Poetry News November 9, 2009
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Here is your Poetry News for the week of November 9, 2009.
Spoken word events are so prolific in the Pioneer Valley and beyond,
all you need to do is flip over one of the turning leaves and you'll find a poem.
Scroll all the way down for more poetry in CT, Boston and other areas.
Check out all our links to the right for poetry events everywhere!
THIS WEEK check out (scroll down for details):
Thu. Nov. 12 - Pat Fargnoli at Bart's Bards, Greenfield 7pmThu. Nov. 12 - Florence Poets Society meeting/poetry share 6:30pm
Holyoke/Springfield Area Poetry
Starving for Art Presents
open mic Tuesdays
@ Blue Fusion Bar and Grille
487 St. James Ave
Springfield, MA
doors open at 6pm for social hour.
Showtime is 7-9pm
All poets, musicians, singers, and visual artists are welcome.
This event is free
For more info visit http://www.brendaschild.com/
Anthology on Bullies and Bullying
Call for submissions!
Go to: http://www.teatrovida.com/calling-all-writers.htmlJourney on the Page
Proprioceptive Writing® with Tzivia Gover
2nd Tuesday of the Month, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Nov. 10, Dec. 8, Jan. 12, Feb. 9
$65 for 4 Sessions
Holyoke Location (Highlands neighborhood)
To pre-register: or 413.532.8354
Proprioceptive Writing® is a meditative form of writing that allows you to know
yourself more fully by exploring on paper the territory of your mind, memory and
emotions. This writing practice will help you synthesize emotion and imagination,
generating authentic insight and joy.
Proprioceptive Writing® is a regular, disciplined practice in a quiet environment.
This unique method frees the writer within and helps to:
• Focus awareness and build self-trust
• Write and speak with strength and clarity
• Awaken the senses and emotions
• Bring increased energy and power to the creative process
• Focus and deepen the thought process
Tzivia Gover is an author, educator and certified Proprioceptive Writing Teacher.
Visit www.tziviagover.com or email
Word in the Valley and Beyond
Green Street Café
Northampton, Massachusetts
The Green St. Poetry Series showcases the voices of emerging and noted poets from the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts and beyond.
Please join us this Thursday November 12th at 7:30 p.m. to hear the poetry of Marie Gauthier and Kim Rogers.
Future Readings Include:
November 19th — R.L. Russis & Julian Crowell
December 3rd — Howard Faerstein & Laura Rodley
December 10th — Jessica Fjeld & Francesca Chabrier
our Bird Man Samana Eddie Bartok Baratta.
Saturday, November 14th, 8:00 p.m.
The Friends' Meetinghouse
43 Center Street, Northampton
Eddie Bartok Baratta has taken a Vow of Stability to live in
Northampton until his death. Come hear this powerful and
joyful flute player and reciting poet as he explores questions
about who owns the body and how each of us belongs to the group.
Eddie’s original poems and beautiful, fierce, jazz-inspired,
speaking, self-taught flute will send you home inspired to
change your corner of the world, your apartment, or your heart.
“Microcosmic, macrocosmic, and brilliant,” says Jesse Adams
of Northampton. “The event was life-changing,” says
Rebecca Mokey of Smith College.
To purchase beautiful tickets this week, $5 each, call Sarah
& Eddie at The Sanctuary, 413.584.8187.
Tickets also available at the door.
Poetry Reading by Brad Leithauser
A jubilat/Jones Poetry Reading
Featuring:
Dobby Gibson and Brett Eugene Ralph
3:00 PM
Sunday, November 15th
Trustees Room, Jones Library
43 Amity Street, Amherst
The reading will be followed by a Q & A session with the poets.
At 2 PM, Dara Wier, Ben Kopel, and Zach Savich will host a poetry swap in the Trustees Room. Bring a poem--your own or someone else's--to share and discuss. All events are free and open to the public.
Dobby Gibson is the author of Polar (Alice James Books), which won the 2004 Beatrice Hawley Award, and Skirmish (Graywolf Press). He lives in Minneapolis where he serves on the board of directors of The Loft Literary Center. His poems have appeared in journals such as Fence, Ploughshares, and The Iowa Review.
Brett Eugene Ralph is the author of Black Sabbatical (Sarabande Books). His work has appeared in Conduit, Mudfish, The American Poetry Review, and in the anthologies The McSweeney's Book of Poets Picking Poets and The Stiffest of the Corpse: An Exquisite Corpse Reader. He lives in Empire, Kentucky, where he teaches at Hopkinsville Community College and plays with the country rock ensemble Brett Eugene Ralph's Kentucky Chrome Revue.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Jones Library, jubilat, the Juniper Initiative of the UMass MFA Program for Poets & Writers, the Amherst Cultural Council, Factory Hollow Press, and LEVSCo Furniture, the jubilat/Jones Series showcases established and emerging poets in six readings each year.
