Ventura/Santa Barbara Poetry Events

August 2008

By Phil Taggart

Sum Wrrds

Askew poetry journal is joining the 20th Century and has a web representation on MySpace and YouTube. We're also in Ventura Life, at the end of the on-site magazine starting in (it says) Winter 08 (but is actually Winter 07) Some day we may have our own website.
the URLs:
www.myspace.com/askewpoetryjournal
www.venturalifeandstyle.com
www.youtube.com/askewpoetryjournal

Readings

Old Town Studio Gallery

2nd Thursday of the month
2165 Ventura Blvd
Camarillo, CA 93010
(across from the elementary school)
open-mic
August 14: Tim Tipton

This Just In—Original Poetry

First Monday of the month (except this month) - 8 pm
The Village Jester Restaurant & Pub
139 Ojai Ave.—Next to the Ojai Playhouse
Host: Tree Bernstein
640-8001

Artists’ Union Gallery

Every Tuesday at 7:30 pm
Artists’ Union Gallery
330 South California Street, Ventura
Host: Roe Estep, (805)320-3524
Open-mic
August 5: Kevin Patrick Sullivan
August 26: Mary Pat Nally

Bell Arts Factory (Friday on Saturday)

432 N. Ventura Avenue, Ventura
Last Saturday of the month 7:30pm
Host: Friday
August 30: Kimberly Young

The Poetry Zone

Second Saturday, 2–4 pm
Karpeles Manuscript Museum
21 W. Anapamu, Santa Barbara
Host: Suzanne Frost
August 9: Melinda Palacio

Train of Thought

Every Thursday at 6:30pm
856 East Thompson Blvd., Ventura
(between Ash and Kalorama, behind Kids and Families Together)
Open mic

Favorite Poems Project

Third Monday from 5:15 – 6:30
The Blue Agave
20 E. Cota, Santa Barbara
Host: Lois Klein
Open mic: All poets and non-poets invited to read a favorite poem (not their own) or two
August 18

Kava Dume

Every Wednesday except the 1st at 7:30 pm
5653 Kana Road, Agoura
Host: Miss Marissa “Con Gusto”
(818) 865-8602
Open mic

Ventura County Government Center

County Administartion Building
800 S. Victoria – Ventura
all readings start at 6 pm
August 7: Elijah Imlay

Ventura Writers Club Poetry Anthology Reading

Borders - Thousand Oaks
125 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd.
805/497-8149
August 12 at 7 pm
Lori Anaya,Cathryn Andresen, Kathleen Auth,Lisa Barreto,Diana Blackburn, Danielle Brown, Greg Elliot, Sheli Ellsworth, Barbara Piszczek, Mario Speiser, Phil Taggart, Doris Vernon,William Vietinghoff, Paul Westefer, Maggie Westland

Poetry Workshops, Classes and Panels

Peet's Coffee - Ventura

Second and fourth Wednesdays, 7–9 pm
1171 S. Victoria Ave., Suite E
Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 654-9923

Ventura County Writers Club

Third Wednesday
For information, email Cathryn Andresen, barn93012@yahoo.com

Poemcrafters Guild

For more information send bio and sample of work to:
807 Camino Concordia – Camarillo 93010
(805) 491-3242

In Print

Paul Willis' new book of poetry, Visiting Home, published by Pecan Grove Press

Carol DeCanio' broadside, Shelter, and accordion book, Giants, published by Lettre Sauvage

Lois Klein’s new book of poetry, A Soldier’s Daughter, published by Turning Point Press

Bear Flag Republic, Prose Poems and Poetics from California, Editors: Christopher Buckley and Gary Young, featuring 89 poets including Robert Bly, Maxine Chernoff, Richard Garcia, Robert Hass, Philip Levine, Morton Marcus, Czelaw Milosoz, Diane Wakowski, Jackson Wheeler, Marsha de la O, Perie Longo, Polly Bee, Laurel Ann Bogen, Christopher Buckley, Gary Young, Glenna Luschei,Bill Mohr, Scotty Creeley, Phil Taggart

INCARNATE MUSE Press

Seeking poems for its second atheist poetry anthology. Confront, question, or deny the god of your youth, the sacred text of your culture. Express your disbelief, disapproval, doubt, or dismay. Looking for honest, thought-provoking poetry daring to speak against the social norm of belief and/or attempting to take the stigma from non-belief. Interested in nontheism expressed positively rather than solely in opposition to theism. Avoid gratuitous vulgarity and unfocused anger. We feel that atheism is often defined too narrowly and inaccurately. Deadline: July 30. Up to 6 poems.

SAGE TRAIL

SAGE TRAIL, a new contemporary poetry magazine, is launching itself monthly from Santa Barbara, California, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. We are free online at www.sagetrail.net, and are looking for poets to submit their work, and hard-copy subscribers. Send us your wisdom, your penetrating intelligence, the results of your climb.

Contributions/submissions of any quantity, inquiries about the magazine, or mailing list requests may be sent year-round to sfrost@sagetrail.net or P.O. Box 4012, Santa Barbara, California 93140. Manuscripts sent to us cannot be returned. Please allow one to three months for us to review your work before making inquiries. Copyrights revert to authors upon publication. Previously published work other than work already published in "Willow Street" and "Central Avenue" may also be considered. The present staff of the magazine includes the Editor, Suzanne Frost and the Advisory Editor, Cathryn McCracken. Hard-copy subscriptions help to alleviate our production costs. Individual issues are $5.00 including tax. Yearly subscriptions are $15.

Presses and Journals

Lettre Sauvage

Signed and numbered limited editions
Broadsides
Fourth Chorale Ode from Euripides’ Hippolytus translated by Anne Carson
In the Open Field by Steven Dunn
Chapbook forthcoming: Long Portrait by Mark Irwin
Community Studio

Learn about letterpress and book arts in a creative, fine art publishing center; lessons, workshops and studio rental available beneath the oaks in Santa Paula. info@lettresauvage.com, 805.794.0167

TreeHouse Press

Limited edition books of poetry
Home of the Rowsby Woof Memorial Broadside Award
treebernstein@gmail.com

Hex Presse

Womb Poetry

Editor: Michelle Detorie

More Poetry Information

Poetry Matters in Santa Barbara Poetry
www.venturaartistsunion.org
Language of the Soul
www.myspace.com/askewpoetryjournal
www.youtube.com/askewpoetryjournal
www.venturalifeandstyle.com