TABLE OF CONTENTS_______________________________________
- Quotes
- Poem of the Month
- Book of the Month
- Website of the Month
- News Items / Writing Workshops
- Poetry Calendar for November
- Subscription and Contact Information
I:__QUOTES________________________________________________
Creativity is the ability to see relationships where none exist.
– Thomas Disch
I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.
– Marianne Moore
The first poems I knew were nursery rhymes, and before I could read them for myself I had come to love just the words of them, the words alone. What the words stood for, symbolized, or meant, was of very secondary importance; what mattered was the sound of them as I heard them for the first time.
– Dylan Thomas
II:__POEM OF THE MONTH__________________________________
EVENING
H. D. (1886 - 1961)
The light passes
from ridge to ridge,
from flower to flower—
the hepaticas, wide-spread
under the light
grow faint—
the petals reach inward,
the blue tips bend
toward the bluer heart
and the flowers are lost.
The cornel-buds are still white,
but shadows dart
from the cornel-roots—
black creeps from root to root,
each leaf
cuts another leaf on the grass,
shadow seeks shadow,
then both leaf
and leaf-shadow are lost.
III:__BOOK OF THE MONTH_________________________________
Each month we highlight a book of poetry by a Connecticut author.
VISITING WALLACE: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Wallace Stevens
Edited by Dennis Barone and James Finnegan, Foreword by Alan Filreis
The poetry of Wallace Stevens has inspired generations of poets of every school. Here, for the first time, is assembled an astonishing variety of poems, by a full range of poets, inspired by Stevens’s life and work. In its own way, each poem exhibits the torque and feel of his poetry, yet each also is deeply personal and conveys how meaningful Stevens was and remains for poets and poetry.
Whether whimsical or serious, solemn or light, the poems in Dennis Barone and James Finnegan’s Visiting Wallace are sure to inspire delight and thought. Alan Filreis’s brilliant foreword asks us to consider whether there is another modern poet who means as much to contemporary verse as Stevens: “seventy-six poems giving us seventy-six distinct Stevenses to follow and succeed.”
Dennis Barone is a professor of English and American studies at St. Joseph College in West Hartford, Connecticut. He is the author of numerous books of fiction and poetry and editor of three volumes. James Finnegan is an executive with Lee & Mason Financial Services in Farmington, Connecticut. Alan Filreis is the Kelly Professor of English and the faculty director of the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania.
Contributors include John Ashbery, Paul Auster, John Berryman, Robert Bly, William Bronk, Robert Creeley, W. S. Di Piero, Annie Finch, Forrest Gander, Dana Gioia, Peter Gizzi, Edward Hirsch, Richard Howard, Susan Howe, Donald Justice, Ann Lauterbach, Robert Lowell, Paul Mariani, James Merrill, Marianne Moore, Adrienne Rich, Theodore Roethke, David St. John, Carl Sandburg, Ravi Shankar, Mark Strand, William Carlos Williams, and Charles Wright.
$18.00 University of Iowa Press (ISBN: 978-1587298110)
IV:__WEBSITE OF THE MONTH______________________________
POETRY LEARNING LAB
The Poetry Foundation invites teachers and students to tap into its new online resource, the Poetry Learning Lab. Hosted on www.poetryfoundation.org, the Poetry Learning Lab is designed for anyone who wants to learn more about poetry.
A dynamic resource for teachers, students, and learners of every age, the Poetry Learning Lab has been developed by the Poetry Foundation in conjunction with a team of education experts—including writing and literature teachers, librarians, and poets—to provide an immersive educational experience with poetry. By allowing students to experiment with different ways of reading poems—as text, sound, and visual artifacts—the Learning Lab provides readers of all levels with the opportunity to practice close reading and listening skills and to think broadly and analytically about poetry and poetics.
The Poetry Learning Lab’s multimedia educational resources are offered in connection with 10 selected poems:
Louise Bogan’s “A Tale”
Robert Browning’s “Fra Lippo Lippi”
Lucille Clifton’s “won’t you celebrate with me”
Emily Dickinson’s “I started Early - Took my Dog”
John Donne’s “The Sun Rising”
Gerard Manley Hopkins’s “The Windhover”
Yusef Komunyakaa’s “Facing It”
Sylvia Plath’s “Fever 103°”
Walt Whitman’s “A Passage to India”
William Carlos Williams’s “To a Poor Old Woman”
Also serving as a one-stop portal for reference materials, the Poetry Learning Lab is replete with engaging articles about poets and poetry, bibliographies, a thorough glossary of literary terms, and a large selection of poetics essays and manifestos ranging from Plato to today. For more information on the Poetry Foundation’s Poetry Learning Lab, please visit:
www.poetryfoundation.org/learninglab.
V:__NEWS ITEMS / WRITING WORKSHOPS____________________
Thursday, November 12 2009
7:00pm
FOR FICTION & PROSE WRITERS: Writers Out Loud
Writers Out Loud provides a venue for prose writers to read their work and get feedback from their peers. This event occurs the second Thursday of each month at the Green Street Art Center in Middletown, which is off North Main Street, two blocks before the entrance to the Arigoni (Portland) Bridge. There are a few regular attendees, but in its two year history, an amazing variety of writers of all ages have shared themselves, coming from homes nearby and as much as two hours' drive away.
