TABLE OF CONTENTS_______________________________________
- Quotes
- Poem of the Month
- Book of the Month
- Website of the Month
- News Items / Writing Workshops
- Poetry Calendar for October
- Subscription and Contact Information
I:__QUOTES________________________________________________
No one can write well if he does not believe what he is writing.
– Philip Larkin
What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why.
– Allen Tate
At sixteen the poet reads Whitman and Homer and wants to be immortal. Alas, at twenty-four the same poet wants to be in The New Yorker.
– Donald Hall
II:__POEM OF THE MONTH__________________________________
AUTUMN
T. E. Hulme (1883 – 1917)
A touch of cold in the Autumn night—
I walked abroad,
And saw the ruddy moon lean over a hedge
Like a red-faced farmer.
I did not stop to speak, but nodded,
And round about were the wistful stars
With white faces like town children.
III:__BOOK OF THE MONTH_________________________________
Each month we highlight a book of poetry by a Connecticut author.
FROM THE FRONT OF THE CLASSROOM
by Elizabeth Thomas
In these wide-ranging poems taking us from her early life through some difficult later years and on to her life as wife, mother, grandmother, and most of all, teacher and advocate of poetry, Elizabeth Thomas reveals the rich inner life that has made her such an inspiration to everyone who knows her and has learned from her. It is characteristic of the poet that one of the commendations on her book’s back cover is by a former student, Alex Lopez: “Elizabeth has once again produced a work that is as beautiful as it is inspirational. In a culture that expects results from its educators, Elizabeth Thomas has found a way to make a unique connection in her book, as in her classroom.” Another tribute comes from an educator, Jeff Ostroff, Principal, Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School: “What distinguishes us as an educated society? I’d argue that it is our ability to create and appreciate art, communicate effectively with the spoken and written word, passionately embrace the beauty in our world, and confront its ugliness. The poems in this collection do all of that and more. They resonate with life so that the poet in all of us may sing.”
Elizabeth Thomas is a widely published poet, performer, advocate of the arts and teacher. The author of two previous poetry collections, she has read her work throughout the United States and has been a member of three Connecticut National Poetry Slam teams. In 1998 she was a member of the U.S. team that traveled to Sweden. Much of her energy and time is devoted to designing and teaching writing programs for schools and organizations in many parts of the country. As an outstanding advocate of youth in the arts, Elizabeth Thomas is a coach and organizer with Brave New Voices: International Youth Poetry Slam and Festival. She is also the founder of UpWords Poetry, a company dedicated to promoting programs for young writers and educators. She hosts a website at www.upwordspoetry.com.
$18.00 (ISBN: 978-0-9798451-6-1)
Antrim House www.antrimhousebooks.com/index.html
IV:__WEBSITE OF THE MONTH______________________________
THE POETRY FOUNDATION
Whether you enjoy the magazine Poetry or not, this web site is loaded. They have an extensive Audio section, though many of the poems are not read by the poet. Look for entries labeled Poetry Lectures; those are quite good. There's an interesting section called Poetry Tool which allows you to search for poems and poets in a variety of ways. There's even a Books page that lists the top selling poetry books (currently Ballistics by Billy Collins). Reading Guides, Videos, Links, and more, it's worth a visit.
From the website: The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience.
Upon receipt of a major gift from philanthropist Ruth Lilly, the Poetry Foundation was established in 2003, evolving from the Modern Poetry Association, which was founded in 1941. The Poetry Foundation is one of the largest literary foundations in the world.
www.poetryfoundation.org/index.html
V:__NEWS ITEMS / WRITING WORKSHOPS______________________
CONGRATULATIONS
To Margaret Gibson, whose book of poems, One Body, won the 2008 Connecticut Book Award for Poetry.
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Mondays, October 20, 27, and November 3, 10 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
TURN YOUR PICTURES INTO POETRY
A Poetry Writing Workshop
The use of images will be discussed from perspectives of self, voice, narrative & place, with workshop leader Geri Radacsi, published poet, journalist, and creative writing teacher.
Dates: Mondays, 2:30 - 4:00 pm, October 20, 27 and November 3, 10. Fee: $150.00 for the four 90 minute sessions.
Make checks payable to FRLAC. Call Jan Owens 860-677-9662 regarding member discounts.
Farmington River Literary Arts Center
40 Mill Lane
Farmington , CT
Sponsored by the Farmington River Literary Arts Center
VI:__POETRY CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER________________________
Wednesday, October 1 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
ayarmal@earthlink.net
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Wednesday, October 1 2008
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Dimitri Rimsky
Last heard performing his work in the August slam at Artwell in Torrington, Dimitri Rimsky has been an entertainment agent, street mime, graphic designer, house painter and an occasional poet. He is currently a web developer and freelance designer. He belongs to the Litchfield County Writers Project and also the Washington Art Association, in Washington, CT where he has lived since 1950.
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. For more info, visit the website: www.wedpoetry.net.
Molten Java Coffee Roasters, LLC
102 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT
203-739-0313
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Wednesday, October 1 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 everyone. Stop by to check the scene or even read a little something. Walk in and you’ll be added to the list.
Email Pollie_Vack@yahoo.com for info.
Huntington Street Café
90 Huntington Street
Shelton, CT
Phone: 203-925-9064
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Thursday, October 2 2008
12:00pm
CLARE ROSSINI in GROTON
Poet Clare Rossini's third book, Lingo, was published by the University of Akron Press in 2006. Her earlier book, Winter Morning with Crow, was selected by for the 1996 Akron Poetry Prize by Donald Justice, who praised Rossini's "bright, engaging, lively intelligence," and called the poems "models of that sort of eloquence which comes mainly from a steady precision of language and observation."
This reading is a benefit for the New London Community Meal Center. Audience members are invited to make a donation or bring canned goods.
Branford House
UConn - Avery Point Campus
1084 Shennecossett Road
Groton, CT
860-405-9072
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Thursday, October 2 2008
7:00pm
MARY ELIZABETH LANG in NEW LONDON
Mary Elizabeth Lang will launch her new book of poetry, Under Red Cedars, with a reading at the Galleries.
