Poetry in Connecticut - Feb, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS_______________________________________
- Quotes
- Poem of the Month
- Book of the Month
- Web Site of the Month
- News Items / Writing Workshops
- Poetry Calendar for February
- Subscription and Contact Information
To view the calendar in a graphical format, go to:
http://www.poetz.com/connecticut (updated weekly)
I:__QUOTES________________________________________________
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
– Plato
Poetry is indispensable—if I only knew what for.
– Jean Cocteau
Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement..
– Christopher Fry
II:__POEM OF THE MONTH_________________________________
SYMPTOMS OF LOVE
Robert Graves (1895 - 1985)
Love is a universal migraine,
A bright stain on the vision
Blotting out reason.
Symptoms of true love
Are leanness, jealousy,
Laggard dawns;
Are omens and nightmares –
Listening for a knock,
Waiting for a sign:
For a touch of her fingers
In a darkened room,
For a searching look.
Take courage, lover!
Could you endure such pain
At any hand but hers?
III:__BOOK OF THE MONTH________________________________
Each month we highlight a book of poetry by a Connecticut author.
PERENNIALS: NEW& SELECTED POEMS
by Eileen Albrizio
Albrizio is a recipient of the 2008 New Boston Fund Individual Artist Fellowship. Perennials marks Albrizio's fourth collection of poetry. Her previous books include Messy on the Inside and Rain - Dark as Water in Winter. In 2003, she produced On the Edge, a recitation of poems
on CD, made possible by a Poetry Fellowship from the Greater Hartford Arts Council. In 2005, Albrizio left a twelve-year, award-winning career as a radio news host and broadcast journalist to pursue a life of writing and teaching. Nine of those years were spent working for National Public Radio and its Connecticut affiliate, WNPR. She has taught creative writing in several colleges and cultural institutions as well as the York Correctional Institute, Connecticut’s only maximum-security prison for women.
"A lasting, memorable effect on the mind of the reader." - Ravi Shankar: editor of Drunken Boat, author of Instrumentality, finalist for the 2005 CT Book Awards.
"I enthusiastically recommend." - Reggie Marra: author of This Open Eye: Seeing What We Do, and Living Poems, Writing Lives: Spirit, Self and the Art of Poetry
$14.00 (ISBN: 978-1889289649)
Ye Olde Font Shoppe Press (http://www.yeolde.org)
IV:__WEB SITE OF THE MONTH____________________________
POETRY ON YOUTUBE
YouTube was founded on Valentine's Day in 2005 and in three years has become a worldwide phenomenon. Every day, millions of people visit the site to view the staggering volume and variety of videos. What sort of numbers are we talking about? The most watched video of all time is "Evolution of Dance," a dance routine by comedian Judson Laipply, which it has been viewed over 73 million times.
In fact, the company name itself, YouTube, is quickly entering the lexicon—as a verb. In Jan 2007, The American Dialect Society voted "YouTube"—used as a verb—winner of the "Most Likely to Succeed" category in their 2006 Word of the Year Awards.
Among the millions of video clips are many videos of poets and poetry readings. Search for and check out the dozens of "animated poetry" videos. Or search "slam poetry" and watch
poets who seem to have been born for YouTube-length videos. Try searching for your favorite poet by name. Or just search "reading a poem" or "poetry reading" and see what you get.
And while you're there, check out "Evolution of Dance." Very funny.
http://www.youtube.com
V:__NEWS ITEMS / WRITING WORKSHOPS__________________
None
VI:__POETRY CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY__________________
Please contact the venue for details about changes
due to holidays or weather.
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Saturday, Feb 2 2008
8:30pm
LYRICAL REVOLT
"Lyrical Revolt" will be a night of political poetry & music that
you won't want to miss. If you are interested in participating in
the poetry open mike call us at 203-606-0319.
