Brilliant Playground presents "Freedom to Write," a workshop led by poet Maxima Kahn, Fierce Aria; attendees hone their writing skills by writing and sharing their work in a group and will practice writing on a regular basis, runs nine weeks, June 17 to August 19, with no session on July 22, $397, online via Zoom, 4:00-6:00 pm PDT (Enroll here: brilliantplayground.com/freedom-to-write)
Fourth Saturdays Poetry at the Claremont Library presents a reading by Nancy Lynée Woo, poet and teaching artist, and Ron Koertge, Pandora's Kitchen: Poems, award-winning poet and young adult novelist, Helen Renwick Library, 208 North Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm (www.claremontlibrary.org/monthly-poetry-readings.html)