There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will become Santa Barbara’s next Poet Laureate. I will be passing the laurels onto ...

The Santa Barbara City Council is getting ready to appoint a new Poet Laureate. George Yatchisin is slated to be appointed by ...

Emma Trelles is the 9th Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara (2021-23) and a 2023 recipient of an Established Artist Fellowship from the California Arts Council. In August 2022, she was named one of 22 Poet ...

Teresa Kuskey The Association for Women in Communications – Santa Barbara (AWC-SB) will honor five local creatives who are ...

Juan Felipe Herrera In celebration of National Poetry Month and the Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home initiative, Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) will ...

In celebration of National Poetry Month and the Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home initiative, Santa Barbara City College ...

The youth poet laureate celebration is 7 p.m. April 17 at Cabrillo College’s Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos.