TABLE OF CONTENTS_______________________________________
- Quotes
- Poem of the Month
- Book of the Month
- Website of the Month
- News Items / Writing Workshops
- Poetry Calendar for December
- Subscription and Contact Information
I:__QUOTES________________________________________________
How can you write if you can’t cry?
– Ring Lardner
Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.
– Virginia Woolf
Poetry, in the past, was the center of our society, but with modernity it has retreated to the outskirts. I think the exile of poetry is also the exile of the best of humankind.
– John Kenneth Galbraith
II:__POEM OF THE MONTH__________________________________
GRAVE BY A HOLM-OAK
Stevie Smith (1902 - 1971)
You lie there, Anna,
In your grave now,
Under a snow-sky,
You lie there now.
Where have the dead gone?
Where do they live now?
Not in the grave, they say,
Then where now?
Tell me, tell me,
Is it where I may go?
Ask not, cries the holm-oak,
Weep, says snow.
III:__BOOK OF THE MONTH_________________________________
Each month we highlight a book of poetry by a Connecticut author.
WHAT GETS LOST
by Doris Henderson
Doris Henderson’s first full-length poetry collection, What Gets Lost, is a work of stunning multiplicity, mingling jubilation and high jinx with a terrible sense of what gets lost, moving between glorying in the world’s beauty and exposing its follies and pitfalls, between reveling in the real and free-falling in a magically surreal realm of dream and fantasy. What holds it all together is a sensibility as witty as it is wise, a voice in love with the possibilities of language and metaphor. About these poems Kathleen O’Connor has written, “Doris Henderson’s What Gets Lost is a beautiful, reflective memoir in narrative free verse. The poems have a dreamlike, almost surreal quality, with an amazing cast of characters who both bedevil and inspire. We are treated to witticisms and warnings from dead relatives, as well as transformations in the animal and vegetable kingdoms—the ‘monkey inside my skull,’ the revolt of threatened weeds who ‘want it all back.’ Colorful friends and playful creatures will capture your imagination and transport you to a different time and place, yet one that is strangely familiar. This witty, precise poetry is accessible but deeply affecting. Ms. Henderson’s work has a place on every poetry lover’s bookshelf.” And this from Christine Beck: “Doris Henderson’s imagery is both striking and original. I savored phrases such as ‘the past...with its eerie blue light and green feathers,’ ‘wine glasses fidget behind glass doors,’ and ‘fall is...the broken doppler of a passing train.’ She writes with assurance of childhood, dreams, and love’s vagaries. These are poems to visit again and again, for the sheer joy of the ride.”
Doris Henderson grew up in a very small town on rural Long Island. She attended the State University of New York at Albany and holds an M.A. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. A former teacher and theatre coach, she sees poetry as a performance art. Her work has been published in many journals and anthologies, as well as three chapbooks: Transformations, Leaving the Plaza, and Distances. Doris lives in Danbury, Connecticut, where she attends workshops with writer friends, does freelance editing, and serves as president of the Danbury chapter of the Connecticut Poetry Society. She has four children, six grandchildren and a cat named Azure.
$19.00 (ISBN: 978-0-9823970-0-8)
Antrim House
Doris Henderson will be reading from her book, What Gets Lost, in Danbury on the 12th. See the Poetry Calendar below.
IV:__WEBSITE OF THE MONTH______________________________
MIC v. MIKE
Ah, the argument. Most people who have ever read the phrase “open mic” or “open mike” have at least reflected on the spelling, and some have nearly come to blows. In hopes of stoking the fire, I present Sam Bayer’s essay, “Mike, dammit.” Mr. Bayer has a Ph.D. in linguistics and makes the most cogent (and entertaining) argument I’ve read.
He’s also right.
www.sambayer.com/tirades/whymike.html
Here’s an excerpt:
Reason 3: mic really does break the rules
The interesting cases arise when chopping off the word would result in something which isn’t pronounced the same. Two things happen in this case. The first thing that can happen is that the pronunciation changes. Here are a few of those:
- spec (short for specification)
- mayo (short for mayonnaise)
- bro (short for brother; it’s a completely different vowel)
- expat (short for expatriate; the vowel in the short form is short, but it corresponds to a long vowel in the original)
- deli (last vowel is longer)
- bio
The second thing that can happen is that the spelling changes to match the pronunciation. Here are a few of those:
- Prez (short for President)
- rez (short for reservation)
- fridge
- fave
- biz
- cuke (short for cucumber)
- lube
- sarge (short for sergeant)
- Coke (short for Coca-Cola)
- nuke (short for nuclear weapon)
Notice that every one of these which has a long vowel (fave, cuke, lube, Coke, nuke) adds an “e” on the end, where there was no “e” in the original word, in order to indicate that the vowel is long. In other words, when the new word is formed, the long vowel “e” rule is followed. The only exception I can find is mic.
V:__NEWS ITEMS / WRITING WORKSHOPS____________________
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, December 13 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. The one remaining date in 2009 is 12/13. The location is Lakeville, CT, at the home of Sharon Charde. See her web site (http://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, December 5 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.
From the instructor’s web site: “In this workshop, we will begin by exploring the fundamentals of poetry, including form, meter, rhyme, and rhetorical devices such as repetition and metaphor to create a poem in a traditional form. (It’s not nearly as daunting as it may sound. In fact, it’s quite fun!) ‘But, POETRY,’ you say. ‘I want to write prose fiction!’
“By actually learning poetic techniques and writing a poem in the structure of form, you will be able to then approach prose, whether fiction or nonfiction, with a more creative and exciting attitude. After writing our poem, we will then utilize the poetic tools we’ve learned to begin the process of writing that great story locked inside your head.
“In the Dec. 5th workshop, we will begin by learning the English sonnet and understanding its iambic pentameter rhythm. Then, in the prose part, we will work on early character development, again, an essential undertaking before we write that first line of our first chapter.
“Whether you are a novice or advanced writer, poet or novelist, or looking to pen your memoir, these tools will help you to engage in a more enjoyable and productive writing experience.
“This is a 3-hour, hands-on writing workshops 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. We will, after all, be writing from scratch!”
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
http://www.buttonwood.org/
VI:__POETRY CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER_____________________
Check with venues for possible cancellations due to holidays or inclement weather
Tuesday, December 1 2009
7:00pm - 9:00pm
FIRST TUESDAY POETRY
featuring Polly Brody
Author and essayist Polly Brody will read 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.
Come help us welcome Polly Brody 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, December 1 2009
7:30pm
POEMALLEY at Curley’s Diner
featuring Frank Chambers
Frank is the president of the Fairfield Chapter of the Connecticut Poetry Society and hosts two local poetry series at Barnes & Noble Bookstores in Stamford and Westport. His poetry has appeared in publications such as PostScript, Poetry Emerging, Long River Run, A First Tuesday in Wilton, and Wednesdays at Curley’s. Frank’s poetry reflects his vision and commitment to family and is inspired by four young muses masquerading as children.
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, December 2 2009
6:30pm - 8:30pm
CALLING ALL POETS (And Poetry Lovers)
presents Quentin Smeltzer
Quentin Smeltzer writer/comedian will give a preliminary presentation of his upcoming book due to come out in 2010, Self Help, Your Complete Book of Bad Advice for Every Situation in Life, a book Mr. Smeltzer believes he is particularly well-qualified to write.
Quentin Smeltzer (obviously not his real name) was born in Chicago and grew up in New York, Connecticut and Utah, accounting for a cultural dislocation bordering on schizophrenia. He earned his BA degree in philosophy from Pomona College in Claremont, California. The philosophy degree opened many professional doors including opportunities to work in fast food restaurants, drive delivery vans and make copies. He also holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix, neither of which made any discernible difference in his life whatsoever. After living at the Chelsea Hotel in NY where he met many artists and personalities whom he was not impressed with, he returned to Connecticut where he currently resides with his wife and son and a dog he doesn’t particularly care for. Mr. Smeltzer’s seeds in entertainment can be traced to a successful performance in a high school play. A late bloomer, Mr. Smeltzer has been largely germinating ever since. In addition to writing, for the past two years he has made many appearances on stage performing stand-up comedy to decidedly mixed reviews.
Followed by an open mike—all about YOU! Bring your original work to read and share with the group or a favorite poem.
Admission is free. The open mike sign-up is at 6:15pm. There will be time to meet the feature after the open mike. Calling All Poets is hosted by Victoria Muñoz.
