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Here is your Poetry News for the week of October 1, 2007.
Spoken word events are swirling like brilliant maple leaves in the Pioneer Valley and beyond.

Please email if you would like to be added to the mailing or are interested in featuring at Jester's. We need poets!
Peace through poetry - Lori

Word in Westfield:

Community Voices Poetry Open Mic
EVERY MONDAY NIGHT at Jester's Cafe and Deli
124 Elm Street (route 10/202) in Westfield, MA
Sign up is at 6:30 and open mic starts at 7:00PM
followed by a guest feature.
All are welcome. This venue is PG 13 due to the kids' taking lessons
at the music store next door

Upcoming Feature Poets:
Monday October 1 - Lea Banks (delightful Shelburne Falls Poet)
Monday October 8 - Columbus Day no open mic
Monday October 15 - Steven Riel (amazing Boston Poet)

We're now booking features for November and December.
Please email if you haven't featured in
at least 6 months and would like to return,
or if you would be interested in featuring for the first time at Jester's.

POE IN WESTFIELD FRIDAY
Westfield on Weekends inc. continues its celebration of Harvest Days in the District,
Westfield’s new downtown, with Poe, Times Two, a dramatic retelling of two classics by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe. starring New York actor Gregory Oliver Bodine
this Friday, October 5 at 7 PM and Saturday, October 6 at 3 PM and 7 PM
at the Westfield Woman’s Club, 28 Court Street.

Returning to the Westfield stage after an acclaimed performance in his one-man version of A Christmas Carol during last year’s Westfield Dickens Days, Bodine will bring Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado and The Black Cat to life this coming weekend in a production that he has adapted from two of Poe’s large catalog of horror stories.

"The Cask of Amontillado"’ was first published in 1846 when Poe was already nationally known as the author of the poem ‘‘The Raven’’. The story is narrated by a Venetian nobleman Senior Montresor who holds a lethal grudge against his unsuspecting friend named Fortunato whose appreciation for a treasured wine called Amontillado leads him to an untimely end.

First published on the front page of the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post in August, 1843, "The Black Cat" is one of Poe's famous murder tales. The impassioned narrator speaks to us on the eve of a hated man’s execution for the crime of killing his wife. It is Poe’s masterful study of the criminal mind and a descent into darkness.

Both The Cask of Amontillado and the Black Cat continue to frighten and to engage readers with their tales of revenge and murder.

“What better harvest fare than a little Poe and who better to perform it than the actor, who brought audiences to their feet as Ebenezer and his Ghosts last December, “ said Bob Plasse, President of Westfield on Weekends. “Bodine and Poe make for some seasonally scary fun that we are proud to present.”

“Poe, Times Two is filled with good old-fashioned thrills, chills and all things spooky., Plasse continued “It is a must-see for Poe enthusiasts and fans of mystery and horror, aged twelve and older.”

Bodine’s impressive resume includes work as a director/actor at Princeton Repertory, Lincoln Center Director’s lab, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Theater, the American Globe Theater and at Manhattan Theatre Source. On television he has been seen on Guiding Light, As the World Turns and Saturday Night Live.

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Chicopee/Holyoke/Springfield Poetry

Seeking: Dynamic MC, experienced in slams,
to run a Poetry slam in Springfield. Small
group with possible future grant funding
wants to develop a certified Springfield Slam Team to
send to the National Slam. Also, seeking
experienced timekeeper and other volunteers
to help out. Please call 413-737-4262 for more
information or email .

Women's Writing Group,
Mondays, 6:30 to 8:30 pm, Springfield location,
beginners welcome, leader trained in Amherst Writers & Artists method,
for information call 413-737-4262

GUMBOLIVE
Open Mic poetry and music
3rd Friday of every Month
Days Inn, 450 Memorial Drive, Chicopee, MA
Doors open at 8:30- Showtime 9:30
$9 tickets at http://www.gumbolive.com/$13 at the door
Want to be their feature act?
Email

Springfield City Library Poetry Page:
http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/poetry/poetrypage.html
Or contact Anna at or 413.263.6828 x426.

