Mendocino County & Northern California Poetry Events:
January 2012 |
Current and Upcoming Special Events, Northern California |
Point Arena & Mendocino, California
High School Poetry Slam: Seeking Judges for 2012
SEEKING 4 JUDGES
The Coast Slam/Poetry Out Loud County Finals (4 schools)
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
3:45 pm
Arena Theater, downtown Point Arena
SEEKING 3 TO 4 JUDGES
The Countywide Slam (6 schools)
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
4 to 7:30 pm
Mendocino High School Campus
Contact: Blake More, Mendocino County CPITS area coordinator, 707 884-9189
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National
Occupy Poetry project seeks submissions
Facebook Page
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Point Arena, California
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration
Poetry, dance, and dance party with DJ Sister Yasmin
Saturday, 14 January 2012
215 Main Street, Point Arena, CA
No time specified
Beer & Wine available; 21 and over event
Poets who would like to perform, contact Sister Yasmin
For information, contact: DJ Sister Yasmin, 707 884-4703, sisteryasmin@hotmail.com
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Camp Mattole, California
Lost Coast Writers Retreat
$250 for food, lodging, and program for up to 15 registrants; price could drop if more enroll
Sunday, 24 June through Saturday, 30 June, 2012
Camp Mattole, Petrolia, CA
For information, contact: Jim Steinberg, 707 825-6862, or Dan Levinson, 707 443-8373
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Ukiah, California
A call for nominations for a new Poet Laureate of Ukiah
for the 2012-2014 term
Deadline was: Thursday, December 15, 2011
Nominated poets are currently submitting materials for evaluation by the Poet Laureate Committee of Ukiah; selected nominees will be invited for interviews by the end of January 2012, with an announcement of our new laureate by early February
For more information, contact outgoing Poet Laureate Theresa Whitehill
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Ten Mile, California
Ten Mile River
Page Two Way Back
Writing Contest
Cash Prizes
New Contest Monthly
See the website for more details: http://tenmilepresspagetwo.wordpress.com/
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Ukiah, California
Mendocino LitFest 2012
Saturday, 19 May 2012
Mendocino College
Readings, Workshops, and Book Vendors
Contact: John Koetzner at 707 468-3051
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Philo, California
Rhythm Running River
First & Third Sundays
3 to 5 pm
KZYX&Z Public Radio, 90.7, 91.5, and 88.1 FM
Host: Dan Roberts
Poetry programming
For playlists and streaming audio back to July 2010, follow this link
To listen live, follow this link
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Mendocino County Venues & Poets |
First Friday in Ukiah
Mendocino Environmental Center and Gallery
OPEN MIC, POETRY & SPOKEN WORD
5:00-8:00 pm
Mendocino Environmental Center & Gallery
Downtown Ukiah
Broadcast live on KMEC LP 105.1 FM radio
Friday, January 6, 2012
For more information, contact Tonya DiAndrea at 707 391-3046
Participating Member of the First Friday Ukiah Art Walk
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First Sunday in Point Arena
Writing Support Group
2:00-4:00 pm
Point Arena Library
Downtown Point Arena
Facilitated by Frank Healy
Sunday, January 1, 2012
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First Tuesdays in Mendocino, California
The Coast Slam
6:00: Signups for open mic or slam (not both); 7:00: Slam; time for open mic tbd
The Grind
College of the Redwoods
1211 Del Mar Drive, Fort Bragg
$5 cover; cash prizes for slam winners
Tuesday, January 3, 2012:: Featured Poet for 7 pm Slam: Abe Becker
Produced by Outside the Mouth Production
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2nd Sunday in Willits
Willits Open Reading
7:00 pm
Every second Sunday
Open reading, any art form welcome
at the Muse
30 East Francisco Avenue, Willits
Willits Open Reading takes a break during January 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012: Andy Clausen (New York State)
Sunday, March 11, 2012: Dan Roberts
Sunday, April 8, 2012: Lanny Cotler
Sunday, May 20, 2012: Bob Shildgen (Berkeley)
Sunday, June 10, 2012: Liam UiCearbhaill (pronounced O'Carroll)
No readings scheduled for July and August
Sunday, September 9, 2012: Mark McGovern
Sunday, October 14, 2012: Dan Marlin (Berkeley)
Sunday, November 11, 2012 Mimi Rule
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Second Wednesdays, Ukiah
Open Mic Poetry Night
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Sign-ups: 9:00 pm
Readings: 9:30
Ukiah Brewing Company
Corner of State Street & Perkins, Ukiah
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Saturdays, Mendocino
Mendocino Coast Poets Group
7:00-9:00 pm
Featured Reading followed by Open Mic
Mendocino Hotel Conference and Media Building
(in the garden behind the Mendocino Hotel)
No readings currently scheduled
Mendocino Coast Poets Group is sponsored by Poets & Writers, Inc.
