read one or two poems no longer than five minutes total. \nFeatured: Karen Lewis and Amanda Cruise \nKaren K. Lewis is a longtime workshop leader with California Poets in the Schools. She’s interested in spaces between here and there. Where ocean touches earth. Where mountains reach sky. Where “impossible” becomes “maybe” and where the blank page turns to art. Her work appears in anthologies and journals including Literary Mama\, Minerva Rising\, Iron Horse\, 7×7.la and in magazines for youth. Karen’s poetry chapbook PEACE MAPS was launched in 2020 by Finishing Line Press. She is a former director of the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference\, and lives near the Navarro River. More details at https://www.wordjourneys.org \nAmanda Cruise is a third culture kid raised in Rome\, Paris and New York City. Her poetry has appeared in the Noyo Review\, Lake County Bloom\, and soon in the Mendocino Women’s Poetry Anthology: Spirit of Place. Her art has been exhibited at PhotoPlace in Vermont\, Praxis Gallery in Minnesota\, Writers of the Mendocino Coast anthologies\, as well as at galleries in Germany\, the Netherlands and Thailand. Her creative path\, like her life\, continues to be non-linear and she likes it that way. She currently lives in Mendocino on Northern Pomo land where she wanders the land\, wonders about life and drinks tea by the ocean. Photography – amandacruise.com\nSometimes she’s @wildishwoman on Instagram. \nQuestions Contact:\nDevreaux Baker\ndbaker@mcn.org\nwww.devreauxbaker.org
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/mendocino-poetry-series-01-2025/
LOCATION:Mendocino Art Center\, 45200 Little Lake Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Devreaux Baker":MAILTO:dbaker@mcn.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250120T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250120T190000
DTSTAMP:20250115T230057Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250115T230057Z
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SUMMARY:Winter in America (Again - Anthology Launch
DESCRIPTION:Winter in America (Again – Anthology Launch\nPoets Respond to the 2024 Election\nLaunch events and online readings\nJoin us to mark the publication of the anthology\, Winter in America (Again\, with readings from many of the contributing poets. \nSunday\, January 19\, 2025\n11 am to 1 pm\, Pacific time\nLive online Zoom event: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2064225002\nContributor Readers: allia abdullah-matta\, Brad Buchanan\, Carla Stein\, Charles Goodrich\, Chris Stroffolino\, Chyrel J. Jackson\, Cynthia Manick\, Dane Cervine\, Deborah Bacharach\, Henry Crawford\, Jennifer M Phillips\, John Maney\, Kit Robinson\, Lea Graham\, Lorin Medley\, Luther Jett\, Marc Vincenz\, Matt Trease\, Petra Kuppers\, Robert Lashley\, Rodrigo Toscano\, Theresa Whitehill\, and Zach Charles. \nMonday\, January 20\, 2025\n5 pm to 7 pm\, Pacific time\nLive online Zoom event: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2064225002\nContributor Readers: Aby Kaupang\, Angelica Recierdo\, Bill Lavender\, Cassandra Atherton\, Cynthia Hogue\, Dana Teen Lomax\, David Allen Sullivan\, David Hellman\, Dion O’Reilly\, Elizabeth Robinson\, Faith Paulsen\, Gloria Frym\, Hilary Sideris\, Jim Dott\, Joy Dubé\, Judith Hoyer\, Katie Sarah Zale\, Keisha-Gaye Anderson\, Kim D. Brandon\, Lise Breakey\, Lowell Murphree\, M.A. Nicholson\, Mark Nowak\, Matthew Cooperman\, Maxine Chernoff\, Monique Soria\, Nathalie Anderson\, Nina Burokas\, Paul E Nelson\, Paul Hoover\, Roxi Power\, Terran Campbell\, and Veronica Eldredge. \nReadings Produced by the publisher\, Carbonation Press\nhttps://gregbem.com/carbonation-press-events/\n– February 4\, 2025\, Seattle University\, Seattle\, Washington\n– February 15\, 2025 in Tuscon\, Arizona\n– March 26-27\, 2025 at the AWP in Los Angeles\, California\n– April 1\, 2025\, Satori Arts\, Santa Cruz\, California\n– More dates pending for San Francisco\, New York\, and beyond \nLead Editors:\nKatie Sarah Zale\nPaul E. Nelson \nEditorial Board:\nallia abdullah-matta\nGabriella Gutiérrez Y Muhs\nRobert Lashley\nRoxi Power\nCChristy White\nTheresa Whitehill \nPoets from the United States and beyond respond to the 2024 Presidential election. The poems are rooted in a belief that the incoming administration will not relieve or heal us from our nation’s past: the destruction of the environment\, the unbridled use of power\, the pervasive narrative that Black lives do not matter\, patriarchy\, reproductive injustice for women\, silent support for the US prison-industrial complex\, and the lack of compassion for diverse gender identity\, immigrants\, the indigenous\, and unsheltered populations. The editorial team worked tirelessly for six weeks to publish this anthology before the January 20\, 2025 inauguration. \nTo order your copy of the anthology ($25 each) from Lulu\, click here: Order Anthology\nlink = https://www.lulu.com/shop/jason-wirth-and-jasper-hoffman-and-roberta-hoffman-and-greg-bem/winter-in-america-again/paperback/product-95edezw.html?q=winter+in+america+%28again&page=1&pageSize=4
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/winter-in-america-again-anthology-launch-2/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Katie Sarah Zale":MAILTO:https://katiesarahzale.com/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250121
DTSTAMP:20241204T165634Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T165634Z
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SUMMARY:Winter in America (Again - Publication Date
DESCRIPTION:Call for Submissions: Winter in America (Again \nThis is a call for poems for an anthology of work in response to the 2024 USAmerican presidential election. We are looking for words that come from thoughtful reflection and compassion for the loss we feel for ourselves and this country. (Please no screeds. No name calling. We would prefer not to publish the name of the president-elect.) This to be published by inauguration day\, January 20\, 2025. We plan a Zoom launch on January 20\, 2025\, at 1pm PST\, 4pm EST. \nDeadline for submissions was December 15\, 2024. Send up to 3 poems for consideration. Submit all poems in one document in Times New Roman 12-point font\, each poem beginning on a new page. If the poem you submit has been previously published\, please credit the publisher in your notes. No limitations on poem format and length. \nThe book title is an homage to Gil Scott-Heron’s Winter in America. This anthology is to be published by Carbonation Press. \nKatie Sarah Zale (co-editor) writes: “In 2003\, 11\,000 poets responded to Sam Hamill’s request for a poem about George W. Bush’s planned attack of Iraq. In the resulting anthology titled Poets Against the War\, Sam wrote\, ‘These are the voices of our poets; they come from every segment of society … they also celebrate our country by expounding a compassionate view of the universe. A government is a government of words\, and when those words are used to mislead\, to instill fear or to invite silence\, it is the duty of every poet to speak fearlessly and clearly.’ As a poet\, and the writer of an upcoming biography of Sam Hamill\, I ask you\, as I believe Sam would\, to write a poem ‘for the conscience of our country\,’ in response to the 2024 USAmerican presidential election.” \nSubmission form on Google docs: \nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-VmOgkZCr6ITjevHj-OI05G3nP5GQqIQSLNUx1KjSJHVurw/viewform?usp=sf_link
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/winter-in-america-again-publication-date/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Special Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Katie Sarah Zale":MAILTO:https://katiesarahzale.com/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250119T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250119T170000
DTSTAMP:20241226T214910Z
CREATED:20241226T185247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241226T214910Z
UID:3536-1737298800-1737306000@theresawhitehill.com
SUMMARY:Rhythm Running River on KZYX Public Radio
DESCRIPTION:Rhythm Running River poetry programming every 1st Sunday and every 3rd Sunday from 3 to 5 pm on KZYX&Z Public Radio\, 90.7\, 91.5\, and 88.1 FM with host Dan Roberts. \nFor playlists\, visit Rhythm Running River on Out Far Press. Stream the audio here.