Bookmark the Poetry Page http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/poetry/poetrypage.html
for updated information, and to read the work of some of our poets
(anyone who's read at events here, send a poem to be posted!)


Word in the Valley and Beyond

EQUINOX OPEN MIC
this coming Sunday,
October 7 from 1 to 3
at Warwick Town Hall

This Open Mic is the wrap-up event of the Warwick Arts Festival. The exhibits will remain on display until after our open mic, so come early to enjoy the art show and the gorgeous Fall day. Bring friends along to read or just listen. Safe, supportive gathering for reading your own work, or the work of another, favorite poet or writer. Light refreshments, good company, interesting stories/poems Sign begins at 12:30.
Open Mic hosted by Maureen Moore, GingerCat Press, publisher of the Equinox: an excursion of stories, poems, essays, and art. The Equinox is supported inpart by a grant from Warwick Cultural Council, a local agency, and Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Bird Man Eddie Bartók-Baratta
Original Flute The Finest Poems

Sunday, October 7, 2007, 7 p.m.
Friends Meetinghouse
43 Center Street, Northampton

“powerful and fascinating” ―Bin Ramke, Denver Quarterly

“As carefully prepared as a concert” ― Scott Metcalfe, Director, Cambridge Bach Ensemble

“Microcosmic, macrocosmic, and brilliant” ―Jesse Adams, Northampton

Suggested Donation $5
For more information: 413.584.8187


Louise Glück at Amherst College
November 1 Thursday 6:00 pm Johnson Chapel
Pulitzer Prize winner and United States Poet Laureate (2003-4) Louise Glück is the author of numerous books of poetry. Her tenth, Averno, was nominated for a National Book Award, and according to The New York Times, demonstrates that “she is writing at the peak of her powers.” The New Yorker wrote: “The poems brilliantly display a poet’s insight, a mother’s warmth, and a mortal’s empathy. There is wry humor, too, and, amid much that is dark, there are fragments of hope.” Glück’s reading will be preceded by a talk by scholar and critic Willard Spiegelman, editor-in-chief of The Southwest Review, at 4:00 pm in the Cole Assembly Room. Co-sponsored by the Department of English.


DEJA BREW
57 LOCKE'S VILLAGE RD.
WENDELL, MA
Open Mic signup: 7:15
Open Mic: 7:15-8
Followed by features
ALL SMALL CAPS
A NIGHT OF SPOKEN WORD
Last Monday of each month Déjà Brew Pub, Wendell MA
Doors open 7:00 p.m.
Featured readers 8:15 - 9:30
All comers are invited to read from their own
work or the works of others, poetry or prose
Admission sliding scale $1 -$5
Deja Brew, between the country store and
Post Office in downtown Wendell
*If you would like to be one of the two presenters
call 978-544-8784
http://www.allsmallcaps.blogspot.com/

Online Writing Group for Women
Swirl and Swing is a free, private, online women’s writing group. We are a small group looking to recruit a few new members. We offer a rich variety of writing activities, including weekly and monthly assignments. In addition, we have a featured writer section each month that allows members an opportunity to work and seek feedback on additional writing projects.

Our members work in a variety of forms, including poetry, fiction, children’s literature, and memoir. We have members in the Western Massachusetts and New England area, but our members are spread throughout the U.S. Our mission is to foster a small but vibrant community of writers; to share our work, joys and frustrations; to encourage and inspire each other; and to serve as sounding boards and sources of constructive criticism. We welcome writers of every stripe and flavor.

If you’re interested in applying, please send a brief bio and a sample of three poems or pieces of short fiction that are representative of your work to the attention of Ingrid at .


