Poetry News March 23, 2009
****POETRYNEWS****
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.
Poetry, Prose,
Verse, Yarns
Come to listen, come to speak,
Your words, words for our times,
Immortal words, mortal words...
Call 562-6966 (Teapot) or 348-7218 (Eli B.)
for info and encouragement,
or email to feature.
Hershman R. John at Westfield State College
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Scanlon Banquet Hall 6 pm
Hershman John is both a poet and a short fiction writer. He will read from his 2007 poetry collection, "I Swallow Turquoise for Courage" published by The University of Arizona Press. John says of his poetry, "My writing reflects who I am and where I come from. I am Navajo, and I am from Sand Springs, Arizona. My clans are of the Deer Spring People (my Mother's clan) and the Bitter Water People (my Father's clan). Other stories and poems come from my travels and from my friends and family who tell some of the greatest tales."
He received his BA in English and MFA in Creative Writing, both from Arizona State University. As a full time faculty member at Phoenix College, Arizona, he teaches composition, poetry and American Indian Studies courses.His works have been widely published by anthologies and literary journals: Arizona Highways, Flyway-A Literary Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Journal of Navajo Education, Puerto del Sol, Wicazo Sa Review, O Taste and See: Food Poems, Family Matters: Poems of our Families.
Chicopee/Holyoke/Springfield Area Poetry
Starving for Art Presents
open mic Mondays
@ Blue Fusion Bar and Grille
487 St. James Ave
Springfield, MA
doors open at 6pm for social hour.
Showtim e is 7-9pm
All poets, musicians, singers, and visual artists are welcome.
This event is free
For more info visit http://www.brendaschild.com/
SPRINGFIELD LIBRARY POETRY
Spoken Word this Saturday!
Please join us one Saturday a month for Spoken Word Saturday!
Central Library, 220 State Street.
Advance sign-ups for the Open Mic are welcome, but not necessary.
Please call Anna (number below) with any questions.
Light refreshments provided.
Advance sign-ups are welcome, but not necessary.
Please call Anna (number below) with any questions
Anna Brandenburg Program Coordinator and Training Librarian Springfield City Library 220 State Street Springfield MA 01103
(413) 263-6828 x 426
2:00 pm
All languages, all forms of creative writing, and all ages are welcome. This is a family friendly
event, so please keep that in mind as you prepare your readings.
Advance sign-ups20are welcome, but not needed.
For more information, call Anna at 263-6828 x426
or e-mail .
Springfield City Library — A Place for You
The Library Creative Writing Group will continue to meet
throughout the summer… although the times may change a bit!
No advance sign-ups needed,
but if you'd like more information, contact
Anna at .
Shariff's, Daisy's, and Maurice's
April 12th performances are on youtube -
http://www.youtube.com/user/springfieldlibrary ]
Questions? Or to sign up,
contact Anna at
or 263-6828 x426.
Free parking is available in the State Street lot across from the library,
or in the Elliot Street lot next to the Springfield Museums Welcome Center.
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
Green Street Cafe Poetry Series
Patrick Donnelly and Henry Lyman
Thursday, March 26, 8 p.m.
Green Street Cafe
Northampton, MA
Upcoming features:
Exhibitiion and Reading
Poet Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973)
Monday, March 23, 4:30 p.m.
Carroll Room
Smith College Campus Center
Ugly Truths: A Poetry Craft Panel Discussion
jubilat/Jones Reading Series
The Juniper Summer Writing Institute
and the Juniper Institute for Young
Writers are now accepting applications for
the June 2009 session. Both sessions are held
concurrently from June 21-27, 2009 at the
UMass campus.
Please check out our website at
http://www.umass.edu/juniperinstitute/ for
more information.
Steven Riel and Lea Deschenes in Monson
April 16th, 6:30 P.M. Monson Free Library
2 High St., Monson, MA
413-267-3866
Monson native Steven Riel will read from his just released thirdcollection of poems, Postcard from P-town, published by SevenKitchens Press as the runner-up for its Robin Becker Chapbook
Prize.
Worcester poet Lea C. Deschenes author of thirteen chapbooks and her first full-length
collection The Constant Velocity of Trains will also read.
New Writing Group
Wednesdays at 2pm,
Windhorse Associates,
211 North St, Noho.
Chaya Grossberg and David Stark.
Lots of poetry, lots of humor.
FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY .
Next business/sharing meeting Thursday April 9
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
OPEN MIC at Evolution Cafe
1st Thursday evening of each month.
We are now facilitating the open mic at Evolution Cafe,
it is basically an Evolution Cafe event that florence poets will help facilitate using
the resources we have for contacting poets. This venue is open to poets and aimed
at the entire local poetry community. We had a fine turn out on Thursday evening.
IT IS THE FIRST THURDAY EVENING OF EACH MONTH
AT EVOLUTION CAFE, SIGN UP AT 6:30 PM.
Bring a poet friend and tell other poets about this great cafe reading venue.
Valley Writers School:
Now Accepting Applications for Poetry Workshop
The Valley Writers School offers (variously) fiction, non-fiction, and poetry workshops for writers seeking to generate new work, refine works-in-progress, read and discuss great literature, and join a supportive writing community. Poetry workshop begins February 24, 2009 and runs for 10 weeks. Tuition is $290.
Workshop will be serious, fun, eye-opening, and supportive. Location is Northampton. Please contact us at [email protected] or at 413-636-5088 if you have any questions or if you'd like to apply.
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/
Floren ce 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 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:
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. We currently have several openings
for new members.
For information please contact Lori
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.
The next dates -
Sunday March 29, 6:00pm
Sunday April 12, 6:00pm
POETRY A LA CARTE
on WMUA-Amherst 91.1 FM
6pm to 6:30 pm on Mondays this semester,
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.
Greenfield/Shelburne Falls and North
Spoken Word Greenfield
Always the third Tuesday of the month
Tuesday April 21
At 9 Mill St in Greenfield
Doors open at 7:00
Open Mike at 7:30
Feature Readers
TBA
Will read from their works
Book signing and selling of local writers works will be available
Refreshments
Come up to read
Bring your chap books to sell
We will have tables at no cost
Open mic will be 10 five minute slots
Hope to see you there
Paul Richmond
Directions
If you come up 91
Come into the center of Greenfield
At the lights of Federal and Main
Where the Common is
You take a Rt
Down the hill
Toyota will be on you left
You go under the railroad bridge
Come to a light
Take a RT
and you are there
That is Mill St
9 is on the conner
You can park in the Art Space next door
or on the street
If you are coming up 5 & 10 into Greenfield
When you come to the lights
Where you can either go left
Or Right under the Railroad bridge
You want to go Left
That is Mill St
9 is the first building
ARMS LIBRARY READING
Word in the Berkshires
Power of Words, Open Mic
Tuesday April 21, 2009 AT 7PM,
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 c all 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
Carpe Stylum! (Latin for Seize the pen!)
The d'Alzon Arts Series: Poetry Reading
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
.
Upcoming BSPJ Workshop Series
Workshops are free and limited to 10 participants. Suggested donation of $3-5 dollars. Refreshments provided. Workshops meet at the Worcester County Poetry Association Office at 1 Ekman Street, Quinsigamond Village, Worcester, MA.
Registration is now open for the following workshop series:Poetry Writing from Life with Heather J. Macpherson. This three-workshop series will focus on finding the heightened and mundane moments from our lives to become poetry on the page. This series meets on the following Sundays: March 1st, 8th, & 15th.How do you make the poem on page reflect the poem on stage? with Tony Brown. In this series of three workshops, participants will take two poems from initial conception to public unveiling20at a poetry reading. The first session will involve a couple of intensive writing prompts and exercises to create the first drafts of two very different poems. The second will focus on refinement of the poem with an eye toward making line breaks, punctuation, stanza breaks, etc., reflect the actual "voice " of the poem and the poet, while the third will be devoted to refinement of the delivery of the poem in public performance. In all three workshops, oral recitation will be used as a key tool for editing and (more importantly) deep exploration of how to make the poem say what the poet wants it to say. This series meets on the following Sundays: April 12th, 19th and May 3rd.E-mail
Please visit http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com/ for more upcoming events and workshops. Check our new blog for updates at http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.wordpress.com/.
WEDNESDAYS at the CANTAB
Cantab Team Selection Semi-Finals: the absolute biggest poetry slam of the year! Twenty of this season’s slam winners have earned an invite to two rounds of no-holds-barred, no-story-left-untold poetry slam. The top poets will advance to team finals on April 29, all in the hopes of performing at the 2009 National Poetry Slam in West Palm Beach.
• Wednesday, April 15
All the way from Downeast Maine with four published books to his name, the father of the Boston Poetry Slam himself: our own MC Emeritus Michael Brown rides into town to edify and entertain. Now living in Robbinston, Maine, he=2 0and his partner Valerie Lawson host a monthly reading and publish the poetry journal Off the Coast. Brown writes for the local newspaper, works in theater, and is writing a book on American education. No poetry slam tonight.
Doors for the show open at 7:30. The open mic begins at 8:00,
the feature performs at approximately 10:00, and an open poetry slam follows.
The show is 18+ (ID required) and the cover charge is $3 unless otherwise noted.
