Poetry News

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Here is your Poetry News for the week of November 22, 2010.

Poetry events are blowing with the Fall leaves around 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 and Vicinity:
Thu. Nov. 18 - Florence Poets Society, Lilly Library, Florence, 6:30pm
Fri. Nov. 19 - Jhena Plourde reading at Chapters Book Store, Pittsfield, 7pm

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

HOLYOKE/SPRINGFIELD/ WESTFIELD AREA POETRY

Barnes & Noble Open Mic
There will be open mic poetry at Barnes & Noble by the Holyoke Mall at 6:pm
This open mic is ongoing the first Monday of the month. No reading in December.

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

30 POEMS CHALLENGE IN NOVEMBER
Center for New Americans announced today that for the second year, writers throughout the Pioneer Valley are invited to write a poem a day in November to raise funds for family literacy. 30 Poems in November! will culminate with a Reading and Celebration on Thursday, December 2 at 7:00 P.M. in Stoddard Hall at Smith College in Northampton.

CNA is honored that Patricia Lee Lewis, well-known local writer and creative writing instructor, signed on early as Event Chair. She has recruited a stellar Advisory Committee of writers and organizations to promote the event, and says, “I urge writers at every level of experience and of all ages to join with us, to really stretch themselves to write 30 poems in 30 days – for practice or for publication! – and ask their friends and families to support their heroic efforts. It’s a wonderful thing to be creative, have fun, and do good, all at the same time.”

Last year, 30 Poems! raised $12,000 in support of CNA’s family literacy effort. The response to the event was remarkable, however, for far more than just the amount of funds raised. It was a testament to the Pioneer Valley’s love of literacy. The widespread participation of poets who ranged from high school students to octagenarians demonstrated how many poets are eager to have an impetus to write and opportunities to share their work, and how many poetry societies are active and thriving.

This year, some of the program’s beneficiaries – adults whose first language is not English – will write poems as well.

Center for New Americans is a community-based education and resource center for immigrants. CNA offers free ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes, technology instruction, job counseling and placement, citizenship assistance, and family literacy. CNA classes take place in Amherst, Northampton, and Greenfield.
To participate as a poet, go to http://www.cnam.org. Click on the link for 30 Poems.

BEST DAMN POETRY SHOW!!!
Here's to another month of kick-ass spoken word poetry. Hope to see and hear you there!
=Special Note --> IT'S KEVIN'S 26th BIRTHDAY the day before this show. Feel free to wish him a good one, buy him a drink, or bring him presents!
THIS Saturday: November 20!~ Doors Open 7:30, Open Mic 8:00, Double Feature 9:00
JAMES CAROLINE & OCEAN VUONG!
This pairing of poets is talented in an unreal way!
Speaking as a professional consumer of poetry, I'm going to advise you to get excited about this show."
@ The Elevens | 140 Pleasant St. Northampton MA | 21+ $3-$5 Cover

JAMES CAROLINE:
The work of Boston-based poet and performer James Caroline is a rare mix of literary craft and vulnerability. James has competed in three National Poetry Slams and was voted Best Local Author in the 2006 Boston Phoenix poll. He is a multiple winner of CPA's for Best Erotic Male Performance Poet and Best Slam Poet, Male. James has performed on 3 continents and has guest-lectured and performed at Mount Ida College, Mt. Ida College, Hampshire College, Emerson College, and Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, among others. In May of 2007 he taught and performed at The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival in New Orleans. He has just released his fifth chapbook, is recording an album of songs he's written with a scattered group of musicians under the mask of Miette, and is working on a novel in verse retelling the myth of Dionysus.

OCEAN VUONG:
Born in 1988 in Saigon, Vietnam, Ocean Vuong currently resides in New York City as an undergraduate English Major at Brooklyn College. His poems have been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and appear in Word Riot, the Kartika Review, the Connecticut River Review, SOFTBLOW, North Central Review, and Asian American Poetry among others. He teaches poetry at high schools and has conducted workshops throughout NYC.