Women's Science Fiction/Fantasy Writing Group
Have you been writing science fiction or fantasy, and want a supportive
environment to get feedback on your writing? Do you want encouragement
and support to write? Have you thought about writing scifi or fantasy,
but haven't yet tried it?
We want to form a peer group of women in the Pioneer Valley who are
interested in delving into science fiction and/or fantasy writing. We
would meet regularly to write and share our writing and ideas.
Please email or call Michelle Murrain: or
413-367-0064

Wrapped In The Woven Word,
Creative Writing Workshops for Young Girls (5th-8th grade)
There are stories and poems that belong to each of us alone.
This workshop is designed to create safe space to develop each
girl’s unique voice. The workshop focuses on creativity, not
grammar or spelling. It is well-suited to those who write often,
and those who are just beginning to explore creative writing.
The Amherst Writers & Artists method takes writers to both
unexpected and familiar places, while supporting them in
affirming space among their peers.
Workshop leader Lynn Bowmaster is a published poet who
leads workshops in her home, schools, and colleges.
2007 sessions to begin September 18 in Hadley, on Tuesdays, 4:00-6PM:
Call Lynn at 584-3373 or email:
to register or inquire.

The Blue Guitar Gallery
The Blue Guitar Gallery is open Sat/Sun 12 - 4, Mon. 9-1, and by appointment.
We invite you to come see the art work,
and if inspired, share something at the Catalyst Cabaret.
We will have Openings in conjunction with Art Walk Easthampton
(www.ArtWalkEasthampton.org)
every second Saturday of the month, 5 - 9 pm,
with a short performance at 7 pm.
Allowing two weeks for people to prepare something,
The Catalyst Cabaret
will take place every 4th Saturday, at 7 pm.
A donation of $5 - 10 is requested to keep our programs running.
For further information, please contact Christina Svane:
Christina Svane
[email protected]
The Blue Guitar Gallery
186 D Northampton St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
413-247-9454/413-348-5288
http://www.theblueguitar.org/


EVOLUTION OPEN MIC
The first Thursday of the month
October 4
Open poetry night at 7pm
at
Cafe Evolution
22 Chestnut Street
Florence Mass
phone 413.586.0200


FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY
The Florence Poets Society celebrates it's 5th year of existence
with the second meeting of the new season on
Thursday, October 11 at the Lilly Library in Florence.
Our new starting time is 6:30 pm so that Society business can
be conducted prior to the poetry portion of the meeting,
which will be from 7-9 pm. Regular meetings are held the second
Thursday of every month. An annual membership fee of $15 dollars
contributes to our programs and events, however it is not necessary
to be a member to participate.
All poets are welcome to attend and share original work.
We are always looking for new poets.
Discussion and critique is offered if desired.
Look for our new writing group coming soon.
Upcoming events include the 3rd annual
Florence Poetry Festival to be held at
Look Park on Sunday, October 7 from 1-5 pm
and the coinciding release of "Silkworm 2007",
the annual review of the Florence Poets Society.
The mission of the Florence Poets Society is encourage
the expression and creation of original poetry by people from all walks of life. Come and join us!

Florence Poetry Festival
Look Park
Sanctuary at Willow Lake
Sunday, October 7, 2007
12:30-6:00 pm
The Florence Poets Society announces it's 3rd annual Florence Poetry Festival set for Sunday, October 7, 2007 from 12:30 to 6:00 pm at the Sanctuary at Willow Lake in Look Park. Join us for this great free and fun event which showcases poetic and musical talent from across the spectrum. Refreshments and poetry books and information will be available. Reach for the passion of the spoken word in the great outdoors. This year's event promises to be fabulous with both familiar old favorites and exiting new poets. We still have a few spots left for readers. Call 584-5914 or email for more information.

Shout Out for Poetry Submissions
All interested poets please submit 1-3 poems for consideration in "Silkworm 2007", the annual review of the Florence Poets Society by 9-18-2007. There is no remuneration, only the satisfaction of publication in our lovely journal, which will be available online in pdf, or in a print version at a discounted cost to contributors (our printed cost- probably $5-7 per unit). Authors retain all rights to original material. Please paste your work into an email and make sure it is correctly written, I will not fix grammatical errors or spelling. If you submit something, I am assuming you meant to do it! It will be printed as submitted if accepted, "no proofs" (no mas tiempo). We want to have advance copies available for our Florence Poetry Festival at Look Park on Oct 7. This year's issue promises to be bigger and better than ever and will be placed in several local libraries and bookstores with a real isbn. So don't miss out, send your poems and a short bio (30 words or less) to or . Don't wait-do it today!

