Poetry News

*****POETRY NEWS*****

Here is your Poetry News for the week of April 5, 2010.
April is a shower, no, a torrent of poetry events in the Pioneer Valley and beyond! Scroll all the way down for more poetry in CT, Boston and other areas. Check out all our links to the right for poetry events everywhere!

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THIS WEEK in Western MA check out:
Thu. April 1 - Lawrence Raab & Regie O'Hare Gibson at Collected Poets Shelburne Falls, 7pm

There are many other poetry events in Western MA, CT and beyond this week - Please scroll down!



WORD IN WESTFIELD

A Night of Poetry and Music in celebration of National Poetry Month
with Lori Desrosiers, CT and WSC student poets, musicians and friends,
April 21, 2010, 7pm, Westfield Athenaeum.
Part of the Westfield Athenaeum Spring Lecture Series.



Holyoke/Springfield Area Poetry

Billy Collins "America's Poet"
United States Poet Laureate 2001-2003
New York State Poet Laureate 2004-2006
Friday, April 16, 2010
11:15am
Scibelli Hall TheaterS
Springfield Technical Community College
Armory Square, Springfield MA


María Luisa Arroyo's popular poetry workshops
have been scheduled through June, 2010. Dates include: March 20th, April 17th, May 15th, June 19th
In the Springfield City Library Community Room, 220 State St., Springfield times: 9:30 am - 11:30 am - March 20th, April 17th, May 15th, June 19th Preregistration required. Check out the poetry page @ the Library: www.springfieldlibrary.org Need more info?: E-mail [email protected]


New Writing Group
Brown Bag Lunch Poetry Writing Group at Apremont Productions, Springfield, Thursdays, from 11 am to 1:30 pm, for 16 weeks, starting March 4 and ending on June 17. Limited to 10 women. No teaching or criticism of writing, just writing poems from prompts provided by leader trained in the Amherst Writers and Artists methodology. $10 weekly fee covers rent, copies, and light refreshments. Please call for more info or to register: 413-531-5023.


New Poetry Reading/Open Mic
Friday Nights at 8pm
Boriquen Y QuisQueya
326 St. James Ave.
Springfield MA


Starving for Art Presents open mic Tuesdays
@ Blue Fusion Bar and Grille 487 St. James Ave Springfield, MA doors open at 6pm for social hour. Showtime is 7-9pm All poets, musicians, singers, and visual artists are welcome. This event is free. For more info visit http://www.brendaschild.com/



WORD IN THE VALLEY AND BEYOND

Gallery of Readers Series:
Barbara Lucey and Joan Cenedella will read from their work Sunday, April 18, 4 p.m., Neilson Library Browsing Room, at the college, Northampton. Part of the Gallery of Readers series.


Smith Poetry Center Series
Sara London & Peggy O’Brien,
Tuesday April 6, 2010, 7:30 pm Neilson Browsing Room, Neilson Library, Smith College
contact: [email protected]



Join Andrea Ayvazian and Lesléa Newman
for a poetry reading to celebrate National Poetry Month!
Poets Andrea Ayvazian and Lesléa Newman will give a poetry reading on Wednesday, April 14th at 7:00 p.m. at Broadside Bookshop in honor of April being National Poetry Month.

Andrea Ayvazian is the author of several poetry chapbooks including AND SO BEGIN, SOULS FLOATING BY, and WITH THESE WORDS. Her work has been featured in the Daily Hampshire Gazette's column, "Hear a Poet, There a Poet" as well as in the anthology of the same name. She is the Senior Minister of the Haydenville Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, a long-time activist for peace and social justice, an anti-racism educator, and a singer and song writer. She will be reading from both new and old work.

Lesléa Newman is a past poet laureate of Northampton, and the recipient of poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Foundation. Her poetry books include STILL LIFE WITH BUDDY, NOBODY'S MOTHER, and SIGNS OF LOVE. She will be reading from a new poetry manuscript in progress called OCTOBER MOURNING: A SONG FOR MATTHEW SHEPARD.



Reading and Booksigning to celebrate the publication of
HEAR A POET, THERE A POET: A PIONEER VALLEY ANTHOLOGY
Wednesday, April 21st 7:00 p.m.
Forbes Library, West Street, Northampton, MA
Other poets include Henry Lyman, Sally Bellerose, Richard Michelson,
Susan Stinson, Jane Yolen, and a host of other wonderful writers.



Green St. Poetry Series
Green Street Café
Northampton, Massachusetts

The Green St. Poetry Series showcases the voices of emerging and noted poets from the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts and beyond.

Please join us Wednesday, April 14, at 7:30pm to hear Jono Tosch & Matt Suss

Starting the last week of March, The Green Street Poetry Series will present poetry readings on Wednesday nights instead of Thursday nights. Readings will still begin at 7:30. Please make a note of the changed dates below.

April 7 – Jono Tosch & Matt Suss
April 14 – Anne Holmes & Christie Crutchfield
April 22 – Richard Michealson & Daniel Hall - this remains a Thursday night reading.

If you are a poet interested in reading at Green Street, please contact [email protected]



Bread Poetry Contest
To celebrate the sixth anniversary of Hungry Ghost Bread -the bakery that sells poetry with bread attached- we are opening our sticky, dough-encrusted literary arms for our first ever bread poetry contest.

Selected winners will read their works at our anniversary event on Saturday, April 10th at the bakery itself (62 State Street, Northampton). Grand prize will be a $30 gift certificate to Hungry Ghost Bread.

Momentarily dropping the front of a vanity press, we are asking for our customers, our non-customers, bread-eaters, celiac sufferers, anyone; to write and submit poems about bread.

Direct any questions to [email protected] or to the shop owners
Deadline is April 3, drop off poems at the shop or send them in to: [email protected].



