Come on out and celebrate this bright, new year with some poetry, refreshments, and witty banter! Marin Poetry Center and Mill Valley Public Library are proud to present James Cagney, Cheryl Dumesnil, and Connie Post—a trio of fabulous, Bay Area poets! Registration required. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25 | 6:30 - 8:00 pm at MILL VALLEY PUBLIC […]
TUESDAY, APRIL 9 6:30PM - 8:00PM | MILL VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY REGISTER HERE Perhaps you’ve always wondered what people see in poetry. Maybe you’re already a practicing poet in need of camaraderie and outside inspiration. Either way, this free, generative, welcoming poetry workshop is for you. Each session, we will read and examine some poems. We will discuss what the poems are […]
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20th | 6:30-7:30 PM MILL VALLEY LIBRARY (CONFERENCE ROOM) SIGN UP HERE Read and discuss a book of poems with others who appreciate poetry and like to take a closer look at form, structure, and craft. Discussions will be lively and interactive, and participants will have a chance to share thoughts and ask […]
TUESDAY, JANUARY 16th | 6:30-7:30 PM MILL VALLEY LIBRARY (CONFERENCE ROOM) SIGN UP HERE Read and discuss a book of poems with others who appreciate poetry and like to take a closer look at form, structure, and craft. Discussions will be lively and interactive, and participants will have a chance to share thoughts and ask […]
Thursday, November 30th, 2023 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm on Zoom This Zoom class considers how we might combine historical research with our own personal poetic expressions and experimentations. During this 1 1/2 hour course, we will discuss what docupoetry entails, look at some examples, and discuss their conventions and how they incorporate outside texts, then […]
FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH | 6:30-8:00 PM MILL VALLEY LIBRARY Virtual workshop on Zoom. Click the link below to register. SIGN UP HERE In this virtual Round Table Workshop, attendees share an original poem-in-progress and receive positive feedback and craft suggestions from fellow participants. Calvin Ahlgren, longtime Marin poet and workshop facilitator, will continue […]
SUNDAY, DECEMBER, 3rd | 2:00 - 4:45 pm MILL VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY - CREEKSIDE ROOM SIGN UP HERE Join us to celebrate the release of the Marin Poetry Center’s twenty-sixth members’ anthology. The poets will read from this year’s volume, Con/Form—which showcases an array of responses and voices. Enjoy the array: established poetic forms, inventive use of shape and space on […]
Join Anders Carlson-Wee and Douglas Manuel as they read from their new collections, Disease of Kings and Trouble Funk. The reading will be followed by an in-depth conversation moderated by Marin County Poet Laureate Francesca Bell centering on disparities of income and opportunity, living with deprivation, and how artists can survive late-stage capitalism in America. […]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20th | 6:30-7:30 PM MILL VALLEY LIBRARY (CONFERENCE ROOM) SIGN UP HERE Read and discuss a book of poems with others who appreciate poetry and like to take a closer look at form, structure, and craft. Discussions will be lively and interactive, and participants will have a chance to share thoughts and ask […]
MPC and The Marin Shakespeare Company present Pandemic-Published Poets & Costume Celebration THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26th | 7-9PM MARIN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY'S CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE - 514 FOURTH STREET, SAN RAFAEL Join us in celebrating just a few of many MPC members (and writers everywhere!) who published books and chapbooks during the pandemic […]