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"
on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Weds from 9-10 am on WXOJ-FM LP
103.3 and streaming at 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: [email protected]
or: [email protected] or visit:
www.florencepoetssociety.org
or visit: http://www.tommytwilite.com/


Poetry Nights in Northampton:

Writer's Group at Packard's in Northampton:
Northampton Writer's Group is an ongoing writer's group
for any kind of written word.
It meets in the library room at Packard's restaurant/bar at
14 Masonic St. in Northampton.
Participants bring copies of their work to read and have
critiqued in a supportive, gentle, constructive environment.
Admission is free, and supper and drinks are available for purchase.
The next dates -
Sunday September 30, 6-9PM
Sunday October 14, 6-9PM

POETRY A LA CARTE
on WMUA-Amherst 91.1 FM
Fridays 4:30-5:00pm
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.

Shelbourne Falls Poetry

Open Mic at the Arms Library
The Third Friday Reading Series
at the Arms Library
welcomes you
Bridge and Main Streets,
Shelburne Falls, MA
7—9pm, 3rd Friday of each month
Open reading of poetry and prose.
Come early and sign up for a 5 minute reading.
When a writing group is featured,
the 2nd half of the evening will be an open reading.
Please plan to stay for the entire event.
Refreshments will be served.
(now in its twelfth year!)

For more information, please call Arms Library 625-0306
or Lisa Merrill 625-9765

News from Mo and Ginger Cat Press
102 Mechanic Street, Shelburne Falls (413 625 6728)
Ginger Cat Press has a new website: http://gingercatpress.com/

Equinox open mics coming in the Fall
Warwick, Oct
Northfield, Nov
Colrain and Hadley, sometime before end of year

Word in the Berkshires

Stockbridge Booksellers
Garfield Reed hosts our bi-monthly open mike poetry night
every other month on the third Thursday of the month.
...The Power of Words. P.O.W. is open to all poets,
writers and performance artists of all types.
We also welcome those less dramatic types who prefer
to watch from the audience. recently we have seen some
amazing young poets come out and wow their audience. Don't miss out!!


Word Street
is a youth literacy project and creative writing center located at
163 North Street in downtown Pittsfield.
Since 2003, Word Street has offered homework help, tutoring,
MCAS and SAT test prep, creative writing instruction,
mini-magazine publishing, summer camps, and much more to
Berkshire County youth ages 7-18 absolutely free of charge.

"Poets are the theoretical physicists of language.
Rivers of literary magma are flowing just under the
surface all over Berkshire County.
This reading is a volcano."
--Steve Dew

For more information, please contact:
Steve Dew
Development Director
Word Street
163 North Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201
( 413) 458-5171 home
(415) 407-3664 mobile
( 413) 997-3307 office
http://www.blogger.com/http://www.blogger.com/

Check out this website for information on spoken word events in Pittsfield:
There are some great events so check it out. http://www.wordstreet.org


Word in Ware:

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, novelists,
historians, political satirists, video game designer and others.
All are welcome.
Call LuWanda Cheney (413) 277-9676 for a schedule.


Word in Worcester:

Sacred Fools Press Submission Call-Out:
Americana Poetry
Send us your poems about American icons and experience.
Drive down that road in that classic car.
Retell the tales of Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan.
Deconstruct American Gothic . Get nostalgic. Get
bitter. Show us humor. Political poems given
consideration, but should have a general audience appeal.
Submit poems as text in email and 20 word or less bio
to:
Deadline: January 15th, 2008.

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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
[email protected].

POET'S ASYLUM
Join us at the Java Hut
(1073A Main Street, Worcester).
Open mic sign-up every Sunday night at 6:30 p.m.
with the reading starting somewhere around 7:00p.m.

The feature follows the open mic.
Please throw some money in the bucket when it comes your way;
everything collected goes to the feature.

Sunday September 30
Kyria Abrahams is a former Asylum regular and our feature this week.
Kyria Abrahams is currently putting the finishing touches on her book "I'm Perfect, You're Doomed", a comedic memoir involving Jehovah's Witnesses, slam poetry, OCD and the fiery destruction of the wicked at Armageddon. It will be published by Touchstone-Fireside in 2008. For two years, Kyria was a regular columnist for Jest Magazine where she wrote rambling, otherwise unpublishable essays about eskimos. She used to perform standup throughout New York at popular shows like Eating It and Invite them Up, as well as literary readings like How to Kick People but now she is lazy.


