Poetry Santa Cruz

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Poetry Santa Cruz Events

• The Poetry Show on KUSP and Poetry Santa Cruz offer our heartfelt thanks to all those who pledged during the Sunday March 7 show. Thanks to the $700 match offered by Rebecca Foust, the $400 match from Lin Colavin, and your generosity, we raised a record $2275!

• Poet/Speak Open Reading with featured reader Lisa Allen Ortiz.
Sunday, March 21 at 2:00 PM, Santa Cruz Main Library Meeting Room, 224 Church St., Santa Cruz. [ map ] Free.

• Flor y Canto / Flower and Song Open Mic Reading with featured reader Lisa Simon
Lisa Simon will read her own poems followed by an open mic where all are invited to read their own poetry or that of others. Five minute time limit, with a first come/first served sign-up sheet for the open mic. All are welcome. Please join us and celebrate poetry at this free event! Presented by Poetry Santa Cruz and the Watsonville Public Library, hosted by Adela Najarro.
Thursday, April 1 at 6:00 to 8:00 PM, Watsonville Main Library, Suite 100, 2nd floor Meeting Room, 275 Main St. [ map ]
• Flor y Canto / Flower and Song Lectura de Poesía con micrófono abierto. Lectora especial Lisa Simon. Lisa Simon leerá sus propios poemas. Se les invita a una noche en donde podrán leer su propia poesía o la de otros. Habrá un límite de cinco minutos, según el orden en que se inscriban para el micrófono abierto. Todos están invitados. ¡Acompáñenos a celebrar la poesía en este acontecimiento gratis! Presentado por Poesía Santa Cruz y la Biblioteca Pública Watsonville, dirigido por Adela Najarro. Gratis.
jueves, 1 de abril de 6:00 a 8:00 PM, Biblioteca Pública Watsonville, 275 Main St., Suite 100, Sala de Reuniones, segundo piso [ mapa ]

• Atsuro Riley and Stephen Kessler.
Tuesday, April 13 at 7:30 PM, Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz. [ map ] $3 donation suggested. Presented by Poetry Santa Cruz. [ Read more about this event ]

Events Co-sponsored by Poetry Santa Cruz

• Amina Cain and Amarnath Ravva.
Saturday, March 20, 7:30 PM, Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm Street, Santa Cruz. [ map ] Free. [ Read more about this event. ] Presented by A New Cadence Poetry Series.

• Stephen Vincent and Jean Vengua.
Saturday, April 3, 7:30 PM, Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm Street, Santa Cruz. [ map ] Free. [ Read more about this event. ] Presented by A New Cadence Poetry Series.

Looking Ahead

• Poet/Speak Open Reading with featured reader Farnaz Fatemi.
Sunday, April 18 at 2:00 PM, Santa Cruz Main Library Meeting Room, 224 Church St., Santa Cruz. [ map ] Free.

• Taije Silverman and Maria Garcia Teutsch.
Tuesday, May 11 at 7:30 PM, Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz. [ map ] $3 donation suggested. Presented by Poetry Santa Cruz.

Links to the Poetry Santa Cruz website

Local Poetry News

• Article on In Celebration of the Muse in the Santa Cruz Sentinel                 *New*
• Gratitude from The Poetry Show                 *New*
• Hermie Medley Memorial Service Saturday, March 13
• Three Santa Cruz Poets Are Finalists for Northern California Book Awards
• Poet/Speak Enters Its Tenth Year and Makes the News
• Lucille Clifton Has Left Us
• Gary Young Is the Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate
• Caesura Contest Winners
• Calls for Submissions                                                 *Two Calls for Submissions*
• On The Poetry Show                         *Updated*
• Poetry in the Local Print Media
• Breaking into Print

Poetry Santa Cruz

Other Poetry Events around the Monterey Bay        *Updated: Lots of Events*
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“...there never was a world for her
Except the one she sang and, singing, made.”
—Wallace Stevens, from “The Idea of Order at Key West”

Poetry Santa Cruz is funded, in part, by a grant from the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County. Some readers receive matching grants from Poets & Writers, Inc., through a grant it has received from the James Irvine Foundation. Some readers receive support from the Porter College George Hitchcock Poetry Fund. 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 sponsored by Bookshop Santa Cruz, Capitola Book Café, the Watsonville Public Library, 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.