Poetry News November 7, 2011
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Here is your Poetry News for the week of November 7, 2011.
Poetry events are unpredictable as the weather in the Pioneer Valley and beyond!
Scroll all the way down for more poetry in CT, Boston and other areas.
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THIS WEEK in Western MA and Vicinity:
Fri. Nov. 4 - Massachusetts Review Launch Reading, Herter Annex, Umass, 7pm
Sat. Nov. 5 - Talking about it, Moving through Poetry, Martial Arts and Storytelling, Easthampton, 6pm
Sun. Nov. 6 - Gail Thomas & Sally Bellerose, The Rendezvous, Turners Falls, 2pm
Sun. Nov. 6 - Bob Susskind & Julie Olmsted, Neilson Library, Smith College, 4pm
Mon. Nov. 7 - Susan Deer Cloud at Westfield State Univ., Scanlon Banquet Hall, 7pm
Thu. Nov. 10 - Florence Poets Society, Lilly Library, Florence, 6:30pm
This is just a sampling. There are many other poetry events in Western MA, Boston, CT and beyond this week - Please scroll down!
POETRY IN THE VALLEY AND BEYOND
November 15th, 7:30 p.m.
Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
Smith College, Northampton
Experiments in Poetry
by Diana Gordon & Patricia Lee Lewis
A Straw Dog Writers Guild Craft Workshop
Sunday, November 13, 2011 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. Free
Lilly Library Community Room
19 Meadow Street Florence, MA
Diana Gordon and Patricia Lee Lewis, both poets with new book releases, will begin with a conversation about the role of playfulness in a serious writer's tool box. They will read a few poems in which chance has played a role, and talk about various ways of introducing the unexpected into poems. This will be a great practice for prose writers, too! Since this will be a hand-on workshop in craft, please bring writing materials. There will also be a question and answer period, and they will have their latest books on sale.
Attention to attendees: Please refrain from strong scents as many members of the audience are sensitive to chemicals. We appreciate your consideration.
Critique Group Seeks Members
A Northampton based poetry critique group is seeking new members who actively write poetry, have previously published their work, and can commit to meeting every Tuesday morning. Send inquiries to Tuesdaypoets@yahoo.com
The Gallery of Readers Series presents
Bob Susskind and Julie Olmsted
reading from their recent work
Sunday, November 6, 4 PM
Neilson Library Browsing Room, Smith College
Refreshments will be served.
Bob Susskind writes intensely in short spurts and does not save his pieces on his computer. He has yet to publish a volume of his short poems but loves to speak them out loud to any captive audience. His transcendent nonautobiography has a way of putting him in his place.
A native of the Missouri Ozark Mountains, Julie Olmsted was an actress and cabaret performer in New York City prior to becoming a minister. This December, she will celebrate twenty years in that calling. Julie is married to the genius musician/composer Jeff Olmsted (a Northampton native) and has two college-age children of whom she is very proud. Prior to moving to Northampton last year, she was a columnist for the Dayton Daily News in the Saturday faith section. Fifty-two of those essays appear in her book, Stepping Onto the Invisible Bridge: Courage for Every Season of Your Faith Journey. She has dabbled in poetry writing and recently pledged herself to the task of 30 Poems for Thirty Days, collecting proceeds to benefit the “Center for New Americans,” an organization that helps refugees and immigrants learn to read and speak English. She will be reading from memoirs based on her experience of life growing up in the Ozarks. It is a work in progress called, “Meet the Family.”
The Gallery of Readers series began in 1990 and takes its name from its first location, in Northampton's Forbes Library art gallery. The readers in the series are participants in Robin Barber and Carol Edelstein's Vernon Street Writing Workshops. This year, Carol and Robin have launched the Gallery of Readers Press, a new nonprofit venture intended to provide workshop participants with an opportunity to publish their work.
For more information on other events in the series, and for more of our work, please visit http://www.galleryofreaders.org/.
Great News for Poetry Lovers in the Pioneer Valley!
