Past Events
April 1, 2009 6:30 PM Sausalito Poetry Salon Sausalito Presbyterian Church 112 Bulkley Avenue, Sausalito, Thomson Hall, down stairs Sausalito, CA 94965
April 2, 2009 Larkspur Library downtown Larkspur 7:00 PM
April 17, 2009 at The Open Studios Gallery 4th & C streets downtown San Rafael 6:00PM
April 23, Poetry Center at San Francisco State University Humanities BLDNG 4:30 PM
April 26, 1:00 PM Poetry Festival featuring Kay Ryan, Poet Laureate of the United States being introduced by the Poet Laureate of Marin County. Dunphy Park, Sausalito
April 30, 6:00 PM Book Passage (Poets In the Schools STUDENT READING) Book Passage, Corte Madera
May 1, 8:00 PM 142 Throckmorton Theater Mayday Poetry Extravaganza!! Downtown Mill Valley
May 5, 6:00 PM The Marin County High School Poetry Contest Winners Reading!! Mill Valley Theater Company, Miller Avenue Mill Valley.
May 6, Wednesday 7:00 PM
Poet Laureate Reads at The Westend Café
1131 4th Street, Downtown San Rafael
Sunday June 7, 2009 1-3:00PM
Toby's Feed Barn in Point Reyes
11250 Highway One, Point Reyes Station
Part of Western Weekend Reading in the poetry chair with kids from the West Marin School.
July 4th & 5th Marin County Fair.
The chair will be present there will be
readings and performances both days. Exact schedule and location at the
fairgrounds TBA. Marin Fairgrounds at www.marinfair.org
July 8, 2009 The Marin Traveling Poetry Show, Fairfax Library 7:30 PM Albert Flynn DeSilver will be there reading with the Poetry Chair.
July 21, 2009 Marin City Library. 7:00PM.
A poetry workshop led by Albert Flynn DeSilver, FREE and open to the public.
Tuesday August 18th 7:00 PM at the Larkspur Library, Downtown Larkspur (next to the Fire House) Part of the Marin Poetry Center's Summer Traveling Show
August 21, 2009 Stinson Beach, California. 1-5:00PM
The Poetry Chair will be on the beach, with Todd Pickering & Albert Flynn DeSilver. Come out and
write Ocean poems.
5:30 Follow us to the Claudia Chaplin Gallery for a reading from
contributors to the West Marin Review Volume 2.
Readers include:
- Bill Keener
- Francine Allen
- Agnes Von Burkleo
- David Swain
- Marilyn Geary
OCTOBER 4, 2009 1:00-4:00PM at Homeward Bound Marin
"How I Became A Writer" with Albert Flynn DeSilver, Sylvia Boorestein, Sheldon Siegel, and others.
A benefit for writing workshops at Bay Area Homeless Shelters.
The Key Room, 1385 N. Hamilton Parkway, Novato, CA
For more info: (415) 382-3363 x 211 www.hbofm.org
See MAP for map and directions.
California Poets in the Schools 45th Anniversary Benefit Reading
AUTUMN POETRY PICNIC ON MT TAM at the Mountain Theater featuring United States Poet Laureate KAY RYAN, Poets Jane Hirshfield, Joanne Kyger, & Paul Hoover.
OCTOBER 10, 2009 1-4:00 PM
MUSIC by Banjo & Guitar Virtuoso, Tim Weed & Friends. + FOOD & Drinks!!
Hosted by Albert Flynn DeSilver & The Marin Poetry Chair
Co-Sponsored by CPITS, The Marin Arts Council, & The Marin Poetry Center
A benefit for California Poets in the Schools celebrating 45 years of creative writing in California Classrooms!!
THERE IS NO PARKING AT THE MT THEATER!!DO NOT PARK AT THE ROCK SPRINGS LOT!!
DON'T FORGET TO BRING WARM CLOTHES AND/OR SUNSCREEN & A CUSHION TO SIT ON!!
Shuttle Service will be provided starting at 11:00 AM At the Manzanita Park & Ride right at the "Stinson Beach" exit off 101. Parking is available in the lots under the freeway!! You will see signs for the "Poetry Shuttles to Mt Tam." YOU CAN PARK LOWER ON THE MOUNTAIN AND HIKE IF YOU WANT TO.