County Fairs and upcoming May poetry events

County Fairs

Alameda County Fair entry form deadline due May 15th Poetry is under Fine Arts. Fair is June 14- July 7th https://annual.alamedacountyfair.com/competitions/
Solano County Fair entry form deadline due May 22nd. Fair is June 13-16 Poetry is under Fine Arts. https://scfair.org/compete/
Marin County Fair entry form deadline due May 31st. Fair is July 3-7. Poetry is under Creative Writing. https://marinfair.org/exhibits/

Special Events

Tonight, April 25, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Alibi Bookshop – 624 Marin St. in Vallejo – The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace and Renewal – James Crews, editor of two best-selling poetry anthologies, “How to Love the World” and “The Path to Kindness,” presents an all-new collection of highly accessible poems on the theme of celebrating moments of wonder and peace in everyday life.
Our Vallejo Poets Laureate Kathleen Herrmann and Jacalyn Eyvonne will be reading at the Earth Daze Festival in Vallejo on Saturday, April 27th from 12:15 to 1:00 PM.

They will also be participating in the Climate Change Ekphrastic Exhibit, Temple Arts Loft, May 25, June 1, 8, 15, 22 from 1:00-2:00 PM.
They are featuring at the McCune on Sunday May 26 from 2 to 4 PM. Lower level of the JFK Library.

http://vallejopoetrysociety.org/happy-earth-day/

Open mics

Poetry Speakeasy at Chris Club meets twice a month every other Monday at 656 Benicia Road, Vallejo at 7 PM. Due to the nature of the venue, participants must be 21 or older.

Monday, May 6th, 2024
Monday, May 20th, 2024

Benicia First Tuesday Poets meet on the first Tuesday of the month at 150 East L Street, Benicia. Come for snacks and schmoozing at 6:15. Show starts at 6:30 PM.

Tuesday, May 7th, 2024

Poetry in Notion has been cancelled.

Poetry by the Bay meets on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 51 Daniels Avenue, Vallejo at 7 PM. Visit poetrybythebay.com for details.

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024

Art Beat Poetry Hour on KZCT 89.5 FM meets on the 4th Thursdays at 1026 Georgia Street, Vallejo at 10:15 AM. Poets take turns reading their work live on the air. Airtime is 10:30 AM.

Thursday, April 25th, 2024
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024

http://vallejopoetrysociety.org/open-mics-in-solano-county-in-2024/

Fairfield

Fairfield Poet Laureate Suzanne Bruce, in collaboration with the Fairfield-Suisun City Visual Arts Association, invites you to write a poem to an art piece from the exhibit “Into the Light.” Art Reception and Poetry Reading is on May 25, 4-6 p.m. at the Solano Town Center Gallery at 1350 Travis Blvd., #D-8, Fairfield, (inside the Solano Town Center Mall). Art can be seen at the Gallery : Gallery opened Wednesday- Sunday 11 am – 6 pm or at Solano Town Center Gallery | fsvaa (fvaa-arts.org).Send Suzanne your poem in a word doc or pdf with picture of art on the poem by 10 AM on May 25. For more information, email fairfieldpoetlaurate@gmail.com. Please keep your poem to 42 lines or less.

Fairfield Poet Laureate Suzanne Bruce invites you to an afternoon of poetry. Upon Words, with two inspiring Bay Area poets, Rosa Lane and Erin Rodini. Open mic to follow. Event takes place on Saturday, May 11, 2024, 3-5 pm, at the Fairfield Civic Center Library, 1150 Kentucky Street.

https://www.fairfield.ca.gov/government/poet-laureate

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