Open Mike Saturday 4/18 at 10:30am on Google Meet

Please join me for an open mike poetry reading every third Saturday at 10:30am Pacific on Google Meet at this link. Feel free to jump on a little early if you’d like to chat with other poets.

5 minutes to read, original work. If you're interested in reading, please sign up for a time on this Google document.

Hope to see you every Third Saturday!
Ben.

Celebrate National Poetry Month at the 43rd SLO Poetry Festival at the Shell Beach Veterans Hall (230 Leeward Ave, Pismo Beach, 93449) on Saturday April 18th at 2:30 - 4:30pm

Featured readers, with an open reading to follow:

• Carolyn Chilton Casas

• Enid Osborn

• Daniel Thomas

• Hosted by our own Kevin Patrick Sullivan

Calling All Lovers of Poetry! Friends of the Shell Beach Library Invite You to a Special Afternoon With award winning poets James Crews and Brad Peacock

Presenting Love Is For All of Us: Writing for Tenderness and Resilience

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Shell Beach Vets Hall

230 Leeward, Shell Beach, CA

No Cost to Attend

Limited Space: Registration Required

To Reserve A Space Contact Shelley Aleshire 805-801-3318 sloshel@yahoo.com

If you have known or appreciated the work of our former Poet Laureate Marguerite Costigan, you have the opportunity to let her know. Her Parkinsons has reached stage 4 and she needed a higher level of care and has moved to care facility. This is, of course a hard transition and it would cheer her to receive notes, poems, photos or artwork, or if you know her, visits if you are able.

Send to: Marguerite Costigan, 1135 Oceannaire Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

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Keep up to date on SLO County poetry events from our Poet Laureate Caleb Nichols. Learn more at https://www.slobookbike.com/