Eclectic Community Room
19 Union St.
New London CT
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Sunday, Feb 3 2008
1:00pm
CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF SANDY TAYLOR
Poet, activist, editor, publisher, dreamer, and friend to many,
Sandy Taylor co-founded the internationally acclaimed Curb-
stone Press with Judy Doyle in Willimantic in 1975. Though
small, Curbstone's reach is wide. The press has won numerous
awards and published many award winning books. Sandy died
December 21 at the age of 76. Please join in celebrating his life.
For more information: 860-423-5110
or visit http://www.curbstone.org.
Betty Tipton Room
Student Center
Eastern Connecticut State University
83 Windham Street
Willimantic, CT
For more information, call 860-423-5110
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Sunday, Feb 3 2008
1:00pm
RENNIE McQUILKIN at HILL-STEAD
Rennie McQuilkin will give a free reading and book-signing
as part of Hill-Stead's celebration of Hill-Stead founder
Theodate Pope Riddle's 141st birthday.
In honor of Theodate's birthday, the museum will be open
free-of-charge all day, 11:00am to 4:00pm. The reading is
at 1:00pm. Cake and champagne will be served at 3:00pm.
For information, call 860-677-4787.
Hill-Stead Museum
35 Mountain Rd.
Farmington, CT
http://www.hillstead.org
http://www.antrimhousebooks.com
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Sunday, Feb 3 2008
2:00pm - 4:00pm
BEAN & LEAF OPEN MIKE POETRY READING
hosted by Tom Weigel
Old poets read, new voices heard in a new venue with
"a killer sound system and lots of delicious teas and coffee
and pastries." Visit the web site for more information.
Bean & Leaf Cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
http://www.bean-leaf.com
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Monday, Feb 4 2008
7:30pm - 9:00pm
POETRY BEAT
Poetry open mike at Las Vetas Lounge.
Las Vetas Lounge
1462 Post Road
Fairfield, CT
203-255-1958
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Monday, Feb 4 2008
7:30pm - 9:30pm
SPOKEN PALABRA
A weekly spoken word open Mike at La Paloma Sabanera
every Monday Evening: signup at 7:30pm, starts at 8:00pm.
"The open Mike everyone's been asking for."
Hosted by MIRA and Mind Evolution.
La Paloma Sabanera
405 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT
Ph: 860-548-1670
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Monday, Feb 4 2008
9:00pm
BEATNIK 2000
Music and poetry every Monday night, hosted by
Ed Leonard. No Cover.
http://www.cafenine.com/schedule.html
Cafe 9
250 State Street
New Haven, CT
203-789-8281
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Tuesday, Feb 5 2008
2:00pm - 3:30pm
EMILY DICKENSON DISCUSSED in WALLINGFORD
Part two of a new poetry program: "Four American Poets"
This series will explore the work of four American writers
whose poetry is testimony to the timelessness of literature
and the creative process: Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson,
Billy Collins, and Mary Oliver. Though presented as inde-
pendent discussions of each poet, the four-part series will
also touch on themes common to all that illustrate their
shared relationship in the landscape of American poetry.
David Garnes will lead all four discussions on Tuesdays
2:00-3:30pm, every other week. Multiple copies of the
books are available at the library. To register, please call
203-265-6754 or email mailto:bdevlin@lioninc.org.
Patrons may attend any or all sessions. Sessions will meet
in the library's new Large Meeting Room.
Light refreshments will be available.
Wallingford Public Library
200 N. Main Street
Wallingford, CT
203-265-6754
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Tuesday, Feb 5 2008
7:00pm
SHARON BRYAN at UCONN
Sharon Bryan, whose fourth collection of poems, Stardust,
will be published in 2009, is the author of three earlier books:
Salt Air, Objects of Affection, and Flying Blind. Bryan is
also the author of Where We Stand: Women Poets on Literary
Tradition, and the co-editor, with William Olsen, of Planet on
the Table: Poets on the Reading Life. Her poems have been
honored with awards including two fellowships from the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts. Praising Bryan’s writing, one
reviewer noted that the poet "won't let any ordinary phrase
off the hook as she dangles it, circling in brilliant focus."
