Maxine Chernoff

Petaluma Poetry Walk

16 SEPTEMBER 2012 — sunday

The Petulama Poetry Walk presents a full-day of readings as you walk from venue to venue in downtown Petaluma: noon: Sixteen Rivers Press presents Judy Halebsky, Jackie Kudler, and Donna Emerson at Viva Chocolat, 110 Petaluma Blvd. North; 1:00: Ron Salisbury, David Beckman, and Sonoma County Poet Laureate Bill Varnaw, Riverfront Art Gallery, 132 Petaluma Blvd. North; 2:00: Nancy Keane, Godelieve Uyttenhove, Geri Digiorno, Susan Browne, The Apple Box Café, 224 B Street; 3:00: Avotcja and Q.R. Hand, Jr., The Apple Box Café, 224 B Street; 4:00: Maria Mazziotti Gillan and A.D. Winans, Copperfield's Books, 140 Kentucky Street; 5:00: Clara Hsu (with musician David Wong) and Jack and Adelle Foley, The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington Street; 6:00: Alan Kaufman and Jenny Orvino, Graffiti Restaurant, 101 2nd Street; 7:00: Smooth Toad Band, poetry and music with G.P. Skratz, Bob Ernst, Hal Hughes, with singer-songwriter Sarah Baker, guitarist-poet Timothy Williams and poet-nonfiction author Jonah Raskin, Aqus Café, 189 H Street (this venue is farther away, prepare for a longer walk or drive); Petaluma, free, noon-8:00 (petalumapoetrywalk.org)