through a grant from the James Irvine Foundation
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Third Wednesdays in Mendocino
Writers of the Mendocino Coast
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
6:00 pm
Third Wednesday of each month
Mendocino Hotel
Mendocino, California
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Third Thursday in Point Arena
Third Thursday Poetry Night
at 215 Pub
7:00 pm PST (7:30 pm DST)
Open Reading followed by Featured Reading
Third Thursday of each month
Admission: Free
215 Pub
215 Main Street
Point Arena, California
Thursday, January 19, 2012
This reading series is supported by Ling-Yen Jones, our generous community, and Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation. For more information, contact Blake More, 707 884-9189 or blake@snakelyone.com
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Last Thursday in Ukiah
Writers Read
Featured Readers: 7 pm, followed by Open Mic
Art Center Ukiah
201 South State Street
Corner of Church Street
(1 block south of Ukiah Court House on opposite side of the street)
Ukiah, CA 95482
Suggested donation: $5
Thursday,
January 26, 2012: David Smith-Ferri
Thursday,
February 23, 2012: Marylyn Motherbear Scott
Thursday,
March 29, 2012: Molly Fisk
Thursday,
April 26, 2012: Judy Halebsky
Thursday,
May 31, 2012: Donna Kerr
Thursday,
June 28, 2012: Jacquelyn Hewitt
Thursday,
July 26, 2012: open mic
Thursday,
August 30, 2012: Peter Wells
Thursday,
September 27, 2012: Erin Thomas
Thursday,
October 25, 2012: Will Staple
Thursday,
November 29, 2012: Ricardo Stocker
December (date pending): Pot luck and open mic with Colored Horse
Tea, coffee and desserts available.
Information, Susan Sparrow: 707 275-9010, write@pacific.net
Dan Barth: 707 463-6989, bookem@pacific.net
Theresa Whitehill: 707 462-4557, poetry@coloredhorse.com
This reading series is sponsored by Poets & Writers, through a grant from the James Irvine Foundation; additional support provided by Tenacity Press.
A little history: Writers Read, founded by Susan Sparrow and Hal Zina Bennett of Tenacity Press, has been happening monthly on the last Thursday of the month since 1999 in Ukiah, California, starting at the Emerald Cafe, moving to the Saturday Afternoon Club, then to Colored Horse Studios for five years (2004-2009) and as of 2009, back almost full-circle to Art Center Ukiah's annex, which is next door to the former location of the Emerald Cafe.
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Solstice Open Readings in Ukiah
Colored Horse Studios
Summer Solstice Reading 2012: Saturday, 23 June 2012
6:30 pm: Informal Potluck Appetizers
7:00 pm: Open Reading (poetry, shorter fiction, film, art...)
780 Waugh Lane
Ukiah, CA 95482
DIRECTIONS TO COLORED HORSE STUDIOS (PDF)
(707) 462-4557 or poetry@coloredhorse.com
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Gualala, California
Poetry in the Independent Coast Observer
The Independent Coast Observer, a weekly newspaper from Gualala, California, has a new feature as of April 2008. One poem will be published each week in Poet Tree, a regular column. Submissions are being solicited. Poems can be recent or old, and up to 20 lines long.
Send your poem submissions to Jane Reichhold:
jane@AHApoetry.com or poettree@mendonoma.com
Your submission will be confirmed when it is received.