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/rhythm-running-river-on-kzyx-01-2025-2/
LOCATION:KZYX & Z\, 88.1\, 90.7\, & 91.5 FM\, 9300 HWY 128\, Philo\, CA\, 95466\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Dan Roberts":MAILTO:outfarpress@saber.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250119T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250119T130000
DTSTAMP:20250115T230135Z
CREATED:20250115T181155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250115T230135Z
UID:3717-1737284400-1737291600@theresawhitehill.com
SUMMARY:Winter in America (Again - Anthology Launch
DESCRIPTION:Winter in America (Again – Anthology Launch\nPoets Respond to the 2024 Election\nLaunch events and online readings\nJoin us to mark the publication of the anthology\, Winter in America (Again\, with readings from many of the contributing poets. \nSunday\, January 19\, 2025\n11 am to 1 pm\, Pacific time\nLive online Zoom event: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2064225002\nContributor Readers: allia abdullah-matta\, Brad Buchanan\, Carla Stein\, Charles Goodrich\, Chris Stroffolino\, Chyrel J. Jackson\, Cynthia Manick\, Dane Cervine\, Deborah Bacharach\, Henry Crawford\, Jennifer M Phillips\, John Maney\, Kit Robinson\, Lea Graham\, Lorin Medley\, Luther Jett\, Marc Vincenz\, Matt Trease\, Petra Kuppers\, Robert Lashley\, Rodrigo Toscano\, Theresa Whitehill\, and Zach Charles. \nMonday\, January 20\, 2025\n5 pm to 7 pm\, Pacific time\nLive online Zoom event: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2064225002\nContributor Readers: Aby Kaupang\, Angelica Recierdo\, Bill Lavender\, Cassandra Atherton\, Cynthia Hogue\, Dana Teen Lomax\, David Allen Sullivan\, David Hellman\, Dion O’Reilly\, Elizabeth Robinson\, Faith Paulsen\, Gloria Frym\, Hilary Sideris\, Jim Dott\, Joy Dubé\, Judith Hoyer\, Katie Sarah Zale\, Keisha-Gaye Anderson\, Kim D. Brandon\, Lise Breakey\, Lowell Murphree\, M.A. Nicholson\, Mark Nowak\, Matthew Cooperman\, Maxine Chernoff\, Monique Soria\, Nathalie Anderson\, Nina Burokas\, Paul E Nelson\, Paul Hoover\, Roxi Power\, Terran Campbell\, and Veronica Eldredge. \nReadings Produced by the publisher\, Carbonation Press\nhttps://gregbem.com/carbonation-press-events/\n– February 4\, 2025\, Seattle University\, Seattle\, Washington\n– February 15\, 2025 in Tuscon\, Arizona\n– March 26-27\, 2025 at the AWP in Los Angeles\, California\n– April 1\, 2025\, Satori Arts\, Santa Cruz\, California\n– More dates pending for San Francisco\, New York\, and beyond \nLead Editors:\nKatie Sarah Zale\nPaul E. Nelson \nEditorial Board:\nallia abdullah-matta\nGabriella Gutiérrez Y Muhs\nRobert Lashley\nRoxi Power\nCChristy White\nTheresa Whitehill \nPoets from the United States and beyond respond to the 2024 Presidential election. The poems are rooted in a belief that the incoming administration will not relieve or heal us from our nation’s past: the destruction of the environment\, the unbridled use of power\, the pervasive narrative that Black lives do not matter\, patriarchy\, reproductive injustice for women\, silent support for the US prison-industrial complex\, and the lack of compassion for diverse gender identity\, immigrants\, the indigenous\, and unsheltered populations. The editorial team worked tirelessly for six weeks to publish this anthology before the January 20\, 2025 inauguration. \nTo order your copy of the anthology ($25 each) from Lulu\, click here: Order Anthology\nlink = https://www.lulu.com/shop/jason-wirth-and-jasper-hoffman-and-roberta-hoffman-and-greg-bem/winter-in-america-again/paperback/product-95edezw.html?q=winter+in+america+%28again&page=1&pageSize=4
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/winter-in-america-again-anthology-launch-1/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Katie Sarah Zale":MAILTO:https://katiesarahzale.com/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250118T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250118T160000
DTSTAMP:20241226T214859Z
CREATED:20241226T210542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241226T214859Z
UID:3630-1737212400-1737216000@theresawhitehill.com
SUMMARY:LOBA Poetry Series at the Ukiah Library
DESCRIPTION:LOBA POETRY SERIES\nMonthly Poet Features & Open Mic \nJoin Ukiah Branch Library staff as we host in-person poetry events on the third Saturday of each month at 3 p.m. This free event is open to both teens & adults – all are invited to share poems in any form or style\, or just listen to others. \nPlease contact the Ukiah Branch Library at 707-463-4490 or carrm@mendocinocounty.gov for more information. \nSERIE DE POESÍA LOBA\nFunciones mensuales de poeta y micrófono abierto \nÚnase al personal de la biblioteca sucursal de Ukiah mientras organizamos eventos de poesía en persona el tercer sábado de cada mes a las 3 p.m. Este evento gratuito está abierto tanto a adolescentes como a adultos; todos están invitados a compartir poemas en cualquier forma o estilo\, o simplemente escuchar a otros. \nComuníquese con la biblioteca sucursal de Ukiah al 707-463-4490 o carrm@mendocinocounty.gov para obtener más información.
