POETRY READINGS
4th annual Ibbetson Street Poetry Contest
Ibbetson Street Press is pleased to announce the 4th annual Ibbetson Street Poetry Contest.
The winner of the Ibbetson Street Press Poetry Contest award (must be a Massachusetts resident) will receive a $100 cash award,
a framed certificate, publication in the literary journal "Ibbetson Street"
http://ibbetsonpress.com/ and a poetry feature in
the "Lyrical Somerville," in The Somerville News.
The award will be presented at the Somerville News Writers Festival: November 13, 2010.
The Somerville News Writers Festival
is in its eight year and has hosted such writers and poets as: Rick Moody, Franz Wright, Robert Olen Butler, Sue Miller,
Tom Perrotta, Steve Almond, Sam Cornish, Margot Livesey, Robert Pinsky, and many others. The Festival was founded by
Timothy Gager and Doug Holder in 2003, and has been sponsored by The Somerville News, GRUB STREET, Porter Square
Books and others.
Deadline: Sept 15, 2010
To enter send 3 to 5 poems, any genre, length, to the Ibbetson Street Press 25 School St. Somerville, Mass. 02143.
Entry fee is $10. Cash or check only. Make payable to "Ibbetson Street Press."
The contest will be judged by The Somerville News Arts Editor and founder of the Ibbetson Street Press,
Doug Holder http://dougholderresume.blogspot.com.
The winners will be announced at the Somerville News Writer's festival, where they will receive his or her award.
A runner up will be announced as well.
Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene http://dougholder.blogspot.com
ISCS PRESS http://www.iscspress.com
Doug Holder's CV: http://dougholderresume.blogspot.com
Ibbetson Street Press http://ibbetsonpress.com
Ibbetson Street Press Online Bookstore http://www.lulu.com/ibbetsonpress
Workshops led by Tom Daley
beginning in September and October of 2010
Workshop for Creative Writers
Four Wednesdays in September 2010
at Au Bon Pain in Central Square
684 Massachusetts Ave. (Near Central Square T Station), Cambridge 02139
5:30-7 pm
Dates: September 8, 15, 22, 29
cost: $100
To register and for information contact Tom Daley at tom.daley2@verizon.net
Poetry writing workshop
Boston Center for Adult Education
122 Arlington Street (near Arlington stop on the Green Line)
Boston, MA
Tuesdays, 5:45 PM - 7:45 PM;
7 sessions starting September 14, 2010, ending October 26, 2010
Cost: $195.00 To register online, contact the BCAE at http://www.bcae.org/ or call 617-267-4430
Poetry writing workshop
Lexington Community Education
Eight Wednesdays 6:15-8:15 pm
Dates: October 6, 13, 20, (skip October 27), November 3, 10, 17 (skip November 24), December 1, and December 8, 2010
cost: $110 (approx.)
workshop held at Lexington High School, 251 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA
To register call 781-862-8043 or go online http://lexingtoncommunityed.org/
Poetry writing workshop
at the Nourish Restaurant
1727 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA, 02420 (downtown Lexington)
Eight Thursdays 2:30-4:30 pm
Dates: September 9, 16, 23, and 30, and October 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2010.
Cost $200
To register and for information contact Tom Daley at tom.daley2@verizon.net
Memoir writing workshop
Lexington Community Education
Eight Wednesdays 4-6 pm
Dates: October 6, 13, 20, (skip October 27), November 3, 10, 17 (skip November 24), December 1, and December 8, 2010
cost: $140 (approx.)
workshop held at Lexington High School, 251 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA
To register call 781-862-8043 or go online http://lexingtoncommunityed.org/
Learning from Emily Dickinson: An engagement with Dickinson's poems and letters
An eight week online workshop led by Tom Daley
at the Online School of Poetry
http://onlineschoolofpoetry.org/TomDaley.html
Beginning September 12, 2010
Cost : $350 (includes a ten dollar registration fee).
Shall I take thee, the Poet said
To the propounded word?
Be stationed with the Candidates
Till I have finer tried —
The Poet searched Philology
And when about to ring
For the suspended Candidate
There came unsummoned in —
That portion of the Vision
The Word applied to fill
Not unto nomination
The Cherubim reveal —
As Emily Dickinson points out in this poem, both craft and inspiration play an important part in the writing of poetry.
In this workshop, weekly (and mandatory) assignments will help you to develop your writing skills and prepare the ground
for inspiration (no cherubim provided!). You will learn to compose in some of the forms Dickinson worked in, including
the common meter. You will also practice the art of the epistolary poem, create aphorisms à la Dickinson, and write
poems to her or about her work, her life, and her themes. In addition, you will write one thoroughgoing revision of
one of the poems generated by the assignments.
The enhancement of the art of critical thinking and writing is an important component of this workshop. In addition to
composing a poem that results from the weekly exercise, each participant must write and post critiques of two poems by
other participants every week.
Please send three poems in the text of an e-mail to the instructor
at tom@onlineschoolofpoetry.org to be considered
for the workshop. Please do not send attachments.
In addition to his post at the Online School of Poetry (http://onlineschoolofpoetry.org/),
Tom Daley serves on the
tutorial faculty of Walnut Hill School for the Arts and has lectured on ekphrastic writing at Brown University and
teaches writing at Boston area community education venues.
Tom’s poetry has been published or is forthcoming in numerous journals, including Harvard Review, Fence,
Prairie Schooner, Barrow Street, Del Sol Review, Diagram, 32 Poems, Salamander, Perihelion, and Hacks: The Grub Street Anthology.
His manuscript, Shim, was a finalist for the Emily Dickinson First Book Prize and the Brittingham and Pollak Poetry Prizes.
His poetry was nominated for inclusion in the anthology, The Best New Poets 2007. He is a recipient of the Charles and
Fanny Fay Wood Academy of American Poets Prize.
PS--Save the date! Tom Daley will be performing his play about Emily Dickinson and her Irish servants,
"Every Broom and Bridget," as a one-man show in a benefit for the Concord Poetry Center, Sunday, November 7th, 2010, 3 pm,
at the Emerson Umbrella For The Arts, 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA 01742 (second floor--elevator in rear of building).
Tickets are ten dollars, and only available at the door the day of the show. Additional donations are appreciated.
Hope you can make it.
There is an interview with Tom Daley at
http://www.cervenabarvapress.com/TomDaleyinterview.htm, in which he
discusses how he conducts his workshops.
Concord Poetry Center
Workshops, Seminars and Classes
For more information on courses, call the office at: 978-897-0054 or to register for a course, see its Course Description, below.
Building a Better Poem: Ongoing Workshop
Instructor: Joan Houlihan, CPC Founder, Poet & Editor
Course Description
Wednesdays 7:00-9:00pmStarts September 8, 2010
Haiku: It's More than 5-7-5: 2-Day Workshop
Instructor: Deborah Finkelstein
Course Description
Saturday, October 2 and Saturday, October 9, 2010
Concord Poetry Center and the Emerson Umbrella For The Arts
40 Stow Street, Concord, MA 01742
978-897-0054
Stone Soup Poetry
September 6th: Tom Daley Features
Tom Daley serves on the faculty of the Online School of Poetry
(http://onlineschoolofpoetry.org/) and teaches poetry and memoir
writing in the greater Boston area. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Harvard Review, Fence, Barrow Street, Diagram,
Rio Grande Review and elsewhere. He is the author of a play, Every Broom and Bridget—Emily Dickinson and Her Servants, which he
has adapted into a one-man show.
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open
mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On September 6th, poet and instructor Tom Daley makes one of his all-too infrequent visits to the
venue--a night not to be missed.
