Readings ArchiveBelow is a list of the events presented by Poetry Santa Cruz since the beginning of 2002. For Poetry Santa Cruz events in 2001 and events from the National Writers Union series going all the way back to 1997, go to our Deep Archive Page.If the date is colored,
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2016 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Lisa Bennett | December 18, 2016 |
Dane Cervine, Robin Estrin, and Bert Glick | December 13, 2016 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Cynthia White | November 20, 2016 |
Joseph Stroud reading in the Seventh Annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading | November 3, 2016 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with All Open Reading | October 16, 2016 |
Maria Garcia Teutsch and Debra Spencer | October 18, 2016 |
Voices of the River with Robert Sward, Alison Luterman, Danusha Laméris, Armando Alcaraz, David Swanger, Farnaz Fatemi, and Stephen Kessler | September 24, 2016 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Emily Bording | September 11, 2016 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with All Open Reading | August 21, 2016 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Shauna Gunderson | July 17, 2016 |
Dana Gioia and Robert Sward | July 12, 2016 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Gabriel Kittle-Cervine | June 19, 2016 |
Kim Dower and William Minor | June 14, 2016 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Lady Michal Lauren | May 22, 2016 |
23rd Annual Santa Cruz County High School Poetry Competition Reading and Awards Celebration | Reading and Awards Celebration May 18, 2016 and Call for Submissions | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Keith Emmons | April 17, 2016 |
Anne-Marie Fyfe and C. L. Dallat | April 12, 2016 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Eike Waltz | March 20, 2016 |
Steve Kowit Memorial Reading | March 8, 2016 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Don Lind | February 21, 2016 |
Kita Shantiris and Doren Robbins | February 9, 2016 |
Heather Altfeld and Lisa Allen Ortiz | January 12, 2016 |
2015 | |
Kevin Devaney, Farnaz Fatemi and James Maughn | December 8, 2015 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Wendy Wilkins | November 12, 2015 |
Al Young reading in the Sixth Annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading | November 12, 2015 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Mary Lou Taylor | October 18, 2015 |
Rebecca Foust and Danusha Laméris reading in the Seventh Annual Maude Meehan Memorial Poetry Reading | October 13, 2015 |
Voices of the River with Ellen Bass, Natalie Diaz, Paul Hoover, Danusha Laméris, Armando Alcaraz, David Swanger, and Jasmine Schlafke | September 20, 2015 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Kate Aver Avraham | September 13, 2015 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Nancy Hofmann | August 16, 2015 |
Troy Jollimore and Maggie Paul | August 11, 2015 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Geneffa Popatia Jonker | July 19, 2015 |
Alison Luterman and J.P. Dancing Bear | July 14, 2015 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with All Open Reading | June 21, 2015 |
Shirley Ancheta, Nils Michals, and Erica Goss | June 9, 2015 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with All Open Reading | May 24, 2015 |
22nd Annual Santa Cruz County High School Poetry Competition Reading and Awards Celebration | Reading and Awards Celebration May 21, 2015 and Call for Submissions |
Sholeh Wolpe and Adela Najarro | May 12, 2015 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Dion OReilly | April 19, 2015 |
Marjorie Simon and Curt Anderson | April 14, 2015 |
4th Annual Flor y Canto with poetry and music with Special Guest Alex Espinoza and featuring Shirley Ancheta, Elvira Cuevas, Carolina Evans Roman, Rebecca Garcia, Francisco Iñiguez, Geneffa Jonker, Sandra Macias, Adela Najarro, Joe Navarro, Ekua Omosupe, Maggie Paul, Lisa Simon, and David Sullivan. Five open mic spots are available for members of the community on a first-come, first-served basis for poetry or song. | March 20, 2015 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Manfred Luege | March 15, 2015 |
Jericho Brown and Ellen Bass | March 10, 2015 |
33nd Annual In Celebration of the Muse, featuring 17 local women authors: Danusha Laméris, Tilly Washburn Shaw, Adela Najarro, Ellen Treen, Kate Hitt, Kim Scheiblauer, Farnaz Fatemi, Laurel Tanza, Robin Somers, Lisa Simon, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Patricia Zylius, Carolyn Brigit Flynn, Clifford Henderson, Shirley Ancheta, Patti Sirens, and Lisa Allen Ortiz. | March 7, 2015 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured poems by Virgil Banks | February 15, 2015 |
Ellery Akers and Bert Glick | February 10, 2015 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Martina Nicholson | January 18, 2015 |
Charles Atkinson, Alta Ifland, Lisa Allen Ortiz, and Ken Weisner | January 13, 2015 |
2014 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Ron Lampi | December 21, 2014 |
Willis Barnstone and Tony Barnstone | December 9, 2014 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Darrell Darling | November 16, 2014 |
Peter Everwine and C.J. Hanzlicek reading in the Fifth Annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading | November 13, 2014 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Alyssa Young | October 19, 2014 |
Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs and Patrice Vecchione reading in the Sixth Annual Maude Meehan Memorial Poetry Reading | October 14, 2014 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Magdalena Montagne | September 19, 2014 |
99 Poems for the 99 Percent: a Reading from the Anthology with Readers: Dean Rader, Dennis Richardson, Sally Ashton, Joan Gelfand, J. P. Dancing Bear, and C. J. Sage | September 9, 2014 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Bert Glick | August 17, 2014 |
Favorite Poem Project Reading | August 12, 2014 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Dan Phillips | July 20, 2014 |
Tess Taylor and Debra Spencer | July 8, 2014 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Rudy Calderón | June 15, 2014 |
Rodger Kamenetz and Stephen Kessler | June 10, 2014 |
Rodger Kamenetz gives Two Poetry Workshops: Dreams and Poetry | June 7 and 8, 2014 |
21st Annual Santa Cruz County High School Poetry Competition Reading and Awards Celebration | Reading and Awards Celebration |
Martín Espada and Adela Najarro | May 20, 2014 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Kyle Shanebeck | May 18, 2014 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Jim Russo | April 20, 2014 |
3rd Annual Flor y Canto with poetry and music with Special Guest California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and featuring Lalo Alvarez, Mavel Armijo, Aquiles Borges, Herminia Borge, Dina El Dessouky, Rebecca Garcia, Julie Guerrero, Helene Simkin Jara, Geneffa Popatia Jonker, Joanna Martin, Joe Navarro, Maggie Paul, Lisa Simon, and Ruby Vasquez. Four open mic spots are available for members of the community on a first-come, first-served basis for poetry or song. | April 19, 2014 |
George Bilgere and Diana Hartog | April 1, 2014 |
Poetry and Book Arts Extravaganza III at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, a collaboration of the Museum of Art and History, Poetry Santa Cruz, and Book Arts Santa Cruz | March 21, 2014 | Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Susan Allison | March 16, 2014 |
Ellen Bass and Danusha Laméris | March 11, 2014 |
31st Annual In Celebration of the Muse, featuring 21 local women authors: Debra Spencer, Joan Zimmerman, Laura Davis, Liz Rapis Picco, Robin Lysne, Jo-Ann Birch, Becky Hall, Sarah Rabkin, Helene Simkin Jara, Wilma Marcus Chandler, Rosie King, Ellen Treen, Kate Aver Avraham, Joanie Maro, Patricia Zylius, Adela Najarro, Dina El Dessouky, Barbara Bloom, Magdalena Montagne, Neli Moody, and Clifford Henderson. | March 8, 2014 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured readers Roxan McDonald and Nancy Miller Gomez | February 16, 2014 |
Michael Hannon and Gary Young | February 11, 2014 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Joyce Keller | January 19, 2014 |
Kate Aver Avraham, Joanie Maro, Joanna Martin, and Michael Wolfe | January 14, 2014 |
2013 | |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Leah Lubin | December 15, 2013 |
David Swanger, Tilly Washburn Shaw and Douglas McClellan | December 10, 2013 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Lisa Simon | November 17, 2013 |
Naomi Shihab Nye in the 4th annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading | November 14, 2013 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Stanley Skipper Winder | October 20, 2013 |
Claire Braz-Valentine and Barbara Bloom in the 5th annual Maude Meehan Memorial Poetry Reading | October 8, 2013 |
Poets Respond to Violence | September 22, 2013 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Nora Grant | September 15, 2013 |
Martina Evans Poetry Workshop: Where Film Meets Poetry | September 14, 2013 |
Martina Evans and Patrice Vecchione | September 10, 2013 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Mary Addems Carr | August 18, 2013 |
Favorite Poem Reading Pop-Up Museum | August 13, 2013 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Kevin Devaney | July 21, 2013 |
Susan Cohen and David Allen Sullivan | July 9, 2013 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Anna Citrino | June 16, 2013 |
James Arthur, Pamela OShaughnessy, and Tomas Q. Morín | June 11, 2013 |
20th Annual Santa Cruz County High School Poetry Competition Reading and Awards Celebration | May 20, 2013 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Teetle Clawson | May 19, 2013 |
Steve Kowit and Frances Hatfield | May 14, 2013 |
2nd Annual Flor y Canto with poetry and music featuring Shirley Ancheta, John Olivares Espinoza, Carolina Evans Roman, Rebecca Garcia, Francisco Iñiguez, Helene Simkin Jara, Sandra Macias, Geneffa Jonker, Danusha Laméris, Sandra Macís, Fanya Montalvo, Magdalena Montagne, Adela Najarro, Joe Navarro, Ekua Omosupe, Stan Rushworth, and Philip Wagner; musician Armando Alcaraz; dancer Lalo Alvarez. and three open mic readers. | April 26, 2013 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Jake Young | April 21, 2013 |
Dane Cervine, Helene Simkin Jara, James Maughn, and Patricia Zylius | April 9, 2013 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Wilfredo Castaño | March 17, 2013 |
Christopher Buckley and Neli Moody | March 12, 2013 |