If you have questions, please contact the jubilat office at (413) 577-1064.
Black Poetry of the 1960s and 1970s
Thursday, November 19, 2009 • 4:00 pm
Campus Center • 10th Floor, Amherst Room
UMass Amherst Campus
Handicap access available
Directions & Parking <http://www.aux.umass.edu/campuscenter/>
Free Admission
Event web site <http://www.umass.edu/afroam>
Contact: Tricia Loveland, [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>, (413) 5454-2751
A discussion of Black Poetry by a panel of distinguished artists.
Panelists will include Sonia Sanchez, Sam Cornish (Poet Laureate of Boston),
Everett Hoagland, and Askia Toure.
This Fall, Try a Mini Workshop
Let your words out to play at Open Words
Get inspired, be encouraged, do a lot of writing
in a group of supportive, fun, dedicated writers
Special four-week fall session
November 11 & 18, December 2 & 9
Wednesdays 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Easthampton
$100 before November 4
$120 after November 4
For more information: 413-695-8251
www.openwordswriting.blogspot.com
SUSAN HOWARD CASE MEMORIAL POETRY CORNER
AT THE FORBES LIBRARY
Forbes Library has created a new collection of
the works of local poets named the Susan Howard Case
Poetry Corner. This collection has been named in
memory of a local poet who contributed to the library's rich
poetry community through her volunteer service.
The non-circulating collection consists of poetry books
and chapbooks by Pioneer Valley poets, and locally
published literary journals. "The idea for this collection
developed in response to the abundance of many gifted poets
in our area," said D.M. Gordon, Forbes Library Writer-in-Residence
who created the idea for this new collection.
The collection will be housed in the Arts & Music magazine lounge on the
library's second floor. The items in the collection are to be read in
the library and comfortable seating is available nearby. The library
hopes to grow the collection through donations. Anyone interested in
donating to the collection should contact Lisa Downing, Assistant
Director, at 413-587-1017 or .
Anthology of Poems about Northampton
Call for Submissions!
Go to: http://www.nohoanthology.blogspot.com
FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY .
Next business/sharing meeting Thursday November 12, 6:30pm
ALL POETS OF ALL TYPES AND AGES are welcome, bring one of your original works to share,
(12 to 15 copies will=2 0usually be enough for all to share) The meeting is held at Lilly Library community room and begins at 6:30 PM. Poetry presentation and discussion begins at 7PM
WRITING GROUP
Rich Puchalsky and friends meet every 3rd Thursday
at Lilly Library community Room
at 6:30 PM.
See Rich for details, this group is currently open to join.
LASTLY PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING AS A MEMBER
OF FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY. THE FEE IS $15.00 FOR THE YEAR
FROM SEPTEMBER TO AUGUST. Your membership supports our Fall festival,
SILKWORM our annual journal, (these first two items also are supported in part
by the Northampton Arts Council via a grant)
our website http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/,, our po box, the annual contest,
the JAN SLAM, our spring art gallery reading. and our summer reading
at William Cullen Bryant homestead.
For more information:
Email us at or check out our web
page at http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/
Florence Poets Society Readings:
Listen to "Twilite's Poetry Pub" now Weekly!
Enjoy the "Pub" with Carl and Tom every Wednesday from 9-10 am
on Valley Free Radio, WXOJ 103.3 fm, Northampton and now
with improved streaming at http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/ !!!
Poetry to the people!
WXOJ-FM LP 103.3 and streaming at http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/.
Bringing to you a variety of interesting poetry and music!
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All events are free and open to the public except as noted
For more information, Call Tom at (413) 584-5914
or email at:
or: or visit:
http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/
or visit: http://www.tommytwilite.com/
POETRY A LA CARTE
on WMUA-Amherst 91.1 FM
5pm to 5:30 pm on Tuesdays this Summer,
streamed live at http://www.wmua.org/.
The program, hosted by Daisy Mathias,
includes reading aloud from past
and contemporary poets, and occasionally
features live interview and
poetry-reading with a local poet.
Poetry at the Leverett Library
6:30 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of each month,
Poetry reading at the Leverett Library.
75 Montague Rd. Leverett, MA
For more information contact Petriana at 413. 549.9336
or by email at [email protected]
Greenfield/Shelburne Falls and North
The Hope and Olive
44 Hope Street
Greenfield, MA
Come for brunch and stay for the readings and connecting with new and old friends, who
share your passion for writing and reading. Or arrive at 3 with readings starting at 3:10.
The format will be 3 minute slots. A chance to hear some of the great writers in our area
and to talk, inspire, laugh, and celebrate. We will end at 5 which then you may want to stay
for dinner and just hang.
If interested in reading contact me at .