Archeologies of Loss Reading
Friday, November 19 at 7pm
Sarah Horowitz with poems by the late
Sarah Lantz and a remembrance by Eleanor Wilner
R. Michelson Galleries
(lower space)
132 Main Street
Northampton, MA 01060

Sonia Sanchez
Saturday, November 20 at 7 pm
Renowned writer, poet, playwright and activist
Food For Thought Books
106 N. Pleasant Street
Downtown Amherst

"Seeing New Englandly"
New Documentary about Emily Dickinson
Sponsored by the Emily Dickinson Museum in
Celebration of her December 10 birthday
Saturday, December 11 at 11:30 am
Producer Ernest Urvater and screenwriter/poet/narrator
Susan Snively will be there for the Q and A after the show.
Admission is free for members of the Emily Dickinson Museum or of Amherst Cinema.
Amherst Cinemas
General admission is $5.
Seating is limited; advance reservations
are recommended, at amherstcinema.org

John Ashbery at Smith
December 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Theater 14, Mendenhall Center
(**Please note the change in venue!**)

Poetic Recovery Open Mic and Feature
Every Thursday night 6:30-8:00 pm
Thirsty Mind in South Hadley MA 23 College St.

Green Street 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.
This season promises a series of really exciting poets with poems to match. Join them Wednesday nights at 7:30. Come, listen.

Our 2010 line-up is as follows:
November 24 - No reading – Thanksgiving break
December 1 – Connolly Ryan & Dan Mahoney
December 8 – Lesley Yalen & Seth Landman
December 15 – Christy Crutchfield & Anne Holmes

If you are interested in reading at Green Street, send a note with bio and sample poems to
Maria Williams-Russell at [email protected]

Forbes Library Reading Series Schedule
First Wednesday of the month, 7 pm, Coolidge Museum at Forbes Library, Northampton:
December 1
David Ruggles Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue in Florence
Steve Strimer, David Ruggles Center
Andrea Hairston, author of REDWOOD AND WILDFIRE
Jacqueline Sheehan, author of TRUTH

January 5
Celebration of Local Novelists Part 1
Emily Arsenault, author of THE BROKEN TEAGLASS
Bob Flaherty, author of PUFF
Judith Frank, author of CRYBABY BUTCH
Dori Ostermiller, author of OUTSIDE THE ORDINARY WORLD

February 2
French Canadians in Western Massachusetts
Elise Bernier-Feeley, Hampshire Room for Local History, Forbes
Sally Bellerose, author of THE GIRLS CLUB
Ellen LaFleche, author of ESTELLA, WITH ONE LUNG

March 16, 3rd Wed River Gods Brian Kiteley, author of THE RIVER GODS

FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY
CHANGE OF DAY! Due to the Veteran's Day holiday, the next business/sharing meeting has been moved to Thursday November 18, 2010 6:30pm
ALL POETS OF ALL TYPES AND AGES are welcome, bring one of your original works to share,
(12 to 15 copies will usually be enough for all to share) The meeting is held at Lilly Library community room and begins at 6:30 PM. Poetry presentation and discussion begins at 7PM

WRITING GROUP
Martina Robinson and friends meet every 3rd Thursday at Lilly Library community Room at 6:30 PM. This group is currently open to join.

PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING AS A MEMBER OF FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY.
THE FEE IS $20.00 FOR THE YEAR FROM SEPTEMBER TO AUGUST. Your membership supports our Fall festival, SILKWORM our annual journal, (these first two items also are supported in part by the Northampton Arts Council via a grant) our website http://www.florencepoetssociety.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 new web page at http://www.florencepoetssociety.net

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/

The Visiting Writers Series at Umass
Unless otherwise noted, VWS readings are on Thursdays at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall. All are free and open to the public. More information about the readers can be found at the Visiting Writers Series website: http://www.umass.edu/english/MFA_VWS.htm

December 2 | LANCE OLSEN
Lance Olsen is the author of ten novels, one hypertext, four critical studies, four short-story collections, a poetry chapbook, and a textbook about fiction writing, as well as editor of two collections of essays about innovative contemporary fiction. His most recent novels include Calendar of Regrets (2010), Head in Flames (2009), Anxious Pleasures (2007), and Nietzsche's Kisses (2006). He serves as Chair of the Board of Directors at Fiction Collective Two; founded in 1974, FC2 is one of America's best-known ongoing literary experiments and progressive art communities.