30th Annual In Celebration of the Muse, featuring 20 local women authors: Danusha Laméris, Frances Hatfield, Ellen Treen, Teetle Clawson, Marilyn Robertson, Geneffa Popatia Jonker, Helene Simkin Jara, Joanna Martin, Patricia Zylius, Patti Jazanoski, Chieun Gloria Kim, Kim Scheiblauer, Alta Ifland, Kate Evans, Clifford Henderson, Jonell Jel'enedra, Ellen Bass, and Patti Sirens. | March 2, 2013 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Suzanne Morrow | February 14, 2013 |
Charles Bernstein and C.J. Sage | February 12, 2013 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Robin Lysne | January 20, 2013 |
Poetry and Book Arts Extravaganza at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, a collaboration of the Museum of Art and History, Poetry Santa Cruz, and Book Arts Santa Cruz | January 18, 2013 |
Alta Ifland, Charles Atkinson, and Tsering Wangmo Dhompa | January 8, 2013 |
2012 | |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Erich McIntosh | December 16, 2012 |
Alice Jones and Brad Crenshaw | December 2, 2012 |
Adrienne Rich Memorial Reading | December 2, 2012 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Dick Green | November 18, 2012 |
Arthur Sze in the 3rd annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading | November 10, 2012 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader George Burns | October 21, 2012 |
D. Nurkse and Gary Young | October 9, 2012 |
Chase Twichell in the 4th annual Maude Meehan Memorial Poetry Reading | October 6, 2012 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Dane Cervine | September 16, 2012 |
Eva Salzman, Brenda Hillman, and Siobhán Campbell | September 11, 2012 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Joyce Keller | August 19, 2012 |
Catherine Barnett and Erica Goss | August 14, 2012 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Bert Glick | July 15, 2012 |
Dana Gioia | July 10, 2012 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Buzz Anderson | June 17, 2012 |
Favorite Poem Project Reading | June 12, 2012 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured readers Joan Zimmerman, Beverly Momoi, Patricia Machmiller, and Carol Steele of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society | May 20, 2012 |
19th Annual Santa Cruz County High School Poetry Competition Reading and Awards Celebration | May 17, 2012 |
T.C. Marshall, Maggie Paul, Debra Spencer and Robert Sward | May 8, 2012 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Andy Couturier | April 15, 2012 |
2nd Annual Flor y Canto with poetry and music featuring Elvira Cuevas, John Olivares Espinoza, Francisco Iñiguez, Helene Simkin Jara, Danusha Laméris, Sandra Macias, Fanya Montalvo, Adela Najarro, Joe Navarro, Maggie Paul, Carolina Evans Roman, Lisa Simon, David Sullivan, Ruby Vasquez, and Jose Javier Zamora; musicians Armando Alcaraz and Lisa Simon; dancer Lalo Alvarez. and three open mic readers. | April 14, 2012 |
Troy Jolllimore and Len Anderson | April 10, 2012 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Darryl Darling | March 20, 2012 |
Travis Mossotti and Ingrid Browning Moody | March 13, 2012 |
30th Annual In Celebration of the Muse, featuring 20 local women authors: Ellen Treen, Barbara Bloom, Adela Najarro, Lisa Simon, Julie Hannah Brower, Laura Young, Tilly Washburn Shaw, Elizabeth McKenzie, Dee Roe, Patricia Zylius, Alta Ifland, Clifford Henderson, Lisa Allen Ortiz, Farnaz Fatemi, Susan Freeman, Suki Wessling, Jo-Ann Birch, Rosie King, Ellen Bass, Danusha Laméris. Ellen Treen received the In Celebration of the Muse Chapbook Award 2012. | March 10, 2012 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Catherine O'Kelly | February 19, 2012 |
Toi Derricotte and Ellen Bass | February 7, 2012 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Patricia Grube | January 15, 2012 |
Angie Boissevain, Kevin Opstedal, and Pamela OShaughnessy | January 10, 2012 |
2011 | |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Joe Navarro | December 18, 2011 |
Lola Haskins and David Thorn | December 13, 2011 |
Poetry Workshop with Lola Haskins | December 11, 2011 |
Kay Ryan in the 2nd annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading | November 20, 2011 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Jennifer Lagier | November 6, 2011 |
Jane Hirshfield in the 3rd annual Maude Meehan Memorial Poetry Reading | October 29, 2011 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Ted Gehrke | October 16, 2011 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Nick Herbert | September 18, 2011 |
Jessie Lendennie and Kevin Simmonds | September 13, 2011 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Frances Harfield | August 21, 2011 |
Dian Duchin Reed, Tilly Washburn Shaw, T. Mike Walker and Ken Weisner | August 9, 2011 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Magdalena Montagne | July 17, 2011 |
Favorite Poem Project Reading | July 12, 2011 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Casey FitzSymons | June 19, 2011 |
Melissa Stein and Lisa Allen Ortiz | June 14, 2011 |
18th Annual Santa Cruz County High School Poetry Competition Reading and Awards Celebration | May 17, 2011 |
Pascale Petit and Rebecca Foust | May 10, 2011 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Jim Russo | May 8, 2011 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Jessica Woods | April 17, 2011 |
First Annual Flor y Canto with poetry and music featuring Adela Najarro, Helene Jara, Ekua Omosupe, Armando Alcaraz (songs), Francisco Iñiguez, Shirley Ancheta, Rebeca Villafaña (songs), Jeff Tagami, Sandra Macías, David Sullivan, Ruby Vasquez, Danusha Laméris, Lalo Alvarez (dance), Joe Navarro and three open mic readers. | April 16, 2011 |