Green Street also provides courses and workshops for writers, but this venue stands alone as an opportunity to share the work and fun of prose—be it novel excerpt, short story or memoir—with other writers, family, friends and strangers in a relaxed atmosphere. Due to limitations of time, six readers sign up each outing for ten minute orations. All are encouraged to come to listen and/or read aloud.
Co-hosts are Al Bower and Cocomo Rock.
Green Street Arts Center
51 Green Street
Middletown, CT
860-685-7871
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Sunday, November 15 2009
10:00am - 5:00pm
SUNDAY WRITING RETREATS
with Sharon Charde
Many of us sense that there are stories within us that need to be told, but cannot find the time, space or circumstances in our busy lives to do so. This series of Sunday writing retreats with Sharon Charde will provide that opportunity. The retreats are intense community writing experiences. Together we create a safe and supportive writing environment that encourages risks we would never take alone. We are fed by the listening of others, the rest from our busy lives, the delicious lunch. There is no critical feedback, only focused attention and deep acceptance.
The group is limited to eight women, many who attend on a regular basis. The cost is $75 per session, or $60 if you sign up for four or more. Remaining dates for 2009 are 11/15, and 12/13. The location is Lakeville, CT, at the home of Sharon Charde. See her web site (www.SharonCharde.com) for more information and testimonials from women who have attended in the past. Write her at sharchar@sbcglobal.net to register or to ask other questions.
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Saturday, November 21 2009
1:00pm - 4:00pm
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP
with Eileen Albrizio
An increasingly popular workshop for the developing writer. Eileen brings a wealth of experience to this class. Limited seating! Registration required. This is a 3-hour, hands-on writing workshop that will ensure you walk away with new enthusiasm for the writing process. Participants need only bring writing materials. There is no need to bring previously written works. Content to be determined, but be assured it will have poetic aspects. For more information or to register, visit: www.angelfire.com/art/albrizio or contact Eileen at EileenRain@aol.com.
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
www.buttonwood.org
VI:__POETRY CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER_____________________
Sunday, November 1 2009
1:00pm - 2:00pm
COMING HOME
Soldier/Poets Remember Veterans of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan
This event, a program from the William Meredith Foundation, features poets from the Veterans Arts Council in West Haven, CT, reading from the Season of Now: A Collection of Poetry by Vietnam Veterans. Allan Garry, veteran and poet, will also be reading his newly published poems. The event will be moderated by award winning poet Lisa Siedlarz, author of I Dream My Brother Plays Baseball, a collection of war poems that draws from her brother’s deployment to Afghanistan. Ms Siedlarz is also the editor of the Connecticut River Review.
This event is free and open to the public.
Expressiones Cultural Center
74 State Street
New London, CT
860-501-4278
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Sunday, November 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.
Bean & Leaf Cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
www.bean-leaf.com
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Sunday, November 1 2009
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 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. Pass this along to anyone you think might be interested in being part of this discussion group. This is a different type of poetry event. Instead of a particular feature or an open mike where we read our own poetry, this is a gathering to read aloud some of your favorite poems - those not written by you. In a way, it’s like a poetry salon, a sharing of the poetic intellect. We’ve called it a “Poetry Potluck” because whoever comes will bring something different to it. (There will be foodstuffs of cookies and hot drinks available.)
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Monday, November 2 2009
7:00pm
THE LOVE JONES EXPERIENCE
Poetry & Jam Session. Bring your poems and instruments to our spoken word and song event.
All poets welcome. Amateurs welcome and encouraged to perform.
$5.00 cover. Hosted by Darlene Brandon Scott.
The Russell
103 Pratt Street
Hartford, CT
www.therussellct.com
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Monday, November 2 2009
7:30pm
ANYTHING GOES!
An open mike with J-Cherry
Anything goes for this open mike - spoken word, poetry, etc. BYO instrument or play our congas or piano. Warm, casual and friendly group offers encouragement and an ongoing sign-up list. Refreshments available. Happens every Monday!
7:30pm sign up; 8:00pm start. $3.00 suggested donation - give what you can.
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
thebuttonwoodtree@gmail.com
www.buttonwood.org
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Monday, November 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 November 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, November 3 2009
6:00pm - 7:00pm
SHARON BRYAN at UConn
Like the poets of old, Sharon Bryan is nomadic, traveling from university to university where she serves as poet-in-residence or visiting writer. Her journeys have taken her from coast to coast. Currently she is at UConn. We will be celebrating Bryan’s fourth book of poetry, Sharp Stars, newly out from the prestigious Boa Editions. Bryan has received numerous awards for her work, including the Academy of America Poets Prize and two NEA fellowships.
UConn Co-op Bookstore
2075 Hillside Rd.
Storrs, CT
http://generalbooks.bookstore.uconn.edu/event/sharon-bryan-poetry-reading-0
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Tuesday, November 3 2009
7:00pm - 9:00pm
FIRST TUESDAY POETRY
featuring Rennie McQuilkin
Rennie McQuilkin’s poetry has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, The Yale Review, Crazyhorse, The American Scholar, and elsewhere. He is the author of ten poetry collections, the most recent of which is The Weathering: New & Selected Poems (2009), and he has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as the State of Connecticut. He co-founded and for nine years directed the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. In 2003 he received the Connecticut Center for the Book’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Rennie McQuilkin lives in Simsbury, CT, where he is the publisher & editor of Antrim House Books.
