Tag: poet laureate
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Immigrant Heritage Month
June 8, 2022County of San Mateo Immigrant Services’ “A Celebration of Immigrant Heritage Month & Poetry Open Mic Night,” June 8 at 6pm
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Burlingame & Redwood Shores Rotarians’ Community Poem
When I was a little girl in the Philippines, I would often see posters about The Four-Way Test, which is a test used by Rotarians as a moral code for personal and business relationships. Just as poetry is built on the idea of what it means to be human, The Four Way Test is driven…
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Daly City poetry reading
May 26, 2022, 5pm-6pmAn Evening with Poets Jacques J. Rancourt, Randall Mann & Benjamin Gucciardi at the John Daly Library, 134 Hillside Blvd., Daly City, sponsored by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto
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AAPI at Burlingame Library
May 25, 2022New Burmese American Poetry featuring Maw Shein Win, Audrey T. Williams, and Chloe Chou, An Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month presentation by Burlingame Library & San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto
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AAPI in Daly City
May 24, 2022, 5:30pmAAPI Heritage Month Celebration at Serramonte Library sponsored by the City of Daly City Council and San Mateo County Poet Laureate Aileen Cassinetto
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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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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
Aileen Cassinetto 