POETRY A LA CARTE RADIO SHOW
on WMUA-Amherst 91.1 FM
Poetry à la Carte will air 6:00pm to 6:30 pm on Mondays.
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]


GREENFIELD, SHELBURNE FALLS AND NORTH

Two Memorial Readings in Celebration of Art Stein’s Life: Shelburne Falls & Northfield:

SHELBURNE FALLS. Friday, Nov. 19 at 7 pm at the Arms Library, Bridge & Main Streets, Shelburne Falls. The monthly Third Friday Open Prose & Poetry night will open with a tribute to poet Art Stein, a founding member of Slate Roof Press. The tribute will include readings of his poetry, and readings of haiku and other pieces in Art's memory. All are welcome to participate. The tribute will be followed by an open mic. Refreshments. Handicap Accessible. For more information call 413-625-9388

NORTHFIELD. Saturday, Nov. 20, from 2-4 pm at Northfield Coffee & Books, 105 Main Street, Northfield. Slate Roof Press will sponsor readings of Art Stein's poetry, readings of haiku and other pieces in Art's memory, and a sharing of remembrances. Art Stein was a Northfield resident, a founding member of Slate Roof Press, and a well-known local architect. All are welcome to participate. Refreshments. Handicap Accessible. For more information call 413-624-7119 or 413-498-4343.

ALL SMALL CAPS
Monday, November 29th, is our next reading for the All Small Caps series. It kicks off our fifth season.
Please bring your work, work you admire and want to share, or just come listen to the featured reader.

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.

We will also have copies of our fourth! ASC Anthology available for purchase. If you pay the upper end of our sliding scale, $5, you will receive a copy of the Anthology.

"Growing younger toward death every day: finding insight and inspiration in poetry, prose, and song".
New participants are always welcome at a biweekly group, which has been meeting for the past year and a half near Greenfield in western Mass, called "Growing younger toward death every day: finding insight and inspiration in poetry, prose, and song".
Bring and share your own, or a favorite poem, prose piece, or recorded song by others. Also listen to CDs of poet David Whyte reading his own and others' poetry, and discussing its meaning. The line 'growing younger toward death every day' is from Whyte's best-known poem "The Faces at Braga".
We also often read aloud and discuss poems and commentary in John O'Donohue's book "A Book of Blessings", and in the series of books edited by Roger Housden such as "Ten Poems To Change Your Life". Optional pot luck supper at 6. Poetry-sharing begins at 6:45pm. More info: John Berkowitz 413-625-6374 [email protected]

Greenfield Spoken Word
Always the third Tuesday of the month
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

Holiday Poetry Show on December 5th at Hope & Olive!
We are on for Dec 5th at the Hope and Olive in Greenfield
Readings starts at 3pm
For those who didn't make it last year, this was a great celebration of writers and many writing groups
Hope and Olive serves Sunday Brunch from 10 to 2 and then Dinner at 5. Many used the event to have brunch or dinner with their favor writers or writing group. There is no food served during our reading time.
There will be drinks, coffee, beer, wine, etc. Please plan to arrive by 2:45 for we will start on time at 3pm
Last year everyone had 3 minutes. Not everyone used 3 minutes. We had 30 some writers.
This was a Celebration and a gathering to listen and meet new and old writer friends.
Paul Richmond is now accepting request for those who want to read.
You contact Paul and he puts your name on a card.
When you arrive you let him know you are there and your name goes into the hat.
Names are then pick from the hat. Some people signed up at the door last year,
so there is no scheduling of times, you are there for the event.
People who contact Paul have first option to read over those who sign up at the door.
Last year everyone got to read, there is no guarantee (Last year some people didn't show so those who signed up at the door got to read and everyone fit in the time we had).

From Paul: I look forward to closing out a great year of poetry and spoken word.
With poetry and spoken word, good food, refreshments and good company
Hope to see you there and hear from you!
To read, contact [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
$2– $5 suggested donation. 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.