The Poets' Asylum -- in its fifteenth year of
bringing the best in Performance and Slam poetry
to Central Massachusetts and beyond.
http://poetsasylum.org/mailman/listinfo/


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!

CT POETRY
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Visit the CT Poet Online calendar,
updated weekly: http://www.poetz.com/connecticut

MARTIN ESPADA on PABLO NERUDA
Sunday, Oct 7 2007
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Poet Martín Espada's talk, "The Redemption of Pablo Neruda,"
focuses on the evolution of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda
as a political poet; his struggle and exile at the hands of his own
government; his triumphant return;
his death in the wake of the military coup;
and his redemption after democracy returned to Chile.
Sponsored by Poets House and the Poetry Society of America.
Free and open to the public
3rd Floor Program Room
Hartford Public Library
500 Main Street
Hartford, CT

RENNIE McQUILKIN in Hartford
Wednesday, Oct 10 2007 7:30pm
Rennie McQuilkin reading from his
recent book Private Collection, which focuses on
poetry inspired by various kinds of art and on
ways in which art and poetry interact.
Free and open to the public.
A reception and book-signing will follow.
West Hartford Art League (Clubhouse Gallery)
37 Buena Vista Rd.
West Hartford, CT
For more info, call 860-521-3732
or Lonnie Black at 860-953-0429

Rennie McQuilkin is the author of nine books, two of which have won awards—the Swallow's Tale Poetry Prize for We All Fall Down and the Texas Review Chapbook Prize for An Astonishment and an Hissing. McQuilkin has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, and for many years he directed the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival,which he co-founded at Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington. In 2003 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Connecticut Center for the Book.

POETRY POTLUCK at The Sanctuary
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 the month
from 4.30-6.00 PM beginning October 7
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, Marilyn Nelson, and Edwina Trentham
For more information call 860-319-1134.

DIRECTIONS
Directions to the Sanctuary for Poetry Potluck on Bogel Road – Look for sign: Labyrinth & Yurt (it's a dirt driveway)

FROM MASSACHUSETTS:
Take I-91 South to 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

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


WINTONBURY LIBRARY POETRY SERIES

Selected Thursdays, 7 pm
October 18, November 15, December 6, 2007

Please join us for great poetry readings this fall. Notice what's new: "Theme Nights" for the open mike portion of our evenings. In the open mike following each featured poet, you're invited to read poems applicable to the evening's theme-- or read whatever poem you'd like to share! A warm and revitalizing evening! Peace, Marilyn Johnston

Here's the list of featured poets coming up:

"I love a son/ who loves the Marines/ and the sounds of men/ smashing each other/ on hard cold fields..." These are the words of Elizabeth Kincaid-Ehlers who will open our poetry reading series on October 18. Dr. Kincaid-Ehlers will be reading from her new book of poetry, Leaping and Looming (Meganser Press). Ms. Kincaid-Ehlers has been a teacher and psychotherapist and has received many awards and prizes for her strong, wise, and poignant poems, including the North Country Poetry Prize and a nomination from Nimrod for a Pushcart Prize. Dr. Kincaid-Ehlers was featured in the first year of the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. Open mike theme: "Hidden Selves"

November 15 we will host Steve Foley who is author of a second volume of poetry, A Place at the Table (Antrim House). He currently chairs the English Department of the High and Middle Schools of South Windsor and has been published in many journals, such as Northeast magazine and the Portland Review. Open mike theme: "All About Family "

Patricia Ryiz, former student of Brendan Galvin, joins us December 6. Many of Ms. Ryiz's poems explore the joys and pain of romantic love and loss. A long-time member of the popular group, the Wood Thrush Poets, she is a veteran public reader, featured in many Connecticut venues including, the Buttonwood Tree Bookstore and the Wood Memorial Library. Open mike theme: "Love, As You See It..."

