Below is our comprehensive list of poetry events in and around Santa Cruz.  We are happy to list any poetry events in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. You may notify us via email.  We also list selected events in Santa Clara County.  You may also subscribe to the Poetry Santa Cruz Events Email by request via email.  We only send out this email for events presented or co-sponsored by or which are benefits for Poetry Santa Cruz.  We typically send one email for each of our events, about two or three per month.  We do not send emails for other organizations or individuals.  We do not sell or lend our distribution list to other organizations or individuals. Readers in our Tuesday series are often interviewed and read more of their poetry on The Poetry Show on KUSP 88.9 FM, Sundays 9:00 to 10:00 pm. (webcast and podcast archives available.) Current Poetry Santa Cruz events  Other poetry events during the next month  Ongoing Weekly events  Workshops  Looking Ahead at future events, both PSC and others    Poetry Santa Cruz events and interviews Archive Poetry Santa Cruz events Video Archive Photo Gallery from Al Young Day Photo Gallery from the Robert Bly reading Poetry Santa Cruz Poet/Speak Open Reading with featured readers For a complete listing covering the larger region, try Poetry Flash.

CURRENT POETRY SANTA CRUZ EVENTS
Tuesday, September 14 7:30 PM	Keith Ekiss, C. J. Sage and J. P. Dancing Bear. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz.  $3 donation suggested.  Presented by Poetry Santa Cruz. [ Read more about this event ]
The 3rd Sunday Sunday, September 19 2:00 PM	Poet/Speak Open Reading with featured reader Eleanor Carolan.  Main Library upstairs Meeting Room, 224 Church Street, Santa Cruz.  [ map ]  Free.  Hosted by Joyce Keller.
Saturday, October 2 7:30 PM	California Poet Laureate Carol Muske-Dukes reads in the 2nd Annual Maude Meehan Memorial Poetry Reading. Music Recital Hall, Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos 95003.  [ map ]  [ Download the Cabrillo map ] [ Directions to Cabrillo Stage Venues ] Sponsored by the Cabrillo College English Dept. Free, tickets required and available starting September 1 at Poetry Santa Cruz readings, Bookshop Santa Cruz, Bookworks Aptos and at Will Call via email reservation.  See current details on ticket availability. [ Read more about this event ]
EVENTS CO-SPONSORED BY POETRY SANTA CRUZ
Saturday, September 11 7:30 PM	Eric Gudas. Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm St., Santa Cruz.  [ map ] Free.  Presented by A New Cadence Poetry Series. See the A New Cadence blog for details.
Saturday, September 25 7:30 PM	Mark Statman and Joseph Lease. Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm St., Santa Cruz.  [ map ] Free.  Presented by A New Cadence Poetry Series. See the A New Cadence blog for details.

For future events see the Looking Ahead listing. These events are supported, in part, by a grant from the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County.  Some events are supported by matching grants to our readers from Poets & Writers, Inc.  Poetry Santa Cruz is also grateful for the support of its members and donors, In Celebration of the Muse, and those who donated in memory of Maude Meehan and Kathleen Flowers.  The William James Association acted as our fiscal sponsor for our first four years.  Our readings are supported by Bookshop Santa Cruz, Capitola Book Café, The Attic, Casablanca Inn, The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, Cabrillo College, KUSP and the National Writers Union Chapter 7.  Membership premiums have been donated by Graywolf Press, the University of Pittsburgh Press, Robert Sward, Coffee House Press, Copper Canyon Press, and Farrar, Straus and Giroux.  A voluntary donation of $3 may be requested at venues where collection of donations is permitted.

[return to top] OTHER POETRY EVENTS DURING THE NEXT MONTH (See also Weekly Events, below)
Tu 8/3, 8:30 PM; Tu 8/10, 11:00 AM; Tu 8/10, 8:30 PM; Tu 8/17, 8:30 PM; We 8/18, 12:00 PM; Su 8/24, 8:30 PM; Th 8/26, 11:30 AM; Su 8/29, 11:00 AM; Tu 8/31, 8:30 PM	The Poetry Box, a half-hour TV poetry show on Community Television of Santa Cruz County, on Comcast cable channel 27 and Charter (Watsonville) channel 73.  Part 2 of Step Up for Haiti.  Producers: Lalo Alvarez and Joanna Martin.  Co-sponsored by Poetry Santa Cruz.
July 20 to August 29	Shakespeare Santa Cruz presents Love's Labor's Lost, Othello and Lion in Winter.  See www.shakespearesantacruz.org for details.
