Breaking with tradition, Village Poets of Sunland-Tujunga will hold its monthly reading on the third Sunday of the month in July rather than on the fourth Sunday. 

Poets Hilda Weiss and Maja Trochimczyk will feature on Sunday, July 20 at 4:30 p.m. at Bolton Hall Museum. There will also be an open mic and poets are invited to participate in the open reading segment of the event. The Bolton Hall Museum is located at 10110 Commerce Ave. in Tujunga. Bolton Hall is a Los Angeles Historical Landmark built in 1913. The reading starts at 4:30 p.m. and continues until 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Free parking is available on the street and also at Elks Lodge at 10137 Commerce Ave. Park behind the building and walk a short distance to Bolton Hall Museum across the street and a short distance down the block.

Maja Trochimczyk is a Polish American poet, music historian, photographer, and author of eight books on music and Polish culture. Her 11 poetry volumes include five anthologies: Chopin with Cherries, Meditations on Divine Names, Grateful Conversations, We Are Here: Village Poets Anthology and Crystal Fire and Poems of Joy and Wisdom. Her  six poetry books include Rose Always – A Love Story, Miriams Iris, Into Light, Bright Skies and two prizewinning books based on Polish experiences of WW2 and its aftermath: Slicing the Bread and The Rainy Bread. 

The sixth poet laureate of Sunland-Tujunga, Trochimczyk is the founder of Moonrise Press that issued over 20 volumes of poetry. Since 2019, Trochimczyk has served as the president of the California State Poetry Society, managing editor of the California Quarterly and editor of the CSPS Poetry Letter.

Hilda Weiss is the co-founder and curator for www.Poetry.LA, a website that features videos of poets and poetry venues in Southern California. Her poetry has been published in journals such as Rattle, Poet Lore, Salamander, Schuylkill Valley Journal, Spillway, and Humana Obscura as well as in anthologies such as Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles, Women in a Golden State, and Poetry Goes to the Movies among others. She has a chapbook, Optimism About Trees. In 2023 her manuscript Seemingly Normal was a finalist in the National Federation of State Poetry Societies competition. She lives in Santa Monica where she grows her own vegetables in a garden full of native California plants.

Please visit the Village Poets blog for a calendar of upcoming readings and poems from the featured poets: https://villagepoets.blogspot.com/.