Wintonbury Branch Library
1015 Blue Hills Ave
Bloomfield, CT 06002 860-242-0041


NOW IN ITS 2ND SEASON
The Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series

at Manchester Community College,
Great Path, Manchester, CT 06040

Presents

* Spoken Word Open Mic – beginning at 6 p.m.
Open Mic Feature: Michael DiRaimo, MCC English faculty and poet

* Music by TIM MAYNARD, classical guitarist, graduate of the Hartt School of Music, teaching artist with the Bushnell’s PARTNERS Program from 1995-2001, and instructor at Summit Studios, performing works by Bach, Brouwer, Mertz, and others – beginning at 7 p.m.

* Poetry and Lecture by JOSEPH CARY, professor emeritus of English at UConn, and author of Three Modern Italian Poets: Saba, Ungaretti, Montale and A Ghost in Trieste (both published by the University of Chicago Press), reading from his translations of Umberto Saba, as well as giving a literary talk entitled, “The Idea of Borders” – beginning at 8 p.m.

On Thursday, October 11, from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
in Fireside Commons, Learning Resource Center, MCC

Free and Open to the Public
Sponsored by the MCC Foundation
Hosted by Stephen Campiglio

For more information or directions, please visit the Mishi-maya-gat web page at:
www.mcc.commnet.edu/faculty/spoken.php or call (860) 512-2824.



WOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Spoken Word Series II

Four evenings of poetry and a Poetry Workshop
Read by distinguished Connecticut poets.

Thursday, October 4th, at 6:30 P.M.
Pawitry (pet poetry): Patricia Ryiz, Moderator
An evening to celebrate the good works of
Connecticut Animal Shelters
Open mic follows featured poets

Thursday, November 2nd at 6:30 P.M.
Three Poets: Colin Haskins, Moderator
with
featured poets Julia Paul, Charles Lipka and Trish Epstein
Open mic follows featured poets

Monday December 3rd at 6:30 P.M.
Poetry Workshop with Ken Cormier, Instructor in Creative Writing,
University of Connecticut
Fee: $20
(no open mic this evening)

Thursday, December 6th at 6:30 P.M.
Poetry for the Deaf: hosted by John Basinger and Tom Nicotera
Open mic follows the poetry
Using the synthesis of American Sign Language and spoken word
developed by the National Theater for the Deaf

Each evening will conclude with refreshments
Wood Memorial Library
783 Main Street
South Windsor, CT
(860) 289-1783
The Wood’s website: woodmemoriallibrary.org
Admission is free except where noted


Conference at Yale to Focus on Israeli Writer Yehuda Amichai
Yale University will host an international conference on October 20 and 21 celebrating the life and work of Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai.

The conference, “Poetics and Politics in Yehuda Amichai’s World,” is free and open to the public. Sessions will take place in the Whitney Humanities Center auditorium, 53 Wall St. New Haven

Amichai, considered one of the great poets of modern times, has been praised for the depth and complexity of his language as well as its accessibility, even in translation from the original Hebrew. His books were best sellers in Israel, and in the years before his death, he enjoyed the status of a celebrity.

12th Annual ‘Wallace Stevens Birthday Bash’

Saturday October 6th, 2007, 6:30 P.M.Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street, Hartford, CT
Reception begins at 6:30 P.M.

Featured Speaker—James Longenbach

'An Examination of Wallace Stevens in a Time of War'

“The pressure of the contemporaneous from the time ofthe beginning of the World War to the present time, has been constant and extreme. No one can have livedapart in happy oblivion." —Wallace Stevens

James Longenbach is the author of three books of poems, most recently Draft of a Letter, and of several works of literary criticism, including Wallace Stevens: The Plain Sense of Things. His poems and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, the New Republic, the Paris Review, and the New York Times Book Review. Recently the Bain-Swiggett Professor of Poetry at Princeton University, he is currently the Joseph H. Gilmore Professor of English at the University of Rochester. He also teaches in the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers

After Program: serving Birthday Cake and Champagne!

Ticket: $35 per person; send check payable to: Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street, Hartford CT 06103.
Or call to reserve your tickets at the door: 860-695-6360.

Supported by the Connecticut Center for the Book at Hartford Public Library
with help from The Friends & Enemies of Wallace Stevens.

