The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center presents a reading featuring poets Stella Beratlis (Alkali Sink) and Dane Cervine (Earth Is a Fickle Dancer), part of the Second Tuesday Poetry reading series, free, online via Zoom, 7:30 pm PDT (Register to attend: www.mostpoetry.org/event/second-tuesday-barkin-dog-on-zoom-3)
Fourth Saturdays Poetry at the Claremont Library presents a reading by Nancy Lynée Woo, poet and teaching artist, and Ron Koertge, Pandora's Kitchen: Poems, award-winning poet and young adult novelist, Helen Renwick Library, 208 North Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm (www.claremontlibrary.org/monthly-poetry-readings.html)