Writers Read, Ukiah's Literary Salon, welcomes poet Richard Schmidt reading from his new collection of short stories, Poor People followed by an hour of open mic, Grace Hudson Museum & Sun House, 431 South Main Street, Ukiah, free, 7:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.gracehudsonmuseum.org/new-events/2024/9/26/writers-read-ukiahs-literary-salon)
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)