"In Our Nature", a poetry/multimedia presentation by Susan Middleton and Ann McNeal,
Sunday April 11, 4 PM, Blue Guitar Studio, 186 Northampton St (Rte 10), Easthampton

Susan Middleton lives in Ashfield, MA, where she edits science books as a freelance. Her
poems have appeared in The Berkshire Review, Peregrine, Sanctuary: The Magazine of the
Massachusetts Audubon Society, and The Comstock Review, among others. In 2004 she
and five other Franklin County poets started Slate Roof Press, whose members work collab-
oratively to publish high-quality poetry books of emerging western MA poets; in 2007, Slate
Roof published her chapbook Seed Case of the Heart (for sale at this event, at area book-
stores, and at SlateRoofPress.com). Passions besides writing include leading hikes for the
Appalachian Mountain Club, and exploring the woods, fields, and mountains of the Northeast.

Ann McNeal lives in Pelham, Massachusetts. After teaching physiology at Hampshire
College for three decades, she retired to pursue creative writing, dance, and abstract painting.
She is indebted to Amherst Writers and Artists workshops for jump-starting her poetry. Her
poems have been published in Right Hand Pointing, Equinox, Peregrine, Paper Street, and
other periodicals, as well as several anthologies, including On Retirement (University of Iowa
Press, 2007). She is often found in the woods hiking or by a pond watching dragonflies.

This event is part of the series “Word Journeys,” presentations of the spoken word with
other media, co-produced by Robin Barber and the Blue Guitar Studio.
$5 donation suggested, 413-247-9454 for more information



Open Mic Poetry Reading
Monday April 19, 2010 7:00pm
Clapp Memorial Library, Belchertown, MA

Poets of all types are invited to bring original works or other favorites to
read during an evening celebrating poetry, libraries and spring.

For more information contact Martha at [email protected]
Sponsored by The Friends of the Clapp Memorial Library
www.friendsofclapplibrary.org



Advanced Poetry Critique Group
Established peer group seeks a few new members who take poetry (but not themselves) seriously. We meet on Thursdays from 6:30 p.m. – ? at restaurants & homes throughout the Pioneer Valley for dinner, social time, and poetry critique. Our leaderless group has existed for over 20 years through a mixture of humor, humility, and commitment to the craft of writing. To apply, please send a short statement of interests/experience and 2-3 poems in the body of an email to [email protected]. If our group agrees that your poetry may fit with ours, we will invite you to visit and see if the “chemistry” is right.



FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY

Next business/sharing meeting Thursday April 15, 6:30pm
ALL POETS OF ALL TYPES AND AGES are welcome, bring one of your original works to share,
(12 to 15 copies will usually be enough for all to share) The meeting is held at Lilly Library community room and begins at 6:30 PM. Poetry presentation and discussion begins at 7PM


WRITING GROUP
Martina Robinson and friends meet every 3rd Thursday at Lilly Library community Room at 6:30 PM. See Rich for details, this group is currently open to join.

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 [email protected] or check out our web page at http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/


Listen to "Twilite's Poetry Pub"
now Weekly! Enjoy the "Pub" with Carl and Tom every Wednesday from 9-10 am on Valley Free Radio, WXOJ 103.3 fm, Northampton and now with improved streaming at http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/ !!!
Poetry to the people! WXOJ-FM LP 103.3 and streaming at http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/. Bringing to you a variety of interesting poetry and music!

All events are free and open to the public except as noted For more information, Call Tom at (413) 584-5914 or email at: [email protected] or: [email protected] or visit: http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/



POETRY A LA CARTE RADIO SHOW
on WMUA-Amherst 91.1 FM 5pm to 5:30 pm on Tuesdays this Summer, streamed live at http://www.wmua.org/.
The program, hosted by Daisy Mathias, includes reading aloud from past and contemporary poets, and occasionally features live interview and poetry-reading with a local poet.


Poetry at the Leverett Library
6:30 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, Poetry reading at the Leverett Library. 75 Montague Rd. Leverett, MA. Area poets are invited to read. For more information contact Petriana at 413. 549.9336 or by email at [email protected]



Main St. Writers at Leverett Crafts & Arts Center
Members of Main Street Writers, participants in two Amherst Writers and Artists workshops in Amherst will presenta sampling of their work on Thursday, April 22, 2010 from 6:30 to 9pm at Leverett Craft & Arts Center 13 Montague Road, Leverett, MA. The reading is free, open to public and offers refreshments



GREENFIELD, SHELBURNE FALLS AND NORTH

Bart’s Bards has been temporarily canceled due to a change of ownership of Bart's Cafe.


Greenfield Spoken Word
Always the third Tuesday of the month. This month it is April 20th.
9 Mill St, Greenfield, MA, Doors open at 7:00, Open Mic starts at 7:30
Open Mic will be 10 - five-minute slots
Donation - Sliding Scale $1 - $5
Book signing and selling of local writers works will be available. Come up to read
Bring your chapbooks to sell. We will have tables at no cost. Hope to see you there


Memorial Day PARTY!!
May 31st
Wendell Spoken Word is the Last Monday of the month from Sept to April
We decided to throw a party, barbque at the Deja Brew Pub & Cafe
A few hours of readings. We are inviting you
We would like to have representation from Northampton, Florence, Greenfield, ....Western MA
Each area be responsible for 30 to 50 minutes. A possible slam at the end. Still being formulated
Save the date! If you want to be a part of this celebration email [email protected]



ARMS LIBRARY READING
Third Friday Prose and Poetry Readings. 7 p.m. at The Arms Library, Corner of Main and Bridge Streets,
Shelburne Falls, Mass. 413-625-0306.

Held in the upstairs Reading Room, readers should arrive a couple of minutes early to sign up for a reading slot, and then have five minutes to share their work. The building is accessible by entering at lower level and taking the elevator upstairs.



Collected Poets Series

The Collected Poets Series celebrates National Poetry Month with two exciting readings.

$2-$5 sliding scale. Mocha Maya's Coffee House, 47 Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370, 413-625-6292. Wheelchair accessible. See www.collectedpoets.com for more information on all our poets reading in April.

On Thursday, April 1st at 7:00 PM poets Lawrence Raab and Regie O’Hare Gibson will read from their works.
Lawrence’s seventh collection of poems is The History of Forgetting (Penguin, 2009). His collection What We Don’t Know About Each Other (Penguin, 2003) won the National Poetry Series and was a Finalist for the 1993 National Book Award.
Regie is a National Poetry Slam Individual Champion, has been featured on NPR, HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, and WGBH-2 Art Close-Up in which his performance was nominated for a Boston Emmy.