Worcester County Poetry Association
Upcoming events:
Monday, September 6
First Monday Poetry Series
will meet on Labor Day
featured poet to be announced
First Unitarian Church
90 Main Street
Worcester, MA
Bancroft Room, 7:30pm
Sunday, September 12
WCPA 2010 Poetry Contest: Frank O'Hara Prize
Winners' Reading
and reading by Contest Judge
Barbara Helfgott Hyett
First Unitarian Church
90 Main Street
Worcester, MA
Bancroft Room, 3 - 5 pm
NEW ENGLAND POETRY CLUB
Founded in 1915 by Amy Lowell, Robert Frost, and Conrad Aiken
http://www.nepoetryclub.org
*Free and open to the public*
* For information, please call 617-744-6034*
Fall Reading Series
Monday, September 13th 7pm
Prize Winners of 2010 NEPC Contests
SUSAN EISENBERG, KATHLEEN SPIVAK, LEN KRISAK
will be joined by Catherine Staples, Patricia Borowicz,
Patricia Giragosian, and Philip Burnham reading their winning poems
Harvard-Yenching
Common Room 136
2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge (off Kirkland, near Memorial Hall)
Monday, October 4th 7pm
Poets Who Edit:
Poetry Editors of Agni, Lynne Potts and Sumita Chakraborty
Harvard-Yenching
Common Room 136
2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge (off Kirkland, near Memorial Hall)
Monday, October 18th 7pm
Poets Who Edit:
Jack Bedell, editor of Louisiana Literature,
and Vivian Shipley, editor of Connecticut Review, read from their new books
Harvard-Yenching
Common Room 136
2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge (off Kirkland, near Memorial Hall)
Monday, November 1st 7pm
Van Gogh in Poems
NEPC Prize Winners
Harvard-Yenching
Common Room 136
2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge (off Kirkland, near Memorial Hall)
Monday, December 6th 7pm
NEPC Prize Winners
Harvard-Yenching
Common Room 136
2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge (off Kirkland, near Memorial Hall)
The Liberty Hotel
In Partnership
With a Tapestry of Voices
&
The Grolier Poetry Book Shop
PRESENTS
THE POETIC JUSTICE SERIES
Featured Poets:
DAVID FERRY
&
GAIL MAZUR
Thursday, September 16th, 2010 6:30 P.M.
Followed by an Open Mike
FREE ADMISSION
R.S.V.P. poeticjustice@libertyhotel.com
The Liberty Hotel
215 Charles Street
Boston , MA 02114
Bios Follow Below:
DAVID FERRY is translator of the Babylonian epic Gilgamesh,
the Odes and Epistles of Horace, the Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil,
all published by Farrar Straus and Giroux. His Of No Country I Know: New and Selected Poems, published by University of
Chicago Press, won the Lenore Marshall Prize and the Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, the Library of Congress. He is
completing a new book of poems and translating Virgil’s Aeneid.
GAIL MAZUR is the author of six books of poems, including They Can’t Take That Away From Me,
and Zeppo’s First Wife. Figures in a Landscape will appear in April, 2011.
Her books have been finalists for the National Book Award and the
Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Zeppo”s First Wife won the 2006 Massachusetts Book Award. Poems have appeared in
Pushcart Prize Anthologies, The Best American Poetry, and Poems to Read. She teaches at Emerson College.
Harris Gardner
_______________________
Director of Tapestry of Voices
website: http://tapestryofvoices.com
The Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts
Presents
Poetry Series at the Brockton Library
304 Main Street.
Map It!
Our website www.gbspa.org
Check out our bookstore ! We have several signed books for sale.
Celebrating Poetry One Saturday Every Month
Our workshops and venue are free, the seats comfortable, the refreshments delicious.
Upcoming Features
(For information on the following poets click on our website)
Sat. Sept 18 – Catherine Sasanov
Mignon Ariel King
Susan Roney-O’Brien
Sat. Oct 16 - Juanita Torrence-Thompson
Sat. Nov 20 - Marie Gauthier
Alice Kociemba
Elizabeth Gordon McKim
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
Brockton Library Poetry Series
Sheila Mullen Twyman
POETRY: THE ART OF WORDS
MIKE AMADO MEMORIAL SERIES
Poetry reading and Open Mic
The Plymouth Guild for the Arts
11 North St. Downtown Plymouth, MA [off 3A]
MIKE AMADO
5th Poetry Showcase
Saturday September 25, 2010 @ 1pm
Featuring
Joanna Nealon |
Douglas Bishop |
Marc Goldfinger |
Walter Howard |
Jennifer Jean |
Michelle Radseszewski |
Upcoming schedule:
OCT. 10, 2010: BERT STERN
Nov. 14: Julia Carlson & Irene Koronas
Dec. 12: Marguerite G. Bouvard
Jan. 9: Roger Twyman
Feb. 13: Jennifer Jean
Mar. 13: Chad Parenteau
Apr. 10: Harris Gardner & Lainie Senechal
Doors open @ 12:00, Program begins @ 12:30
OPEN MIC 2:00pm
FREE REFRESHMENTS! More info:
johnscully36@yahoo.com
visit us on-line www.ptaow.com
“THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY A GRANT FROM THE PLYMOUTH CULTURAL COUNCIL, A LOCAL AGENCY WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY
THE MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL, A STATE AGENCY”
Calliope: Poetry Readings at West Falmouth Library
Sunday, September 26th 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Open Mike Sign-up, 2:45 PM
$5 donation. Refreshments Provided.
Featured Poets:
Sue Standing is the author of three volumes of poetry, False Horizons (Four Way Books, 2003),
Gravida (Four Way Books, 1995)
and Deception Pass (Alice James Books, 1984).
Her poems and fiction have recently appeared in Agni, The Atlantic Monthly, The Iowa Review, Ploughshares among other journals.
Sue is Professor of English and Writer in Residence at Wheaton College, Norton, MA.
Sheila Whitehouse has published a collection of her poetry, Flint and Needle. Her poems have appeared in
South Carolina Review, Orphic Lute and other small magazines. Sheila founded the Guyer Barn Poets, a poetry
workshop in 1989, which still meets monthly. She retired from a long career in teaching and continues studying
and writing poetry, as well as painting. Sheila holds an MFA in poetry from Vermont
College and lives in Hyannis, MA.
Irene Willis has published three collections of poetry: Those Flames (Bay Oak Publishers, 2009),
a finalist for
the Philip Levine award, At the Fortune Café’ (Snake Nation Press, 2005), winner of the Violet Reed Haas Poetry
Prize and They Tell Me You Danced (University Press of Florida, 1995). Her poems have appeared in Ploughshares,
New York Times, Crazyhorse, New York Quarterly and other journals and anthologies. Irene has been a Pushcart Prize
nominee and has had poetry fellowships from the New Jersey Council on the Arts, the Berkshire/Taconic Foundation and
the Millay Colony for the Arts. Irene currently teaches writing at Westfield State College.
Directions: To West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway (Rt. 28A).
From Bourne Bridge. Rt. 28 south to Thomas Landers Road exit, right off ramp to Rt. 28A south (left), about 1 1/2 miles.
Just past Old Dock Rd., on right, West Falmouth Library is on the left, with parking.
From Woods Hole. Woods Hole Rd. to Palmer Ave. to Rt. 28 north to Brick Kiln Rd. exit, left off the ramp to Rt. 28A
(stop sign). Take a right, and go less than I mile. West Falmouth Library is on the right, with parking (before the
library, across from the Quaker Meeting House).
Information: calliopepoetryreadings@verizon.net
or 508-566-1090 and visit our new website at calliopepoetryseries
Calliope’s Next Reading: Sunday, October 31st, 3 to 5 PM, no open mike,
featuring: Bass River Revisionists; Jeffrey Harrison; Jill McDonough
Forsyth Chapel at The Forest Hills Educational Trust
Sunday, September 26th at 2pm
Carpenter Poets of Jamaica Plain
Inspired by the work of poet and carpenter Mark Turpin, this group of carpenters started their own poetry night and
eventually formed the Carpenter Poets of Jamaica Plain. They see a connection between carpentry and writing and seek
to explore life through the tools they use to build the world around them.