Hope to see you there.
Writer's Workshops in Greenfield
12 week writer's workshops with Susan Malley
Schedule and more information at
http://wordspringwriters.blogspot.com
or phone Susan at 413-773-8457
Bart’s Bards
Second Thursdays Open Microphone for Writers
Bart’s Café of Greenfield
286 Main St.
Greenfield, MA
7:00-9:00 P.M.
(Sign up to Read at 6:45)
2009 Featured Readers:
November 12: Pat Fargnoli
December 10: Tim Mayo
2010 Featured Readers:
January 14: Janet Aalfs
February 11: Julie Payne Britton
March 11: Maureen Moore
April 8: Kerry O’Keefe
May 14: Wyn Cooper
June 10: Lori Desrosiers
July 8: Janet MacFadyen
August 12: Marie Gauthier
Sept. 10: Lesle Lewis
October 14: Susie Patlove
November 11: Laura Rodley
For More Information, Please Contact:
Larry Fader (413) 475-3321
(Open Microphone Readings are 5 Minutes or Less)
Free to All
Greenfield Spoken Word
November 17th 7:00
Always the third Tuesday of the month
ARMS LIBRARY READING
Third Friday Prose and Poetry Readings.
7 p.m. at The Arms Library,
Corner of Main and Bridge Streets,
Shelburne Falls, Mass.
413-625-0306.
Held in the upstairs Reading Room, readers should arrive a
couple of minutes early to sign up for a reading slot, and then
have five minutes to share their work.
The building is accessible by entering at lower level
and taking the elevator upstairs.
ALL SMALL CAPS*
Monday, November 30th, the Deja Brew (57 Lockes Village Rd, Wendell) will open their doors at 7:00 for the third reading of our 4th season of All Small Caps and you will have a chance to catch up w/ us and everyone else. As usual, the Brew Special Poetry night menu will be available, bring a friend and your appetite!, and we will begin the Open Mic around 7:30 or so, followed by a break, and the featured readers will begin at 8:30.
Speaking of featured readers, we have excellent poets for your ears:
Claire Donato
Joseph Massey
Collected Poets Series
The Collected Poets Series highlights the work of established and emerging poets. Each event showcases the remarkable local poets of Western Massachusetts and the finest regional, national, and international talent. The series is usually held every first Thursday of the month.
(Please contact Lea Banks at this email or 413-625-6702 for more information).
Mocha Maya’s Coffee House,
47 Bridge Street,
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370,
413-625-6292.
Wheelchair accessible. Free.
See www.collectedpoets.com or www.mochamayas.com for more information.
2009 Series
Nov. 5 April Ossman, Peter Waldor, and Pamela Stewart
Dec. 3 Mary Koncel and Kate Greenstreet
The Collected Poets Series highlights the work of established and emerging poets. Each event showcases the remarkable local poets of Western Massachusetts and the finest regional, national, and international talent. The series is usually held every first Thursday of the month. See http://www.collectedpoets.com/ for more info about upcoming events.
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Writing Groups
for beginning and experienced writers
Come write in an encouraging supportive environment, experience the
deepening and growth of your own writing, and contribute to the deepening
and growth of others' writing. No experience necessary--only the
willingness to put pen to paper.
Groups meet weekly in Greenfield, are ongoing, and open to all genres. We
follow the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) method,
http://www.amherstwriters.com/.
$125 per 5-week session,
6 - 8 people per group.
To join or for more info
call or email Ann McNelly: 413 772 2375,
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News from Mo and Booksmyth Press
The web site can be accessed with this address:
http://www.thebooksmyth.com/
Web site: http://www.thebooksmyth.com/ submission guidelines now available
The Equinox is available at http://www.thebooksmyth..com/
Word in the Berkshires
4 Slate Roof poets
Janet MacFadyen,
Susan Middleton,
Susie Patlove,
Paula Sayword
will be featured readers on
Saturday, November 14, 2009
at 7pm
as part of Inkberry's WordPlay, a monthly reading series hosted by Gail Burns, at
Papyri Books
45 Eagle St.
North Adams, MA
[right off Rt. 2]
Handicap-accessible
First half of the evening: the four SR poets reading from their work.
Intermission: refreshments and (optional) signup for the open mic.
Second half: open-mic reading, readers limited to 5 minutes each.
Copies of Susan's chapbook, Seed Case of the Heart, Susie's chapbook, Quickening (both published in 2007 by Slate Roof Press), and Janet's book, A Newfoundland Journal (published in 2009 by Killick Press) will be available for sale and signing.
Slate Roof Press is a member-run press committed to publishing Pioneer Valley poets. Designed by the poets themselves, Slate Roof chapbooks feature letterpress covers, special papers, and hand-sewn bindings.
