The Starlight Lounge Poetry Series returns to the Willits Community Theatre on Saturday, June 14, at 7 p.m. with a featured reading by Blake More, according to a press release from the series organizers.
More, who serves as the Poet Laureate of Point Arena, is a prolific artist whose creative portfolio spans poetry, murals, video art, and education. As highlighted in the press release, she’s a longtime teacher and regional coordinator with California Poets in the Schools, and hosts two local radio shows on KZYX and KGUA. She also organizes a monthly poetry and jazz series and serves on the Mendocino County Poet Laureate Committee.
Her most recent book, DystopiaUnplugged: Please Talk Back, blends her signature style of experimental poetics with urgent cultural commentary, the release notes.
The event will take place at 37 W. Van Lane in downtown Willits. A $10 donation is suggested, but organizers emphasize that no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Following More’s reading, the mic will open for local poets to share their work.
This installment of the Starlight Lounge Poetry Series is supported in part by a grant from Poets & Writers, a national nonprofit dedicated to uplifting the literary arts.
More information about Blake More’s work can be found at bmoreyou.net, as listed in the event announcement.