Please join us for a new reading series, Poetry in the Galleries, sponsored by internationally acclaimed Curbstone Press out of Willimantic, CT. Each reading begins at 7:00pm in the galleries.
For more information, please call Curbstone at 860-423-5110.
Hygienic Galleries
79-83 Bank Street
New London, CT
860-443-8001
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Thursday, October 2 2008
7:00pm
MICHAEL CERVAS in AVON
A poetry reading will be held at the Avon Free Public Library with local poet, Michael Cervas, reading from his latest work, Inside the Box: Poems. Mr. Cervas is on the faculty of Westminster School in Simsbury.
Michael Cervas' first collection of poetry, Inside the Box, is a stunning book and has been greeted with enthusiasm by all who have seen advance copies. Naomi Shihab Nye says, "I feel haunted and deepened in all ways as a reader by this book. The poems are well-shaped, penetrating, insightful, unexpected, eerie and haunting at times, always resonant and richly layered. Their humor rings and delights." Linda Peterson adds, "A joy to read...these poems give pleasure and insight." And David Huddle writes, "These poems are a civilizing force!"
Avon Free Public Library
281 Country Club Road
Avon, CT
860-673-9712
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Thursday, October 2 2008
7:00pm - 10:00pm
THURSDAY NIGHT POETRY
Open Mike Poetry Reading at Bean & Leaf. Old poets read, new voices heard.
A new venue with “a killer sound system and lots of delicious teas and coffee and pastries.” Visit the website for more information: www.bean-leaf.com.
Bean & Leaf cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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Thursday, October 2 2008
7:30pm
BOB JACOB in BLOOMFIELD
Bob Jacob reading and book-signing. Free & open to the public.
Bob Jacob's book, Perspective, is a testament to the human spirit. Readers have been enthusiastic about the verse of a man who has dedicated himself to those most in need of what Jacob calls his loving words. Jean Valentine writes, "I admire Bob Jacob's loving, tender voice valuing people close to death." And Stephen Dunn has commented that the poems "reveal a man you'd like to know." In 2004 a short selection of Jacob's hospice poems, Upon Their Quiet Altars, was published. Like his full-length collection, the earlier book appeared under the aegis of The Connecticut Hospice, to which all proceeds of both books are being donated.
Seabury Retirement Community
200 Seabury Drive (off Wintonbury Avenue)
Bloomfield, CT
For more information, call 860-712-8265.
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Thursday, October 2 2008
8:00pm
BANNED BOOKS POETRY SLAM at WESTCONN
WestConn will present the Midtown Coffeehouse at 8:00pm in Alumni Hall on the university's Midtown campus. The coffeehouse will include a Banned Books Week Poetry Slam at 8:00pm, followed by the featured act, Chris Kiley (singer/musician), at 9:00pm.
Admission will be free and the public is invited. Donations to sustain the Coffeehouse will be accepted. Call 203-837-9700 for more information.
Alumni Hall
Western Connecticut State University
181 White Street
Danbury, CT
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Friday, October 3 2008
6:00pm
CARSON CISTULLI at YALE
Carson Cistulli’s first full length collection of poetry, Some Common Weaknesses Illustrated, was recently published by Casa Grande Press. Cistulli received his MFA from the University of Massachusetts; he also attended Columbia University in New York, where he studied with Kenneth Koch, and the University of Montana, from which he graduated with a BA in Classical Civilization. His work has appeared in Cold Drill, canwehaveourballback, and Free Radicals: American Poets Before Their First Books.
This event is free and open to the public.
Anthony Hall
483 College Street
New Haven, CT
Co-sponsored by the Graduate Poets Reading Series and the Yale Collection of American Literature Reading Series
Contact: david.gorin@yale.edu
For additional information about poetry at the Beinecke Library visit: beineckepoetry.wordpress.com.
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Saturday, October 4 2008
6:30pm
13th ANNUAL WALLACE STEVENS BIRTHDAY BASH
with featured speaker John N. Serio
Serio (bio below) will address a neglected aspect in Wallace Stevens' work—"the personal" or "the emotional" in his poetry. Most readers focus on Stevens' complex philosophical ideas and find his poetry abstract, cold, and impersonal. His talk will concentrate on the feeling embedded in Stevens' poetry.
Reception begins at 6:30pm.
After Program: serving Birthday Cake and Champagne!
Hartford Public Library
500 Main Street
Hartford CT
Ticket: $40 per person; send check payable to: Hartford Public Library. Or call to reserve your tickets at the door: 860-695-6360.
John N. Serio is a Professor of Humanities at Clarkson University, where he has taught since 1974. A specialist in modern American poetry and Wallace Stevens in particular, he has edited The Wallace Stevens Journal for over twenty-five years. Among his publications are Wallace Stevens: An Annotated Secondary Bibliography; Teaching Wallace Stevens: Practical Essays; The Cambridge Companion to Wallace Stevens. He has edited two collections of Poetry for Young People, Wallace Stevens and The Seasons. Serio created a searchable CD of the first twenty-five years of The Wallace Stevens Journal, including the rarely seen Wallace Stevens Newsletter. With Greg Foster, he created a free Online Concordance to Wallace Stevens poetry at www.wallacestevens.com.
He has been the recipient of several NEH grants as well as two Fulbright awards, one to Greece and one to Belgium. He has received recognition for his scholarly articles and his journal editing. In Spring 2005, he taught in the "Semester at Sea" program, a university on a ship that circumnavigates the globe, and will do so again in Spring 2009.
Sponsored by Connecticut Center for the Book at the Hartford Public Library with help from The Friends & Enemies of Wallace Stevens.
See www.wesleyan.edu/wstevens/stevens.html, or for more information, contact James Finnegan at 860-508-2810 or jforjames@aol.com
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Sunday, October 5 2008
2:00pm
JOHN BASINGER PERFORMS PARADISE LOST
In celebration of John Milton’s 400th anniversary, John Basinger will be performing a different book of Paradise Lost every Sunday afternoon.
All readings start at 2:00pm (October 5, 12, 19, 26)
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
near@buttonwood.org
www.buttonwood.org
The event is free; donations are accepted.
