[Thespiritexpress] Mendocino Poetry Series

[dbaker at mcn.org]

Dear poets and lovers of poetry:

Please join us at the upcoming Mendocino Open Mic Poetry Series:

Where:   Mendocino Art Center.  (Stevenson Studio)

When:   July 27th,  Saturday. 4-6 pm

This is a free on-going monthly poetry series.  (A donation is requested 
to help pay for the cost of renting the space.)

The series will begin with featured readers, followed by a break and the 
open mic.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Devreaux Baker
www.devreauxbaker.org


Featured: Blake More and Prartho Sereno

Current Point Arena Poet Laureate, poet Blake More is an artist of 
multiple paths including performance, video, media arts, painting cars 
and teaching. She is a longtime poetry teacher with California Poets in 
the Schools. She hosts a monthly poetry & jazz event and two radio 
shows: Be More Now on KZYX&Z FM Mendocino County Public Broadcasting and 
Cartwheels on the Sky on KGUA FM Gualala. She will be reading from her 
most recent book is Dystopia Unplugged: Please Talk Back. Learn more at 
bmoreyou.net.


Prartho Sereno credits four+ years of inner exploration in India as her 
strongest creative influence, but also nods to excursions into other art 
forms: counseling psychologist, vegetarian cook, mother of 2, Phys. Ed. 
instructor at Cornell University, book and cover illustrator, and 
amateur singer-songwriter. She has published 5 poetry collections, 4 of 
which have won national prizes, most recently Starfall in the Temple 
(Blue Light Press, Fall 2023). Poet Laureate Emerita of Marin County 
(2015-17), MFA Syracuse University (2013), and Radio Disney Super 
Teacher (2005), she was a Poet in the Schools for 21 years and currently 
teaches The Poetic Pilgrimage: Poem-Making as Spiritual Practice online. 
https://www.prarthosereno.com