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/loba-poetry-series-01-2025/
LOCATION:Ukiah Branch Library\, 105 North Main Street\, Ukiah\, CA\, 95482\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Melissa Eleftherion Carr":MAILTO:carrm@mendocinocounty.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250116T210000
DTSTAMP:20250109T174053Z
CREATED:20241226T193427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T174053Z
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SUMMARY:Jake Spertus\, Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz - hybrid event
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, January 16\, at 7pm The Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz Reading Series will feature Berkeley\, California poet Jake Spertus.\n \nThe reading will take place at Think Visual Gallery\, located at 240 Main Street in Point Arena. Doors open at 7pm\, event begins at 7:15pm. Bring something to sit on\, something to eat and/or drink (if you want!)\, your words\, music and ears!! The reading will begin with live improv jazz\, followed by a featured reading with the musicians accompanying Spertus\, then an open mic with jazz improv\, and finally the reading will conclude with more live improv jazz. \nJake Spertus was born in Seattle in 1993. They grew up between Kansas City and a small sheep farm in Northwest Missouri\, where they would disappear into the woods at chore-time. In 2011\, they left Missouri for the pines and broken shore of Maine\, where they went to college for math. After graduating\, they pent themself up for a while in Boston working in healthcare policy research. In 2018 they escaped to California to begin a PhD in statistics at UC Berkeley. \nThat same year they began writing poetry as solace for a grim political present\, a balm for homesickness\, and a counterweight to the rationalism and rigid structure that characterized their graduate studies. They wrote for 4 years before releasing the chapbook. Millenarianism in the Spring of 2023. This past fall\, they were a resident artist at the Winslow House Project in Vallejo\, focusing on poetry and visual art. They have read at Medicine for Nightmares in San Francisco\, at the release of Millenarianism in Berkeley\, and at the Winslow House in Vallejo. \nJake’s poetry is concerned with mystery and knowledge\, relationships between people and with land\, the subtle hauntings of power and violence\, and the presence of voids great and small. Their poems are informed by their upbringing in Missouri\, as much as by their persistent wandering. The poems often express both a hunger for the imagined coziness of Home–both metaphorical and literal–and a suspicion towards the moral and existential perils of settlement. The poems are interested in how different forms of abstraction–words\, numbers\, images\, data–contribute to our experiences and to the construction of our ideologies. They are particularly attentive to how sound\, form\, and imagery shape the feeling or meaning of verse. \nThird Thursday Poetry & Jazz is supported by The Third Thursday Poetry Group\, anonymous supporters\, and Poets & Writers\, Inc. \nOctober Drizzle \nA sudden drizzle beads the leaves\,\nAnd October\nRises off to atmosphere. \nYou call this “Autumn”?\nI hardly care. I only enjoy\nHow mist saturates the ferns like reverb\, \nAnd that when I touch\nThe wet shell of the redwood\nI sense centuries of resilience. \nIs this that wretched “Destiny” so many tried to seek?\nIs it the unstruck seam?\nThe tree won’t say. Not here. \nBut a clear blood rushes to each leaf\nAnd I feel what reaches back past words\nAnd retraces long curves to the taproot: \nAn ancient braid of earth and ether\,\nSutured through the throbbing Wound\, ‘\nHere now and here forever. \nJake Spertus
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/point-arena-third-thursday-poetry-jazz-01-2025/
LOCATION:Think Visual Gallery\, 240 Main Street\, Point Arena\, 95468\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Blake More":MAILTO:blake@snakelyone.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250112T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250112T180000
DTSTAMP:20241226T182232Z
CREATED:20241226T182136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241226T182232Z
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SUMMARY:Zida Borcich\, Poetry At The Cobalt