Thursday, April 15, Adrian Blevins and James Haug will read at a second CPS event.
*Both events will take place at 7pm at Mocha Maya's Coffee House in Shelburne Falls, MA.
$2-$5 sliding scale. Mocha Maya's Coffee House, 47 Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370, 413-625-6292. Wheelchair accessible. See www.collectedpoets.com for more information.

(Please contact [email protected] for more information).

2010 Series
National Poetry Month
April 1 - Lawrence Raab and Regie O'Hare Gibson
April 15 - Adrian Blevins and James Haug
May 6 - Margaret Lloyd and Sarah Browning
May 16 - Special Appearance by Maxine Kumin at the Buckland- Shelburne Community Center. Sunday, May 16, at 3:30 pm.
June 3 - Mihaela Moscaliuc and Nickole Brown
July 1 - Kristin Bock and Lee Sharkey
No CPS Readings in August or September
October 7 - Josephine Dickinson and Sharon Dolin
November 4 - Barbara Ras and Jennifer Sweeney
December 2 - Aracelis Girmay and Ross Gay

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.



ALL SMALL CAPS

Monday, April 26th, is our next reading for the All Small Caps series.
Please bring your work, work you admire and want to share, or just
come listen to the outstanding featured readers.

The featured readers:
Patricia Fargnoli and Leslea Newman

The reading will be held, as usual, at the Deja Brew (57 Lockes Village Rd, Wendell). Doors will open at 7 and the open mic portion of the reading will begin at 7:30, followed by a short break, followed by the featured readers. There will be food and drink available. If you need directions, a peek at upcoming readings, etc., please look-see our blog: allsmallcaps.blogspot.com



Announcing The Woven Word Summer Creative Writing Workshop
for Middle and High School Age Writers

For the third summer the Woven Word is offering week long creative writing workshops for middle and high school age writers. We use the Amherst Writers & Artists workshop method as a design to create safe space among peers so that young writers may explore the development of their own unique voice. The program includes 2-3 writing and sharing sessions, afternoons on a houseboat on the Connecticut River, and one ½ day creating hand made books of each individual selected writings.

Three week long sessions are offered: July 19-23, August 2-6, August 9-13. Sessions run 9 AM – 3:30 in Hadley and cost $200 per week.

Program Director Lynn Bowmaster is a published poet with more than 10 years experience leading writing workshops in her home, R.K. Finn Ryan Road Elementary, PVPA, Hilltown Cooperative Charter School, the Springfield Library, Soldier On, and Holyoke Community College.

For info. And a link to a slideshow of program, contact Lynn at 584-3373, [email protected].



Sanctuary for Writing Practice
WEEKLY WRITING GROUPS IN FLORENCE, MASSACHUSETTS
NEW TEN-WEEK SESSIONS BEGIN April 1st and April 7th 2010
The next 10-week Thursday afternoon session will span April 1st to June 3rd, meeting from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The next 10-week Wednesday evening session will span April 7th to June 9th, meeting from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m

Effective for both experienced writers and those who have not yet fully discovered their talents, these writing groups focus on developing and maintaining a writing practice using the Amherst Writers & Artists method, which simultaneously offers writers creative freedom and personal safety.

Coffee, tea, full meal, and dessert (usually nourishing, sometimes frosted cupcakes) provided at the break.
Because deep writing tends to emerge in consistent groups where writers have the chance to continuously work together, participants are asked to personally and financially commit to the entire ten-week session. In other words, you are irreplaceable.

Cost of 10-week workshop: $450. Includes: all meals, writing and response time, optional private consultation, optional group manuscript review, and the ongoing support of a community of writers.

For more information, please call Joan at 413-586-3344 or email her at [email protected].

Joan Barberich is a trained Amherst Writers & Artists writing group leader, veteran bookseller, and Smith College graduate who has lived in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts since 1987.




WORD IN THE BERKSHIRES

New Open Mic in Pittsfield! "Outspoken"
Spoken Word open mic will be held the 3rd thursday of each month at 8pm at the Micro Theater, 311 North St. Pittsfield, MA, Upstairs; $5 suggested donation. Marie Elizabeth Mali and Dylan Lundgren feature tonight, Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 8pm.


upstreet reading during Pittsifeld Poetry Week
April 10-18 will be Pittsfield Poetry week, and there will be a reading at Chapters Bookstore, 78 North Street, Pittsfield, at 6pm on Friday, April 16. The readers, all upstreet poets from Massachusetts, will be:
Aaron M. Beatty, Becket
Lisken Van Pelt Dus, Pittsfield
Howard Faerstein, Florence
Michelle Gillett, Stockbridge
Paul Hostovsky, Medfield
Jendi Reiter, Northampton

Hosted by upstreet Editor/Publisher Vivian Dorsel
Refreshments will be available. Free and open to the public.


DAVID GIANNINI
poetry readings and book signing
at Chapters Bookstore
in Pittsfield,
Saturday, April 3rd, 5 PM


Power of Words, Open Mic
Third Tuesdays 7pm to 8:30 pm Hosted by Garfield Reed.
This is an open opportunity to share poetry, readings, music and other spoken word.
Free and open to the public at Berkshire South Regional Community Center , Crissey Rd.,Great Barrington, MA Every third Tuesday of the month. Please call Garfield at 528 4127 for more information.


In Words, Out Words in Housatonic
In Housatonic, MA there is an open mic for poets and performers of all styles and ages.
1st Tuesday of each month at the Deb Koffman Gallery 137 Front Street, Housatonic, MA 01236. “In Words, Out Words.” is hosted by John Meeks and there is usually a $7 suggested donation for heat and electricity. There are snacks there provided by whoever wants to bring them. The sign up technically is at 6:30 however the way it works is a lottery system. If you go to check it out once, then you can put your name on the contact email list. The following month you get an email reminding you of the upcoming event. If it’s your first time performing at In Words, Out Words, you are guaranteed a spot on the roster as long as you reply to the reminder email. If you’ve performed there before then you are put into the lottery system and randomly names are selected. Sometimes there are still slots open at the door.
The open mic begins at 7 and the featured performer goes on for about 20 minutes. It usually lasts until between 9 and 9:30.


