Welcome to the Moon Tide monthly events calendar.

 

Love Poetry Contest at Alta Coffee

Date: Wednesday, Feb. 8

Time: 8 p.m.

Address: Alta Coffee, 506 31st St., Newport Beach

Admission: Free

Why you should go: Test your skills as a love poet! Also, Lee Mallory will feature, and singer-songwriter Courtney Montgomery will perform.

 

Ricki Mandeville and Lee Rossi at LMU

Date: Thursday, Feb. 9

Time: 8 p.m.

Address: University Hall #1857, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

Admission: Free

Why you should go: Mandeville and Rossi are both oft-published poets whose work is well worth checking out. Plus, you get to see them in a classy university setting.

 

Susan Davis at the Ugly Mug

Date: Wednesday, Feb. 22

Time: 8 p.m.

Address: Ugly Mug, 261 N. Glassell St., Orange

Admission: $3

Why you should go: Davis, the head of undergraduate creative writing at UCI, released her first book, I Was Building Up to Something, from Moon Tide Press in 2011. Come hear a master at work!