This summer, MPC members will perform their work in venues all over the Bay Area. See a preliminary schedule below. At this time, reading slots are being filled fast. If you are an MPC member and still interested in being a reader, you can email Ann Huang at travelingshow@marinpoetrycenter.org to join your preferred reading event.

2026 schedule!

June 13th 3-4PM, Virtual Reading 
Host: Simona Carini
Readers: Virginia Barrett, Lily Iona MacKenzie, Ann Huang, Kathleen McClung, Raphael Block, Carol Dorf

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82342170255?pwd=fBZRrk4jeprwj8I54p8rBaO80KIZrW.1

Meeting ID: 823 4217 0255 Passcode: 989741

June 20th 2-3PM, Stinson Beach Public Library (FULL)
Host: Sandra Cross
Readers: Jonathan Livingston, Deborah Schmidt, Patricia McMillen

June 27th 2-3PM, Berkeley Public Library - North Branch (FULL)
Host: Kathe Jordan
Readers: Kathe Jordan, Susan Cohen, Jeanne Wagner, Rebekah Wolman, Judy Wells, Dale Jensen

July 11th 2:30-3:30PM, Larkspur Library (FULL)
Host: Sandra Cross
Readers: Susan Kirsch, Ella Eytan, Hans Stahlschmidt, Donna Emerson, Prartho Sereno, Diane Frank

July 18th 2-3PM; 3-4PM, Fairfax Library (Session 1 & 2)
Host: Jayne McPherson
Readers: Janet Jennings, LeeAnn Pickrell, Ann Robinson, Kate Pepper,

Session 2: Readers: Sandy White, Cathy Shea, Richard Flout, Doreen Stock, Marie, Henry, Albert Flynn DeSilver, Louise Yost

July 25th 2-3PM, San Anselmo Library
Host: Jayne McPherson
Readers: Robin Lee, Lynn Axelrod, Mark Meierding, Judy Crowe, Dotty LeMieux

August 1st 3:30-4:30PM, Belvedere-Tiburon Library (FULL)
Host: Mark Meierding
Readers: Elizabeth Underwood, Mary Kay Sweeney, Barbara Swift Brauer, Laurel Feigenbaum, Melanie Maier, Doreen Stock

August 8th 2-3PM, Berkeley Public Library - South Branch
Host: Simona Carini
Readers: Raffi de Bourgo, Steve Maxwell, Susan Kirsch, Laurel Benjamin

August 15th 2-3PM, Berkeley Public Library - West Branch (FULL)
Host: Judy Bertelsen
Readers: Marty Krasney, Robin Michel, Simona Carini, Lucille Lang Day, Carl Landauer, Gail Entrekin

August 22nd 2-3PM, Book Passage Corte Madera (FULL)
Host: Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes
Readers: Virginia Barrett, Terri Glass, Judy Bertelsen, Barry Peterson, Tobey Hiller, Angelika Quirk

August 29th 2-3PM, Book Passage San Francisco (Ferry Building)
Host: TBD
Readers: Laurel Benjamin, Abby Caplin, Elise Kazanjian, Doreen Stock, Larry Ruth

Questions? Contact Ann at travelingshow@marinpoetrycenter.org

We'd also like to welcome our wonderful Traveling Show Assistants this season, Jayne McPherson, Judy Bertelsen, and Reese Espinoza, for their commitment to a myriad of the show events this season.