For more information (including directions): 413.662.2099 (at Papyri Books)
For additional information regarding Inkberry or this event: contact Inkberry by phone at 413.664.0775 or visit http://www.inkberry.org
Inkberry promotes the literary arts in the Berkshires with events and community partnerships that celebrate and support writing and reading. Inkberry is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Power of Words, Open Mic
November 17th, Tuesday
7pm to 8:30 pm
Hosted by Garfield Reed.
This is an open opportunity to share poetry,
readings, music and other spoken word.
Free and open to the public
Berkshire South Regional Community Center
Crissey Rd. Great Barrington, MA
Every third Tuesday of the month.
Please call Garfield at 528 4127 for more information.
In Words, Out Words in Housatonic
In Housatonic, MA there is an open mic for poets and performers
of all styles and ages.
1st Tuesday of each month at
the Deb Koffman Gallery
137 Front Street,
Housatonic, MA 01236. “In Words, Out Words.”
is hosted by John Meeks and there is usually
a $7 suggested donation for heat and electricity.
There are snacks there provided by whoever wants to bring them.
The sign up technically is at 6:30 however the way it works is a
lottery system. If you go to check it out once, then you can put
your name on the contact email list. The following month you
get an email reminding you of the upcoming event.
If it’s your first time performing at In Words, Out Words,
you are guaranteed a spot on the roster as long as you reply
to the reminder email. If you’ve performed there before then
you are put into the lottery system and randomly names are selected.
Sometimes there are still slots open at the door.
The open mic begins at 7 and the featured performer goes on
for about 20 minutes. It usually lasts until between 9 and 9:30.
Zeitgeist Gallery Pittsfield
Monday Poetry Nights
6 to10pm
648 North Street in Pittsfield
call Alan Nidle, the Director at (857) 991-8448 for detail
Lee Writers Group
(every 2nd Tuesday of the month)
at the Lee Library Conference Room.
Develop and hone writing skills through constructively critiquing
others as well as receiving helpful hints and suggestions.
This forum will host a variety of short stories, poetic compilations,
insightful and original essays, and other varieties of writing similarly
tangible in length. The purpose of this group is to embody character
and narrator through obsessive directive fervor with written and
spoken words.
The group will meet every second Tuesday sharing original works
via recitation and distribution and should be prepared to accept
constructive feedback and be able to, in return, deliver such
feedback in a respectable and deliberate manner.
Contact
or call 413 243-8116 for further information.
Word in Ware/Palmer
Carpe Stylum! (Latin for Seize the pen!)
meets every Wednesday 6-8pm, usually at the Ware Library
but some meetings are held elsewhere.
This group includes poets, short story writers and novelists.
All are welcome.
Call LuWanda Cheney (413) 277-9676 for a schedule.
Word in Worcester:
The Little "a" Poetry Series
at the Q Cafe, 362 Chandler St in Worcester, MA.
We run the reading every Monday night, the sign-up list for
the open mic goes up at 7:00pm and we get started shortly thereafter.
Worcester Storytellers
Worcester Storytellers meets on the second Friday of each month at the Village Arts Gallery
(1 Ekman Street, Worcester). The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. There will be an open mic followed by a feature.
Worcester Storytellers never charges a cover. They ask you throw some money into the basket to support the artists who feature. For more info please contact [email protected]
The d'Alzon Arts Series: Poetry Reading
takes place at Assumption College (500 Salisbury Street, Worcester) in the Emmanuel d'Alzon Library on the third Friday of each month during the academic year. The format is an open mic for the first half-hour or so, a short break with refreshments and then 2 featured poets.. The reading starts at 7:00 p.m. and typically runs for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Readings run throughout the school year.
New Name - Same Great Poetry
The After Nine Poetry Series - Every Thursday Night
The The After Nine Poetry Series, formerly The Spot,
is a weekly poetry reading in the Ship Room at the Hotel Vernon
(1 Kelly Square, Worcester).
The reading is held in the Ship Room of the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester). The official start time is 8:00 p.m. but honestly, things get going closer to 9. Maybe this week will be different.
21+ and proper id is required
Poets Asylum
Join the Poets' Asylum on Sunday, November 8th for our regular poetry open mic followed by a feature by Rob Sturma. Sturma has performed for a number of years under the monicker Ratpack Slim, and during those years, he was on the Los Feliz Slam Team two years running (2003-2004), made it to the finals stage with Team Hollywood in 2005, and as slammaster of Western Regional slam team Gang Green, took three teams to Big Sur, rocking nationally ranked teams outta their seats. He was the host of the seminal Los Angeles open mic Green from 2003-2007.Poetry slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on writing and performance, encouraging poets to focus on what they're saying and how they're saying it. Slam poetry can be moving, funny and deadly serious, sometimes all in the same poem. If that sounds like a good time then join us for some great words.
