<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">2018 PoesÃa del Recuerdo/Poetry of Remembrance</span></b></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Community Reading</span></b></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><p style="margin: 14pt 0in; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">On Friday, October 19, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, members of the community are invited to attend the annual El DÃa de los Muertos “PoesÃa del Recuerdo/Poetry of Remembrance†celebration. We are pleased to announce that this year’s event will take place at<b class=""> <i class="">Our House</i> Intercultural Center, 116 Jacobs Hall, on the SRJC Petaluma Campus, 680 Sonoma Mountain Parkway, Petaluma</b>.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 14pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Our featured readers will include bilingual poet Beatriz Lagos, originally from Argentina; bilingual poet and artist Katie Numi Usher, from Belize, and sansei (third-generation Japanese American) poet Jodi Hottel, who will tell us about Obon, the Buddhist tradition of honoring one’s ancestors and demonstrate a simple folk dance. The event will be hosted by Sonoma County Poet Laureate Maya Khosla.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 14pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Those who wish to honor the memory of someone who has departed are encouraged to bring something—a photo or an item that reminds them of their loved one—that can be placed on a community altar for the evening. </span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 14pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Those who would also like to be part of the community reading are welcome to present, in Spanish (or other language) and/or English, a poem or brief statement they have written for the occasion or a favorite poem that expresses their feelings. <b class="">If you are interested in reading please contact John Johnson: </b></span><b class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><a class=""><u class=""><font color="#0563c1" class=""></font></u></a><u class=""><font color="#0563c1" class=""><a href="mailto:johnmjohnson09@gmail.com" class="">johnmjohnson09@gmail.com</a></font></u></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> (707) 338-5765</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 14pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">PoesÃa del Recuerdo/</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Poetry of Remembrance Community Reading is part of the month-long </span><i class=""><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">El DÃa</span></i><i class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> de los Muertos </span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">celebrations held in Petaluma during the month of October, featuring community altars, bilingual storytelling, sugar skull workshops, music, dance, and a procession with giant puppets<b class="">. </b></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 14pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Admission is free. For more information about El </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">DÃa</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> de Los Muertos events, check out Facebook at El </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">DÃa</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> de Los Muertos Petaluma.</span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br clear="all" style="page-break-before: always;" class=""></span><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" class=""><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt;" class=""><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">2018 PoesÃa del Recuerdo/Poetry of Remembrance</span></b></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Community Reading</span></b></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></b></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">El viernes 19 de octubre, de 6:00 p.m. a las 8:00 p.m., se invita a los miembros de la comunidad a asistir a “PoesÃa del Recuerdo,†un parte de la celebración anual El dÃa de los Muertos en Petaluma. Nos complace anunciar que el evento de este año se llevará a cabo en <b class="">Our House Intercultural Center, 116 Jacobs Hall, en el Campus SRJC Petaluma, 680 Sonoma Mountain Parkway, Petaluma.</b></span></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Nuestros lectores destacados incluirán a la poeta bilingüe Beatriz Lagos, originaria de Argentina; la poeta bilingüe y artista Katie Numi Usher, de Belice, y la poeta sansei (tercera generación japonesa estadounidense) Jodi Hottel, quien nos contará acerca de Obon, la tradición budista de honrar a los antepasados </span><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""></span><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">y demostrar una danza folcl</span><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">ó</span><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">rica simple. El evento ser</span><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">á</span><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> presentado por Maya Khosla, la Poeta Laureada del Condado de Sonoma.</span></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Aquellos que desean honrar la memoria de alguien que se ha ido, se les anima a que traigan algo -una foto o un artÃculo que les recuerde a su ser querido- que pueda colocar en un altar de la comunidad por la noche.</span></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Aquellos a los que también les gustarÃa ser parte de la lectura comunitaria pueden presentar, en español (u otro idioma) y / o en inglés, un poema o una breve declaración que hayan escrito para la ocasión o un poema favorito que exprese sus sentimientos. <b class="">Si está interesado en leer, póngase en contacto con John Johnson: <a href="mailto:johnmjohnson09@gmail.com" class="">johnmjohnson09@gmail.com</a> (707) 338-5765. </b></span></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">PoesÃa del Recuerdo es parte de las celebraciones de El DÃa de los Muertos en Petaluma durante el mes de octubre, presentando altares comunitarios, narración bilingüe, talleres de calaveras de azúcar, música, danza y una procesión con tÃteres gigantes.</span></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;" class=""><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3" class=""></font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span lang="ES" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">La admisión es gratis. Para obtener más información sobre los eventos de El DÃa de Los Muertos, consulte Facebook en El DÃa de Los Muertos Petaluma.</span></div></body></html>