EVENTS AT A GLANCE
Coming up @ SPC
Open mic follows unless noted
Monday, June 5, 7:30 p.m.
Karen Poppy, Susan Kelly-DeWitt
& David Starkey Reading
Monday, June 12, 7:30 p.m.
Tom Mitchell, Stan Zumbiel
& Rick Robbins Reading
Monday, June 19, 7:30 p.m.
Michael Gallowglas & Mario Ellis Hill Reading
Monday, June 26, 7:30 p.m.
Michael Czarnecki Reading & Talk
Monday, July 3, 7:30 p.m.
Rick Rayburn Book Signing for Slack Tide
with Bob Stanley of Random Lane Press
(rescheduled from May 22)
The Sacramento Poetry Center hosts a variety of events, including our weekly
Monday Night Reading Series, special events, and other readings. They are
detailed in the current issue of Poet News.
POETRY WORKSHOPS OFFERED THROUGH SPC
COAST TO COAST POETRY CONSORTIUM
SUNDAYS AT 3 p.m.
Started in June of 2021, the CCPC is a poetry critique group for active writers that convenes weekly each Sunday at 3 p.m (PST) on Zoom. Facilitated by Len Germinara, the group gives a cold reading of work submitted and a discussion afterwards with a five-minute maximum per poem. Space is limited. If interested in participating, and for more information, contact Len Germinara at lensir@hotmail.com.
TUESDAY NIGHT POETRY WORKSHOP
TUESDAYS AT 7:30 p.m.
The Sacramento Poetry Center has been hosting the Tuesday Night Poetry Workshop for over 30 years, Facilitated by Danyen Powell, it’s both in person at the Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th St., and on Zoom. Designed to illicit constructive feedback, the workshop involves a critique of presented work. It begins promptly at 7:30 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m. Writers can participate in the workshop by emailing one poem on a standard sized sheet of paper (81/2 x 11, 12 point, 1 page) to: sac.tuesday.poetry@gmail.com by 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays so all the poems are screen-shared from one place. For more info, contact sac.tuesday.poetry@gmail.com.
MARIEWRITERS
WEDNESDAYS AT 6:30 p.m.
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR MARIE WRITERS:
June 7 6:00 pm
Ann Michaels hosts and provides prompt
https://csus.zoom.us/j/9056785791
June 14. 6:00 pm
Patricia Wentzel hosts and Tino de Guevara provides prompt
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88340622382
June 21. 6:00 pm
Patricia Wentzel hosts and Sandra Tanhauser provides prompt
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88340622382
June 28. 6:00 pm
Back to Bob hosting, (the usual link)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89181123001
MarieWriters was founded in honor of Marie Reynolds, a Sacramento poet whom many of us were lucky to know. Before Marie died of breast cancer in fall 2018, we started a weekly writing group in her name. MarieWriters is a generative workshop–one person brings a prompt; and we all write for 30 minutes. Then we share what we’ve written and provide positive feedback–commenting on the strong points in each other’s writing. The workshop is facilitated by Bob Stanley. Marie meets Wednesday nights, online, starting at 6:30 pm, and always welcomes new writers!
This is the Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89181123001
WRITING FROM THE INSIDE OUT
THURSDAYS AT 5 p.m.
Writing From The Inside Out is a weekly prompt writing course facilitated by Nick LeForce, attended by a group of your fellow writers, poets, and those wishing to use writing for personal growth and expression. You get a prompt at the beginning of the week, and then have a read-around on zoom at the end of the week. It’s free, fun, a great way to share, and reading a poem is optional. Please register to participate. You will receive a writing prompt every Monday morning by email to use as a catalyst (or use your own inspiration) to write your original work. We meet on Thursday afternoons at 5 p.m. via zoom to read our work to each other, and use the basic AWA format for commenting on shared work. Once you have registered, you do not need to register again, simply use the link sent to you in your confirmation email. More info: www.nickleforce.com → Inside Out. Register Here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/upwkde-opjkpnyQECAVBKolY4hKCdl61uAT
OTHER GROUPS & WORKSHOPS
THE SACRAMENTO STORYTELLERS GUILD
THIRD SATURDAYS, AT 2 p.m.
The Sacramento Storytellers Guild meets at the Poetry Center, 1719 25th St., on the third Saturday of each month from 2:00-3:30 p.m. for storytelling and poetry, and provides light refreshments. For further information, contact Dan Laufer at dadlaufer@gmail.com.
THE HART CENTER WORKSHOP
TUESDAYS AT 2 p.m.
The Hart Center Workshop is facilitated by Olga Browne and Aiesha Jones, and meets at Hart Senior Center, 915 27th Street in Marshall Park. The group meets weekly on Tuesday from 2-3:30 p.m. For more information, contact Olga at chulabrowne@gmail.com.
NEW WORKSHOP IN CAMERON PARK
THIRD THURSDAYS AT 5:30 P.M.
Lara Gularte, El Dorado County Poet Laureate, is facilitating a new, all levels writing workshop, Writing Our Words, which will be held at the Cameron Park Library. More info: laralg@aol.com
