Altadena Events Included in SGV Poetry Festival

The San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival kicks off Saturday in Pasadena, Altadena Library’s principal librarian Pauline Dutton shared in a Patch blog.

Coinciding with National Poetry Month, the festival includes a variety of events in the SGV, including four in Altadena:

Saturday, April 20, 4 to 6 p.m. - Essence and Essentials for Writing Poetry: Go where it takes you but take only what you need led by Mary Torregrossa in the meeting room of the Altadena Library on 600 E. Mariposa St.

Sunday, April 21, 10 a.m. to Noon - EARTH DAY POETRY HIKE host Khadija Anderson, meets  lower parking lot Millard Canyon, Altadena, info: haikujunky@gmail.com or call (206) 551-2567.

Tuesday, April 23, 6 to 8 p.m. - WRITING UNDER THE "INFLUENCE" (of music) Poetry & Prose workshop led by Mira Mataric in the meeting room of the Altadena Library on 600 E. Mariposa St.

Saturday, April 27th, 2 to 4 p.m. - POETRY & COOKIES anthology reading hosted by Pauline Dutton at the Altadena Senior Center on 560 E. Mariposa St. Short open mic.

For more information about the San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival go to http://2013sgvpf.blogspot.com/

For more information about the events at Altadena Library contact 626-798-0833 or visit http://www.altadenalibrary.org.

Are you going to any of these events? What do you think of Altadena and the SGV celebrating poetry?