The Silas Bronson Library
267 Grand Street
Waterbury, CT
203-574-8223
http://www.bronsonlibrary.org/
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Wednesday, December 2 2009
7:30pm - 10:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Mark McGuire-Schwartz
Mark McGuire-Schwartz will read his experimental and non-experimental poems, with and without jokes, with and without an alarm clock ringing, with and without hawks, etc. It’s sure to be full of surprises based on his Word of Mouth reading a few months ago.
Mark is a sometimes host of WNPS, treasurer and chairman of WNPS’s ever evolving “committee,” and a host of Word of Mouth at the Institute Library in New Haven. He sometimes imagines that he was raised by bears, and he says it shows. In his 27 years as a state bureaucrat, Mark strove to raise the level of memos to an art form. Despite this his short play, Meeting Arthur Miller, was produced as part of the Short and NEAT program during the 2004 International Festival of Arts and Ideas, in New Haven. His work has appeared in The Whatever Journal, RougueScholars.com, The Fairfield Review, and Bent Pin Quarterly. However, he protests that he has not yet won many prestigious and lucrative awards, including a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Grant. Oh well. Oh well. Oh well.
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, December 3 2009
11:00am
ALEXANDRINA SERGIO in New Haven
Alexandrina Sergio will read from her book, My Daughter is Drummer in the Rock ’n Roll Band, with musical accompaniment by pianist David Sergio. Program open to the community.
Alexandrina new collection, My Daughter Is A Drummer in the Rock ’n Roll Band, offers a rich variety of moods: the sad poems contain moments of wry wit, and the overtly humorous or raucous poems contain deeper undercurrents. Ms. Sergio traces her passion for poetry to her mother’s habit of mixing the works of Celtic poets into bedtime tales. As an English teacher, Sandy coached prize-winning student poets. Subsequent careers in mental health and philanthropy-consulting encroached on writing time, but retirement has allowed broader opportunities. Her work has been published in a number of journals and anthologies and has twice been performed by a professional stage company. Her awards include first place in the 2007 Connecticut Senior Poetry Contest and second place in the 2008 Dorman John Grace Contest.
Community Room
ateway Community College
60 Sargent Drive
New Haven, CT
For directions see http://www.gwcc.commnet.edu/
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Thursday, December 3 2009
12:15pm
MORRI CREECH at University of Hartford
Poet Morri Creech was born in Moncks Corner, South Carolina in 1970, and was educated at Winthrop University and McNeese State University. He currently lives in Lake Charles, Louisiana with is daughter Hattie and teaches in the MFA Program at McNeese State University. His poems have appeared in Poetry, The New Criterion, The New Republic, The Southwest Review, The Hudson Review, Crazyhorse, and elsewhere. His first poetry collection, Paper Cathedrals, received the Stan and Tom Wick Award from Kent State University Press. In collaboration with the photographer Robert Parke Harrison, he has published two museum-quality limited editions (21st). Mr. Creech has received a $15,000 Ruth Lilly Fellowship from Poetry Magazine and the Modern Poetry Foundation, an artist’s fellowship from The Louisiana Division of the Arts, and has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His second collection, Field Knowledge, won the 2005 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize and was published by Waywiser Press.
Wilde Auditorium
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT
For information, contact Ben Grossberg at 860-768-4944
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Thursday, December 3 2009
1:00pm
IN AND BEYOND THE METAPHYSICS OF WALLACE STEVENS
Proof & Possibility: A Series of Talks in Philosophy and the History of Ideas
Part 1: Philosophy of the Supreme Fiction: In and Beyond the Metaphysics of Wallace Stevens
Hartford’s most noted poet and once one of its more prominent insurance executives, Wallace Stevens, has often been studied for the philosophical character of his work. Considered a true American heir to the English Romantic poets, Stevens was also influenced by philosophers as diverse as Nietzsche and such pillars of American pragmatism as Ralph Waldo Emerson and George Santayana. So invested, in fact, is Stevens’s verse in the problems of epistemology—the study of knowledge and how, to what extent and how validly we can obtain it—and metaphysics—the study of first principles and what is finally most real—that his poetic output has been freshly examined in the light of current philosophical trends with each new decade.
However, the unique way that Stevens understood the interaction between the imagination and reality stubbornly resists dissection by logicians or diehard rationalists. In discussing what might be called his metaphysics—what he named “a supreme fiction”—Stevens was reluctant to limit it to poetry. However, even as he set out to address its qualities—“It Must Be Abstract,” “It Must Change,” and “It Must Give Pleasure”—he offered an insurance-style disclaimer: “As soon as I start to rationalize, I lose the poetry of the idea.”
