Maxine Chernoff

Petaluma Poetry Walk: Jane Hirshfield, David Meltzer, Nellie Wong, more

20 SEPTEMBER 2015 — sunday

The 20th Annual Petaluma Poetry Walk presents a full-day of readings, in a walk from venue to venue in downtown Petaluma: 11:00 a.m.: Stella Beratlis, Alkali Sink; Phyllis Meshulam, Doll, Moon; and Lisa Erin Robertson, Lisa Erin Robertson, Seed Bank, 199 Petaluma Blvd. North, at Washington; Noon: Ed Coletti, The Problem with Breathing; writer and musician Ka'Lane Raposa; and Nellie Wong, Breakfast Lunch Dinner, Riverfront Art Gallery, 132 Petaluma Blvd. North; 1:00:Beatriz Lagos; Nancy Keane, Symmetrical Reflections; and Smooth Toad music and poetry featuring Bob Ernst, Hal Hughes, and G.P. Skratz, The Apple Box Café, 6 Petaluma Blvd, North, at B and Second Streets; 2:00: Rob Greene; Sonoma County Poet Laureate Katherine Hastings, Nighthawks; former Sonoma County Poet Laureate Mike Tuggle, The Motioning In: New and Selected, The Apple Box Café, 6 Petaluma Blvd, North, at B and Second Streets; 3:00: Jane Hirshfield, The Beauty, David Meltzer, Two-Way Mirror, and Julie Rogers, House of the Unexpected, Copperfield's Books, 140 Kentucky Street; 4:00: Judy Stedman Tribute reading of her poetry and poetry about her by friends and students, The Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington Street; 5:00: Avotcja, poet and multipercussionist; Kurk Schweigman aka Luke Warmwater; Lucille Lang Day, Petaluma Historical Museum, 20 4th Street; 6:00: Vilma Ginzberg, former Healdsburg Literary Laureate; Elizabeth Carothers Herron; Clara Hsu, The First to Escape; and harp player and singer/songwriter Susan T. Mashiyama, Aqus Café, 189 H Street (this venue is much farther away, prepare for a longer walk or drive to this one); Petaluma, free, 11:00 a.m.-7:00 (petalumapoetrywalk.org)