LAKEPORT, Calif. – The new Lake County Poet Laureate will be selected at a special event planned for Saturday, April 19.
The reading and selection will take place beginning at 2 p.m. at the Lake County Arts Council's Main Street Gallery, 325 N. Main St. in Lakeport.
There will be a round robin reading by former Lake County Poets Laureates James Blue Wolf, Carolyn Wing Greenlee, Mary McMillan, Russell Gonzaga and Elaine Watt.
The finalists for 2014-16 Lake County Poet Laureate, who include John Hoey and Casey Carney, will then do readings of their work.
The new poet laureate will be announced at the end of the reading.
Refreshments will be served.