Come join James Finnegan, poet, thinker, founder of The Friends and Enemies of Wallace Stevens organization, and insurance executive, for a fascinating hour and a half—over a provided light lunch—to explore the common ground of poetry and philosophy, with Hartford’s local treasure Stevens as our guide and muse.
James Finnegan’s poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Poetry East, The Southern Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and other literary magazines. With Dennis Barone he edited Visiting Wallace: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Wallace Stevens (U. of Iowa Press, 2009). He currently serves as president of The Friends & Enemies of Wallace Stevens, a Hartford area arts organization that supports the cultural legacy of Wallace Stevens and promotes poetry in the community. He founded an internet discussion listserv called the NewPoetry List, and he blogs aphoristic ars poetica at usrprache (ursprache.blogspot.com). Mr. Finnegan works in the field of financial institutions risk management for Lee & Mason Financial Services, Inc.
Presented by the Tunxis Humanities Department and Tunxis Philosophy Club.
Founders Hall
Tunxis Community College
271 Scott Swamp Rd.
Farmington, CT
tunxis.commnet.edu/events
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Thursday, December 3 2009
6:30pm
RIVERWOOD POETRY SERIES presents The UNDERWOOD CAFE
featuring Susan Allison & Tony Fusco.
Susan Allison lives in Middletown with her husband, Stephan, and son, John. Born in Derby and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, she calls poetry and wanderlust the two main constants in her life. After mountain-climbing and hitch-hiking through East Africa, she returned to Wesleyan University to earn a BA in African Studies in 1985. Shortly after graduation, she discovered used and rare bookstores, which became new destination points for her wanderlust until she opened her own, Ibis Books & Gallery, in 1989. The bookstore was transformed in 1991 into NEAR, Inc./The Buttonwood Tree, an arts and cultural performance space on Main Street in Middletown, Connecticut. Of her second book of poetry, Down by the Riverside Ways, published earlier this year, John Basinger wrote: “Susan Allison has created poems that seem to have become naturally what they are as diamonds emerge from carbon under pressure, not laid out on black velvet, but set in mother earth.”
Tony Fusco is President of the CT Poetry Society and has a Masters Degree in Creative Writing from Southern Connecticut State University. He is the editor of Caduceus, the anthology of the Yale Medical Group Art Place and past editor of The Connecticut River Review and Long River Run, journals of the Connecticut Poetry Society. He has been editor of the Southern News and the poetry anthologies High Tide and Sounds and Waves of West Haven. His work as appeared in many publications including the Connecticut Review, Louisiana Literature, the Red Rock Review, The South Carolina Review, and The Paterson Review. He is the author of two books, Droplines and Jessie’s Garden, and three chapbooks. His poetry has won prizes in several contests including The Sunken Garden Poetry Prize. He is a member of the New England Poetry Club. Tony has produced West Shore Poets a television poetry series at CTV and is web-master for several web sites including the CT Poetry Society. His poem “Harvest” was nominated for a Pushcart Award.
The Underwood Cafe at Wood Memorial Library: entertaining and thought-provoking poetry in a relaxed, cafe-style atmosphere. Open mike follows the feature. Refreshments. Admission is free: donations gratefully accepted. Donations of non-perishable foods will also be accepted for the benefit of St. Vincent de Paul food pantry. More info: http://www.riverwoodpoetry.org/ or http://www.woodmemoriallibrary.org/.
Wood Memorial Library
783 Main Street
South Windsor, CT
860-289-1783
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Thursday, December 3 2009
7:00pm
CURBSTONE PRESS READING SERIES
with Doug Anderson
Doug Anderson’s new memoir, Keep Your Head Down: Vietnam, The Sixties, And a Journey of Self-Discovery was published by W.W. Norton in 2009. His book of poetry, The Moon Reflected Fire, won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award in 1995; and Blues for Unemployed Secret Police was published with support from the Eric Matthew King Fund of The Academy of American Poets. His work has appeared in many literary journals including The Virginia Quarterly Review, Field, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, and The Massachusetts Review. He has received fellowships and grants from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Massachusetts Cultural Council, and other funding organizations. In addition to poetry and creative nonfiction, he has written plays, screenplays and journalism. He lives in Hartford, Connecticut and teaches creative writing for the University of Connecticut’s Greater Hartford Campus, and in the Pacific University MFA Program.