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Philo, California
Rhythm Running River: Streaming Poetry
For playlists to the following streaming poetry links, visit Dan Robert's Rhythm Running River
Sunday, 4 July 2010: Hour 1 | Hour 2
Sunday, 1 August 2010: Hour 1 | Hour 2
Sunday, 5 September 2010: Hour 1 | Hour 2
Sunday, 3 October 2010: Hour 1
Sunday, 7 November 2010: Hour 1
Sunday, 22 November 2010: Hour 1 | Hour 2
Sunday, 19 December 2010: Hour 1 | Hour 2
Sunday 2 January 2011 Hour 1
Sunday 16 January 2011: Hour 1 | Hour 2
Sunday, 6 February 2011: Hour 1
Sunday, 20 February 2011: Hour 1 | Hour 2
Sunday, 6 March 2011: Hour 1
Sunday, 20 March 2011: Hour 1 | Hour 2
Sunday, 18 April 2011: Hour 1
Sunday, 1 May 2011: Hour 1
Sunday, 15 May 2011: Hour 1 | Hour 2
Sunday, 5 June 2011: Hour 1
Sunday, 3 July 2011: Hour 1
Sunday, 17 July 2011: Hour 1 | Hour 2
Sunday, 7 August 2011: Hour 1
Sunday, 21 August 2011: Hour 1 | Hour 2 [pending]
Sunday, 18 September 2011: Hour 1 | Hour 2
Sunday, 2 October 2011: Hour 1
Sunday, 17 October 2011: Hour 1
Sunday, 6 November 2011: Hour 1
Sunday, 20 November 2011: Hour 1 | Hour 2
Sunday, 4 December 2011: Hour 1
Sunday, 18 December 2011: Hour 1 | Hour 2
Sunday, 1 January 2012: Hour 1 | Hour 2
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CITY OF UKIAH POET LAUREATE
At the April 15, 2009 meeting of the Ukiah City Council,
Theresa Whitehill was confirmed as the City of Ukiah's
Poet Laureate, for a two-year term.
Poets Laureate Emeritus, City of Ukiah
Theresa Whitehill, 2009 - 2011
David Smith-Ferri, 2006 - 2009
Linda Noel, 2004 - 2006
Armand Brint, 2001 - 2004
For information about the Ukiah Poet Laureate program, write to P.O. Box 865, Ukiah, CA 95482; for information on the ukiaHaiku Festival, a production of the Ukiah Poet Laureate Committee, visit ukiaHaiku.org
CITY OF POINT ARENA POET LAUREATE
Fionna Perkins is the Poet Laureate of the city of Point Arena, appointed as a lifetime position by the city council. |
Lake County
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Second Saturday in Cobb
Open Mic
7 to 10 pm (sign-up 6:30)
Second Saturday of the month
Mountain High Coffee and Books
Cobb, CA
Singers, Songwriters, Poetcs; 3 pieces of 15 minutes
No cover charge
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Sundays in Middletown
Elyseum Writers' Wordshop:
A Paradise for Heroes and Writers
6 to 7:30 pm
Sundays
Facilitated by Russell Gonzaga, Poet Laureate of Lake County
Stonefront Building, Harbin Hot Springs, Middletown, CA
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LAKE COUNTY'S POET LAUREATE
Current Lake County Poet Laureate: Russell Reza-Khaliq Gonzaga (term: 2010-2011)
POETS LAUREATE EMERITUS OF LAKE COUNTY
Mary McMillan - 2008-2009
Sandra Wade - 2006-2007
Carolyn Wing-Greenlee - 2004-2005
James BlueWolf - 2000-2002
Jim Lyle - 1998-1999 |
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Regular Open Readings outside of Lake & Mendocino Counties, north of San Francisco
Marin County
Regular poetry readings
Rebound Bookstore
1611 - 4th Street, San Rafael, CA
415 482-0550
Reboundbookstore@aol.com
Poetry Farm
Second Monday of each month
7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (open mic sign-ups start at 6:30 p.m.)