The Carpenter Poets will be reading at Forsyth Chapel. Admission: $5.
The Forest Hills Educational Trust
95 Forest Hills Avenue
Boston, MA 02130
PEN New England
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
September 2nd
*POSTPONED*
REGRETTABLY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL LATER IN THE FALL. Stay tuned for more information...
Monthly Writers Series at Upstairs on the Square
with CHRISTOPHER LYDON and DIANE PAULUS
5:00 pm Wine Hour
5:45 pm Reading & Conversation
September 29th
Reading and conversation with THOMAS LARSON, author of
The Saddest Music Ever Written
6:30 pm, Marran Theater, Lesley University
October 3rd
A Special PEN New England tribute to
HOWARD ZINN, champion of writers and independent presses
2:00 pm, First Church, Harvard Square
October 7th
Monthly Writers Series at Upstairs on the Square
with CHRISTOPHER LYDON and author MARIANNE LEONE
5:00 pm Wine Hour
5:45 pm Reading & Conversation
November 9th
The BU Center for African Studies & PEN New England present
CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN FICTION: a panel discussion
4:00 pm at the BU African Studies Center
And more...
PEN New England Annual Book Party
end of October, stay tuned for more information...
E.O. WILSON to receive
The Henry David Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing
February 8th, 2011
Annual DISCOVERY Evening
beginning of March, stay tuned for more information...
Hemingway Foundation/ PEN Award
and L.L. Winship/ PEN New England Award ceremony
March 27th, 2011
PEN (Poets/Playwrights, Essayists/Editors, Novelists) New England is an organization of published authors, aspiring writers,
and all who love the written word. Our mission is to advance a culture of literature in New England and defend free expression
everywhere. PEN New England is a branch of
PEN American Center, and part of International PEN, the oldest international literary organization
and also the oldest human rights organization in the world.
Please visit us online at www.pen-ne.org.
TIMOTHY GAGER'S
DIRE LITERARY SERIES
at THE OUT OF THE BLUE
ART GALLERY
8 PM, 106 PROSPECT STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
(starts with four, 15 MINUTE OPEN MIC SLOTS AT 8 PM)
with SIGN-UP starting at 7 PM
FOLLOWED BY FEATURES
#114
September 10, 2010
Kitty Beer
James McDevitt
Michelle Brown
October 1, 2010
Jennifer Jean
Steve Luttrell
Judah Leblang
COMING SOON
Victor David Giron (November)
Michael Atwood (November)
Leo Racicot (November)
Fiona Helmsley (December)
John Petrolino III (December)
Jon Boilard
and many more!
For more info and to get on the mailing list:
EMAIL
The Blacksmith House Poetry Series
Founded in 1973, The Blacksmith House Poetry Series features both established and emerging writers of poetry and fiction.
The series is sponsored by the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and holds readings at the Blacksmith House, site of the
village smithy and spreading chestnut tree of Longfellow’s 1839 poem "The Village Blacksmith."
- Andrea Cohen Director
- Chanel Anderson Assistant Director
- Gail Mazur Founding Director
Readings take place at 56 Brattle Street unless otherwise noted.
8:00 pm | $3
Tickets may be purchased 45 minutes prior to the reading.
Oct. 18
Peter Balakian, author of the poetry collection Ziggurat,
reads with Michael Klein, author of the poetry
collection then, we were still living.
Oct. 25
Jessica Treadway reads from her new story collection, Please Come Back To Me,
with Colin Cheney, whose debut
poetry collection is here be monsters.
Nov. 1
Gail Caldwell reads from her new memoir, Let’s Take the Long Way Home,
with Cynthia Morrison Phoel, author of
the short story collection Cold Snap: Bulgaria Stories.
Nov 8
Jane Brox reads from her new book, The Evolution of Artificial Light,
and John Bisbee performs music from Pearl,
the new CD from the band Bright Common.
Nov. 15
X. J. Kennedy, author of the poetry collection, In a Prominent Bar in Secaucus: New and Selected Poems 1955-2007,
reads with Pauline Uchmanowicz, author of the poetry collection Inchworm Season.
Nov. 29
Joanna Klink reads from her new poetry collection, Raptus,
with Timothy Donnelly, whose latest poetry collection
is The Cloud Corporation.
Dec. 6
Tracy Winn, author of the story collection Mrs. Somebody Somebody,
reads with Peter Brown, author of the short
story collection A Bright Soothing Noise.
Dec. 13
Laura Kasischke reads from her forthcoming poetry collection, Space in Chains,
with Deborah Bogen, author of the
poetry collection Let Me Open You a Swan.
Blacksmith House
42 Brattle Street,
Cambridge Ma. 02138
617-547-6789
Supported in part by a grant from:
Concord Poetry Center
Upcoming Events
Friday, October 29, 2010, 7 pm
Concord Poetry Center poets Joan Houlihan, Cammy Thomas, and Daniel Tobin read from their latest work.
Concord Academy Chapel, 166 Main Street, Concord, Mass. Free Admission.
Sponsored in conjunction with the Concord Festival of Authors.
Sunday, October 31, 2010, 3pm
Ellen Doré Watson and Jim Schley read in the Community Reading Series along with
Ibbetson Press poets Doug Holder and Lawrence Kessenich.
Reading begins at 3pm in the Dance Studio, second floor of Emerson Umbrella,
40 Stow Street, Concord, Mass.
Refreshments, conversation and booksigning follows.
Sunday, November 7, 2010, 3pm
Tom Daley performs "Every Broom and Bridget," a one-man play about Emily Dickinson and her Irish servants, as a
benefit for the Concord Poetry Center, 40 Stow Street, Concord, Mass.
Workshops, Seminars and Classes
For more information on courses, call the office at: 978-897-0054 or to register for a course, see its Course Description, below.
Building a Better Poem: Ongoing Workshop
Instructor: Joan Houlihan, CPC Founder, Poet & Editor
Course Description
Wednesdays 7:00-9:00pmStarts September 8, 2010
Haiku: It's More than 5-7-5: 2-Day Workshop
Instructor: Deborah Finkelstein
Course Description
Saturday, October 2 and Saturday, October 9, 2010
Concord Poetry Center and the Emerson Umbrella For The Arts
40 Stow Street, Concord, MA 01742
978-897-0054
Out Of The Blue Gallery
EVERY MONDAY NITE,
Stone Soup Poetry (Host: Chad Parenteau),
a 38 year old venue, $4, sign up to be a feature - call Bill Perrault at 978-454-7423.
Starts at 7:30PM and don't forget to sign up!
Recorded on local t.v. station.
Stone Soup Poetry Series
Out of the Blue Gallery
106 Prospect Street
Cambridge, MA
Host: Chad Parenteau
For information on the rest of May's performers,
visit the Stone Soup web site: http://stonesouppoetry.blogspot.com
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The
Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at
7:30 p.m.
http://stonesouppoetry.blogspot.com/
TIMOTHY GAGER'S
DIRE LITERARY SERIES /Out of the Blue Gallery/
1st Friday- Cambridge, MA
5, 15 MINUTE OPEN MIC SLOTS AT 8 PM,
SIGN-UP AT 7 PM
FOLLOWED BY FEATURES
For more info and to get on the mailing list: EMAIL
USUALLY the 3rd FRIDAY of the MONTH!
NOLA’s TIGH FILI POETRY & OPEN MIC, $5, 8PM, Host:
Nola, poems/prose.
OPEN BARK meets @ the Out Of The Blue Art Gallery,
Open Bark "Candelite Poetry" with Hostess Deborah M. Priestly and Features!!!!