Free and open to the public.
UConn Co-op
2075 Hillside Road
Storrs, CT 06269
Tel: 860-486-5027
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Tuesday, Feb 5 2008
9:00pm
FIRST TUESDAY POETRY
featuring Open Mike
First Tuesday group meets every month on the first
Tuesday, offering an open mike and a mix of guest poets
and featured regular readers. Please come, listen, and bring
a favorite poem. Better still, read your own poems.
Borders Books
14 Danbury Road (just past the Norwalk/Wilton line on Rt 7)
Wilton, CT 06987
203-834-0600
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Wednesday, Feb 6 2008
4:00pm
DONALD HALL at YALE
Poetry reading by former United States Poet Laureate Donald Hall
Donald Hall was born in New Haven in 1928. He is the author
of many collections of poetry including recent titles such as
White Apples and the Taste of Stone: Selected Poems 1946-
2006, Painted Bed, and Without: Poems. In 1988 Hall's The
One Day (1988), won the National Book Critics Circle Award
and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Hall has been awarded
two Guggenheim fellowships, the Poetry Society of America's
Robert Frost Silver Medal, a Lifetime Achievement award from
the New Hampshire Writers and Publisher Project, and the Ruth
Lilly Prize for Poetry. In June 2006, Hall was appointed the Library
of Congress's fourteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.
Beinecke Library
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT
This event is free and open to the public.
For additional information about poetry at the Beinecke Library
visit: http://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com
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Wednesday, Feb 6 2008
7:30pm
POEMALLEY at Curley's Diner
Read poetry, discuss writing and other topics of interest.
Curley's Diner
62 West Park Place
Stamford, CT
203-327-3716
mailto:ayarmal@earthlink.net
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Wednesday, Feb 6 2008
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Brian Clements
Brian Clements is the author of Essays Against Ruin, a book
of poems from Texas Review Press, and And How to End It,
a forthcoming book of prose poems. He edits the small press
Firewheel Editions and Firewheel's flagship publication, Sentence:
A Journal of Prose Poetics. He coordinates the MFA in
Professional Writing at Western Connecticut State University.
WNPS, the longest running weekly poetry series in
Connecticut, boasts an open mike, feature poets, a Q&A
with the feature, and a poetry critique workshop.
Molten Java Coffee Roasters, LLC
102 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT
203-739-0313
http://www.wedpoetry.net
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Wednesday, Feb 6 2008
9:00pm - 11:00pm
THE LOVE JONES OPEN MIC
Spoken Word and Song event. All poets welcome.
Free event. Hosted by Charmagne.
Vibz Uptown
3155 Main Street
Hartford, CT
860-246-7390
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Wednesday, Feb 6 2008
9:30pm - 11:00pm
POETRY NITE at the Huntington Street Café
Poetry Nite every Wednesday at the Huntington Street
Café. Run by Sammy and Natalie, it's open to every-
one. Stop by to check the scene or even read a little
something. Walk in and you'll be added to the list.
Email mailto:Pollie_Vack@yahoo.com for info.
Huntington Street Café
90 Huntington Street
Shelton, CT
Phone: 203-925-9064
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Thursday, Feb 7 2008
6:30pm
SPOKEN WORD SERIES II at Wood Memorial Library
presents Paula Nelson and Ginny Connors
Hosted by Gregory Scott
An open mike follows featured poets.
The evening will conclude with refreshments.
Admission is free
Wood Memorial Library and Museum
783 Main Street
South Windsor, CT
860-289-1783
For more information, visit the website:
http://www.woodmemoriallibrary.org
Or email: mailto:wood.memorial.lib@snet.net
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Sunday, Feb 10 2008
2:00pm - 4:00pm
BEAN & LEAF OPEN MIKE POETRY READING
hosted by Tom Weigel
Old poets read, new voices heard in a new venue with
"a killer sound system and lots of delicious teas and coffee
and pastries." Visit the web site for more information.
