Mendocino Poetry Events: Open Mic & Monthly Series
November 29, 2020
Our calendar of Mendocino Poetry Events has moved!
See the new calendar at TheresaWhitehill.com/events
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ONGOING SERIES AND OPEN READINGS
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Saturdays
Cartwheels on the Sky ~ Poets, Poems & Discovery
Live on KGUA FM Gualala with host Blake More
Saturday, December 5, 2020
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Saturday, December 26, 2020
https://www.snakelyone.com/radio/cartwheels/cartwheels-home.html
7 to 7:30 pm
Live on KGUA FM Gualala
Live Stream: KGUA.org
Show Archive: https://www.bmoreyou.net/musings/
Cartwheels on the Sky ~ Poets, Poems & Discovery features poets from around the country. Host Blake More takes listeners on a journey through the minds and hearts of some of California’s most engaging poets. Highlighting a new poet in conversation each week, the show offers fresh, intelligent, living poetry and lively discussions.
To be considered for future shows, contact blake@snakelyone.com
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First Thursday Poetry Open Mic in Fort Bragg, CA – on site gatherings have been paused for the duration of the shelter-in-place orders
Thursday, December 3, 2020, 7:00 pm: Open Mic Poetry via Zoom video conference
To receive an invitation to the Zoom reading, or for more information, contact Dan Hesse, Branch Librarian, Fort Bragg Branch Library, hessd@mendocinocounty.org, 707 961-2625, www.fortbragglibrary.org
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First & Third Sundays on Public Radio
Rhythm Running River
Poetry programming
1st Sunday 3-4 pm and 3rd Sunday 3 to 5 pm
KZYX&Z Public Radio, 90.7, 91.5, and 88.1 FM
Host: Dan Roberts
Sunday, December 6, 2020
Sunday, December 20, 2020
For playlists visit Out Far Press
For streaming audio of each show (has not been updated in a while), follow this link
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Third Sundays in Mendocino
Writers of the Mendocino Coast
Update as of 06/28/20: Until further notice, WMC meetings starting in July will be held on Zoom the third Sunday of every month at 3 p.m. The new day and time are to accommodate people without consistent internet access.
Sunday, December 20, 2020 (online event via Zoom)
3:00 pm
via Zoom video conference
Sponsored by Writers of the Mendocino Coast, branch of the California Writers Club
https://www.writersmendocinocoast.org/
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Third Thursday in Point Arena
Third Thursday Poetry Night
2020 Schedule
7 pm – Featured & Open Mic Poetry via Zoom video conference
Thursday, December 17, 2020: Featured Poet Pending
Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz is supported by The Third Thursday Poetry Group, many anonymous donors, and Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.
To receive an invitation to the Zoom reading, or for more information, contact Blake More, 707 884-9189 or blake@snakelyone.com
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Last Thursday in Ukiah
Writers Read Ukiah
7:00 pm: featured reading followed by open mic
Grace Hudson Museum Community Room
431 South Main Street
Ukiah, CA 95482
Suggested donation: $5
Refreshments provided
2020 Schedule
August Update: Writers Read Ukiah is canceled for the time being and will resume at some point when conditions are better suited for live readings.
From co-producer Dan Barth: Once again we are sad to announce that our monthly Writers Read event has been cancelled. Our venue, the Grace Hudson Museum, had reopened, but was forced to close again when Mendocino County had a spike in Covid-19 cases. At the moment, all bets are off. We will resume when we can. We have discussed doing virtual readings and have decided against that for now. Seeing all those names [reviewing the Writers Read list for the past two years] makes me realize what a good thing we had going. And of course the open mic session was a big part of each month’s event. I miss seeing those of you who attended almost every month. Keep writing, save all your good work and be ready to rock n roll when the time comes.
