Theresa Whitehill • Poet

Rhythm Running River on KZYX Public Radio
2021-07-18 15:00 - 17:00, 2021-07-04 15:00 - 16:00, 2021-06-20 15:00 - 17:00, 2021-06-06 15:00 - 16:00, 2021-05-16 15:00 - 17:00, 2021-05-02 15:00 - 16:00, 2021-04-18 15:00 - 17:00, 2021-04-04 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 2 more dates | KZYX & Z, 88.1, 90.7, & 91.5 FM, 9300 HWY 128, Philo, CA, 95466, United States
Rhythm Running River poetry programming every 1st Sunday from 3 to 4 pm and every 3rd Sunday 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.

SF Poet Roarschock Virtual Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry
2021-07-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Event
7 pm featured reading by poet Roarshock from San Francisco, California followed by open mic poetry via Zoom video conference.
Virtual Point Arena Third 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.
To receive an invitation to the Zoom reading, or for more information, contact Blake More (info below).

Fort Bragg Library Poetry Open Mic
2021-07-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Fort Bragg Library Meeting Room, 499 East Laurel Street, FORT BRAGG, CA, 95437, United States
First Thursday Poetry Open Mic in Fort Bragg, CA is returning to meeting in person. 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 to ventilate the room well. When you’re at podium reading poems, you won’t need a mask.
We ask that you keep your reading under 10 minutes and stick to poetry in all its variety of forms.
For more information, contact Dan Hess, Branch Librarian (info below).

Georgina Maria Guardado Virtual Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry
2021-06-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Event
7 pm featured reading by Georgina Maria Guardado from Lakeport, followed by open mic poetry via Zoom video conference.
Virtual Point Arena Third 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.
To receive an invitation to the Zoom reading, or for more information, contact Blake More (info below).

LOBA Poetry Series Open Mic on Zoom
2021-06-17 18:00 - 19:00 | Ukiah Branch Library, 105 North Main Street, Ukiah, CA, 95482, United States
UPDATE: Special date and time this month. June’s open mic will happen on Thursday, June 17th at 6 pm.
LOBA Poetry Series Open Mic Poetry on Zoom on the last Thursdays of the month at 7 pm.
Join in to read or just listen to great poetry via the Ukiah Library!
This free event is open to both teens & adults – all are invited to share poems in any form or style.
Registration is required. Please email Melissa (she/her/they) at the Ukiah Library (details belows) for the Zoom link

Fort Bragg Library Poetry Open Mic
2021-06-03 18:00 - 20:00 | The Felson Home, 31051 Boice Lane, FORT BRAGG, CA, 95437, United States
First Thursday Poetry Open Mic in Fort Bragg, CA
Larry Felson has graciously offered an outdoor space for our June open mic (address and directions below). It will be offsite, not at the library. You’ll be comfortably spaced to ensure safety. Notice: 6 p.m. start time.
Dan Hess will also Zoom this outdoor event with a laptop and modem, so you may still be able to read poems even if you’re unable to join in person. However, there may be some sound problems with zooming outdoors. To receive an invitation to the Zoom reading, or for more information, contact Dan Hess, Branch Librarian (info in Organizer section below).
Larry & Wendi Felson
31051 Boice Lane, Fort Bragg
510-684-8270
larryfelson325@gmail.com

Directions:
From North (Fort Bragg area): Boice Lane runs off Highway One 3 miles south of “downtown” Fort Bragg & a mile south of the Botanical Gardens. Look for the second-hand store, “Re-find,” located on the northeast corner of Boice Lane—the street sign is hard to see. Turn WEST TOWARD THE OCEAN. Go a quarter mile down the street to the second driveway on the left—there will be a red Ram truck and parking area in front of the house.
From South (Caspar and Mendocino area): If you are coming from the south, Boice Lane is a couple miles north of Casper; After you see the cannabis dispensary, “Henry’s Meadow,” you will be turning LEFT a block away at the corner toward the ocean (“Re-find” will be on the right side of the street).