Bean & Leaf Cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
http://www.bean-leaf.com
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Sunday, Feb 10 2008
8:00pm
WESLEYAN STUDENT POETS
Students named as Wesleyan Student Poets will read from
their writing.
Millett Room, Russell House
Wesleyan University
350 High Street
Middletown, CT
http://www.wesleyan.edu/writing/distinguished_writers
For more information, contact Joanna Tice, Russell House
Fellow 860-685-3448, mailto:RussellHouse@wesleyan.edu
or Anne Greene, Director of Writing Programs and Director
of the Russell House Series 860-685-3604,
mailto:agreene@wesleyan.edu
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Monday, Feb 11 2008
7:30pm - 9:30pm
SPOKEN PALABRA
A weekly spoken word open mike at La Paloma Sabanera
every Monday Evening: signup at 7:30pm, starts at 8:00pm.
"The open mike everyone's been asking for."
Hosted by MIRA and Mind Evolution.
La Paloma Sabanera
405 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT
Ph: 860-548-1670
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Monday, Feb 11 2008
9:00pm
BEATNIK 2000
Music and poetry every Monday night, hosted by
Ed Leonard. No Cover.
http://www.cafenine.com/schedule.html
Cafe 9
250 State Street
New Haven, CT
203-789-8281
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Tuesday, Feb 12 2008
12:45pm
POETRY READING in AVON
Come and bring your favorite poetry to read and share with
others, either something you have written or poetry by others
that you'd like to read. This is a great time to get to know
others through reading and writing.
Avon Senior Center
635 West Avon Road
Avon, CT
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Wednesday, Feb 13 2008
7:30pm
POEMALLEY at Curley's Diner
Read poetry, discuss writing and other topics of interest.
Curley's Diner
62 West Park Place
Stamford, CT
203-327-3716
mailto:ayarmal@earthlink.net
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Wednesday, Feb 13 2008
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Neurotic-Exotic-&-Possibly-Erotic at WNPS
Eros - That ole Valentine's Day heat. This annual open mike
is better known as the Neurotic-Exotic-&-Possibly-Erotic
open mike. Save the hearts & flowers. Bring poetry. Bring
your hot, steamy poems and your cold, deserted poems.
Boas are optional, but not unwelcome.
For more info, visit: http://www.wedpoetry.net
WNPS, the longest running weekly poetry series in
Connecticut, boasts an open mike, feature poets, a Q&A
with the feature, and a poetry critique workshop.
Molten Java Coffee Roasters, LLC
102 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT
203-739-0313
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Wednesday, Feb 13 2008
9:00pm - 11:00pm
THE LOVE JONES OPEN MIC
Spoken Word and Song event. All poets welcome.
Free event. Hosted by Charmagne.
Vibz Uptown
3155 Main Street
Hartford, CT
860-246-7390
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Wednesday, Feb 13 2008
9:30pm - 11:00pm
POETRY NITE at the Huntington Street Café
Poetry Nite every Wednesday at the Huntington Street
Café. Run by Sammy and Natalie, it's open to every-
one. Stop by to check the scene or even read a little
something. Walk in and you'll be added to the list.
Email mailto:Pollie_Vack@yahoo.com for info.
Huntington Street Café
90 Huntington Street
Shelton, CT
Phone: 203-925-9064
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Thursday, Feb 14 2008
5:45pm - 9:00pm
MISHI-MAYA-GAT Spoken Word & Music Series
Now in its 2nd season, the Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word
& Music Series at Manchester Community College Presents:
5:45pm - Spoken Word Open Mike.
6:45pm - Music: John E. Surowiecki is, as his father says,
the real poet of the Surowiecki family. A songwriter, com-
poser, singer and keyboardist, John's style leans toward
classic rock, with an emphasis on eloquence, musicianship,
and a strong melody line. John is also the keyboardist/vo-
calist with the popular band, "The Black Burns."
7:45pm - Poetry: Joan Joffe Hall and John Surowiecki.
Bios below.