Simone Beaubien, SlamMaster The Boston Poetry Slam at
The Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Avenue,
Cambridge, Mass. http://www.slamnews.com/
http://www.myspace.com/bostonpoetryslam
the Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge bringing contemporary
poetry to the community since 1991
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THURSDAYS
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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THIS WEEK check out:
Martina Robinson at Teapot Gallery in Westfield Tue. March 24
Patrick Donnelly and Henry Lyman at Green St. Cafe in Northampton Thu. March 26
Also, there are a plethera of wonderful poetry events in Northwest CT, the Berkshires
and in the Boston area to check out below!
Here is your Poetry News for the week of March 23, 2009.
Spoken word events popping up with the first stirrings of Spring in the Pioneer Valley and beyond.
Please email if you would like to be added to the mailing
or are interested in featuring at Word in Westfield open mic on Tuesdays.
Peace through poetry - Lori
Spoken Word in Westfield:
WORD IN WESTFIELD
Note: Change of time - Now 6:30-8:30pm
EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT 7PM
at Teapot Gallery
22 Elm Street (route 10/202)
in Westfield, MA
Hosted by Eli Baenziger and Lori Desrosiers
Sign up is at 5:30 and open mic starts at 6:00PM
followed by a guest feature.
All are welcome.
every Tuesday night at 6:30
Upcoming Features:
Tue. March 24 - Martina Robinson
Tue. March 31 - Slam
Tue. April 7 -Ken McManusor check it out online at http://www.poetrynewscalendar.com/
THIS WEEK check out:
Martina Robinson at Teapot Gallery in Westfield Tue. March 24
Patrick Donnelly and Henry Lyman at Green St. Cafe in Northampton Thu. March 26
Also, there are a plethera of wonderful poetry events in Northwest CT, the Berkshires
and in the Boston area to check out below!
Here is your Poetry News for the week of March 23, 2009.
Spoken word events popping up with the first stirrings of Spring in the Pioneer Valley and beyond.
Please email if you would like to be added to the mailing
or are interested in featuring at Word in Westfield open mic on Tuesdays.
Peace through poetry - Lori
Spoken Word in Westfield:
WORD IN WESTFIELD
Note: Change of time - Now 6:30-8:30pm
EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT 7PM
at Teapot Gallery
22 Elm Street (route 10/202)
in Westfield, MA
Hosted by Eli Baenziger and Lori Desrosiers
Sign up is at 5:30 and open mic starts at 6:00PM
followed by a guest feature.
All are welcome.
every Tuesday night at 6:30
Upcoming Features:
Tue. March 24 - Martina Robinson
Tue. March 31 - Slam
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.
Poetry, Prose,
Verse, Yarns
Come to listen, come to speak,
Your words, words for our times,
Immortal words, mortal words...
Call 562-6966 (Teapot) or 348-7218 (Eli B.)
for info and encouragement,
or email to feature.
Hershman R. John at Westfield State College
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Scanlon Banquet Hall 6 pm
Hershman John is both a poet and a short fiction writer. He will read from his 2007 poetry collection, "I Swallow Turquoise for Courage" published by The University of Arizona Press. John says of his poetry, "My writing reflects who I am and where I come from. I am Navajo, and I am from Sand Springs, Arizona. My clans are of the Deer Spring People (my Mother's clan) and the Bitter Water People (my Father's clan). Other stories and poems come from my travels and from my friends and family who tell some of the greatest tales."
He received his BA in English and MFA in Creative Writing, both from Arizona State University. As a full time faculty member at Phoenix College, Arizona, he teaches composition, poetry and American Indian Studies courses.His works have been widely published by anthologies and literary journals: Arizona Highways, Flyway-A Literary Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Journal of Navajo Education, Puerto del Sol, Wicazo Sa Review, O Taste and See: Food Poems, Family Matters: Poems of our Families.
Chicopee/Holyoke/Springfield Area Poetry
Starving for Art Presents
open mic Mondays
@ Blue Fusion Bar and Grille
487 St. James Ave
Springfield, MA
doors open at 6pm for social hour.
Showtim e is 7-9pm
All poets, musicians, singers, and visual artists are welcome.
This event is free
For more info visit http://www.brendaschild.com/
SPRINGFIELD LIBRARY POETRY
Spoken Word this Saturday!
Please join us one Saturday a month for Spoken Word Saturday!
Central Library, 220 State Street.
Advance sign-ups for the Open Mic are welcome, but not necessary.
Please call Anna (number below) with any questions.
Light refreshments provided.
Advance sign-ups are welcome, but not necessary.
Please call Anna (number below) with any questions
Anna Brandenburg Program Coordinator and Training Librarian Springfield City Library 220 State Street Springfield MA 01103
(413) 263-6828 x 426
2:00 pm
All languages, all forms of creative writing, and all ages are welcome. This is a family friendly
event, so please keep that in mind as you prepare your readings.
Advance sign-ups20are welcome, but not needed.
For more information, call Anna at 263-6828 x426
or e-mail .
Springfield City Library — A Place for You
The Library Creative Writing Group will continue to meet
throughout the summer… although the times may change a bit!
No advance sign-ups needed,
but if you'd like more information, contact
Anna at .
Shariff's, Daisy's, and Maurice's
April 12th performances are on youtube -
http://www.youtube.com/user/springfieldlibrary ]
Questions? Or to sign up,
contact Anna at
or 263-6828 x426.
Free parking is available in the State Street lot across from the library,
or in the Elliot Street lot next to the Springfield Museums Welcome Center.
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!)
Teatro Vida (the other TV)
"...and literacy for all!"
A multi-media original performance featuring:
The Teatro Vida Ensemble
Heshima Moja and his band,
OfrecimientoDance! Music! Video! Photography!
Raffles!
and the first Teatro Vida, S.N.A.P! Press
Anthology with intergenerational writing by Springfield authors
will be on sale...a limited edition....and more surprises...
Sunday, March 29, 2:00 p.m.
Davis Theater
in the Michele and Donald D'Amour
Museum of Fine Arts
at the Springfield Museums
21 Edwards Street,
Springfield, MA.
Plenty of Free Parking!
Appropriate for ages 12 and older.
0ANo late seating. (Latecomers may be seated during intermission if seats are available.)
We expect to be sold out; ticket orders are already coming in!
To purchase tix in advance send check or money order to:
Teatro Vida
Hispanic Resources, Inc.
P.O. Box 80722
Springfield, MA 01138-0722
You may pick up your tickets at the theater box office on the day of the show.
Box Office opens at 1:00 p.m.
General Admission: $10 Seniors and Students: $5
Please indicate number and type of tickets.
Make payable to Hispanic Resources, Inc.
"...and literacy for all!"
A multi-media original performance featuring:
The Teatro Vida Ensemble
Heshima Moja and his band,
OfrecimientoDance! Music! Video! Photography!
Raffles!
and the first Teatro Vida, S.N.A.P! Press
Anthology with intergenerational writing by Springfield authors
will be on sale...a limited edition....and more surprises...
Sunday, March 29, 2:00 p.m.
Davis Theater
in the Michele and Donald D'Amour
Museum of Fine Arts
at the Springfield Museums
21 Edwards Street,
Springfield, MA.
Plenty of Free Parking!
Appropriate for ages 12 and older.
0ANo late seating. (Latecomers may be seated during intermission if seats are available.)
We expect to be sold out; ticket orders are already coming in!
To purchase tix in advance send check or money order to:
Teatro Vida
Hispanic Resources, Inc.
P.O. Box 80722
Springfield, MA 01138-0722
You may pick up your tickets at the theater box office on the day of the show.
Box Office opens at 1:00 p.m.
General Admission: $10 Seniors and Students: $5
Please indicate number and type of tickets.
Make payable to Hispanic Resources, Inc.
Cultivate the Art and Craft of Poetry:
Workshop Series with María Luisa Arroyo
Are you looking to experiment with poetic forms?
Want to write, share and perform new poems?
Join us for three Saturdays in April: 4, 11, 18
from 10 a.m.-noon in the Central Library Community Room,
220 State Street, Springfield, MA.
The fourth date, May 16th at 2 pm, will be a public poetry showcase for our community.
María Luisa Arroyo, local award-winning Puerto Rican poet, educator, and creative artist will facilitate.
Topics will include “Snapshots of the City of Homes:
Prose Poems about Springfield”; “The Secret Language of Objects and Photographs”; and “Playing with Poetic Forms..”=2 0For poets of all levels of experience, age 18+.
Space is limited; to sign up call Anna at 263-6828, x426.
This program is supported by a grant from the Springfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Are you looking to experiment with poetic forms?
Want to write, share and perform new poems?
Join us for three Saturdays in April: 4, 11, 18
from 10 a.m.-noon in the Central Library Community Room,
220 State Street, Springfield, MA.
The fourth date, May 16th at 2 pm, will be a public poetry showcase for our community.
María Luisa Arroyo, local award-winning Puerto Rican poet, educator, and creative artist will facilitate.
Topics will include “Snapshots of the City of Homes:
Prose Poems about Springfield”; “The Secret Language of Objects and Photographs”; and “Playing with Poetic Forms..”=2 0For poets of all levels of experience, age 18+.