Come help us welcome Rennie McQuilkin to the store and share some of your own work too!
On the first Tuesday of every month, Broad Street Books hosts a featured poet followed by an open mike. All are welcome to come and read, recite, perform their work! Admission is free.
45 Broad Street
Middletown, CT
Broad Street Books
For more information, contact Brian Mitchard at 860-685-7323
Before the reading, tune in to “J-Cherry Presents” at 6:30pm on 88.1 FM WESU in Middletown to hear J-Cherry host our featured poet.
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Tuesday, November 3 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, November 4 2009
6:00pm - 7:30pm
OPEN MIKE with Claire Zoghb
New Haven Poet Claire Zoghb will get things rolling with excerpts from her recent book of poems, Small House Breathing, winner of the 2008 Quercus Review Book Award. Zoghb’s work has appeared in many magazines and anthologies as well as online at www.locuspoint.org. Twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize and winner of the 2008 Dogwood annual poetry competition, Zoghb is a recipient of two Artist Fellowships from the CT Commission on Culture & Tourism, an Urban Artists Initiative grant, and a residency at the Vermont Studio Center.
Come to share your own poetry or just to listen! Time limits might apply. No charge and free parking.
New Haven Free Public Library
133 Elm St.
New Haven, CT
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Wednesday, November 4 2009
6:30pm - 8:30pm
CALLING ALL POETS (And Poetry Lovers)
presents David K. Leff and Dana Sonnenschein
David K. Leff, environmentalist, former Deputy Commissioner of the DEP, columnist, and author of The Last Undiscovered Place, a Connecticut Book Award Finalist, will read from his newest book, The Price of Water.
Dana Sonnenschein, associate professor of English at Southern Connecticut State University and author of No Angels But These and Corvus, a chapbook which won Wind Magazine’s Quentin R. Howard prize. Her newest book, Natural Forms, is her first full-length collection of poetry.
Admission is free. The open mike sign-up is at 6:15pm. There will be time to meet the poet and book signing after the open mike. “Calling All Poets” is hosted by Victoria Muñoz.
Downstairs Auditorium
The Silas Bronson Library
267 Grand Street
Waterbury, CT
203-574-8223
www.bronsonlibrary.org
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Wednesday, November 4 2009
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Open Mike & Workshop
Come read your work or that of a favorite poet. When the open mike is done there will be a workshop lead jointly by Faith Vicinanza and Robin Sampson. You can do some writing or bring a copies of a poem for critique.
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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Thursday, November 5 2009
7:00pm
GRADUATE POET'S READING SERIES
presents Peter Gizzi
Peter Gizzi’s books include The Outernationale, Some Values of Landscape and Weather, Artificial Heart, and Periplum and other poems 1987-92. His many honors include the Lavan Younger Poet Award from the Academy of American Poets and Guggenheim Fellowship. He is the editor of The House That Jack Built: The Collected Lectures of Jack Spicer and, with Kevin Killian, of My Vocabulary Did This To Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer. Currently he teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 317
Yale University
63 High Street
New Haven, CT
english.commons.yale.edu/graduate_poets
Contact: justin.sider@yale.edu
For additional information on readings at Yale: beineckepoetry.wordpress.com/readings-at-yale-university
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Thursday, November 5 2009
7:00pm
CURBSTONE PRESS READING SERIES
with Mahogany L. Browne and Marcus Jackson
Cave Canem fellow Mahogany L. Browne is a freelance journalist, editor and the author of several books, including her latest collection of poems, Destroy, Rebuild & Other Reconstructions of the Human Muscle. She has released five LPs; co-founded the Off Broadway poetry production, Jam On It; and co-produced New York City’s first performance poetry festival, SoundBites. She facilitates performance poetry and writing workshops throughout the country, focusing on women’s empowerment and youth mentoring. She is the owner of PoetCD.Com, an on-line marketing and distribution company for poets, and is host and curator at the Nuyorcan Poets Cafe.
Marcus Jackson’s poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in such publications as The New Yorker, Cave Canem Anthology, Evansville Review, Harvard Review, and The New Delta Review. He has received degrees from the University of Toledo and NYU. He lives in New York City, where he has worked as a mover, a mailroom clerk, and an adjunct instructor.
Hygienic Art continues its evenings of monthly poetry readings in association with Curbstone Press from Willimantic on the first Thursday of the month. This reading is sponsored by the Robert N. Rue Education Fund at Curbstone Press, established in honor of Dr. Rue, who died in September 2007, honoring his lifelong commitment to education and good writing.
Hygienic Galleries
79-83 Bank Street
New London, CT
860-443-8001
For more information, contact Hygienic Art at 860-443-8001, email gallery@hygienic.org, or visit www.hygienic.org.
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Thursday, November 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: www.bean-leaf.com.
Bean & Leaf cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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Saturday, November 7 2009
4:00pm
SHARON CHARDE in Salisbury
Sharon Charde will read from her collection, Branch in His Hand, an elegy for her son Geoffrey. About the book, Lisa Starr, Rhode Island's Poet Laureate, has said, “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.”