Free and Open to the Public. Sponsored by the MCC
Foundation and hosted by Stephen Campiglio.
Fireside Commons, Learning Resource Center
Manchester Community College
Great Path, Manchester, CT
For more information or directions, please visit the
Mishi-maya-gat web page at:
http://www.mcc.commnet.edu/faculty/spoken.php
or call 860-512-2824.
Joan Joffe Hall has published three full-length volumes of
poetry, The Rift Zone, finalist for the William Carlos Williams
Prize, Romance & Capitalism at the Movies, nominated for
a Pulitzer Prize, and In Angled Light, as well as a collection
of short stories, Summer Heat, and two dozen chapbooks
of poetry and prose.
John Surowiecki is the author of two books of poetry,
Watching Cartoons Before Attending a Funeral, and The
Hat City after Men Stopped Wearing Hats, 2006 Wash-
ington Prize winner, as well as five chapbooks. He has won
the Poetry Foundation's Pegasus Award for verse drama,
the Pablo Neruda Prize, a Sunken Garden Poetry Festival
National Competition, and other awards.
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Thursday, Feb 14 2008
6:00pm
MARIA SASSI - Poetry with Viola
Interlude of Poetry with Viola: Facets of Love
A conversation between the voice of the poet and the viola,
with Maria Sassi, Poet & Juliana Davis, Viola.
6:00pm: Interlude of Poetry with Viola: Facets of Love
7:00pm: Open Mike Love Poems led by Wanda Seldon
Bring love poems to share at an informal open mike
performance. Each person will have a chance to read
one or two poems.
Chocolate and red wine will be served at the reception.
New Britain Museum of American Art
56 Lexington Street
New Britain, CT
860-229-0257
http://www.nbmaa.org
Sassi is a prize-winning poet and playwright. Her book of
poems, Rooted in Stars, was accepted by The Beinecke
Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.
Sassi has taught poetry workshops for nine years and has
studied with the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur.
Juliana Davis is an accomplished musician and teacher,
graduate of Central Connecticut State University, and
has performed on the concert stage and toured in the
United States and abroad.
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Thursday, Feb 14 2008
7:30pm
VALENTINE'S DAY POETRY READING
with Rennie McQuilken
The Farmington Library will present a very special Valentine’s
Day literary event. Notable Connecticut poet Rennie McQuilkin
will read a selection of his love poems.
McQuilkin’s unique Valentine’s Day poetry reading will feature
selections from both his early and most recent work. The event
will feature special valentine’s hors d'oeuvres, beverages, and
valentine’s gifts for all guests. The event will also feature a
raffle/drawing for a romantic dinner for two sponsored by
Apricot’s Restaurant.
The Farmington Library
6 Monteith Drive
Farmington, CT
860-673-6791
Rennie McQuilkin is the author of nine poetry collections,
two of which have won major national awards. He received
the CT Center for the Book’s Lifetime Achievement Award
and has received grants from both the National Endowment
for the Arts and The Connecticut Commission on the Arts.
He is also the founder and former Director of the Sunken
Garden Poetry Festival at Farmington’s Hill-Stead Museum.
In 1990, McQuilkin founded Antrim House Books, a pub-
lishing house and literary agency which promotes the work
of New England poets.
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Friday, Feb 15 2008
7:00pm - 9:00pm
WORD OF MOUTH
Open mike with feature on the third Friday of every month.
Please arrive a few minutes early to sign up for reading time.
For more information on features, http://www.allgallery.org
Arts + Literature Laboratory
319 Peck Street (Erector Square Building 2)
New Haven, CT 06513
203-671-5175
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Saturday, Feb 16 2008
10:00am - Noon
FAXON POET'S CRITIQUE GROUP
The Faxon Poet's critique group meets on the third
Saturday of the month.
