June 30, 2022, 5:30pm-8:30pm
Skyline College Summer of Poetry & Farewell to San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto, at the Farallon Room.
June 28, 2022, 9am
Final San Mateo County Poet Laureate Reading at San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Meeting
June 25, 2022, 3pm
Daly City Public Library Farewell to San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto
June 23, 2022, 7pm
Join us for the 53rd Anniversary Celebration of Justice, an evening to celebrate the people and communities leading Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) and our half-century movement for civil rights and racial justice.
June 14, 2022, 7pm
Please join us via Zoom for Poetry Center San José & Works/San José’s Well-RED series, June 14 at 7pm, with Aileen Cassinetto, Cassandra Bousquet & Keiki Leni Ward
June 11, 2022, 7pm
Metro Film and Arts’ Breaking Down Walls at The Cowell Theatre SF
Breaking Down Walls highlights how performance arts can build common ground for recognition and celebration of shared humanity. We explore what it means to transcend today’s deeply felt divisions along political, religious, social, racial and economic lines.
June 11, 2022, 9am
March for Our Lives Sequoia Union and San José
Front Plaza of Redwood City Public Library, 1044 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City, CA 94063
June 8, 2022, 6pm
County of San Mateo Immigrant Services’ “A Celebration of Immigrant Heritage Month & Poetry Open Mic Night”
June 4, 2022, 6pm
San Francisco International Arts Festival‘s “The Last Supper Party”
An Evening of Performance and Poetry with Aileen Cassinetto, Kim Shuck and Maya Nell. Curated by Kimi Sugioka. Open Microphone to Follow
May 26, 2022, 5pm-6pm
An Evening with Poets Jacques J. Rancourt, Randall Mann & Benjamin Gucciardi at the John Daly Library, 134 Hillside Blvd., Daly City
May 23, 2022, 7pm
37th Annual Menlo Park Rotary Club Scholastic Achievement Awards Ceremony at Menlo-Atherton High School Performing Arts Center. Guest speaker SMCPL Aileen Cassinetto.
May 12, 2022, 5:30pm
Black Fire—This Time, A Virtual Reading sponsored by the Daly City Public Library and San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto
Join us in celebrating the release of Black Fire—This Time, an anthology on the history and legacy of the Black Arts Movement. In a foreword by Ishmael Reed, poet and MacArthur fellow, Black Fire—This Time is described as a 21st century “update” on the state of Black writing arts, building upon the traditions of Alain Locke’s The New Negro (1925) and Amiri Baraka and Larry Neal’s Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing (1968). Edited by Dr. Kim McMillon and with an introduction by Dr. Margo Natalie Crawford, the theme of this anthology is “Black is Beautiful, Black is Powerful, Black is Home.”
May 11, 2022, 6pm
Menlo Park’s 4th Annual Mental Health Open Mic
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto acts as emcee as we bring our voices together to break the silence surrounding the mental health impacts of the pandemic. This May, the Menlo Park Library is partnering with San Mateo County Health and other organizations throughout the area in celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month (MHAM).
May 10, 2022, 4:30pm
2022 San Mateo County Women’s Hall of Fame
Devil’s Canyon Brewing Company
935 Washington Street, San Carlos
April 30, 2022
TRIO AWARD JUDGE 2022: Aileen Cassinetto
April 29, 2022, 6:30pm
SSF Youth Art Show
The South San Francisco Cultural Commission, SSF Parks & Rec and the South San Francisco Public Library will also be announcing the Inaugural South San Francisco Youth Poet-in-Residence competition winner!
April 28, 2022, 6:30pm
2022-23 Daly City Youth Poet Laureate Commencement Event
April 22-24, 2022
SJSU Annual Legacy of Poetry Festival: Can Poetry Save the Planet?
Student Union Theater Courtyard
149-157 South 9th Street, San Jose
April 25, 2022, 7pm
Proclamation of National Poetry Month by the City of Daly City
April 25, 2022, 12pm
Poetry Presentation at Redwood Shores Rotary Club
April 22, 2022
Announcement of Annual Filoli Haiku Contest Finalists
Filoli’s Haiku Competition was launched in partnership with San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto in 2020. This year, we’re inaugurating the Filoli Ecopoetry Award for a haiku that engages with the connection between humans and the environment. Finalists’ poems will be displayed around the garden as poetry installations for the whole month of May.
April 20, 2022, 1pm
Proclamation of National Poetry Month by the San Mateo County Harbor Commission
April 19, 2022, 7-8:30pm
Belmont Poetry Night with guest SMCPL Aileen Cassinetto
April 19, 2022, 7pm
Proclamation of National Poetry Month by the City of Half Moon Bay
April 16, 2022, 1pm
Teen Makers Poetry Workshop
Interactive reading & poetry-making with San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto and teen poets Cassandra Bousquet & Chloe Chou. We’ll be reading and making journals and found poems using recycled objects in our Makerspace!
Redwood City Public Library, 1044 Middlefield Rd. Redwood City.