Out of the Blue Art Gallery
106 Prospect Street,
Cambridge, MA 02139
www.outoftheblueartgallery.com
Every Saturday Nite
Nov. 1/8/15/22/29
December 6/13/20/27
Open Bark Features @ the Out of the Blue Art Gallery:
Time: 8PM into the night!
Admission: $3-5 at the door (donations accepted & adored!)
Readers: Features are determined about 1 month in advance. If you want to
be one, Deborah Priestly and Rob Russell
(Feature Coordinator), will book you to be one. Call the gallery at (617)354-5287
and ask to speak to Rob Russell, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from about 1pm to 8pm. Or email us at ootb@att.net
and put your Poetry Feature Request to the Attention of Rob Russell, Feature Coordinator! Thank you!
Other info: We are a very laid back and creative Poetry Venue, "Open Bark Candelite Poetry Series" running on 11
(eleven) years strong now. We only ask that you bring original work and if you read someone else's work, like a
famous poet or poetess' that you give recognition to their work by reciting first their name.
Musicians, actors, mimes, dancers, drummers and others welcomed!!!!
Out Of The Blue Art Gallery
106 Prospect Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
phone: 617-354-5287
The Boston Poetry Slam
Downstairs at the Cantab Lounge
every Wednesday night at 8 * open mic, featured poet, poetry slam *
738 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Mass.
There is poetry at the Cantab Lounge every Wednesday night, year-round.
Our rotating cast of hosts is led by SlamMaster Simone Beaubien.
Cover charge is $3.00 (unless otherwise noted on our schedule ).
Open mic for all begins at 8:00 p.m. Our doors and sign-up lists open promptly at 7:15. The open mic sign-up fills very quickly,
so we recommend that you be prompt. Poems may be on any subject, and you may read more than one, but we ask that you keep your
time on the mic to three minutes.
After the open, usually at about 10:00, our featured poet performs for half an hour.
Click here to see our schedule of features.
The slam follows the feature, usually around 11:00. Most slams are open to the first eight who sign up; however, on some nights,
we have semi-finals or finals in our slam series. Click here for slam details.
The Boston Poetry Slam at the Cantab Lounge is 18+, and you must have a photo ID to enter. (Note that the Cantab is 21+ for all
other shows.) Feel free to email us at cantab@slamnews.com if you have questions
about our policy. You can also check out the
website for the venue, www.cantab-lounge.com.
Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Ave,
Central Square, Cambridge, Mass
(617) 354-2685
Email: cantab@slamnews.com
(http://www.slamnews.com/)
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Sunday Night!
Every Sunday with a Poetry Slam co-hosted by Joyce Cunha and
Jeff Robinson starting at 7:30pm and a Featured Poet and Open Mic
accompanied by the Jeff Robinson Trio starting at 9:00pm – there’s a $5 cover and you must be 21 to enter the venue – Sultry
red lights, intimate tables, and wooden church pews give this small room one of the best ambiances in town.
Cambridge Common
1667 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA. 02138
617-547-0759
John Amen Readings
Reading in Hockessin, DE
September 11 at 5PM
2nd Saturday Poets; Over Coffee Cafe; 144 Lantana Dr; Hockessin, DE 19707.
Reading in New York, NY
September 13 at 7PM
Saturn Series; 213 Second Avenue (NW Corner of 13th St & 2nd Ave); New York, NY 10003.
Reading in New York - Jamaica (Queens)
September 17 at 7:30PM
The Panorama of My Silence Heart Café; 84-73 Parsons Boulevard; Jamaica; 718-526-0723.
Pedestal Magazine Event in New York, NY
September 18 at 7PM
KGB Bar; 85 East 4th St; New York, NY 10003.
Participants will include George Wallace, Jackie Sheeler, Juanita Torrence-Thompson, Patricia Carragon, Gerald McCarthy,
Yolanda Coulaz, Ted Jonathan, Alan Semerdjian, Raymond Hammond, Christine Boyka Kluge, Su Polo, and Chavisa Woods.
The event will be hosted and MCed by Pedestal founder/editor John Amen. For additional info, email pedmagazine@carolina.rr.com.
Reading in Campbell Hall, NY
October 7 at 7PM
Noble Coffee Roasters; 3020 State Route 207; Campbell Hall, NY 10916.
For additional info, contact Robert Milby at robertmilby@yahoo.com.
If you're in the Wilmington, DE or NYC areas, I hope you can make one of the readings. In October, I'll be back in
NY and also participating in a NCPS event in Chapel Hill (NC). In November, I'll be doing a WI/IL (Chicago)/MI trek.
For more info, see the schedule section on my website.
Website: http://www.johnamen.com/
http://www.facebook.com/johncamen
Phoenix Poetry Series
Join us this week!
Every reading features two or three highlighted poets as well as a very friendly open mic.
When: Sunday evening, 5-7 pm
Where: Bengal Curry & Kebab
65 West Broadway between Murray and Warren Streets
Take the 1, 2, 3, A, C, or E trains to Chambers Street
Please feel encouraged to order dinner or a snack to support our hosts
LALITA JAVA READINGS
3rd THURSDAYS 7-9 PM
HOSTED BY DOROTHY F. AUGUST
Lalita Java
210 East 3rd St.
New York, NY 10009
(Btwn. B & C)
Every Monday:
Louder Arts presents...
"The Slam"
Poetry, Spoken Word, Slams & Guest Poets.
Always an open mic
$5 students/ $6 regular
Sign-up at 7pm, show starts at 7:30 at:
Thirteen
35 E.13th St.
(between Broadway & University Pl.)
New York, NY
(212) 979-6677
Bar13.com
Every Thursday
Mike Geffner presents...
The Inspired Word
An all-star poetry/spoken word event
every Thursday
featured guests plus open mic
Cover Charge: $10
7pm (open mic signup starts at 6:30)
at:
One and One
76 E. 1st St. (corner of 1st Ave.)
New York, NY
212 598-9126
OneandOneNY.com
92nd Street Y Reading Series
Main Reading Series
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10128
212.415.5500
John Petrolino
Presents
The Frank Talk Reading Series
A New Poetry Reading Series
at
Frank Talk Art Bistro and Bookstore
Frank Talk Poetry Series Home Page
Click Here: Frank Talk Poetry Series
Poets.Org (Academy of American Poets)
Click Here: Poets.Org
Frank Talk Art Bistro and Bookstore
163 Shrewsbury Avenue
Red Bank, NJ 07701
$5.00 Cover
(includes food, beverages, and other goodies
supplied by Frank Talk owner Gilda Rogers)
Open Mic after the Feature
Contact: John Petrolino
jpetrolinoiii@yahoo.com
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jazz and Poetry: a Blessed Combination
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Do you like poetry? Do you love jazz? You can't miss our Jazz Poetry Concert
Saturday on September 11th, (7:30-9:30) in the North Side on Sampsonia Way near the Mattress Factory
Emcee: David Conrad
Presented by CITY of ASYLUM/Pittsburgh
Join Yusef Komunyakaa, the perfect fit for this event.
He has often cited jazz as a source of influence and inspiration
for his poetry. "I feel blessed that something pulled jazz and poetry together inside me," he
told the Georgia Review in 1992. |
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Komunyakaa is a critically acclaimed writer, scholar, professor, and Pulitzer Prize winner. The Jazz Poetry Concert
is a unique opportunity to see a poet who often weaves together elements of his own life, including memories of
serving in the Vietnam War and living in the South prior to the Civil Rights Movement, with the rhythm and
language of jazz music.
Read the exclusive profile on Yusef Komunyakaa, who despite bearing witness to racism, war, and violence
over the past six decades, still reserves a resilient hope for America. |
"Poetry & Prose & Anything Goes with Dr. Ni"
(radio show; internet radio)
Date, time, price: Every Tuesday, 8-9 p.m. EST
Address: (Dr. Ni's local address) P.O. Box 15095
City and State: Philadelphia, PA 19130-9998
Contact person and or URL/information: Dr. Niama L. Williams;
www.internetvoicesradio
$35/guest/appearance on show
Readers: International internet radio listeners
Other appropriate info: (station owner's address):
Ms. Lillian Cauldwell
P.O. Box 2344 Ann Arbor, MI 48106-2344;
734-332-5902.