The Faxon Library
1073 New Britain Avenue
West Hartford, CT
860-523-5545
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Saturday, Feb 16 2008
6:30pm
STEAM HEAT at BUTTONWOOD
Hosted by Terri Klein,
This Valentine's Day at The Buttonwood Tree, Spoken Word
Series brings you an all-open-mike poetry reading of the most
erotic, sensual, voluptuous, steamy stuff you can imagine--yes
YOU, open-mike poets of Connecticut, bring us the best of
your forays into the rarefied eros of poetry to fan the flames
of passion in Middletown. The Buttonwood Tree's perfor-
mance space has a wall of windows and we mean to steam
them up!
6:30pm (6:15 sign up)
$3.00 Suggested Donation
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
mailto:near@buttonwood.org
http://www.buttonwood.org
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Sunday, Feb 17 2008
2:00pm - 4:00pm
BEAN & LEAF OPEN MIKE POETRY READING
hosted by Tom Weigel
Old poets read, new voices heard in a new venue with
"a killer sound system and lots of delicious teas and coffee
and pastries." Visit the web site for more information.
Bean & Leaf Cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
http://www.bean-leaf.com
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Monday, Feb 18 2008
7:30pm - 9:30pm
SPOKEN PALABRA
A weekly spoken word open mike at La Paloma Sabanera
every Monday Evening: signup at 7:30pm, starts at 8:00pm.
"The open mike everyone's been asking for."
Hosted by MIRA and Mind Evolution.
La Paloma Sabanera
405 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT
Ph: 860-548-1670
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Monday, Feb 18 2008
9:00pm
BEATNIK 2000
Music and poetry every Monday night, hosted by
Ed Leonard. No Cover.
http://www.cafenine.com/schedule.html
Cafe 9
250 State Street
New Haven, CT
203-789-8281
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Tuesday, Feb 19 2008
2:00pm - 3:30pm
BILLY COLLINS DISCUSSED in WALLINGFORD
Part three of a new poetry program: "Four American Poets"
This series will explore the work of four American writers
whose poetry is testimony to the timelessness of literature
and the creative process: Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson,
Billy Collins, and Mary Oliver. Though presented as inde-
pendent discussions of each poet, the four-part series will
also touch on themes common to all that illustrate their
shared relationship in the landscape of American poetry.
David Garnes will lead all four discussions on Tuesdays
2:00-3:30pm, every other week. Multiple copies of the
books are available at the library. To register, please call
203-265-6754 or email mailto:bdevlin@lioninc.org.
Patrons may attend any or all sessions. Sessions will meet
in the library's new Large Meeting Room.
Light refreshments will be available.
Wallingford Public Library
200 N. Main Street
Wallingford, CT
203-265-6754
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Wednesday, Feb 20 2008
7:30pm
POEMALLEY at Curley's Diner
Read poetry, discuss writing and other topics of interest.
Curley's Diner
62 West Park Place
Stamford, CT
203-327-3716
mailto:ayarmal@earthlink.net
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Wednesday, Feb 20 2008
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Suzanne Frischkorn
Suzanne Frischkorn is the author of five chapbooks,
most recently, Spring Tide, selected by Mary Oliver for
the Aldrich Poetry Award. American Flamingo is forth-
coming in early 2008 from MiPOesias Magazine and is
the first in their Cuban-American Poetry Series. She has
served as an editor for Samsära Quarterly, and is the
recipient of a 2007 Artist Fellowship from the Connecticut
Commission on Culture & Tourism. Lit Windowpane,
her first full-length book, will be released in 2008.
For more info, visit the website: http://www.wedpoetry.net
WNPS, the longest running weekly poetry series in
Connecticut, boasts an open mike, feature poets, a Q&A
with the feature, and a poetry critique workshop.
Molten Java Coffee Roasters, LLC
102 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT
203-739-0313
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Wednesday, Feb 20 2008
8:00pm
CONNECTICUT CIRCUIT STUDENT POETS
The Connecticut Poetry Circuit's 38th annual Student
Poetry contest brings five students poets to Wesleyan
as part of their state tour, including Wesleyan's Circuit
Poet, Chiara DiLello. Other winners this year come from
the University of Connecticut, Manchester Community
College, Connecticut College, and Yale University. The
students' work will be published in the fall edition of
Connecticut Review.