December 2020 (to be confirmed): Virgin of Guadalupe reading; a co-production of the Grace Hudson Museum, the City of Ukiah Poet Laureate Committee, Bill Churchill, and Theresa Whitehill
For Information, contact Series co-producers, Dan Barth, bookem@pacific.net or Michael Riedell, innisfree@pacific.net
This reading series is sponsored in part by Poets & Writers, through a grant from the James Irvine Foundation and the Hearst Foundation. Additional support provided by an anonymous local writer, Michael Riedell, Dan Barth, Bill “Jabez” Churchill, The Poet Laureate Committee of Ukiah, Grace Hudson Museum, and donations.
A little history: Writers Read, founded by Susan Sparrow and Hal Zina Bennett of Tenacity Press, has been happening monthly on the last Thursday of the month since 1999 in Ukiah, California, starting at the Emerald Cafe, moving to the Saturday Afternoon Club, then to Colored Horse Studios for five years (2004-2009) and as of 2009, back almost full-circle to Art Center Ukiah’s annex, which is next door to the former location of the Emerald Cafe. Dan Barth and Theresa Whitehill co-produced the series with Susan and Hal for many years. As of August 2014, Bill Churchill took over producing the series with Theresa Whitehill as co-producer. As of January 2017, Michael Riedell has taken over hosting the series, with Theresa Whitehill, Dan Barth, and Bill Churchill as co-producers. As of January 2019, the series moved to the Grace Hudson Museum Community Room. Michael Riedell and Dan Barth co-produce and co-host the series.
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OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Mendocino Spring Reading
Poems submitted as audio files have been aired on Dan Robert’s RhythmRunningRiver radio show on kzyx, beginning June 21, 2020
See separate post for more details: https://coloredhorse.wordpress.com/2020/05/03/mendocino-spring-reading-2020/
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rest in peace: ruth weiss, 1928–2020
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ruth died at her home in Albion, on the Mendocino Coast on July 31, 2020. Tributes to her life as a jazz poet can be found on the internet.
A few links:
Poetry Matters, Real Estate Magazine, Fort Bragg, CA, issue 651
Remembering ruth weiss beat poet at peace, Mendo Voice, Ukiah, CA, 8/14/2020
ruth weiss, the beat goddess documentary
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rest in peace: Doug Strong, 1935–2020
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Doug Strong passed away at his home in Ukiah, California on August 9, 2020. A familiar site at Ukiah literary events for many years, at which he often shared his own poetry and supported the work of others. From Roberta Werdinger’s tribute to him, sent in an email: “His daughter Sharon wrote, ‘Not a conventionally religious man, he did once say that he considered poetry to be his religion.'”
ukiaHaiku Festival Hiatus for 2020
After a run of 17 festivals of haiku in the city of Ukiah, an annual event that originated in the early 2000s, a hiatus has been regretfully declared for the ukiaHaiku Festival in 2020. While each year multitudes of haiku competition entries have continued to be submitted, the base of festival volunteers has been shrinking along with necessary institutional support. With such limitations in mind, the Ukiah Poet Laureate and ukiaHaiku Committees will use the upcoming year to instead assess new sources of support and envision how best to continue with future festivals.
For more information, see our website: http://ukiahaiku.org/
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Periodicities: a virtual reading series: Melissa Eleftherion
Link to YouTube Video:
Unable to continue the LOBA reading series at the Ukiah Branch Library for the present, Melissa Eleftherion has produced a video as part of a virtual reading series for her press, Periodicity Journal.
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Mendocino Spring Poetry Reading 2017 through 2019
2019: visit this Facebook link
2018: visit this Facebook link
2017: visit this Facebook link
For information: Gordon Black, gblack@mcn.org or 707 937-4107
Sonoma County Literary Update
A great resource of all things literary, including a massive list of featured and open mic readings in Sonoma County
Mendo Courage Campaign
Organized locally by Sujsan Klimist-Zingo: sklimist@gmail.com
“The best way not to fee hopeless is to get up and do something.” President Obama said that. A statewide initiative that now has a local chapter, organized to promote activism and positive change in light of the 2016 election. There’s lots to do. If you want to contribute energy, time, support:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1619568148349569/
https://couragecampaign.org/
Investigative Poetics 