Space is limited; to sign up call Anna at 263-6828, x426.
This program is supported by a grant from the Springfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Word in the Valley and Beyond
Green Street Cafe Poetry Series
Patrick Donnelly and Henry Lyman
Thursday, March 26, 8 p.m.
Green Street Cafe
Northampton, MA
Upcoming features:
April 2nd: An evening with Carolyn Creedon
April 9th: Smith College Labrys Preview
April 16th: Art Stein and Ed Rayer
April 23rd: Janet MacFayden and Mary Clare Powell
Exhibitiion and Reading
Poet Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973)
Monday, March 23, 4:30 p.m.
Carroll Room
Smith College Campus Center
Ugly Truths: A Poetry Craft Panel Discussion
on Poems That Make Art from Shocking or Risky Material
with Nancy K. Pearson, Frannie Lindsay, Patrick Donnelly, & Ellen Watson
with Nancy K. Pearson, Frannie Lindsay, Patrick Donnelly, & Ellen Watson
Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Graham Lecture Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA
downstairs in Hillyer Hall (next to the Art Museum)
Graham Lecture Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA
downstairs in Hillyer Hall (next to the Art Museum)
What happens to beauty in a poem about ugliness? Are beauty and truth symbiotic, as Keats suggests? In both autobiographical and imaginative writing, how do poets approach subjects considered outside the tasteful bounds of poetry? Poems that insist on angry or shameful candor, that reveal disgrace or angst — are they transgressive or “TMI”? Our poets talk about rhetorical, metaphorical, and formal strategies they use to manage thorny subject matter for the overall health and beauty of the poem.
In Ugly Truths we address what is rarely talked about: the middle ground between a poetics of emotional disconnection and a poetics of self-involvement. We focus on the ancient strengths and seductions of language itself (sound, syntax, rhythm, etc.) to make poems rather than expose spillage. We show how meaning of event, speaker’s complicity, writing as exploration rather than (only) self-expression is what matters. This panel will appeal=2 0to an audience interested in taking risks and making art.
Frannie Lindsay’s two volumes of poetry, both of which treat themes of sexual abuse and familial betrayal, are Where She Always Was (Utah State University Press), and Lamb (Perugia Press). She is the current winner in poetry of the Missouri Review Prize.
Nancy K. Pearson’s first book, Two Minutes of Light (Perugia Press), won the 2009 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award. Her poems describe crack houses, psychiatric wards, suicide attempts, and self-mutilation. Pearson was awarded two back-to-back Stanley Kunitz Endowed Fellowships at The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.
Patrick Donnelly has tried to craft a few strong and beautiful vessels to carry the burning liquid of love and death in his book, The Charge (Ausable Press). He has written about same-sex sexual desire in the age of AIDS. He is a 2008 recipient of an Artist Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Ellen Doré Watson, Director of the Poetry Center at Smith College, is author of four books of poetry, most recently, This Sharpening, written from the fierce terrain of divorce and the loss of a mother to Alzheimer’s disease (Tupelo Press).
In Ugly Truths we address what is rarely talked about: the middle ground between a poetics of emotional disconnection and a poetics of self-involvement. We focus on the ancient strengths and seductions of language itself (sound, syntax, rhythm, etc.) to make poems rather than expose spillage. We show how meaning of event, speaker’s complicity, writing as exploration rather than (only) self-expression is what matters. This panel will appeal=2 0to an audience interested in taking risks and making art.
Frannie Lindsay’s two volumes of poetry, both of which treat themes of sexual abuse and familial betrayal, are Where She Always Was (Utah State University Press), and Lamb (Perugia Press). She is the current winner in poetry of the Missouri Review Prize.
Nancy K. Pearson’s first book, Two Minutes of Light (Perugia Press), won the 2009 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award. Her poems describe crack houses, psychiatric wards, suicide attempts, and self-mutilation. Pearson was awarded two back-to-back Stanley Kunitz Endowed Fellowships at The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.
Patrick Donnelly has tried to craft a few strong and beautiful vessels to carry the burning liquid of love and death in his book, The Charge (Ausable Press). He has written about same-sex sexual desire in the age of AIDS. He is a 2008 recipient of an Artist Fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Ellen Doré Watson, Director of the Poetry Center at Smith College, is author of four books of poetry, most recently, This Sharpening, written from the fierce terrain of divorce and the loss of a mother to Alzheimer’s disease (Tupelo Press).
This event is supported in part by Perugia Press, the Northampton Arts Council, Inc.,
and the Department for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College
and the Department for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College
jubilat/Jones Reading Series
The historic Jones Library and jubilat, the nationally acclaimed
literary journal housed at the University of Massachusetts, are
pleased to present the jubilat/Jones Reading Series
on Sunday,March 29th with a reading by poets Emily Kendel Frey and Zachary Schomburg at
3 p.m. The reading will be followed by a Q & A session with the poets.
At 2 p.m., as a prelude to the reading, Dara Wier and Lily Ladewig
will host a poetry swap. Zach Savich and Ben Kopel will also be
hosting a swap exclusively for high school age writers at the same
time. Bring a poem—your own or someone else's—to share and discuss.
All events are free and open to the public.
Emily Kendal Frey currently lives in Portland, Oregon and has recently
released an online chapbook entitled 'Airport' on Blue Hour Press.
Other recent work is forthcoming from New York Quarterly, Spinning
Jenny and Knock. A collaborative work with Sarah Bartlett will appear
in Portland Review , Bat City Review and the horse less press
anthology. Poems from 'Something Should Happen at Night Outside', a
collaboration with Zachary Schomburg, will appear in Pilot and Diode.
Zachary Schomburg is the father of 35 children, none of which are
visible. They are very tiny and live in his hair. They are the ones
who wrote these two books: The Man Suit (Black Ocean, 2007) and Scary,
No Scary (Black Ocean, 2009). Zachary Schomburg is a girl. Zachary
Schomburg is a refrigerator. Zachary Schomburg is a talking wolf and
she co-edits Octopus Magazine and Octopus Books while living in
Portland, OR. [bio courtesy of Black Ocean Press]
Sponsored by the Friends of the Jones Library, jubilat, and the
Juniper Initiative of the UMass MFA Program for Poets & Writers, the
Series introduces new voices to the community and showcases area
poets. With each event featuring two poets, the Series brings into
dynamic dialogue some of the most exciting established and emerging
poets writing today. This program is also supported in part by a grant
from the Amherst Cultural Council, under the sponsorship of the
Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Art & Poetry
Artist & Poet, Denise Fontaine-Pincince,
presents Hardware in Poetry& Paint
at the Palmer Public Library, April 2 – 29th.
Reception with the artist: April 4th from 1-3 pm.
1455 North Main St., Palmer.
For info call 413-244-3290.
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We Begin Here: Poems for Palestine and Lebanon
and Poets for Palestine Editors and Contributors: Kathy Engel, Remi Kanazi, Suheir Hammad, Margaret Gibson and Richard Schaff Saturday April 4, 2009 7:00 PM Food For Thought Books Amherst MA 0100 |
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Please join us for an evening of community building and poetry as resistance! Kathy Engel (co-editor of We Begin Here) and Remi Kanazi (editor of Poets for Palestine), will be joined by contributors and poet co-conspirators Suheir Hammad, Margaret Gibson and Richard Schaff and a crew of local community organizers and Palestinian solidarity builders. Community members and contributors will read from the anthologies We Begin Here: Poems for Palestine and Lebanon and Poets for Palestine. This event is a fundraiser for the Palestinian Isreali Education Project. Donations will be welcomed throughout the evening; nobody will be turned away due to lack of funds!
This event is co-sponsored by The Women of Color Leadership Network, Students for Justice in Palestine (Hampshire and Amherst Colleges) and Interlink Publishing. |
The Juniper Summer Writing Institute
and the Juniper Institute for Young
Writers are now accepting applications for
the June 2009 session. Both sessions are held
concurrently from June 21-27, 2009 at the
UMass campus.
Please check out our website at
http://www.umass.edu/juniperinstitute/ for
more information.
Steven Riel and Lea Deschenes in Monson
April 16th, 6:30 P.M. Monson Free Library
2 High St., Monson, MA
413-267-3866
Monson native Steven Riel will read from his just released thirdcollection of poems, Postcard from P-town, published by SevenKitchens Press as the runner-up for its Robin Becker Chapbook
Prize.
Worcester poet Lea C. Deschenes author of thirteen chapbooks and her first full-length
collection The Constant Velocity of Trains will also read.
New Writing Group
Wednesdays at 2pm,
Windhorse Associates,
211 North St, Noho.
Chaya Grossberg and David Stark.
Lots of poetry, lots of humor.
FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY .
Next business/sharing meeting Thursday April 9
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
OPEN MIC at Evolution Cafe
1st Thursday evening of each month.
We are now facilitating the open mic at Evolution Cafe,
it is basically an Evolution Cafe event that florence poets will help facilitate using
the resources we have for contacting poets. This venue is open to poets and aimed
at the entire local poetry community. We had a fine turn out on Thursday evening.
IT IS THE FIRST THURDAY EVENING OF EACH MONTH
AT EVOLUTION CAFE, SIGN UP AT 6:30 PM.