Charde has been published in over twenty five journals and anthologies, and has two first prize-winning chapbooks, Bad Girl At The Altar Rail (Flume Press) and Four Trees Down From Ponte Sisto (Dallas Community Poets Press), as well as a number of prizes and awards for her teaching and other poems. Her full-length collection, Branch In His Hand, was published in November 2008 by Backwaters Press. She has also edited and published the prize-winning I Am Not A Juvenile Delinquent (2004), an anthology of poems written by adjudicated adolescent girls with whom she has worked for ten years doing a weekly poetry workshop. For the last six years she has volunteered at Hotchkiss, leading the Monday night “Touchstone” writing group.
There will be a discussion and book-signing following the reading.
Wardell Room
Scoville Memorial Library
38 Main Street
Salisbury, CT
860-435-2838
scovlibn@biblio.org
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Saturday, November 7 2009
6:30pm
14th Annual WALLACE STEVENS BIRTHDAY BASH
Join a gathering of poets and poetry lovers to commemorate the birth of Hartford poet Wallace Stevens, sponsored by Connecticut Center for the Book at Hartford Public Library with help from The Friends & Enemies of Wallace Stevens.
- 6:30pm - Reception
- 7:30pm - Marjorie Perloff, contemporary poetry critic and Professor Emerita of English at Stanford University, will speak: "Beyond Adagia: Eccentric Design in Wallace Stevens' Poetry" (As Wallace Steven wrote in Adagia, “Poetry is a pheasant disappearing in the brush.”)
- 8:30pm - Birthday cake and champagne
Tickets cost $45.00 per person; send check payable to Connecticut Center for the Book, 500 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103. Or reserve a ticket and pay at the door. Contact Kat Lyons: klyons@hplct.org or call 860-695-6320.
R.S.V.P. by November 2, please.
Atrium
Hartford Public Library
500 Main Street
Hartford, CT
For more information, contact James Finnegan: jforjames@aol.com or call 860-508-2810.
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Sunday, November 8 2009
2:00pm
AFTERNOON OF POETRY to honor Herb Davison
"Afternoon of Poetry" is a poetry program in honor of the late Herb Davison. Local poets from Curley's Diner and Poem Alley will share their work. Hosted by Ira Joe Fisher. Reception following.
Ferguson Library
Main Library Third Floor Auditorium
One Public Library Plaza
Stamford, CT
(Corner of Broad & Bedford Sts.)
Phone: 203-964-1000
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Sunday, November 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.
Bean & Leaf Cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
www.bean-leaf.com
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Monday, November 9 2009
7:00pm
THE LOVE JONES EXPERIENCE
Poetry & Jam Session. Bring your poems and instruments to our spoken word and song event.
All poets welcome. Amateurs welcome and encouraged to perform.
$5.00 cover. Hosted by Darlene Brandon Scott.
The Russell
103 Pratt Street
Hartford, CT
www.therussellct.com
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Monday, November 9 2009
7:15pm
MONDAY NIGHT POETRY in STAMFORD
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. Currently She is working on a periodic publication entitled The Imprint Journal of Poetry and Visual Art.
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 at the Open Mike.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Stamford Town Center
100 Greyrock Place Suite H009
Stamford, CT
203-323-1248
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Monday, November 9 2009
7:30pm
ANYTHING GOES!
An open mike with J-Cherry
Anything goes for this open mike - spoken word, poetry, etc. BYO instrument or play our congas or piano. Warm, casual and friendly group offers encouragement and an ongoing sign-up list. Refreshments available. Happens every Monday!
7:30pm sign up; 8:00pm start. $3.00 suggested donation - give what you can.
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
thebuttonwoodtree@gmail.com
www.buttonwood.org
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Monday November 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, November 10 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, November 11 2009
5:30pm - 7:00pm
VETERAN'S VOICES: An Evening of Poetry
Keeping the light on for returning homeless veterans, a Fundraising event for "The Homefront," a Transitional Housing Program run by the Columbus House that provides housing and support for veterans returning from Irag and Afghanistan.
The evening features poets from the Veterans Arts Council in West Haven, CT, who will read from Season of Now: A Collection of Poetry by Vietnam Veterans. Also, Allan Garry, veteran and poet, will read his newly published poems, and award winning poet Lisa Siedlarz will read from I Dream My Brother Plays Baseball, a collection of war poems that draw from her brother’s deployment to Afghanistan.
Bru Café
141 Orange Street
New Haven, CT
brucafe.net/default.htm
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Wednesday, November 11 2009
7:00pm
INESCAPABLE RHYTHMS
“Inescapable Rhythms,” a poetry reading and open mike series, 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.
Real Art Ways
56 Arbor St.
Hartford CT
www.realartways.org
Email questions to: ahenchey@hotmail.com
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Wednesday, November 11 2009
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Last Automat Poets
A few poets and writers from Lou Orfanella’s Last Automat Press (www.thelastautomat.com) will share the feature spot tonight. Poets include James R. Scrimgeour, Barbara Stout, Lynne Paris-Purtle, Roxanne Ringer, and Lou Orfanella. Please visit the website for extended bios on each poet: www.wedpoetry.net
WNPS, the longest running weekly poetry series in Connecticut, boasts an open mike, feature poets, a Q&A with the feature, and a poetry critique workshop. 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, November 11 2009
9:00pm
POETZ REALM
Poetz Realm is not just a physical location where artists can get together and share in their artistry. Poetz Realm also provides web services such as a social networking community which allows it’s members to network, upload videos, pictures , music, chat, post poetry, written work and much more. Whether it be in the form of spoken word, poetry, and emceeing, singing or simply verbal expression, Poetz Realm is the place to be.