DESCRIPTION:What country\, friends\, is this?\nAnd thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges. \nTHIS IS AN INVITATION TO ALL POETS\, WRITERS\, READERS\, AND LOVERS OF LITERATURE\, YOUNG\, OLD\, IN BETWEEN\, KNOWN\, UNKNOWN\, SUBMERGED\, EMERGED AND EMERGING: Rhyming\, free verse\, expensive or expansive verse\, reverses\, metered\, learned\, unlearned\, experimental—all varieties\, styles and non-styles are welcome. \nThe reading series\, Poetry At The Cobalt\, is located in downtown Fort Bragg at the beautiful Cobalt Gallery\, thanks to Button Quinn\, artist and gallery owner who has graciously made the space available to us. The readings are the 2nd Sunday of the month\, 4–6 pm. The next reading at the Cobalt Gallery will be Sunday\, January 12\, 2025\, featuring Zida Borcich\,* followed by open mic readings. There is a signup sheet and each poet reads for 5 minutes.  Please get this around far and wide\, as we’d like to reach all over Mendocino County and beyond. Any suggestions or ideas you have\, including other people to invite\, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks\, and looking forward to seeing you Sunday\, January 12th at the Cobalt Gallery. \nPEGASUS SOARS NO MATTER WHAT\,\nLarry Felson & Joe Smith\n510-684-8270 \n*Zida Borcich \nZida Borcich is a mom\, grandma\, journalist\, letterpress printer\, graphic designer\, jazz singer\, and occasional poet. She lives on the Mendocino Coast of northern California. Since 2010\, she has published Real Estate Magazine\, a monthly that features ads and a single\, locally focused story. She writes many of the stories\, along with a column titled “It’s REAL.” Happiest times are spent with her daughters\, grandkids\, and beloved partner\, and when she is not cooking\, traveling\, singing\, or gardening\, she hangs out with a big collection of cherished friends who reside in the nest of creativity\, intelligence\, beauty\, and fun that is her community. The works in her first book of poetry\, What It Seemed Then—Poems & a Fable were gathered from many years of sporadic poetry writing spells. The act of gathering these pieces into one place has been a most engaging project and she is surprised to note that\, “It’s turned into a kind of inadvertent autobiography.” \nFOR THE LIFE OF THE PRINTER \nFor twenty-seven years\, the author had a letterpress print shop on Main Street in Fort Bragg\, long after other techniques of printing had supposedly abandoned hand-set lead type reproduction to the Dark Ages. But no\, she kept printing that way and kept finding troves of musty old type in people’s defunct hobby shops and sheds.\nI walk in and the smell of old just hits me in the face.\nIt’s that type I bought down south\, wooden cabinets\nfull of dusty gray metal.\nThese two hot\, wet days\, muggy\, stifling\,\nswelled the rollers on the C&P\na full quarter inch\,\nAnd brought up the grotesque\, fetid\,\nOaky smell of dead type in mouse-turd cases.\nThey used to say that a font of ATF type\nwas good for the life of the printer—\nThis life is likely its second or third.\nDespite their funk\, I feel compassion for the lonely elders\nWho expended their one-time sheen\non uncountable impressions.\nThose letters were left alone too long in that grampa’s\nQuonset hut\, before the driver leaned\nup against my door jamb with his\,\n“I gotta pickup loada type out here for ya.”\nLet us join together now\nIn a rite of artificial resuscitation:\nLet us raise those moribund figures from their little coffins\,\nOne piece by one with our fingertips\,\nPlace the musty relics lovingly\nBeside the living ones\,\nAnd use them again\, ink them up\,\nPut our fingers up against them\,\nClick them into place syllabically\,\nNesting them against their long-lost brothers\,\nPress them chummily against the dampened stock\nIn an alphabetic composition once again\nWith meaning.
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/poetry-at-the-cobalt-jan-2025/
LOCATION:Cobalt Gallery\, 430 Main Street\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, 95437\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Larry Felson & Joe Smith":MAILTO:larryfelson325@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250105T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250105T170000
DTSTAMP:20241226T214811Z
CREATED:20241226T185143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241226T214811Z
UID:3534-1736089200-1736096400@theresawhitehill.com
SUMMARY:Rhythm Running River on KZYX Public Radio
DESCRIPTION:Rhythm Running River poetry programming every 1st Sunday and every 3rd Sunday from 3 to 5 pm on KZYX&Z Public Radio\, 90.7\, 91.5\, and 88.1 FM with host Dan Roberts. \nFor playlists\, visit Rhythm Running River on Out Far Press. Stream the audio here.
