Rivertown Poets presents the 96th Annual Poets' Dinner, with featured speaker David Alpaugh, Seeing the There There, followed by award presentations, the poets' books will be for sale throughout the afternoon, hosted by poet Sandra Anfang, please bring your own lunch and a chair if you wish to sit, Benicia City Park, 1149 1st Street, Benicia, free, Noon-4:00 pm PDT (For more information, email: rivertownpoet@gmail.com)
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)