Category: News
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Op-ed: State of poetry in the county
April is National Poetry Month. To raise awareness of the many roles poetry plays in our daily life, I’ve launched a campaign in January petitioning our county and cities here to issue an official proclamation in support of National Poetry Month. As of this writing, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, and the mayors…
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Poetry Out Loud
February 7, 2022, 4pmPoetry Out Loud Poetry Out Loud empowers high school students to have the confidence to make themselves heard, using one of the most powerful tools at their disposal—poetry. It encourages teens to learn about poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. This initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts is administered statewide…
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Arts as Life!
Arts as Life! Join the San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture for a virtual day-long arts experience that will be rich with opportunities to practice creativity and its connections to learning. Arts as Life! is open to all K-12 teachers, administration, staff, and counselors. This immersive experience will include many dynamic presenters, a…
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Dear Poet 2022
Submission period opens in April. From The Academy of American Poets: New York, NY (January 27, 2022)— The Academy of American Poets, the originator of National Poetry Month—now a worldwide celebration—invites students in grades five through twelve to participate in Dear Poet 2022, an annual multimedia education project featuring videos of award-winning poets reading their…
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Berkeley Poetry Festival
January 22, 2022, 1-2pm PST Berkeley Poetry Festival: Poetic Justice Berkeley Poetry Festival’s mission is to present poets who also engage social justice issues and organize in the literary community. Join us for a reading by five outstanding Asian American poets: Kimi Sugioka, Tehmina Khan, Aileen Cassineto, Shizue Seigel, and Lauren Ito. Hosted by Berkeley…
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Coastside Poetry
January 11, 2022, 6pm-8pm Featured poet, Aileen Cassinetto Coastside Poetry hosted by Diane Moomey & Steve Long
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Special Exhibit at the Twin Pines Art Center
January 9, 2022, 1pm (Reception) through February 27, 2022 Opening of Peninsula Art Foundation’s (PAF) Special Exhibit at the Twin Pines Art Center PAF Board members will be exhibiting their work: sculptor, PAF Director & Twin Pines Art Center Founder Ruth Waters, San Mateo County Arts Commission Chair Stephen Seymour, San Mateo County Poet Laureate…
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SMCPL Calendar 2022
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…
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Academy of American Poets Interview
The Academy of American Poets interview with Poet Laureate Fellow Aileen Cassinetto “A poem is an ecosystem where life happens. There’s ruthlessness, but also so much grace and so much possibility. Poetry situates us where our story connects with other stories, where we navigate bodies and language and distance and place with agency and urgency.…
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Highlights 2019-2021
I was appointed by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors to serve as Poet Laureate in October 2018. In January 2019, I launched my “Speak Poetry in San Mateo County” campaign in schools, city halls, the county jail, nursing facilities and local libraries. In April 2020, I curated the community poem, “Love in the…
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