Announcing Sunday Poetry at Esselon,
a new monthly poetry reading and open mic event
at Esselon Cafe on Rte 9 in Hadley, MA., from 3:30 to 4:30PM
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Featured poets Tommy "Twilite" Clark and Lori Desrosiers (rescheduled due to snow!)
Their readings will be followed by an open mic session, so BRING YOUR POEMS!
Poets booked for the coming months are: Sally Bellerose, Ellen Lafleche, Jim Cahillane, and Maria Louisa Arroyo.
Check out our Facebook page "Sunday Poetry at Esselon"
as well as an events page by the same name.
Esselon serves brunch until 3:pm so feel free to come early and enjoy a leisurely meal before the reading. The kitchen closes at 3pm but the beverage counter remains open until 5pm.
Questions can be emailed to Maryelizzz@comcast.net
Mark Your Calendars!
Area Youth Speak Out for the Environment
On Friday November 18, 7pm at the Northampton Center for the Arts, a public event
will be held called “It’s Our Future! Youth Speak Out To Save the Environment and
the Earth”. A dance with two local youth bands will follow.
Young people between ages 8 and 25 are invited to use poetry, prose, music, dance,
hip-hop, skits, video, and comedy to express their views and feelings about climate
change and other environmental issues, and share their hope and vision for a more just,
ecologically sustainable, and peaceful world.
poets highlighted in the 2007 film “Louder Than a Bomb” about the annual national
teen poetry slam in Chicago.
Performers must sign up in advance before Nov. 15. Prizes will be awarded to every performer. There will also be open mic time for audience participation.
Emcees for the event will be John Berkowitz, coordinator of Pioneer Valley Climate Action, and Savannah Sullivan, Western Mass. organizer of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign.
The dance begins at 9:30pm, featuring two local bands with young musicians. The NCFA is at 17 New South Street, across from the Academy of Music. Donationson a sliding scale from $3 to $15 are requested.
For more information, contact Pioneer Valley Climate Action at 413-625-6374, www.amherst350.org, johnpberk@gmail.com, or on Facebook.
Forbes Library Weekly Poetry Discussion Group
The Poetry Discussion at Forbes Library will resume meeting on Mondays at 7 PM in the Coolidge Room, starting September 26 and running through December 12 for the fall session. Poets to be discussed will include Jane Hirshfield, Diane Gilliam, Ida Stewart, John Ashbery, Patricia Smith and Gerald Stern.
FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY
The next business/sharing meeting is Thursday, November 10, 2011 6:30pm
ALL POETS OF ALL TYPES AND AGES are welcome, bring one of your original works to share,
(12 to 15 copies will usually 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
Martina Robinson and friends meet every 3rd Thursday at Lilly Library community Room at 6:30 PM. This group is currently open to join.
PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING AS A MEMBER OF FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY.
THE FEE IS $20.00 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.net/,, 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 florencepoets@comcast.net or check out our new web page at http://www.florencepoetssociety.net
NEW DAY AND TIME: Listen to "Twilite's Poetry Pub"
Enjoy the "Pub" with Carl and Tom every Tuesday night, 8pm 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!
All events are free and open to the public except as noted For more information, Call Tom at (413) 584-5914 or email at: tommytwilite@gmail.com or: FPOETS@localnet.com or visit: http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/
POETRY A LA CARTE RADIO SHOW
on WMUA-Amherst 91.1 FM
Mondays from 6:00 to 6:30pm
WMUA is ably run by students, and the Programmer, who has the unenviable job of arranging a continuous, live, on-air series of shows, 24 hours a day, is hard-pressed to get coverage when the UMass students are on vacation. (DJs are usually about half students and half community members). Hence the change in schedule.
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. Area poets are invited to read. For more information contact Petriana at 413. 549.9336 or by email at pmonize@hcc.mass.edu
GREENFIELD, SHELBURNE FALLS AND NORTH
Northfield Open Mic
All ages are welcome to share poetry and hear local poets at a monthly open mic.
at Northfield Coffee and Books, 105 Main St., Northfield, MA., 8pm
The series will take place on the third Thursday of every month, and is sponsored by Bernardston poet and track & field coach Jim Bell. Arrive a little early to sign up.
