TABLE OF CONTENTS_______________________________________
- Quotes
- Poem of the Month
- Book of the Month
- Website of the Month
- News Items / Writing Workshops
- Poetry Calendar for February
- Subscription and Contact Information
I:__QUOTES________________________________________________
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
– Aristotle
The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.
– Lionel Trilling
Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.
– Carl Sandburg
II:__POEM OF THE MONTH__________________________________
DREAM SONG 171
John Berryman (1914 – 1972)
Go, ill-sped book, and whisper to her or
storm out the message for her only ear
that she is beautiful.
Mention sunsets, be not silent of her eyes
and mouth and other prospects, praise her size,
say her figure is full.
Say her small figure is heavenly & full,
so as stunned Henry yatters like a fool
& maketh little sense.
Say she is soft in speech, stately in walking,
modest at gatherings, and in every thing
declare her excellence.
And forget not, when the rest is wholly done
and all of her splendors opened one by one
to add that she likes Henry,
for reasons unknown, and fate has bound them fast
one to another in linkages that last
and that are fair to see.
III:__BOOK OF THE MONTH_________________________________
Each month we highlight a book of poetry by a Connecticut author.
BRANCH IN HIS HAND
by Sharon Charde
“In Branch in His Hand, a boy falls to his death and a mother sings a requiem in poems. The reader will not ever forget the Italy that he loved, or the wall from which he fell. Charde takes us to Italy, to the wall: ‘A fissure in the wall like / a wound . . .’ and to the sea, in search of healing. In these brutally honest, beautiful poems, we face the death of one who is dearly loved, and recognize, as the poet says, ‘that grief is at least part of what you / will grow into.’” – Pat Schneider
“Charde teaches us, poem by beautiful poem, that the only thing a serious poet can do with the unsayable is say it. With her extraordinary emotional integrity, exquisite eye for detail, and sometimes painful precision with language, Charde teaches us what it is like to lose one’s heart to loss and to find it there as well.” – Lisa Starr
“Branch in His Hand begins with the author learning of her son’s sudden death and then records the years that follow. With unswerving directness and skill, Sharon Charde chronicles the details of how a particular death is woven into a particular life. With a daring lack of sentimentality, she makes a universal tale that has the impact of powerful drama. I dare you to read this book.” – Karen Chase
Sharon Charde, a retired family therapist, has been leading workshops and weekend retreats for women in Lakeville, CT and Block Island, Rhode Island since 1990. Since 1999 she has taught a weekly creative writing workshop with juvenile offenders at Touchstone, a residential treatment facility in Litchfield, as well as a monthly workshop with the Touchstone girls and students at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville since 2002. In June of 2004 she edited and published a full-length anthology of their poetry, I Am Not A Juvenile Delinquent, which won the 2005 Literature PASS Award (Prevention for a Safer Society) given by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency in California.
$16.00 (ISBN: 978-1935218005)
The Backwaters Press
IV:__WEBSITE OF THE MONTH______________________________
WINNING WRITERS
A comprehensive listing of poetry (and prose) contests and calls for submissions. There are various levels of membership, including simply receiving a free monthly newsletter. From the web site: “Winning Writers finds and creates quality resources for poets and writers. Our expert online poetry contest guide, Poetry Contest Insider, ranks and profiles over 750 poetry contests. Winning Writers is proud to be one of “101 Best Websites for Writers” (Writer’s Digest, 2005-2008) and a recipient of the Truly Useful Site Award (Preditors & Editors, March 2006).
http://www.winningwriters.com/
V:__NEWS ITEMS / WRITING WORKSHOPS____________________
Saturday, February 28 2009
Deadline for submissions
CONNECTICUT RIVER REVIEW POETRY CONTEST
Note new guidelines and prize amounts
Open to all poets. Submit poems: Dec. 1- Feb. 28th 2009 (postmark). Prizes of $400, $200, and $100.
Send up to 3 unpublished poems, any form, 80 line limit each. Include two copies of each poem: one with complete contact info and one with no contact info. Both copies should be marked CRR Contest. Include SASE for results only (no poems will be returned). Winning poems must be submitted by disc or electronically following notification. Send fee of $15.00 for up to three poems; make check out to Connecticut Poetry Society. Prize winning poems will be published in Connecticut River Review.
CPS is pleased to announce that the judge for the 2009 Connecticut River Review Contest will be Brian Clements, Professor of Writing at Western Connecticut State University and coordinator of WestConn’s MFA in Professional Writing. He edits Sentence: a journal of prose poetics and Sentence’s parent press, Firewheel Editions. His most recent books are Disappointed Psalms and And How to End It.