Millett Room, Russell House
Wesleyan University
350 High Street
Middletown, CT
http://www.wesleyan.edu/writing/distinguished_writers
For more information, contact Joanna Tice, Russell House
Fellow 860-685-3448, mailto:RussellHouse@wesleyan.edu
or Anne Greene, Director of Writing Programs and Director
of the Russell House Series 860-685-3604,
mailto:agreene@wesleyan.edu
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Wednesday, Feb 20 2008
9:00pm - 11:00pm
THE LOVE JONES OPEN MIC
Spoken Word and Song event. All poets welcome.
Free event. Hosted by Charmagne.
Vibz Uptown
3155 Main Street
Hartford, CT
860-246-7390
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Wednesday, Feb 20 2008
9:30pm - 11:00pm
POETRY NITE at the Huntington Street Café
Poetry Nite every Wednesday at the Huntington Street
Café. Run by Sammy and Natalie, it's open to every-
one. Stop by to check the scene or even read a little
something. Walk in and you'll be added to the list.
Email mailto:Pollie_Vack@yahoo.com for info.
Huntington Street Café
90 Huntington Street
Shelton, CT
Phone: 203-925-9064
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Thursday, Feb 21 2008
7:00pm
WINTONBURY LIBRARY POETRY SERIES
featuring David Cappella
Mr. Cappella has co-authored two books on the teaching
of poetry, Teaching the Art of Poetry: the Moves, and
A Surge of Language. His poems have appeared in such
journals as The Connecticut Review and Bryant Literary
Review. He travels through the country giving workshops,
and teaches at Central Connecticut State University.
An open mike follows the featured poet. The theme is
"Perspectives on the Real."
Watch for announcements of theme nights for our open mike
sessions. For more information, please call the Wintonbury
Branch at 860-242-0041.
Wintonbury Branch Library
1015 Blue Hills Avenue
Bloomfield, CT
http://www.prosserlibrary.info/wintonbury_branch.htm
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Thursday, Feb 21 2008
7:30pm - 9:00pm
THIRD THURSDAY OPEN MIKE
Third Thursday every month in Stamford Borders
near Merritt Pkway exit 35
1041 High Ridge Road
Stamford, CT 06905
Phone: 203-968-9700
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Friday, Feb 22 2008
1:00pm - 2:45pm
POETRY DISCUSSION GROUP
Topic: TBA
Retired English professor Alan Holder leads this once-a-
month poetry discussion, which take place on the third
Friday of the month at 1:00pm. Each month a different
poet's work will be up for discussion. New members
always welcome.
A limited number of free copies of the book to be discussed
will be available for approximately one month before the
meeting. See the library's Circulation Desk. Sponsored
by the Friends of the Library.
Location: Dayton Program Room
Ridgefield Library
472 Main Street (Route 35)
Ridgefield, CT
Contact: Lesley Lambton, 203-438-2282 or
mailto:rdgprograms@biblio.org
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Sunday, Feb 24 2008
2:00pm - 4:00pm
BEAN & LEAF OPEN MIKE POETRY READING
hosted by Tom Weigel
Old poets read, new voices heard in a new venue with
"a killer sound system and lots of delicious teas and coffee
and pastries." Visit the web site for more information.
Bean & Leaf Cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
http://www.bean-leaf.com
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Monday, Feb 25 2008
6:00pm - 8:00pm
POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP
The Danbury Chapter of the Connecticut Poetry Society
holds a writing workshop at the Danbury Library on the
third Monday of each month (the fourth Monday this
month because of President's Day). Bring poems for
sharing and discussion. Newcomers most welcome!
For information, contact: mailto:dmh2000@sbcglobal.net
Danbury Library,
upstairs Conference Room
170 Main Street
Danbury, CT
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Monday, Feb 25 2008
7:30pm - 9:30pm
SPOKEN PALABRA
A weekly spoken word open mike at La Paloma Sabanera
every Monday Evening: signup at 7:30pm, starts at 8:00pm.
