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 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 5th 2-3PM, Marin County Fair
Host: Sandra Cross
Readers: Jayne McPherson, Patricia McMillen, Sandra Cross

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) (FULL)
Host: Jayne McPherson
Readers: Janet Jennings, LeeAnn Pickrell, Ann Robinson, Kate Peper, Cathy Shea, Nancy Cherry

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

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

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

August 8th 2-3PM, Berkeley Public Library - South Branch (FULL)
Host: Simona Carini
Readers: Raffi de Bourgo, Steve Maxwell, Susan Kirsch, Laurel Benjamin, Judy Bertelsen, Gail Entrekin

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

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 2-4:30PM - 2 Sessions, Stinson Beach Public Library (FULL)
Host: Sandra Cross
Sessions #1, 2-3 pm: Readers: Patricia McMillen, Simona Carini, Karen Marker, Veronica Komberg, Grace Angel

Sessions #2 3:30-4:30PM: Readers: Francesca Bell, Benjamin Livesey, Andy Plumb, Jonathan Livingston, Robin von Breton

August 30th 2-3PM, Book Passage San Francisco (Ferry Building) (FULL)
Host: Judy Bertelsen
Readers: Laurel Benjamin, Abby Caplin, Elise Kazanjian, Doreen Stock, Larry Ruth, Adrienne Amundsen, Marie Henry

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.