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Felicia Rice & Theresa Whitehill: Heavy Lifting at the M.K. Contemporary Art Gallery
Heavy Lifting will be part of the exhibit Selections: Rydell Visual Arts Fellows 2006-2021 at the M.K. Contemporary Art Gallery. The exhibition runs from Saturday, January 27, 2024 through Sunday, March 24, 2024. The curators of the exhibit are Melissa Kreisa and Rose Sellery. This exhibit is in partnership with Community Foundation Santa Cruz County…
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Nominations Close for Poet Laureate of Mendocino County
Step Forward to Nominate or Be the First Poet Laureate of Mendocino County The Mendocino County Poet Laureate Committee is currently seeking nominations for the first Poet Laureate of Mendocino County. The deadline for nominations is February 29th. Nominees will need to submit applications in March and be interviewed in April. This is an official…
Brenda Yaeger and Jessyca Lytle, Writers Read Ukiah
Brenda Yaeger and Jessyca Lytle, Writers Read Ukiah
Writers Read Ukiah last Thursday poetry series will meet on Thursday, February 29, at 7 PM at the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah. The featured readers will be Brenda Yaeger and Jessyca Lytle of Lake County. Open mic session will follow the featured reading. Maximum time for each reader is six minutes. Event will end…
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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…
Art in Motion Community Open Mic
Art in Motion Community Open Mic
Art in Motion Community Open Mic at the Grace Hudson Museum. Bring your guitar and a song, your voice on its own, a poem, short story, or even a painting to fill our gallery with art. All participants can sign up at the event for their 10 minute slot. All ages welcome for this family-friendly…
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Felicia Rice & Theresa Whitehill: Heavy Lifting, Listening Tour
Felicia Rice & Theresa Whitehill: Heavy Lifting, Listening Tour
The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour is coming to the Institute of the Arts & Sciences (IAS), University of California at Santa Cruz on Sunday, March 3 at 3 pm. For venue information, contact ias@ucsc.edu. The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour aspires to offer opportunities for healing, and dreaming, through dialogue. An introduction to the project opens…
Rhythm Running River on KZYX Public Radio
Rhythm Running River on KZYX Public Radio
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. For playlists, visit Rhythm Running River on Out Far Press. Stream the audio here.
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Fort Bragg Library Poetry Open Mic
Fort Bragg Library Poetry Open Mic
First 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…
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Starlight Lounge: Remembering Willits at Playhouse Reading, WJ Ray and Dan Hibshman
Starlight Lounge: Remembering Willits at Playhouse Reading, WJ Ray and Dan Hibshman
WJ Ray and Dan Hibshman will be reading works that focus on Willits at an event at the Willits Community Theatre Playhouse on Saturday March 9. Ray will be reading his long elegy on Willits, entitled “The Willits Farewell.” Hibshman will be reading two stories from his recently published book, Of a Lifetime: Stories 1963-2023.…
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Poetry At The Cobalt
Poetry At The Cobalt
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. The reading series, Poetry At The Cobalt, formerly Poetry On The River, has relocated…
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Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference Registration 2024
Registration for MCWC 2024 opens March 15! MCWC 2024 conference registration and contest submissions will open Friday, March 15. The deadline is Sunday, June 30. For more information, visit the Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference website here.
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Hilary King, LOBA Poetry Series at the Ukiah Library
Hilary King, LOBA Poetry Series at the Ukiah Library
LOBA 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…
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Rhythm Running River on KZYX Public Radio
Rhythm Running River on KZYX Public Radio
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. For playlists, visit Rhythm Running River on Out Far Press. Stream the audio here.
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Mike A’Dair Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz – hybrid event
Mike A’Dair Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz – hybrid event
On Thursday, March 21, at 7pm The Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz Reading Series will feature Mike A'Dair. 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…
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Dear Human at the Edge of Time, Writers Read Ukiah
Dear Human at the Edge of Time, Writers Read Ukiah
Writers Read Ukiah last Thursday poetry series will meet on Thursday, March 28, at 7 PM at the Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah. The featured event will be readings from the anthology, Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States. San Mateo County Poet Laureate Emerita, Aileen Cassineto,…
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Mendocino Poetry Series – Canceled for March
Mendocino Poetry Series – Canceled for March
The March reading has been canceled. We'll see you in April! A new poetry reading series on the coast: Mendocino Poetry Series Featured readers (to be announced) 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,…
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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…
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Fort Bragg Library Poetry Open Mic
Fort Bragg Library Poetry Open Mic
First 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…