Send submissions to:
CT River Review Poetry Contest
CPS
PO Box 270554
West Hartford, CT 06127
Visit the Connecticut Poetry Society’s Guidelines and Contests web page at http://www.ct-poetry-society.org/contests.htm for more information, including the Lynn DeCaro Poetry Contest which is open to Connecticut high school students only (grades 9 - 12) and has a March 15, 2009 deadline.
VI:__POETRY CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY___________________
Please contact venues for any possible cancellations due to holidays or inclement weather.
Sunday, February 1 2009
1:30pm
LANGSTON HUGHES COMMUNITY POETRY READING
The Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading features readings by poets, educators, students and members of the community celebrating the legacy of renowned African American poet Langston Hughes.
Mystic Arts Center
9 Water Street
Mystic, CT
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Sunday, February 1 2009
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 at the Buttonwood Tree. Come witness an extraordinary reciting of a fascinating book!
All readings start at 2:00pm. The event is free; donations are gratefully accepted.
Also, visit the website at http://www.paradiselostperformances.com/.
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
near@buttonwood.org
http://www.buttonwood.org/
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Sunday, February 1 2009
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: http://www.bean-leaf.com/
Bean & Leaf Cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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Sunday, February 1 2009
4:30pm - 6:00pm
POETRY POTLUCK AT THE SANCTUARY
Note: The Poetry Potluck Will Be Held In The Main House, Not The Yurt.
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.
-- Note: Due to winter weather conditions, please park either in the street or up at the main house, 59 Bogel Road, not in the field near the Yurt! The poetry potluck will be held in the main house, not the yurt. See contact number below for any questions or feel free to e-mail Edwina. See contact number below for any questions or feel free to e-mail Edwina. --
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 http://www.sanctuaryatshepardfields.org/activities.html.
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Monday, February 2 2009
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
http://www.therussell.net/
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Monday, February 2 2009
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, February 2 2009
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, February 3 2009
7:00pm - 9:00pm
FIRST TUESDAY POETRY (Middletown)
featuring Greg Scott
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, February 3 2009
7:15pm
FIRST TUESDAY POETRY (Norwalk)
featuring Lucinda Sands
Lucinda’s writing reflects an upbringing on the Central Coast of California, where a large nuclear family, the rural landscape, and ocean air were her childhood experience. Her poetry and short fiction has appeared in Poeticas, Long River Run II, and The Whatever Journal. A member of the Connecticut Poetry Society and a supporter of the American Poetry Foundation and The Academy of American Poets, she is currently working on a periodic publication entitled The Imprint Journal of Poetry and Visual Art due out in 2009.
The First Tuesday Poetry group meets every month at Barnes & Noble Booksellers. 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, February 4 2009
4:30pm
ALLAN K.SMITH READING SERIES
presents Connie Voisine
Connie Voisine, award-winning poet and associate professor of English at New Mexico State University, will give a talk and reading as the first speaker in the Spring 2009 Allan K. Smith Reading Series. The event is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will follow.
Connie Voisine is the author of Rare High Meadow of Which I Might Dream, published by University of Chicago Press in 2008. Her first book, Cathedral of the North, published by University of Pittsburgh Press in 2001, won the Associated Writing Program’s Award in Poetry. Her writing has earned a Joseph Campbell Award and was recently featured at The Lab at Belmar, a museum show pairing prehistoric stone tools with poems. An associate professor of English at New Mexico State University, Voisine coordinates La Sociedad para las Artes, the outreach organization for the university’s creative writing program.
Sponsored by the English Department.
Reese Room, Smith House
123 Vernon Street
Trinity College
Hartford, CT
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Wednesday, February 4 2009
5:00pm
MCC POETRY CLUB OPEN MIKE
All are welcome to attend an open mike hosted by the Manchester Community College Poetry Club. Poets will read their work, and local wordsmiths are invited to participate. Free and Open to the Public. Contact: 860-512-3283
Fireside Commons, Learning Resource Center
Manchester Community College
Great Path
Manchester, CT
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Wednesday, February 4 2009
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, February 4 2009
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Polly Brody
Polly Brody’s most recent collection, At the Flower’s Lip, has been called a “chapbook of passionate poetry.” She is also the author of two earlier publications: Other Nations, and The Burning Bush. Polly has been published in many literary journals including The Spoon River Poetry Review, The Midwest Quarterly, The Cream City Review, Northeast Magazine, etc. She has twice received the Winchell Award from the Connecticut Poetry Society and in 2005 won the Connecticut River Review Poetry Prize. In 2006, she was awarded third place in a national competition judged by Wesley McNair and has been a finalist in the New Millennium Writings competition. Polly reads widely in CT and the greater metropolitan area.