Saturday, August 21 7:30-9:30 PM	Voices of Spirit: An Evening of Sacred Song, with music by Lisa Gardner and Armando Alcaraz, and poetry by Danusha Laméris HAS BEEN CANCELED AND IS BEING RESCHEDULED.  THE NEW EVENT WILL BE POSTED WHEN THE NEW DATE IS AVAILABLE. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave. and Broadway St., Santa Cruz 95062.  Tickets: $18 at the Door / $16 in Advance
Wednesday, September 1 7:30 PM	Nicola Amadora reads from her book of poems, Nothing But Love in the first Bookshop Santa Cruz Local & Independently Published Authors Night.  Also reading are Dr. Greg Martinez, Dr. Eric Shapira, & Jane Story.  See the Bookshop Santa Cruz website event page for details.  Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, 95060.
First Saturday of the month Saturday, September 4 2:30–5:00 PM	Lost Poets Salon Open Reading and Discussion.  The Bagelry, 320 Cedar St., Santa Cruz, 95060. 420-0211.
1st & 3rd Saturdays Saturday, September 4, 18 6:30 PM	The Legendary Santa Cruz Indie Slam.  Cypress Lounge, 120 Union Street, Santa Cruz CA 95060.  Cash prizes, open signup list, 10 poets, 4 rounds.  $5 admission. info@legendarycollective.com, www.legendarycollective.com
Tuesday, September 7 and Wednesday, September 8 at 7:30 PM	Actors’ Theatre presents The Willing Suspension Armchair Theatre: Out West: Cowboys, Coyotes and Open Spaces.  Readings include excerpts from the work of Wallace Stegner, Annie Proulx, Cormac McCarthy, Gretel Erlich, Elmore Leonard and others.  Directed by Suzanne Schrag.  Readers to be announced.  Santa Cruz Actors’ Theatre, 1001 Center Street, Santa Cruz.  Donations at the door.
Friday, September 10 at 7:30 PM	Alan Botsford reads from Walt Whitman of Cosmic Folklore: Dialogues, Essays, and Poems for Reimagining Walt Whitman in the 21st Century.  Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm Street, Santa Cruz.
2nd Friday of each month Friday, September 10 6:30 to 8:30 PM	Open Mic Night.  Everyone is welcome. All ages.  Poetry, prose and song.  Any style or language.  San Benito County Free Library, 470 Fifth Street, Hollister.  For more information call Joe Navarro 831-524-6406 or poetajoe at yahoo dot com
September 10–12 Friday 7:30 PM Saturday 7:30 PM Sunday 3:00 PM	HereAfterHere: a self-guided tour of eternity.  Original Dance, Music and Multi Media (including poetry). Tandy Beal & Company, directed by Tandy Beal. Music by Jon Scoville. Video by Jess Damsen, Denise Gallant, Ben Jaffe, Bruce Lee and Ellen Bromberg and intergalactic videos of Joel R. Primack and Nancy Ellen Abrams from their DVD, The View from the Center of the Universe.  Cabrillo Crocker Theatre, Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos 95003.  $12-35 + box office fees at civic box office 831-420-5260 or www.santacruztickets.com.
2nd Tuesday of each month Tuesday, September 14 7:00–9:00 PM	The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Reading Series presents Simon Hunt and Kathryn Petruccelli.  East Village Coffee Lounge, 498 Washington St., Monterey.  $5.
Wednesday, Sept. 15 7:00 PM	Steven Nightingale reads from his fourth book of sonnets, The Light In Them Is Permanent.  See the Bookshop Santa Cruz website event page for details.  Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, 95060.
3rd Thursday of each month Thursday, September 16 7:00 PM	Poetry Reading @ Willow Glen Library with featured reader Dennis Noren.  Willow Glen Library, 1157 Minnesota Avenue, San José.  Free.  Sponsored by Poetry Center San José.
Usually the 3rd Friday Friday, September 17 7:00-9:00 PM	Wired Poets Open Reading.  Mill Gallery, 131 Front St., same building as Firefly Café, Santa Cruz.
Friday–Sunday September 24–26	East of Eden Writers Conference with Nils Peterson, Sally Ashton, Indigo Moor and Leslie Hoffman giving poetry workshops.  Salinas Community Center, Salinas. See the Conference website for details.

[return to top] ONGOING EVENTS AND LISTINGS IN THE MEDIA
Every day 9:01 AM and 8:01 PM	The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor on KAZU 90.3 FM.