Zeitgeist Gallery Pittsfield
Monday Poetry Nights 6 to10pm 648 North Street in Pittsfield call Alan Nidle, the Director at (857) 991-8448 for detail


Lee Writers Group
(every 2nd Tuesday of the month) at the Lee Library Conference Room.
Develop and hone writing skills through constructively critiquing others as well as receiving helpful hints and suggestions. This forum will host a variety of short stories, poetic compilations, insightful and original essays, and other varieties of writing similarly tangible in length. The purpose of this group is to embody character and narrator through obsessive directive fervor with written and spoken words. The group will meet every second Tuesday sharing original works via recitation and distribution and should be prepared to accept constructive feedback and be able to, in return, deliver such feedback in a respectable and deliberate manner.
Contact [email protected] or call 413 243-8116 for further information.



WORD IN WARE/PALMER

Carpe Stylum! (Latin for Seize the pen!)
meets every Wednesday 6-8pm, usually at the Ware Library but some meetings are held elsewhere. This group includes poets, short story writers and novelists. All are welcome. Call LuWanda Cheney (413) 277-9676 for a schedule.



WORD IN WORCESTER

This Week in Worcester:
Thursday, Apr. 1
8:00 p.m. Heather Flowers Forhan @ The Little "a" Poetry Series
Friday, Apr. 2
10:00 a.m. Shrewsbury Senior Writers @ the Shrewsbury Senior Center (100 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury)
6:00 p.m. Worcester Youth Slam Workshop @ the WCPA offices (1 Ekman Street, Worcester, MA)
Monday, Apr. 5
7:00 p.m. Showcase of Worcester Poets @ Quinsigamond Community College, Harrington Learning Center (670 West Boylston Street, Worcester)
9:00 p.m. Jeanann Verlee @ the Dirty Gerund Poetry Show
Thursday, Apr. 8
8:00 p.m. Ryk McIntyre @ The Little "a" Poetry Series (Dr. Gonzo's All-Natural Mega-Spicy Comestible Emporium, 122 Main Street, Worcester)


The Little "a" Poetry Series
at the Q Cafe, 362 Chandler St in Worcester, MA. We run the reading every Monday night, the sign-up list for the open mic goes up at 7:00pm and we get started shortly thereafter.

Worcester Storytellers meets on the second Friday of each month at the Village Arts Gallery (1 Ekman Street, Worcester). The reading starts at 8:00 p.m. There will be an open mic followed by a feature. Worcester Storytellers never charges a cover. They ask you throw some money into the basket to support the artists who feature. For more info please contact [email protected]


The d'Alzon Arts Series: Poetry Reading
takes place at Assumption College (500 Salisbury Street, Worcester) in the Emmanuel d'Alzon Library on the third Friday of each month during the academic year. The format is an open mic for the first half-hour or so, a short break with refreshments and then 2 featured poets.. The reading starts at 7:00 p.m. and typically runs for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Readings run throughout the school year.


The After Nine Poetry Series
Every Thursday Night The The After Nine Poetry Series, formerly The Spot, is a weekly poetry reading in the Ship Room at the Hotel Vernon (1 Kelly Square, Worcester). The official start time is 8:00 p.m. but honestly, things get going closer to 9. Maybe this week will be different. 21+ and proper id is required


Poets Asylum
Just a reminder - the Poets' Asylum will not meet this week (Sunday, April 4th). Jumpin' Juice & Java will be closed that day.

Go write a poem.

Simply put, poetry slam is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on writing and performance, encouraging poets to focus on what they're saying and how they're saying it. Slam poetry can be moving, funny and deadly serious, sometimes all in the same poem. If that sounds like a good time then join us for some great words.

Come on down to Jumpin' Juice and Java (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The reading starts at 6:00 p.m. No cover; please throw some money in the bucket to support the feature.


The Dirty Gerund
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 [email protected].


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
Write to Terri Klein at [email protected] to get the new CT Poet newsletter in your email.

Poetry at Broad Street Books
First Tuesday in April
Tuesday, April 6th at 7:00pm Featuring Melissa J. Varnavas!

On the first Tuesday of every month, Broad Street Books hosts a featured poet followed by an open mic. All are welcome to come and read, recite, perform their work!

Melissa J. Varnavas is a graduate of Pine Manor College, Solstice MFA program in creative writing, poetry. Currently employed in heathcare publishing, editing books, newsletters, online media, she is the Associate Director for the 2,000-plus membership of the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists.
Her journalistic endeavors as editor of the Beverly Citizen newspaper and freelancer for publications such as Lawrence Eagle Tribune, Danvers Herald, and Boston Now, earned her awards from New England Press Association, Massachusetts Press Association, and the Specialized Information Publishers Association. Her poetry has appeared in the literary journals Oberon and Margie.

Come help us welcome Melissa J. Varnavas to the store on April 6th and share some of your own poetry too!

Broad Street Books
45 Broad Street
Middletown, CT 06457
also-
Tune in to J-Cherry Presents every Tuesday night at 6:30 PM on 88.1 FM WESU in Middletown to hear from local artists from across all genres. On the first Tuesday of every month, J-Cherry hosts our featured poet on the show!! Tune in on Tuesday, April 6th at 6:30 PM to hear Melissa J. Varnavas!!



RIVERWOOD POETRY SERIES
The Underwood Café at Wood Memorial Library
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 6:30 p.m.

Featured poet:
Elizabeth Thomas
And Open Mike
Admission is free: donations gratefully accepted.
Wood Memorial Library
www.woodmemoriallibrary.org
783 Main St.
South Windsor, CT
860-289-1783

http://www.yeolde.org/riverwood/poetryseries/underwood/underwood%20current.htm



POETRY Reading and Open Mic /Publication Party

In celebration of National Poetry Month, join the Faxon Poets for an open reading and publication party on Sunday afternoon April 18th at 2 PM. Participants are invited to read from their original work or from other poets. The event will be hosted by Tom Nicotera and will begin with readings by the Faxon Poets. Copies of their newly-published chapbook entitled PERSPECTIVES IV will be available for purchase. The reading will start at 2 but open-mic readers are asked to sign in at 1:45. Special guest reader will be West Hartford Poet Laureate Dennis Barone.