2010 Series
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.


WORD IN THE BERKSHIRES

Jhena Plourde Reading
November 19, from 6-8 at Chapters Bookstore at 78 North Street in Pittsfield. Three of her latest books will be on sale and available for signing; they are all the perfect size and price for stocking stuffers. Jhena will be reading from "Gliding on a Silver Moon Beam: poems of magic and the moon," "Namastree: volume 1 of poems celebrating nature" and "Namastsea: volume 2 of poems celebrating nature."

Poetry Slam at Shawn's Barber Shop
Thursday, November 18, 7pm
Emporium and Shawn's Barber Shop present an evening of competitive poetry reading. For more info or to sign up to the slam call 413-464-7914 or email [email protected]
Poetry Slam 7 pm Shawn's Barber Shop 442 North Street, Pittsfield, MA
FREE to all.

Jerry's Place Poetry
There will be 2--one hour poetry programs starting at 1:30 pm at the
Pittsfield Community television station on Federico Drive, Pittsfield
Mass. A Jerry's Place production.This is an ongoing reading every third Thursday.

OUTSPOKEN!
Pittsfield's Monthly Performance Series and Open Mic
- Outspoken! hosted by matt mcfadden, is held the 3rd Thursday of every month.
- Micro Theater (311 North St. in Pittsfield, Greylock Bldg. upstairs among the ArtOnNo studios - Up the block from Jae's Spice - Entrance to theater is around the corner on Union St. thru Orange door, right next door to Mary's Carrot Cake.
- 8 pm ($5 suggested donation)
- Interested open mic performers can sign up for 5 minute slot by
e-mailing matt at [email protected]
- Those needing more information can e-mail the same address

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

In Words, Out Words in Housatonic
In Housatonic, MA there is an open mic for poets and performers of all styles and ages.
1st Tuesday of each month at the Deb Koffman Gallery 137 Front Street, Housatonic, MA 01236. “In Words, Out Words.” is hosted by John Meeks and there is usually a $7 suggested donation for heat and electricity. There are snacks there provided by whoever wants to bring them. The 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 details


WORD IN WARE/PALMER

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


WORD IN WORCESTER

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

Worcester Storytellers
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

THE POETS ASYLUM
Sunday, November 21:
This week the Poets' Asylum welcomes New Hampshire poet Heidi Therrien as our feature this week. Heidi Therrien is a performance poet, singer, actor/director and painter from Manchester, NH. Her poems have appeared in journals such as, The 2010 Poets' Guide to New Hampshire, Blood on the Floor Vol: II, Centripetal, Angelic Dynamo and her chapbook, High Point of My Day, was published by Sargent Press. A finalist for the 2009 NH slam team, her writing group, Blood on the Floor, won the 2008 New England Invitational Slam in Portland, ME.

Please join us at the Nu Cafe (335 Chandler Street, Worcester). The sign-up list goes out at 6:00 p.m. and the reading starts by 6:30. No cover; donations accepted to help cover the cost of sending someone to iWPS.

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].


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

Calling All Poets ( . . . and poetry lovers)
hosted by Victoria Muñoz
Silas Bronson Library - 267 Grand St., Waterbury, CT 06702
First Wednesdays - 6:30 pm
Wed. November 3 featuring Reggie Mara

Poems and their Grounds
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 7:30pm
Carl Jung, almost alone among psychologists, kept a wary gaze fixed on the spells that language casts over its users, especially on theologians, psychologists, and writers. I shall use this talk to reflect on the making of several poems of my own, alongside aspects of work by Basho, Dickinson, Graves, Hopkins, Mandelshtam, Pasolini, Pound, Montale, Rilke, and Whitman. I shall attempt an examination of conscience carried out in public: Why art, Mr. Peck, and why art of certain kinds, and why this or that particular way, when, after all, the psyche remains both your challenger and your liege lord?