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/rhythm-running-river-on-kzyx-01-2025-1/
LOCATION:KZYX & Z\, 88.1\, 90.7\, & 91.5 FM\, 9300 HWY 128\, Philo\, CA\, 95466\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Dan Roberts":MAILTO:outfarpress@saber.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250102T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250102T200000
DTSTAMP:20241226T214750Z
CREATED:20241226T192512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241226T214750Z
UID:3582-1735840800-1735848000@theresawhitehill.com
SUMMARY:Fort Bragg Library Poetry Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:First Thursday Poetry Open Mic in Fort Bragg\, CA has returned to meeting in person. You can also attend this event via Zoom. \nSince the library is a crossroads and we want to reduce risk of illness\, we still ask you to wear masks while you’re in the audience. Wear a sweater because we need to ventilate the room well. When you’re at podium reading poems\, you won’t need a mask. \nWe ask that you keep your reading under 10 minutes and stick to poetry in all its variety of forms. \nTo receive an invitation to the Zoom reading\, or for more information\, contact Dan Hess\, Branch Librarian (info in Organizer section below).
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/fort-bragg-library-poetry-open-mic-01-2025/
LOCATION:Fort Bragg Library Meeting Room\, 499 East Laurel Street\, FORT BRAGG\, CA\, 95437\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dan Hess":MAILTO:hessd@co.mendocino.ca.us
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241221T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241221T200000
DTSTAMP:20241022T180522Z
CREATED:20241022T180522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241022T180522Z
UID:3510-1734804000-1734811200@theresawhitehill.com
SUMMARY:Solstice Poetry at Gallery Bookshop
DESCRIPTION:Solstice Poetry at Gallery Bookshop\nOpen Reading: come share a poem inspired by the solstice\n6 pm\nSaturday\, December 21\, 2024\nGallery Bookshop\n319 Kasten St #270\, Mendocino\, CA 95460\nContact: Rob Hawthorn\, Events Coordinator: rob@gallerybookshop.com\nhttps://gallerybookshop.com/event/2024-12-21/gallery-bookshops-solstice-poetry \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/solstice-poetry-gallery-bookshop/
LOCATION:Gallery Bookshop\, 319 Kasten St #270\, Mendocino\, 95460\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Rob Hawthorn":MAILTO:rob@gallerybookshop.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241221T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241221T160000
DTSTAMP:20240305T190310Z
CREATED:20231220T002659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T190310Z
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SUMMARY:LOBA Poetry Series at the Ukiah Library
DESCRIPTION:LOBA POETRY SERIES\nMonthly Poet Features & Open Mic \nJoin Ukiah Branch Library staff as we host in-person poetry events on the third Saturday of each month at 3 p.m. This free event is open to both teens & adults – all are invited to share poems in any form or style\, or just listen to others. \nPlease contact the Ukiah Branch Library at 707-463-4490 or carrm@mendocinocounty.gov for more information. \nSERIE DE POESÍA LOBA\nFunciones mensuales de poeta y micrófono abierto \nÚnase al personal de la biblioteca sucursal de Ukiah mientras organizamos eventos de poesía en persona el tercer sábado de cada mes a las 3 p.m. Este evento gratuito está abierto tanto a adolescentes como a adultos; todos están invitados a compartir poemas en cualquier forma o estilo\, o simplemente escuchar a otros. \nComuníquese con la biblioteca sucursal de Ukiah al 707-463-4490 o carrm@mendocinocounty.gov para obtener más información.
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/loba-poetry-series-at-the-ukiah-library-12/
LOCATION:Ukiah Branch Library\, 105 North Main Street\, Ukiah\, CA\, 95482\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Melissa Eleftherion Carr":MAILTO:carrm@mendocinocounty.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241219T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241219T210000
DTSTAMP:20240109T193503Z
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SUMMARY:December Solstice Open Mic Poetry - Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, December 19 at 7 pm\, Third Thursday Poetry and Jazz will hold its annual “Open Mic Solstice Reading & Party” at Think Visual Gallery (as well as virtually via Zoom)\, located at 240 Main Street in Point Arena. Doors open at 7pm\, event begins at 7:15pm. BYOE (everything including a chair!). \nThe reading will begin with live improv jazz followed by an open mic with jazz improv; the reading will conclude with more live jazz. \nFollowing tradition\, there will be no featured poet this month\, but instead all south coast literary lovers are encouraged to bring in poems to share if they are inspired to do so. \nThird Thursday Poetry is supported by The Third Thursday Poetry Group\, many anonymous donors\, and Poets & Writers\, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation. \nTo receive an invitation to the Zoom reading\, or for more information\, contact Blake More (info below).