The Faxon Poets include: Connie Magnon-Albrizio, JoAnne Bauer, Theresa Beirs, Nancee Cheffet, Francis Cheng, Sharon K. Cormier, Roseanne Daigneault, Maryann Giovino, Diego Horisberger, Dolores Lawler, Alexis Maislen, June Sidran Mandelkern,
Melody Jane Moore, Steve Olechna, Andy Weil, Minta White, and Kevin Wolfe.

The Faxon Library is located at 1073 New Britain Avenue in West Hartford. For more information, call 561-8202.



West Hartford Public Library Reading
April 21, 2010 7:15 p.m.
Featured poets: Marilyn Johnston, Elizabeth Kincaid-Ehlers, and Sherri Bedingfield
West Hartford Public Library
20 S Main St.
West Hartford, CT 06107
860-561-6950 For information: [email protected]




POETRY POTLUCK
at
The Sanctuary

59 Bogel Road, East Haddam, Connecticut
Poetry Potluck is back after a winter hiatus, now meeting every THIRD Sunday of the month
April through December 2010

Do you love poetry?
Would you like to be part of an ongoing poetry discussion group offering food for the mind and the heart?

If so, come and join us on the third Sunday of each month from 4.30-6.00 PM. Our next meeting is on Sunday, April 18, 2010 at The Yurt at the Sanctuary in East Haddam, Connecticut, to discuss poetry and build community

This is not about sharing our own work but instead offers us a chance to share the work of poets we love, so you don’t have to be a poet to be part of this group. Just come and bring your love of poetry and a poem you would like to share. Refreshments will be provided.

Hosted this Sunday by Greg Coleman, Edwina Trentham and Suzy Lamson
For more information call 860-319-1134.



Guilford Poets Guild, Guilford, CT.
We look forward to our next reading at the Greene Art Gallery, Thursday, April 8, 7 p.m. which will feature local poet Tony Fusco. Fusco is President of the Connecticut Poetry Society and has a Masters Degree in Creative Writing from Southern Connecticut State University as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. He works at Yale University where he is also editor of Caduceus, the poetry anthology of the Yale Medical Group Art Place Poets. He has been editor of The Connecticut River Review and Long River Run, the journals of the Connecticut Poetry Society. He was editor in chief of the Southern News and the poetry anthologies High Tide and Sounds and Waves of West Haven. He is the author of Jessie’s Garden published in 2004 by Negative Capability Press and of three chapbooks. His newest book Droplines was published in 2009 by Grayson Books. There will be an open reading from 7-7:30 p.m. and there will be refreshments. Please join us. Refreshments will be served. For more information see our website http://guilfordpoetsguild.wordpress.com.



Calling All Poets (and Poetry Lovers) 2010
Hosted by Victoria Muñoz
First Wednesdays - 6:30 - 8:00pm sharp
Silas Bronson Library
Open mike sign up 6:20

April 7th Marianela Medrano-Marra – Theme: Favorite poems in Spanish or English (please include translations) -
National Poetry Month Celebration!!!

Dominican writer and psychotherapist, living in Connecticut since 1990. Ph.D. in psychology.
Poetry books: Oficio de Vivir (1986), Los Alegres Ojos de la Tristeza (1987), Regando Esencias/The Scent of Waiting (1998) and Curada de Espantos (2002). Offers workshops and readings, combining literature, psychology, and her research on the Sacred Feminine to help others find new ways of knowing the wholeness of human beings.

May 5th Theme:“Given that I am going to die, what do I want to do with the rest of my life?” Read your original poem based on this year’s Big Read selection, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines. This program is presented in conjunction with the citywide Big Read project. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity.

June 2nd Mother Tongue - World travelling trio in search and support of the written and spoken word
Theme: Slam poetry welcome!
Mother Tongue – a trio of women poets who have traveled the world in search of and in support of the written and spoken word. Valerie Lawson, Elizabeth Thomas, and Faith Vicinanza have been on various and multiple national poetry slam teams and stages, visiting artists in schools, competed side by side in the first Women of the World international poetry slam in Detroit in 2008, are widely published, and occasionally perform together as Mother Tongue. For more information about each of the poets in this troupe, go to their websites at http://www.upwordspoetry.com http://faithvicinanza.net ; & http://poetsforhumanrights.ning.com/profile/ValerieLawson.

Host: Victoria Muñoz, B.A. in music from Western Illinois University. Singer/songwriter, poet, flutist, music therapist, carries on the poetic tradition of her parents. Her work can be found in her Chapbooks: During Your Reading; and Scenes From Nature/Five Poems, translations of her father’s poetry; A collaborative CD, Revelation, by the Not Just Any Tom, Vic and Terri poetry ensemble. Other poems can be found in Appleseeds, Songs from the Meadow: An Anthology from the Wood Memorial Library, Stories from the Other Side, 5th ed., a text from Gateway Community College, poetz.com, and bentpinquarterly.net. She is also currently a member of Greystone Arts and runs the Poetry Salon at the Freight Street Gallery (Waterbury). The Bronson is please to welcome back Victoria Muñoz and all the outstanding poets who participate in this series.
Silas Bronson Library, 267 Grand Street, Waterbury, CT, Parking free after 6:30pm, Handicap Accessible
For more information: www.bronsonlibrary.org



Freight Street Gallery Salon Night of Plays and Poetry
Friday April 23rd, 7:00pm -10:00pm: Freight St. Gallery presents Poetry, Plays and Potluck

Poetry Salon’s Victoria Muñoz and Terri Klein present a night of plays and poetry featuring the Naugatuck Valley Community College Theater Department and Dada Vita Inspired Improv and the Spoken Word of Sympetalous in performances inspired by A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines. Sign up for the open mic and share your original poem or present a short original play based on the book; or write on the following theme: "Given that I am going to die, what will I do for the rest of my life." Join the fun and don’t forget to bring a Cajun dish for the pot luck at the Freight Street Gallery, Freight St., Waterbury.