Lecturer: John Peck, Ph.D. & dipl. C.G. Jung Institute Zurich, has published eight books of poetry, and is co-translator of Jung’s Red Book (Norton, 2009). His most recent book, Red Strawberry Leaf (U. of Chicago, 2005) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. He has taught literature at several colleges and universities and practices in Higganum, Connecticut.

Admission: $15 (Students $8)
All lectures are open to the public and begin at 7:30 PM at the St. James Episcopal Church in West Hartford Center. Connecticut Association for Jungian Psychology http://www.jungct.org/

Potluck Poetry
is a monthly gathering of local (and not so local) writers who come together to share their work and listen to others. Original work preferred but not required. Please bring a small donation or dish to share and an open spirit to our beautiful space.
3rd Sunday of every month 5- 7pm.
Yoga Center of Collinsville
(860) 693-9642
10 Front St, Ste 102, Collinsville, CT 06019

POETRY at The Sanctuary
59 Bogel Road, East Haddam, Connecticut
Poetry Potluck is 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.
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 by Greg Coleman, Edwina Trentham and Suzy Lamson
For more information call 860-319-1134.

Poetry/Reading Series at Billings Forge
Monday December 6, 7pm—PROSE POETRY and FLASH FICTION,
featuring Dennis Barone and Charlie Chase

Dennis Barone is Director of American Studies at Saint Joseph College. His most recent books are North Arrow and Field Report both from Quale Press. In early 2011 Star Cloud Press will publish New Hungers for Old: One-Hundred Years of Italian-American Poetry, an anthology edited by Dennis Barone. He currently serves as the Poet Laureate of West Hartford CT.

Charlie Chase has been writing poems and prose poems for most of the past forty years. Active in several local poetry groups, he helped bring Poetry Slams to Connecticut and was a member of Connecticut's first Slam Poetry team which competed in San Francisco in 1993. He publishes only occasionally in journals, etc., including a chapbook, Little Book Poems and Other Things from the Connecticut Shore ( Hanover Press). Currently he is engaged in compiling and editing his collected poems. Charlie works in the aerospace industry and lives in Montville, Ct.

Plus OPEN MIKE
Location: The Studio @ Billings Forge
563 Broad Street, Hartford, CT 06106
http://wfreadings.blogspot.com/

Wintonbury Branch Poetry Series & Open Mike
Fall 2010 Celebrating 15 years!
my time, my place, my creativity
Third Thursdays 7:00 P.M.

On Nov 18 we welcome Joan Kunsch whose poetry reflects a long career in classical ballet. As associate director of Connecticut ’s Nutmeg Conservatory, teaching and choreography have taken her around the world, from North America to Norway . She will read from her first book, Playing with Gravity, a collection of her poems that includes original translations of contemporary Norway poets which she will read in both languages.

Howard Faerstein rounds out the fall program on Dec 16. Mr. Faerstein’s poems have appeared in numerous journals, such as Nimrod, Common Ground Review, and Painted Bride. His honest, plain-spoken, wry and tender poems show influences of the many homes he’s known: Brooklyn, the Berkshire Hills, Taos , Santa Fe , and Durango . He now lives in Florence MA and teaches American Literature at Westfield State University.

Special thanks to our patrons---for their continued support of this series over the years! It’s still a great supportive place to hear and meet fellow poets and share your poems. An open mike will follow the featured poet at each event. Wintonbury Branch Library, 1015 Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield , CT 06002

Fall Allan K. Smith Reading Series
the campus of Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford, Conn., 06106
Upcoming A.K. Smith Events:

Elizabeth Libbey Thursday, December 9 ~ 4:30 p.m., Smith House

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Tracy Quigley at 860-297-2568 or [email protected].

Wednesday Night Poetry Series
The Wednesday Night Poetry Series (WNPS or Wedpoetry) will now meet at “The Garage,” at 53 Church Hill Road, Newtown.
Wed. November 24: Giving Thanks Open Mic
What are you grateful for? A job, especially these days? Family? Friends? An unexpected letter from someone dear to you? The colors of autumn? Your sporty convertable on a spring day? A good night’s sleep? A smile, perhaps from a stranger? The unbridled enthusiasm of a grandchild at seeing you – grandma, grandpa, abuelo, grand-mère, babi?ka, nana… Bring poems of gratitude, join us for our annual Giving Thanks open mike.