Greenfield Spoken Word
Always the Third Tuesday
9 Mill St, Greenfield, MA
Doors open at 7:00
Open Mic starts at 7:30
Open Mic will be 10 - five-minute slots
Donation - Sliding Scale $1 - $5
Spoken Word Wendell
The Last Monday of every Month
Sept - April At the Deja Brew Pub
57 Lockes Village Road Wendell, MA
For directions and additional
information see our website or
send an email:
http://allsmallcaps.blogspot.com
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.
The Collected Poets Series
Thursday, November 3, 7pm
Mark Leidner & Timothy Liu
Mocha Maya's Coffee House
47 Bridge St.
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370413-625-6292. Wheelchair accessible. See www.collectedpoets.com or www.mochamayas.com for more information. 7pm
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.
WORD IN THE BERKSHIRES
Jerry's Place Poetry
There will be 2--one hour poetry programs starting at 2:00 pm at the
Pittsfield Community television station on Federico Drive, Pittsfield
Mass. A Jerry's Place production.This is an ongoing reading every third Thursday.
OUTSPOKEN!
Pittsfield's Monthly Performance Series and Open Mic
- Outspoken! hosted by Matt Mcfadden, is held the 3rd Thursday of every month.
- Micro Theater (311 North St. in Pittsfield, Greylock Bldg. upstairs among the ArtOnNo studios - Up the block from Jae's Spice - Entrance to theater is around the corner on Union St. thru Orange door, right next door to Mary's Carrot Cake.
- 8 pm ($5 suggested donation)
- Interested open mic performers can sign up for 5 minute slot by
e-mailing matt at mcfaddensrus@yahoo.com
- Those needing more information can e-mail the same address
Power of Words, Open Mic
Third Tuesdays 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 at 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 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 details
WORD IN WORCESTER
The Little "a" Poetry Series
Every Thursday night at 7pm, with an open mic preceding the feature. It is free and all ages, and will be held at The Strange Attractor, 97D Webster St, Worcester MA. Hosted by "Cowboy" Matt Hopewell, who also does the booking and can be reached at themadcowboy@gmail.com or by phone at (508) 479 8311.
More to follow as August and September dates are confirmed!
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.
THE POETS ASYLUM
Sunday, November 6:
It's time to put your poker faces on and leave your tells at the door. This Sunday, November 6th, the Poets' Asylum is holding a Poker Slam! Buy in for the low low cost of $10. Winner takes the initial pot. There will be a 10 person cap. After the first round, we'll knock the number of slammers down to half. If you've been knocked out, you still have a chance to go for the prize! You can buy back in for only $5! (if you buy back in, that doesn't go into the initial pot) The order for the rounds will be determined by an on stage battle of five card stud! Some on down and being your game face.
Come down to the Front Room at WCUW (910 Main Street, Worcester). Remember, the reading now starts at 7:00 p.m. ; doors open at 6:30 p.m. No cover; donations accepted to support the feature. Don't skip this one, we think you'll regret it!
The Dirty Gerund
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 slams and featured poets. No cover; donations accepted. 21+ Please join us at our new home,
CONNECTICUT POETRY
Since CT has a wonderful and comprehensive newsletter online, I have decided to cut the CT Poetry section from Poetry News and only post special events that occur one time only. Write to Terri Klein at ctpoetnews@yahoo.com to get the CT Poet newsletter in your email.
The CT Poetry Calendar is online at http://poetz.com/connecticut
BOSTON/CAPE COD POETRY
Barry Hellman
will read from his forthcoming chapbook, The King of Newark (Finishing Line Press, 2011), and other poems, at The Writer's Voice Cafe, upstairs at Napi's Restaurant, 7 Freeman Street, Provincetown, MA. Wednesday evening, November 9, 2011, 7 PM. Followed by a discussion of his work with the audience and an open mic where all forms of writing are welcome. Hosted by Dian Hamilton. Barry is co-host, with Joe Gouveia, of the Poets' Corner, Cultural Center of Cape Cod in S. Yarmouth, MA. and host of the Chapel In The Pines Poetry Series in Eastham, MA. A clinical psychologist, he conducts workshops on "Writing Poems About Family, Friends, Lovers and Others". He also publishes a website at http://home.comcast.net/~bmhellman which covers poetry events on and off Cape Cod.