Come on down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The reading starts at 6:00 p.m. No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the feature.
The Dirty Gerund
There's a new poetry reading in town! The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show will be held every Monday night starting at 8:30 p.m. The reading is being held at Ralph's Chadwick Square Diner (148 Grove Street, Worcester) and is hosted by Rushelle Frazier. There will be an open mic every week with a mix of poetry s lams and featured poets.
No cover; donations accepted. 21+
Please join us at our new home,
Shakti Women's Writing Pact
The Shakti Women's Writing Pact meets
every Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. at
the Java Hut (1073A Main Street, Worcester).
Shakti was created with the intention of enhancing women's
sense of belonging within the poetry community through the
an unmoderated writing circle.
For more information please contact Sou MacMillan at
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THE ECLECTIC WORD, Radio Show
Poet and journalist Victor D. Infante hosts The Eclectic Word, an
Internet radio show that will delve into literature's fringe with poets,
satirists, alternative journalists and even (gasp!) bloggers. We'll be
stepping off the beaten path of literature, taking a close look at the odd,
the eccentric and the cutting-edge. Should be fun.
The show will run at 7 p.m. EST the first and third Friday of every month,
as part of The World Wide Word Radio Network. You can listen to the
shows live, or you can download it later for your listening convenience.
So give it a listen! It's going to be a blast!
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New Poetry/Reading Series to begin at Billings Forge
The Studio @ Billings Forge is pleased to introduce to its programming a new poetry/reading series entitled,WordForge. WordForge is a series of readings featuring local poets along with an open mike component.
All events will be scheduled for Monday nights, with a 7 p.m. start time.
WordForge is curated and organized by local poet, Jim Finnegan. Harvest Reading, is the first reading in the series, scheduled for Monday, November 16th, and participants are asked to bring a canned good or small donation that will be contributed to a local food bank. Many of the readings will have a featured theme in addition to featured invited poets.
Upcoming events include:
Monday, December 7, 2009 – Brickwalk Poets + Open Mike
-Featuring current and former members of the Brickwalk Poets group.
Monday, January 11, 2010 - Favorite Poem Project: Poetry in Spanish + Open Mike
-Readings from the great tradition of poetry written in Spanish (Neruda, Paz, Lorca, and many others). Bring favorite poems to read in Spanish or you may read English translations.
Monday, February 1, 2010 – Ten Thousand Things + Open Mike
-The ancient Chinese thought of world as being comprised of 10,000 things. We invite you to bring poems about “things”, any object or thing (animal, mineral, vegetable, etc.).
For further information about the WordForge series and to participate, please contact: Jim Finnegan at 860.508.2810 or at [email protected].
The Studio @ Billings Forge is a program of Billings Forge Community Works, a non-profit organization focused on reinvestment in the Frog Hollow neighborhood of Hartford. The Studio offers programs that bring vitality and arts to the neighborhood and include jazz and world-class music series, artistic and educational workshops and classes, family film series and more.
Billings Forge Community Works (BFCW), located in the Frog Hollow neighborhood of Hartford, is a nonprofit organization committed to revitalization in the community. At the forefront of the project is the award winning Firebox Restaurant.
For further information about The Studio @ Billings Forge contact Janice La Motta,
Program Coordinator, 860.548.9877 or [email protected].
News From Antrim House
Saturday, November 7 2009, 6:30 P.M.
Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street
Connecticut Center for the Book
500 Main Street
Hartford CT 06103.
via email:
or by phone: 860-695-6320.
with help from The Friends & Enemies of Wallace Stevens.
Nancy Eimers Read as Part of A.K. Smith Series
Nancy Eimers, an award-winning poet and creative writer, will read from her work as part of the ongoing Allan K. Smith Fall Reading Series at Trinity College. The event is free and open to the public. A book signing and reception will follow.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 4:30PM
Reese Room, Smith House on the campus on Trinity College
115 Vernon Street, Hartford, Conn. 06106
Nancy Eimers is the author of three collections of poetry: A Grammar to Waking (Carnegie Mellon, 2006), No Moon, winner of the 1997 Verna Emery Prize (Purdue University Press), and Destroying Angel (Wesleyan/University Press of New England, 1991). She has been the recipient of a Nation “Discovery” Award, two National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships and a Whiting Writer’s Award. Her poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and literary magazines, including Best American Poetry 1996, Poets of the New Century, The New Bread Loaf Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry, The Extraordinary Tide: New Poetry By American Women, Paris Review, TriQuarterly, and Field. She teaches creative writing at Western Michigan University and at Vermont College, and she lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Tracy Quigley at 860/297-2568, or by email at .
will kick-off with an open mike benefit for a local food bank...