For more information, contactJames Finnegan, 860-508-2810

Spoken Palabra Spoken Word Open Mic
Every Monday evening starting at 8:00pm
Hosted by MIRA & Mind Evolution
at La Paloma Sabanera Coffee House
405 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Tel 860.548.1670(on the corner of Babcock St & Capitol)
for more information:
http://www.lapalomasabanera.com/Events.html


Windsor Workshop:
A workshop for serious poets interested in critique
at the Windsor Library, Windsor, CT
each second and fourth Monday at 6:30 PM.
For information call Alice Ahrens Williams 860-668-6142
or Janet Henderson 860-688-5770


HARTFORD HAPPENINGS

SOUL SESSIONS at The Art Space Gallery

The creator of the Monday Night Love Jones brings you--
"Soul Sessions" every Monday night at 8:00 PM

Join us for live Jazz Jams & share your Poetry and Song
backed by a live band or just come and chill in the vibe
of Hartford’s Hottest Open Mic Event.
Hosted By Charmagne

$5.00 donation. B.Y.O.B.
For more info, call 860-874-8797
or email mailto:[email protected]

The Art Space Gallery
555 Asylum Street
Downtown Hartford


Freestyle Hip-Hop Open Mic
Tuesdays
in Hartford
Filthy Kleen host Sully’s Hip-Hop Open Mic night
every Tuesday in Hartford
Sully’s Pub
2071 Park St.Hartford, CT
860-231-8881
http://www.sullyspub.com/


Boston Area Poetry Info:

POETRIBE
JEFFREY HARRISON
Saturday, September 29, 2007
7:30 Open Mike Sign Up
8:00 Open Mike
9:00 Feature Poet
The Community Room
East Bridgewater Public Library
32 Union Street East
Bridgewater, MA http://www.poetribe.org/

FUTURE FEATURES
October 13 Martha Rhodes

Hosted by David R. Surette and Victoria Bosch Murray
For info and bookings, contact

Directions to Poetribe
(from the East Bridgewater Public Library website) http://www.sailsinc.org/ebpl/ :
Take Route 24 to Exit 16A, Route 106 East towards West Bridgewater.
Follow Route 106 for about 4 miles to Route 18. Take a left onto
Route 18 North. At the 6-way intersection in East Bridgewater
center stay straight on Route 18. The red brick library building is
one block north on the left, at the corner of Union Street and Route 18.

CAMBRIDGE READINGS

World-Famous Performance Poets Perform at Boston’s Paradise Lounge

On Saturday, September 29, the Boston Poetry Slam will present a special one-night engagement of Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival. This group of four of the world’s best-known slam poets will appear at the Paradise Lounge in Boston as part of their coast-to-coast one-month tour.

Buddy Wakefield, Dan Leamen, Derrick Brown, and Mike McGee have each toured the country individually, winning myriad poetry slam titles and innumerable hearts along the way, but this tour is the only chance to see these four very different poetic voices on the stage together.

In addition, this one-time event will showcase two poet/folk musicians: Blair from Detroit and local Shira Erlichman. These two prominent poets will only appear with the Revival for this one Boston show.

Collectively, the poets in this show represent every National and World Poetry Slam since 2003, save one. Any one of these artists would be enough to pack a poetry house to the gills; all six of them are likely to burn the place down.

Doors for this show open at 6:00. Blair will perform at 7:00, followed by shira e. and the tiny tornadoes. The Revival takes the stage at 8:30 sharp. The show is 18+.

Tickets may be purchased at the Paradise box office or online at http://thedise.tickets.musictoday.com/. Ticket cost is $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

The Paradise Lounge
969 Commonwealth Ave.,
Boston, Mass., 02215
http://www.thedise.com/

The Boston Poetry Slam Simone Beaubien,
SlamMaster http://www.slamnews.com/

Central Square’s world-famous Cantab Lounge
presents performances from local and national poets, as well as a
chance to present your own work in the open mic or poetry slam.

Wednesday, October 3
It was only a year ago that Danny Sherrard was being hailed as a Seattle phenomenon, taking the local youth scene by storm and not letting up on the adults, either. As a member of the incredible 2007 Seattle Slam Team, he competed in Austin and took top honors as the 2007 Individual National Poetry Slam Champion. Danny’s raw, lyrical talent represents the rising school in slam poetry today.

