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UPDATED: June 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM PDT Oceanside’s Arts Commission is considering the creation of a poet laureate program similar to one San Diego has had since 2020.

Wilson, who started with surf music but soared to symphonic heights, created beauty in songs that ranged from “Surfin’ U.S.A’ and “In My Room’ to “God Only ...

The free Native American Arts Festival Week runs June 16-20 and will feature speakers, a film screening, music and more.

For Wang, that connection between the written or spoken word and community action is key to what he wants to accomplish in his term as national youth poet laureate. “I think poetry is so powerful ...

Wirth will serve in the position for four years. "I am thrilled to be chosen as Mississippi's Poet Laureate for 2025-2029," said Fisher-Wirth. "I look forward to continuing the wonderful work that ...

Arlington County is seeking its official Poet Laureate for the 2025-2027 term. The poet selected as Arlington’s next poet laureate will serve as an advocate for poetry and the literary arts, and ...

New Poet Laureate Mark Turcotte greets people during a 60th anniversary celebration of the Illinois Arts Council on April 29, 2025, at the Illinois Governor’s Mansion in Springfield.

Poetry of Resistance: Long Beach Youth Poet Laureate 2024-25 Culminating Reading. Long Beach Forward, 2217 E. Sixth St. Register at bit.ly/2025LBYPL_POR.

Friends of the Madrona Marsh host their Home and Garden Sale at 2723 W. 180th St., in Torrance, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come see an enchanting trove of vintage toys and collectibles, including 2,500 ...

Mikhayla Robinson Smith has been writing for so long that she barely remembers getting started. As a 5-year-old in her home town of Augusta, Smith first put pen to paper as a means of coping with ...

Andrew Bell, known as the the Sacramento Poet Laureate Andru Defeye, sits below a poem by José Montoya, also a former Sacramento Poet Laureate, amid regional artist Troy Corliss’ “Poet’s ...