Poetz Realm meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the 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 many others. “Let Your Voice Be Heard!”
Hosted by Ernel Grant, Founder/CEO
Bridgeport Innovation Center
Gallery 1212
955 Connecticut Ave
Bridgeport, CT. 06607
www.poetzrealm.com
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Thursday, November 12 2009
7:00pm
THE GUILFORD POETS GUILD
presents Guild members Carol Leavitt Altieri and Patricia O’Brien.
Carol Leavitt Altieri is a conservation activist who recently won the State of Connecticut’s Green Circle Award for environmental projects. She has published three books of poetry: In Beijing, There Are No Dawn Redwoods; The Isinglass River; and The Jade Bower.
Patricia O’Brien has facilitated poetry workshops at the York C.I. hospice program, and has been published in CT River Review, Fairfield County Magazine, Poet Lore, Caduceus, and Red Fox Review. She has been awarded prizes from the Trumbull Arts Council and the Old Saybrook Acton Public Library.
Admission is free and open to the public. There will be an open mike beginning at 7:00 for the first 5 who sign up. Refreshments will be served. The reading is part of the Guilford Poets Guild Second Thursday Poetry Series.
The Greene Art Gallery
(Red barn behind Whitfield’s Cafe)
29 Whitfield St.
Guilford, CT
Contact: 203-453-2036, 203-453-8836
guilfordpoetsguild.wordpress.com
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Thursday, November 12 2009
7:00pm
MISHI-MAYA-GAT Spoken Word & Music Series
presents Nancy Kuhl and Richard Deming
7:00pm - Featured Musician: Zeno’s Eros, progressive music with spoken word.
8:00pm - Featured Poets: Nancy Kuhl and Richard Deming.
Nancy Kuhl’s second full-length collection of poems, Suspend, is forthcoming in 2010 from Shearsman Books; her first book, The Wife of the Left Hand, was published in 2007. She is the author of two chapbooks, The Nocturnal Factory and In the Arbor, which was a winner of the Wick Poetry Chapbook Prize. She is co-editor of Phylum Press and Curator of Poetry for the Yale Collection of American Literature at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. She is also the author of two exhibition catalogs, Intimate Circles: American Women in the Arts and Extravagant Crowd: Carl Van Vechten’s Portraits of Women, both distributed by Yale University Press. For more information, please visit her web site at: www.phylumpress.com/nancykuhl.htm.
Richard Deming’s poems have appeared in such journals as Sulfur, Field, Indiana Review, and The Nation, as well as the anthology, Great American Prose Poems: From Poe to the Present. He is the author of Let’s Not Call It Consequence, which was the winner of the 2009 Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America and a finalist for this year’s Connecticut Book Award for Poetry. Currently a lecturer at Yale University, he is also the author of Listening on All Sides: Toward an Emersonian Ethics of Reading from Stanford University Press. Along with Nancy Kuhl, he is co-editor of Phylum Press. For more information, please visit his web site at: www.phylumpress.com/richarddeming/.
Readings on the 2nd Thursday of each month. 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 www.mcc.commnet.edu.
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Thursday, November 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: www.bean-leaf.com.
Bean & Leaf cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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Friday, November 13 2009
7:00pm
MYSTIC ARTS CAFÉ
featuring Rennie McQuilkin
Rennie McQuilkin’s poetry has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, The Yale Review, The Hudson Review, Crazyhorse, The Gettysburg Review, and elsewhere. He is the author of ten poetry collections, the most recent of which is The Weathering: New & Selected Poems (2009) and he has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as the State of Connecticut. He co-founded and for nine years directed the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. In 2003 he received the Connecticut Center for the Book’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Rennie McQuilkin lives in Simsbury, CT, where he is the publisher & editor of Antrim House Books.
Mystic Arts Café is an eclectic series featuring nationally renowned poets. The doors open at 7:00pm, reading begins at 7:30pm. Admission - $8, Seniors - $6, Students $4.
Mystic Arts Center
9 Water Street
Mystic, CT
860-536-5680
www.mysticarts.org/events.html
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Friday, November 13 2009
7:00pm
A WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES Extracurricular Event
featuring Stephen Elliott
Stephen Elliott is the author of seven books including the true crime memoir, The Adderall Diaries; the novel, Happy Baby; and the story collection, My Girlfriend Comes To The City and Beats Me Up. His work has been included in the New York Times, GQ, Esquire, Best American Erotica, Best American Non-Required Reading 2005 & 2007, Best American Sex Writing, and elsewhere. He was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and is a member of the San Francisco Writer’s Grotto. He is also the editor of The Rumpus (therumpus.net).
In addition to writing fiction he frequently writes on politics. In 2004 he wrote Looking Forward To It about the quest for the Democratic Presidential nomination. For more info visit www.stephenelliott.com.
7:00pm on Friday the 13th
Molten Java
102 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, CT
203-739-0313
For features and details, please go to www.wedpoetry.net
Every Wednesday night WNPS features accomplished poets and new voices from around the world, an opportunity for poetic discourse with the featured poet(s), the hottest open poetry mike in the state, and a poetry critique workshop in a warm, friendly atmosphere. In their 14th year, WNPS is the longest-running weekly Poetry Open Mike series in Connecticut!
