<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 20, 2024, at 10:13, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><font size="4" class="">This is a reminder from Devreaux Baker:</font></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Riantee Rand <<a href="mailto:riantee@mcn.org" class="">riantee@mcn.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Re: Mendocino Poetry Reading open mic</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">April 19, 2024 at 12:55:36 PD</span></div><br class=""><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:dbaker@mcn.org" class="">dbaker@mcn.org</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Fwd: Mendocino Open Mic</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class=""><font class="">Dear Poets and Lovers of Poetry,<br class=""><br class="">You are invited to the Mendocino Open Mic Poetry Series,<br class="">Saturday April 27th, 4-6 pm, at the Mendocino Art Center, Barth Studio.<br class=""><br class="">The reading will begin with featured readers Riantee Rand and Larry Felson.<br class=""><br class="">Riantee Rand has published several books of poetry, essays, travel stories, children's books, and fiction. She has read her work on public radio, worked as a translator, hosted writing retreats in France, and been an editor and facilitator for Mendocino Stories online magazine and performance series.<br class=""><br class="">Larry Felson has received The Academy of American Poets Award, taught English at Oakland High School for several years, and creative writing and Greek Literature at Hellenic International School of the Arts in Paros, Greece. He has published two chapbooks, Salt and Silver and Body Song, and the poetry book, Dawn Out Of Order. He is the Director with Joe Smith of the Open Mic Poetry Series in Fort Bragg at the Cobalt Gallery.<br class=""><br class="">Featured readers will be followed by an open mic.<br class="">Please feel free to bring books or broadsides of your work for sale at the event.<br class=""><br class="">RIP Bill Bradd<br class=""></font></div></blockquote><div class=""><div class=""><font class=""><br class=""></font></div></div></div><font class=""><br class=""></font></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">Thespiritexpress mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">Thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a><br class="">http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>