Hygienic Art continues its evenings of monthly First Thursday Poetry readings in the Robert Rue Reading Series, funded in part by Curbstone Press. 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 http://www.hygienic.org/.
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Thursday, December 3 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, December 5 2009
2:00pm
POETRY READING AND DISCUSSION
with Cortney Davis, Jim Kelleher, Norah Pollard, David Leff, Cheryl Della Pelle, and Jean Sands
A coffee house style reading by six poets—Cortney Davis, Jim Kelleher, Norah Pollard, David Leff, Cheryl Della Pelle, and Jean Sands—followed by an open discussion of the process of writing poems. A book-signing will follow the reading and discussion.
Admission is free. For more information contact: White Memorial Conservation Center at 860-567-0857 or info@whitememorial.org, or Jean Sands at 860-485-9522, http://www.blogger.com/jeansands@sbcglobal.net.
White Memorial Conservation Center
Carriage House
80 Whitehall Rd
Litchfield, CT
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Sunday, December 6 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, December 6 2009
4:00pm
POETRY at DRAGON'S EGG
Poetry Reading, original poetry by original voices, with a general theme of Fire and Ice. The reading will be followed by a book signing on the part of various of the published poets.
Come early!
Dragon's Egg
401 Shewville Road
Ledyard, CT
The reading is part of a holiday event at the Dragon's Egg, from 12-6 pm. A holiday sale of various services and crafts, including original Xmas tree ornaments designed by artists and donated to benefit the Egg. These - from bath salts to books to services - will be spread out on rugs around the space from noon on, and at 4 pm there will be the Poetry Reading!
For more information, write mybeasts@aol.com.
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Sunday, December 6 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 http://www.sanctuaryatshepardfields.org/activities.html. 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, December 7 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
http://www.therussellct.com/
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Monday, December 7 2009
7:00pm
WORDFORGE READING SERIES
presents current and former members of the Brickwalk Poets group.
WordForge is 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, December 7 2009
7:00pm
POETRY AND MUSIC at Asnuntuck
Café II will come alive when eight poets and eight musicians combine their talents to celebrate the end of the Fall semester. The semester’s final coffee house, sponsored by Asnuntuck’s nationally known poetry journal, Freshwater, will feature readings by faculty and staff and guitar music by students.
The readers include Adjunct Instructor in Theatre, Frank Borelli; Professor Emeritus Elaine Folkers; Librarian Sherry Gelbwasser; Adjunct Instructor in Anatomy and Physiology, Fran Rago; Adjunct Instructors in English, Laura Hayden and Elizabeth Szewczyk; and English Professors John Sheirer and Edwina Trentham.
Students from Judi Simonds’ Guitar I class will play, including Chris Albano, Andrew Baris, Joseph Brandt, Jasien Christian, Alton Hayes, Michael May, Andrew Poirier, and Bruce Smith.
Copies of Freshwater’s Tenth Anniversary issue will be on sale, together with copies of Sheirer, Szewczyk, and Trentham’s books, and an open poetry and music mike will follow the reading.
Don’t miss this final coffee house of the season, which takes place in Café II, with flowers and delicious refreshments to set the mood. The coffee house is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Edwina Trentham at 860-253-3105 or etrentham@acc.commnet.edu.
Café II
Asnuntuck Community College
170 Elm Street
Enfield, CT
For directions, go to http://www.acc.commnet.edu/
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Monday, December 7 2009
7:15pm
MONDAY NIGHT POETRY in STAMFORD
featuring Mark McGuire-Schwartz
The poet who was raised by friendly bears, Mark McGuire-Schwartz will read his experimental and non-experimental poems, with and without jokes, with and without an alarm clock ringing, with and without hawks, etc. It's sure to be full of surprises! Mark McGuire-Schwartz is a sometimes host of WNPS, treasurer and chairman of WNPS’s ever evolving “committee,” and also a host of Word of Mouth at the Institute Library in New Haven. In his 27 years as a state bureaucrat, Mark strove to raise the level of memos to an art form. Despite this his short play, Meeting Arthur Miller, was produced as part of the Short and NEAT program during the 2004 International Festival of Arts and Ideas, in New Haven. His work has appeared in The Whatever Journal, RougueScholars.com, The Fairfield Review, and Bent Pin Quarterly. However, he protests that he has not yet won many prestigious and lucrative awards, including a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur Grant.