Call for information: 203 -993-2685 and/or Email: www.freightstreetgallery.com to sign up for the open mike. So get a head start, find the book (also in audio) at your local library or book store, read it and write! We'll see you there! A National Endowment of the Arts BIG READ EVENT



Poetry/Reading Series at Billings Forge
The Studio @ Billings Forge is pleased to introduce to its programming a new poetry/reading series entitled,WordForge. WordForge is a series of readings featuring local poets along with an open mike component.
All events will be scheduled for Monday nights, with a 7 p.m. start time.
WordForge is curated and organized by local poet, Jim Finnegan. Harvest Reading, is the first reading in the series, scheduled for Monday, November 16th, and participants are asked to bring a canned good or small donation that will be contributed to a local food bank. Many of the readings will have a featured theme in addition to featured invited poets.
For further information about the WordForge series and to participate, please contact: Jim Finnegan at 860.508.2810 or at [email protected].

The Studio @ Billings Forge is a program of Billings Forge Community Works, a non-profit organization focused on reinvestment in the Frog Hollow neighborhood of Hartford. The Studio offers programs that bring vitality and arts to the neighborhood and include jazz and world-class music series, artistic and educational workshops and classes, family film series and more.
Billings Forge Community Works (BFCW), located in the Frog Hollow neighborhood of Hartford, is a nonprofit organization committed to revitalization in the community. At the forefront of the project is the award winning Firebox Restaurant.

For further information about The Studio @ Billings Forge contact Janice La Motta,
Program Coordinator, 860.548.9877 or [email protected].



Wintonbury Branch Poetry Series & Open Mike
My time my place my creativity Third Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. Fall 2009 Hosts: Marilyn Johnston/Tom Nicotera. You're invited to evenings of poetry to stir your heart, soul, and your creativity!
An open mike and light refreshments follow the featured poet at each event.

Finally, we will celebrate National Poetry Month on April 15 with Kate Rushin, teacher at the Greater Hartford Academy for the Arts. Ms. Rushin is the author of The Black Back-Ups (Firebrand Books) and is recipient of the Rose Low Rome Memorial Prize and the Grolier Poetry Prize. We are pleased to have two Bloomfield poets, patrons of the Wintonbury Branch, reading with Ms. Rushin. These two sisters are highly talented young poets with many publishing credits between them. Melissa Dione McEwen works from home for a small public relations/electronic clipping company based in Colchester , Connecticut . Her poems have been published in MiPOesias, Rattle, The Litchfield Review, and several online journals. In 2008, her poetry was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Michelle McEwen has had poems published in The Caribbean Writer, Best New Poets 2007, O & S, and online at umbrellajournal.com, http://umbrellajournal.com/ and bigcitylit.com http://bigcitylit.com/>. She also runs the blog theblacktelephone.blogspot.com where she interviews poets and reviews books.

Wintonbury Branch Library 1015 Blue Hills Ave
Bloomfield, CT 06002
860-243-8855
www.prosserlibrary.info



Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series
at Manchester Community College, Great Path Academy,
Community Commons (Use Parking Lot B), Manchester, CT 06040
Sponsored by MCC Foundation / Hosted by Stephen Campiglio
2rd Thursday of each month; 7-9 p.m.

Free and Open to the Public
For more information and directions: www.mcc.commnet.edu/faculty/spoken.php
or call (860) 512-2824.

THURSDAY, APRIL 8

“A Celebration of National Poetry Month”
7:00 p.m. – NORMAN JOHNSON JAZZ DUO, with Johnson, guitar and DON WALLACE, bass

Norman Johnson has been a performing jazz guitarist in the Connecticut area for more than 30 years. He has performed with such notables as Dave Brubeck, Harvie Swartz, and Houston Person. He was the dean at the Hartford Conservatory in the 1990s, and is presently a faculty member at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts. He also owns his own recording studio, and has engineered, produced and performed on numerous CDs for local and national artists.

Don Wallace earned a performance degree from the University of Hartford’s Hartt School of Music. He has worked for more than 10 years as a studio bass player and singer doing jingle work in New York and Connecticut and continues to play in jazz clubs throughout Connecticut, in addition to his work as a music copyist.

8:00 p.m. – Featured Poets: LISA BESKIN and JAMES HAUG
Lisa Beskin, a longtime New England resident, was educated at Oberlin College and at the University of Massachusetts. She has taught creative writing and English at Yale, Mount Holyoke, and Amherst College. Her first collection of poems, My Work Among the Faithful, won the 2003 Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry and was published by Eastern Washington University Press. Dara Wier remarks on Beskin’s book: “One's thresholds can be surprising subjects in and of themselves. Can I take this almost arch, almost otherworldly wit and its attendant acumen … well, yes, on account of that, there's spirit and heart, almost naked inside the poems.”

James Haug newest collection of poems, Legend of the Recent Past, was published last year by the National Poetry Review Press. His previous collections are Walking Liberty (Winner of the Morse Poetry Prize, Northeastern University Press) and The Stolen Car (University of Massachusetts Press). His chapbooks include Fox Luck, which won the Center for Book Arts chapbook competition, and A Plan of How to Catch Amanda, published by Factory Hollow Press. In Fall 2010, Tarpaulin Sky Press will publish his latest chapbook, Scratch. His poems have appeared in such journals as American Letters & Commentary, American Poetry Review, Crazyhorse, Field, and Ploughshares. He is a Visiting Lecturer in the MFA Program for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.