Every Sunday 9:00 to 10:00 PM	The Poetry Show on KUSP 88.9 FM. Hosted by Dennis Morton, Susan Freeman and Lesley-Anne Taylor.  Live interviews, poems read by the host, taped readings or interviews.  Archived shows are podcast for listening from the website.
Various weekdays	Capitola Book Café hosts many author events, with local and visiting authors. Visit their website at http://www.capitolabookcafe.com/ for an up-to-date schedule.
Various	Check the literary events page for Monterey County.
Every Wednesday 8:00 to 9:00 PM	Out Of Our Minds on KKUP 91.5 FM. Hosted by J.P. Dancing Bear. Live interviews, poems read by the host, taped readings or interviews.
Every Wednesday 3:00 to 3:30 PM	Cover to Cover on KPFA 94.1 FM. Hosted by Jack Foley.

[return to top] WORKSHOPS
Sally Ashton	Sally Ashton, MFA, is a Bay Area poet, teacher and editor of the DMQ Review, an online journal featuring poetry and art.  She is the author of a collection, These Metallic Days, and her prose poem collection, Her Name is Juanita, was recently released from Kore Press. Ashton is the recipient of an Artist Fellowship, Poetry, from Arts Council Silicon Valley.  She offers the following writing workshops: • Inspired by Nature Writing Workshop.  Mondays, March 1, 9, 16, & 22.  6:30 to 9:00 pm at Villa Montalvo Arts Center, Cottage 2.  Fee: $166; Montalvo Members $150.  Tickets available through the Villa Montalvo Box Office, (408) 961-5858.  http://montalvoarts.org/events/poetry_nature/
Ellen Bass	Ellen Bass offers the following writing workshops.  See Ellen’s website for more details and recent updates. • Ongoing Weekly groups in Santa Cruz: Writing For Our Lives. • Tuesdays 6:00 to 9:00 pm  (all genres) • Wednesdays 1:00-4:00 pm  (all genres, emphasis on poetry) • Thursdays 3:00-6:00 pm  (all genres emphasis on fiction and memoir) In addition, she offers the following writing retreats: • July 10, 2010: Poetry as Spiritual Practice with Ellen Bass at the Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley, CA.  For more information and to register, click here or call 510-849-8227 • July 25-30, 2010: Writing and Knowing: A Poetry Workshop with Ellen Bass, Dorianne Laux, and Joseph Millar at the Esalen Institute, Big Sur.  For more information and to register, visit www.esalen.org or call 831-667-3005 • August 8-15, 2010: Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT Voices with Ellen Bass at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles.  For more information and to register, visit lambdaliterary.org/writers-retreat/. • September 25-October 2, 2010: Writing For Our Lives at LaSerrania, Mallorca, Spain.  For more information about La Serrania, visit www.laserrania.com. For more on the workshop or to register, please email Ellen or call 831-426-8006. • October 22-24, 2010: Into the Fire: The Sun Celebrates Personal Writing with Ellen Bass, Stephen Elliott, Pat MacEnulty, Sy Safransky, Michael Shapior, and Cheryl Strayed at the Esalen Institute, Big Sur.  For more information and to register, visit www.esalen.org or call 831-667-3005. • November 12-14, 2010: Writing For Our Lives with Ellen Bass at the Esalen Institute, Big Sur.  For more information and to register, visit www.esalen.org or call 831-667-3005. • May 31-June 5, 2011: Truth & Beauty: A Poetry Workshop with Ellen Bass & Marie Howe at Mabel Dodge Luhan Inn, Taos, New Mexico.  For more information, please email Ellen or call 831-426-8006.
Cabrillo College	English 12B (Creative Writing: Poetry) and 14B (Advanced Poetry Workshop) See the Schedule of classes for the current offering. Fall 2010: English 12B Creative Writing: Poetry, taught by Jeff Tagami. Thursdays 6 to 9:05 PM, Room 429, Section 68013, 3 units.
Capitola Book Café	Capitola Book Café offers workshops for writers of fiction, poetry and more.  For details, see the Events page on their website: www.capitolabookcafe.com. Muse Poetry Writing Group with Magdalena Montagne. With over ten years experience leading poetry writing groups, Magdalena Montagne can help you bring out the poet within. We'll write new works in a supportive and creative environment. This on-going group welcomes newcomers and drop-ins. All levels and ages are encouraged. Call Magdalena at (831) 252-5776 for more information or e-mail her at magdarose@hughes.net. To participate, $5 per meeting to Capitola Book Café, please.