Bring a poet friend and tell other poets about this great cafe reading venue.
Valley Writers School:
Now Accepting Applications for Poetry Workshop
The Valley Writers School offers (variously) fiction, non-fiction, and poetry workshops for writers seeking to generate new work, refine works-in-progress, read and discuss great literature, and join a supportive writing community. Poetry workshop begins February 24, 2009 and runs for 10 weeks. Tuition is $290.
Workshop will be serious, fun, eye-opening, and supportive. Location is Northampton. Please contact us at [email protected] or at 413-636-5088 if you have any questions or if you'd like to apply.
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/
Floren ce 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 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:
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. We currently have several openings
for new members.
For information please contact Lori
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.
The next dates -
Sunday March 29, 6:00pm
Sunday April 12, 6:00pm
POETRY A LA CARTE
on WMUA-Amherst 91.1 FM
6pm to 6:30 pm on Mondays this semester,
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.
Greenfield/Shelburne Falls and North
Spoken Word Greenfield
Always the third Tuesday of the month
Tuesday April 21
At 9 Mill St in Greenfield
Doors open at 7:00
Open Mike at 7:30
Feature Readers
TBA
Will read from their works
Book signing and selling of local writers works will be available
Refreshments
Come up to read
Bring your chap books to sell
We will have tables at no cost
Open mic will be 10 five minute slots
Hope to see you there
Paul Richmond
Directions
If you come up 91
Come into the center of Greenfield
At the lights of Federal and Main
Where the Common is
You take a Rt
Down the hill
Toyota will be on you left
You go under the railroad bridge
Come to a light
Take a RT
and you are there
That is Mill St
9 is on the conner
You can park in the Art Space next door
or on the street
If you are coming up 5 & 10 into Greenfield
When you come to the lights
Where you can either go left
Or Right under the Railroad bridge
You want to go Left
That is Mill St
9 is the first building
Third Friday Prose and Poetry Readings.
7 p.m. at The Arms Library,
Corner of Main and Bridge S treets,
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:
A NIGHT OF SPOKEN WORD. READINGS
AT THE DEJA BREW PUB,
57 LOCKES VILLAGE ROAD,
WENDELL, MA.
THE LAST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH
Open Mic Sign Up 7-7:15
Open Mic Readings 7:15-8:00
March 23
Featured Readers: TBA
$1-$5 sliding scale admission
This program is supported, in part, by the Wendell Cultural Council, a local agency, The Massachusetts Cultural Council, a
state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
$1 - $5
Sliding scale admission
For directions and additional
information see our website
http://allsmallcaps.blogspot.com
Deja Brew Pub
& Cafe
57 Lockes Village Rd.
Wendell MA
(978) 544-2739
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Bart’s Bards
Second Thursdays Open Microphone for Writers
Next meeting:
April 9, 2009
Bart’s Café of Greenfield
286 Main St.
Greenfield, MA
7:00- 9:00 P.M.
(Sign up to read at 6:45)
Featured Reader:
TBA
Free to All
(Open Microphone readings of 5 minutes or less, sign up at 6:45)
For more information, please contact:
Larry Fader, (413) 475-3321
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Collected Poets Series
Features Martha Collins and Lynne Thompson
Sunday March 29, 2009
7:30pm
at Mocha Maya’s Coffee House,
47 Bridge Street,
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370,
413-625-6292.
Wheelchair accessible. Free.
Feb. 5 - Mary Clare Powell and Diane Lockward
Mar.5 - Nikki Finney, Tara Betts and poets from The Holyoke Care Center for Teen Mothers
Mar.29 - Martha Collins and Lynne Thompson
April 2 - Carey Salerno and Anne Marie Macari
May 7 - Genie Zeiger, Dorianne Laux, and Kerry O'Keefe
June 4 - Two Massachusetts Poet Laureates: Gertrude Halstead of Worcester and Lesléa Newman of Northampton
July 2 - Dara Wier, Lesle Lewis, and Elizabeth Hughey
~ no CPS for August and Sept. ~
Oct. 1 - Patricia Smith and Annie Finch
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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New Poetry-Sharing Group
"Growing Younger Toward Death Every Day: Poetry To Inspire Our Lives"
is a new group that focuses on recorded poet David Whyte reciting and discussing his own and others' poetry, and inspiring us to live a fully present and engaged life.
The group's 7th biweekly gathering is Monday February 16, 6:15 to 9pm at a participant's home in Greenfield. Participants may attend occasionally or regularly. They will listen to parts of Whyte's CDs, then discuss his message. His line "Growing younger toward death every day" appears in his best-known poem, 'The Faces at Braga'. Participants can also bring and share poems, prose, songs, or other material created by themselves or others, that moves and inspires them deeply. Whyte is a British/Irish poet, author, and public speaker who has lived in the Seattle area for over 25 years. He travels the country20and world reading his and others' poetry, and galvanizing listeners to explore their lives and destinies through poetry. He has published 5 books of poetry, and recorded 12 CDs of various readings and talks he's given. Some of his CDs that we will use are: "The Poetry of Self-Compassion"; "A Change for the Better: Poetry and the Re-imagination of Mid-life"; and "Thresholds: Navigating the Difficult Transitions of Life". Some of his recent poetry books include "Everything Is Waiting For You" and "The House of Belonging".The group will also read and discuss parts of the series of recent books edited by Roger Housden, such as Ten Poems To Set You Free and Ten Poems To Change Your Life. For more info, contact John Berkowitz at 413-625-6374,
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New 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 writing 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%29./
The group leader is Ann McNelly, AWA-trained Writing Workshop Leader and po et.Introductory fee: $125 per 5-week session, groups limited to 8 people.
To join, or for more information call 413 772 2375, or email
Note: Have one or two slots available in daytime group now through April 15th.
Looking to start another daytime or evening group.
________________
News from Mo and Ginger Cat Press
The web site can be accessed with this address:
http://www..thebooksmyth.com/
Maureen
Web site: http://www.thebooksmyth.com/ submission guidelines now available
The Equinox is available at http://www.thebooksmyth.com/
7 p.m. at The Arms Library,
Corner of Main and Bridge S treets,
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:
A NIGHT OF SPOKEN WORD. READINGS
AT THE DEJA BREW PUB,
57 LOCKES VILLAGE ROAD,
WENDELL, MA.
THE LAST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH
Open Mic Sign Up 7-7:15
Open Mic Readings 7:15-8:00
March 23
Featured Readers: TBA
$1-$5 sliding scale admission
This program is supported, in part, by the Wendell Cultural Council, a local agency, The Massachusetts Cultural Council, a
state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
$1 - $5
Sliding scale admission
For directions and additional
information see our website
http://allsmallcaps.blogspot.com
Deja Brew Pub
& Cafe
57 Lockes Village Rd.
Wendell MA
(978) 544-2739
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Bart’s Bards
Second Thursdays Open Microphone for Writers
Next meeting:
April 9, 2009
Bart’s Café of Greenfield
286 Main St.
Greenfield, MA
7:00- 9:00 P.M.
(Sign up to read at 6:45)
Featured Reader:
TBA
Free to All
(Open Microphone readings of 5 minutes or less, sign up at 6:45)
For more information, please contact:
Larry Fader, (413) 475-3321
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Collected Poets Series
Features Martha Collins and Lynne Thompson
Sunday March 29, 2009
7:30pm
at Mocha Maya’s Coffee House,
47 Bridge Street,
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370,
413-625-6292.
Wheelchair accessible. Free.
On Sunday, March 29th, at 7:30 pm, prizewinning poets Martha Collins, author of five books of poetry including the recent Blue Front and Lynne Thompson, author of the poetry collection, Beg No Pardon will read from their work. This program is a Primer for National Poetry Month and sponsored by the Collected Poets Series and Mocha Maya's.
Also, to help kick off National Poetry Month, poets Anne Marie Macari with her latest collection, She Heads Into Wilderness will read along with Carey Salerno, author of Shelter on Thursday, April 2nd, at 7:30 pm. Free. Mocha Maya's Coffee House, 47 Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370, 413-625-6292. Wheelchair accessible. See www.collectedpoets.com or www.mochamayas.com for more information.
The 2009 Series:
Feb. 5 - Mary Clare Powell and Diane Lockward
Mar.5 - Nikki Finney, Tara Betts and poets from The Holyoke Care Center for Teen Mothers
Mar.29 - Martha Collins and Lynne Thompson
April 2 - Carey Salerno and Anne Marie Macari
May 7 - Genie Zeiger, Dorianne Laux, and Kerry O'Keefe
June 4 - Two Massachusetts Poet Laureates: Gertrude Halstead of Worcester and Lesléa Newman of Northampton
July 2 - Dara Wier, Lesle Lewis, and Elizabeth Hughey
~ no CPS for August and Sept. ~
Oct. 1 - Patricia Smith and Annie Finch
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.
______
New Poetry-Sharing Group
"Growing Younger Toward Death Every Day: Poetry To Inspire Our Lives"
is a new group that focuses on recorded poet David Whyte reciting and discussing his own and others' poetry, and inspiring us to live a fully present and engaged life.