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: http://www.wedpoetry.net/.
Molten Java Coffee Roasters, LLC
102 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT
203-739-0313
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Wednesday, February 4 2009
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, February 5 2009
6:00pm
CONFLUENCE, CONFLUENCIA, CONFLUENZA - Act III
featuring Kenneth Lundquist, Jr., Paula Panzarella, Kate Rushin, Ravi Shankar, and Mar (Mistryel) Walker
Naugatuck Valley Community College presents: Confluence. A community gathering to share the experiences of different cultures via the printed word.
A Jazz Ensemble opens the evening, followed by the featured readers. Free & open to the public, but reservations are required. Deadline for reservations is noon Tuesday, February 3. Call 203-575-8044 or 203-575-8083 to reserve your seat. Visit www.nvcc.commnet.edu/confluencia for more information.
Playbox Theater
Naugatuck Valley Community College
750 Chase Parkway
Waterbury, CT
Kenneth Lundquist, Jr., is a professional composer, musician, filmographer, intermedia artist, published poet and the founding principal of KLJ, an arts consultancy. More information is available at http://www.kljinc.com/.
Paula Panzarella is a New Haven resident, performance poet, freelance writer and social justice activist whose poems and articles have appeared in numerous newspapers and literary journals including Caduceus, War, Literature & the Arts, The Underwood Review, Up From the Ruins, and her own poetry collection, Living From The Heart.
Kate Rushin is the author of The Bridge Poem and The Black Back-Ups, a New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age selection. Kate has led writing workshops for all ages and experience levels and has worked as an artist-in-residence and visiting poet in Boston public schools.
Ravi Shankar is associate professor and poet-in-residence at Central Connecticut State University and founding editor of the international online journal of the arts, Drunken Boat. He has published a book of poems, Instrumentality (2004), and was a finalist for the 2005 Connecticut Book Awards.
Mar (Mistryel) Walker is an escaped journalist turned blogger, odd-jobber, web-tweaker, mezzo-soprano, songwriter, poet and visual artist. She is founder and editor of Bent Pin Quarterly and a member of the Shijn Poetry Troupe.
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Thursday, February 5 2009
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: http://www.bean-leaf.com/.
Bean & Leaf cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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Saturday, February 7 2009
4:00pm
EDWINA TRENTHAM AND GREG COLEMAN
Poetry reading with Edwina Trentham and Greg Coleman.
Burgundy Books Annex
1610 Saybrook Road (Rte. 154)
Tylerville Village Plaza
Haddam, CT (in the shopping plaza)
For information: 860 345-0052 or Info@burgundybooks.net
Burgundy Books Annex is in the barn on the right of the plaza shopping lot.
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Saturday, February 7 2009
7:00pm
OPEN MIKE and POETRY SLAM
Poets celebrate the 30th anniversary of Hygienic’s Salon des Independents, the arts event of the winter in New London Connecticut. Starting with an open mike at 7:00pm and ending with a poetry slam with cash prizes of $200 for 1st place, $100 for 2nd place, and $50 for 3rd place. Poets must show up to sign up and space is limited. For more information email events@rhondawardpoet.com.
Hygienic Galleries
79-83 Bank Street
New London, CT
860-443-8001
http://www.hygienic.org/
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Saturday, February 7 2009
8:00pm
HEALING WORDS! Nurse Poetry
featuring Cortney Davis
Artwell Gallery and Community Arts Center presents “Healing Words! Nurse Poetry.” Cortney Davis is a poet, nurse practitioner, and author of I Knew A Woman: The Experience of the Female Body, Leopold’s Maneuvers, and just out, The Heart’s Truth: Essays on the Art of Nursing. Nurses will also read from The Poetry of Nursing-Poems and Commentary of Leading Nurse Poets, edited by Cortney Davis and Judy Schaefer. A $5.00 donation is suggested.
Artwell Gallery
19 Water Street
Torrington, CT
860-482-5122
www.artwellgallery.org/performance.html
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Sunday, February 8 2009
2:00pm
PARADISE LOST
performed by John Basinger
In celebration of John Milton’s 400th anniversary, John Basinger will be performing a different book of Paradise Lost every Sunday afternoon at the Buttonwood Tree. Come witness an extraordinary reciting of a fascinating book!