Laura Davis	Laura Davis offers a variety of writing workshops.  See the Laura Davis website for details and for more classes and retreats. • Ongoing Writing Practice Classes:    - Wednesday mornings, 10am to 1pm, women only    - Tuesday evenings, 6:30 to 9:30pm • Ongoing Feedback Classes:    - Thursday mornings, 9:30am to 12:30pm    - Friday mornings, 9am to 12 noon • Free Intro Classes at Gateways Books and Gifts, the first Monday of each month 7:00 to 8:30pm. For more info, contact Gateways at 429-9600 or just show up with a notebook and a pen.
Carolyn Brigit Flynn	Carolyn offers regular writing groups, called Writing to Feed the Soul.  Carolyn’s teaching themes include an imaginative mix of poetry and prose, evoking dreams, the elements, ancestors, the earth and nature, animals, spirit guides, sacred geometry, tarot and myth—all with the intention to allow archetypal and mythic themes to provide seed and sacred ground for new and enlivened writing.  Writers often find that a new voice emerges, and that their work goes deeper, exploring vital themes and profound hidden stories. • Bi-Monthly Groups meet twice a month, the first two weeks of the month (except for October, when they will meet the last two weeks). During teaching weeks, there will be three writing groups meeting regularly:    - Tuesday, 2:00-5:30 pm    - Wednesday, 6:00-9:30 pm    - Thursday, 2:00-5:30 pm • Monthly Group.  One group meets monthly the second Saturday of the month (except for October, when they will meet on Oct 24) More information at her website www.carolynbrigitflynn.com For questions or to sign up, please email carolynflynn@cruzio.com
Joyce Keller	Creative Writing for Fun. Louden Nelson classes for Downtown Seniors. Learn how to make creative writing easy and enjoyable in the friendly and supportive class. Stories, poetry, journalism, memoirs. Suggested donation: $4 for Santa Cruz city residents, $4.25 non-cic\ty residents.  Taught by Joyce Keller, M.S.  Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. Mondays 1:00 to 2:30.
Monterey Bay Writers Studio	Monterey Bay Writers Studio offers classes in Santa Cruz for writers of all genre as well as classes specifically for fiction and creative nonfiction.  For details, see the website: www.montereybaywriters.com.
Patricia Machmiller	Deeper into the Seasons II: Four Haiku Workshops. These workshops are for haiku writers who wish to deepen their haiku practice and gain insight into how the kigo, the seasonal reference, enhances the haiku. The workshop process will start with a discussion of relevant, local kigo appropriate to the particular season. The workshop is designed to help participants delve into their experiences of the season(s) and reveal unconscious associations which they may have. Through group discussions we will examine how these often hidden associations can help us communicate the haiku experience in our writing. (This structure of the workshop is actually helpful in understanding one’s own writing process no matter the form of the writing. In other words, you don’t have to write haiku to benefit from the process.) There will be walks and writing sessions both in the morning and the afternoon to supplement the discussions, including and enhanced by the new writing of the participants. The workshops will be: Summer: Saturday, July 24, 2010 Autumn: Sunday, October 31, 2010 They will be held at Patricia Machmiller’s beach house on the Monterey Bay near Moss Landing. They will begin at 9:30 am and end at 4:30 PM with a one-hour lunch break. Participants should plan to bring a bag lunch. Beverages provided. The cost will be $60 per day. Sign up for all four sessions for $200. Scholarships are available. Please inquire. To register, email patriciajmachmiller@msn.com.
Sarah Rabkin	• High Country Writing Retreat taught by Sarah Rabkin at the San Francisco State University Sierra Nevada Field Campus, North Yuba River, 35400 Highway 49, Sattley, CA. July 20-24, Tuesday-Saturday. Contact: jstele @ sfsu.edu 650-738-1814 through May, then jrblair @ sfsu.edu This is an opportunity for new and experienced writers alike to take inspiration from the Sierra’s spiced air and rushing waters, its loamy ground and craggy heights. Group sessions in forest, meadow, and mountainside settings provide guidance and prompts as well as time to write and share work without judgment. Unstructured periods allow for individual writing, wandering, and optional one-on-one instructor conferences. You determine the focus and form as well as the amount of writing you produce. Come to the Field Campus and experience the creative renewal that flourishes on a mountain retreat.
