The Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center presents a reading featuring Stella Beratlis, Dust Bowl Venus, and Dane Cervine, Earth Is a Fickle Dancer, followed by an open mic, hosted by Gary Thomas, part of the Poetry on Sundays Series, free, online via Zoom, 2:00 pm PDT (Zoom link here: www.mostpoetry.org/event/carnegieaugust2021)
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)