"The open mike everyone's been asking for."
Hosted by MIRA and Mind Evolution.
La Paloma Sabanera
405 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT
Ph: 860-548-1670
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Monday, Feb 25 2008
9:00pm
BEATNIK 2000
Music and poetry every Monday night, hosted by
Ed Leonard. No Cover.
http://www.cafenine.com/schedule.html
Cafe 9
250 State Street
New Haven, CT
203-789-8281
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Tuesday, Feb 26 2008
6:30pm
POET'S OPEN MIKE
E njoy an evening of poetry with Poet's Open Mike.
Read something or just come and listen.
Harry Bennett Branch
Ferguson Library
115 Vine Road
Stamford, CT
203-351-8291
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Tuesday, Feb 26 2008
7:00pm
THE ORDINARY EVENING READING SERIES
featuring poet Richard Deming and Nancy Kuhl
Richard Deming is a poet and a theorist who works on the
philosophy of literature. His first book of poems is Let's
Not Call It Consequence. He is also the author of
Listening on All Sides: Towards an Emersonian Ethics
of Reading. With Nancy Kuhl, he edits Phylum Press.
Nancy Kuhl is the author of the full-length poetry collection,
The Wife of the Left Hand. Her chapbook, In the Arbor,
was winner of the Wick Poetry Chapbook Prize. She is
co-editor of Phylum Press, a small poetry publisher, and
Associate Curator of the Yale Collection of American Liter-
ature at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
at Yale University, where she curates the Yale Collection
of American Literature Reading Series.
The Ordinary Evening Reading Series was created to bring
emerging and established poets and writers to New Haven,
and to enrich the already robust artistic, cultural, and literary
scene in the Elm City.
For more information, http://ordinaryevening.blogspot.com
The Anchor Bar's Mermaid Room (Downstairs)
272 College Street
New Haven, CT
203-865-1512
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Wednesday, Feb 27 2008
7:30pm
POEMALLEY at Curley's Diner
Read poetry, discuss writing and other topics of interest.
Curley's Diner
62 West Park Place
Stamford, CT
203-327-3716
mailto:ayarmal@earthlink.net
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Wednesday, Feb 27 2008
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Ralph Nazareth
Stamford poet, anti-war activist and scholar, Ralph
Nazareth was born, raised and educated in India and
moved to the United States in 1968. His poetry lives in
two invisible worlds supported with detail from both his
Indian Catholic sensibility and his American experiences.
After spending most of his life supporting poetry and
other poets, Ralph Nazareth has published his first book
of poetry, Ferrying Secrets. Currently a Professor of
English at Nassau Community College and the Managing
Editor of Yuganta Press, he is a ferocious critic of war,
and volunteers his time to teach poetry to prison inmates
and is also regular reader at a weekly reading series at
Curley's Diner in Stamford.
For more info, visit: http://www.wedpoetry.net
WNPS, the longest running weekly poetry series in
Connecticut, boasts an open mike, feature poets, a Q&A
with the feature, and a poetry critique workshop.
Molten Java Coffee Roasters, LLC
102 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT
203-739-0313
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Wednesday, Feb 27 2008
9:00pm - 11:00pm
THE LOVE JONES OPEN MIC
Spoken Word and Song event. All poets welcome.
Free event. Hosted by Charmagne.
Vibz Uptown
3155 Main Street
Hartford, CT
860-246-7390
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Wednesday, Feb 27 2008
9:30pm - 11:00pm
POETRY NITE at the Huntington Street Café
Poetry Nite every Wednesday at the Huntington Street
Café. Run by Sammy and Natalie, it's open to every-
one. Stop by to check the scene or even read a little
something. Walk in and you'll be added to the list.
Email mailto:Pollie_Vack@yahoo.com for info.
Huntington Street Café
90 Huntington Street
Shelton, CT
Phone: 203-925-9064
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