Monday Nov. 16, 7pm—Fall Harvest Reading
Open Mike
WordForge Reading Series
563 Broad Street, Hartford, CT 06106
Wintonbury Branch Poetry Series & Open Mike
my time my place my creativity
Third Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. Fall 2009
Hosts: Marilyn Johnston/Tom Nicotera
You're invited to evenings of poetry to stir your heart, soul, and your creativity!
November 19 enjoy a poetry reading and a film screening with guest poet, Wally Swist, winner of two fellowships from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. Mr. Swist will read from his several books, noted for their richness of nature imagery of the Connecticut River Valley, then we will view the documentary film, In Praise of the Earth, regarding his work, recently released in The Poets of New England Series (Amherst: Aims Video, University of Massachusetts). Film-maker, Elizabeth Wilda, will also be on hand with the poet for a Q & A after the screening.
Finally, on December 17, come celebrate “Family Night” during the holidays with a special mother-daughter duo. Maggie Green, poet, nurse, and singer, reads with her daughter, Nora Pasco. Maggie Green is a long-time Hartford-area poet, veteran of local poetry venues with publishing credits including Rattle magazine. Nora Pasco, a student at Tunxis Community College, is a gifted young poet of high promise whose work has recently been published in Freshwater.
An open mike and light refreshments follow the featured poet at each event.
Wintonbury Branch Library 1015 Blue Hills Ave
Bloomfield, CT 06002
860-243-8855
www.prosserlibrary.info
Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series
at Manchester Community College
Great Path Academy, Community Commons (Use Parking Lot B)
Manchester, CT 06040
Sponsored by MCC Foundation / Hosted by Stephen Campiglio
2rd Thursday of each month / 7-9 p.m.
Free and Open to the Public
For more information and directions: www.mcc.commnet.edu/faculty/
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12
7:00 p.m. - ZENO’S EROS, progressive rock/jazz/folk/spoken word
Taking its influence from the Beat and Surrealist movements, Zeno's Eros merges poetry, song, jazz, progressive rock, and folk music. The Zeno’s Eros project was founded in 2001 by award-winning spoken word artist Gabrielle Zane, Master Teaching Artist of Connecticut and Chicago Grand Slam Master winner, and nationally known progressive guitarist Ludent Tremmel, formerly with The Anglion Audio Theatre. The group grew into a quartet with drummer Win Schmitt and bassist Paul Tanner, and recently added Dawn Cook on acoustic rhythm guitar to create a dynamic five-piece band. Along with exquisite four-part harmonies, you have an ensemble from somewhere beyond that which can be named. For more information on the band, please visit their web site at: http://zenoseros.home.
8:00 p.m. – Featured Poets: NANCY KUHL and RICHARD DEMING
Nancy Kuhl’s second full-length collection of poems, Suspend, is forthcoming in 2010 from Shearsman Books; her first book, The Wife of the Left Hand, was published in 2007. She is the author of two chapbooks, The Nocturnal Factory, published in 2008 by Ugly Duckling Presse and In the Arbor, which was a winner of the Wick Poetry Chapbook Prize. She is co-editor of Phylum Press and Curator of Poetry for the Yale Collection of American Literature at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. She is also the author of two exhibition catalogs, Intimate Circles: American Women in the Arts and Extravagant Crowd: Carl Van Vechten’s Portraits of Women, which are distributed by Yale University Press. For more information on Nancy, please visit her web site at: http://www.phylumpress.com/
Richard Deming is a poet and a literary theorist, whose poems have appeared in such journals as Sulfur, Field, Indiana Review, and The Nation, as well as Great American Prose Poems: From Poe to the Present. He is the author of Let's Not Call It Consequence from Shearsman Books, which was the winner of the 2009 Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America. Currently a lecturer at Yale University, he is also the author of Listening on All Sides: Toward an Emersonian Ethics of Reading from Stanford University Press. Along with Nancy Kuhl, he is co-editor of Phylum Press. More information on Richard can be found on his web site at: http://www.phylumpress.com/
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Do you love poetry?
Would you like to be part of an ongoing poetry discussion group offering food for the mind and the heart?
If so, come and join us on the first Sunday of each month from 4.30-6.00 PM at the Yurt at The Sanctuary in East Haddam, Connecticut, to discuss poetry and build community.
This is not about sharing our own work but instead offers us a chance to share the work of poets we love, so you don’t have to be a poet to be part of this group. Just come and bring your love of poetry and a poem you would like to share.
Hosted by Greg Coleman, Suzy Lamson, and Edwina Trentham
For more information call 860-319-1134.
Directions to the Sanctuary for Poetry Potluck
on Bogel Road – Look for sign: Labyrinth & Yurt
(it’s a dirt driveway)
FROM HARTFORD: Take I-84 East towards East Hartford. Take exit 55 onto Route 2 East towards Norwich. Take exit 16. Go RIGHT onto Route 149. Turn LEFT onto Route 151 (Plains Road). Turn LEFT onto Daniels Road. Turn LEFT onto Bogel Road.