All readings start at 2:00pm. The event is free; donations are gratefully accepted. Also, visit the website at http://www.paradiselostperformances.com/
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
near@buttonwood.org
www.buttonwood.org
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Sunday, February 8 2009
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: http://www.bean-leaf.com/
Bean & Leaf Cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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Sunday, February 8 2009
3:00pm
YOUTH POETRY SLAM
and All Ages Open Mike
Elizabeth Thomas hosts this terrific opportunity for young poets. If you are between the ages of 13 and 20 and are thinking about trying out for the CT National Youth Poetry Slam Team 2009, this is a good opportunity to practice in front of a live audience. Get your practice in now. Team tryouts begin in March!
2:45 sign up, 3:00 performance. Admission is free. For directions or other information please visit: http://www.upwordspoetry.com/.
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
near@buttonwood.org
http://www.buttonwood.org/
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Monday, February 9 2009
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
http://www.therussell.net/
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Monday, February 9 2009
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, February 9 2009
8:00pm
AFRICAN-AMERICAN POETS READING
Asnuntuck Community College Continues Seventeen Year Tradition of Celebrating Black History Month with a Coffee House Reading of Poetry by African-American Poets. Readers will include Bev Jemison; Librarian Sherry Gelbwasser, a long time participant in the Read-In; Lisa Smith-Overton, Asnuntuck’s 2008-2009 Minority Fellow; Edwina Trentham, Professor of English and Editor of Freshwater; Elizabeth Szewczyk, Adjunct Instructor in English; students Alison Downs, and Paige Steinert, as well as other students and Asnuntuck faculty and staff.
Members of the community are also invited to come and be part of this celebration. Copies of work by African-American writers will be available for those who would like to read or people may bring work that they admire. The reading will be held in the Coffee House in Cafeteria II beginning at 8.00 PM. The formal reading will be followed by an open mike at 9.30. Refreshments will be served, and the reading is free and open to the public.
For information contact Sherry Gelbwasser, 860-253-3161, Edwina Trentham at 860-253-3105 or etrentham@acc.commnet.edu, or Zakiah Barksdale at 253-3107 or cbarksdale@acc.commnet.edu.
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Monday, February 9 2009
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, February 10 2009
4:00pm
C. D. WRIGHT at UCONN
C. D. Wright, one of America’s most striking and idiosyncratic poets, was born and raised in the Arkansas Ozarks. She is the author of twelve books, including poetry, prose, and collaborations with photographer Deborah Luster. Her most recent collection is Rising, Falling, Hovering. Publisher’s Weekly praised Wright, noting that the author “gets better with each book, expanding the reach of her art; it seems it could take in anything.” Wright’s honors include a MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Co-Sponsors: Creative Writing and Aetna Chair of Writing.
Konover Auditorium
Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
405 Babbidge Road
Storrs, CT
860-486-5027
More information at uconncoop.booksense.com
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Tuesday, February 10 2009
4:00pm
YALE COLLECTION of AMERICAN LITERATURE READING SERIES
presents “Souls of the Labadie Tract,” performed by poet Susan Howe and musician David Grubbs
Poet Susan Howe and musician David Grubbs perform their collaborative work, “Souls of the Labadie Tract,” based on Howe’s poem of the same name. The performance features Howe’s reading accompanied by Grubb’s musical performance.
Poet Susan Howe is the author of numerous books of poems including: Souls of the Labadie Tract, The Midnight, Pierce-Arrow, and Singularities.
Musician David Grubbs has made ten solo records, played in a number of groups (Squirrel Bait, Bastro, Gastr del Sol, Red Krayola, Wingdale Community Singers), and frequently collaborates with writers and artists. He is an assistant professor of Radio and Sound Art at Brooklyn College, CUNY, and director of Brooklyn College’s graduate programs in Performance and Interactive Media Arts.
Beinecke Library
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT
Contact: nancy.kuhl@yale.edu
For additional information on readings at Yale: beineckepoetry.wordpress.com/readings-at-yale-university
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Tuesday, February 10 2009
7:00pm - 9:00pm
STUDIO 59 POETRY CIRCLE - DOWNTOWN
“Straight from the Heart”
Come and share your love of poetry or a poem you would love to share. Bring copies of your poem if you want to join the feedback session after the readings.
Open mike hosted by Joan Pavlinsky. No cover. BYOB. Piano available. Art for sale.