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Sunday, October 5 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 website for more information: www.bean-leaf.com
Bean & Leaf Cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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Sunday, October 5 2008
3:00pm
THE POET'S VOICE SERIES
presents Marie Howe in Westport
Marie Howe is author of The Good Thief, which was selected by Margaret Atwood for the National Poetry Series, What the Living Do, and the co-editor of a book of essays, In the Company of My Solitude: American Writing from the AIDS Pandemic. Her third volume of poetry, Kingdom Of Ordinary Time is forthcoming. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and other magazines. She is the recipient of NEA and Guggenheim Fellowships, and Stanley Kunitz selected her for a Lavan Younger Poets Prize from the American Academy of Poets. Currently, Howe teaches creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia, and New York University.
About The Good Thief, Margaret Atwood said, "Marie Howe's poetry doesn't fool around...these poems are intensely felt, sparely expressed, and difficult to forget; poems of obsession that transcend their own dark roots."
This reading is part of the Poet’s Voice series, an annual event, which brings notable poets to Fairfield County libraries and the community. It is supported by the Horace E. Manacher Poetry Fund. The reading is free and open to all.
McManus Room
Westport Public Library
20 Jesup Road
Westport, CT
For information and directions: call 203-291-4840 or visit www.westportlibrary.org.
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Sunday, October 5 2008
4:30pm - 6:00pm
POETRY POTLUCK AT THE SANCTUARY
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 this first Sunday of August at The Sanctuary in East Haddam to discuss poetry and build community.
This is not about sharing our own work but instead offers us a chance to share the work of poets we love, so you don’t have to be a poet to be part of this group. Just come and bring your love of poetry and a poem you would like to share.
Hosted by Greg Coleman, Suzy Lamson, and Edwina Trentham.
The Sanctuary at Shepardfields
59 Bogel Road
East Haddam, CT
(From Daniels Road, turn LEFT onto Bogel, then look for the “Labyrinth & Yurt” sign. It’s a dirt driveway.)
For more information call 860-319-1134 or visit www.sanctuaryatshepardfields.org
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Monday, October 6 2008
7:00pm
THE LOVE JONES OPEN MIC
Spoken Word and Song event. All poets welcome.
$5.00 cover. Hosted by Darlene Brandon Scott.
The Russell
103 Pratt Street
Hartford, CT
www.therussell.net
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Monday, October 6 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, October 6 2008
9:00pm
BEATNIK 2000
Music and poetry every Monday night, hosted by Ed Leonard. No Cover.
www.cafenine.com/schedule.html
Cafe 9
250 State Street
New Haven, CT
203-789-8281
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Tuesday, October 7 2008
7:00pm - 9:00pm
FIRST TUESDAY POETRY (Middletown)
featuring John Basinger
John Basinger starting committing all twelve books of John Milton's Paradise Lost to memory in 1993. Since then he has performed them at a variety of venues across the country including Poetry Alive in Asheville, North Carolina, 1997 National Slam Poetry Festival, and the list goes on and on. John will be performing a pertinent portion of Book Eight as well as some of his own work.
Broad Street Books hosts a monthly poetry reading, First Tuesday Poetry Series, with a featured poet followed by an open mike, on the first Tuesday of every month at 7:00pm. Admission is free.
45 Broad Street
Middletown, CT
Broad Street Books
For more information, contact Brian Mitchard at 860-685-READ
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Tuesday, October 7 2008
7:15pm
FIRST TUESDAY POETRY (Norwalk)
The First Tuesday Poetry group meets every month at Barnes & Noble Booksellers. (Note the new location. First Tuesday Poetry no longer meets at Borders in Wilton.)
Please come and listen to local poets, bring a favorite poem, read your own poems too. We offer a mix of guest poets, featured regular readers, Open Mike, and Occasional Workshop sessions.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Shoprite Plaza
360 Connecticut Avenue
Norwalk, CT
203-866-2213
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Wednesday, October 8 2008
6:30pm - 8:30pm
CALLING ALL POETS
presents Cheryl Della Pelle and Sandra Bishop Ebner
Because of the sparked interest and great turn out at last April’s poetry celebration, the Silas Bronson Library has decided to go ahead with their own series. “Calling All Poets” will be a place in which all participants will have an opportunity to hear other poets as well as express their own voice through poetry. Participants are invited to bring original poems and/or other favorites to share in fitting with October’s open mike theme, “Ladies night out” - a Celebration of Women. 6:00pm sign up.
The reading will be held downstairs. Admission is free. Hosted by Victoria Muñoz.
Cheryl Della Pelle will read from and sign her new book, Down to the Waters. The book tells the story of one woman's search for herself and for the sort of fulfillment that comes only to those who refuse to settle for less than everything. She founded Common Thread, a poetry performance group who has their permanent residence at the Artwell Gallery in Torrington and performs several times a year, besides her work as a visiting poet in the public schools. She also has poems published in Arkenstone and The Connecticut River Review.
Sandra Bishop Ebner is an RN who works as a psychiatric case manager for a VNS. Her poems have appeared in various literary journals. Her first book, The Space Between, was published by Hanover Press in 2000. She was recently published in The Poetry of Nursing, poems and commentary by leading nurse poets, published by Kent State University Press.
The Silas Bronson Library
267 Grand Street
Waterbury, CT
203-574-8223
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Wednesday, October 8 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
ayarmal@earthlink.net
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Wednesday, October 8 2008
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Talk Ugly To Me
An electrifying performance poetry from Talk Ugly To Me, a duo of national slam poets, Sierra Demulder and Rhe.
Rhe is a spoken word artist, practical activist, craft-enthusiast, reluctant tender of bars, professional keeper of level-heads, and fiddler on the fire-escape, hailing from Minneapolis, MN. An active member of the Twin Cities spoken word scene, she was a member of the 2007 SlamMN! Nationals Team and represented Minneapolis at the first ever Women of the World Poetry Slam in March, 2008.
Sierra enjoys goosebumps, cranberry juice and feminism, is member of the Intangibles Spoken Word Collective and Saint Paul National Soap-Boxing Team. While dividing her poetry between New York and the Twin Cities, she is performing and holding workshops at highschools, pride events, correctional facilities, colleges and street corners. She participated in this year's National Poetry Slam competition in Madison, WI where her team made semi-finals.
