Manteca firefighters are staging their annual pancake breakfast on Saturday, May 9.

It takes place from 7 to 11 a.m. at Station 1, 290 South Powers Ave.

It is a fundraiser benefitting the Captain Tom Moore Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Breakfast includes pancakes, eggs, bacon, hashbrowns, and sausage.

It is served with coffee, milk and orange juice.

Tickets are $10. Children under 10 are $5.

Film festival Sunday

at senior center

The Poeticas 2nd Annual Film Festival takes place on Sunday, April 12, at the Manteca Senior Center, 295 Cherry Lane.

The free community event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. features local artisans, food vendors, and a showcase of micro-films created from original poetry, focusing on community literacy and the arts.

There is a $10 donation for the film screening that starts at 1 p.m.

It will feature entries where indie filmmakers and poets have transformed poetry into microfilm.

The event is designed to bring filmmakers, poets, and neighbors together for an afternoon where stories, images, and language meet to spark real conversations and compassion.

Last year, 20 submissions originating from Manteca to Maine and West Hollywood to Latvia were shown at the film festival.

The screenings anchor a day that involves Manteca Art Guild members displaying their work, writing tables, and more.