The Desert Split Open Mic celebrates Banned Books Week with an open reading, rather than sharing original work, readers are invited to share excerpts from books that have been challenged or banned, six-minutes per reader, Space Cowboy Books, 61871 29 Palms Highway, Joshua Tree, free, 5:00-7:00 pm PDT (More information here: susanrukeyser.com/the-desert-split-open)
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)