• Wednesday, October 10
Gary Mex Glazner can lay claim to some amazing poetry history: producer of the first ever National Poetry Slam in San Francisco, Gary’s since edited Ears on Fire, Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry, and Sparking Memories: The Alzheimer’s Poetry Project Anthology. Now taking over as Managing Director of the nonprofit wing of the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City, Gary brings his poetry and his work ethic east to us.

The Boston Poetry Slam
Downstairs at the Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Ave,
Central Square, Cambridge, Mass
(617) 354-2685_
(mailto:) _
www.slamnews.com_ (http://www.slamnews.com/)

Wednesday, 8 pm open mike; 9:30 pm feature; 10:30 pm slam
Hosted by:
Slammaster Simone Beaubien,
Co-hosts: Dawn Gabriel, Ryk McIntyre,
J*me, Adam Stone.
$3 at the door
Please Note:*****18+ everyone must have a photo ID*****

Doors for the show open at 7:30. The open mic begins at 8:00, the feature performs at approximately 9:30, and an open poetry slam follows. The show is 18+ (ID required) and the cover charge is $3.

The Boston Poetry Slam at The Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Mass.

http://www.slamnews.com/ [email protected]



Brockton Library Poetry Series,
Dr. Jeffrey Thomson
Saturday, October 20
304 Main St.
(508) 580-7890 x 207
www.thinkworks.com/bps

Free Event with really comfortable chairs and cool refreshments

12:00 - 5:00 Art Exhibit
12:00 – 2:00 Writing Workshop. Danielle Legros Georges,
2:15 - 3:30 Open reading
3:45 - 4:45 Feature

Upcoming Features:
October 20th Dr. Jeffrey Thomson
November 17th Joanna Nealon, Maria Conley
December 15th Steven Cramer, James G.H. Moore

For park information, call 978-369-3254.

Cambridge Community Television
Tuesdays at 11:00 PM Saturdays at 10:30PM
Catch the latest from the Boston Poetry Slam I
NFO: [email protected]
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the Poetry Session at O’Shea’s
THE CAPE GETS ITS VOICE BACK
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 (Route 28) in the village of West Dennis.
Info: call Gregory Hischak at 508-398-5434

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.
August is Biker Poetry Month,
and celebrated at Besteller's on the 13th.
After this reading there'll be a 2nd annual BBQ at Gypsy's.
Come one come all, come and enjoy a night of poetic delight
in a cozy bookshop setting!

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam
Every Sunday 21+ $5 at door
1667 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
617-547-0759 Website - http://poetryjam.com/
Blog - http://poetryjam.com/blog/poetryjam.html

Providence Poets

GOT POETRY LIVE
Every Tuesday starting at 7:30 PM
@ Reflections Cafe
8 Governor St, corner of Wickenden St
Providence, RI 02903-4429
(401) 273-7278

http://www.gotpoetry.com/ContactUs.html

Vermont Poetry

The Power of Words:
Liberation through the Spoken, Written and Sung Word
Sept. 28 – Oct. 1, 2007, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT.
Seek greater freedom and transformation for yourself and your community through the power of words at this unique gathering of people who write, tell stories, perform, and do other language arts. Make community with others in the emerging field of Transformative Language Arts.
Keynoters: David Abram, author of The Spell of the Sensuous;
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, poet, writer, storyteller;
Nehassaiu deGannes presenting her one-woman multicultural show, Door of No Return, plus over 25 workshops and performances.
Organized by Transformative Language Arts at Goddard College , a 48-hour MA degree in social and personal transformation through the written and spoken word.
Conference costs start at $190 for registration plus additional fees for pre- and post-conference workshops.
Lodging and all meals on campus begin at $201/double or $261/single.
Some partial scholarships available including scholarships through the Roxanne Florence Fund for people of color. Work-study positions available. Professional and poetry therapy hours available. Complete schedule and registration at www.goddard.edu/academic/TLAconference.html,
call Denise at 802/454-8311, x204,
or contact .


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