Richard Tillinghast and Doren Robbins | April 12, 2011 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Jean Walton Wolff | March 20, 2011 |
Kim Addonizio and Susan Browne | March 15, 2011 |
In Celebration of the Muse, featuring 20 local women authors: Kate Aver Avraham, Terri Drake, Marilyn Robertson, Ellen Treen, Ziggy Rendler-Bregman, Peggy Heinrich, Julie Hannah Brower, Beth Benjamin, April Reed, Jessica Woods, Patricia Zylius, Kim Scheiblauer, Ellen Bass, Wilma Marcus Chandler, Angie Boissevain, Susan Freeman, Jo-Ann Birch, Maggie Paul, Lisa Allen Ortiz, Danusha Laméris. Kate Aver Avraham received the In Celebration of the Muse Chapbook Award 2011. | March 5, 2011 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Tamara Lynn Scott | February 20, 2011 |
Dean Rader and Dion Farquhar [books] | February 8, 2011 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Dan Guerra | January 16, 2011 |
John Olivares Espinoza and Kirsten Hemmy | January 11, 2011 |
Flor y Canto / Flower and Song: Open Reading with featured readers Carolina Evans-Roman | January 6, 2011 |
2010 | |
Nils Peterson and Sally Ashton | December 14, 2010 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Daniel Yaryan | November 21, 2010 |
Robert Hass in the 1st annual Morton Marcus Memorial Reading, with Gary Young, Stephen Kessler and Joseph Stroud | November 6, 2010 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Fred Pohlmann | October 17, 2010 |
Josephine Dickinson [books] and Douglas McClellan | October 12, 2010 |
Flor y Canto / Flower and Song: Open Reading with featured readers Carmen H. Nuzum | October 7, 2010 |
Carol Muske-Dukes [books] in the 2nd annual Maude Meehan Memorial Reading | October 2, 2010 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Eleanor Carolan | September 19, 2010 |
Keith Ekiss [books] and J. P. Dancing Bear [books] | September 14, 2010 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Nicola Amadora | September 19, 2010 |
Tim Fitzmaurice, Bert Glick [books], Joanna Martin [books] and Marilyn Robertson | August 10, 2010 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Jo-Ann Birch | July 18, 2010 |
Favorite Poem Project Reading in Scotts Valley | July 13, 2010 |
Flor y Canto / Flower and Song: Open Reading with featured readers Elvira Cuevas and Sandra Macias | July 1, 2010 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with all open reading | June 20, 2010 |
Gwyneth Lewis [books], Catie Rosemurgy [books] and James Maughn [books] | June 8, 2010 |
17th Annual Santa Cruz County High School Poetry Competition Reading and Awards Celebration | May 18, 2010 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Manfred Luedge | May 16, 2010 |
Taije Silverman [books] and Maria Teutsch [books] | May 11, 2010 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Farnaz Fatemi | April 18, 2010 |
Atsuro Riley [books] and Stephen Kessler [books] | April 13, 2010 |
Flor y Canto / Flower and Song: Open Reading with featured reader Lisa Simon | April 1, 2010 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Lisa Allen Ortiz | March 21, 2010 |
Cecilia Woloch [books] and Jeff Tagami [books] | March 9, 2010 |
In Celebration of the Muse, featuring 20 local women authors: Angie Boissevain, Joan Zimmerman, Lisa Allen Ortiz, Rosie King, Jo-Ann Birch, Farnaz Fatemi, Maggie Paul, Hermie Medleys poems read by Gail Brenner, Julie Murphy, Adela Najarro, Ellen Treen, Ellen Bass, Danusha Laméris, Kate Aver Avraham, Alta Ifland, Killarney Clary, Susan Freeman, Micah Perks, Barbara Bloom, and Julia Alter-Canvin. Angie Boissevain received the In Celebration of the Muse Chapbook Award 2010. | March 6, 2010 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Joan McMillan | February 21, 2010 |
Jack Marshall [books] and Cheryl Dumesnil [books] | February 9, 2010 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Janet Trenchard | January 17, 2010 |
James Scully [books] and Adrienne Rich [books] | January 12, 2010 |
Flor y Canto / Flower and Song: Open Reading with featured reader David Allen Sullivan [books] | January 7, 2010 |
2009 | |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with no featured reader | December 27, 2009 |
Robin Ekiss [books] and George Lober [books] | December 8, 2009 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Robin Somers | November 15, 2009 |
Rebecca Foust [books] and Danusha Laméris | November 10, 2009 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Adela Najarro | October 25, 2009 |
Lucille Cifton [books] | October 21, 2009 |
Jane Mead [books] and Brian Teare [books] | October 13, 2009 |
Flor y Canto / Flower and Song: Open Reading with featured reader Joe Navarro | October 1, 2009 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Devin Murphy | September 27, 2009 |
Laurel Blossom [books] and Gary Young [books] | September 8, 2009 |
Morton Marcus [books] | September 1, 2009 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Jay Salter | August 23, 2009 |
Poetry Workshop with Eva Salzman | August 15, 2009 |
Eva Salzman [books] and Patti Sirens [books] | >August 11, 2009 |
Flor y Canto / Flower and Song: Open Reading with featured reader Helene Simkin Jara | August 6, 2009 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader John Laue | July 28, 2009 |
Francisco X. Alarcón [books] and Lorna Dee Cervantes [books] | July 14, 2009 |