Lydia Riantee Rand
2021-05-28 11:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Zoomuse presents Lydia Riantee Rand
Video of this Zoomuse Poetry Reading can be seen here: https://youtu.be/_QwqMvu9MGk
Link to Zoom event: https://zoom.us/j/99414930537 Organizer: SICA, Subud International Cultural Associationemail: www.community@subud-sica.org
website: https://www.sica-subud.org/zoomuse

LOBA Poetry Series Open Mic on Zoom
2021-05-27 19:00 - 20:00, 2021-04-29 19:00 - 20:00, 2021-03-25 19:00 - 20:00 | Ukiah Branch Library, 105 North Main Street, Ukiah, CA, 95482, United States
LOBA Poetry Series Open Mic Poetry on Zoom on the last Thursdays of the month at 7 pm.
Join in to read or just listen to great poetry via the Ukiah Library!
This free event is open to both teens & adults – all are invited to share poems in any form or style.
Registration is required. Please email Melissa (she/her/they) at the Ukiah Library (details belows) for the Zoom link

Mendocino Spring Poetry Celebration - Submission Deadline
2021-05-23 23:59 | KZYX & Z, 88.1, 90.7, & 91.5 FM, 9300 HWY 128, Philo, CA, 95466, United States
2021 Mendocino Spring Poetry Celebration – 46th Anniversary, 16th Consecutive Revival
Deadline for Submissions: Sunday, May 23, 2021
Submit up to four minutes of you reading your poetry in an audio file to Dan Roberts via email: outfarpress@saber.net and copy Gordon Black: gblack@mcn.org. Use your smartphone audio recording app, then attach the audio file generated to an email. Submissions to be broadcast on Dan Roberts’ Rhythm Running River show, KZYX Radio, Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, June 2021
From Dan Roberts:
IT IS AS EASY AS SENDING A PHOTO IN AN EMAIL, REALLY!
If you do not have a smartphone, you will need to borrow one for an hour. Sincerely, the process is easy. The tricks are being in a quiet room, how you hold the phone relative to your mouth, and not moving your hand on the phone while recording (find a place where you can set the phone a foot away from your mouth without hands is best.). The other trick is to make a recording, listen to it and see where it could be better, and repeat. Then simply email it.
Most laptop computers also have built-in mics and the ability to record, that too is an option, but for most people a smartphone will be simpler and sound better. If you have a problem with the process, ask a techie friend or anyone under 30–they would love to help.
With iPhone, open app Voice Memo; with Android, open Voice Recorder. (More info further below*)
Please speak in this order: your name, and then the title, at the beginning of the poem. Within the app there is a choice to email the recording, that’s it!
The RULES – submissions must be no longer than 4 minutes! (You can see the exact length after you record it). This could be a combination of several shorter poems or just one. Avoid the 7 deadly words so that I can broadcast your work without the Puritans at the FCC pretending that they will torch the radio station in the name of decency.
Email the audio files to both Dan Roberts – outfarpress@saber.net and Gordon Black – gblack@mcn.org
DEADLINE. Please get them to Dan and Gordon by Sunday, May 23, 2021
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*INSTRUCTIONS FOR iPHONES-
iPhones (Apple) The Voice Memos app is often overlooked, but it offers by far the simplest way to record audio from the iPhone microphone, here’s how it works:
• Open the “Voice Memos” app located on the iPhone.
• Tap the red record button to start recording the voice or audio, when finished tap again on the same button to stop recording.
How do I record audio on my iPhone?
On iOS, the built-in Voice Memo app can capture perfectly fine audio, and you can improve it even further—just not within the app itself. Instead, head to Settings > Voice Memos > Audio Quality and change the quality to Lossless.
Read this: https://support.apple.com/guide/ipad/share-a-recording-ipad83364e1f/ipados
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANDROID PHONES (All but Apple)
On Android phones open the Voice Recorder and do the same thing. You can send the mp3 right from that app.
Read this-
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-record-audio-on-android

Diana Lang Virtual Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry
2021-05-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Event
7 pm featured reading by Diana Lang from Vallejo, California, followed by open mic poetry via Zoom video conference.
Virtual Point Arena Third 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.
To receive an invitation to the Zoom reading, or for more information, contact Blake More (info below).

Fort Bragg Library Poetry Open Mic
2021-05-06 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-04-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Fort Bragg Library Meeting Room, 499 East Laurel Street, FORT BRAGG, CA, 95437, United States
First Thursday Poetry Open Mic in Fort Bragg, CA via Zoom video conference.
To receive an invitation to the Zoom reading, or for more information, contact Dan Hess, Branch Librarian (info below).

2021 Ukiah Haiku Festival
2021-04-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Event
The 2021 UkiaHaiku Festival (UHF) will be produced as an online virtual event hosted by our outgoing Ukiah Poet Laureate, Roberta Werdinger, and conducted by our incoming Poet Laureate, Melissa Eleftherion Carr. It will take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 25th. In the tradition of past festivals, the event will be open to all ages (we encourage children & young adults to participate).
This year, participants will read one haiku at a time in a round-robin format. We’re requesting folks to read no more than three haiku in total. We’ll read in successive rounds until we’ve heard all the haiku. Time permitting, organizers will also read haiku from past UHF winners and/or from Japanese masters such as Basho, Buson and Issa.
If you’d like to participate in this year’s UHF, please email Roberta Werdinger: rwerdinger@pacific.net. When she receives your RSVP email, she’ll send you a Zoom link. Please mark your calendar with it. We’ll figure out the order of readers once we’ve all assembled on Zoom.
We look forward to joining you in a celebration of UkiaHaiku!