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 Annual Fund Campaign / Hosted by Stephen Campiglio
3rd 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, NOVEMBER 18
8:00 p.m. – Poets from Caduceus, the award-winning anthology of Yale Medical Group/Art Place, featuring Tony Fusco, Julia Morris Paul, Ginny Lowe Connors, and Sherri Bedingfield

Editor of Caduceus, Tony Fusco is president of the Connecticut Poetry Society and former editor of Connecticut River Review and Long River Run. His work has appeared in many publications, including Louisiana Literature, The Red Rock Review, The South Carolina Review, Lips, Paddlefish, and The Paterson Review. He is the author of Droplines (Grayson Books, 2009) and Jessie’s Garden (Negative Capability Press, 2004), as well as three chapbooks. He earned a Master’s in Creative Writing from Southern Connecticut State University. Julia Morris Paul’s poems have appeared journals, such as RUNES, Connecticut River Review, Broken Bridge Review, and Common Ground Review. Her work has been performed by the East Haddam Stage Company, appears in the award-winning anthology, Lavandaria: An Anthology of Women, Wash and Word, and several poems have received awards from various poetry organizations. She serves on the boards of the Connecticut Poetry Society and Riverwood Poetry Series. Ginny Lowe Connors is an English teacher in West Hartford. The author of Barbarians in the Kitchen (Antrim House Books, 2005) and a chapbook, Under the Porch (Hill-Stead Museum, 2010), and editor of three poetry collections, including Proposing on the Brooklyn Bridge (Grayson Books, 2003), she has won numerous awards for her poetry, including Atlanta Review’s International Poetry Competition Prize and the 2010 Sunken Garden Poetry Prize. Her poetry appears in many literary magazines and anthologies. Sherri Bedingfield’s poetry has been published in numerous anthologies and small press publications, including Journal of Poetry Therapy and Connecticut River Review. In addition, her poem, Love Struck, was performed by the East Haddam Stage Company in “Plays with Poetry.” A collection of her poetry, Transitions and Transformations, was published in 2010 by Antrim House Books.

For more information on Caduceus, including the forthcoming Issue #8, please visit: http://www.med.yale.edu/yfp/artplace.

Samples of poems by Connors and Bedingfield can be found at the Antrim House website: www.antrimhousebooks.com.

7:00 p.m. – Tempo del Fuoco, with Nick Cutroneo, classical guitar, and Sarah Larsen, violin
Nick Cutroneo was named a finalist in the Hartt School’s 2008 Paranov Concerto Competition and a semifinalist at the Boston GuitarFest 2008. He completed his Master’s in Classical Guitar Performance, with an emphasis in Suzuki Pedagogy, at The Hartt School of Music. He is currently on faculty at the University of Connecticut's Community School of the Arts in Storrs, CT, and MusicMakers Academy in Manchester, CT. For more information, please visit his website: www.nickcutroneo.com. Sarah Larsen received her degrees in violin performance and music history at the Hartt School of Music. Previously a top prize winner in the concerto competitions of the Milwaukee Symphony, Fox Valley Symphony, and Green Bay Youth Symphony, she is currently a member of Performance 20/20, a honors chamber music ensemble at the Hartt School of Music and VOX4, an alternative-styles string quartet that recently debuted several new works in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. For more information, please visit: http://www.myspace.com/sarahlarsenviolin.

RIVERWOOD POETRY SERIES AT THE UNDERWOOD CAFE
Thursday November 18
Time: 6:30 PM
Riverwood Poetry Series presents the Underwood Cafe
Wood Memorial Library, 783 Main St., South Windsor, CT
Other info: Free. Donations gratefully accepted. Donations of non-perishable food items also accepted for the benefit of St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry. Open mike follows feature. Refreshments.
More info: www.riverwoodpoetry.org
2010 Features:
November 18, 2010 - Clare Rossini

Mic2Soul™
is a live spoken word show hosted/produced by Ms Tabu. Mic2Soul successfully had its grand debut on September 23rd, 2010 and is scheduled to continue every 3rd Thursday of each month. The beginning of the show sets off with an open mic where all are welcome to step up on the stage and reveal the windows to their souls. The open mic leads to the featured Guest Stars of the night consisting of Poets, Dancers, Emcees, Singers, Comedians, etc. Each month Ms Tabu will be choosing new talent to feature for the next show. Although the focal point of Mic2Soul is in fact Poetry, Ms Tabu is welcoming all varieties of artistry in the lineup! Should you be interested in featuring on a future date, please send your inquiries to [email protected] or call (203) 903-4856.

