Saturday, March 2, 2019, 9:30AM
“WOW Voices Now: A Morning of Readings and Refreshments”
Features San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto and award-winning fiction/nonfiction writer Jacqueline Doyle.
Skyline College, Student & Community Center, Building 6
3300 College Drive
San Bruno, CA 94066
Saturday, March 16, 2019, 2:00PM
Laureates Speak Poetry
Celebrate Women, Words, and the Power of Poetry with San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto and San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck! This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Westlake Library
275 Southgate Ave.
Daly City, CA 94015
Sunday, March 17, 2019, 2:00PM
PAW-ETRY
Poets Raising Awareness for Shelter Pets
Please join San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto on a tour of the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA. For more info or to RSVP: smcpoetlaureate@smcl.org.
Lantos Center for Compassion
1450 Rollins Rd.
Burlingame, CA 94010
Friday, April 12, 2019, 7:00PM
A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein: Concert & Poetry Reading
Aragon High School Theater
900 Alameda de Las Pulgas
San Mateo, CA 94402
Sunday, April 14, 2019, 2:00PM-3:00PM
HAY(NA)KU!
Learn a new poetic form with San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto
Is it a sigh or a form of haiku? In this workshop, with the aid of prompts and familiar poetic tools, we will try our hand at drafting new poems. We’ll write, read, critique, tweak, and talk about this deceptively simple verse form! Materials and light snacks will be provided.
This is a free event, but space is limited. Please email smcpoetlaureate@smcl.org with the subject, “WORKSHOP,” by April 7th to RSVP.
Half Moon Bay Library
620 Correas St.
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Sunday, April 14, 2019, 3:30PM
PAW-ETRY READING & RECEPTION
In addition to April being National Poetry Month, it is also Prevention Against Cruelty to Animals Month. On April 14th, you are invited to read a poem about a favorite pet, an animal you met at the PHS-SPCA or any shelter, a favorite poem about animals, or just come and support this worthy cause. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Half Moon Bay Library
620 Correas St.
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Saturday, April 27, 2019
SAVE THE DATE!
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto with East Palo Alto Poet Laureate Kalamu Chaché will be hosting a Poetry Celebration Concert featuring local poets and the West Bay Community Band as part of the “Speak Poetry” campaign. Stay tuned for more details.
Saturday, May 4, 2019 (evening; details TBA)
10th Annual CSM Asian Pacific American Film Festival
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto is a guest reader.
CSM Theatre Building 03
1700 West Hillsdale Boulevard
San Mateo, CA 94402
Saturday, May 25, 2019
Mental Health Open Mic
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto is hosting a poetry open mic to encourage stories of hope and recovery around mental health and substance use. Details to follow.
Cafe Zoe
1929 Menalto Ave,
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Monday, May 27, 2019, 10:30AM
78th Annual Memorial Day Observance
Musical prelude 10:30 a.m. Program 11 a.m.
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto is a guest reader.
Golden Gate National Cemetery
1300 Sneath Lane (Veterans Way) San Bruno, CA 94066
PAST EVENTS
Thursday, February 14, 2019, 6:30PM
ALL WE NEED: Valentine Poetry Open Mic & Reception
Bring a loved one (a date, a partner, a grandma, a friend, a child, or yourself!), and your favorite love poem. You can even renew vows in community with those at the gathering! San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto and Belmont Poet Laureate Jacki Rigoni co-host.
Millbrae Library
1 Library Avenue
Millbrae, CA 94030
Friday February, 8, 2019, 7:00PM
Come and watch students from five High Schools compete in the FIRST SAN MATEO COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION POETRY OUT LOUD COMPETITION!
San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto and East Palo Alto Poet Laureate Kalamu Chache will be among the judges.
Foster City Recreation Center,
Mist Room
650 Shell Boulevard
Foster City, CA 94404
Monday, February 4, 2019, 7:00PM
POETS!
Reading & Open Mic featuring San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto, and former Poet Laureate of Livermore Connie Post. Kim Shuck, Poet Laureate of San Francisco, and Jerry Ferraz, poetry czar of Bird & Beckett, co-host.
Bird & Beckett Books
653 Chenery St.
San Francisco, CA 94131
Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 9:00AM
Poet Laureate Opening of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Meeting
Once each quarter, the Poet Laureate will open the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors’ Meeting with a poem. Board meetings begin at 9:00AM, and are open to the public. You are welcome to stay for all or any portion of the meeting.
Hall of Justice
400 County Center
Redwood City, CA 94063
December 2018
Hay(na)ku Exhibit at the Saint Helena Public Library
1492 Library Lane, St. Helena, California