Gallery Bookshop Authors' Night on Zoom: Peter Lit
2021-04-16 18:00 - 18:30 | Online Event
Gallery Bookshop and Bookwinkle’s Children’s Books Authors’ Night on Zoom will include featured author Peter Lit, presenting his poetry collection As Far as the Mind Can See. Peter Lit’s website can be found at peterlit.com.
THREE SHORT TALKS. ONE GREAT EVENING.
Each of our authors will give a 10-minute presentation, followed by Q&A for the whole panel.
Registration is required. You may register by clicking here.

Tongo Eisen-Martin Virtual Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry
2021-04-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Event
7 pm featured reading by Tongo Eisen-Martin from San Francisco, California, followed by open mic poetry via Zoom video conference.
Virtual Point Arena Third 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.
To receive an invitation to the Zoom reading, or for more information, contact Blake More (info below).

Poet Laureate Presentation to the Ukiah City Council
2021-04-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Online Event
Ukiah City Council welcomes newly appointed Poet Laureate of Ukiah, Melissa Eleftherion Carr.
Carr becomes Ukiah’s 9th Poet Laureate, succeeding Roberta Werdinger. Established by the City Council in 2001, the Poet Laureate position underscores the importance the City of Ukiah places on the arts as an integral part of a dynamic, healthy community. The position honors poets living and working in the Ukiah area. As laureate, Carr will work with the Poet Laureate Committee to heighten public awareness of poetry, produce the annual UkiaHaiku Festival and other events, and be available to local schools and other organizations for readings and presentations. She will be officially ushered in as Poet Laureate at the Ukiah City Council meeting on April 7, 2021.
Ukiah City Council meetings are held remotely. To attend the remote meeting, go to the published agenda* for the specific meeting (download arrow on right), which will have the webinar registration link to the meeting:
http://www.cityofukiah.com/meetings/
*Agendas are published a minimum of 72 hours prior to regular meetings and 24 hours prior to special meetings.

Cartwheels on the Sky: Peter Lit on Cartwheels on the Sky
2021-04-03 19:00 - 19:30 | KGUA 88.3FM Gualala, Gualala, CA, 95445, United States
Live on KGUA 88.3 FM Gualala with host Blake More | Live Stream: KGUA.org
Cartwheels on the Sky ~ Poets, Poems & Discovery features poets from around the country. This week’s show will feature Peter Lit.
Host Blake More takes listeners on a journey through the minds and hearts of some of California’s most engaging poets. Highlighting a new poet in conversation each week, the show offers fresh, intelligent, living poetry and lively discussions.
To be considered for future shows, contact Blake More (info below). Show Archive: https://www.bmoreyou.net/musings/

Writers of the Mendocino Coast: Readings from Erosion
2021-03-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Online Event
Writers of the Mendocino Coast meet every third Sunday at 3 pm via Zoom. Visit www.writersmendocinocoast.org for more information and to register for the meeting. The March meeting will feature member readings from the 2021 anthology Erosion.
Members reading in this order:
Notty Bumbo, fiction, Unfolding
Liza Saenz-Bernard, memoir, The Detriment of the Family Unit
Aron Lee Bowe (S. Bowers), memoir, Girls Going Places
Claire Zwerling, poetry, Erosion
Molly Dwyer, fiction, Odessa
Phillip Zwerling, fiction, David
Barbara MacKay, poetry, I No Longer Can
Katherine Brown, fiction, Dear Silver Top Matches
Nona Smith, memoir, Creamy or Chunky?
Maureen Eppstein, poetry, Cliff Face
Norma Watkins, fiction, Eat
Shirin Leos, fiction, More Than You Can Know
Sponsored by Writers of the Mendocino Coast, branch of the California Writers Club, https://www.writersmendocinocoast.org/

Paul Corman Roberts Virtual Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry
2021-03-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Online Event
7 pm featured reading by Paul Corman Roberts from Alameda, California, followed by open mic poetry via Zoom video conference.
Virtual Point Arena Third 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.
To receive an invitation to the Zoom reading, or for more information, contact Blake More (info below).