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. For more info, visit the website: www.wedpoetry.net.
Molten Java Coffee Roasters, LLC
102 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT
203-739-0313
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Wednesday, October 8 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 everyone. Stop by to check the scene or even read a little something. Walk in and you’ll be added to the list.
Email Pollie_Vack@yahoo.com for info.
Huntington Street Café
90 Huntington Street
Shelton, CT
Phone: 203-925-9064
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Thursday, October 9 2008
7:00pm - 10:00pm
THURSDAY NIGHT POETRY
Open Mike Poetry Reading at Bean & Leaf. Old poets read, new voices heard.
A new venue with “a killer sound system and lots of delicious teas and coffee and pastries.” Visit the website for more information: www.bean-leaf.com.
Bean & Leaf cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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Thursday, October 9 2008
7:30pm
SECOND THURSDAY POETRY SERIES
presents Baron Wormser
Baron Wormser is the author of seven books of poetry, the most recent being Scattered Chapters, a collection of short stories, and a much heralded memoir, The Road Washes Out in Spring. He is a former poet laureate of Maine and has had poetry published in The Paris Review, The Sewanee Review, The New Republic, Harper's, and Poetry.
The reading is part of the Guilford Poets Guild's Second Thursday Poetry Series.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be served
The Women and Family Life Center
96 Fair Street
Guilford, CT
Contact: 203-453-2036 or 203-453-8836
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Sunday, October 12 2008
2:00pm
FAIRFIELD AREA POETS OPEN MIKE
Fairfield Area Poets meets each month at Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Westport. Please come and listen to local poets, bring a favorite poem, read your own poems too.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers Westport
Post Plaza Shopping Center
1076 Post Road East
Westport, CT
203-221-7955
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Sunday, October 12 2008
2:00pm
JOHN BASINGER PERFORMS PARADISE LOST
In celebration of John Milton’s 400th anniversary, John Basinger will be performing a different book of Paradise Lost every Sunday afternoon.
All readings start at 2:00pm (October 5, 12, 19, 26)
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
near@buttonwood.org
www.buttonwood.org
The event is free; donations are accepted.
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Sunday, October 12 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 website for more information.
Bean & Leaf Cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
www.bean-leaf.com
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Monday, October 13 2008
6:00pm - 8:00pm
CPS POETRY WORKSHOP in DANBURY
The Danbury Chapter of the Connecticut Poetry Society holds a writing workshop at the Danbury Library on the third Monday of each month. Newcomers are welcome! Bring poems for sharing and discussion (about 6 copies to pass around, if possible).
For information, contact: dmh2000@sbcglobal.net
Danbury Library
Upstairs Conference Room
170 Main Street
Danbury, CT
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Monday, October 13 2008
7:00pm
THE LOVE JONES OPEN MIC
Spoken Word and Song event. All poets welcome.
$5.00 cover. Hosted by Darlene Brandon Scott.
The Russell
103 Pratt Street
Hartford, CT
www.therussell.net
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Monday, October 13 2008
7:15pm
MONDAY NIGHT POETRY in STAMFORD
Monday Night Poetry meets on the second Monday of each month at Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Stamford Town Center.
Please come and listen to local poets, bring a favorite poem, or read your own.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Stamford Town Center
100 Greyrock Place Suite H009
Stamford, CT
203-323-1248
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Monday, October 13 2008
9:00pm
BEATNIK 2000
Music and poetry every Monday night, hosted by Ed Leonard. No Cover.
www.cafenine.com/schedule.html
Cafe 9
250 State Street
New Haven, CT
203-789-8281
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Wednesday, October 15 2008
7:00pm
THIRD WEDNESDAY POETRY
Third Wednesday Poetry Series is a new series at Corleones Cafe. An open mike will follow feature readers.
Host: Edmond Chibeau
Corleones Cafe
103 Union Street
Willimantic, CT
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Wednesday, October 15 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
ayarmal@earthlink.net
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Wednesday, October 15 2008
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Cheryl Panosian-Haddad
Psychologist, poet, wife, mother of daughters. Cheryl has been a long-time participant in the Wednesday Night Poetry Series since the time it met at Doctor Java's Caffeine Emporium around 1995. Her poetry builds on her Armenian heritage and on strong family themes. Her work is serious but she has a sense of humor: she was the winner of the first WNPS Halloween Poetry Costume contest, when she read Sylvia Plath's work costumed in a giant cardboard oven.
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. For more info, visit the website: www.wedpoetry.net.
Molten Java Coffee Roasters, LLC
102 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT
203-739-0313
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Wednesday, October 15 2008
8:00pm
MICHAEL PALMER at WESLEYAN
Born in Manhattan, poet and translator Michael Palmer has lived in San Francisco since 1969. Palmer has worked with the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company for over thirty years and has collaborated with many visual artists and composers. His most recent collections are Codes Appearing (Poems 1979-1988) and Company of Moths. A prose work, The Danish Notebook, was published in 1999, and his selected essays and talks, Active Boundaries, appeared in July of 2008. Among his awards, Palmer has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund Writer’s Award, two National Endowment for the Arts grants in poetry, the Shelley Memorial Award of the Poetry Society of America and, in the fall of 2006, the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets. He has taught at various universities in the United States and Europe, and his writings have been translated into more than twenty-five languages.
Sponsored by Elizabeth Willis.
Wesleyan University
Russell House
350 High Street
Middletown, CT
Contact: 860-685-3448
russellhouse@wesleyan.edu
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Wednesday, October 15 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 everyone. Stop by to check the scene or even read a little something. Walk in and you’ll be added to the list.
Email Pollie_Vack@yahoo.com for info.
