Poetry News May 23, 2011

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THIS WEEK in Western MA and Vicinity:
Sat. May 21 - Poetry Reading at the Springfield Library, 3pm
Sun. May 22 - Candace Curran reading at Wendell Public Library, 6pm
Wed. May 25 - Lea Banks & Deborah Bernhardt at Green Street Cafe, Northampton, 7:30pm
Wed. May 25 - Evening of Poetry & Friendship, Leslea Newman and others, UU Amherst, 7pm
Thu. May 26 - Paul Richmond at Northfield Coffee Books in Northfield, 7:30pm
Mon. May 30 - 2nd Annual Memorial Day Poetry Festival at Deja Brew, Wendell, 2pm

This is just a sampling. There are many other poetry events in Western MA, Boston, CT and beyond this week - Please scroll down!

HOLYOKE/SPRINGFIELD/WESTFIELD AREA POETRY

Starving for Art Presents open mic Tuesdays
@ Blue Fusion Bar and Grille 487 St. James Ave Springfield, MA doors open at 6pm for social hour. Showtime is 7-9pm All poets, musicians, singers, and visual artists are welcome. This event is free. For more info visit http://www.brendaschild.com/

SPRINGFIELD LIBRARY - WORKSHOPS & READINGS
Please save the following dates! Thanks to Jean Canosa Albano, Manager of Public Services at the Springfield Library, Maria Arroyo just learned that she will receive a Massachusetts Cultural Council honorarium through the City of Springfield for the series of Saturday poetry workshops she will be facilitating at the Library.
And on an unrelated note, please bookmark her new website: marialuisaarroyo.weebly.com

Poetry Reading
Saturday, May 21, 2011 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Come read your original or favorite poems, or come to hear the poetry of others in this family-friendly poetry reading. Spanish and English poems are welcomed! Emcee María Luisa Arroyo, author of "Gathering Words: Recogiendo Palabras", is a poet, educator, teaching artist. Pre-registration is required for readers. Location: Springfield Central Library Community Room OR Rotunda

Ekphrastic Poetry
Saturday June 4, 2011 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Contact: Matthew Jaquith 413-263-6828, x221 mjaquith@springfieldlibrary.org
Ekphrastic poetry is poetry--usually dramatic--written in response to a work of visual art. Beginner and intermediate poets alike are invited to attend this workshop to write original poems in response to the paintings displayed by local artists including Mirtha Quiroz, Caren McKenzie, Narelle Thomas, and Awilda Oxios. The session is facilitated by María Luisa Arroyo, author of "Gathering Words: Recogiendo Palabras", is a poet, educator, and teaching artist. Location: Springfield Central Library Community Room

Poetry Publishing for Beginners
Saturday, June 11, 2011 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Contact: Matthew Jaquith 413-263-6828, x221 mjaquith@springfieldlibrary.org
Interested in learning about how to prepare poetry submissions for different poety markets? Which markets are legitimate and which are scams? How many poems are to many? What's a chapbook? Should I self-publish? Come to this session for an open and honest dialogue with award-winning poet María Luisa Arroyo about any poetry related questions. María Luisa Arroyo, author of "Gathering Words: Recogiendo Palabras", is a poet, educator, and teaching artist. Location: Springfield Central Library Computer Lab

Poetry Writing Workshop
Saturday July 2, 2011 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Contact: Matthew Jaquith 413-263-6828, x221 mjaquith@springfieldlibrary.org
Come join a community of poets to read, listen, share, and comment on poems written by other artists. All levels (beginners to advanced) are welcomed in this adult workshop. The session is facilitated by María Luisa Arroyo, author of "Gathering Words: Recogiendo Palabras". María is a poet, educator, and teaching artist. Location: Central Library Community Room

Poetry Writing Workshop
Saturday August 6, 2011 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Come join a community of poets to read, listen, share, and comment on poems written by other artists. All levels (beginners to advanced) are welcomed in this adult workshop. The session is facilitated by María Luisa Arroyo, author of "Gathering Words: Recogiendo Palabras". María is a poet, educator, and teaching artist.

POETRY IN THE VALLEY AND BEYOND

Flying Object Poetry Readings and Workshops
Flying Object in Hadley has all sorts of poetry readings and workshops going on. Please go to their website at http://www.flying-object.org for more information.

Anne Hutt Browning Reading Series
Thursday, June 2, at 7 p.m. at St. John's church, Ashfield, there will take place the first reading in the Anne Hutt Browning Poetry Reading Series. The featured poet will be Richard Wilbur and Anne’s daughter, Sarah, will emcee the event and read some of Ann's poetry as well as a few poems of her own. Poems have been solicited from high school students and the winner of the competition will read her/his poem or poems. There will be a reception afterwards.