The group's 7th biweekly gathering is Monday February 16, 6:15 to 9pm at a participant's home in Greenfield. Participants may attend occasionally or regularly. They will listen to parts of Whyte's CDs, then discuss his message. His line "Growing younger toward death every day" appears in his best-known poem, 'The Faces at Braga'. Participants can also bring and share poems, prose, songs, or other material created by themselves or others, that moves and inspires them deeply. Whyte is a British/Irish poet, author, and public speaker who has lived in the Seattle area for over 25 years. He travels the country20and world reading his and others' poetry, and galvanizing listeners to explore their lives and destinies through poetry. He has published 5 books of poetry, and recorded 12 CDs of various readings and talks he's given. Some of his CDs that we will use are: "The Poetry of Self-Compassion"; "A Change for the Better: Poetry and the Re-imagination of Mid-life"; and "Thresholds: Navigating the Difficult Transitions of Life". Some of his recent poetry books include "Everything Is Waiting For You" and "The House of Belonging".The group will also read and discuss parts of the series of recent books edited by Roger Housden, such as Ten Poems To Set You Free and Ten Poems To Change Your Life. For more info, contact John Berkowitz at 413-625-6374,
_____________
New 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 writing 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%29./
The group leader is Ann McNelly, AWA-trained Writing Workshop Leader and po et.Introductory fee: $125 per 5-week session, groups limited to 8 people.
To join, or for more information call 413 772 2375, or email
Note: Have one or two slots available in daytime group now through April 15th.
Looking to start another daytime or evening group.
________________
News from Mo and Ginger Cat Press
The web site can be accessed with this address:
http://www..thebooksmyth.com/
Maureen
Web site: http://www.thebooksmyth.com/ submission guidelines now available
The Equinox is available at http://www.thebooksmyth.com/
Word in the Berkshires
Power of Words, Open Mic
Tuesday April 21, 2009 AT 7PM,
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 c all 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
Adastra Press Poetry Reading
Saturday April 12, 2009 3 PM
The Bookstore
Lenox, Mass. 637-3390
Featuring
David Giannini
author of AZ TWO: Words of Travel (Adastra Press 2009)
“As a set, there is something redemptive blended with the melancholy here, making AZ TWO a great addition to any small press collection of high quality poetry”--Lilliput Review.
and
Gary Metras
Publisher of Adastra Press and author of
Francis d’Assisi 2008 (Finishing Line Press 2008)
“There is a communion of chapters, a natural love of story telling and as grace beyound words”--Ibbetson Update.
“It reads like a shining chapter in a poetic Lives of the Saints”--John Hodgen
FREE WRITING WORKSHOPS
AT CHAPTERS BOOKSTORE
In honor of Small Press Month, Ledgetop Publishing will offer a series of free writing workshops during March, at Chapters Bookstore, 78 North Street, Pittsfield.
AT CHAPTERS BOOKSTORE
In honor of Small Press Month, Ledgetop Publishing will offer a series of free writing workshops during March, at Chapters Bookstore, 78 North Street, Pittsfield.
Turning Life into Fiction (or Memoir), taught by Vivian Dorsel, will take place on Saturday, March 28, from 1:00-5:00pm. Participants in this workshop will discover how their own experience can inspire and inform their writing, whether they work in fiction or creative nonfiction. Participants are encouraged to bring journals, letters, photographs, or other mementos that will stimulate memories of the people, places, and events that have been important in their lives. Through the use of examples and exercises, this workshop will help give students’ writing a richness of detail and a unique voice.
Each workshop is limited to 15 participants, and pre-registration is required.
Each workshop is limited to 15 participants, and pre-registration is required.
To register, please e-mail or cal l 413-441-9702
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 Street(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.
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 a re 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/Palmer
Art & Poetry
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 a re 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/Palmer
Art & Poetry
April 4
Artist & Poet, Denise Fontaine-Pincince,
presents Hardware in Poetry& Paint
at the Palmer Public Library, April 2 – 29th.
Reception with the artist: April 4th from 1-3 pm.
1455 North Main St., Palmer.
For info call 413-244-3290.
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:
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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.
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:
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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
Second Friday of each month at Vasa Hall
(1 Ekman Street, Worcester).
The reading starts at 8:00 p.m.
There will be an open mic followed by a feature from Emily Ferrara.
Ferrara is the author of The Alchemy of Grief, a collection of poems selected to win the 2006 Bordighera Poetry Prize. The book was published in bilingual edition (English and Italian) by Bordighera Press in 2007. The Alchemy of Grief is her first full length book. A long-time member of Poem Works: Workshop for Publishing Poetsin Brookline, Ferrara is Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at University of Massachusetts Medical School, where she teaches creative writing and directs the grants and special projects division for the school's Office of Educational Affairs.
Worcester Storytellers never charges a cover. They ask you throw some money into the basket to support the artists who feature.
Second Friday of each month at Vasa Hall
(1 Ekman Street, Worcester).
The reading starts at 8:00 p.m.
There will be an open mic followed by a feature from Emily Ferrara.
Ferrara is the author of The Alchemy of Grief, a collection of poems selected to win the 2006 Bordighera Poetry Prize. The book was published in bilingual edition (English and Italian) by Bordighera Press in 2007. The Alchemy of Grief is her first full length book. A long-time member of Poem Works: Workshop for Publishing Poetsin Brookline, Ferrara is Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at University of Massachusetts Medical School, where she teaches creative writing and directs the grants and special projects division for the school's Office of Educational Affairs.
Worcester Storytellers never charges a cover. They ask you throw some money into the basket to support the artists who feature.
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.
Upcoming 2008 features include:
03/20 -- poets from Adastra Press
04/17 -- Assumption student writers
Upcoming 2008 features include:
03/20 -- poets from Adastra Press
04/17 -- Assumption student writers
The Spot at the Kelly Square Yacht Club
The reading meets every other Thursday night at th e Hotel Vernon (1 Millbury Street, Worcester) in the Ship Room bar. 7:30 p.m. sign-up with the show starting at 8ish. The format is an open mic and then a features. The occasional slam is thrown in for fun as well.
Upcoming dates & features include:
The reading meets every other Thursday night at th e Hotel Vernon (1 Millbury Street, Worcester) in the Ship Room bar. 7:30 p.m. sign-up with the show starting at 8ish. The format is an open mic and then a features. The occasional slam is thrown in for fun as well.
Upcoming dates & features include:
This week The Spot, the weekly poetry reading at the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester), will hold an open mic. After the open they will host the next open qualifying slam for the 2009 Worcester Slam team. The winner tonight moves on to the team final on May 24th.
The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. with a brief open mic. 21+ and proper id is required.
Speakout! Youth Slam Saturday Night
The Speakout! Youth Poetry Slam returns from the winter hiatus and is back to meeting every Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The format is an open mic, youth slam (ages 13-19 welcome) and a feature. This week their feature will be 2008 Worcester Slam team member Trevor Byrne-Smith. Come share a poem at the open mic or come to see slammers. Join them in The Bisto in Higgins Student Center (950 Main Street, Worcester).
The Speakout! Youth Poetry Slam returns from the winter hiatus and is back to meeting every Saturday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The format is an open mic, youth slam (ages 13-19 welcome) and a feature. This week their feature will be 2008 Worcester Slam team member Trevor Byrne-Smith. Come share a poem at the open mic or come to see slammers. Join them in The Bisto in Higgins Student Center (950 Main Street, Worcester).
Poets Asylum
Sundays:
March 22
Tim Mason has been actively promoting poetry and folk music in greater Boston since the mid 1980's. A member of the first National Poetry Slam Team from Boston in 1991 and the first Worcester Team in 1993, he honed his performance style around the campfires of the fabled Kerrville Folk Festival giving the songwriters a run for their money. Currently he resides in Fort Point, South Boston. He supports himself by booking folk music into Club Passim, the legendary Harvard Square coffeehouse, and recently at Capo's in Lowell MA. 2003 saw the release of Bones and Breath, a compelling collaboration of poetry and song produced by Frank Coakley that fully merges the arts of songwriting and poetry.
Check out his work by visiting http://www.timothydmason.com/ or his MySpace page.
Sundays:
March 22
Tim Mason has been actively promoting poetry and folk music in greater Boston since the mid 1980's. A member of the first National Poetry Slam Team from Boston in 1991 and the first Worcester Team in 1993, he honed his performance style around the campfires of the fabled Kerrville Folk Festival giving the songwriters a run for their money. Currently he resides in Fort Point, South Boston. He supports himself by booking folk music into Club Passim, the legendary Harvard Square coffeehouse, and recently at Capo's in Lowell MA. 2003 saw the release of Bones and Breath, a compelling collaboration of poetry and song produced by Frank Coakley that fully merges the arts of songwriting and poetry.
Check out his work by visiting http://www.timothydmason.com/ or his MySpace page.
Head over 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 features.
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,
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
.
Upcoming BSPJ Workshop Series
Workshops are free and limited to 10 participants. Suggested donation of $3-5 dollars. Refreshments provided. Workshops meet at the Worcester County Poetry Association Office at 1 Ekman Street, Quinsigamond Village, Worcester, MA.
