Name: Independence Day Celebration & Fireworks 2025: Monterey Park
Start: 2025-06-28T16:00:00-07:00
Location: Barnes Park

Barnes Park

<ul><li>doors open: 4 p.m.</li><li>fireworks show: 9 p.m.</li></ul>
From the <a href="https://www.montereypark.ca.gov/687/Independence-Day-Celebration" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">city of Monterey Park:</a>
"Monterey Park will celebrate our American Independence Day holiday on Saturday, June 28 from 4pm to 9:30pm at Barnes Park. This community event features live entertainment at the Barnes Park Amphitheater. The annual celebration concludes with a free firework show at 9pm. Please be aware the fireworks fallout zone includes surrounding streets (McPherrin, Harding and Ramona Avenues) which will be closed from 4-11pm. Barnes Park is located at 350 S. McPherrin Avenue."
<a href="https://www.montereypark.ca.gov/687/Independence-Day-Celebration" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More info here.</a><figure><img data-image="Document.png" data-src="https://cdn20.patchcdn.com/users/26494162/20250625/021702/document___25021702312.jpg" data-sizes data-srcset /></figure>
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Poet and playwright Bob Gossom brings back his acclaimed film Versified! The Human Equation for a limited encore streaming, blending contemporary poetry, motion, music, and storytelling to close National Poetry Month.
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Adapted from Gossom’s acclaimed poetry collection The Human Equation, now in its expanded third edition, the production explores vulnerability, humor, contradiction and the shared experiences that connect people across generations and backgrounds.
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Bob Gossom is a poet, playwright and film-industry professional whose career spans filmmaking, technology and decades of literary work. His collection The Human Equation reached No. 1 on multiple Amazon poetry charts, including Contemporary Poetry and American Poetry. Through page, stage and screen, he continues to champion poetry as a living art form grounded in the shared human experience.To watch the film, learn more, or schedule an interview or reading with Bob Gossom, visit bobgossom.com, where you will find viewing instructions and contact options.
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