Dr. Insomnia's Coffee & Teas, 800 Grant Avenue, Novato, CA
415 897-9500
Contact: Eric Baxter: ericwbaxter@verizon.net
Marin County Poet Laureate: CB Follett (2010-2012)
Poet Laureate Emeritus: Albert Flynn DeSilver (inaugural, 2009-2010)
Sonoma County
Sonoma County Literary Update (Master Calendar)
Contact: Jo-Anne Rosen, co-editor, sonomacountyliteraryupdate@gmail.com
Petaluma
Santa Rosa
Londonberry Salon East
Conversations and Readings of Poetry
Third Mondays of each month
7 to 9 pm
Rincon Valley Library, Forum Room
6959 Montecito Boulevard
Santa Rosa
Contact: londonberrysaloneast.wordpress.com
Healdsburg
Center Literary Café
Second Tuesday of every month (TAKING A BREAK FOR JANUARY 2012; RETURNING TUESDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 2012 with featured poet Bill Vartnaw, Sonoma County's new Poet Laureate)
(doors open 6:30 pm) 7:00 to 9:00 pm (1st hour, open mic; break, followed by featured reader)
Healdsburg Senior Center
133 Matheson Street (one block east of plaza)
Healdsburg
Light refreshments; donations accepted
Information: Cynthia Helen Beecher, 707 696-1111, or, centerliterarycafe@gmail.com
Healdsburg Literary Guild Poetry Reading
3rd Sunday of the Month
Open mike with featured reader
2:00 - 4:00 pm
City Hall Council Chamber in Healdsburg
401 Grove Street
Healdsburg, CA
707 431-1739, 707 433-9270
As of December, 2009, Healdsburg has announced a new literary laureate:
Stefanie Freele, who will serve for two years (2010-2012)
Boyes Hot Springs
UniverSoul Open Mike
First Saturday of each month
5:30 to 7:00 pm
Barking Dog Roasters
18133 Highway 12
Boyes Hot Springs, CA 95476
707 939-1905
Information: Juanita J. Martin, 707 435-1807
Sonoma County Poet Laureate Designee: Bill Vartnaw (2012-13); Past Poet Laureate: Gwynn O'Gara
Napa County
St. Helena
Poetry Share
Featured Poet, followed a selection of poetry chosen by Michael Waterson, followed by open mic
Occasional Third Wednesdays
7:00 pm
St. Helena Public Library
As of June 2010, Napa County has announced a new poet laureate: Michael Waterson. Poet Laureate Emeritus is Gary Silva
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Arcata/Eureka
Mad River Anthology: Radio Poetry Online
2nd & 4th Sunday of each month
10:05 pm
Hosted by Tim Ayres
KHSU: 90.5 FM Arcata / 91.9 FM Crescent City-Bookings /
89.1 FM Ferndale-Fortuna / 89.7 FM Garberville / 99.7 Willow Creek
and online at www.khsu.org
Recently archived shows can be found at:
www.KHSU.org - Web Audio = Audio Archive (scroll down to Mad River Anthology)
Mad River Anthology Blog: http://madriveranthology.wordpress.com/
Mad River Anthology is now available through iTunes
OTHER ARCATA/EUREKA AREA EVENTS
Jerry Martien, reading from Sailing to Atlantis
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Arcata Playhouse
8 pm
1251 Ninth Street
$10 at the door
Poets on the Plaza Monday
Second Mondays
Signups 7:30 pm; poetry at 8 pm
Plaza Grill, Arcata
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Ongoing Announcements |
Big River Watershed, California
A Solitary Harmony
Letterpress poetry book by Sarah Cain Flowers
Benefitting Big River Watershed
Letterpress printed, hand-bound, signed in a limited edition of 60 available copies, with a suggested donation of $100 to $200 per book.
Books can be purchased at the Mendocino Art Center or the Conservation Fund office in Caspar.
For more information or to purchase a copy, contact Holly Newberger at 707 962-0712 or E-mail hnewberger@conservationfund.org
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1939–2008
Paula Gunn Allen
http://www.paulagunnallen.net/ |
Note to producers of events: if you would like your event listed (or have it taken off the list) on this calendar, please contact us at poetry@coloredhorse.com
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