Poetry Workshop with Lorna Dee Cervantes | July 12, 2009 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Monica Woelfel | June 28, 2009 |
Kate Aver Avraham, Shimmy Boyle, Wilma Marcus Chandler and Ken Weisner [books] | June 9, 2009 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Gail Brenner | May 24, 2009 |
16th Annual Santa Cruz County High School Poetry Competition Reading and Awards Celebration | May 19, 2009 |
Bill Siverly [books], Lisa Starr [books] and Coleman Barks [books] | May 12, 2009 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Nancy Hofmann | April 26, 2009 |
August Kleinzahler [books] and Morton Marcus [books] | April 14, 2009 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Sharman Murphy | March 22, 2009 |
Dobby Gibson [books] and Matt Hart [books] | >March 10, 2009 |
In Celebration of the Muse, featuring 20 local women authors: Bernice Rendrick, Jenny D¹Angelo, Kim Scheiblauer, Nancy Gauquier, Sarah Rabkin, Karen Tei Yamashita, Ingrid Moody, Kate Aver Avraham, Terri Drake, Ellen Treen, Patti Sirens, Hermie Medley, Debra Spencer, Neli Moody, Susan Heinlein, Robin Somers, Shirley Ancheta, Carolyn Brigit Flynn, Angie Boissevain, Ellen Bass. Bernice Rendrick received the In Celebration of the Muse Chapbook Award 2009. | >March 7, 2009 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Melinda Rice | February 22, 2009 |
D. Nurkse [books] and Stephen Kessler [books] | February 10, 2009 |
Poetry Workshop with D. Nurkse [books] | February 7, 2009 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Ziggy Rendler Bregman | January 25, 2009 |
Roz Spafford [books] and William Minor [books] | January 13, 2009 |
2008 | |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Mary A. Carr | December 14, 2008 |
Joseph Stroud [books] and Susan Freeman | December 9, 2008 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader David Sahner | November 9, 2008 |
April Ossmann [books] and Ed Pavlic [books] | October 14, 2008 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Janet M. McEwan | October 12, 2008 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Elowyn Corby | September 14, 2008 |
Brian Turner [books] and Maggie Paul [books] | September 9, 2008 |
The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry, with Adela Najarro, David Dominguez, John Olivares Espinoza and Scott Inguito | August 12, 2008 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Martina Nicholson, M.D. | August 10, 2008 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Rudolph Tenenbaum | July 13, 2008 |
Len Anderson [books], Kathleen Flowers [books], Bernice Rendrick and David Allen Sullivan [books] | July 8, 2008 |
Kirk Glaser, Rosie King [books], C. J. Sage [books]and Jean Vengua [books] | June 10, 2008 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Peggy Heinrich | June 8, 2008 |
15th Annual High School Poetry Competition Reading | May 20, 2008 |
Bear Flag Republic: Prose Poems and Poetics from California with Christopher Buckley [books], Gary Young [books], Morton Marcus [books], Robert Sward [books], Stephen Kessler [books], Alta Ifland [books], Doren Robbins [books], Diane Franks, Ana Delgadillo and Eliot Schain | >May 13, 2008 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Nancy Gauquier | May 11, 2008 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Maria Garcia Teutsch | April 13, 2008 |
Nickole Brown [books] and Dan Gerber [books] | April 8, 2008 |
Nin Andrews [books] and Charles Atkinson [books] | March 18, 2008 |
In Celebration of the Muse, featuring local women authors Kathleen Flowers, Bernice Rendrick, Patricia Zylius, Karen Ackland, Barbara Leon, Susan Freeman, Kathryn Petruccelli, Lisa Simon, Maria Garcia Teusch, Barbara Bloom, Hermie Medley, Ellen Bass, Patti Jazanoski, Monica Woelfel, Gail Brenner, Danusha Lameris, Ellen Treen, Eugenia Hepworth Petty, Alta Ifland, and Patti Sirens. Kathleen Flowers received the In Celebration of the Muse Chapbook Award. | March 9, 2008 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Kate Aver Avraham | March 9, 2008 |
John Balaban [books] and Amber Coverdale Sumrall [books] | February 12, 2008 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Lesley-Anne Taylor | February 10, 2008 |
Robert Bly [books] with Jay Leeming, Marcus Wise and Bruce Hamm | January 13, 2008 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Olivia Murphy | January 13, 2008 |
John Menaghan [books] and Dane Cervine [books] | January 8, 2008 |
2007 | |
Favorite Poem Project Reading | >December 11, 2007 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Alanna Alter | December 9, 2007 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with no featured reader, all open reading | November 25, 2007 |
Celebrating Santa Cruz Poetry Diva Maude Meehan: An Afternoon of Poems and Stories presented by Patrice Vecchione and Amber Coverdale Sumrall. With Dena Taylor, Lillian Heritage, Morton Marcus, Gail Meehan, Charlie Meehan, Claudia Sternbach, Tilly Shaw, Ken Weisner, Gael Roziere, Stephen Kessler, Gary Young, Julie Edwards, Ellen Treen reading for Diane di Prima, and Rebecca Meehan. | November 18, 2007 |
Ralph Angel [books] and Alta Ifland [books] | November 13, 2007 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Joyce Keller | October 14, 2007 |
Michael Hannon [books] and Patrice Vecchione [books] | October 9, 2007 |
