Tag: poet laureate
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4th Annual Filoli Haiku Contest
The hugely popular Filoli Haiku contest is now open for submissions! Over 4,000 haiku have been written about Filoli’s gardens since the competition was launched in 2020. In addition to 1st and 2nd place, there is a special category for poets below 18. This year also marks the 2nd Annual Filoli Ecopoetry Award to encourage…
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National Poetry Month at SFPL
San Francisco Poet Laureate emerita Kim Shuck facilitates a poetry reading honoring poets who have recently passed. Featured readers include Clyde Always, Mahnaz Badihian, Dan Brady, Aileen Cassinetto, Paul Corman-Roberts, Kitty Costello, Tongo Eisen-Martin and Lauren Ito. Kim Shuck remarks, “The last few years have seen a lot of loss. It’s not possible to mourn each and every voice, but we are going…
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Books I loved and blurbed
Here are some of the books I’ve endorsed! It was a joy to thoroughly engage with these works. Please support the authors and publishers by buying these books. You can also request your local library to purchase a copy to add to their catalog. Thank you! Engkanto in the Diaspora by Eileen R. Tabios (University…
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RISE 2022 Women’s Leadership Conference
Video archive of RISE 2022 Women’s Leadership Conference. Included in the program is Pop Up Poetry featuring Pacifica poet Dina Klarisse, East Palo Alto poet Keiki Leni Ward, and Alameda County Youth Poet Laureate Zoe Dorado, hosted by Commissioner Aileen Cassinetto.
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Congratulations, Supervisor Noelia Corzo!
I’m deeply honored that my first reading of the year was in celebration of Supervisor Noelia Corzo, the first Latina and 9th woman to be elected to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors since 1856! Supervisor Corzo will be representing District 2, my district. I believe in her, in what she stands for, and in…
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Walking Into 2023
Thank you, 2022, for all the lessons and milestones! I’m honored to have been part of this year’s events and programs, and grateful to everyone who helped make them happen: I’m looking forward to working on these forthcoming projects in 2023, and especially welcome the friendships they will bring: I am so very grateful for…
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Americans for the Arts features San Mateo County Youth Ecopoetry Project
The Fall/Winter 2022 issue of Arts Link magazine by Americans for the Arts features the San Mateo County Youth Ecopoetry Project, along with 55 other projects at the intersection of the arts and climate change. Linda Lombardi, Managing Editor, writes, “From rising seas to hurricanes to fires, climate change impacts every corner of the world…
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Youth Poetry Workshop
Students grades 5 through 12, join us for a fun poetry workshop on Wednesday, December 14, 5-6pm Pacific. Facilitated by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Emerita Aileen Cassinetto and Daly City Youth Poet Laureate Chloe Chou, hosted by the Daly City Public Library Associates. Via Zoom.
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Redwood City unveils equity mural
Source: The Daily News Redwood City will celebrate the unveiling of a new racial equity mural this Saturday, marking the compilation of a two-year project meant to signify the city’s commitment to racial equity. Details in the mural have evolved since [Rachel] Wolfe-Goldsmith initially presented her idea. It remained nonlinear with modern representations of minority…
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United Against Hate Week 2022
Digital Makers: United Against Hate 11/16/2022 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMLocation: Downtown Library1044 Middlefield RoadRedwood City, California 94063 November 13 – 19 is United Against Hate Week. Use the Makerspace’s Epilog Laser Cutter to cut and engrave a custom wooden bookmark celebrating tolerance and solidarity within our community. Learners of all ages and experience levels…
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