30 MONTEREY COUNTY WEEKLY JUNE 1-7, 2023 www.montereycountyweekly.com LIT Poet Laura Schulkind has been writing in Big Sur since her recent “for the most part” retirement from public education law. During Covid, she and Carmel Valley-based poet Peter Serchuk hosted the “Lines Online” poetry series at the Henry Miller Memorial Library, where she serves on the board, and then prepared an ensuing anthology, now in print. From her years in the Berkeley area, Schulkind is a long-time friend of Andrena Zawinski, a poet based on Alameda Island and the founder of the San Francisco Bay Area Women’s Poetry Salon, as well as Carmel Valley veteran poet Laura Bayless and Monterey poet Jennifer Lagier, the managing editor of the Monterey Poetry Review. Each poet on this illustrious list will read their latest lines on Saturday afternoon, June 3. “We would do it once a month and it lasted a year,” Serchuk says, of the success of Lines Online during the pandemic. The online event attracted countless poetry lovers from the region, and beyond. Serchuk is the author of three poetry collections, The Purpose of Things (2020) being the most recent, but during Saturday’s reading he will present all new material. Schulkind will read from both of her published volumes (The Long Arc of Grief, 2019 and Lost in Tall Grass, 2014) and focus on her Big Sur-connected poetry. “I use the environment around me a lot,” she says. “I don’t write nature odes or poems about nature. But nature is a wonderful vehicle to get out the emotional authenticity of work and to tell stories.” Bayless, who has been doing poetry readings for the last 40 years, began publishing poetry volumes in the 1990s. Her most recent is Chairs in the River (2017). She has read her poetry “a hundred times,” she says, but never at Henry Miller Library. The same can be said about Lagier, who will read from Moonstruck, a volume published in May 2023. This retired educator is inspired by nature, social justice and the art of storytelling she learned from her Italian ancestors. “In poetry every word counts and the order matters,” Schulkind says about her “love affair with words” that she conducted, in a different form, as a lawyer. Both professions have to do with word economy. “The importance of every word is so elevated,” she says of this lifelong enchantment. An Afternoon of Poetry 3-5pm Saturday, June 3. Henry Miller Memorial Library, 48603 Highway 1, Big Sur; also online. Free. 667-2574, bit.ly/HMLPoetry2023. DANIEL DREIFUSS More Lines Five local and local-ish poets will meet at the Henry Miller Memorial Library to read their latest work. By Agata Pop˛eda Monterey poet Jennifer Lagier with her 2021 collection Covid Dissonance. Lagier is one of five poets who will read their work this weekend at a poetry gathering in Big Sur. Landscape • Hardscape • Irrigation 831-624-4991 insideout1design@outlook.com f InsideOut Landscape Design CA LIC# 960809 w Landscape Design From An Interior Perspective Eliza DeCiantis believes that your landscape should be an extension of your interior space. Having received her Master Gardener’s Certification over 28 years ago, Eliza combines her 22 year career in television set design with her life-long passion for gardening to create beautiful custom landscape. Eliza is conscientious of our water management issues while creating a drought tolerant, deer resistant environment custom to your personal taste and budget. With a keen sense of attention to detail, Eliza will spruce up your existing landscape for a special event or create a new landscape to enjoy for years to come. InsideOut Landscape Design, Inc. can increase the value of your home, while enhancing the natural potential and beauty of your exterior space for your home or business. OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY In Downtown Santa Cruz – 585 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz See Website or Phone for Details • 831-621-2309 • www.currentebikes.com EVERY BIKE INCLUDES: • FREE LIFETIME TUNE-UPS • PROFESSIONAL ASSEMBLY • ASSISTANCE WITH SIZING & ADJUSTMENTS • DISCOUNTS ON ACCESSORIES, RACKS, ETC. • COMPLETE POST SALE SERVICE MENTION THIS AD FOR AN ADDITIONAL $50 OFF ANY BIKE IN STOCK ELECTRIC BICYCLES Orbea Rise Lightest eMTB in Class Quality Electric Bikes In-Stock eBikes ON SALE NOW CAN YOU SOLVE THE MYSTERY BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT? Follow the rabbit. Rob the bank. Travel through time to save the world....and many more. A 60 minute adventure, 9 rooms to choose from each with a different theme. Great for birthdays or special events. Kid friendly. All locations surrounded by great local restaurants. 4 MONTEREY LOCATIONS 765 Wave St, Ste A2 • 599 Lighthouse Ave • 700 Cannery Row, Ste DD and Oscar’s Playground 685 Cannery Row 831.241.6616 BOOK TODAY! Escaperoom831.com Voted Monterey County’s Best Place For a Birthday Party Two Years in a Row ’22
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