Dr. Niama L. Williams
P. O. Box 15095
Philadelphia, PA 19130-9998
http://www.lulu.com/drni
http://www.blowingupbarriers.com
1ST FRIDAYS ON VINE
Hosted by Aziza Kintehg
Every First Friday of the Month
Be part of an Art Extravaganza
* Spoken Word * Music Freestyle * Open Mike
Jose Sebourne Graphic Design
1213-15 Vine Street Philadelphia PA 19107
7-10pm $5.00 Cover
Contact info:
The Gallery - (215)564-2554
Aziza Kintehg(215)668-4500
Email: azizalockdiva@...
or check out the website: www.Josesebourne.com
John Amen Readings
Reading in Hockessin, DE
September 11 at 5PM
2nd Saturday Poets; Over Coffee Cafe; 144 Lantana Dr; Hockessin, DE 19707.
If you're in the Wilmington, DE area, I hope you can make one of the readings. In October, I'll be back in
NY and also participating in a NCPS event in Chapel Hill (NC). In November, I'll be doing a WI/IL (Chicago)/MI trek.
For more info, see the schedule section on my website.
Website: http://www.johnamen.com/
http://www.facebook.com/johncamen
Workshop and Pedestal Magazine Event in Chapel Hill, NC
October 23, 2010
1:30-3:30PM: Workshop on "juicing up" public delivery/presentation of poems. Cost: $15.
For additional info and to register, contact Alice Osborn at avosborn@earthlink.net.
4-6PM: Pedestal Magazine reading event. Participants to be announced.
Both events to be held at FlyLeaf Books; 752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd (Historic Airport Rd);
Chapel Hill, NC 27514.
For additional info, email pedmagazine@carolina.rr.com or
contact FlyLeaf Books at info@flyleafbooks.com.
Poetry Readings and other events in Seattle
and around the Pacific Northwest
Saturday, September 4 at 4:00 p.m. No reading this date!
Green Lake Branch Seattle Public Library, 7364 E Greenlake Dr. N, Seattle
PoetsWest with MC J. Glenn Evans. Contact J. Glenn Evans 206.682.1268 or send us an e-mail.
Saturday, September 4 through Monday, September 6 at 3 p.m.
Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., South lawn in front of Eliot Hall, Portland OR
Shakespeare in the Parks: The Comedy of Errors. Free & open to the public.
Details at http://events.reed.edu or call 503.777.7755.
Monday, September 6 beginning around 8 p.m.
Bai Pai Lounge, 2316 NE 65th St. (Ravenna neighborhood), Seattle
NorthEndForum with open mike poetry and music and all night happy hour prices on drinks.
Contact Jed medjyers@hotmail.com.
Tuesday September 7 at 7 p.m.
Richard Hugo House, 1634 Eleventh Ave., Seattle
LiTFUSE Launch Party with Mimi Allin, Elizabeth Austen, Tara Hardy, Dan Peters & Susan Rich.
$5 cover.
Contact Michael Schein 206.714.3178 or
www.litfuse.us, www.michaelschein.com
Tuesday, September 7 from 7-8:30 p.m.
Newport Public Library, 35 NW Nye St., Newport OR
Willamette Writers Coast Branch Writers-on-Writing workshop with Bob & Ellen Rubenstein,
“You’ve written a book! Now, how do you sell it?” Free event.
Contact dmack@centurytel.net or 541.765.2383.
Wednesday, September 8 at 4:30 p.m. (PT) from KSER 90.7 FM
PoetsWest on The Road Home from Everett, WA.
The broadcast is available via streaming by going to http://www.kser.org/ and following the Listen Live links.
Wednesday, September 8 at 7:00 p.m.
Park Place Books, 348 Parkplace Center, Kirkland WA
Park Place Poetry features Michael Schein. Hosted by Christopher J. Jarmick.
Contact emeraldchris@yahoo.com.
Wednesday, September 8 from 6 to 9 p.m.
star e rose café, 2403 NE Alberta, Portland OR
Open mike poetry jam. Bring your poems, rhymes, spoken words or just your attentive ears and share your poetry.
Free, all ages.
Contact bryanandmikki@gmail.com.
Friday, September 10 at 7:00 p.m.
King's Books, 218 St. Helens Avenue, Tacoma
Distinguished Writer Series features Justin Ahrens. Free event.
Open mike sign-up 6:30 p.m. Contact Connie Walle ckwalle@comcast.net.
September 10–26: Fridays & Saturdays 7 p.m.; Sundays 4 p.m.; September 16 & 17 and 22–24 noon
Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Cerf Amphitheatre, Portland OR (If rain, play will be in Vollum lecture hall.)
Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon in Sophocles’ play Oedipus the King.
Tickets: $10–20; 503/205-0715 or online (https://www.hulahub.com/event?id=112565).
Free to Reed students, faculty, and staff members with current Reed ID.
More info at http://events.reed.edu or call 503.777.7755.
Saturday, September 11 from noon to 8 p.m.
Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island
Camano Honors Earth, daylong event celebrating the opening of an environmental/nature
art show with poetry, Native American flute music by Peter Ali and drumming,
learning to care for the earth. Featured speaker Hugh Shipman, Coastal Geologist with
Department of Ecology.
Contact Allison 425.344.7829 or allisivy@gmail.com.
See www.camanohonorsearth.org; www.camanocare.org.
Saturday, September 11 at 4:00 p.m.
Green Lake Branch Seattle Public Library, 7364 E Greenlake Dr. N, Seattle
Reader’s Choice features Justen Ahren, David Horowitz, Chris Jarmick.
Open mike. MC J. Glenn Evans.
Contact J. Glenn Evans 206.682.1268 or send us an e-mail.
Saturday, September 11 at 7:00 p.m.
Poulsbohemian Coffeehouse, 19003 Front St., Poulsbo WA
Features TBA. Open mike. Contact Nancy Rekow nancyrekow@msn.com.
Sunday, September 12 at 4 p.m.
Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S First St., La Conner, WA
Riverrat Poems: Paul Hansen, Charles Krafft, Robert Sund (read by Tim McNulty).
Contact 360.466.4446.
Monday, September 13 beginning around 8 p.m.
Casa d'Italia, 2615 NE 65th, (Ravenna neighborhood), Seattle
NorthEndForum with open mike poetry and music. $7 minimum.
Contact Jed medjyers@hotmail.com.
Tuesday, September 14 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
el Diablo coffeehouse, 1811 Queen Anne Ave., Seattle
All open mike venue co-hosted by Margaret Roncone and Lainne Dexter. Sign-up not needed.
Contact margaretroncone@yahoo.com.
Tuesday, September 14 at 7 p.m.
Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Eliot Hall chapel, Portland OR
“It’s All Greek To Me” Poetic License Classic Greek Theatre of OR in poetry and music
inspired by Greek themes, with beat poet Robert Briggs and his jazz trio performing
"My Own Atom Bomb." Also Portland’s spoken word chorus, VOX, performing works of
contemporary Greek poets.
More info at http://events.reed.edu or call 503.777.7755.
Wednesday, September 15 at 4:30 p.m. (PT) from KSER 90.7 FM
PoetsWest on The Road Home from Everett, WA.
The broadcast is available via streaming by going to http://www.kser.org/ and following the Listen Live links.
Wednesday, September 15 at 7:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 18025 Garden Way NE, Woodinville
PoetsWest features David Ash, Jennifer Haggerty. Others TBA. Open mike.
MC Nan Harty. Contact J. Glenn Evans 206.682.1268 or send us an e-mail.