Amber Coverdale Sumrall	Amber Coverdale Sumrall offers the following writing workshops.  See Amber’s website for more details.  Call 477-4375 or email Amber for her current schedule and to reserve a place. • Monthly Saturday Drop-In Poetry Revision Workshop, 10-12:30.   Limited to six participants. • Revision Group, prose and poetry, Thursday mornings.  Eight-week sessions. • Wednesday Evening Writing Group, Six-week sessions, $175. • Thursday Evening Summer Poetry Playshops, 7 to 9 PM.  Eight-week sessions,   July 8 to August 26, $260 • Friday Morning Summer Poetry Playshops, 10 AM to Noon.  Eight-week sessions,   July 9 to August 27, $260. We will explore the Who, What, Where, How, When, Why & If of poetry through writing exercises, various readings, sharing and discussion, designed to instill in us into a poetic environment in which our own poems may reveal themselves and take form. We will start new poems each session, using a variety of exercises, forms, and loaned books to coax them out. All are welcome. Cost $260. You may pay in $50 increments if you choose. Please RSVP so I can hold a place for you. A $50 deposit will be due July 1st. In addition, she offers writing retreats: “I have been leading weekend writing retreats at The Hermitage in Big Sur for eight years now. All of us who attend find the experience to be just what we need for our writing and inner process. There is time for reading, walking, napping, meditation, and simply being in a spectacularly beautiful and serene setting. The monastery is situated on a mountain high above the Big Sur coastline with panoramic views in every direction. We maintain an atmosphere of silence during the retreat except for our meetings. If you find that you haven't enough time for writing, if you have pieces you can't seem to get started on, or if you just want to join others who are putting thoughts and feelings to paper, this is a spectacularly beautiful and nourishing place in which to do so.” • September 24-27, 2010 at Presentation Center, Los Gatos with Fr. Michael Fish. • October 29-November 1, 2010 at Mission San Antonio in Jolon. • December 10-13, 2010 at the New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur. To sign up, call 831-477-4375 or email Amber.
Patrice Vecchione	For information on Patrice Vecchione, see her website, www.patricevecchione.com.  Contact Patrice at patrice@patricevecchione.com, or 831-394-8459. • The Pacific Grove Public Library presents Poetry on the Playa, a poetry-writing workshop on Thursday, July 8, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. “Discover your poem in the swell and crash of the waves, hidden in the beach’s tiniest shell. Join me for a recitation of ocean poetry at the beach, and a writing workshop at the library. The event is a fundraiser for the Pacific Grove Public Library, and a donation of $25.00 per person is requested. The workshop is open to all ages, and tea and cookies will be served. To reserve a space, please call Lisa Maddalena at 648-5760.” • One-Day Collage Workshop, Saturday, July 17 “We’ll play with color and shape and the depth of our imaginations. Find out just how wise your imagination is! The workshop will be held at my Del Rey Oaks home is from 10:00-5:00 and includes a gourmet lunch. The fee is $125.” • Six-Week Writing Workshops in Monterey and Santa Cruz “These are workshops in which we write during class. So no matter the fullness of the rest of your life, you can count on weekly writing time. I’ll inspire you each session with poetry and prose and a wide range of themes to ease you into writing. Monterey: Wednesday evenings, 6:00-9:00, July 21 to August 25; Santa Cruz, Monday afternoons, 1:00-4:00, July 19 to August 23. Fee: $250. There are a couple openings in the Santa Cruz workshop and one in the Monterey workshop.”

[return to top] LOOKING AHEAD
Tuesday, October 5 7:30 PM	John Walsh from Galway, Ireland. Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm St., Santa Cruz.  [ map ] Free.  Presented by A New Cadence Poetry Series. See the A New Cadence blog for details.
Tuesday, October 5 and Wednesday, October 6 at 7:30 PM	Actors’ Theatre presents The Willing Suspension Armchair Theatre.  Directed by Rita Wadsworth & Stuart Serman.  Santa Cruz Actors’ Theatre, 1001 Center Street, Santa Cruz. Donations at the door.
Quarterly Thursday, October 7 6:00 to 8:00 PM   octubre 7 de octubre de 6:00 a 8:00 PM	Flor y Canto / Flower and Song Open Mic Reading with featured reader to be announced.  Watsonville Main Library, 275 Main Street, Suite 100, 2nd floor Meeting Room.  [ map ]  Free.  Presented by Poetry Santa Cruz and Watsonville Public Library, and hosted by Adela Najarro. Flor y Canto / Flower and Song Lectura de Poesía con micrófono abierto.  Lectora especial.  Biblioteca Pública Watsonville, 275 Main Street, Suite 100, Sala de Reuniones, segundo piso.  [ mapa ]  Gratis.  Presentado por Poesía Santa Cruz y la Biblioteca Pública Watsonville, dirigido por Adela Najarro.