Phone number: 860-319-1134
FROM NEW HAVEN: Take I-95 North towards New London. Take exit 67; stay to the LEFT at the fork on the ramp. Turn LEFT onto Route 154 (Middlesex Turnpike). Take Route 9 North towards Middletown. Take exit 7 onto Route 82 East. Turn LEFT onto Route 154 (Saybrook Road). Turn RIGHT onto Route 82 (Bridge Road). Turn LEFT onto Route 151 (Town Street). Turn RIGHT onto Daniels Road. Turn LEFT onto Bogel Road. Phone number: 860-319-1134
FROM NEW LONDON: Take I-95 South towards New Haven. Take Route 9 North towards Middletown. Take exit 7 onto Route 82 East. Turn LEFT onto Route 154 (Saybrook Road). Turn RIGHT onto Route 82 (Bridge Road). Turn LEFT onto Route 151 (Town Street). Turn RIGHT onto Daniels Road. Turn LEFT onto Bogel Road.
Phone number: 860-319-1134
FROM MIDDLETOWN AND POINTS WEST:
Take I-84 East to exit 27 onto Rte 691. Stay on 691 when it becomes Rte 66 East headed toward Meriden. Go all the way through Meriden and Middletown onto Rte 9 South. Take exit 7 onto Route 82 East. Turn LEFT onto Route 154 (Saybrook Road). Turn RIGHT onto Route 82 (Bridge Road). Turn LEFT onto Route 151 (Town Street). Turn RIGHT onto Daniels Road. Turn LEFT onto Bogel Road.
Phone number: 860-319-1134
Boston Area/Cape Cod Poetry Info:
the Poetry Session at O'Shea's
7 to 8:30PM Every Third Thursday!
The Poetry Session at O'Shea's is a free monthly all-ages open mic
for poets and lovers of poetry held in the Back Room
at O'Shea's Olde Inne. 348 Main Street,
Rte. 28 West Dennis, MA 02670 Free
Contact Info: Gregory Hischak
The Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts
Presents
Poetry Series at the Brockton Library
304 Main Street. Our website www.gbspa.org
Celebrating Poetry One Saturday Every Month
Sat. Nov. 21- Wendy Mnookin & Daniel Tobin
Our workshop and venue are free, the seats comfortable, the refreshments delicious.
12:00 - 2:00 Poetry Writing Workshop
1:30 - 2:00 Sign up for Open-Mic Reading
2:15 - 3:15 Open-Mic Reading
3:30 - 4:30 Feature Poets
During Open-Mic Reading share your own poetry
or read from works of your favorite poets
Upcoming Features (For information on the following poets click on our website)
Sat. Nov. 21- Wendy Mnookin
Daniel Tobin
Sat. Dec. 19 - Faye George
Everett Hoagland
Sat. Jan. 16 - Fred Marchant
Raena Camacho
Brockton Library Poetry Series
Sheila Mullen Twyman
WEDNESDAYS at the CANTAB
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Central Square's world-famous Cantab Lounge
presents weekly performances from local and national poets, as well as a
chance to present your own work in the open mic or poetry slam.
DJ Muse spins before the show and between poets.
Upcoming features include:
• Wednesday, November 11
With nearly a decade as a California slammer under the moniker “Ratpack Slim,” as well as a Finals Stage appearance with Hollywood at the 2005 National Poetry Slam, Rob Sturma has bent himself to the page in recent years, acting as poetry editor for Kotori Magazine and GetUnderground.com. Since landing a book deal with WriteBloody Publishing, he’s been taking his Tom Waits meets Shappy-esque show on the road to support his latest release. Open poetry slam in the 8x8 series.
• Wednesday, November 18
2009 Women of the World poetry slam champion, a three-time National Poetry Slam finalist, and four-year curator of the highly regarded louderARTS slam, Rachel McKibbens might be the busiest poet in New York. Relentlessly prolific, brutal, and innovative, she brings us her first published book of poetry, Pink Elephant. Open poetry slam in the 8x8 series.
• Wednesday, November 25
The Cantab’s first ever Group Piece Slam! Two rounds of multi-voiced competition, with $100 cash for the highest-scoring poem, as well as an individual prize! This is an open slam, and poets may compete with whomever they choose. Signup deadline is Wednesday, November 18. For more info, see the SlamMaster or email . $5 cover for this special show. See slamnews.com for complete rules.
Last Thursday Open Mic
at The Cultural Center of Cape Cod
307 Old Main St.,
S. Yarmouth, MA
co-hosts Joe Gouveia and Barry Hellman:
The last Thursday of every month, 7pm.
Open mic and featured poet.
Bring your own refreshments.
