Riantee Rand & Larry Felson, Mendocino Poetry Series
Mendocino Art Center 45200 Little Lake Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesA new poetry reading series on the coast: Mendocino Poetry Series Featured readers will be Riantee Rand and Larry Felson, along with open mic Last Saturday of each month 4 to 6 pm Barth Studio at the Mendocino Art Center 45200 Little Lake Street, Mendocino, CA 95460 Format: live, in person Contact: Devreaux Baker, dbaker@mcn.org…
2024 ukiaHaiku Festival
Ukiah Civic Center 300 Seminary Ave, Ukiah, CA, United StatesAs the New Year approaches, we hope you might find time to enter the 22nd ukiaHaiku Festival contest. Residents of Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, and Humboldt counties, from kindergarten age through adult, can enter haiku in ten different categories (two for Spanish). There is also one category open to planet Earth, the Jane Reichhold International Award. Writing haiku, one…
Spirit of Place: call for submissions to new anthology of Mendocino County women poets
Call for Submissions The first Anthology of Women Poets of Mendocino County, Wood, Water, Air and Fire was published in 1999. We are calling for submissions for Volume II, Spirit of Place. Submissions are open March 1st, 2024 to June 1st 2024. We welcome all themes that respond to the Spirit of Place by women…
Fort Bragg Library Poetry Open Mic
Fort Bragg Library Meeting Room 499 East Laurel Street, FORT BRAGG, CA, United StatesFirst Thursday Poetry Open Mic in Fort Bragg, CA has returned to meeting in person. You can also attend this event via Zoom. Since 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…
Rhythm Running River on KZYX Public Radio
KZYX & Z, 88.1, 90.7, & 91.5 FM 9300 HWY 128, Philo, CA, United StatesRhythm 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. For playlists, visit Rhythm Running River on Out Far Press. Stream the audio here.
Starlight Lounge: Long Form Open Reading
Starlight Lounge, Willits Community Theatre 37 W Van Lane, Willits, CA, United StatesThe Willits Community Theatre will host a “long form” open reading at the Playhouse on Saturday, May 11. The reading will begin at 7 P.M. In this reading, the time limit will be pushed outward to 15 minutes. According to event coordinator Mike A’Dair, that means that poets may read longer works. “A lot of…
Poetry At The Cobalt
Cobalt Gallery 430 Main Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United StatesTHIS 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. The reading series, Poetry At The Cobalt, formerly Poetry On The River, has relocated…
David Partch Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz – hybrid event
Think Visual Gallery 240 Main Street, Point Arena, United StatesOn Thursday, May 16, at 7pm The Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz Reading Series will feature David Partch. The reading will take place 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!). The…
Amie Whitmore, LOBA Poetry Series at the Ukiah Library
Ukiah Branch Library 105 North Main Street, Ukiah, CA, United StatesLOBA POETRY SERIES Monthly Poet Features & Open Mic Join 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…
POSTPONED: Chico event, Felicia Rice & Theresa Whitehill: Heavy Lifting, Listening Tour
1078 Gallery 1710 Park Avenue, Chico, CAThe Heavy Lifting Listening Tour in Chico, originally scheduled at the 1078 Gallery in Chico on Sunday, May 19 at 3 pm has been postponed until October 2024; a new date will be available soon. To check the latest tour dates, see the Moving Parts Press website: https://movingpartspress.com/publications/heavy-lifting-listening-tour/. The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour aspires to…