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Saturday, November 14 2009
2:00pm - 5:00pm
MEMORIAL READING
in honor of Robert J. Saunders
A Wintonbury Library Poetry Series Special Event, A Memorial Reading in honor of Robert J. Saunders: a public reading of The Poetry of Robert J. Saunders in round robin format by members of the Greater Hartford Poetry Ensemble, including Eileen Albrizio, John Basinger, Lonnie Black, Michael Cervantes, Stephanie Elliott, James and Susan Finnegan, Stanford M. Forrester, Maggie Greene, Colin Haskins, Marilyn Johnston, Hendree Millward, Tom Nicotera, Cynthia Peck, Pit Pinegar, Geri Radasci, Maria Sassi. Please come to participate in the open mike which follows featured reading. Light refreshments and reception included. For information call 860-243-8855, Marilyn Johnston.
Wintonbury Branch Library
1015 Blue Hills Avenue
Bloomfield, CT
www.prosserlibrary.info/wintonbury_branch.htm
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Saturday, November 14 2009
6:00pm - 9:00pm
OPEN MIC NIGHTS at Bru Cafe
Hosted by Baub Bidon
Music DJ Ccoubz
Admission: “Just buy something to eat.”
Second Saturday of each month.
Bru Cafe
141 Orange Street
New Haven, CT
203-752-0052
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Sunday, November 15 2009
2:00pm
POETRY ON THE LINE SERIES at the Windsor Art Center
presents Norah Pollard and Steve Foley in an event entitled "Death & Rapture"
Stratford resident Norah Pollard lives by the Housatonic River, which keeps her afloat spiritually; works by day at a Bridgeport steel company, which keeps her grounded; and shares the spirit of her father, legendary jockey Red Pollard, which keeps her flying on Pegasus just as he flew on Seabiscuit. At various points in her life she has been a folk-singer, seam-stitcher, nanny, teacher, solderer and print shop calligrapher. She received the Academy of American Poets Prize from the University of Bridgeport and for several years edited The Connecticut River Review. Pollard has published three poetry collections: Leaning In, Report from the Banana Hospital, and Death & Rapture in the Animal Kingdom. She has had a life-long passion for the visual arts, which she has put to good use as an editor-designer and illustrator.
Steve Foley’s poetry has appeared in publications such as Northeast Magazine, Friends’ Journal, and The Portland Review. He has published a chapbook, With the Hollow of Your Hand, and a full-length poetry book, A Place at the Table. During the past twenty-five years he has given many poetry readings at venues such as the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. Selected as 1980 Poet of the Year by the New England Association of Teachers of English, Foley has taught English and directed dramatic productions in Connecticut public high schools for more than three decades. He currently chairs the English Department of the High School and Middle School in South Windsor.
This is a new poetry series occurring in the old, now beautifully renovated Freight House of the Windsor Depot. Refreshments and conversation after the reading. For directions see www.windsorartcenter.org and for additional information 860-688-2528 or email info@windsorartcenter.org.
Free. Tea and more will be served after the reading.
Windsor Arts Center
40 Mechanic St.
Windsor, CT
Made possible through a grant from the Greater Hartford Arts Council
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Sunday, November 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
www.bean-leaf.com
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Monday, November 16 2008
5:00pm - 7:00pm
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, November 16 2009
7:00pm
THE LOVE JONES EXPERIENCE
Poetry & Jam Session. Bring your poems and instruments to our spoken word and song event.
All poets welcome. Amateurs welcome and encouraged to perform.
$5.00 cover. Hosted by Darlene Brandon Scott.
The Russell
103 Pratt Street
Hartford, CT
www.therussellct.com
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Monday, November 16 2009
7:00pm
WORDFORGE READING SERIES
A new reading series will kick-off with a "Fall Harvest Reading" open mike benefit for a local food bank. Bring a non-perishable food item or small donation.
A series of readings featuring local poets along with an open mike. Many readings will have a theme. All events will be scheduled for Monday nights, with a 7:00pm start time.
The Studio @ Billings Forge
563 Broad Street
Hartford, CT
(Parking at Firebox Restaurant or along Broad Street.)
For more information, contact: Jim Finnegan at JforJames@aol.com or 860-508-2810
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Monday, November 16 2009
7:00pm
JOHN FOX and BOB JACOB
John Fox manages the Institute of Poetic Medicine in Palo Alto California. He travels the country and internationally reading at hospitals and getting patients face to face with poetry. He is a passionate advocate of the healing power of poetry. He will be making a special visit to the Farmington Library to perform a joint reading with local poet Bob Jacob.
Bob Jacob began to read poetry to cancer support groups in the 1990’s. In addition, he has made his large collection of poems available to churches, chaplains, and individual cancer and MS patients. For seven years he has been reading poetry as a hospice volunteer at The Connecticut Hospice Hospital in Branford. He has also been a hospice volunteer at the Visiting Nurses Association in East Hartford, and is at present a hospice volunteer through the VNA at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, reading to home-bound patients. His short selection of hospice poems, Upon Their Quiet Altars, and his full-length collection, Perspective—nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award—appeared under the aegis of The Connecticut Hospice, to which all proceeds of both books are being donated.
Community Room
Farmington Library
6 Monteith Drive
Farmington, CT
860-673-6791
For more information, contact Bob Jacob at RobertPoetry@aol.com or 860-232-1948
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Monday, November 16 2009
7:30pm
ANYTHING GOES!