Registration is now open for the following workshop series:Poetry Writing from Life with Heather J. Macpherson. This three-workshop series will focus on finding the heightened and mundane moments from our lives to become poetry on the page. This series meets on the following Sundays: March 1st, 8th, & 15th.How do you make the poem on page reflect the poem on stage? with Tony Brown. In this series of three workshops, participants will take two poems from initial conception to public unveiling20at a poetry reading. The first session will involve a couple of intensive writing prompts and exercises to create the first drafts of two very different poems. The second will focus on refinement of the poem with an eye toward making line breaks, punctuation, stanza breaks, etc., reflect the actual "voice " of the poem and the poet, while the third will be devoted to refinement of the delivery of the poem in public performance. In all three workshops, oral recitation will be used as a key tool for editing and (more importantly) deep exploration of how to make the poem say what the poet wants it to say. This series meets on the following Sundays: April 12th, 19th and May 3rd.E-mail
Please visit http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.com/ for more upcoming events and workshops. Check our new blog for updates at http://www.ballardstreetpoetryjournal.wordpress.com/.
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
Wintonbury Poetry Series & Open Mike
Third Thursdays 7:00 PM
Joining20us on March 19 is John Popielaski. His recent book, A Brief Eureka for the Alchemists of Peace has garnered much praise. As one critic says, "these poems are by turns solemn, comic, earnest, ironic, wistful and hopeful...Popielaski explores the small (and not-so-small) kindnesses and brutalities of humanity." He teaches at Xavier High School.
Open mike theme: “Dreams”
Finally, on April 16 Dana Sonnenschein will be our special guest for National Poetry Month. An author of three full-length collections of poetry, she is a professor of literature and writing at Southern Connecticut State University. Her poems have appeared in The MacGuffin, Seneca Review, The Briar Cliff Review, and The Spoon River Poetry Review.
Open mike theme:
“Memory”
An open mike follows the featured guests each evening. Themes are optional.
Wintonbury Branch Library
1015 Blue Hills Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002
860-243-8855
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
-------------------------------------------------------
Visit the CT Poet Online calendar,
updated weekly: http://www.poetz.com/connecticut
Wintonbury Poetry Series & Open Mike
Third Thursdays 7:00 PM
Joining20us on March 19 is John Popielaski. His recent book, A Brief Eureka for the Alchemists of Peace has garnered much praise. As one critic says, "these poems are by turns solemn, comic, earnest, ironic, wistful and hopeful...Popielaski explores the small (and not-so-small) kindnesses and brutalities of humanity." He teaches at Xavier High School.
Open mike theme: “Dreams”
Finally, on April 16 Dana Sonnenschein will be our special guest for National Poetry Month. An author of three full-length collections of poetry, she is a professor of literature and writing at Southern Connecticut State University. Her poems have appeared in The MacGuffin, Seneca Review, The Briar Cliff Review, and The Spoon River Poetry Review.
Open mike theme:
“Memory”
An open mike follows the featured guests each evening. Themes are optional.
Wintonbury Branch Library
1015 Blue Hills Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002
860-243-8855
PROSPECTUS: WORD-ART
Artists and Poets Bonnie Enes, Victoria Munoz, Tom Nicoterra, Sherri Bedingfield, Virginia Shreve and Joan Paulinsky will be readings at the Art/Word Event at the Gallery on the Green on April 4th beginning at 7:30. The gallery can be found at Rte. 44 and Dowd Ave, Canton. For further information call 860.693.4102.
Artists and Poets Bonnie Enes, Victoria Munoz, Tom Nicoterra, Sherri Bedingfield, Virginia Shreve and Joan Paulinsky will be readings at the Art/Word Event at the Gallery on the Green on April 4th beginning at 7:30. The gallery can be found at Rte. 44 and Dowd Ave, Canton. For further information call 860.693.4102.
In the fall of 2003, the Canton Artists' Guild and the Writers' Asylum
presented the first Word-Art show at the Gallery on the Green.20It was an
extremely successful venture and the show is now a biennial fixture in the
Gallery's program calendar. This year, in an effort to overlap (somewhat)
with National Poetry Month, Word-Art will be held from mid-March through
mid-April.
The concept for the "Word-Art" show is to explore the synergy between
writing and the visual arts. The show may include paintings or sculpture
that incorporate text or were inspired by the written word; It may include
written pieces inspired by visual arts; or it may include pieces of video art, dance, or theater. We envision a show that will exhibit all media, and
may include screenings, readings, and the publication of a chapbook of the
written work.
The show is an open show: you do not need to be a member of either
organization to participate. As a writer, you may ask any visual artist to
collaborate with you. Likewise, as a visual artist you may pair with any
writer. If, however, you would like to be paired by the show's curators, the
Canton Artists' Guild and the Writers' Asylum maintain members' contact
information and you may reach the curators at the phone numbers listed
below.
SCHEDULE:
March 2, 5 p.m. Written work due for formatting and printing
March 8, 2-7 p.m. Drop off visual art pieces at Gallery
March 13 - April 12 Show Dates
March 14, 6-9 p.m. Opening Reception for Word-Art
April 11, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Eve ning of Readings from Word-Art
April 12, 5-7 p.m. Pick up visual art pieces at Gallery
Canton Artists' Guild
Kent McCoy (693-8478)
Writers Asylum
Annie Barrett (693-9391)
Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series
NOW IN ITS 3RD SEASON!
at Manchester Community College
Learning Resource Center, Fireside Commons
Great Path, Manchester, CT 06040
Sponsored by MCC Foundation / Hosted by Stephen Campiglio
3rd Thursday of each month from 7-9 p.m.
Free and Open to the Public
THURSDAY, MARCH 19
Featured Musicians: KANGHO LEE, cello, and THEODORE ARM, violin – 7:00 p.m.
Cellist Kangho Lee has been a sought-after soloist and chamber musician worldwide since his orchestral debut with the Seoul Philharmonic at the age of twelve. He has performed in Korea, the United States, and Europe with leading orchestras, such as the Korean Symphony, the Euro-Asia Symphony, and the Sofia National Academy Orchestra, among others. An active chamber musician, Lee has collaborated with world-renowned musicians and is a member of the Kumho Chamber Music Society, the Tonus Piano Trio, and the New England Piano Trio. He received his master of music degree from the Yale School of Music and doctor of musical arts degree from the New England Conservatory. Lee is associate professor of20music (cello) and coordinator of applied music at the University of Connecticut, as well as director of the UConn Cello Festival and UConn Chamber Music Festival.
Violinist Theodore Arm has appeared as soloist, recitalist, and guest artist with such well known organizations as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Group for Contemporary Music, and Bargemusic, Ltd. Arm has been a member of the highly acclaimed chamber group TASHI since 1976 and has performed with Lukas Foss, Chick Corea, and Gary Burton, among others.. He is a favorite of summer chamber music festival audiences, and has performed with Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Oregon, Music from Angel Fire in New Mexico, and the "Bravo" Festival in Vail, Colorado. Arm earned a doctorate in performance from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Christine Dethier and Joseph Fuchs, and is professor of music (violin) at the University of Connecticut.
Featured poets: ELIZABETH THOMAS and BRIAN JOHNSON – 8:00 p.m..
Elizabeth Thomas is a widely published poet, performer, advocate of the arts, and teacher. Her most recent book of poetry is From the Front of the Classroom (Antrim House Books, 2008). She has also published two previous poetry collections. She has read her work throughout the United States and has been a member of three Connecticut National Poetry Slam teams. As an advocate of youth in the arts, Elizabeth is a coach and organizer with Brave New Voices: International Youth Poetry Slam and Festival. She=2 0is also the founder of UpWords Poetry, a company dedicated to promoting programs for young writers and educators.
She hosts a website at http://www.upwordspoetry.com/.
Elizabeth also teaches poetry courses for MCC’s Credit-Free Programs.
presented the first Word-Art show at the Gallery on the Green.20It was an
extremely successful venture and the show is now a biennial fixture in the
Gallery's program calendar. This year, in an effort to overlap (somewhat)
with National Poetry Month, Word-Art will be held from mid-March through
mid-April.
The concept for the "Word-Art" show is to explore the synergy between
writing and the visual arts. The show may include paintings or sculpture
that incorporate text or were inspired by the written word; It may include
written pieces inspired by visual arts; or it may include pieces of video art, dance, or theater. We envision a show that will exhibit all media, and
may include screenings, readings, and the publication of a chapbook of the
written work.
The show is an open show: you do not need to be a member of either
organization to participate. As a writer, you may ask any visual artist to
collaborate with you. Likewise, as a visual artist you may pair with any
writer. If, however, you would like to be paired by the show's curators, the
Canton Artists' Guild and the Writers' Asylum maintain members' contact
information and you may reach the curators at the phone numbers listed
below.
SCHEDULE:
March 2, 5 p.m. Written work due for formatting and printing
March 8, 2-7 p.m. Drop off visual art pieces at Gallery
March 13 - April 12 Show Dates
March 14, 6-9 p.m. Opening Reception for Word-Art
April 11, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Eve ning of Readings from Word-Art
April 12, 5-7 p.m. Pick up visual art pieces at Gallery
Canton Artists' Guild
Kent McCoy (693-8478)
Writers Asylum
Annie Barrett (693-9391)
Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series
NOW IN ITS 3RD SEASON!
at Manchester Community College
Learning Resource Center, Fireside Commons
Great Path, Manchester, CT 06040
Sponsored by MCC Foundation / Hosted by Stephen Campiglio
3rd Thursday of each month from 7-9 p.m.
