# Event Details

- **Event Name**:  The Patio Poets: Geneva and Dante
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 24 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-06:00)
- **Event Description**: The Patio Poets
Geneva Toland and Dante Downey
Live Reading Series / 2026 Inaugural Cohort / Reading 4 of 4

Saturday, October 24, 2026
6:30pm
ZU Gallery
48 W Main Street, Cortez, CO
Free and open to the public

Twelve poets from across Southwest Colorado are having their work printed as broadsides and mailed to homes across the country all year long. This is the final reading of the 2026 season and we have moved indoors to fit more of you.

Geneva Toland is a writer, songleader, and naturalist living in the La Plata foothills. She won the Homebound Poetry Prize from Wayfarer Books. Her debut collection Council of Thunder is out this fall and will be available for purchase at the event.

Dante Downey is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been published in WET and FERTILE, anthologies of water poems and prose from the Four Corners region. His writing navigates self-destruction, addiction, memory, and grief, with moments of tenderness woven throughout.

Free and open to everyone. Bring a friend. Stay for a drink.

cortezarts.org/poets
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cortez/the-patio-poets-geneva-and-dante/200030803758403
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Cortez
- **state**: CO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: ZU Gallery
- **lat**: 37.348739729777
- **long**: -108.58638077974
- **full address**: ZU Gallery, 48 W Main St, Cortez, CO 81321-3141, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is  The Patio Poets: Geneva and Dante being held?
  - **A:** The Patio Poets: Geneva and Dante takes place on Sat, 24 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Sat, 24 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm at ZU Gallery, 48 W Main St, Cortez, CO 81321-3141, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing  The Patio Poets: Geneva and Dante?
  - **A:** The Patio Poets: Geneva and Dante is organized by ZU Arts Initiative.
- **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at ZU Arts Initiative's events?
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