The Emerald Street Poets reading from their anthology Harvest from the Emerald Orchard, Poems by Julia Alter-Canvin, Len Anderson, Virgil Banks, Dane Cervine, Jenny D¹Angelo, Guarionex Delgado, Kathleen Flowers, Robin Lysne, Joanna Martin, Phyllis Mayfield, Maggie Paul, Stuart Presley, Carol Rodriguez, Joan Safajek, Lisa Simon, Robin Straub and Philip Wagner. | September 25, 2007 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Pablo Teasdale | September 16, 2007 |
Dorianne Laux [books], Joseph Millar [books] and Ellen Bass [books] | September 11, 2007 |
Poetry Workshop with Lola Haskins [books] | September 2, 2007 |
J.P. Dancing Bear [books], Dion Farquhar [books], Debra Spencer [books] and Philip Wagner | August 14, 2007 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader T. Mike Walker | August 12, 2007 |
James Hoch [books] and Barbara Bloom [books] | July 10, 2007 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Wilma Marcus Chandler | July 8, 2007 |
Ellen Bass [books] and Phyllis Koestenbaum [books] | June 12, 2007 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Eleanor van Houten | June 10, 2007 |
14th Annual High School Poetry Competition Reading | May 22, 2007 |
Troy Jollimore [books] and Kate Gale [books] | May 15, 2007 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Winifred Baer | May 13, 2007 |
Jim Moore [books] and David Swanger [books] | April 10, 2007 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Virgil Banks | April 8, 2007 |
Celebration of the 125th Birthday of James Joyce | March 22, 2007 |
Robert Priest [books] and Jeffrey Harrison [books] | March 13, 2007 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Megan Lee | March 11, 2007 |
Susan Rich [books] and Diana Hartog [books] | >February 13, 2007 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Eugenia Hepworth Petty | February 11, 2007 |
Robert Bly [books] with accompaniment by Marcus Wise and Bruce Hamm | February 4, 2007 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Bert Glick | January 14, 2007 |
Kathleen Lynch [books] and Dorren Robbins [books] | January 9, 2007 |
2006 | |
Favorite Poem Project Reading | December 12, 2006 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Sylvia Bortin Patience | December 10, 2006 |
Ten Emerging College Poets | November 28, 2006 |
David Barber [books] and Matthew Zapruder [books] | November 14, 2006 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Pam O'Shaughnessy | November 12, 2006 |
2006 Poetry Bus Tour Readings and Workshops | October 21, 2006 |
Matthea Harvey [books] and Neli Moody [books] | October 10, 2006 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured reader Patricia Grube | October 8, 2006 |
August Kleinzahler [books] and Rebecca Black [books] | September 19, 2006 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with all open reading | September 10, 2006 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured Reader Luke Warm Water | August 13, 2006 |
Kevin Prufer [books] and Gary Young [books] | August 8, 2006 |
Kevin Boyle [books] and Hermie Medley | July 11, 2006 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured Reader Patricia Zylius | July 9, 2006 |
Kathleen Flowers, Doug McClellan, Kathryn Petruccelli and Patti Sirens [books] | June 13, 2006 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured Reader Helene Simkin Jara | June 11, 2006 |
13th Annual High School Poetry Competition Reading | May 23, 2006 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured Reader Lauren Crux | May 14, 2006 |
Malena Mörling [books] and Joel Brouwer [books] | May 9, 2006 |
Willis Barnstone [books] and Tony Barnstone [books] | April 25, 2006 |
Vern Rutsala, [books] Lewis Turco [books] and Morton Marcus [books] | April 11, 2006 |
Poetry Workshop with Vern Rutsala and Lewis Turco | April 9, 2006 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured Reader Rufus Daigle | April 9, 2006 |
Matthew Rohrer [books] and Joshua Beckman [books] | March 14, 2006 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured Readers Brian Morrisey and Samuel Salerno | March 12, 2006 |
Jane Hirshfield [books] | March 7, 2006 |
Sarah Arvio [books] and Tilly Washburn Shaw [books] | February 28, 2006 |
Robert Bly [books] | February 16, 2006 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured Reader Tish Eastman | February 12, 2006 |
Vijay Seshadri [books] and Nika Cruz | January 10, 2006 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured Readers Maria Davico and Bob Stamp | January 8, 2006 |
2005 | |
Gary Gach [books] and Dane Cervine [books] | December 13, 2005 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured Readers Susan Drake and Ian Livingston | December 11, 2005 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured Readers Jenny DAngelo and Kim Scheiblauer | November 13, 2005 |
Pascale Petit [books] and Robert Minhinnick [books] | November 8, 2005 |
Gabrielle Calvocoressi [books] and Peter Campion [books] | October 25, 2005 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with featured Readers Ellen Hart and Bernice Rendrick | October 9, 2005 |
Al Young [website] [books] | October 2, 2005 |
Victoria Chang [website] [books] and Charles Atkinson [books] | September 27, 2005 |
Alicia Ostriker [website] [books] and Patrice Vecchione [website] [books] | September 13, 2005 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with all open reading | September 11, 2005 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Julia Alter [books] and Dian Duchin Reed featured | August 14, 2005 |