Studio 59 Downtown
55 Main St.
Torrington, CT
860-482-6801
studio59poetry@gmail.com
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Wednesday, February 11 2009
5:00pm
PETER COLE at YALE
The recipient of a 2007 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, Peter Cole has published three books of poetry, including Rift, Hymns & Qualms, and, most recently, Things on Which I’ve Stumbled. Cole has worked intensively on Hebrew literature, with special emphasis on medieval Hebrew poetry. In 1988 he started the ambitious project of translating into English texts by Shmuel HaNagid, whose lyrical work had always been considered untranslatable, and his book Selected Poems of Shmuel HaNagid received the Modern Language Association’s Scaglione Prize for Translation. Cole was granted a TLS translation award for Selected Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, an equally challenging translation of the philosopher, poet, and mystic, who was a younger contemporary of Shmuel HaNagid. His 2007 anthology, The Dream of the Poem, traces 500 years of Hebrew poetry. Among Cole’s translations from contemporary Hebrew and Arabic poetry and fiction are also Love & Selected Poems of Aharon Shabtai, J’Accuse, by Aharon Shabtai, So What: New & Selected Poems, 1971-2005 by Taha Muhammad Ali, The Collected Poems of Avraham Ben Yitzhak, and The Shunra and the Schemetterling, by Yoel Hoffmann.
Cole has received numerous awards for his work, including fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the 1998 Modern Language Association Translation Award. J’Accuse received the 2004 PEN-America Award for Poetry in Translation.
Whitney Humanities Center
55 Wall Street, room 208
New Haven, CT
Contact: manana.sikic@yale.edu
Co-sponsored by the Whitney Humanities Center, the Department of English, and the Slifka Center.
For additional information on readings at Yale: beineckepoetry.wordpress.com/readings-at-yale-university
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Wednesday, February 11 2009
7:00pm
INESCAPABLE RHYTHMS
Alchemy Juice Bar supports both established and emerging poets through its new poetry reading and open mike series, “Inescapable Rhythms.” The event takes place on the second Wednesday of each month. A featured poet gives a half hour reading (7:00pm) followed by an open mike (7:30pm), in which members of the audience are invited to share their work.
The series takes its title from the Wallace Stevens poem, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” Stevens, a major American Modernist poet, was a Hartford resident.
Alchemy Juice Bar
203 New Britain Ave
Hartford, CT
Email questions to: ahenchey@hotmail.com
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Wednesday, February 11 2009
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, February 11 2009
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring the Annual Neurotic-Erotic-Exotic Valentine Open Mike
Oh the throes of love, and the throws of love. The flushing, blushing and boasting! Irascible Eros, indestructible, inescapable, irritating... Okay, so wear a boa, a raincoat, and bring a poem (subtle, metaphoric, euphoric or not.) We celebrate the sensual, the ridiculous, the neurotic, and the exotic aspects of that hormonal madness and beyond. Move over cupid.
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: http://www.wedpoetry.net/.
Molten Java Coffee Roasters, LLC
102 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT
203-739-0313
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Wednesday, February 11 2009
9:00pm
POETZ REALM
Blessings from the Poetz Realm. The venue goes down every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. Admission is $5.00 for regular patrons and free for whomever signs up for the open mike. There is a feature for each show. Features have included: Ngoma, Fredrick Douglas, Mo Jarvis, Baub Bidon, E da Storyteller, Shanna Melton, Kamal Imani, Influence, Ainsley Burrows, and others.
Hosted by E da Storyteller and Baub Bidon.
Innovation Center
955 Connecticut Ave
Bridgeport, CT.
poetzrealm.com
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Wednesday, February 11 2009
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, February 12 2009
4:00pm
SARAH GLAS at UCONN
University of Connecticut math professor, Sarah Glaz brings us a wonderful collection of love poems in time for Valentine’s Day, Strange Attractors: Poems of Love and Mathematics. The book spans three thousand years. As the American mathematician David Eugene Smith wrote, “What, after all, is mathematics but the poetry of the mind, and what is poetry but the mathematics of the heart?” In this entertaining collection, Glaz shows the affinity of math and poetry. Glaz was born in Romania and studied at the University of Tel Aviv and Rutgers. She served on the board of Ibis Review and has published several poems and translations. She is also the author of Commutative Coherent Rings.
UConn Co-op
2075 Hillside Road
Storrs, CT
860-486-5027
More information at uconncoop.booksense.com
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Thursday, February 12 2009
6:30pm
MY HOMELY VALENTINE: A Valentine’s Day Poetry Reading
Riverwood Poetry Series presents an open mike evening of tributes to the ones we love despite their flaws. Ah, love! True love! Imperfect love! Face it, President Abraham Lincoln had many good qualities, but he was no hottie. So, in honor of Valentine’s Day and Lincoln’s Birthday, join us for My Homely Valentine: A Valentine’s Day Poetry Reading. Hosted by Terri D. Klein.