Monday Night Poetry usually meets on the second Monday of each month (not this month, though) 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, December 7 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 December 7 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, December 8 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, December 9 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
http://www.realartways.org/
Email questions to: ahenchey@hotmail.com
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Wednesday, December 9 2009
7:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Elizabeth Thomas
Note new location: WNPS has moved to the Blue Z Coffeehouse in Newtown. See the new address below.
Elizabeth Thomas is a widely published poet, performer, teacher and advocate of the arts. The author of two poetry collections and one book on writing for youth and teachers, she has read her work throughout the United States. She’s been a member of three Connecticut National Poetry Slam teams and in 1998 was a member of the U.S. team that traveled to Sweden. Much of her energy and time is devoted to designing and teaching writing programs for schools and organizations in many parts of the country. These programs promote literacy and the power of written and spoken word. As an outstanding advocate of youth in the arts, Elizabeth Thomas is a coach and organizer with Brave New Voices: International Youth Poetry Slam and Festival. She is also the founder of UpWords Poetry, a company dedicated to promoting programs for young writers and educators, based on the belief that poetry is meant to be heard out loud and in person.
For features and details, please go to wedpoetry.wordpress.com
Blue Z Coffeehouse
127 South Main Street (Route 25)
Newtown CT
203-364-0631
http://www.blue-z-coffeehouse.com/
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Wednesday, December 9 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 its 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
http://www.poetzrealm.com/
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Thursday, December 10 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, December 10 2009
7:15pm - 9:15pm
THE GUILFORD POETS GUILD
presents Anthology Book Launch
In the Menuncatuck Room of the Guilford Community Center, The Guilford Poets Guild will unveil The Guilford Poets Guild Tenth Anniversary Anthology. Each poet who is represented in the book will be reading one poem (their choice) from the book.
Copies of the book will be for sale at $15.00 each. Poets in the anthology, and donors in our present campaign who have given $50.00 or more, will receive a complimentary copy.
Light refreshments will be served. No open mike.
Menencatuck Room
Guilford Community Center
32 Church St (Rt 77)
Guilford, CT
The reading is part of the Guilford Poets Guild Second Thursday Poetry Series. See guilfordpoetsguild.wordpress.com.
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Saturday, December 12 2009
10:00am
DORIS HENDERSON in Danbury
Doris Henderson will read from her new book, What Gets Lost, at the Farioly Program Room at Danbury Library. The reading begins at 10:00am. (It’s never too early for poetry, right?) Light refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public.
Doris’s poems have been widely published in national journals and anthologies, also garnering a Pushcart nomination and winning the Brodine and Winchell poetry contests. She facilitates a writing workshop in Danbury in conjunction with the Connecticut Poetry Society.
What Gets Lost, Doris’s first full-length book of poetry, is due to be released December 1st, and is also available through Antrim House Books online at http://www.antrimhousebooks.com/.
Farioly Program Room
Danbury Library
170 Main Street
Danbury, CT
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Saturday, December 12 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, December 13 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, December 14 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
http://www.therussellct.com/
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Monday December 14 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, December 15 2009
7:00pm
THE ORDINARY EVENING READING SERIES
featuring April Bernard and Jude Stewart
Romanticism, April’s most recent poetry collection, was published in June 2009. Her prior publications include three books of poetry: Swan Electric, Psalms, and Blackbird Bye Bye, and one novel, Pirate Jenny. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Boston Review, Agni, Ploughshares, and The New York Review of Books, and is included in The Penguin Book of the Sonnet: 500 Years of a Classic Tradition in English and By Herself: Women Reclaim Poetry. She has also received a Guggenheim Award.
Jude Stewart has written on design, art and culture for Slate, Metropolis, BusinessWeek, and Print, as well as a column on color for STEP Inside Design Magazine which she is developing into a book. She has lectured about design at RISD, the Adult Education series in Brooklyn, and the Fachhochschule Mainz in Germany and been interviewed on related topics on NPR’s Day to Day and by Brian Lehrer on WNYC. Her introduction to mobile architecture appears in More Mobile: Portable Architecture Today. A recipient of the Free University Berlin’s European Journalism Fellowship, in 2005 - 2006 she pursued a year-long independent project on the influence of the former East Germany’s design on current visual culture in Berlin. Jude divides her time between Berlin, Germany, and New Haven, USA, where she is also co-curator of the Ordinary Evening Reading Series. Read more at http://www.judestewart.com/ or follow her daily tweets on color at twitter.com/joodstew.