Forbes Library Weekly Poetry Discussion Group
On Mondays during the academic year, The Forbes Poetry Discussion Group meets for a close reading of contemporary poetry, often of poets coming to the Smith College Poetry Center just prior to their reading. Upcoming poets likely to be included are W.S. Merwin, Anne Carson, Edwin Hirsch, Michael Klein, Donald Morrill, Maxin Kumin, selections from Galway Kinnell's Book of Nightmares, and poems by Mary Ruefle. Any cancellations will be made via postings at the library. Free and open to all.

Poetic Recovery Open Mic and Feature
Every FRIDAY night 7:30- 9:30 pm
Thirsty Mind in South Hadley MA 23 College St.

Green Street Poetry Series
Green Street Café, Northampton, Massachusetts
Green Street readings now take place on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month. 7:30 pm
Upcoming Featured Poets:
May 25 - Lea Banks & Deborah Bernhardt

If you are interested in reading at Green Street, send a note with bio and sample poems to
Maria Williams-Russell at mariawilliams@gmail.com

2nd Annual Evening of Poetry and Friendship
Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 7-9pm
Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst
121 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst
Come enjoy an evening of beautiful words and fellowship. The following local poets are generously giving of their time and talent for our enjoyment. Leslea Newman – award winning and ground-breaking author and poet of both children and adult books (lesleanewman.com), David Kherdian -internationally known and awarded poet, novelist, and memoirist (davidkherdian.com), UUSA member and published writer Vicki Hinson-Smith, and up and coming young poet Hannah Laird. Questions and Answers with the poets and light refreshments served.

GALLERY OF READERS SERIES
Virginia Rohan and Stephanie Schamess will be reading from their work on Sunday June 5th at 3 p.m. at the Smith College Neilson Library
Susan Cocalis will be reading from her new book of light verse "Lessons Out of School"on Sunday June 26 at 3 p.m. followed by book signing and refreshments.

The Gallery of Readers began in 1990 and takes its name from its first location, in Northampton's Forbes Library art gallery. The readers in the series are participants in Robin Barber's and Carol Edelstein's writing workshops.
For more information on other events in the series, please visit http://www.galleryofreaders.org/galleryofreaders/current.html

Outdoor Voice: Slow Travel through Creative Writing

Join Kathy Dunn for a series of day-long retreats in unique outdoor settings. Experiment with writing and sense of place – amidst flowering trees of early spring, on a hillside high above the Connecticut River, and at other local sites that are worlds away from everyday life. Explore new approaches to writing and build on skills you already have. Beginners and experienced writers welcome. Participants are welcome to sign up for individual dates, or the full series. First session: May 14 at Temenos, in Shutesbury.
More information: Kathy Dunn, (413) 221-4652

http://pathwaystodiscovery.wordpress.comclick on “Western Mass Retreats”

FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY
The next business/sharing meeting is Thursday June 9, 2011 6:30pm
ALL POETS OF ALL TYPES AND AGES are welcome, bring one of your original works to share,
(12 to 15 copies will usually be enough for all to share) The meeting is held at Lilly Library community room and begins at 6:30 PM. Poetry presentation and discussion begins at 7PM

WRITING GROUP
Martina Robinson and friends meet every 3rd Thursday at Lilly Library community Room at 6:30 PM. This group is currently open to join.

PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING AS A MEMBER OF FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY.
THE FEE IS $20.00 FOR THE YEAR FROM SEPTEMBER TO AUGUST. Your membership supports our Fall festival, SILKWORM our annual journal, (these first two items also are supported in part by the Northampton Arts Council via a grant) our website http://www.florencepoetssociety.net/,, our po box, the annual contest, the JAN SLAM, our spring art gallery reading. and our summer reading at William Cullen Bryant homestead.

For more information: Email us at FPOETS@localnet.com or check out our new web page at http://www.florencepoetssociety.net

Listen to "Twilite's Poetry Pub"
now Weekly! Enjoy the "Pub" with Carl and Tom every Wednesday from 9-10 am on Valley Free Radio, WXOJ 103.3 fm, Northampton and now with improved streaming at http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/ !!!
Poetry to the people! WXOJ-FM LP 103.3 and streaming at http://www.valleyfreeradio.org/. Bringing to you a variety of interesting poetry and music!

All events are free and open to the public except as noted For more information, Call Tom at (413) 584-5914 or email at: tommytwilite@gmail.com or: FPOETS@localnet.com or visit: http://www.florencepoetssociety.org/

POETRY A LA CARTE RADIO SHOW
on WMUA-Amherst 91.1 FM
Mondays from 6:00 to 6:30pm
WMUA is ably run by students, and the Programmer, who has the unenviable job of arranging a continuous, live, on-air series of shows, 24 hours a day, is hard-pressed to get coverage when the UMass students are on vacation. (DJs are usually about half students and half community members). Hence the change in schedule.
Streamed live at http://www.wmua.org/.
The program, hosted by Daisy Mathias, includes reading aloud from past and contemporary poets, and occasionally features live interview and poetry-reading with a local poet.