Huntington Street Café
90 Huntington Street
Shelton, CT
Phone: 203-925-9064
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Thursday, October 16 2008
6:30pm
WORD OF MOUTH POETRY SERIES
featuring Faith Vicinanza
Faith Vicinanza is a widely published poet, a nature photographer, a creative writing workshop facilitator, editor, member of the performance troupe Shijin, and is working on her fourth collection of poetry and a memoir. As a member of two national slam teams, she competed in National Slam Championship competitions in 1994 and 1996. She was also a member of the U.S. Team that competed in Sweden in 1997, as well as the executive director of The 1997 National Poetry Slam Championships held in Middletown, CT. After a long absence from the poetry scene, Ms. Vicinanza is preparing for a month long tour of the United States as a member of Mother Tongue, three women (Elizabeth Thomas, Valerie Lawson and Faith Vicinanza) and was among a select few "legacy slam poets" featured at the "Women of the World Poetry Slam Championships" in early 2008. She will be reading/performing from her upcoming book "Experimental Faith." You can check out her three month bicycle trip from Key West to Canada in the summer of 2005 with her husband Peter at faithandpeter.blogs.com
On the third Thursday of each month, Word of Mouth Poetry Series celebrates an eclectic mix of poetic voices. Free. Refreshments. Open mike. Outstanding featured readers. In a casual setting. Open to all members of the public and others. For more information, please contact allwordofmouth@gmail.com or mcguireschwartz@gmail.com.
Doors Open at 6:30. Open mike at 7:00. Please arrive a few minutes early to sign up for open mike.
The Institute Library
847 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT
Word of Mouth is an affiliate of Arts and Literature Laboratory. Please visit our website at allgallery.org.
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Thursday, October 16 2008
7:00pm - 9:00pm
WINTONBURY LIBRARY POETRY SERIES
featuring Marilyn Johnston
Marilyn Johnston will be the featured reader for "Host's Night", inaugurating the 2008-2009 installment of this popular series which Johnston co-founded and which is now in its eleventh year. Marilyn will be reading from her first full-length book, Silk Fist Songs, published by Antrim House Books (April 2008). Her work has been published in many journals, including Worcester Review and the South Carolina Review and has garnered several Pushcart nominations. Her chapbook, Against Disappearance, was published as a finalist for the Redgreene Press Poetry Prize, 2001. Tom Nicotera, co-host and bard extraordinaire, will emcee the evening.
An open mike follows the featured poet. The theme is "Identity Journey."
An themed open mike follows the featured poet. 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
www.prosserlibrary.info/wintonbury_branch.htm
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Thursday, October 16 2008
7:00pm - 9:00pm
MISHI-MAYA-GAT Spoken Word & Music Series
presents Carol Bonomo Albright & Dennis Barone
7:00pm - Featured Musicians: Jazz duo with Norman Johnson, guitar, and Don Wallace, bass, will perform a set of jazz standards. Johnson has performed with such notables as Dave Brubeck, Houston Person, and other local and national artists. Wallace earned a performance degree from Hartt College of Music and has been a studio bass player in demand for more than ten years.
8:00pm - Publication Celebration of Wild Dreams: The Best of Italian Americana (Fordham University Press)
Carol Bonomo Albright has been editor-in-chief of Italian Americana for nearly 20 years. She has published numerous articles and reviews in various professional journals, including the Journal of American Ethnic History and MELUS. She also teaches Italian American Studies at Harvard University Extension School.
Dennis Barone is the author of twelve books, including a collection of selected poems, Separate Objects, the novella, God's Whisper, and a book of microfictions, North Arrow. He is professor of English and director of American Studies at Saint Joseph College.
Free and Open to the Public. Sponsored by the MCC Foundation.
Hosted by Stephen Campiglio.
Fireside Commons, Learning Resource Center
Manchester Community College
Great Path
Manchester, CT
PLEASE NOTE: The Open Mike segment of the Mishi-maya-gat events will now be a separate event sponsored by MCC’s Poets Club. For more information or directions, please visit the Mishi-maya-gat web page at www.mcc.commnet.edu or call 860-512-2824.
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Thursday, October 16 2008
7:00pm - 10:00pm
THURSDAY NIGHT POETRY
Open Mike Poetry Reading at Bean & Leaf. Old poets read, new voices heard.
A new venue with “a killer sound system and lots of delicious teas and coffee and pastries.” Visit the website for more information: www.bean-leaf.com.
Bean & Leaf cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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Thursday, October 16 2008
7:30pm - 9:00pm
THIRD THURSDAY OPEN MIC
Open mike poetry reading on the third Thursday of every month at the Stamford Borders.
Borders
1041 High Ridge Road (near Merritt Parkway exit 35)
Stamford, CT
Phone: 203-968-9700
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Thursday, October 16 2008
8:00pm - 10:00pm
FRESHWATER COFFEE HOUSE
Reading by New England Poets published in Freshwater 2008
with guitar music by Asnuntuck Student Mike Ciervo
Readers:
Jon Andersen
Corey Aretz
Mike Ciervo
Corinne DeWinter
Kyle Falkowski
Lauren Fisk
Matt Harding
Lisa Mangini
Sarah Nichols
Steve Parlato
Matthew Sisson
Paige Steinert
Reading will be followed by an Poetry & Music open mike.
The reading is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Copies of Freshwater 2008 and copies of the poets’ books will be on sale.
The Coffee House in Café II
Asnuntuck Community College
170 Elm Street
Enfield, CT
For more information contact Edwina Trentham at etrentham@acc.commnet.edu or 860-253-3105
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Friday, October 17 2008
1:00pm - 2:45pm
POETRY DISCUSSION GROUP
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
203-438-2282 or
rdgprograms@biblio.org
www.ridgefieldlibrary.org
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Friday, October 17 2008
7:30pm - 9:30pm
PHILIP SCHULTZ at ARTS CAFE MYSTIC
Philip Schultz has received several prestigious awards and grants for his poetry. His most recent book of poetry, Failure, won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. He is also the author of Deep Within the Ravine, which was the recipient of The Academy of American Poets Lamont Prize, and Like Wings, winner of an American Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters Award, as well as a National Book Award nomination. Schultz is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in Poetry to Israel and a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry. He has also received, among others, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, as well as the Levinson Prize from Poetry magazine.
"Philip Schultz is a hell of a poet, one of the very best of his generation, full of slashing language, good rhythms, surprises, and the power to leave you meditating in the cave of his poems." - Norman Mailer
The Arts Café Mystic is in its 15th year.