Poetry Series at the Brockton Library
304 Main Street. Our website www.gbspa.org
Our workshops and venue are free, the seats comfortable, the refreshments delicious.
1:00 - 2:00 Prose Workshop (critique & discussion)
2:30 - 4:30 Memoir Workshop
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12:00 - 2:00 Poetry 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
Every Wednesday Night at 8, Featured Poet, Poetry Slam!
738 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA
October 26, 2011
Wil "One L" Gibson kicks off his two-legged tour.
Open poetry slam in the 8x8 serie
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/
Stone Soup Poetry
meets from 8-10 pm. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art
Gallery at 106 Prospect Street in Cambridge with an open mic sign-up at 7:30
p.m. A featured poet follows the open mic.
For links to the feature's work, information on future features and more, visit
the Stone Soup Web site: http://stonesouppoetry.blogspot.com
Calliope—Poetry Readings at West Falmouth Library
Calliope – a community of poets
Sunday, November 20th, 3 to 5 PM. Open mike sign-up, 2:45 PM.
Featuring: Lori Desrosiers, Barry Hellman, Sandra Kohler
Lori Desrosiers' first full-length collection of poems, The Philosopher’s Daughter is forthcoming from Salmon Poetry in 2012. Her chapbook, Three Vanities was published by Pudding House Press in 2009. Lori’s poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including a prompt in Wingbeats, a book of writing exercises from Dos Gatos Press. She is editor and publisher of Naugatuck River Review, a journal of narrative poetry.
Barry Hellman is the author of a new chapbook, The King of Newark (Finishing Line Press, 2011). His poems have appeared in Writer’s Digest, the Aurorean, Ballard Street Poetry Journal, Poetica Magazine, Still Crazy Literary Magazine, and other journals and anthologies. He founded the Writers Group at the Eastham Library, hosts The Chapel in the Pines Poetry Series and co-hosts Poets’ Corner. A clinical psychologist and poet, he has conducted poetry workshops, with such topics as “Writing Poems About Family, Friends, Lovers, and Others.” His website is http://home.comcast.net/~bmhellman
Sandra Kohler’s third collection of poems, Improbable Music (Word Press) was released in May, 2011. Earlier collections are The Ceremonies of Longing (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003) and The Country of Women (Calyx, 1995). Her poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Beloit Poetry Journal, The New Republic, and Prairie Schooner. Sandra has taught literature and writing from elementary school to university. A resident of Pennsylvania for most of her life, she recently moved to Boston.
Directions: From Bourne Bridge. Rt. 28 south to Thomas Landers Road exit, right off ramp to Rt. 28A south (left), about 1 1/2 miles. Just past Old Dock Rd., on right, West Falmouth Library is on the left, with parking. From Woods Hole. Woods Hole Rd. to Palmer Ave. to Rt. 28 north to Brick Kiln Rd. exit, left off the ramp to Rt. 28A (stop sign). Take a right, and go less than I mile. West Falmouth Library is on the right, with parking (before the library, across from the Quaker Meeting House).
$5 donation requested. Refreshments.
Visit our website: calliopepoetryseries for Calliope’s complete schedule.
Email: calliopepoetryreadings@verizon.net or 508-566-1090 for information
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
CHECK OUT http://home.comcast.net/~bmhellman FOR MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILS ABOUT CAPE COD POETRY AND ALL OF THESE EVENTS.
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 CIntern2@lowellma.gov
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/
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
Cambridge Community Television
Tuesdays at 11:00 PM Saturdays at 10:30PM Catch the latest from the Boston Poetry Slam I
NFO: kentthompson@comcast.net
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
NH/VT POETRY
For a VT poetry events calendar go to: http://www.phayvanh.com/
For info on Brattleboro poetry and Write Action visit their website - www.writeaction.net
Poetry readings at the Putney Library
55 Main Street, Putney VT (802) 387-4407
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