• From Ravens to Rats: A Journey through the Macabre

    104 N. Main Street, Sebastopol 104 N. Main Street, Sebastopol

    A truly unique, non-candy, family Halloween experience! (recommended for 8 and up) Staged readings of classic literature with spooky theatrical effects…and more!

    $12 – $20
  • NBLA Holiday Open House Fundraiser

    North Bay Letterpress Arts 925d Gravenstein Hwy South, Sebastopol, CA, United States

    We have been having some version of this Holiday Open house event for over a decade. It’s a great time of the year to open up and share our space with the community and our friends, hopefully make some new ones in the process. Our members also share a selection of their own works and […]

    Free
  • Passages: A Life Journey in Poetry & Song

    282 S. High Street, Sebastopol, CA 282 S. High Street, Sebastopol, CA, United States

    Join us for an experience that will take you through the beauty and emotionality of poetry and choral music, to reflect and appreciate more deeply the scope and fabric of our lives. Performances by: Harmonia Choir: John Maas director, Acorn MusEcology choir: Sarah Saulsbury Dupre director. Poetry Readings by: Enid Pickett, Sarah S Dupre, Jodi […]

    $25
  • ’24-’25 Youth Poet Laureate Inauguration & Teen Poetry Open Mic

    Sebastopol Center for the Arts 282 S High Street, Sebastopol

    Enjoy an evening of poetry readings with the latest Youth Poet Laureate Lisa Zheng and Sabine Wolpert followed by Teen Poetry Open Mic. Special guest reader: current adult SoCo Poet Laureate, Elizabeth Herron. Get tickets. Sign up for the Teen Poetry Open Mic here. Sunday, June 9, 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, […]

    $20
  • Poetry Readings – Reverberations 2024

    Sebastopol Center for the Arts 282 S High Street, Sebastopol

    Poetry Readings – Reverberations 2024 Sunday, July 21, 1 pm to 3 pm, at Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High St., Sebastopol. Free, though donations appreciated. An exciting element of the Reverberations Exhibit is the ekphrastic poetry. Come listen to poets read their interpretations of the various art pieces. We guarantee it will […]

    Free
  • Painting Poetry with Sherrie Lovler

    Sebastopol Center for the Arts 282 S High Street, Sebastopol

    Saturday, August 3-4, 9:30 am to 4 pm, at Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 S. High St., Sebastopol. $240. “Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks,” said the classical Greek lyric poet Simonides of Ceos. This concept is exemplified in ‘Reverberations: A Visual Conversation between painting and poetry’ here at SebArts […]

    $240
  • An Evening With Tim Hunt

    North Bay Letterpress Arts 925d Gravenstein Hwy South, Sebastopol, CA, United States

    Join us for an evening of literature and conversation with North Bay native Tim Hunt, professor emeritus in Literature from Illinois State University, author of Kerouac’s Crooked Road: Development of a Fiction, The Textuality of Soulwork: Jack Kerouac’s Quest for Spontaneous Prose, and editor of the six volume The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers. Tim, […]

  • Favorite Poem

    282 S High St, Sebastopol, CA

    On Sunday, April 13, 2025 from 2-4pm , a special event will be held to celebrate the power of poetry and benefit SebArts’ Literary Arts Program. The event invites friends, family, and neighbors to come together and share poems that have touched their hearts. The event will feature a reading or recitation of a favorite […]

    $35 – $55
  • An Evening with Poet Kelly Gray

    Sebastopol Regional Library 7140 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol, CA, United States

    Join local award-winning author Kelly Gray for an evening of poetry followed by a Q&A. Kelly will read from her most recent collection, Dilapitatia, and answer questions about teaching poetry, writing poetry, and publishing poetry. This event is 18+. — Kelly Gray is the author of Instructions for an Animal Body (2021), The Mating Calls//of […]

    Free
  • Death Medicine; An Open Mic Community Exploration of Death and Grief

    104 N. Main Street, Sebastopol 104 N. Main Street, Sebastopol

    Bring Your songs, poetry, stories, dance or any other expression your heart feels called to offer around the topics of death and grief. Share and be heard, witness and be witnessed, hold and be held in the loving presence of your community.

    $15.00