Poetry at the Leverett Library
6:30 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, Poetry reading at the Leverett Library. 75 Montague Rd. Leverett, MA. Area poets are invited to read. For more information contact Petriana at 413. 549.9336 or by email at pmonize@hcc.mass.edu

The Woven Word Summer Creative Writing Program for Middle and High School Age Writers
Contact: Lynn Bowmaster, 584-3373, 113 Bay Rd., Lrbowmaster@gmail.com.
Session I: July 18-22, 9 - 3:30, Session II: August 1-5, 9-3:30

Now in its fourth year, the Woven Word Summer program provides a supportive environment for each writer to explore their own writing voice. We write in the morning at our house and head to our houseboat on the Connecticut River for lunch, recreation, and more writing in the afternoon. Most days involve 2-4 short writing sessions and allow writers to continue long pieces as well as playing with short pieces. The focus is on fun and creativity, not grammar and spelling.

Writing from the Heart Retreat
Join Nancy Slonim Aronie's Writing from the Heart and Paris Press for an all-day writing retreat, on Saturday, June 11, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., at The Curtis House, 14 South Street, Ashfield, MA.To register and for more information:info@parispress.orgor 413-628-0051.

Workshop: $120. Optional lunch, catered by Gloriosa & Company: $10.

Pay by MasterCard, Visa, or check (Paris Press, P.O. Box 487, Ashfield, MA 01330).

GREENFIELD, SHELBURNE FALLS AND NORTH

Candace Curran Reading
Next stop on the world tour will be Sunday, May 22 at the Wendell Free Public library 6-7:30
where Candace and Dick Baldwin will talk about Easy Chair, the cover painting and collaboration for Playing in Wrecks. There will be witty conversation, a reading from the book and all questions answered.
The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served with proceeds to benefit the Friends of the Wendell Library, 7 Wendell Depot Road. Check out the poster and info at:
http://candacecurran.blogspot.com

The Second Annual Memorial Day Festival
May 30th at the Deja Brew Pub
Doors open at 1:00
Festival starts @ 2:00
57 Lockes Village Rd, Wendell, MA
In between the Country Store and the Post Office
Contact Paul at paul@humanerrorpublishing.com
to be one of the poets, spoken word artists.

New Open Mic 3rd Thursdays in Northfield
All ages are welcome to share poetry and hear local poets at a new monthly open mic.
at Northfield Coffee and Books, 105 Main St., Northfield, MA., 8pm
This month's featured reader is Trish Crapo, followed by 5-minute open mic readings. The series
will take place on the third Thursday of every month, and is sponsored by Bernardston poet and track & field coach Jim Bell. Arrive a little early to sign up.

Greenfield Spoken Word
June 21st, Always the Third Tuesday
Feature Poet: TBA
9 Mill St, Greenfield, MA
Doors open at 7:00
Open Mic starts at 7:30
Open Mic will be 10 - five-minute slots
Donation - Sliding Scale $1 - $5

Coffee and Poetry - Featured Reader Paul Richmond
Thu, May 26, 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Northfield Coffee and Books, Main St. Northfield, MA
Featured Reader - Paul Richmond
then Open Mic
All Ages! No Cover!

ARMS LIBRARY READING
Third Friday Prose and Poetry Readings. 7 p.m. at The Arms Library, Corner of Main and Bridge Streets, Shelburne Falls, Mass. 413-625-0306.
Held in the upstairs Reading Room, readers should arrive a couple of minutes early to sign up for a reading slot, and then have five minutes to share their work. The building is accessible by entering at lower level and taking the elevator upstairs.

Collected Poets Series
$2– $5 suggested donation. Mocha Maya's Coffee House, 47 Bridge Street, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370, 413-625-6292. Wheelchair accessible. See www.collectedpoets.com or www.mochamayas.com for more information.
2011 upcoming in the Series:
JUNE 2 - Chard deNiord & Thomas Lux
JULY 7- Catherine Sasanov & Pat Schneider
No CPS Readings in August or September
OCTOBER 6- Joan Houlihan & Timothy Liu
NOVEMBER 3 - Patricia Lee Lewis & Special Guest
DECEMBER 1 - Peter Covino & Daniel Hall
The Collected Poets Series highlights the work of established and emerging poets. Each event showcases the remarkable local poets of Western Massachusetts and the finest regional, national, and international talent.