An open mike with J-Cherry
Anything goes for this open mike - spoken word, poetry, etc. BYO instrument or play our congas or piano. Warm, casual and friendly group offers encouragement and an ongoing sign-up list. Refreshments available. Happens every Monday!
7:30pm sign up; 8:00pm start. $3.00 suggested donation - give what you can.
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
thebuttonwoodtree@gmail.com
www.buttonwood.org
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Monday November 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, November 17 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, November 18 2009
4:00pm
YALE COLLECTION of AMERICAN LITERATURE READING SERIES
presents Natasha Trethewey
Natasha Trethewey is the author of Domestic Work (selected by Rita Dove as the winner of the inaugural Cave Canem Poetry Prize for the best first book by an African American poet), Bellocq’s Ophelia, and Native Guard, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Trethewey has received awards and fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation. She is Professor of English at Emory University where she holds the Phillis Wheatley Distinguished Chair in Poetry. She is the 2009 James Weldon Johnson Fellow at the Beinecke Library.
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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Wednesday, November 18 2009
7:00pm
POLLY BRODY BOOK LAUNCH
Author and essayist Polly Brody will present the first reading from her new book, Stirring Shadows, her fourth poetry collection. Polly holds a Masters Degree in Biology and is a veteran field ornithologist, as well as an active advocate for the environment. Her work has been published in over forty literary journals, including: The Midwest Quarterly, The Spoon River Poetry Review, The Cream City Review, and many others.
The reading is open to the public without charge. Registration by phone required. Call 203-262-0626, Ext. 130. A book-signing and reception with refreshments will follow the reading.
Southbury Public Library
100 Poverty Rd.
Southbury, CT
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Wednesday, November 18 2009
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Allan Garry
Allan Garry is a Vietnam veteran who recently returned to writing after a long hiatus. His poetry has been published in The Red Fox Review, the Pennypaper, Curbstone Press, and Helix. He has read his work at Wesleyan University, Yale University, Trinity College, Connecticut College and a number of other venues as a winner of the Wesleyan University Honors College Connecticut Poetry Circuit. His new play, Gathering Shells, co-written with Crystal Brian, has been produced at the Long Wharf Theater and the Little Theater in New Haven, CT, and is due to be read at the Abingdon Theater in New York later this year. New poems will be appearing in the forthcoming issues of The Connecticut River Review, Connecticut Review, and Avocet Review.
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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Thursday, November 19 2009
6:30pm
WORD OF MOUTH POETRY SERIES
featuring Claire Zoghb
Claire Zoghb’s first full-length collection, Small House Breathing, won the 2008 Quercus Review annual competition. A chapbook, Dispatches from Everest, is forthcoming from Pudding House Press. Her work has appeared in Yankee, Connecticut Review, Connecticut River Review, Caduceus, and CALYX, and in the anthologies Through A Child’s Eyes: Poems and Stories About War and Eating Her Wedding Dress: A Collection of Clothing Poems. Twice a Pushcart Prize nominee, Claire was the winner of the 2008 Dogwood annual poetry competition. She is a recipient of two Artist Fellowships from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, an Urban Artists Initiative grant, a residency at the Vermont Studio Center, and has earned a certificate from the Amherst Writers and Artists Institute. She lives in New Haven, where she works as a graphic artist and book designer and teaches writing workshops for kids.
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 http://sites.google.com/site/wordofmouthpoetryseries/Home.
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Thursday, November 19 2009
7:00pm
WINTONBURY BRANCH POETRY SERIES
featuring Wally Swist
Wintonbury Branch Poetry Series & Open Mike presents Wally Swist, who will read his poetry. Filmmaker Elizabeth Wilda will also show her documentary which features Swist's work.
An open mike follows the featured poet. Free admission, refreshments included. 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, November 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: www.bean-leaf.com.
Bean & Leaf cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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Thursday, November 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, November 20 2009
1:00pm
POETRY DISCUSSION GROUP
A 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, November 20 2009
7:00pm
DON BARKIN
Poet Don Barkin reading & book-signing from his first full-length poetry collection, That Dark Lake.
Don Barkin has published poems in Poetry, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Prairie Schooner, Verse, and other journals. He is the author of two poetry chapbooks and has twice been awarded grants by the State of Connecticut. He was educated at Harvard College and Cambridge University. A former newspaper reporter, he is currently a high school English teacher. He has also taught writing seminars at Yale and Wesleyan Universities, and on-line for a consortium of Oxford, Yale, and Stanford Universities.
Wine and light snacks will be available. The event is co-sponsored by the Kehler Liddell Gallery and the Westville Village Renaissance Alliance.
Kehler Liddell Gallery
873 Whalley Ave.
New Haven, CT
For more information: www.kehlerliddell.com
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Friday, November 20 2009
7:00pm
ASHFORD AT NIGHT
New venue
Announcing: Ashford at Night, coffee house style open mike nights! We welcome poets, musicians, artists and more. The nights will start at 7:00pm with a host band (Jeffrey Garden, Rob Dauphinais, and John Boiano playing jazz and world fusion), after which the mike will open up to everyone. Musicians will be on-hand to accompany you or you may choose to perform alone or with your friends. A sign-up to perform list will be on a first come, first up basis. We will end the night with the host band and others who came to play/perform in a BIG jam!
Coffee, tea, water, soft drinks and snacks will be available for purchase at a reasonable price. Since these are family friendly events, we ask that profanity and adult subject matter in performances be curbed for the evening.
