The Olive Tree is a public gathering space that honors the deeply rooted tradition of spoken word poetry in Santa Cruz.

Each monthly event includes a free writing workshop, poetry open mic, with a featured reader at the end, highlighting new publications from local writers, as well as the works of touring poets.

Rite Life is a workshop that blends the act of automatic writing, with our individual practices of ancestor veneration, to confront that which haunts us, and to celebrate that which allows us to live.

Free and open to all who wish to join…

The Olive Tree is a public gathering space that honors the deeply rooted tradition of spoken word poetry in Santa Cruz.

Each monthly event includes a free writing workshop, poetry open mic, with a featured reader at the end, highlighting new publications from local writers, as well as the works of touring poets.

Rite Life is a workshop that blends the act of automatic writing, with our individual practices of ancestor veneration, to confront that which haunts us, and to celebrate that which allows us to live.

Free and open to all who wish to join…

The Olive Tree is a public gathering space that honors the deeply rooted tradition of spoken word poetry in Santa Cruz.

Each monthly event includes a free writing workshop, poetry open mic, with a featured reader at the end, highlighting new publications from local writers, as well as the works of touring poets.

Rite Life is a workshop that blends the act of automatic writing, with our individual practices of ancestor veneration, to confront that which haunts us, and to celebrate that which allows us to live.

Free and open to all who wish to join…

The Olive Tree is a public gathering space that honors the deeply rooted tradition of spoken word poetry in Santa Cruz.

Each monthly event includes a free writing workshop, poetry open mic, with a featured reader at the end, highlighting new publications from local writers, as well as the works of touring poets.

Rite Life is a workshop that blends the act of automatic writing, with our individual practices of ancestor veneration, to confront that which haunts us, and to celebrate that which allows us to live.

Free and open to all who wish to join…

The Olive Tree is a public gathering space that honors the deeply rooted tradition of spoken word poetry in Santa Cruz.

Each monthly event includes a free writing workshop, poetry open mic, with a featured reader at the end, highlighting new publications from local writers, as well as the works of touring poets.