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/point-arena-third-thursday-poetry-jazz-december-solstice-open-mic-2024/
LOCATION:Think Visual Gallery\, 240 Main Street\, Point Arena\, 95468\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Blake More":MAILTO:blake@snakelyone.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241215T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241215T170000
DTSTAMP:20231207T004302Z
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SUMMARY:Rhythm Running River on KZYX Public Radio
DESCRIPTION:Rhythm Running River poetry programming every 1st Sunday and every 3rd Sunday from 3 to 5 pm on KZYX&Z Public Radio\, 90.7\, 91.5\, and 88.1 FM with host Dan Roberts. \nFor playlists\, visit Rhythm Running River on Out Far Press. Stream the audio here.
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/rhythm-running-river-on-kzyx-public-radio-86/
LOCATION:KZYX & Z\, 88.1\, 90.7\, & 91.5 FM\, 9300 HWY 128\, Philo\, CA\, 95466\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Dan Roberts":MAILTO:outfarpress@saber.net
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241215
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241216
DTSTAMP:20241204T165427Z
CREATED:20241126T230705Z
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SUMMARY:Winter in America (Again - Submission Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Call for Submissions: Winter in America (Again \nThis is a call for poems for an anthology of work in response to the 2024 USAmerican presidential election. We are looking for words that come from thoughtful reflection and compassion for the loss we feel for ourselves and this country. (Please no screeds. No name calling. We would prefer not to publish the name of the president-elect.) This to be published by inauguration day\, January 20\, 2025. We plan a Zoom launch on January 20\, 2025\, at 1pm PST\, 4pm EST. \nDeadline for submissions is December 15\, 2024. Send up to 3 poems for consideration. Submit all poems in one document in Times New Roman 12-point font\, each poem beginning on a new page. If the poem you submit has been previously published\, please credit the publisher in your notes. No limitations on poem format and length. \nThe book title is an homage to Gil Scott-Heron’s Winter in America. This anthology is to be published by Carbonation Press. \nKatie Sarah Zale (co-editor) writes: “In 2003\, 11\,000 poets responded to Sam Hamill’s request for a poem about George W. Bush’s planned attack of Iraq. In the resulting anthology titled Poets Against the War\, Sam wrote\, ‘These are the voices of our poets; they come from every segment of society … they also celebrate our country by expounding a compassionate view of the universe. A government is a government of words\, and when those words are used to mislead\, to instill fear or to invite silence\, it is the duty of every poet to speak fearlessly and clearly.’ As a poet\, and the writer of an upcoming biography of Sam Hamill\, I ask you\, as I believe Sam would\, to write a poem ‘for the conscience of our country\,’ in response to the 2024 USAmerican presidential election.” \nSubmission form on Google docs: \nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-VmOgkZCr6ITjevHj-OI05G3nP5GQqIQSLNUx1KjSJHVurw/viewform?usp=sf_link
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/winter-in-america-again-submission-deadline/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Special Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Katie Sarah Zale":MAILTO:https://katiesarahzale.com/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241208T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241208T180000
DTSTAMP:20241126T221351Z
CREATED:20231221T011112Z
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SUMMARY:Linda Noel & Jabez Churchill\, Poetry At The Cobalt
DESCRIPTION:Winter is icumen in\,\nLhude sing Godamm\,\nRainethdrop and staineth slop\,\nAnd how the wind doth ramm!\nSing: Godamm…\n–Ezra Pound \nTHIS IS AN INVITATION TO ALL POETS\, WRITERS\, READERS\, AND LOVERS OF LITERATURE\, YOUNG\, OLD\, IN BETWEEN\, KNOWN\, UNKNOWN\, SUBMERGED\, EMERGED AND EMERGING: Rhyming\, free verse\, expensive or expansive verse\, reverses\, metered\, learned\, unlearned\, experimental—all varieties\, styles and non-styles are welcome. \nThe reading series\, Poetry At The Cobalt\, is located in downtown Fort Bragg at the beautiful Cobalt Gallery\, thanks to Button Quinn\, artist and gallery owner who has graciously made the space available to us. The readings are the 2nd Sunday of the month\, 4–6 pm. The next reading at the Cobalt Gallery will be Sunday\, December 8\, featuring former poets laureate Linda Noel* and Jabez Churchill** followed by open mic readings. There is a signup sheet and each poet reads for 5 minutes.  Please get this around far and wide\, as we’d like to reach all over Mendocino County and beyond. Any suggestions or ideas you have\, including other people to invite\, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks\, and looking forward to seeing you Sunday\, December 8 at the Cobalt Gallery. \nPEGASUS SOARS NO MATTER WHAT\,\nLarry Felson & Joe Smith\n510-684-8270 \n*Linda Noel\nLinda Noel is a Native Californian of the Koyungkowi Tribe who grew up in Willits. The former Poet Laureate of Ukiah has presented her work at various venues across the western United States and has been both a featured reader and workshop presenter at the Redwood Coast Writers Conference\, the Watershed Project\, The Conference of American Indians; Humboldt State University\, and Santa Rosa Junior College to name a few. Her work has been published in a variety of magazines\, journals and anthologies including The Dirt is Red Here\, by Heyday Books. She was included in the “Sing Me Your Story\, Dance Me Home: Art and Poetry from Native California” exhibit based on the Heyday book and coordinated by the California Exhibition Resources Alliance. The exhibit toured more than twelve museums and libraries across California\, including the Grace Hudson Museum. (https://www.manifestdifferently.org/whom/linda-noel) \nLesson in Fire\nMy father built a good fire\nHe taught me to tend the fire\nHow to make it stand\nSo it could breathe\nAnd how the flames create\nCoals that turn into faces\nOr eyes\nOf fish swimming\nOut of flames\nInto gray\nRivers of ash\nAnd how the eyes\nAnd faces look out\nAt us\nBurn up for us\nTo heat the air\nThat we breathe\nAnd so into us\nWe swallow\nAll the shapes\nCreated in a well-tended fire \n**Jabez Churchill\nFormer Poet Laureate of Ukiah\, Jabez W.\, Bill\, Churchill first started submitting poetry for publication in 1979\, became a member of the Ina Coolbrith Poertry Circle in Berkekey\, maintaining this affiliation to date. He has been a poet teacher with California Poets in the Schools since 1998\, and teaches poetry at Mendocino Co\, Juvenile Hall. \nAs a bilingual poet\, he writes in English and Spanish\, and he has toured Spain and Cuba with a contingency of Bay Area poets. He has also been widely featured around Mendocino County\, Berkeley\, San Francisco\, L.A. and Vancouver B.C. \nHe is a single dad\, but his sons now have wives and children of their own\, so now he is the grandfather of five! He is an avid water person and he sails San Francisco Bay and swims with pinnapeds wherever and whenever they pop up to say hi. He wants listeners to know that he has a deep connection to the south coast of Mendocino as his great-great grandparents\, John and Carrie Johnson arrived in Pt. Arena on a Norwegian lumber schooner from Oslo in the 1850’s. (https://bmoreyou.net/jabez-churchill-on-cartwheels-on-the-sky/) \nThe Final Measure\nI have not seen\nnor can I guess how it unfurls\,\nburnt offerings\,\nall that remain of last year’s leaves\,\nwhite flags\nsplayed across a bright and empty sky.\nPerhaps in rests\,\nthe widening interval between notes\,\nbetween breaths\,\ntick and tock of a dying clock\nuntil it stops.\nPerhaps in troughs\nlengthening between crests\nuntil they flatly mirror the reddened sun.\nI cannot\nupon these wax and feathered wings\,\ninheritance of my fathers\,\nfly unto the morrow\,\nwhat is yet\nor not to come:\nfire and ice\,\nperhaps another bloom.\nNor can my eyes\,\nhowever vigilant\,\nshortsighted\,\nsee beyond the shadows\nto what undoubtedly awaits\,\nthe final measure\nof yet another fleeting race\nin geologic time.\nI can only mark the end\,\nbeginning of each day.\nRejoice!\nmarveling by night\nat what is bravely written in the stars.
URL:https://theresawhitehill.com/event/poetry-at-the-cobalt-13/
LOCATION:Cobalt Gallery\, 430 Main Street\, Fort Bragg\, CA\, 95437\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ongoing Series and Open Readings
ORGANIZER;CN="Larry Felson & Joe Smith":MAILTO:larryfelson325@gmail.com
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