Category: News
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Public Art at Belameda Park
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto’s poem “Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate” is the newest public art installation at Belameda Park, Belmont.
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February 2020: Poetry Out Loud
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto as one of 3 judges in the 2nd Annual San Mateo County Poetry Out Loud Competition sponsored by the Arts Commission. Poetry Out Loud is a national program that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance, and competition. This program helps students master…
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SMCPL 2020 Calendar
December 31, 2020, 11:30am to 12:30pm PST Noon Year’s Eve Zoom at the Daly City Senior Center December 24, 2020 to January 1, 2021, 6pm PST Westlake School for the Performing Arts’ virtual rendition of The Nutcracker. December 17, 2020, 6pm PST EAT, DRINK & SPEAK POETRY IN SAN MATEO COUNTY!A Holiday Poetry Reading and Community…
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Inaugural Filoli Haiku Contest
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto and Filoli History House & Garden present the 1st Annual Haiku Competition inspired by Filoli’s winter garden. San Mateo County Poet Laureate to Judge Entries Reflecting the Beauty of Filoli’s Garden in Winter Deadline: Entries should be submitted by February 15, 2020, 12:00 pm. The finalists will be…
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2019 Summary
“To be a Poet Laureate is to perceive and bridge the gap that exists in a community. It is about creating empathy and recognizing our shared humanity… to be a poet is to help build, gather, restore. It’s about hope, that great unifier, which transforms lives, which fortifies communities, which changes the world.” Appointed by the…
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The Pink House of Purple Yam Preserves & Other Poems
Heartfelt gratitude to Neil Leadbeater for his careful reading of my second poetry collection. Neil’s review is published in The Halo-Halo Review, edited by Eileen R. Tabios. Cover features a photo of my mom, Corazon, at 16. Book design by C. Sophia Ibardaloza. The Pink House of Purple Yam Preserves and Other Poems (2018) Aileen I.…
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Bay Area Poets Laureate
Join us for a public reading and reception at 3:00 PM, by San Francisco Bay Area Poets Laureate past and present. Laureates from Bay Area cities and counties will read from their work, following a day-long gathering for workshops and presentations. This event is hosted by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto, and San…
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Poet Laureate Opening of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Meeting
From Supervisor Warren Slocum: Today’s poetry reading by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto at our Board meeting was so on point. It was on this day in 1776 that General George Washington read the Declaration of Independence to his troops in New York City. And that message and this poem, entitled “There are…
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NBC Asian Pacific America
From Rafu Shimpo & NBC Bay Area: This Sunday, April 21, on “Asian Pacific America” with Robert Handa, Aileen Cassinetto, the first Asian American to hold the position of San Mateo County Poet Laureate, tells us about her new role and promotes the College of San Mateo’s Asian Pacific American Film Festival with Professor Malathi…
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Skyline College National Poetry Month 2019
Thank you so much to Skyline College for a wonderful afternoon of poetry, refreshments, & community! Students from the Language Arts Division also graciously created this reverse ekphrastic artwork based on my chapbook, The Art of Salamat. Maraming salamat!
Aileen Cassinetto 