Mary Szybist [books] and Jerry Harp [books] | >August 9, 2005 |
B.H. Fairchild [books] and Nils Peterson [books] | July 12, 2005 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Carolyn Dille and Carolyn Davis Rudolph featured | July 10, 2005 |
Martha Rhodes [books] Daniel Tobin [books] and Robert Thomas [website] [books] | June 14, 2005 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Angie Boissevain and Dan Phillips [books] featured | June 12, 2005 |
D. Nurkse [books] and David Swanger [books] | May 24, 2005 |
12th Annual High School Poetry Competition Reading and Awards Celebration | May 17, 2005 |
Brian Teare [books] and T.C. Marshall | May 10, 2005 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Beth Pittenger and Barbara Bloom featured | May 8, 2005 |
Favorite Poem Project Reading | April 26, 2005 |
C. Dale Young [books]and Geri Doran [books] | April 12, 2005 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with J. W. James [books] and Kristi Vanderhoof featured | April 10, 2005 |
Christopher Buckley [books] and Gary Young [books] | March 22, 2005 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Don Lind and Margarite Tuchardt featured | March 13, 2005 |
Lola Haskins [books] and Frank X. Gaspar [books] | March 8, 2005 |
Poetry Workshop with Lola Haskins [books] | March 6, 2005 |
The Hummingbird Press Poets: Julia Alter, Len Anderson, Jonell Esme Jel'enedra, George Lober, Joanna Martin, Joseph Keller McNeilly, Tilly Washburn Shaw, Debra Spencer and Ken Weisner. | February 15, 2005 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with The Poet J.C. and Don Lobner featured | February 13, 2005 |
Dee Roe, Nika Cruz and Danusha Lameris de Garza | February 8, 2005 |
Cecilia Woloch [books] and Ilya Kaminsky [books] | January 11, 2005 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Neli Moody and Dan Linehan [books] featured | January 9, 2005 |
Release Party for The Anthology of Monterey Bay Poets 2004 | January 8, 2005 |
2004 | |
Favorite Poem Project Reading | December 14, 2004 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Kate Hitt and Dennis Holt featured | December 12, 2004 |
Gail Wronsky [books] and Debra Spencer [books] | November 23, 2004 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Rosie King featured | November 14, 2004 |
Meg Schoerke [books] and J.P. Dancing Bear [website] [books] | November 9, 2004 |
Robert Sward [website] [books] | October 26, 2004 |
Claudia Keelan [books] | October 12, 2004 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Barbara Leon and George Lober featured | October 10, 2004 |
Eva Salzman [website] [books] and Jonell Esmé Jelenedra [books] | September 14, 2004 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Patrice Vecchione [website] [books] featured. | September 12, 2004 |
Poets Against the War | September 11, 2004 |
Thomas Cleary, Bannie Chow [books] and Stephen Kessler [books] | August 10, 2004 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with no featured readers, All Open Reading. | August 8, 2004 |
Catherine Barnett [books] and Ryan Masters [books] | July 27, 2004 |
Kim Addonizio [website] [books] and Susan Browne [books] | July 13, 2004 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Terri Drake and Paul Berner featured | July 11, 2004 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Marty Campbell and Marilyn Robertson featured | June 13, 2004 |
Steve Kowit [books] and Alice Jones [books] | June 8, 2004 |
11th Annual High School Poetry Competition Reading | May 18, 2004 |
Amaud Jamaul Johnson and Kat Meads [books] | May 11, 2004 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Charles Schubert and Pete Shanks featured | May 8, 2004 |
Favorite Poem Project Reading | April 27, 2004 |
klipschutz [books] and Jean Véngua Gier | April 20, 2004 |
Natasha Sajé [books] and Frances Payne Adler [books] | April 13, 2004 |
John Balaban [website] [books] and Matthew Zapruder [books] | April 6, 2004 |
Jack Litewka and Jeff Tagami [books] | March 23, 2004 |
Poet/Speak: third Birthday Celebration Open Reading with Joyce Keller and Eric Holden featured | March 14, 2004 |
Peter Pereira [books] and Joanna Martin [books] | March 9, 2004 |
Clemens Starck [books] and Morton Marcus [website] [books] | February 24, 2004 |
Julia Alter [books] | February 10, 2004 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Susan Freeman and George Burns featured | February 8, 2004 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Anita Lechuga featured | January 11, 2004 |
2003 | |
Joseph Millar [books] and Dorianne Laux [books] | December 16, 2003 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Marcia Adams featured | December 14, 2003 |
Favorite Poem Project Reading in the Davenport Cash Store | December 9, 2003 |
Mark Turpin [books] and Philip Wagner | November 25, 2003 |
Virginia Chase Sutton [books] and Len Anderson [books] | November 12, 2003 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Maggie Paul and Philip Wagner featured | November 9, 2003 |
Melody Lacina [books] and Erika Meitner [books] | October 28, 2003 |
Jenny Factor [books] and Lana Porcello | October 14, 2003 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with the Monterey Slam Team featured | October 12, 2003 |
Toi Derricotte [books] and Ellen Bass [website] [books] | September 23, 2003 |
Diane di Prima [books] and Maria Mazziotti Gillan [books] | September 17, 2003 |