Mystic Arts Center
9 Water Street
Mystic, CT
860-536-5680
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Thursday, October 17 2008
7:30pm
POETRY SALON at Soul Mountain Retreat
presents Four Arab-American Poets
The four poets represent a range of national backgrounds and come from several regions of the United States.
- Kazim Ali teaches at Oberlin College and at the University of Southern Maine. He is the author of two books of poetry and a novel.
- Hayan Charara teaches at LaGuardia Community College in New York City. His books reflect his strong family relationships and unflinching view of his world.
- Deema Shehabi is a Palestinian-American whose poetry has appeared in anthologies and literary journals. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
- Alise Alousi has worked with children and teens for over fifteen years, most recently as a writer-in-residence in the Detroit Public Schools through the Inside/Out Literary Arts Project.
Reservations will be honored on a first come, first served basis. Contact Soul Mountain Retreat at 860-434-0587 or smretreat@yahoo.com.
If you would like to support Soul Mountain Retreat, please consider making a donation at our fundraising site, www.firstgiving.com/smretreat.
We look forward to welcoming you to Soul Mountain Retreat.
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Saturday, October 18 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, October 18 2008
3:00pm
ALASTAIR REID at WESLEYAN
Alastair Reid is a distinguished poet, translator, essayist, and traveler. Born in Scotland in 1926, he graduated from St. Andrews University and has since lived in countries across Europe, in Morocco, in the United States, and in Central and South America. Since 1959, Reid has written for The New Yorker, playing a major role as staff writer, South American editor, traveling correspondent, and noted champion of Latin American literature. He is the author of over twenty books - poems, essays, prose chronicles, and translations - and his writings have been widely translated. Reid’s collections include Oases (1997), Whereabouts (1987), Weathering (1978) and To Lighten My House (1953). On the Blue Shore of Silence (2004) is a new selection of his translations of Neruda’s poems of the sea. Reid has taught Latin American studies and literature as a visiting professor at schools across the United States and in England. In 2001, he received the PEN Kolovakos Award for Translation.
Organized by the Wesleyan Writing Program.
Wesleyan University
Russell House
350 High Street
Middletown, CT
Contact: 860-685-3448
russellhouse@wesleyan.edu
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Saturday, October 18 2008
3:00pm
CENTRAL GALLERY POETRY READING SERIES
presents Carol Altieri
The Central Gallery Poetry Reading series presents poet Carol Altieri.
Admission is free. Refreshments served.
Central Gallery
270 Main Street
Old Saybrook, CT
Contact: Hillary Seltzer 860-510-0432
or visit our website: www.centralgallery.net
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Saturday, October 18 2008
6:30pm
OPEN MIKE at BUTTONWOOD
The Central Valley Poetry Series presents Inviting All Poets - Open Mike night.
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
near@buttonwood.org
www.buttonwood.org
The event is free; donations are accepted.
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Sunday, October 19 2008
2:00pm
JOHN BASINGER PERFORMS PARADISE LOST
In celebration of John Milton’s 400th anniversary, John Basinger will be performing a different book of Paradise Lost every Sunday afternoon.
All readings start at 2:00pm (October 5, 12, 19, 26)
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
near@buttonwood.org
www.buttonwood.org
The event is free; donations are accepted.
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Sunday, October 19 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 website for more information.
Bean & Leaf Cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
www.bean-leaf.com
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Mondays, October 20, 27, and November 3, 10 2008
2:30pm - 4:00pm
TURN YOUR PICTURES INTO POETRY
A Poetry Writing Workshop
See NEWS ITEMS / WRITING WORKSHOPS
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Monday, October 20 2008
7:00pm
THE LOVE JONES OPEN MIC
Spoken Word and Song event. All poets welcome.
$5.00 cover. Hosted by Darlene Brandon Scott.
The Russell
103 Pratt Street
Hartford, CT
www.therussell.net
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Monday, October 20 2008
9:00pm
BEATNIK 2000
Music and poetry every Monday night, hosted by Ed Leonard. No Cover.
www.cafenine.com/schedule.html
Cafe 9
250 State Street
New Haven, CT
203-789-8281
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Wednesday, October 22 2008
7:00pm
BOB JACOB READING and BOOK-SIGNING
Bob Jacob's book, Perspective, is a testament to the human spirit. Readers have been enthusiastic about the verse of a man who has dedicated himself to those most in need of what Jacob calls his loving words. Jean Valentine writes, "I admire Bob Jacob's loving, tender voice valuing people close to death." And Stephen Dunn has commented that the poems "reveal a man you’d like to know." In 2004 a short selection of Jacob’s hospice poems, Upon Their Quiet Altars, was published. Like his full-length collection, the earlier book appeared under the aegis of The Connecticut Hospice, to which all proceeds of both books are being donated.
Free & open to the public.
Visiting Nurses Association
56 West Main Street
Plainville, CT
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Wednesday, October 22 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
ayarmal@earthlink.net
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Wednesday, October 22 2008
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Open Mike
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. For info, visit: www.wedpoetry.net.
Molten Java Coffee Roasters, LLC
102 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT
203-739-0313
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Wednesday, October 22 2008
8:00pm
KURT BROWN at WESLEYAN
Connecticut Poetry Circuit Poet Kurt Brown was born in Brooklyn and grew up on Long Island and in Connecticut, where he attended the University of Connecticut. He spent many years in Aspen, Colorado, where he founded the Aspen Writers' Conference and edited the Aspen Anthology. Brown is editor of The Measured Word: On Poetry and Science and Verse & Universe: Poems about Science and Mathematics, as well as The True Subject, Writing It Down for James, and Facing the Lion. He is the author of three award-winning chapbooks and two collections of poems, Return of the Prodigals and More Things in Heaven & Earth. Brown’s poems have appeared in many periodicals, including Ontario Review, Massachusetts Review, Crazyhorse, and Southern Poetry Review.
Organized by the Wesleyan Writing Program.
Wesleyan University
Russell House
350 High Street
Middletown, CT
Contact: 860-685-3448
russellhouse@wesleyan.edu
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Wednesday, October 22 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 everyone. Stop by to check the scene or even read a little something. Walk in and you’ll be added to the list.