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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Tuesday, December 15 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, December 16 2009
7:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Grinch Night & workshop
Note new location: WNPS has moved to the Blue Z Coffeehouse in Newtown. See the new address below.
Tonight the theme at the open mike will be Grinch Night. It will be followed by a workshop.
For features and details, please go to wedpoetry.wordpress.com
Blue Z Coffeehouse
127 South Main Street (Route 25)
Newtown CT
203-364-0631
http://www.blue-z-coffeehouse.com/
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Thursday, December 17 2009
6:30pm
WORD OF MOUTH POETRY SERIES
featuring Marilyn Nelson
Marilyn Nelson is the author or translator of twelve books and three chapbooks. Her book, The Homeplace, won the 1992 Annisfield-Wolf Award and was a finalist for the 1991 National Book Award. The Fields Of Praise: New And Selected Poems won the 1998 Poets’ Prize and was a finalist for the 1997 National Book Award, the PEN Winship Award, and the Lenore Marshall Prize. Carver: A Life In Poems won the 2001 Boston Globe/Hornbook Award and the Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award, a Newbery Honor Book, and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Fortune’s Bones was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and won the Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry. A Wreath For Emmett Till won the 2005 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and was a 2006 Coretta Scott King Honor Book, a 2006 Michael L. Printz Honor Book, and a 2006 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor Book. The Cachoiera Tales And Other Poems won the L.E. Phillabaum Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Nelson’s newest book of poetry, Sweethearts of Rhythm, was released in 2009 from Dial.
Her honors include two NEA creative writing fellowships, the 1990 Connecticut Arts Award, an A.C.L.S. Contemplative Practices Fellowship, a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship, and a fellowship from the J.S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Nelson is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut; founder and director of Soul Mountain Retreat, a small writers’ colony; and was Poet Laureate of the State of Connecticut from 2001-2006.
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, December 17 2009
7:00pm
WINTONBURY BRANCH POETRY SERIES
featuring Maggie Green & Nora Pasco
Wintonbury Branch Poetry Series & Open Mike presents Mother-daughter duo, Maggie Green & Nora Pasco.
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, December 17 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, December 17 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, December 18 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
http://www.ridgefieldlibrary.org/
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Friday, December 18 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, December 20 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, December 21 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, December 21 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
http://www.therussellct.com/
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Monday, December 21 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, December 22 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, December 23 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 its 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
http://www.poetzrealm.com/
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Thursday, December 24 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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Sunday, December 27 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, December 28 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
http://www.therussellct.com/
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Monday, December 28 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, December 29 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, December 30 2009
7:00pm
WEDNESDAY NIGHT POETRY SERIES
featuring Daniel Nester
Note: This reading will be held in Alumni Hall at WestConn in Danbury. It starts with open mike at 7:00pm, followed by the feature.
Daniel Nester is a journalist, essayist, poet, editor, and teacher. His next book, How to Be Inappropriate, a collection of humorous nonfiction, will be published by Soft Skull Press in Fall 2009. Nester’s first two books, God Save My Queen and God Save My Queen II, are collections on his obsession with the rock band Queen. His third, The History of My World Tonight, is a collection of poems.
As a journalist and essayist, his work has appeared in a variety of places, such as Poets & Writers, The Daily Beast, Time Out New York, The Rumpus, Bloomsbury Review, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and Bookslut. He is the former editor of the online journals Unpleasant Event Schedule and La Petite Zine and worked as Assistant Web Editor for Sestinas for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.
His work has been anthologized in such collections as Lost and Found, The Best American Poetry 2003, The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 1, Third Rail: The Poetry of Rock and Roll, and Isn’t It Romantic? 100 Love Poems by Younger American Poets. His poems have appeared in such journals as Coconut, jubilat, Crazyhorse, Spoon River Poetry Review, and other places.
He is an assistant professor of English at The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY, where he teaches creative nonfiction.
For more information: danielnester.com/index.html.
Alumni Hall
Western Connecticut State University
Midtown campus
181 White St.
Danbury, CT
(Alumni Hall is off Dr. James Roach Ave.)
For features and details, please go to wedpoetry.wordpress.com
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Thursday, December 31 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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