Terri Klein has been a performance poet since 1998. Her poetry has appeared without her in print journals (Midstream, Common Ground Review, REAL), online (Bent Pin Quarterly), and in the theater, as part of East Haddam Stage Company’s Plays with Poetry (2004 and 2008). She is a member of the poets group Artemis Rising, as well as Floating Theater Company playwrights’ workshop, and The Vintage Players, a Middletown-based community theatre group.
Refreshments will be served. Admission is free. Donations of non-perishable foods will also be accepted for the benefit of St. Vincent de Paul.
Wood Memorial Library
783 Main Street
South Windsor
860-289-1783
http://www.woodmemoriallibrary.org/
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Thursday, February 12 2009
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: http://www.bean-leaf.com/.
Bean & Leaf cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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Saturday, February 14 2009
6:30pm
VALENTINE’S SECRET POETRY NIGHT
hosted by Terri Klein.
What is Valentine’s Secret? Greg Dyro’s collection of photographs in The Buttonwood Tree Gallery has been inviting local poets to come hither and find out since January 11. The poets who think they “got it” will be sharing it with you poetically tonight at our annual Valentine’s Day poetry reading. Sure to be an ecstatic ekphrastic experience!
Suggested donation is $3.00 and a non-perishable food item to be donated to the local soup kitchen/food pantry. Sponsored by Riverwood Poetry Series.
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
near@buttonwood.org
http://www.buttonwood.org/
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Sunday, February 15 2009
2:00pm
PARADISE LOST
performed by John Basinger
In celebration of John Milton’s 400th anniversary, John Basinger will be performing a different book of Paradise Lost every Sunday afternoon at the Buttonwood Tree. Come witness an extraordinary reciting of a fascinating book!
All readings start at 2:00pm. The event is free; donations are gratefully accepted. Also, visit the website at http://www.paradiselostperformances.com/
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
near@buttonwood.org
www.buttonwood.org
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Sunday, February 15 2009
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
http://www.bean-leaf.com/
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Sunday, February 15 2009
4:00pm - 6:00pm
STUDIO 59 POETRY CIRCLE - BARBER STREET
“Heartbeats” with Davyne Verstandig and Timothy Alexandre Wallace
Heartbeats: A classical blend of poetry with the masterful piano music of Timothy Alexandre Wallace. The featured reader is Davyne Verstandig, a lecturer in English and Creative Writing at the UConn Torrington Campus, director of the Litchfield County Writers Project, and Commissioner of Arts and Culture in Torrington, CT. Davyne has published two books of poetry, Provisions and Pieces of the Whole, which was produced as a mixed media verse play by Theaterworks in New Milford and by The Sherman Playhouse. She has also performed improvisational poetry while painting simultaneously, called “composing on the tongue,” at numerous venues in NYC and CT.
$10.00 Cover. Light refreshments, BYOB.
Studio 59 - Barber St.
59 Barber St.
Torrington , CT
860-482-6801
studio59poetry@gmail.com
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Monday, February 16 2009
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
http://www.therussell.net/
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Monday, February 16 2009
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, February 17 2009
4:30pm
ALLAN K.SMITH READING SERIES
presents the CT Poetry Circuit Student Winners
AK Smith Reading Series, Spring 2009 presents the student winners of the Connecticut Poetry Circuit reading from their prize winning submissions. A reception will follow this event. Sponsored by the English Department.
Reese Room, Smith House
123 Vernon Street
Trinity College
Hartford, CT
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Monday, February 17 2009
7:00pm
THE ORDINARY EVENING READING SERIES
featuring Susan Holahan and Lewis Robinson
Susan Holahan came to New Haven to study, and stayed. She took a few degrees from Yale then worked as a teacher, a lawyer, a restaurant reviewer, and a newspaper editor as well as a single parent. Her first book of poetry, Sister Betty Reads the Whole You, won the Peregrine Smith Poetry Prize. It bears her photograph of a Whalley Avenue gas station on the cover. She’s had poems in American Letters & Commentary, Crazyhorse, Jubilat, The Prose Poem, Sentence, Volt, and many other magazines, as well as The Starving Poets’ Cookbook and Off the Record, an anthology of poems by lawyers.
Lewis Robinson is the author of Officer Friendly and Other Stories, winner of a Whiting Award and the PEN/Oakland-Josephine Miles Award, and WaterDogs, due out from Random House in January 2009. A graduate of the IowaWriters’ Workshop, he teaches in the Stonecoast MFA program at the University of Southern Maine.
