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Brilliant Poetry Reading
Celebrate the beauty of science and discovery through the power of poetry! Join us for the inaugural reading of The Brilliant Poetry competition, featuring ten remarkable poets from around the world who explore scientific wonder in verse. This inspiring event highlights how poetry can illuminate the wonders of scientific exploration and our shared human curiosity.…
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Meet Me for Noche Buena in 2024
Meet Me for Noche BuenaMusic by Saunder ChoiText by Aileen Cassinetto “Meet Me for Noche Buena” continues to be part of our holiday traditions and will be coming to the Bay Area and New York for the first time next month! It will be part of LALÒ ensemble‘s “Panunuluyan”, the Peninsula Women’s Chorus‘ “Cultivating Hope”,…
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Let Me Call You Sweetheart
I’m grateful to the editors of Consequence for publishing my poem “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” which will be read by José Edmundo Ocampo Reyes along with his piece “Letter to Topeka” at the Boston City Hall Civic Pavilion on November 12th, at 7pm EST. The event will be both in person and livestreamed. “Let…
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World Premiere of “Balikbayan”
On Friday, October 25th at 7:30pm, Filipino-American mezzo-soprano Carmen Edano and Lisa Sylvester will premiere the new art song “Balikbayan” (my third collaboration with 2024 Raymond W. Brock Prize winner Saunder Choi!) at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music as part of the Prima Voce Emerging Artists series. Tickets are available here. From Saunder Choi: “Balikbayan”…
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CLMP’s reading list
“An Immigrant’s Guide to Navigating Borders & Bodies of Water” is featured in the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses’ Reading List for Filipino American History Month 2024! From CLMP: Join us in celebrating #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth! Pick several reads from an indie press or lit mag on this year’s reading list (and don’t forget to bookmark…
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An Evening With Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, Diane Seuss, and Martha Silano
The New England Poetry Club is hosting “An Evening with Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, Diane Seuss, and Martha Silano” on November 11th, Monday, at 4pm PT/7pm ET on Zoom. The reading will feature poems from Dear Human at the Edge of Time, and new books by Luisa A. Igloria and Martha Silano. The event…
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FilBookFest 2024
Leading the Way: Filipinx in Publishing, Bookselling & Literary Organizations Saturday, October 12, 4:00 – 5:00 pm FilBookFest rounds out the first day with a powerhouse panel of Filipinx leaders and trailblazers in the world of publishing, bookselling, and literary & arts organizations. Panelists: Jason Bayani/Kearney Street Workshop; Jhoanna Belfer/Bel Canto; Lily Prijoles/Arkipelago Books; Edwin…
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Soul Bone Lit Fest
Reading and Q&A: What Does EcoPoetry Bring to the Table? In this reading, presentation, and Q&A poets and authors Kim Shuck, Denise Low, and Aileen Cassinetto talk about EcoPoetry today. Thursday, August 29 · 12:30 – 2:30pm PDT
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Call for Submissions on the Nature of Our Times
THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES: POEMS ON AMERICA’S LANDS, WATERS, WILDLIFE, AND OTHER NATURAL WONDERS A companion to the First National Nature Assessment (NNA1) Forthcoming, Fall 2025 from Paloma Press, in collaboration with Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University and Poets for Science Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, and David Hassler (Editors) BACKGROUND Partly inspired…
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San Mateo County celebrates bridge-builders
From the San Mateo County Office of Community Affairs:In honor of Immigrant Heritage Month, we are celebrating bridge-builders—leaders whose work uplifts immigrant communities and supports immigrant inclusion. Meet Aileen Cassinetto: “I’m a first generation immigrant, and also the daughter and granddaughter of first generation immigrants from the Philippines. I was appointed San Mateo County Poet…
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