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Mondays:
Writers Helping Writers
Third Monday each month
7-9 pm
presented by Benicia Literary Arts
formerly at HQ Gallery
333 First Street, Suite D
Benicia
Free for members, $10 non-members
Contact: Lois Requist
lois@requist.com
Amuse-ing Mondays (Rivertown Poets)
First and Third Mondays monthly
6:15 PM host: Sandra Anfang
Open mic is 3 minutes per person
•(Sign up in advance for open mic at aqus.com/online – Choose Weekly Poetry Open Mic.)
To sign up to read go to : https://aqus.com/rivertownpoets/
And here’s the quick link to the zoom room: https://zoom.us/j/6508887879
TUESDAYS:
Coastside Poetry
2nd Tuesdays, 6-8 pm
email dianeleemoomey@costsidepoetry.org for info
Feature this month is John Rowe!
Cover to Cover
Tuesdays at 10:30 AM
KPFA 94.1
Poets Society (back to in person)
First Tuesday Poetry Group
FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH
7 pm – 9pm sharp
Benicia Public Library
151 East L Street
BENICIA
contact: Mary Susan Gast, poetlaureatebenicia@gmail.com
-The Benicia group puts out a beautiful anthology every few years.
for Zoom info check:
https://benicialibrary.org/events/first-tuesday-poetry-group-1
Second Tuesday Poetry online
SECOND Tuesday monthly online
formerly at the Barking Dog
7 to 9 pm
Feature(s) plus open mike
host: Stella Beratlis
Featuring Rooja Mohassessy and Farnaz Fatemi
Please RSVP to get Zoom link for reading: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYucOmqrzIrGdb0wNX9dF4OQqZv7IRjNEOT
Hosted by Modesto poet laureate emeritus Stella Beratlis; open mic follows featured poets. (Open mic sign-up.)
Rattlecast
every Tuesday
streams live on their YouTube, Facebook, Twitter & Periscope pages
also a podcast on iTunes & Soundcloud
reading & casual discussion with a poet from a recent issue
leave questions for our guest in the chat window
writing prompts at the end of each episode
WEDNESDAYS:
Poetry Book Club
First Wednesday each month
Contact kherma@gmail.com for info & Link
Napa Valley Writers (back to in person)
Alameda Island Poets
First Wednesdays,
7-9 pm
contact Cathy Dana: cathydana@gmail.com
THURSDAYS:
OZCAT Poetry (also live most months)
Fourth Thursdays
10:30 at 89.5 FM
(record your poem & an intro
and send via email to:
mullet.laura@gmail.com OR skipperwicky@gmail.com. )
MUST BE MASKED AND VAXXED
ART BEAT airs every Thursday at 10:30 AM
Poetry with a Purpose
Second Thursday each month
7 to 8:30 PM
Respectfully discuss the message behind a poem
contact: kmonroe77@msn.com for more info & link
Point Arena Poetry
Third Thursdays 7 pm
email the host for zoom details
blake@snakelyone.com
Alameda Island Poets Workshop
Second Thursdays every month
7 to 9 PM
contact Cathy Dana at cathydana@gmail.com
FRIDAYS:
Benicia Writer’s Salon (hybrid)
First & Third Friday each Month
2-4pm/
Edna Clyne Room/Benicia Public Library
Bring a piece of writing to share and receive positive feedback.
Poetry or very short prose (600 words max)
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/95750050409
We also spend 20 minutes writing to a prompt. Everyone is welcome!
Benicia Writer’s Workshop
Second and Fourth Friday each month
2-4 pm
This is a critique workshop for writers who have longer pieces and want some feedback.
You may read up to 15 minutes and hear critique for another 15. Listeners welcome.
contact Jim White for a Zoom link:
jw.inkwell@gmail.com
Panda Poetry
Join a fun community of poets writing every Friday at 3 pm
hosted by Fred Dodsworth, Jori Rillera (slangirl@aol.com)
Email Jori to sign up, the group is open to those with a password only
or Jannie Dresser at janniedres@att.net
Rattle—Critique of the Week
Fridays at 5 pm Eastern Time
gather round your screens & workshop poems together!
streams live on Rattle's YouTube, Facebook, Twitter & Periscope pages
Poets are chosen to have their work critiqued in a random drawing each month
Tune in to find out how
email bapc.poetalk@gmail.com to sign up for open
rowepoet@yahoo.com
Ina Coolbrith Circle
SEPT TO MAY ONLY
Our Third Program For the Year is November 19th
Note: date change because of the Thanksgiving holiday.
A Zoom Meeting With Introduction By
Gayle Eleanor
Hosted by Deborah Schmidt
Our Guest Speaker Is Evie Groch
Who Will Read From Her New Book
Half the Hurricanes
In Half the Hurricanes, award-winning poet Evie Groch takes the reader on a journey into the joys, sorrows, and mysteries of life on this good green earth. Written with wit and wisdom, these poems display her love of language and explore deep themes of travel, immigration justice and nature.Evie Groch, Ed.D. is a Vice-President of the Ina Coolbrith Circle, and a Field Supervisor/Mentor for new administrators in Graduate Schools of Education. Her opinion pieces, humor, poems, short stories, and memoir vignettes, along with other articles, have been published in the New York Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Contra Costa Times, in anthologies and on many online venues. The themes of travel, language, immigration, and justice are special for her since she herself is an immigrant who speaks several languages.
After the Feature Presentation
Deborah Schmidt will Curate an Open Mic
Please send a copy of the poem you wish to read to Deborah at deborahbschmidt@gmail.com. She will post your poem while you read during the Open Mic.
For ICC Members
(Instructions for the zoom meeting participation will soon be provided.)
generally Third Saturdays, with exceptions
Featured speaker plus member read-around, refreshments afterwards; two contests yearly, and an anthology called The Gathering every other year. Members publications are added to a collection in the state library. For lots of info, visit www.coolpoetry.org
Poets are limited to one poem, one page in length.
SUNDAYS:
Poetry on Sundays
Quarterly meetings
Sundays at 2 pm
Carnegie Arts Center
250 N. Broadway
Turlock (209)632-5761
A function of the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center
(free but donations accepted)
(I will post links as they become available)
Rattle—Poets Respond Live
Every Sunday at 12 Pm Eastern
streams live on Rattle's YouTube, Facebook, Twitter & Periscope pages
open mic with poems about current events
call in through Skype or by phone
Poets' Lighthouse
Weekly YouTube show with Tricia de Jesus-Gutierrez
Every Sunday
https://youtube.comcPoetryGlobalNetwork