Tuesday, October 12 7:30 PM	Josephine Dickinson and co-reader to be announced. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz.  $3 donation suggested.  Presented by Poetry Santa Cruz.
2nd Tuesday of each month Tuesday, October 12 7:00–9:00 PM	The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Reading Series presents Laura Bayless and Sam Salerno.  East Village Coffee Lounge, 498 Washington St., Monterey.  $5.
The 3rd Sunday Sunday, October 17 2:00 PM	Poet/Speak Open Reading with featured reader Fred Pohlmann.  Main Library upstairs Meeting Room, 224 Church Street, Santa Cruz.  [ map ]  Free.  Hosted by Joyce Keller.
3rd Thursday of each month Thursday, October 21 7:00 PM	Poetry Reading @ Willow Glen Library with featured reader Ken Weisner.  Willow Glen Library, 1157 Minnesota Avenue, San José.  Free.  Sponsored by Poetry Center San José.
Saturday, October 23 7:30 PM	Kit Robinson and Tom Marshall. Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm St., Santa Cruz.  [ map ] Free.  Presented by A New Cadence Poetry Series. See the A New Cadence blog for details.
Saturday, November 6 7:30 PM	The First Annual Morton Marcus Memorial Poetry Reading, featuring Robert Hass reading from his own work, plus Gary Young, Joseph Stroud and Stephen Kessler reading from A Dark Figure in the Doorway: Final Poems of Morton Marcus. Cabrillo Music Recital Hall, Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos 95003. [ map ]  [ Download the Cabrillo map ] [ Directions to Cabrillo Stage Venues ] Sponsored by the Cabrillo College English Dept. Free, tickets required and available October 6 at Poetry Santa Cruz readings, Bookshop Santa Cruz and other outlets to be announced.
Saturday, November 7 4:00 PM	Chad Sweeney and Katherine Hastings. Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm St., Santa Cruz.  [ map ] Free.  Presented by A New Cadence Poetry Series. See the A New Cadence blog for details.
2nd Tuesday of each month Tuesday, November 9 7:00–9:00 PM	The Monterey Bay Poetry Consortium Reading Series presents Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) and Maria Garcia Teutsch.  East Village Coffee Lounge, 498 Washington St., Monterey.  $5.
3rd Thursday of each month Thursday, November 18 7:00 PM	Poetry Reading @ Willow Glen Library with featured reader Connie Post.  Willow Glen Library, 1157 Minnesota Avenue, San José.  Free.  Sponsored by Poetry Center San José.
Saturday, November 20 7:30 PM	Cynthia Arrieu-King, Lily Brown and Claire Becker. Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm St., Santa Cruz.  [ map ] Free.  Presented by A New Cadence Poetry Series. See the A New Cadence blog for details.
The 3rd Sunday Sunday, November 21 2:00 PM	Poet/Speak Open Reading with featured reader to be announced.  Main Library upstairs Meeting Room, 224 Church Street, Santa Cruz.  [ map ]  Free.  Hosted by Joyce Keller.
Saturday, December 4 7:30 PM	Damion Searls will read from his new translations of Rainer Maria Rilke, The Inner Sky: Poems, Notes, & Dreams, published by Godine. Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm St., Santa Cruz.  [ map ] Free.  Presented by A New Cadence Poetry Series. See the A New Cadence blog for details.
Tuesday, December 14 7:30 PM	Nils Peterson and Sally Ashton. Capitola Book Café, 1475 41st Avenue, Capitola.  $3 donation suggested.  Presented by Poetry Santa Cruz.
3rd Thursday of each month Thursday, December 16 7:00 PM	Poetry Reading @ Willow Glen Library with featured reader Nils Peterson.  Willow Glen Library, 1157 Minnesota Avenue, San José.  Free.  Sponsored by Poetry Center San José.
The 3rd Sunday Sunday, December 19 2:00 PM	Poet/Speak Open Reading with featured reader to be announced.  Main Library upstairs Meeting Room, 224 Church Street, Santa Cruz.  [ map ]  Free.  Hosted by Joyce Keller.
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