Wednesday Night Poetry Series at the Blue Z
The Wednesday Night Poetry Series (WNPS or Wedpoetry) meets at the Blue Z Coffeehouse, 127 South Main Street (Route 25) in Newtown CT. For 14 Years and counting: poets, spoken-word artists, monologists and storytellers, acoustic performances by songwriters and musicians are welcome! Read your own work or works by your favorite writers. OPEN MYK SIGN-UP starts at 7:30 PM / OPEN MYK – 7:45 PM /FEATURED READING – 8:45 PM We are a warm, friendly environment for 1st-time readers


April 7, 2010
Clare Zoghb

Claire Zoghb’s first full-length collection, Small House Breathing, won the 2008 Quercus Review annual competition. A chapbook, Dispatches from Everest, is forthcoming from Pudding House Press. Her work has appeared in Yankee, Connecticut Review, Connecticut River Review, Caduceus, CALYX, Saranac Review, Mizna: Prose, Poetry and Art Exploring Arab America, Natural Bridge, Quercus Review, in the anthologies Through A Child’s Eyes: Poems and Stories About War and Eating Her Wedding Dress: A Collection of Clothing Poems. Twice a Pushcart Prize nominee, Claire was the winner of the 2008 Dogwood annual poetry competition. She is a recipient of two Artist Fellowships from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, an Urban Artists Initiative grant, a residency at the Vermont Studio Center, and has earned a certificate from the Amherst Writers and Artists Institute. She lives in New Haven, where she works as a graphic artist/book designer and teaches writing workshops for kids.

For more information and future features go to http://wedpoetry.wordpress.com/

Antrim Books Poets Reading:

GINNY CONNORS
Saturday, April 10, 1:00 p.m., Wilson Branch Library, 365 Windsor Ave., Windsor, CT: a reading and appreciation of four American poets: Whitman, Dickinson, Frost, and Stevens. Ginny will be joined by Robert Cathcart. Free and open to the public. For information: 860-247-8960.

BRAD DAVIS
Saturday, April 10, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m., at Hill-Stead Museum (Farmington, CT): a celebration for the Connecticut State University Poetry Contests sponsored by CSU and the Connecticut Review. Brad will lead a morning workshop for the contest winners and honorable mentions, then share a microphone with them for the afternoon reading. For more information contact [email protected].

MARILYN E. JOHNSTON
Wednesday, April 21, 7:15 p.m., the West Hartford Public Library: featured reader (with Elizabeth Kincaid-Ehlers and Sherri Bedingfield). The event is free and open to the public. Contact Joe Cadieux at [email protected].

ELIZABETH KINCAID-EHLERS
Wednesday, April 21, 7:15 p.m., the West Hartford Public Library: featured reader (with Marilyn Johnston and Sherri Bedingfield). The event is free and open to the public. Contact Joe Cadieux at [email protected].

JOAN KUNSCH
Sunday, April 25, 4:00 p.m., The Hotchkiss Library of Sharon, 10 Upper Main Street, on the Green in Sharon, CT: a literary/musical celebration, Flute Meets Poem, by Kathi Byam and Joan Kunsch. For directions and more information, call 860-364-5041 or go to hotchkisslibrary.org. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

JEAN SANDS
Sunday, April 11, 2010, 4 p.m., Readings by the River at 4 series, Millrace Books, 40 Mill Lane, Farmington, CT: featured poet. An open mike will accompany the event. There is a $10 admission fee, but the event is free for open-mikers and those who buy a book. Refreshments served. For information: 860-677-9662 or http://frlac.blogspot.com/.

PEGGY SAPPHIRE
April 6, 7:00 p.m., The Galaxy Bookshop, 7 Mill Street, Hardwick, VT: reading and signing. For information: 802-472-5533, [email protected].

Tuesday, April 13, 7:00 p.m., Bear Pond Books, 77 Main Street Montpelier, VT: reading and book-signing in conjunction with April Ossmann and Baron Wormser. For information: 802-229-0774, [email protected].

Wednesday, April 14, 6:30, Jacquith Library, Marshfield,VT: featured reader with the ACME Poetry Group--Charles Barasch, Robert Barasch, Judith Chalmer, Michiko Oishi, Nicola Morris, Diane Swan, and of course, Peggy herself. For information, 802-586-9984.

Saturday, April 17, 7:00 p.m., Stardust Books & Cafe, Craftsbury Common, VT. Featured reader, with Victor Densmore. For information: [email protected].

Wednesday, April 28, 6:15 p.m., Aldrich Library, Milne Community Room, Barre, VT: reading/signing as part of the ACME Poetry Group. For information: 802-476-7550.

VERA SCHWARCZ
Sunday, April 18, 2010, 4 p.m., Readings by the River at 4 series, Millrace Books, 40 Mill Lane, Farmington, CT: featured poet. An open mike will accompany the event. There is a $10 admission fee, but the event is free for open-mikers and those who buy a book. Refreshments served. For information: 860-677-9662 or http://frlac.blogspot.com/.

LISA SORNBERGER
Tuesday, April 13, 7:00 p.m., Willimantic Public Library, 905 Main St., Willimantic, CT: Lisa will read from her new book in conjunction with other Willimantic area authors representing a variety of modes: novelist Wally Lamb, Harlequin Romance novelist Sandra Marton, freelance writer Steve Starger, and newspaper writer Daryl Perch. For more information, call 860-465-3079.

ELIZABETH THOMAS
Saturday, April 10 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Manchester Community College, Continuing Education Division: workshop presenter in a program entitled Artist’s Way in a Day. Call 860.512.3232 to register.

Friday & Saturday, April 23 & 24, Newburyport Literary Festival: featured author along with Rhina P. Espaillat, J.D. Scrimgeour, Wally Lamb, Mary McGarry Morris, Dr. Regina Barreca and others. For information: http://www.newburyportliteraryfestival.org/

Tuesdays, April 27 thru May 18 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Manchester Community College, Continuing Education Division: workshop presenter in a series entitled Minding the Muse: The Practice of Poetry. Call 860.512.3232 to register.