April 14, 2022, 4pm-5pm
“Dear Earth, Dear Billie Eilish,” A Youth Ecopoetry Workshop, hosted by Menlo Park Library and San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto
April 12, 2022, 7pm
Proclamation of National Poetry Month by the City of Belmont
April 12, 2022, 7pm
Proclamation of National Poetry Month by the City of San Bruno
April 12, 2022, 6pm
Proclamation of National Poetry Month by the City of Menlo Park
April 10, 2022, 1pm-4pm
Soul Making Keats Literary Awards
April 8, 2022, 4:30pm-6:30pm
San Mateo Celebrates National Poetry Month: Reading & Book Sale
San Mateo Public Library, Oak Room, featuring local poets, in collaboration with San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto
April 7, 2022, 6:30pm
Proclamation of National Poetry Month by the City of Brisbane
April 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2022, 6pm
Redwood City Public Library’s “Poetry Makers,” a Makerspace Poetry Lab Pilot Project in collaboration with San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto
April 6, 2022, 6:30pm
Proclamation of National Poetry Month by Redwood City
April 5, 2022, 9am
Proclamation of National Poetry Month by the County of San Mateo
April 4, 2022, 7pm
Proclamation of National Poetry Month by the City of Burlingame & the City of San Mateo
April 1, 2022, 9am
Launch of San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto’s “Speak Poetry” web archive and presentation of banner at County Center
April 1, 12:30pm
Commemoration Event and Poetry for First Responders by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto, hosted by San Mateo County Health, San Mateo Medical Center, Fair Oaks Health Center, Office of Arts & Culture, and partners.
April 2022 National Poetry Month Celebrations & Proclamations
March 31, 2022, 6pm
Equity through Art Webinar: Filipinx Kwentuhan
Equity Through Art Series’ “Filipinx Kwentuhan” will feature unique stories of resilience, healing and bayanihan in the Filipinx community in San Mateo County.
The webinar panel will be moderated by Aileen Cassinetto, San Mateo County Poet Laureate, and feature Matthew Abaya, Filmmaker; Stephanie Balon, Co-Chair of the Filipinx Mental Health Initiative; Joanne Boston, events producer with a focus on community art and culture; Carly Burton, Jefferson High school Student and filmmaker; and Rosie Tejada, President of the Jefferson Union High School District Board of Trustees.
March 28, 2022, 7pm
Proclamation of National Poetry Month by the City of Pacifica
March 28 to April 1, 2022, 12:30pm
Poetry Reading & Commemoration Events for San Mateo County Healthcare Workers and the families of those we lost to Covid-19
(March 28) San Mateo Medical Center, 222 West 39th Avenue, San Mateo
(March 30) Daly City Health Center, 380 90th Street, Daly City
(March 31) Coastside Clinic, 225 South Cabrillo Highway, Half Moon Bay
(April 1) Fair Oaks Health Center, 2710 Middlefield Road, Redwood City
March 24, 2022, 6pm
Hell/a Mexican with Kevin Madrigal Galindo, Alan Chazaro, Hilary Cruz & Nia McAllister
An evening of poetry honoring local poet Kevin Madrigal Galindo and his new poetry chapbook Hell/a Mexican from Nomadic Press. Featuring poets Kevin Madrigal Galindo, Alan Chazaro, Hilary Cruz Mejia, & Nia McAllister. Register here for this virtual event.
March 23, 2022, 9am-3pm
Pop-Up Poetry hosted by SMCPL & CSW Commissioner Aileen Cassinetto at RISE 2022 Women’s Leadership Conference
March 22, 2022, 9am
Equity Presentation by Aileen Cassinetto at the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors’ Meeting
March 21, 2022, 5pm
World Youth Poetry Day Open Mic
March 15, 2022, 6:30pm
Proclamation of National Poetry Month by the City of East Palo Alto
March 14, 2022, 4pm
Pottstown Poetry Group featuring Aileen Cassinetto
March 8, 2022, 7pm
Daly City Arts & Culture Commission
International Women’s Day with Aileen Cassinetto
March 8, 2022, 6pm
“Processing Fire and Climate Disasters Through Poetry” with Molly Fisk, Kim Shuck, Aileen Cassinetto, Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, Ruth Bavetta, and Indigo Moor. Co-sponsors: Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, Grass Roots Books & Music, and OSU’s School of Writing, Literature, and Film.
February 10, 2022, 4pm PST/7pm EST
BIPOC Poets Collective presents Black History Month Open Mic!
with co-hosts Poetess April J. Armstrong & Aileen Cassinetto
February 9, 2022, 6pm
Poetry Presentation and Proclamation by the Midcoast Community Council (representing Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada, Princeton, and Miramar)
February 7, 2022, 4pm
4th San Mateo County Poetry Out Loud Competition
February 2, 2022, 1pm
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto will moderate a panel featuring Daly City Youth Poet Laureate Madeleine Hur, Alameda County Youth Poet Laureate Zoe Dorado, and Santa Clara County Youth Poet Laureate Anouk Yeh at 1pm.
January 29, 2022, 2pm
Poetry at Home hosted by Lake County Poet Laureate Georgina Marie featuring 2021 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellows
January 22, 2022, 1-2pm PST
Berkeley Poetry Festival: Poetic Justice featuring Kimi Sugioka, Tehmina Khan, Aileen Cassineto, Shizue Seigel, and Lauren Ito.
January 11, 2022, 6pm-8pm
Coastside Poetry with featured poet, Aileen Cassinetto Coastside Poetry hosted by Diane Moomey & Steve Long
January 9, 2022, 1pm (Reception)
Opening of Peninsula Art Foundation’s (PAF) Special Exhibit at the Twin Pines Art Center featuring sculptor, PAF Director & Twin Pines Art Center Founder Ruth Waters, San Mateo County Arts Commission Chair Stephen Seymour, San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto
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