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. The readings take place on a Tuesday at 7:00pm in the Anchor Bar’s Mermaid Room. Seating is limited so get there early!
The Anchor Bar’s Mermaid Room (Downstairs)
272 College Street
New Haven, CT
203-865-1512
ordinaryevening.blogspot.com
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Wednesday, February 18 2009
10:30am
BARRY SCHWABSKY at YALE
Barry Schwabsky is an American poet and art critic living in London. He writes regularly for The Nation and Artforum (where he also co-edits the international reviews section), among others. He is the author of Opera: Poems 1981-2002, The Widening Circle: Consequences of Modernism in Contemporary Art, and his new collection of poems, Book Left Open in the Rain, as well as several chapbooks of poetry and contributions to dozens of books and exhibition catalogues on contemporary and modern art.
Yale Sculpture Building
36 Edgewood Avenue
New Haven, CT
203-432-2600
Sponsored by the Yale School Art, Sculpture Department. For additional information on readings at Yale: beineckepoetry.wordpress.com/readings-at-yale-university
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Wednesday, February 18 2009
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, February 18 2009
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, February 18 2009
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Gary Mex Glazner & a CT Slam Team Slam
Gary Glazner is the founder and director of the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project, (APP). The National Endowment for the Arts listed the APP as a “best practice” for their Arts and Aging Initiative. NBC’s Today Show, NPR’s All Things Considered, and Voice of America have featured segments on Glazner’s work. He is Managing Director of Bowery Arts and Science, the nonprofit wing of the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. He is author of Ears on Fire: Snapshot Essays in a World of Poets, which chronicles a year abroad in Asia and Europe meeting poets, working on translations and writing poems. Soft Skull Press has a three book series by Glazner featuring essays and interviews on creative poetry programming including the titles How To Make a Living As a Poet and How To Make a Life as a Poet.
The slam will be hosted by Slam Mistress Faith.
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: http://www.wedpoetry.net/.
Molten Java Coffee Roasters, LLC
102 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT
203-739-0313
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Thursday, February 18 2009
8:00pm
JOHN STANIZZI at Manchester Community College
Inaugural reading from Stanizzi’s new book, Sleepwalking, along with two poems recently read on Garrison Keillor’s “Writer’s Almanac,” some additional poems from Ecstasy Among Ghosts, and new poems. The reading is part of a long-standing and much-admired poetry series organized by Steve Straight. For information, contact file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/All%20Users/Documents/CTPoet%20Newsletter/234%20-%20Feb%2009/sstraight@mcc.commnet.edu.
Free and Open to the Public.
Fireside Commons, Learning Resource Center
Manchester Community College
Great Path
Manchester, CT
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Wednesday, February 18 2009
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, February 19 2009
6:30pm
WORD OF MOUTH POETRY SERIES
featuring Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar is Associate Professor and Poet-in-Residence at Central Connecticut State University and the founding editor of the international online journal of the arts, Drunken Boat . He has published a book of poems, Instrumentality (Cherry Grove), named a finalist for the 2005 Connecticut Book Awards, and with Reb Livingston, a collaborative chapbook, Wanton Textiles (No Tell Books, 2006). His creative and critical work has previously appeared in such publications as The Paris Review, Poets & Writers, Time Out New York, The Massachusetts Review, Fulcrum, McSweeney's and AWP's The Writer's Chronicle, among many others. He has taught at Queens College, University of New Haven, and Columbia University, where he received his MFA in Poetry. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, BBC and Wesleyan Radio. He currently serves on the Advisory Council for the Connecticut Center for the Book and along with Tina Chang and Nathalie Handal, he editedLanguage for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from Asia, the Middle East & Beyond.
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, February 19 2009
7:00pm - 9:00pm
WINTONBURY LIBRARY POETRY SERIES
featuring “Two Voices” - Julia Paul and Tom Nicotera
Julia Paul is a practicing attorney who has found her way back to poetry after a long hiatus. Her award-winning poems have appeared in fine journals such as Broken Bridge. Tom Nicotera, veteran bard and poetry/drum performer, is the co-host of the Wintonbury series. Mr. Nicotera’s poems have been published in many poetry journals, including Poetry Therapy. One of his poems was recently selected by the East Haddam Stage Company to be enacted in their “Plays and Poetry” production in a series of performances around the state.
An open mike will follow the reading. The theme of the open mike is “Voices” in honor of the title of the night’s event: “Two Voices.”