WHAT: Mic2Soul™ Open Mic & Live Spoken Word Show
NEXT SHOW DATE: ***NOVEMBER 18TH, 2010.***
WHERE?: NU|REVEALED™ Photography and Creative Studio
ADDRESS: 1211 Main Street Bridgeport, CT
(Get Directions: http://maps.google.com/)
DOORS OPEN: 8:30PM
OPEN MIC BEGINS: 9:00PM
DRESS ATTIRE: Classy
AGE: Grown & Sexy
AUDIENCE FEE: $5 IN ADVANCE ON THE LIST (or) $7 AT THE DOOR

THIS MONTHS GUEST STARS LIST:
NuNu from Hartford, CT:
Spoken Word Artist. Songstress. Actress, Model.
Jamaal St. John from NY:
Poet. Virgo. Wordsmith. Husband.
Sabrina Gilbert from NY:
Poet. Writer. Spoken Word Artist.
Iyaba Ibo Mandingo from Stamford, CT:
Painter, Writer, Playwright, Poet, Actor, Activist.
Nubian Prince from New Haven, CT:
God Inspired, Detroit Born, Academically Oriented, Poetically Inclined.
Laura Adames from Dominican Republic:
Singer. Revolutionist. Musician. Producer.
Griffin The Poet from NY: Poet, Host, Producer, Actor.

DJ SPADE spinning in the house!!!
Professional Caterers "SOULFULLY RIGHTEOUS" will be in the house to hook you all up with some GOOD food!!!


RIVERWOOD AT THE BUTTONWOOD TREE
Last Saturday of Nov., Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May, June. ( NO poetry in Dec., July, Aug.)
Time: 6:30 PM
Riverwood Poetry Series presents the Saturday Night Poetry
The Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main St., Middletown, CT
$5 suggested donation or $3 with a non-perishable food item for the benefit of St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry. Open mike follows feature.
More info: www.riverwoodpoetry.org
2010 Features:
November 27, 2010 - Robin Sampson and Cheryl Panosian-Haddad

ANYTHING GOES!
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street, Middletown
$3.00 - $5.00 suggested donation
Ongoing: every Monday
This open mike, hosted by J-Cherry, is a warm group that encourages personal development--come play with us! You'll find Phill is available to drum along if you like. We have a piano and congas or BYO instrument, poem, dance, or whatever artistic piece of yourself you'd like to share. We're all in this together--let's have some fun and create ourselves anew! More info: [email protected]; http://www.buttonwood.org; (860) 347-4957.

December Poetry at Broad Street Books
Tuesday, December 7th at 7:00pm
Featuring Joan Kantor!
On the first Tuesday of every month, Broad Street Books hosts a featured poet followed by an open mic starting at 7:00pm. Our featured poet for December 7th is Joan Kantor!

Joan B. Kantor was born and raised in New York City, whose cultural richness has been a great source of inspiration. She graduated from Queens College with a Bachelor’s Degree in History and Education and then went on to live and teach in Europe for seven years, where she traveled extensively. After receiving her Master’s Degree from Antioch University, Joan became a learning disability specialist and counselor at Manchester Community College, where she continues to work. Married to her high school sweetheart, she has three grown children and a granddaughter. She currently lives on the Farmington River in Collinsville, Connecticut. Joan’s passions for people, nature, traveling and the arts merge in the poetry that she has been writing for most of her life. She has been published in ByLine, Chadder, and Namaste.