Wednesday, September 15 at 7 p.m.
Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Eliot Hall chapel, Portland OR
“It’s All Greek To Me” Greek Music Classic Greek Theatre of OR presents Gayle and Phillip Nueman
in an evening of ancient Greek music.
More info at http://events.reed.edu or call 503.777.7755.
Thursday, September 16 at 7 p.m.
Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Eliot Hall chapel, Portland OR
“It’s All Greek To Me” JACK Theatre Company from LA to perform a hilarious reading of Plato's masterpiece
of philosophy, Socrates Dialogue with Euthyphro. Followed by a symposium of special guests,
organized and moderated by Walter Englert, Reed classics professor.
More info at http://events.reed.edu or call 503.777.7755.
Friday, September 17 at 7:00 p.m.
On the Waterfront in Vaughn, WA
Watermark Writers features David Wilcox. Program includes hors d'oeuvres and beverages.
Suggested donation, $15 per person. Funding goes to the entertainers.
Additional donations go to our Young Writers' Program.
Only 50 guests so reserve a seat by e-mail at info@watermarkwriters.com or call 253-778-6559.
Directions provided to registrants.
Saturday, September 18 at 4:00 p.m.
Green Lake Branch Seattle Public Library, 7364 E Greenlake Dr. N, Seattle
PoetsWest features Janée Baugher, Sarah Love. Others TBA. Open mike. MC J. Glenn Evans.
Contact J. Glenn Evans 206.682.1268 or send us an e-mail.
Saturday, September 18 at 7 p.m.
Newport Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Drive, (Nye Beach area), Newport OR
Writers on the Edge features Willy Vlautin. Open mike. Admission $5, free to students.
Contact info@writersontheedge.org.
Saturday, September 18 at 7:00 p.m.
Poulsbohemian Coffeehouse, 19003 Front St., Poulsbo WA
Features TBA. Open mike. Contact Nancy Rekow nancyrekow@msn.com.
Saturday, September 18 at 7:00 p.m.
Rob Schouten Gallery, Greenbank Farm, 765 Wonn Rd. C-103 on Whidbey Island WA
Brave New Words features Matt Gano. Contact victory@robschoutengallery.com or 360.222.3070.
Sunday, September 19 at 3:30 p.m.
Wilsonville Public Library, 8200 SW Wilsonville Rd., Wilsonville, OR
The Northwest Author Series features Nicole Rubel on Find Your Voice & Use It in a
Children's Book. $5, $3 for Seniors (60+) & Enrolled Students.
Contact katzchristina@comcast.net.
Monday, September 20 beginning around 8 p.m.
Casa d'Italia, 2615 NE 65th, (Ravenna neighborhood), Seattle
NorthEndForum with open mike poetry and music. $7 minimum.
Contact Jed medjyers@hotmail.com.
Tuesday, September 21 from 7 pm to 9 pm.
Vino Bella, 99 Front Street N in downtown Issaquah WA
Open mike. Sign-up at 6:30. Hosted by Nancy Talley.
Contact 425.391.1424 or nancytalley@q.com.
Wednesday, September 22 at 4:30 p.m. (PT) from KSER 90.7 FM
PoetsWest on The Road Home from Everett, WA.
The broadcast is available via streaming by going to http://www.kser.org/ and following the Listen Live links.
Wednesday, September 22 & Thursday, September 23 at 7 p.m.
Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Eliot Hall chapel, Portland OR
“It’s All Greek To Me” Adaptation of Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides, coproduced with BaseRoots Theatre Company.
Adapted by Steven Wolfson & directed by Elizabeth Huffman.
More info at http://events.reed.edu or call 503.777.7755.
Saturday, September 25 at 7 p.m.
Museum of Northwest Art, 121 S First St., La Conner, WA
Fishtown Poetry Reading features Peter Heffelfinger, Bob Rose, Glen Turner, and Clyde Sanborn (read by Ben Munsey).
Contact 360.466.4446.
Monday, September 27 beginning around 8 p.m.
Casa d'Italia, 2615 NE 65th, (Ravenna neighborhood), Seattle
NorthEndForum with open mike poetry and music. $7 minimum.
Contact Jed medjyers@hotmail.com.
Tuesday, September 28 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
el Diablo coffeehouse, 1811 Queen Anne Ave., Seattle
All open mike venue co-hosted by Margaret Roncone and Lainne Dexter.
Sign-up not needed. Contact margaretroncone@yahoo.com.
Tuesday September 28 at 7:00 p.m.
Pilot Books, 219 Broadway (upstairs at the arcade), Capitol Hill, Seattle
David LaTerre will be in town and reading as part of a group reading.
Contact 206.323.7190.
Wednesday, September 29 at 4:30 p.m. (PT) from KSER 90.7 FM
PoetsWest on The Road Home from Everett, WA.
The broadcast is available via streaming by going to http://www.kser.org/ and following the Listen Live links.
Saturday, October 2 at 4:00 p.m.
Green Lake Branch Seattle Public Library, 7364 E Greenlake Dr. N, Seattle
PoetsWest features Jim Bodeen, Barbara Drake, Dan Raphael. Open mike. MC J. Glenn Evans.
Contact J. Glenn Evans 206.682.1268 or send us an e-mail.
Saturday, October 2 at 7:00 p.m.
Poulsbohemian Coffeehouse, 19003 Front St., Poulsbo WA
Features TBA. Open mike. Contact Nancy Rekow nancyrekow@msn.com.
Monday, October 4 beginning around 8 p.m.
Bai Pai Lounge, 2316 NE 65th St. (Ravenna neighborhood), Seattle
NorthEndForum with open mike poetry and music and all night happy hour prices on drinks.
Contact Jed medjyers@hotmail.com.
Tuesday, October 5 from 7-8:30 p.m.
Newport Public Library, 35 NW Nye St., Newport OR
Dale Basye will lead a workshop, Writing for Children. Free event.
Contact dmack@centurytel.net or 541.765.2383.
Wednesday, October 6 at 4:30 p.m. (PT) from KSER 90.7 FM
PoetsWest on The Road Home from Everett, WA.
The broadcast is available via streaming by going to http://www.kser.org/ and following the Listen Live links.
Wednesday, October 6 at 6:30 p.m.
Grange Café upstairs, 15611 Main St., Duvall, WA
Duvall Poetry Reading features Marjorie Manwaring. Open mic sign-up at 6:00.
Contact dawn@katherinegracebond.com.
Wednesday, October 6 from 6 to 9 p.m.
star e rose café, 2403 NE Alberta, Portland OR
Open mike poetry jam. Bring your poems, rhymes, spoken words or just your attentive ears and share your poetry.
Free, all ages.
Contact bryanandmikki@gmail.com.
Friday, October 8 at 7:00 p.m.
King's Books, 218 St. Helens Avenue, Tacoma
Distinguished Writer Series features Nancy Dahlberg. Free event. Open mike sign-up 6:30 p.m.
Contact Connie Walle ckwalle@comcast.net.
Friday, October 8 through Sunday, October 10
Tieton, Washington near Yakima
LiTFUSE, the Northwest's premier poets' workshop; register for only $50 this month, plus $75 by the end of September.
Tieton, near Yakima. Free home-stays available. CLICK HERE to register or for more info.
Contact Michael Schein michael@litfuse.us or 206.714.3178.
Saturday, October 9 at 4:00 p.m.
Green Lake Branch Seattle Public Library, 7364 E Greenlake Dr. N, Seattle
Reader’s Choice features Loraine Campbell, Scott Galasso, Marion West.
Open mike. MC J. Glenn Evans. Contact J. Glenn Evans 206.682.1268 or send us an e-mail.
Monday, October 11 beginning around 8 p.m.
Casa d'Italia, 2615 NE 65th, (Ravenna neighborhood), Seattle
NorthEndForum with open mike poetry and music. $7 minimum.