Free and Open to the Public
THURSDAY, MARCH 19
Featured Musicians: KANGHO LEE, cello, and THEODORE ARM, violin – 7:00 p.m.
Cellist Kangho Lee has been a sought-after soloist and chamber musician worldwide since his orchestral debut with the Seoul Philharmonic at the age of twelve. He has performed in Korea, the United States, and Europe with leading orchestras, such as the Korean Symphony, the Euro-Asia Symphony, and the Sofia National Academy Orchestra, among others. An active chamber musician, Lee has collaborated with world-renowned musicians and is a member of the Kumho Chamber Music Society, the Tonus Piano Trio, and the New England Piano Trio. He received his master of music degree from the Yale School of Music and doctor of musical arts degree from the New England Conservatory. Lee is associate professor of20music (cello) and coordinator of applied music at the University of Connecticut, as well as director of the UConn Cello Festival and UConn Chamber Music Festival.
Violinist Theodore Arm has appeared as soloist, recitalist, and guest artist with such well known organizations as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Group for Contemporary Music, and Bargemusic, Ltd. Arm has been a member of the highly acclaimed chamber group TASHI since 1976 and has performed with Lukas Foss, Chick Corea, and Gary Burton, among others.. He is a favorite of summer chamber music festival audiences, and has performed with Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Oregon, Music from Angel Fire in New Mexico, and the "Bravo" Festival in Vail, Colorado. Arm earned a doctorate in performance from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Christine Dethier and Joseph Fuchs, and is professor of music (violin) at the University of Connecticut.
Featured poets: ELIZABETH THOMAS and BRIAN JOHNSON – 8:00 p.m..
Elizabeth Thomas is a widely published poet, performer, advocate of the arts, and teacher. Her most recent book of poetry is From the Front of the Classroom (Antrim House Books, 2008). She has also published two previous poetry collections. She has read her work throughout the United States and has been a member of three Connecticut National Poetry Slam teams. As an advocate of youth in the arts, Elizabeth is a coach and organizer with Brave New Voices: International Youth Poetry Slam and Festival. She=2 0is also the founder of UpWords Poetry, a company dedicated to promoting programs for young writers and educators.
She hosts a website at http://www.upwordspoetry.com/.
Elizabeth also teaches poetry courses for MCC’s Credit-Free Programs.
Brian Johnson is the author of Torch Lake and Other Poems (Web del Sol, 2008) and a chapbook of prose poems, Self- Portrait (Quale Press, 2000). His poems have appeared in American Letters and Commentary, The Prose Poem: An International Journal, Quarter after Eight, Sentence, Drunken Boat, West Branch, and many other journals. He is the recipient of a CT Commission on the Arts Fellowship and two Pushcart Prize nominations. Brian received an M.F.A. in Rhetoric and Composition Studies from Brown University and is associate professor of English at Southern Connecticut State University.
For more information on the Series or directions to MCC, please visit the Mishi-maya-gat web page at: www.mcc.commnet.edu/faculty/spoken.php or call (860) 512-2824.
For more information on the Series or directions to MCC, please visit the Mishi-maya-gat web page at: www.mcc.commnet.edu/faculty/spoken.php or call (860) 512-2824.
March 28, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
Riverwood Poetry Series Presents a Kelly-Greene reading…
an evening of Irish storytelling through poetry featuring
Kathryn Kelly and Maggie Greene.
Come early for the musical prelude by Patrick and Joseph Ganci.
In the Celt ic tradition of storytelling, Kathryn Kelly’s poems shape themselves as narrative pieces reflecting her connection to family and the world around her. She has been an invited poet to facilitate workshops with the Litchfield Performing Arts' Project Poetry Live! and her work has appeared in a variety of journals, including The Helix and NCTE. She is a member of The Random Meetinghouse Poets, and is Program Director of the Riverwood Poetry Series.
Maggie Greene considers herself blessed to have so many people and pastimes with whom/which she feels connection, and from whom/which she draws inspiration. She is an avid hiker, an adventurer, a songwriter, a school nurse, and a social activist. Her most recent poetry publication was in the “Tribute To Nurses” edition of Rattle Magazine and her current passion is trying to learn how to speak Irish! Oy Gavalt!!
The Buttonwood Tree, 605
Main St., Middletown CT
Saturday, March 28, 20096:30 p.m.
Program is free and the public is invited.
Non-perishable food donations welcome to benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Place.
First Tuesday Poetry Series
at Broad Street Books in Middletown
At Broad Street Books we will be celebrating National P oetry Month by starting the month of April with two events!Riverwood Poetry Series Presents a Kelly-Greene reading…
an evening of Irish storytelling through poetry featuring
Kathryn Kelly and Maggie Greene.
Come early for the musical prelude by Patrick and Joseph Ganci.
In the Celt ic tradition of storytelling, Kathryn Kelly’s poems shape themselves as narrative pieces reflecting her connection to family and the world around her. She has been an invited poet to facilitate workshops with the Litchfield Performing Arts' Project Poetry Live! and her work has appeared in a variety of journals, including The Helix and NCTE. She is a member of The Random Meetinghouse Poets, and is Program Director of the Riverwood Poetry Series.
Maggie Greene considers herself blessed to have so many people and pastimes with whom/which she feels connection, and from whom/which she draws inspiration. She is an avid hiker, an adventurer, a songwriter, a school nurse, and a social activist. Her most recent poetry publication was in the “Tribute To Nurses” edition of Rattle Magazine and her current passion is trying to learn how to speak Irish! Oy Gavalt!!
The Buttonwood Tree, 605
Main St., Middletown CT
Saturday, March 28, 20096:30 p.m.
Program is free and the public is invited.
Non-perishable food donations welcome to benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Place.
First Tuesday Poetry Series
at Broad Street Books in Middletown
Colin Haskins and Susan Allison followed by an open mic
Tuesday, April 7th at 7:00 pm
On Tuesday, April 7th, we'll be having our regular poetry series with featured poets starting at 7:00 pm followed by an open mic. For an auspicious start to our poetic year, we have two of your favorite poets featured: Colin Haskins and Susan Allison! And will have copies of her new book for sale here at the store. Down by the Riverside Ways has been descibed as "seismic in its joys and furies."
Charlotte Currier - Shadow & Light: A Retrospective
Thursday, April 9th at 7:00 pm
Also, we will be having in another poet on Thursday, April 9th, at 7:00 pm. Charlotte Currier will be at Broad Street Books to read from her book Shadow & Light: A Retrospective. Charlotte began writing poetry seriously in the 50’s in New York City studying with Stanley Kunitz. Later under the tutelage of Stanley Plumly she received an MA in creative writing at Louisiana State University where she also taught writing for many years. But it was teaching a variety of creative writing courses in the Graduate Liberal Studies Program at Wesleyan University that refined her skills as a teacher and as a writer.
Broad Street Books
45 Broad Street
Middletown, CT 06457
For more information:
Brian Mitchard
(860)685-7323
On the first Tuesday of every month, Broad Street Books hosts a featured poet followed by an open mic when all are welcome to come and read, recite, perform their work!
Broad Street Books45 Broad Street Middletown, CT 06457
Broad Street Books45 Broad Street Middletown, CT 06457
For more info: Brian Mitchard (860)685-7323
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
Every Wednesday 7:30
at: 102 Greenwood Ave,
Bethel CT
Open mike sign up begins at 7:30. The open mic begins at 8
open for people to read their work 3-5 minutes.
The first 8-10 poets will read before the feature
who will read for 30 minutes followed by a
Q & A. Open mic will continue till closing time.
WNPS represents a varied community of people with
a common interest and appreciation for poetry.
The open mic is open to poetry, stories and musician (5 minute time limit).
WNPS, going on 12 years has been the longest
CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING WEEKLY Poetry Open MIC
and featured poet reading series in Connecticut!
For more details and updates:20http://www.wedpoetry.net/
Or http://www.wednesdaypoetry.com/
and http://www.wednesdaypoetry.org/
HARTFORD HAPPENINGS
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:
Lexington Community Education Presents:
An Evening with Robert Bly
Thursday April 9, 2009 • 7:00-9:00pm
Cary Hall •1605 Massachusetts Avenue •Lexington MA
$20 per ticket before April 9. $25 day of event
For tickets or more information call 781-862-8043 or
visit us online at http://www.lexingtoncommunityed.org/
The Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts
Every Wednesday 7:30
at: 102 Greenwood Ave,
Bethel CT
Open mike sign up begins at 7:30. The open mic begins at 8
open for people to read their work 3-5 minutes.
The first 8-10 poets will read before the feature
who will read for 30 minutes followed by a
Q & A. Open mic will continue till closing time.
WNPS represents a varied community of people with
a common interest and appreciation for poetry.
The open mic is open to poetry, stories and musician (5 minute time limit).
