"Forbidden Terrain," a poetry reading as a part of the "Texture: Proof of Presence" exhibit, presents Heidi McGurrin, Havana Dream, Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove, free, 5:30 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.pacificgrovelibrary.org/news_detail_T5_R697.php)
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)