Contact Jed medjyers@hotmail.com.
Tuesday, October 12 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
el Diablo coffeehouse, 1811 Queen Anne Ave., Seattle
All open mike venue co-hosted by Margaret Roncone and Lainne Dexter.
Sign-up not needed. Contact margaretroncone@yahoo.com.
Wednesday, October 13 at 4:30 p.m. (PT) from KSER 90.7 FM
PoetsWest on The Road Home from Everett, WA.
The broadcast is available via streaming by going to http://www.kser.org/ and following the Listen Live links.
Saturday, October 16 at 4:00 p.m.
Green Lake Branch Seattle Public Library, 7364 E Greenlake Dr. N, Seattle
PoetsWest features Murray Gordon, Priya Keefe, Roy Seitz. Open mike. MC J. Glenn Evans.
Contact J. Glenn Evans 206.682.1268 or send us an e-mail.
Saturday, October 16 at 7:00 p.m.
On the Waterfront in Vaughn, WA
Watermark Writers features Amy Petty. Program includes hors d'oeuvres and beverages.
Suggested donation, $15 per person. Funding goes to the entertainers. Additional donations go to our Young Writers' Program.
Only 50 guests so reserve a seat by e-mail at info@watermarkwriters.com or call 253-778-6559.
Directions provided to registrants.
Saturday, October 16 at 7 p.m.
Newport Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Drive, (Nye Beach area), Newport OR
Writers on the Edge features Pamela Steele. Open mike.
Admission $5, free to students. Contact info@writersontheedge.org.
Saturday, October 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Rob Schouten Gallery, Greenbank Farm, 765 Wonn Rd. C-103 on Whidbey Island WA
Brave New Words features Michael Daley & Felicia Gonzalez.
Contact victory@robschoutengallery.com or 360.222.3070.
Sunday, October 17 from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Wilsonville Public Library, 8200 SW Wilsonville Road, Wilsonville, OR
NW Author Series features Susan Fletcher – Creating Fictional Worlds ….
Tickets at the door $5 or $3 for seniors/students.
Contact katzchristina@comcast.net or 503.757.2404.
Monday, October 18 beginning around 8 p.m.
Casa d'Italia, 2615 NE 65th, (Ravenna neighborhood), Seattle
NorthEndForum with open mike poetry and music. $7 minimum.
Contact Jed medjyers@hotmail.com.
Tuesday, October 19 from 7 pm to 9 pm.
Vino Bella, 99 Front Street N in downtown Issaquah WA
Open mike. Sign-up at 6:30. Hosted by Nancy Talley.
Contact 425.391.1424 or nancytalley@q.com.
Wednesday, October 20 at 4:30 p.m.(PT) from KSER 90.7 FM
PoetsWest on The Road Home from Everett, WA.
The broadcast is available via streaming by going to http://www.kser.org/ and following the Listen Live links.
Wednesday, October 20 at 7:00 p.m.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 18025 Garden Way NE, Woodinville
PoetsWest features Scott Galasso, Michael Johnsen. Others TBA. Open mike.MC Nan Harty.
Contact J. Glenn Evans 206.682.1268 or send us an e-mail.
Monday, October 25 beginning around 8 p.m.
Casa d'Italia, 2615 NE 65th, (Ravenna neighborhood), Seattle
NorthEndForum with open mike poetry and music. $7 minimum.
Contact Jed medjyers@hotmail.com.
Tuesday, October 26 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
el Diablo coffeehouse, 1811 Queen Anne Ave., Seattle
All open mike venue co-hosted by Margaret Roncone and Lainne Dexter.
Sign-up not needed. Contact margaretroncone@yahoo.com.
Wednesday, October 27 at 4:30 p.m. (PT) from KSER 90.7 FM
PoetsWest on The Road Home from Everett, WA.
The broadcast is available via streaming by going to http://www.kser.org/ and following the Listen Live links.
Southern California Open Readings
LOS ANGELES/ORANGE COUNTIES
Barnes & Noble Poetry and Verse with Bill Robertson every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., open workshop/reading, 1201 Third Street Promenade,
Santa Monica, (310) 260-9110.
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center presents an Open Reading, first Sundays monthly, free, 5:00, sign up at 4:45.
Hosted by Marie Lecrivain. Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, (310) 822-3006,
www.beyondbaroque.org.
Cobalt Poets presents open readings every Tuesday, hosted by Rick Lupert, with featured readers on the first Tuesday,
featured regulars on second Tuesdays, Valley Contemporary Poets featured guest plus open reading on third Tuesdays, and
Cobalt Classic All Open Reading usually every fourth and fifth Tuesdays, seven minute limit, 9:00, sign up 8:30-8:45,
free, one drink minimum, all ages. The Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way in Canoga Park (west of Topanga Canyon Blvd.),
(818) 348-3789, http://poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt.
Da’ Poetry Lounge spoken word open mic, every Tuesday, 9:00-midnight. Greenway Court Theatre, 544 N. Fairfax Blvd.
near Melrose, LA, free parking next door at Fairfax High School, early arrival is a must,
www.dapoetrylounge.com.
Barnes & Noble Featured and open reading, every last Saturday, sign up 6:30, reading 7:00. Hosted by Ron Dvorkin. Barnes & Noble,
16461 Ventura Blvd., Encino, RONDVORKIN @ aol.com.
Poetry circle, second Wednesday, 6:30. Hosted by Ron Dvorkin. Encino-Tarzana Branch Library, 18231 Ventura Blvd.,
Tarzana, (818) 343-1983, RONDVORKIN @ aol.com.
Gypsy Den in Santa Ana hosts a featured poetry reading every first Tuesday and open mics every Monday and Thursday,
sign up starts 7:30. 125 N. Broadway Avenue, Santa Ana, (714) 835-8840, www.gypsyden.com.
Emerging Urban Poets Saturday Afternoon Poetry presents featured readers and open mic, every first and third Saturday,
including January 23, 3:00-5:00. Free, hosted by Don Kingfisher Campbell. Santa Catalina Branch of the Pasadena Public
Library, 999 E. Washington Blvd, two blocks east of Lake Avenue, Pasadena,
kingfisher1031 @ charter.net,
emergingurbanpoets.blogspot.com.
Moonday, A West Side Reading Series, open reading followed by featured reading, second Monday monthly,
come early to sign up, 7:30. Hosted by Lois P. Jones and Alice Pero, Village Books, 1049 Swarthmore Avenue,
Pacific Palisades, (310) 454-4063, www.moondaypoetry.com,
or pero @ earthlink.net.
La Palabra presents a featured poetry reading, plus open mic, usually every fourth Sunday, except
January 31, 2:00-4:00. Co-hosted by Laura L. Longoria and Don Newton, Avenue 50 Studio, 131 N. Avenue 50,
Highland Park, (323) 258-1435, www.avenue50studio.com.
Our Poetic Souls open mic, every third Sunday monthly, sign up 2:30, readings 2:45. Hosted by Jim Lyon,
please use appropriate language. Home Brew Coffee, 661 West Arrow Highway, San Dimas,
(909) 394-1964, www.chrystinedrums.com/PoeticSouls.
Psychobabble Cabaret open mic with teeth, every Sunday, sign up 8:00, reading 8:30, no cover.
Psychobabble Coffee House, 1866 N. Vermont, at Franklin, LA, (323) 664-7500.
The Rapp Saloon spoken word open mic, every Friday, sign up 7:30, readings 8:00. Six minute slots,
free, all ages, co-hosts Mani Suri, Dave Nordling, Brenda Petrakos, Joe Camhi. International Youth Hostel,
1436 2nd Street, Santa Monica, www.rappsaloon.com.
Redondo Poets featured reading and open mic every Tuesday, sign up 7:50, reading 8:10, free. Coffee Cartel,
1820 South Catalina Avenue, Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach, (310) 316-6554, www.redondopoets.com.