Thursday, April 29, Wood Memorial Library, 783 Main St, South Windsor, CT: featured poet in the ongoing Riverwood Poetry Series. For information: www.woodmemoriallibrary.org

BOSTON AREA/CAPE COD POETRY INFO:

NIKKI GIOVANNI READS POETRY IN HARVARD SQUARE
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2010 AT 6PM
The Cambridge Center for Adult Education is celebrating Poetry Month in Harvard Square with a special event featuring world-renowned poet, writer, activist and educator Nikki Giovanni on Sat April 10th in Harvard Square.
"CCAE has a long tradition of outstanding poetry programs," says executive director Susan Hartnett. "Our Blacksmith House Poetry Series was founded in 1973 by Cambridge poet Gail Mazur, and is a nationally recognized treasure."
In addition to Ms. Giovanni's special reading on Saturday, April 10th at 6:00 pm, the Blacksmith House Poetry Series is presenting Todd Hearon and Anne Sanow on Monday, April 5th at 8:00 pm; Don Bogen and Frannie Lindsay on Monday, April 12th at 8:00 pm; and Katie Peterson and Sarah London on Monday, April 26th at 8:00 pm.
For detailed information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.ccae.org.


CANTAB LOUNGE
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., – Central Square’s world-famous Cantab Lounge presents weekly performances from local and national poets, as well as a chance to present your own work in the open mic or poetry slam. DJ Muse spins before the show and between poets. Upcoming features include:

• Wednesday, April 7
NO SHOW TONIGHT. Instead, check out College Nationals (CUPSI) over at Emerson College, going on all this week!

• Wednesday, April 14
Writer, teaching artist, Hedgebrook alumnus, and Writer-in-Residence at the Richard Hugo House in Seattle, the much-lauded Karen Finneyfrock is long overdue for a visit to the Cantab scene. A member of three National Poetry Slam Teams and two-time Seattle representative to the Individual World Poetry Slam, Karen was published in two poetry slam anthologies created by Poetry Slam, Inc. and honored as a Legend at NPS in 2006. She is currently touring to support her second full-length book of poetry, Ceremony for the Choking Ghost, now out on Write Bloody.

Doors for the show open at 7:15. 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 [email protected]


Last Thursday Open Mic at The Cultural Center of Cape Cod
307 Old Main St.,
S. Yarmouth, MA
co-hosts Joe Gouveia and Barry Hellman:
The last Thursday of every month, 7pm.
Open mic and featured poet.
Bring your own refreshments.
Arrive early to sign up for open mic.
For updated info on this and other Cape activities go to:
http://home.comcast.net/~bmhellman


The Chapel In The Pines in Eastham presents "Memory & Desire" :
Barry Hellman's Annual Poetry Open Mic in celebration of National Poetry Month. Sunday afternoon, April 11, 2010, 2-4 PM, at The Chapel In The Pines, 220 Samoset Rd., Eastham, MA. Advance online signup to read is recommended by email to: [email protected]. Free Admission. Coffee will be provided, and readers and audience are welcome to bring something to go with it. Readers: bring a favorite and/or original poem on the theme of 'Memory and/or Desire' - however you choose to define these terms - as well as some original poems on subjects of your choice. We'll want to hear as many poems as possible during this 2 hour event ! For further event information, see Barry Hellman's Poetry Website at
http://home.comcast.net/~bmhellman .

CHECK OUT http://home.comcast.net/~bmhellman FOR MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILS ABOUT CAPE COD POETRY AND ALL OF THESE EVENTS.


Lowell Poetry Slam and Open Mic
Every FIRST Thursday at Brew'd Awakening! Only poets can compete in the slam and win the prize... but the mic is open to musical performers as well. Whether you come to perform, compete or just enjoy some coffee and great local talent, don't miss this event! 7:00pm - 9:30 pm *Sign-up between 6:30-7:00* The event is free and open to the public—so come on down for an evening of good company and some terrific regional voices!
Brew'd Awakening Coffeehaus
61 Market Street
Lowell, MA 978-454-BREW
For more info, please email [email protected]


OPEN BARK
meets @ the Out Of The Blue Art Gallery, 106 PROSPECT ST. (the home of Stone Soup) CENTRAL SQUARE, CAMBRIDGE. SIGN-UP AT 8:00pm OPEN MIC STARTS @ 8:15pm,
FEATURE @ 9:00pm Come and perform or listen!


Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Sunday Night!
Cambridge Common 1667 Mass. Ave., Cambridge $5 Cover Every Sunday Poetry Slam: 8:00 pm,
Feature: 9:30 pm, Open Mike: 10:30 pm 617-547-0759 http://poetryjam.org/


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/


Newton Free Library Poetry Reading Series
The series meets the second Tuesday of every month open mic after features. Starts 7PM For complete information go to http://newtonfreelibrarypoetryseries.blogspot.com/ Director: Doug Holder http://authorsden.com/douglasholder


Cambridge Community Television
Tuesdays at 11:00 PM Saturdays at 10:30PM Catch the latest from the Boston Poetry Slam I
NFO: [email protected]


LETRA Poetry Nights
in LAWRENCE MASS Every TUESDAY at Julio's 99 Club 99 Essex Street Lawrence, MA
Doors open at 7pm open mic starts at 8pm Admission $3.00 For more information or for directions please call
Michelle Richardson at 978-423-7045



NH/VT POETRY
For more VT poetry events calendar go to: http://www.phayvanh.com/

PEGGY SAPPHIRE book tour, reading schedule:
April 6, 7:00 p.m., The Galaxy Bookshop, 7 Mill Street, Hardwick, VT: reading and signing. For information: 802-472-5533, [email protected].

Tuesday, April 13, 7:00 p.m., Bear Pond Books, 77 Main Street Montpelier, VT: reading and book-signing in conjunction with April Ossmann and Baron Wormser. For information: 802-229-0774, [email protected].

Wednesday, April 14, 6:30, Jacquith Library, Marshfield,VT: featured reader with the ACME Poetry Group--Charles Barasch, Robert Barasch, Judith Chalmer, Michiko Oishi, Nicola Morris, Diane Swan, and of course, Peggy herself. For information, 802-586-9984.

Saturday, April 17, 7:00 p.m., Stardust Books & Cafe, Craftsbury Common, VT. Featured reader, with Victor Densmore. For information: [email protected].

Wednesday, April 28, 6:15 p.m., Aldrich Library, Milne Community Room, Barre, VT: reading/signing as part of the ACME Poetry Group. For information: 802-476-7550.

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