Come help us welcome Joan Kantor to the store on Tuesday, December 7th and share some of your own poetry at the open mic

Broad Street Books, 45 Broad Street, Middletown, CT 0645

-also-
Tune in to J-Cherry Presents every 1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesday night at 6:30 PM on 88.1 FM WESU in Middletown to hear from local artists from across all genres. On the 1st Tuesday of every month, J-Cherry hosts our featured poet on the show! Tune in at 6:30 pm on December 7th to hear an interview with guest Joan Kantor!

For more information contact Brian Mitchard (860) 685-7323


BOSTON AREA/CAPE COD POETRY INFO:

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

• Wednesday, November 24
What do you get when you cross a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts with a graduate from The New School’s Poetry MFA program? Why, writer and performer Erica Miriam Fabri, of course. This charismatic author of Dialect of a Skirt comes to us from New York City. LAST open poetry slam of 2010.

• Wednesday, December 1
The Cantab’s second annual Group Piece Slam! Two rounds of multi-voiced competition, with $100 cash for the highest-scoring poem, as well as an individual prize! This is an open slam, and poets may compete with whomever they choose. Signup deadline is Wednesday, November 24. See slamnews.com for more info, or email [email protected] with questions.

• Wednesday, December 8
For the past ten years, Lee Knight, Jr. has been performing, coaching, and administrating from west to east, taking top honors in the Bay Area’s “King of the Mic” competition and Southwest Shootout in the same year, then as a member of the 2009 National Poetry Slam Champions from team Berkeley. He’s a regular on the European slam circuit and was the first American to perform at the German National Poetry Slam. This will be this reflective storyteller’s first time at the Cantab Lounge. Semi-final poetry slam.

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]

The Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts
Presents
Poetry Series at the Brockton Library
304 Main Street. Our website www.gbspa.org

Our workshops and venue are free, the seats comfortable, the refreshments delicious.
1:00 - 2:00 Prose Workshop (critique & discussion)
2:30 - 4:30 Memoir Workshop
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12:00 - 2:00 Poetry Workshop
1:30 - 2:00 Sign up for Open-Mic Reading
2:15 - 3:15 Open-Mic Reading
3:30 - 4:30 Feature Poets

During Open-Mic Reading share your own poetry or read from works of your favorite poets

Upcoming Features (For information on the following poets click on our website)
Sat. Nov 20 - Marie Gauthier, Elizabeth Gordon McKim, Alice Kociemba
Sat. Dec 18 - Nancy Brady Cunningham, Joanna Nealon, Sheila Mullen Twyman

2011
Sat. Jan 17 - Lea Banks, David R. Surette
Sat. Feb 19 - Gail Hanlon, Eve Rifkah
Sat. Mar 19 - Joan Houlihan, Daniel Tobin

Calliope’s Fourth Season
Come Celebrate Poetry: Sundays 3 to 5 PM
West Falmouth Library,
575 West Falmouth Highway (Route 28A)
West Falmouth, MA 02574

November 21, 2010. Open Mike Sign-up, 2:45 PM. Featured Poets: Jennifer Barber, Denise Bergman, Max Money.
No December Meeting.
January 23, 2011. No Open Mike. Featuring: Lead Pencil Poets, Catherine Sasanov and Skye Shirley.
February 27, 2011. Open Mike Sign-up, 2:45 PM. Featured Poets: January O’Neil, Dzvinia Orlowsky, Jadene Felina Stevens.
March 27, 2011. Open Mike Sign-up, 2:45 PM. Featured Poets: Wendy Mnookin, Max Money, Tam Lin Neville.
May 1, 2011. Open Mike Sign-up, 2:45 PM. Featured Poets: Marguerite Bouvard, Robin Clarke, Anna Ross.
June 5, 2011. Open Mike Sign-up, 2:45 PM. Featured Poets: Linda Bamber, Dorothy Derifield, Alice Weiss.

$5 donation. Refreshments. Alice Kociemba, 508-566-1090
[email protected] or www.calliopepoetryseries.com for details on poets and directions.

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

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

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

Poetry readings at the Putney Library
55 Main Street, Putney VT (802) 387-4407

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