Email Pollie_Vack@yahoo.com for info.
Huntington Street Café
90 Huntington Street
Shelton, CT
203-925-9064
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Thursday, October 23 2008
7:00pm - 10:00pm
THURSDAY NIGHT POETRY
Open Mike Poetry Reading at Bean & Leaf. Old poets read, new voices heard.
A new venue with “a killer sound system and lots of delicious teas and coffee and pastries.” Visit the website for more information: www.bean-leaf.com.
Bean & Leaf cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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Friday, October 24 2008
7:00pm
OPEN MIKE NIGHT at RJ JULIA
Come read from your newest short story, poem, or essay and feel the rush of taking your work public. All we ask in return? That you limit your time to 5-7 minutes, and that you come prepared to be impressed! Please reserve your spot at the Information counter.
Visit our events page at www.rjjulia.com/events/madison.lasso.
RJ Julia Booksellers
768 Boston Post Road
Madison, CT
203-245-3959
books@rjjulia.com
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Saturday, October 25 2008
4:00pm
RICHARD DUFFEE reads at CURLEY'S DINER
Yuganta Press is delighted to announce the publication of The Slow News of Need by Richard Duffee. All are cordially invited to listen to Richard read from his book.
Refreshments will be served.
Curley’s Diner
62 West Park Place
Stamford, CT
203-327-3716
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Saturday, October 25 2008
7:30pm
ARTSPEAK - A New Open Mike in Simsbury!
Peaberry’s Café of Simsbury is starting Artspeak, a poetry open mike on the fourth Saturday of every month hosted by Rob Dauphinais. We are hoping to generate interest in every corner of CT, so spread the word! The night will begin at 7:30 and go until 9:30, however, if there is an abundance of artists, we will go until 10:00. Our aim is to create an environment where poets of all ages will feel welcome and wanted, as well as challenged. We want this to be an atmosphere where artists can share and network, and, most importantly, grow!
All ages are welcome and we ask that each artist be sensitive to the audience and what may or may not be appropriate. Beyond this request, we want to keep censorship to a minimum, and we support freedom of speech and expression.
Artspeak will feature another experimental element, improvisational jazz. We’re interested in the marriage of poetry and music, words and rhythm. If you are a jazz musician interested in playing, please come! These events will be relatively fluid and open. Our desire is to cultivate a dialogue between the art of words and the art of music.
Peaberry’s Café
712 Hopmeadow Street
Simsbury, CT
860-658-2930
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Sunday, October 26 2008
2:00pm
JOHN BASINGER PERFORMS PARADISE LOST
In celebration of John Milton’s 400th anniversary, John Basinger will be performing a different book of Paradise Lost every Sunday afternoon.
All readings start at 2:00pm (October 5, 12, 19, 26)
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
near@buttonwood.org
www.buttonwood.org
The event is free; donations are accepted.
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Sunday, October 26 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 website for more information.
Bean & Leaf Cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
www.bean-leaf.com
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Monday, October 27 2008
7:00pm
KURT BROWN at Central Connecticut State University
Connecticut Poetry Circuit Poet Kurt Brown was born in Brooklyn and grew up on Long Island and in Connecticut, where he attended the University of Connecticut. He spent many years in Aspen, Colorado, where he founded the Aspen Writers' Conference and edited the Aspen Anthology. Brown is editor of The Measured Word: On Poetry and Science and Verse & Universe: Poems about Science and Mathematics, as well as The True Subject, Writing It Down for James, and Facing the Lion. He is the author of three award-winning chapbooks and two collections of poems, Return of the Prodigals and More Things in Heaven & Earth. Brown’s poems have appeared in many periodicals, including Ontario Review, Massachusetts Review, Crazyhorse, and Southern Poetry Review.
Free and open to the public.
Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley Street
New Britain, CT
Telephone: 860-832-2278
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Monday, October 27 2008
7:00pm
THE LOVE JONES OPEN MIC
Spoken Word and Song event. All poets welcome.
$5.00 cover. Hosted by Darlene Brandon Scott.
The Russell
103 Pratt Street
Hartford, CT
www.therussell.net
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Monday, October 27 2008
9:00pm
BEATNIK 2000
Music and poetry every Monday night, hosted by Ed Leonard. No Cover.
www.cafenine.com/schedule.html
Cafe 9
250 State Street
New Haven, CT
203-789-8281
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Tuesday, October 28 2008
12:15pm
KURT BROWN at University of Hartford
Connecticut Poetry Circuit Poet Kurt Brown was born in Brooklyn and grew up on Long Island and in Connecticut, where he attended the University of Connecticut. He spent many years in Aspen, Colorado, where he founded the Aspen Writers' Conference and edited the Aspen Anthology. Brown is editor of The Measured Word: On Poetry and Science and Verse & Universe: Poems about Science and Mathematics, as well as The True Subject, Writing It Down for James, and Facing the Lion. He is the author of three award-winning chapbooks and two collections of poems, Return of the Prodigals and More Things in Heaven & Earth. Brown’s poems have appeared in many periodicals, including Ontario Review, Massachusetts Review, Crazyhorse, and Southern Poetry Review.
Free and open to the public.
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT
Telephone: 860-768-4100
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Tuesday, October 28 2008
4:00pm
YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN POETS: A Celebration of New Writing at Yale
with poetry readings by Evie Shockly, Douglas Kearney, and Amaud Jamal Johnson
Evie Shockley is the author of a chapbook, The Gorgon Goddess, and the collection a half-red sea. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Callaloo, Crab Orchard Review, Rainbow Darkness: An Anthology of African American Poetry, and other journals and anthologies. She is an assistant professor of English at Rutgers University.
Douglas Kearney is a poet, performer, and teacher. His work has appeared in Callaloo, jubilat, Ninth Letter, and other journals. His first full-length collection of poetry, Fear, Some, was published in October 2006.
Amaud Jamaul Johnson is a former Wallace E. Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University. His poems have appeared in New England Review, Poetry Daily, From the Fishouse, and other journals. He teaches creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His first book, Red Summer, was the winner of the 2004 Dorset Prize from Tupelo Press.
This event is free and open to the public.
