Coastal Poetry Events

Ventura/Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo/ Malibu

June 2013

By Phil Taggart

sum wrrrds....

The Poetry Zone has moved to the Granada Bookstore. Info below.

A new word radio show:
The Library Radio Show On-air Tuesday 9:00-9:30 am on KCSB 91.9 FM. 
Listen live online at http://www.kcsb.org.

Call for poetry Submissions extended: The John White Breathe Easy Project. poetry focusing on breathing. To be exhibited at the July Ventura ArtWalk submission deadline has been extended to June 15. E-mail to JohnWhiteStudio@gmail.com or pass them to John at the Thursday night readings at the EP Foster Library in Ventura.

And...
Should you ever find yourself at wit's end and  in need of a poetic intervention visit Ms Metaphor at www.AskMsMetaphor.com

Readings

Bank of Books Malibu - Poetry Night

29169 Heathercliff Road
Last Friday of the Month at 7 pm
To sign up call Ann Lambert 310. 457.5699

Tales By The Sea

6190 La Gloria Drive - Malibu
RSVP to Ann at 310-457-2385
or ann.buxie1@verizon.net
Doors open at 7pm for mulled cider

June 1 - The catch, that moment when you are known, either seized by a memory or even another person that suddenly enlightens you...
Featured tellers: Matteson Perry, Annie Korzen, Jaha Zainabu, Xaque Gruber, Ellen Switkes, Food4Thought, Suzanne Whang, Margaret Medina and George Finley

The Poetry Zone

Second Saturday, 4 - 6 pm.
Granada Books. 1224 State St. - Santa Barbara
Host: Sojourner Kincaid Rolle
Open Mic/Refreshments
June 8 - Tim Tipton

Arcade Poetry Series

Oxnard Carnegie Art Museum
424 South C Street, Oxnard
Host: Jackson Wheeler
All reading start at 7pm
June 15 Amy Uyematsu and Jackson Wheeler

EP Foster Library

In the Topping Room
poetry every Thursday night at 7:30
EXCEPT the 4th Thursday
651 E. Main Street - Ventura
Host: Phil Taggart
open-mic
June 6 NO READING
June 13 Alex M Frankel
June 20 Tim Tipton
July 4 NO READING
July 11 Mary Brown
July 18 Ann Buxie
August 1 Cathryn Andresen
August 8 Larry Colker
August 15
August 29
September 12 Shelba Cole Robison
October 17 Patricia Barone

Favorite Poem Reading

every 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

Radio and TV

The Library Radio Show

On-air Tuesday 9:00-9:30 am on KCSB 91.9 FM
Listen live online at http://www.kcsb.org

KPFK - Poets Cafe

LA 90.7 Santa Barbara 98.7
2nd, 4th and 5th Wednesdays of the month, 8:30pm
host: Lois P. Jones
https://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=hp#!/pages/Poets-Cafe-Fan-Page-KPFK-Radio-Los-Angeles-907-fm/148382908556552

Poetry Workshops, Contests, Classes and Panels

 Ventura County Writers Club Poetry Workshop

Third Wednesday of the month
www.venturacountywriters.com

Ventura County Writers Club Meeting

2nd Tuesday of the month
Pleasant Valley Senior Center,
1605 Burnley St, Camarillo

Presses and Journals

Askew Poetry Journal

Editors: Marsha de la O, Phil Taggart and Friday Lubina
P.O. Box 559 Ventura 93002
www.askewpoetry.org

Tree House Press

limited edition books of poetry
home of the Rowsby Woof Memorial Broadside Award treebernstein@gmail.com

Hex Presse

www.hexpresse.blogspot.com
Editor: Michelle Detorie

The Bubble

The Bubble, a feature and literary magazine, is published quarterly by Nancy Gross. It began as The Ojai Bubble, and is now floating beyond Ojai's borders into more places in Ventura County and Santa Barbara County. The magazine has several original journalistic features in each issue, as well as creative writing, including poetry and narratives or short stories. There have been one to five poems in each volume.
theojaibubble@yahoo.com, - P.O. Box 171, Ojai, CA 93024.