Category: National Poetry Month
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SB Elementary Students Poetry Display, Chaucer’s window, April 1-30
Poems written by Santa Barbara elementary school students will be displayed for National Poetry Month in Chaucer’s Books front window, 3321 State Street, Santa Barbara.
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Student Poems Celebrating Color, SB Museum of Art, April 1-30
Poems written by 3rd and 4th grade Santa Barbara students, inspired in part by the SBMA exhibit, “Remixed: Entwined Histories & New Forms.”
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Open Mic & Art Gallery, SB Public Library, April 24
All forms of expression are welcome, including spoken word, music, poetry, comedy, dance & visual arts. Secure your spot by April 10.
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Community Poetry Readings with UCSB Reads & Goleta Valley Library, April 22, UCSB Library
Kicking off with a reading by current Santa Barbara Poet Laureate George Yatchisin and UCSB Professor Emerita Shirley Geok-Lin Lim this event is part of UCSB Reads 2026. Other participants will also read their selected poems, often by other writers.
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A Celebration of National Poetry Month, Elverhøj Museum, April 19
A celebration of National Poetry Month featuring readers Cynthia Carbone Ward, Dorothy Jardin, Carey McKinnon, Jeff McKinnon, and Teresa McNeil MacLean.
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Poetry in Parks at the Presidio Chapel, April 17
An evening of music and poetry in Santa Barbara’s only State Park, the Presidio; 5:30 p.m.
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Montecito Poetry Club reading the work of Danusha Liméris, April 16
A morning discussing the work of award-winning Danusha Liméris’s work at the Montectio Library on April 16.
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Tim Seibles Reads, Unity Chapel, April 13
Tim Seibles, poet, professor and the former Poet Laureate of Virginia, is the author of seven collections of poetry, most recently, Voodoo Libretto: New and Selected Poems.
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CANCELLED! Monthly Poetry Zone at the Karpeles Manuscript Museum, April 12
Bjorn Birnir hosts an open mic at the Poetry Zone on Sunday, April 12 at 1:30 pm at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum at 21 W. Anapamu St.
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Poetry Month Celebration: Stephanie Barbé Hammer, Rich Ferguson, Kathleen Florence, & Melinda Palacio, Chaucer’s, April 9
A celebration of Rich’s and Kathleen’s new collections, plus SB Poet Laureate Emerita, Melinda Palacio and Stephanie Hammer.