Arrive early to sign up for open mic.
For updated info on this and other Cape activities go to:
http://home.comcast.net/~bmhellman
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The Chapel In The Pines in Eastham
Biannual Poetry Open Mic (April & October)
10AM-Noon
October 25, 2009.
Hosted by Barry Hellman
Free & Refreshments Served
Read Your Own Work
Or Just Come to Listen
Plus this time around: A Featured Poet!
Tony Hoagland (that's right, Tony Hoagland)
will be the Featured Poet
at Open Mic Night at The Cultural Center of Cape Cod in S. Yarmouth
7PM October 29, 2009.
Co-Hosted by Barry Hellman and Joe Gouveia
CHECK OUT http://home.comcast.net/~bmhellman
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILS
ABOUT ALL OF THESE EVENTS.
The Pleasure of Poetry
with Ada Jill Schneider
at The Somerset Public Library
every Wednesday in September, 2009 at 2 PM
1464 County Street
Somerset, MA 02726
(508) 646-2829
Free
Participants are invited to bring a favorite poem
or two to read aloud and share with the group.
Tea and cookies will be served.
Guest Reader on Wednesday, Sept. 30
Janice Miller Potter, author of Psalms in Time
Lowell Poetry Slam and Open Mic Every FIRST Thursday at Brew'd
Awakening! Only poets can compete in the slam and win the prize...
but the mic is open to musical performers as well.
Whether you come to perform, compete or just enjoy some coffee
and great local talent, don't miss this event!
7:00pm - 9:30 pm
*Sign-up between 6:30-7:00*
The event is free and open to the public—so come on down for an evening
of good company and some terrific regional voices!
Brew'd Awakening Coffeehaus
61 Market Street
Lowell, MA 978-454-BREW
For more info, please email
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SATURDAYS
The Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts
Presents
Poetry Series: at the Brockton Library
304 Main Street. Map it! New website!! www.gbspa.org
Celebrating Poetry One Saturday Every Month
This is a Free Event
with really comfortable chairs and divine refreshments
12:00 - 2:00 Workshop with Danielle Legros Georges
1:30 - 2:00 Sign up for Open-Mic Reading
2:15 - 3:15 Open-Mic Reading
3:30 - 4:30 Feature Poets
During Open-Mic Reading share your own poetry
or read from works of your favorite poets
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OPEN BARK
meets @ the Out Of The Blue Art Gallery,
106 PROSPECT ST. (the home of Stone Soup)
CENTRAL SQUARE, CAMBRIDGE.
SIGN-UP AT 8:00pm
OPEN MIC STARTS @ 8:15pm,
FEATURE @ 9:00pm
Come and perform or listen!
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Sunday Night!
Cambridge Common
1667 Mass. Ave., Cambridge
$5 Cover Every Sunday
Poetry Slam: 8:00 pm,
Feature: 9:30 pm,
Open Mike: 10:30 pm
617-547-0759 http://poetryjam.org/
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Stone Soup Poetry
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the
Out of The Blue Art Gallery (located on 106 Prospect Street in Cambridge)
with an open mike si gn-up at 7:30 p.m.
http://stonesouppoetry.blogspot.com/
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Newton Free Library Poetry Reading Series
The series meets the second Tuesday of every month open mic after features.
Starts 7PM For complete information go to
http://newtonfreelibrarypoetryseries.blogspot.com/
Director: Doug Holder http://authorsden.com/douglasholder
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Cambridge Community Television
Tuesdays at 11:00 PM Saturdays at 10:30PM
Catch the latest from the Boston Poetry Slam I
NFO:
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LETRA Poetry Nights
in LAWRENCE MASS
Every TUESDAY at
Julio's 99 Club
99 Essex Street Lawrence, MA
Doors open at 7pm open mic starts at 8pm
Admission $3.00
For more information or for directions please call
Michelle Richardson at 978-423-7045
Gypsypashn's Poetry Caravan
at Bestseller's Cafe
24 High Street
Medford, MA. 02155
Third Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM.
Free refreshments open mic.
The Poetry Man' hosts
The Main St. Cafe, North Easton MA.
VT/NH Poetry
Tim Mayo, Patricia Fargnoli, Kate Gleason
Poetry Reading and Book Signing
Start: 11/14/2009 - 2:00pm
End: 11/14/2009 - 3:30pm
Poets Tim Mayo, former New Hampshire Poet Laureate, Patricia Fargnoli and Kate Gleason will read from their most recent collections, The Kingdom of Possibilities, Then, Something and Measuring the Dark (Gleason's award winning book published by Zone 3 Press). The reading will take at Toadstool Books in the Colony Mill, Keene, NH.
Web Link:
Toadstool Books
City: Keene
State: New Hampshire
Location: 222 West street, The Colony Mill Marketplace
Country: USA
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