Wintonbury Branch Poetry Series, now in its eleventh year, presents a featured poet followed by a themed open mike. 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, February 19 2009
7:00pm - 9:00pm
MISHI-MAYA-GAT Spoken Word & Music Series
presents Charles Coe
7:00pm - Featured Musician: Multi-instrumentalist Deborah Simmons earned three degrees from Teachers College at Columbia University. Since 1995, she has been a music professor at Manchester Community College, and in 1997, Deborah became director, arranger, and accompanist for the St. Monica’s Episcopal Church Gospel Choir. She is also a member of a woman’s contemporary fusion group, Swivel Hips, who perform throughout the greater New England area. Deborah will play and introduce civil rights songs in celebration of Black History Month.
8:00pm - Featured Poet: Charles Coe is a coordinator for the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Organizational Support Program, overseeing the grant programs for music and literature organizations. He also oversees the Music Composition Fellowship program, the Massachusetts Cultural Council Advisor Corps, and the Massachusetts Poetry Outreach Project. Before joining the Council, Charles was awarded the council’s Artists Fellowship in Poetry. His poetry and prose have appeared in numerous newspapers and literary reviews and magazines. A volume of his poetry, Picnic on the Moon, was published in 1999. Charles is also featured on numerous spoken word CDs, including Get Ready for Boston, a collection of stories and songs about Boston neighborhoods, and One Side of the River, an anthology of Cambridge and Somerville poets, including Robert Pinsky, Frank Bidart, Liam Rector, and Gail Mazur. Charles will read from selections of the Harlem Renaissance, as well as original work.
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
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.
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Thursday, February 19 2009
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: http://www.bean-leaf.com/.
Bean & Leaf cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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Thursday, February 19 2009
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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Friday, February 20 2009
1:00pm - 2:45pm
POETRY DISCUSSION GROUP
Linda Pastan discussed
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.
February’s book: Carnival Evening: New and Selected Poems 1968-1998 by Linda Pastan. 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
http://www.ridgefieldlibrary.org/
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Friday, February 20 2009
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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Sunday, February 22 2009
2:00pm
PARADISE LOST
performed by John Basinger
In celebration of John Milton’s 400th anniversary, John Basinger will be performing a different book of Paradise Lost every Sunday afternoon at the Buttonwood Tree. Come witness an extraordinary reciting of a fascinating book!
All readings start at 2:00pm. The event is free; donations are gratefully accepted. Also, visit the website at http://www.paradiselostperformances.com/
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
near@buttonwood.org
www.buttonwood.org
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Sunday, February 22 2009
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
http://www.bean-leaf.com/
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Monday, February 23 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, February 23 2009
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
http://www.therussell.net/
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Monday, February 23 2009
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, February 25 2009
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, February 25 2009
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Lee Keylock
An “imported” poet, Lee’s poetry often reflects the historic conflicts between the English and the Irish. A popular high school English teacher in Newtown, CT, he is a student of noted poet Vivian Shipley. His work has been published in various venues—and he’s got a great accent!
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: http://www.wedpoetry.net/.
Molten Java Coffee Roasters, LLC
102 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT
203-739-0313
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Wednesday, February 25 2009
9:00pm
POETZ REALM
Blessings from the Poetz Realm. The venue goes down every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. Admission is $5.00 for regular patrons and free for whomever signs up for the open mike. There is a feature for each show. Features have included: Ngoma, Fredrick Douglas, Mo Jarvis, Baub Bidon, E da Storyteller, Shanna Melton, Kamal Imani, Influence, Ainsley Burrows, and others.
Hosted by E da Storyteller and Baub Bidon.
Innovation Center
955 Connecticut Ave
Bridgeport, CT.
poetzrealm.com
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Wednesday, February 25 2009
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, February 26 2009
6:30pm
RIVERWOOD POETRY SERIES at WOOD
The Riverwood Poetry Series presents feature readers and an open mike. Admission is free. Refreshments served.
Wood Memorial Library
783 Main Street
South Windsor, CT
http://www.woodmemoriallibrary.org/
860-289-1783
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Thursday, February 26 2009
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: http://www.bean-leaf.com/.
Bean & Leaf cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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Friday, February 27 2009
7:00pm - 9:00pm
THE ECLECTIC POETRY LOUNGE
*Read your poetry or prose
*Spoken word welcome
*Acoustic and a cappella encouraged
Sandman Gallery Cafe and Gallery
39 West Main Street
Meriden, CT
Donations accepted
For more info contact: hawthornewoman@yahoo.com
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Saturday, February 28 2009
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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