Requested donation is $2.00 per musician, $3.00 per spectator, and a $10.00 family maximum. No money? Please see us at the door.
Knowlton Hall
Ashford Library
25 Pompey Hollow Road (Rt. 44)
Ashford, CT
(in-between the Town Hall and Cumberland Farms)
Hosted by the Ashford Park & Rec. Department
Contact info: Park & Rec Commissioner, John Boiano, 860-798-5692
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Sunday, November 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
www.bean-leaf.com
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Monday, November 23 2009
7:00pm
THE LOVE JONES EXPERIENCE
Poetry & Jam Session. Bring your poems and instruments to our spoken word and song event.
All poets welcome. Amateurs welcome and encouraged to perform.
$5.00 cover. Hosted by Darlene Brandon Scott.
The Russell
103 Pratt Street
Hartford, CT
www.therussellct.com
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Monday, November 23 2009
7:30pm
ANYTHING GOES!
An open mike with J-Cherry
Anything goes for this open mike - spoken word, poetry, etc. BYO instrument or play our congas or piano. Warm, casual and friendly group offers encouragement and an ongoing sign-up list. Refreshments available. Happens every Monday!
7:30pm sign up; 8:00pm start. $3.00 suggested donation - give what you can.
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
thebuttonwoodtree@gmail.com
www.buttonwood.org
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Monday, November 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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Tuesday, November 24 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, November 25 2009
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring "Taking stock of the good" Open Mike
Okay, the jobs are hard to find, everything is expensive, credit is impossible, health insurance who the heck knows... Things are tough all over. But the leaves are still a fall kaleidoscope, the sunrise still streaks with peach and gold, little kids still smile, a crazy Picasso is just as startling, tea is still hot, a brisk walk still makes the inner clockworks hum.
This is the open mike to celebrate what is good in your life. And if you come up to the open mike and claim there is absolutely nothing good about your life—then there will be an attitude intervention! Seriously. Come and count the good that is rather than the difficulties.
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, November 25 2009
9:00pm
POETZ REALM
Poetz Realm is not just a physical location where artists can get together and share in their artistry. Poetz Realm also provides web services such as a social networking community which allows it’s members to network, upload videos, pictures , music, chat, post poetry, written work and much more. Whether it be in the form of spoken word, poetry, and emceeing, singing or simply verbal expression, Poetz Realm is the place to be.
Poetz Realm meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the 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 many others.
“Let Your Voice Be Heard!”
Hosted by Ernel Grant, Founder/CEO
Bridgeport Innovation Center
Gallery 1212
955 Connecticut Ave
Bridgeport, CT. 06607
www.poetzrealm.com
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Thursday, November 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: www.bean-leaf.com.
Bean & Leaf cafe
13 Washington St.
New London, CT
860-701-0000
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Friday, November 27 2009
7:30pm
DAVID K. LEFF and Citizen Spy at Buttonwood
David K. Leff will be reading between sets played by Citizen Spy, a Connecticut-based accoustic folk group that harmonizes traditional elements of country, blues, and rockabilly with classic radio pop. Check them out at www.myspace.com/thecitizenspy. Call 860-347-4957 for more information on the event, or visit www.buttonwood.org.
Tickets on sale: only $8.00 in advance: $10.00 at the door!
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
thebuttonwoodtree@gmail.com
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Saturday, November 28 2009
6:30pm
THE RIVERWOOD POETRY SERIES at Buttonwood
presents Jen Gates
Jen Gates’ first collection of poems, Crazy Girl with Lighter, is a searingly honest depiction of its author’s descent into an underworld of drugs and strip joints, followed by a long, courageous return to the world of hope, joy and “at-onement” with the people dearest to her. This is the story of one remarkably resilient young woman, but it is also a legendary tale of innocence lost and rediscovered. Of the book, Steve Straight has said, “Crazy Girl with Lighter has the feel of a memoir, but the language catches you with the surprises of good poetry... This book is the opposite of a suicide note: it is the kind of note you leave to announce why you have decided to live.”
Suggested donation is $3.00 and a non-perishable food item to be donated to the local soup kitchen/food pantry. Non-perishable food donations welcome to benefit the St. Vincent de Paul Place. Goodwill donations welcome. See www.riverwoodpoetry.org for details.
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
thebuttonwoodtree@gmail.com
www.buttonwood.org
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Sunday, November 29 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
www.bean-leaf.com
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Monday, November 30 2009
7:00pm
THE LOVE JONES EXPERIENCE
Poetry & Jam Session. Bring your poems and instruments to our spoken word and song event.
All poets welcome. Amateurs welcome and encouraged to perform.
$5.00 cover. Hosted by Darlene Brandon Scott.
The Russell
103 Pratt Street
Hartford, CT
www.therussellct.com
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Monday, November 30 2009
7:30pm
ANYTHING GOES!
An open mike with J-Cherry
Anything goes for this open mike - spoken word, poetry, etc. BYO instrument or play our congas or piano. Warm, casual and friendly group offers encouragement and an ongoing sign-up list. Refreshments available. Happens every Monday!
7:30pm sign up; 8:00pm start. $3.00 suggested donation - give what you can.
The Buttonwood Tree
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT
860-347-4957
thebuttonwoodtree@gmail.com
www.buttonwood.org
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Monday, November 30 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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