Tebot Bach presents featured readers and open reading, last Friday of the month, sign up 7:30, reading 8:00.
Golden West College, Community Room 102, Huntington Beach, www.tebotbach.org.
Tía Chucha’s Open Mic: Night of Music & Spoken Word, every Friday, 8:00-10:00, no cover, donations welcome.
Hosted by Nery Boche. Tía Chucha’s Centro Cultural, 13197-A Gladstone Avenue, Sylmar,
(818) 896-1489, www.tiachucha.com.
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry featured and open poetry readings every Wednesday at 8:00, $2 cover or
one drink minimum with student ID. Ugly Mug Caffé, 261 N. Glassel, Orange, (714) 997-5610,
www.poetryidiots.com.
World Stage Anansi Writers Workshop presents a three-part evening beginning with a workshop session,
followed by a featured reader and open mic, every Wednesday, 7:30-10:30, open mic 9:05.
Literary Director: Jawanza Daumisani, $5. World Stage, 4344 Degnan Blvd., LA,
(323) 293-2451, www.theworldstage.org.
SAN BERNARDINO/RIVERSIDE COUNTIES
Barnes & Noble “Valley Voices of the Muse” featured poet and open reading, first Friday monthly, 6:00.
Westfield Shopping Center, 72-840 Highway 111, Palm Desert, (760) 346-0725.
Patricia D’Alessandro, host: ciaopat9 @ gmail.com.
A Mic & Dim Lights presents spoken word and music open mic, every Thursday, 9:30, $3. Cal Poly
Downtown Arts Theater (Pomona Arts Colony), 300 W. Second Street, Pomona (909) 469-0080.
SAN DIEGO AREA
Monday Montage, a support group for poets, readers, and writers, bring your own work, share your thoughts,
or just listen, first Monday monthly, 7:00, if Monday falls on a holiday, reading will be held on the
second Monday. Hosted by Curran Jeffery. Bluestocking Books, 3817 Fifth Avenue, Hillcrest, San Diego,
(619) 296-1424, www.bluestockingbooks.com.
Lestat’s Coffee House songwriters/poets open mic, every Monday, 7:30-11:00, sign up 6:00.
Ten-minute slots. Lestat’s Coffee House, 3343 Adams Avenue, Normal Heights, San Diego,
(619) 282-0437, www.lestats.com.
The Off Beat Open Mic, second and fourth Sundays monthly, 5:00-7:00. Poetry, fiction.
Rebecca’s Coffee House, 30th and Juniper Street, San Diego,
(619) 284-FOOD, www.rebeccascoffeehouse.com.
Dime Stories Open Mic for prose writers, first Friday monthly, 7:00.
Hosted by Amy Wallen, $5. The Ruby Room, 1271 University Avenue, San Diego,
(619) 299-7372, www.DimeStories.org.
Poetic Brew open mic poetry reading, third Thursday monthly, sign up 6:30, reading 7:00.
Hosted by Eber Lambert, read up to three poems or for three minutes, thirty-three seconds.
Rebecca’s Coffeehouse, 30th and Juniper Street, South Park, San Diego,
(619) 284-FOOD, sandiegowriters.org.
Sunset Poets presents a featured poet and open mic, usually third Sundays monthly, 3:00.
Oceanside area, (760) 758-2410, or www.sunsetpoets.org.
Fallbrook’s Writers featured reading and open mic for poetry or prose, once a month,
usually on Thursdays, doors open 5:30, reading 6:00. Café des Artistes,
103 S. Main Street, Fallbrook, (760) 522-1064,
www.kbgressitt.com/fallbrooks-writers-read.
the Vessel open mic features poets, singers, actors, comedians, every first and
third Friday, 8:00. Live music, drinks, and refreshments, all ages, $5 cover.
Canvas Cafe, 1370 San Marcos Blvd., Suite 120A, San Marcos,
www.myspace.com/thevesselmovement.
Drunk Poets Society spoken word open mic, every Monday, 6:30-8:00. Hosted by Ola.
Winston’s Beach Club, 1921 Bacon Street, San Diego,
(619) 222-6822, www.myspace.com/winstonsdrunkpoetssociety.
SAN LUIS OBISPO/SANTA BARBARA/VENTURA
Tuesday Night Poets featured reading with open mic, every Tuesday, 7:30. Hosted by Roe Estep.
The Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, (805) 320-3524.
Bell Arts Factory presents a featured poet and open mic last Saturday monthly, 7:30.
Host: Friday Lubina. Bells Arts Factory, 432 N. Ventura Avenue, Ventura,
www.bellartsfactory.com.
Corners of the Mouth! presents an open reading after the featured poets, limited to
five minutes and original work every third Sunday monthly since 1984, free, 7:00.
Linnaea’s Café, 1110 Garden Street, San Luis Obispo. Kevin Patrick Sullivan,
Artistic Director, (805) 547-1318, www.languageofthesoul.org.
Favorite Poems Project reading, poets and non-poets read favorite poems not their own,
hosted by Lois Klein, third Monday monthly, 5:15-6:30. The Blue Agave, 20 East
Cota Street, Santa Barbara. e-mail: loisklein @ verizon.net.
Friday Night AA Meeting plus Open Mic, every Friday, 6:30. Drug and alcohol free,
896 East Main Street, Ventura, (805) 794-9878, www.aplaceofpeace.org.
Poetry Zone featured reading and open mic, every second Saturday, 2:00-4:00.
Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 21 W. Anapamu, Santa Barbara. Host, Suzanne Frost,
(805) 252-1655.
Train of Thought open mic, every Thursday, 6:30, 856 East Thompson Blvd., Ventura,
between Ash and Kalorama, behind Kids and Families Together.
Enniskillen Arts Festival
Thursday 30th September - Sunday 3rd October 2010
Green Rain
A theatrical/musical entertainment celebrating pianist and composer Joan Trimble
Enniskillen Arts Festival Event
This evocative and nostalgic insight into the early life and influences of Enniskillen born Joan Trimble (1915-2000) conjures up
her colourful background; her progress from precocious musical childhood to her famed two-piano partnership with her sister, Valerie,
and her success as a composer, and later as proprietor of the family-owned Impartial Reporter newspaper. Family, friends and key
influencers are vividly recalled in award-winning playwright Miriam Gallagher's lively script and woven throughout with some of
Joan's best loved two-piano music, performed by Una Hunt and Danusia Oslizlok. Una, who is one of Ireland's leading pianists and
has toured extensively in Europe and the USA, has been an indefatigable champion of Joan Trimble's music and played a leading role
in returning it to prominence in the Irish music scene.
The evening will conclude with light refreshments and a glass of wine, with proceeds from the evening being donated to Horizon West
Children's Hospice.
Enniskillen Arts Festival Events at the Ardhowen Theatre
Green Rain- a theatrical/musical entertainment celebrating pianist/composer Joan Trimble
This evocative and nostalgic celebration of the Enniskillen-born pianist and composer who later became proprietor of the
Impartial Reporter is presented by Enniskillen Amateur Dramatic Society, in association with Soroptimist International Enniskillen & District.
Award-winning playwright Miriam Gallagher interweaves a lively script with two-piano music performed by Danusia Oslizlok and leading
Irish pianist Una Hunt.
The evening will conclude with light refreshments and a glass of wine, with proceeds from the evening being donated to Horizon West
Children's Hospice.
Thursday 30th September 8pm Ardhowen Theatre Tickets £17.50
Tickets
Tickets for Festival Events can be purchased on the door at venues, and in advance at the Festival Box Office and
Fermanagh Tourist Information Centre, Wellington Road, Enniskillen.028 6632 3110?
Tickets for Ardhowen events: Ardhowen Theatre 028 6632 5440
www.ardhowentheatre.com.
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