Category: News
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Black Fire
May 12, 2022, 5:30pmBlack 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…
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Mental Health Open Mic
May 11, 2022, 6pm2022 Mental Health Open Mic Join San Mateo County for 2022 Mental Health Month! This year’s theme, #SMCTakeAction4MH, encourages everyone to take actionable steps to address mental health and substance use matters. Check out in-person and virtual events in partnership with local agencies and community members. Wednesday, May 11 | 6pm-7:30pm Mental…
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Women’s Hall of Fame
May 10, 2022, 4:30pm2022 San Mateo County Women’s Hall of FameDevil’s Canyon Brewing Company935 Washington Street, San Carlos
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3rd Annual Filoli Haiku Contest
The Filoli Annual Haiku Contest celebrates its 2nd anniversary with a new Ecopoetry Award! Winner: First PlaceHummingbird on nest.She sits with patience and care.The garden holds her.-Candice Ward Winner: Second Placewisteriaweighed down by frothof too much joy-Jenna Le Winner: Under 18I’m born as a seedThe wind carries my futureA new life begins-Katherine Kelly Winner: Ecopoetry…
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On craft
I became a poet because I had a story to tell, ideas I wanted to explore, and spaces I wished to share. “If you are a poet,” says the late and great Thích Nhất Hạnh, “you will see clearly that … [as thin as a] sheet of paper is, it contains everything in the universe in…
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Trio House Award
November 1, 2021 to April 30, 2022Trio House Press Book Awards Reading Period Read the guidelines here. TRIO AWARD JUDGE 2022: Aileen Cassinetto
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Coastside outreach
“Poem by Aileen Cassinetto,” Half Moon Bay Review (April 5, 2022) “HMB plans to make Thursdays a Main event,” Half Moon Bay Review (June 23, 2021) “Half Moon Bay students pen inaugural poems, County publishes collection of work,” Half Moon Bay Review (March 10, 2021) “The Next Gen,” Cultural Weekly (January 20, 2021) “Writer finds poetic justice now,” Half Moon Bay…
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SSF Youth Poet
April 29, 2022, 6:30pmSSF Youth Art ShowThe 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! Municipal Services Building (MSB), 33 Arroyo Drive *The South San Francisco Youth Poet-in-Residence program was co-founded by the South…
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Daly City Youth Poet Laureate
April 28, 2022, 6:30pm2022-23 Daly City Youth Poet Laureate Commencement Event
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Academy Bookshop
Check out the Academy of American Poets’ Poets Laureate Fellows Bookshop. The Academy of American Poets is the nation’s leading champion of American poets and poetry. Its mission is to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. Each year, the charitable organization connects millions of…
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