Beinecke Library
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT
Co-sponsored by the Yale Collection of American Literature Reading Series and New Ideas in African American Studies
Contact: nancy.kuhl@yale.edu
For additional information about poetry at the Beinecke Library visit: beineckepoetry.wordpress.com
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Tuesday, October 28 2008
4:30pm
KURT BROWN at Trinity College
Connecticut Poetry Circuit Poet Kurt Brown was born in Brooklyn and grew up on Long Island and in Connecticut, where he attended the University of Connecticut. He spent many years in Aspen, Colorado, where he founded the Aspen Writers' Conference and edited the Aspen Anthology. Brown is editor of The Measured Word: On Poetry and Science and Verse & Universe: Poems about Science and Mathematics, as well as The True Subject, Writing It Down for James, and Facing the Lion. He is the author of three award-winning chapbooks and two collections of poems, Return of the Prodigals and More Things in Heaven & Earth. Brown’s poems have appeared in many periodicals, including Ontario Review, Massachusetts Review, Crazyhorse, and Southern Poetry Review.
Free and open to the public.
Trinity College
300 Summit Street
Hartford, CT
Telephone: 860-297-2000
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Wednesday, October 29 2008
6:00pm
POETRY READING & PUBLICATION PARTY
with Connie Magnan-Albrizio & June Sidran Mandelkern
The Faxon Library will host a poetry reading and publication party for two area poets who have recently published their first volumes of poetry. Connie Magnan-Albrizio of Windsor will read from her new publication, Lion's Tooth, recently published by Raffoler Publishing. June Sidran Mandelkern of West Hartford will read from her new work, Reflections, just published by Tall Trees Press. Both Connie and June are founding members of the Faxon Poets Group, which began at the Faxon Library five years ago. Copies of both titles will be available for sale and signing.
Attendees are also invited to participate in an open mike session which will follow the main event.
The Faxon Library
1073 New Britain Avenue
West Hartford, CT
For more information, call the library at 860-561-8201
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Wednesday, October 29 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
ayarmal@earthlink.net
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Wednesday, October 29 2008
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Haunted Open Mike & "Prop" Slam at WNPS
We are conjuring a spell: You will come to Molten Java in a costume and read poetry!
Dress as your favorite dead poet, live poet, literary character, or state of mind, or anything else that strikes you.. Prizes will be awarded, curses will be lifted!!! Lizzie Borden is sharpening her ax, and the poets will wail!!! So -- Bring poetry. Pumpkins are optional. Besides our usual open mike, trick-or-treaters can compete in a costumed poetry slam. The usual no props rule is suspended so slammers may use all their Halloweenie Finery when they perform.
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. For info, visit: www.wedpoetry.net.
Molten Java Coffee Roasters, LLC
102 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT
203-739-0313
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Wednesday, October 29 2008
8:00pm
KURT BROWN at Manchester Community College
Connecticut Poetry Circuit Poet Kurt Brown was born in Brooklyn and grew up on Long Island and in Connecticut, where he attended the University of Connecticut. He spent many years in Aspen, Colorado, where he founded the Aspen Writers' Conference and edited the Aspen Anthology. Brown is editor of The Measured Word: On Poetry and Science and Verse & Universe: Poems about Science and Mathematics, as well as The True Subject, Writing It Down for James, and Facing the Lion. He is the author of three award-winning chapbooks and two collections of poems, Return of the Prodigals and More Things in Heaven & Earth. Brown’s poems have appeared in many periodicals, including Ontario Review, Massachusetts Review, Crazyhorse, and Southern Poetry Review.
Free and open to the public.
Fireside Commons, Learning Resource Center,
Manchester Community College,
Great Path
Manchester, CT
Contact: 860-512-2688 or email sstraight@mcc.commnet.edu
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Wednesday, October 29 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 everyone. Stop by to check the scene or even read a little something. Walk in and you’ll be added to the list.
Email Pollie_Vack@yahoo.com for info.
Huntington Street Café
90 Huntington Street
Shelton, CT
203-925-9064
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Wednesday, October 30 2008
12:30pm - 1:30pm
KURT BROWN at Middlesex Community College
poetry reading and book signing
Connecticut Poetry Circuit Poet Kurt Brown was born in Brooklyn and grew up on Long Island and in Connecticut, where he attended the University of Connecticut. He spent many years in Aspen, Colorado, where he founded the Aspen Writers' Conference and edited the Aspen Anthology. Brown is editor of The Measured Word: On Poetry and Science and Verse & Universe: Poems about Science and Mathematics, as well as The True Subject, Writing It Down for James, and Facing the Lion. He is the author of three award-winning chapbooks and two collections of poems, Return of the Prodigals and More Things in Heaven & Earth. Brown’s poems have appeared in many periodicals, including Ontario Review, Massachusetts Review, Crazyhorse, and Southern Poetry Review.
Public invited to come and enjoy this poetry program.
Founders Hall - Student Lounge
Middletown campus
Middlesex Community College
100 Training Hill Road
Middletown, CT
Handicapped accessible with plenty of free parking.
Contact Professor Christine Ruggiero at 860-343-5878 or CRuggiero@mxcc.commnet.edu for more information.
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Thursday, October 30 2008
6:00pm
YALE BOOKSTORE POETRY OPEN MIKE
Each month The Yale Bookstore hosts a Thursday Poetry Night. Step up to the Open Mike and share your poems or the verses of your favorite poets.
Periodicals Department, Upper Level
The Yale Bookstore At Barnes & Noble
77 Broadway
New Haven, CT
203-777-8440
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Thursday, October 30 2008
6:30pm
CENTRAL VALLEY POETRY SERIES
presents Random Meeting House Poets & Halloween Scene Readings
Free. Refreshments served.
Wood Memorial Library
783 Main Street
South Windsor, CT
www.woodmemoriallibrary.org
860-289-1783
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Thursday, October 30 2008
7:00pm - 10:00pm
THURSDAY NIGHT POETRY
Open Mike Poetry Reading at Bean & Leaf. Old poets read, new voices heard.
A new venue with “a killer sound system and lots of delicious teas and coffee and pastries.” Visit the website for more information: www.bean-leaf.com.
Bean & Leaf cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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