WNPS, going on 12 years has been the longest
CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING WEEKLY Poetry Open MIC
and featured poet reading series in Connecticut!
For more details and updates:20http://www.wedpoetry.net/
Or http://www.wednesdaypoetry.com/
and http://www.wednesdaypoetry.org/
HARTFORD HAPPENINGS
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:
Lexington Community Education Presents:
An Evening with Robert Bly
Thursday April 9, 2009 • 7:00-9:00pm
Cary Hall •1605 Massachusetts Avenue •Lexington MA
$20 per ticket before April 9. $25 day of event
For tickets or more information call 781-862-8043 or
visit us online at http://www.lexingtoncommunityed.org/
The Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts
Presents
Poetry Series: at the Brockton Library
304 Main Street. New website!! www.gbspa.org
Celebrating Poetry One Saturday Every Month
Sat., March 21, 2009
Marguerite Guzman Bouvard http://gbspa.homestead.com/MargueriteBouvard.html
Dawn Gabriel http://gbspa.homestead.com/DawnGabriel.html
Dawn Gabriel http://gbspa.homestead.com/DawnGabriel.html
This is a Free Event
with really comfortable chairs and divine refreshments
12:00 - 2:00 Poetry=2 0Writing Workshop
12:00 - 2:00 Poetry=2 0Writing Workshop
1:30 - 2:00 Sign up for Open-Mic Reading
2:15 - 3:15 Open-Mic Reading
2:15 - 3:15 Open-Mic Reading
3:30 - 4:30 Feature Poets
During Open-Mic Reading share your own poetry
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. Apr 18 - "Poetry Host Showcase"
Mike Amado (Read by John Scully)
Mike Amado (Read by John Scully)
Tony Brown
Bill McMillan
Bill McMillan
Sheila Mullen Twyman
Mary Ellen Redmond
Mary Ellen Redmond
Sat.May 16 - Patricia Fargoli
Jean Tupper
Jean Tupper
Sat.June 20 - Dr. Jeffrey Thompson
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar
Gillian Kiley
Sat. July 18 - Kim Triedman
Sat. July 18 - Kim Triedman
Tino Villanueva
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:
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, March 2 5
One of the inaugural members of Emerson College’s Gringo Choir, Carlos Williams earned a nomination for Best Male Poet at his first CUPSI appearance in 2008. A talented Cantab talented regular, you can expect self-effacing sincerity, rough-and-tumble metaphor, and explosive, rapid-fire delivery from this exciting performer. Open poetry slam in the 8x8 series.
One of the inaugural members of Emerson College’s Gringo Choir, Carlos Williams earned a nomination for Best Male Poet at his first CUPSI appearance in 2008. A talented Cantab talented regular, you can expect self-effacing sincerity, rough-and-tumble metaphor, and explosive, rapid-fire delivery from this exciting performer. Open poetry slam in the 8x8 series.
• Wednesday, April 1
You’d be a fool to miss international poetry slam icon Shappy Seasholtz! Quite possibly the nerdiest poet in the universe, Uncle Shappy takes a night off hosting at New York City’s famous Bowery Poetry Club to show us some of slam’s best and weirdest comedy. Following Shappy’s feature, eight poets will slam off in the Last Chance Slam, the last open poetry slam to qualify for the April 8 semi-finals.
• Wednesday, April 8You’d be a fool to miss international poetry slam icon Shappy Seasholtz! Quite possibly the nerdiest poet in the universe, Uncle Shappy takes a night off hosting at New York City’s famous Bowery Poetry Club to show us some of slam’s best and weirdest comedy. Following Shappy’s feature, eight poets will slam off in the Last Chance Slam, the last open poetry slam to qualify for the April 8 semi-finals.
Cantab Team Selection Semi-Finals: the absolute biggest poetry slam of the year! Twenty of this season’s slam winners have earned an invite to two rounds of no-holds-barred, no-story-left-untold poetry slam. The top poets will advance to team finals on April 29, all in the hopes of performing at the 2009 National Poetry Slam in West Palm Beach.
• Wednesday, April 15
All the way from Downeast Maine with four published books to his name, the father of the Boston Poetry Slam himself: our own MC Emeritus Michael Brown rides into town to edify and entertain. Now living in Robbinston, Maine, he=2 0and his partner Valerie Lawson host a monthly reading and publish the poetry journal Off the Coast. Brown writes for the local newspaper, works in theater, and is writing a book on American education. No poetry slam tonight.
Doors for the show open at 7:30. The open mic begins at 8:00,
the feature performs at approximately 10:00, and an open poetry slam follows.
The show is 18+ (ID required) and the cover charge is $3 unless otherwise noted.
Simone Beaubien, SlamMaster The Boston Poetry Slam at
The Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Avenue,
Cambridge, Mass. http://www.slamnews.com/
http://www.myspace.com/bostonpoetryslam
the Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge bringing contemporary
poetry to the community since 1991
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THURSDAYS
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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the Poetry Session at O'Shea's
THE CAPE GETS ITS VOICE BACK
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
* * *
Returning to the Black Spot (formerly the Prodigal Son)
in Hyannis the last Thursday of the month! Cape Poets
Theatre Fourth Thursday Open Mic at The Black Spot.
Free
Mary Ellen Redmond and Jose Gouveia host at the old
Prodigal Son, under new name and ownership, now called
The Black Spot Cafe, 10 Ocean St., Hyannis.
We are the last Thursday of every month, 8PM,
(508) 771-4004
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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
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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
* * *
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!
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SUNDAYS
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/
_____ MONDAYS
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/
_____ TUESDAYS
Newton Free Librar y Poetry Reading Series Winter 2008.
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:
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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.
the Poetry Session at O'Shea's
THE CAPE GETS ITS VOICE BACK
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
* * *
Returning to the Black Spot (formerly the Prodigal Son)
in Hyannis the last Thursday of the month! Cape Poets
Theatre Fourth Thursday Open Mic at The Black Spot.
Free
Mary Ellen Redmond and Jose Gouveia host at the old
Prodigal Son, under new name and ownership, now called
The Black Spot Cafe, 10 Ocean St., Hyannis.
We are the last Thursday of every month, 8PM,
(508) 771-4004
_____
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
=0 A
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
* * *
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!
_____
SUNDAYS
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/
_____ MONDAYS
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/
_____ TUESDAYS
Newton Free Librar y Poetry Reading Series Winter 2008.
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:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.
Poetry Workshop in New Hampshire
Poetry Workshop & Writers’ Conclave
with Pam Bernard, poet, professor, editor, painter
Walpole, New Hampshire 603-756-4177 www.pambernard..com
Full Scholarships Available. Call or email Pam
Mondays 7-9:30 PM
March 30 — May 18 (next block is june 1— July 20)8 Evenings $300
Beginner and Intermediate Level
Small group sessions in my home, around a big table in an inviting space, fireplace in cold months, lovely porch and deck in warm.
I provide a nurturing, productive atmosphere where we go forward as a group toward a better understadning of how to draft, shape, and finish poems . This workshop will be more than a group critique. It will provide a community of writers where each will be encouraged to share work, receive careful, particularlized attention, and offered a safe place to discuss ideas and thioughts, and where participants’ poems are given thoughtful, rigorous feedback.
Each session is based on three components and conducted in this format:
A) We start by reading a poem by a contemporary poet, which we will explore and discuss with regard to craft.
B) I will offer writing prompts in a relaxed, free-write atmo sphere for the purpose of generating new drafts of poems.
C) We will then work as a group on each poem brought to the workshop, focusing in particular on whether the poet’s deep intention is successfully translated into language. As well, we will explore and discuss artistic choices related to craft as a way to further the poem’s project.
Not sure whether a workshop is right for you? Come to a free introductory session or two.
with Pam Bernard, poet, professor, editor, painter
Walpole, New Hampshire 603-756-4177 www.pambernard..com
Full Scholarships Available. Call or email Pam
Mondays 7-9:30 PM
March 30 — May 18 (next block is june 1— July 20)8 Evenings $300
Beginner and Intermediate Level
Small group sessions in my home, around a big table in an inviting space, fireplace in cold months, lovely porch and deck in warm.
I provide a nurturing, productive atmosphere where we go forward as a group toward a better understadning of how to draft, shape, and finish poems . This workshop will be more than a group critique. It will provide a community of writers where each will be encouraged to share work, receive careful, particularlized attention, and offered a safe place to discuss ideas and thioughts, and where participants’ poems are given thoughtful, rigorous feedback.
Each session is based on three components and conducted in this format:
A) We start by reading a poem by a contemporary poet, which we will explore and discuss with regard to craft.
B) I will offer writing prompts in a relaxed, free-write atmo sphere for the purpose of generating new drafts of poems.
C) We will then work as a group on each poem brought to the workshop, focusing in particular on whether the poet’s deep intention is successfully translated into language. As well, we will explore and discuss artistic choices related to craft as a way to further the poem’s project.
Not sure whether a workshop is right for you? Come to a free introductory session or two.
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by Wednesday for Thursday or Friday publication. Lori Desrosiers - Publisher, Wearer of all Hats, even yours.
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by Wednesday for Thursday or Friday publication. Lori Desrosiers - Publisher, Wearer of all Hats, even yours.
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