Poet/Speak: Open Reading with Ken Weisner [books] featured | September 14, 2003 |
Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs [books] and Patrice Vecchione [books] | September 9, 2003 |
The Daughters of Yam: devorah major [books] and Opal Palmer Adisa [books] accompanied by musician Kash Killion | August 12, 2003 |
Poet/Speak: All Open Reading | August 10, 2003 |
Poet/Speak: Joseph McNeilly and Robin Lopez Lysne with Open Reading | July 13, 2003 |
Greg Hewett [books] and Joanna Martin [books] | July 8, 2003 |
Sesshu Foster [books] and Dion Farquhar | June 10, 2003 |
Poet/Speak: Patricia Grube and Renata Kynast with Open Reading | June 8, 2003 |
10th Annual Countywide High School Poetry Competition | May 22, 2003 |
Favorite Poem Project Reading in Capitola Book Cafe | May 20, 2003 |
C. G. Hanzlicek [books] and William O'Daly [books] | May 13, 2003 |
Poet/Speak: Debra Spencer and Dee Roe with Open Reading | May 11, 2003 |
Contemporary Mexican Poetry, Two New Anthologies: A Reading [books] | May 6, 2003, 7:30 pm |
Contemporary Mexican Poetry, Two New Anthologies: A Colloquium [books] | May 6, 2003, 3:30 pm |
Jane Mead [books] and John Brehm | April 22, 2003 |
Barbara Ras [books] and Joseph McNeilly [books] | April 15, 2003 |
Poet/Speak: Amber Coverdale Sumrall and Jude Balthis with Open Reading | April 13, 2003 |
Geoff Brock and Rob Wilson [books] | April 8, 2003 |
Poets of the Non-Existent City: Los Angeles in the McCarthy Era [books] | April 1, 2003 |
Anita Barrows [books] and Ted Kagy | March 25, 2003 |
Rick Barot [books] and Julia Alter | March 11, 2003 |
Poet/Speak: Joanna Martin and Len Anderson with Open Reading | March 9, 2003 |
Monterey Bay Poets Against the War | March 4, 2003 |
Sarah Arvio [books] and Patti Sirens [books] | February 11, 2003 |
Sam Hamill [books] and Joseph Stroud [books] | February 10, 2003 |
Poet/Speak: Kate Evans and Elaine Schwartz with Open Reading | February 9, 2003 |
All Poets' Day Celebration | January 24, 2003 |
Poet/Speak: Kathryn Petruccelli and Kate Noakes with Open Reading | January 19, 2003 |
Favorite Poem Project Reading in Boo0kshop Santa Cruz | January 14, 2003 |
2002 | |
Robert Sward
[books]
[website]
and Tilly Shaw [books] |
December 10, 2002 |
Poet/Speak: Julia Alter and Dane Cervine with Open Reading | December 8, 2002 |
Lola Haskins
[books]
[website]
[poem]
[poem]
and Mary Lou Taylor [books] |
November 26, 2002 |
Aliki Barnstone
[books]
[website]
[poem]
[poem]
and Jennifer Michael Hecht [books] [website] |
November 12, 2002 |
Poet/Speak: Kim Nelson with Open Reading | November 10, 2002 |
Martha Rhodes
[books]
[poem]
[poem]
[poem]
and Ellen Dudley [books] [website] |
October 22, 2002 |
Poet/Speak: Kathleen Flowers and Carol Housner with Open Reading | October 13, 2002 |
Ralph Angel
[books]
and Tony Barnstone [books] [website] [poem] |
October 8, 2002 |
Morton Marcus [books] | October 7, 2002 |
Cornelius Eady
[books]
and Meg Kearney [books] [website] [poem] [poem] |
September 24, 2002 |
Francisco X. Alarcon
[books]
[poem] and Diana Garcia [books] |
September 17, 2002 |
David Sullivan and Marilyn Robertson | September 10, 2002 |
Poet/Speak: Patti Sirens with Open Reading | September 8, 2002 |
Dane Cervine, SeSe Geddes, Charles Schubert and Suki Wessling | August 13, 2002 |
Poet/Speak Open Reading with no featured readers | August 11, 2002 |
George Lober
[books]
and Aaron Baker |
July 23, 2002 |
Poet/Speak: Hermie Medley and Phyllis Mayfield with Open Reading | July 14, 2002 |
William Minor
[books]
and Bert Glick [books] [website] |
July 9, 2002 |
Marcia Adams, Guarionex Delgado, Kathleen Flowers and Ted Gehrke | June 30, 2002 |
Joseph Millar
[books]
and Dorianne Laux [books] |
June 25, 2002 |
John Wilson
[books]
and Alan Stephens [books] |
June 11, 2002 |
Poet/Speak: Joan Safajek and Lisa Simon | June 9, 2002 |
Willis Barnstone
[books]
[website] and
Chryss Yost [books] [website] |
May 28, 2002 |
Poetry Reading for the Ninth Annual HIgh School Poetry Competition | May 23, 2002 |
Daisy Zamora
[books] and
George Evans [books] |
May 14, 2002 |
Poet/Speak: Alanna Alter and Arthur Finmann with Open Reading | May 12, 2002 |
Dana Gioia [books] [website] | May 1, 2002 |
Second Annual Poetry Marathon | April 30, 2002 |
Ellen Bass
[books]
[website] and
Alison Luterman [poem] [books] |
April 23, 2002 |
David Alpaugh
[books]
[poem] and
Amy England [books] |
April 16, 2002 |
Poet/Speak: Jenny D'Angelo and Tilly Shaw with Open Reading | April 14, 2002 |
D. Nurkse
[books]
[poem]
[poem] and
Roxan McDonald |
April 9, 2002 |
Poetry Workshop with D. Nurkse [books] [poem] | April 6, 2002 |
The Hummingbird Press Poets: Julia Alter [poem], Len Anderson [poem], Jonell Hill, George Lober, Joanna Martin, Joseph Keller McNeilly [books] [poems and books], Tilly Shaw, Debra Spencer and Ken Weisner [poem] [books] | April 2, 2002 |
Jack and Adelle Foley
[books]
[poem] and
Nancy Abrams [CD] |
March 26, 2002 |
Paisley Rekdal
[books]
and
Ken Weisner [poem] [books] |
March 12, 2002 |
Poet/Speak: Kate Aver Avraham and Bert Glick with Open Reading | March 10, 2002 |
Janet Holmes
[poem]
[books]
and
Joseph Keller McNeilly [books] [poems and books] |
February 26, 2002 |
Terry Ehret
[poem]
[books]
and
Valerie Berry [poem] [books] |
February 12, 2002 |
David Swanger
[books]
and
C. J. Sage [books] |
January 22, 2002 |
Jim Heynen
[books]
and
Roz Spafford |
January 15, 2002 |
William Olsen
[books]
[poem] and
Nancy Eimers [books] |
January 8, 2002 |
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