WORD IN THE BERKSHIRES

Publishing Workshop at The Mount
Spend the weekend at Edith Wharton’s inspirational estate and gardens while learning about the publishing process from three seasoned professionals. Join David Emblidge, Associate Professor in the MA in Publishing and Writing program at Emerson College, Boston, and presenters Julie Michaels, a former editor at New England Monthly and longtime Boston Globe writer and editor, and literary agent Nina Ryan, a former Random House editor and now partner in the Cowles-Ryan Literary Agency, for this special two-day workshop at The Mount in Lenox, MA.

Over the course of the two days, the presenters will demystify the publishing process, lay out standard steps in the editing/production/marketing/sales process, and provide an insider's look at a standard author's contract and a successful book or magazine article proposal. They will also conduct one-on-one consultations with writers. Advance registration is required. Workshop is limited to 40 writers. For more information or to register, visit http://EdithWharton.org or call 413.551.5100.

Cost is $275. Special registration fee of $250 for participants who register by May 31.

Jerry's Place Poetry
There will be 2--one hour poetry programs starting at 2:00 pm at the
Pittsfield Community television station on Federico Drive, Pittsfield
Mass. A Jerry's Place production.This is an ongoing reading every third Thursday.

OUTSPOKEN!
Pittsfield's Monthly Performance Series and Open Mic
- Outspoken! hosted by matt mcfadden, is held the 3rd Thursday of every month.
- Micro Theater (311 North St. in Pittsfield, Greylock Bldg. upstairs among the ArtOnNo studios - Up the block from Jae's Spice - Entrance to theater is around the corner on Union St. thru Orange door, right next door to Mary's Carrot Cake.
- 8 pm ($5 suggested donation)
- Interested open mic performers can sign up for 5 minute slot by
e-mailing matt at mcfaddensrus@yahoo.com
- Those needing more information can e-mail the same address

Power of Words, Open Mic
Third Tuesdays 7pm to 8:30 pm Hosted by Garfield Reed.
This is an open opportunity to share poetry, readings, music and other spoken word.
Free and open to the public at Berkshire South Regional Community Center , Crissey Rd.,Great Barrington, MA Every third Tuesday of the month. Please call Garfield at 528 4127 for more information.

In Words, Out Words in Housatonic
In Housatonic, MA there is an open mic for poets and performers of all styles and ages.
1st Tuesday of each month at the Deb Koffman Gallery 137 Front Street, Housatonic, MA 01236. “In Words, Out Words.” is hosted by John Meeks and there is usually a $7 suggested donation for heat and electricity. There are snacks there provided by whoever wants to bring them. The open mic begins at 7 and the featured performer goes on for about 20 minutes. It usually lasts until between 9 and 9:30.

Zeitgeist Gallery Pittsfield
Monday Poetry Nights 6 to10pm 648 North Street in Pittsfield call Alan Nidle, the Director at (857) 991-8448 for details

WORD IN WORCESTER

The d'Alzon Arts Series: Poetry Reading
takes place at Assumption College (500 Salisbury Street, Worcester) in the Emmanuel d'Alzon Library on the third Friday of each month during the academic year. The format is an open mic for the first half-hour or so, a short break with refreshments and then 2 featured poets.. The reading starts at 7:00 p.m. and typically runs for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Readings run throughout the school year.

THE POETS ASYLUM
Sunday, May 22: Greg Brisendine
Join the Poets' Asylum this week for a feature by Greg Brisendine. Greg is a writer and performance poet based in Seattle. He has competed in three consecutive Seattle Grand Slams and in 2009 was a member of the Seattle Slam team. Greg is the author of two chapbooks called One Lap Around and A Cautionary Tale, both of which he loves like precious kittens. Greg's poetry will make you better at parallel parking. It will make you appreciate yogurt more, the fruit on the bottom kind. When not writing poetry, Greg is dispensing relationship advice through his alter ego: The Bitter Single Guy.

Come down to the Front Room at WCUW (910 Main Street, Worcester). Remember, the reading now starts at 7:00 p.m. ; doors open at 6:30 p.m. No cover; donations accepted to support the feature. Don't skip this one, we think you'll regret it!

The Dirty Gerund
The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show will be held every Monday night starting at 8:30 p.m. The reading is being held at Ralph's Chadwick Square Diner (148 Grove Street, Worcester) and is hosted by Rushelle Frazier. There will be an open mic every week with a mix of poetry s lams and featured poets. No cover; donations accepted. 21+ Please join us at our new home,

CONNECTICUT POETRY
Write to Terri Klein at ctpoetnews@yahoo.com to get the new CT Poet newsletter in your email.
There is an online version of the CT Poetry Calendar at http://poetz.com/connecticut

Wintonbury Branch Poetry Series & Open Mike/ Spring 2011
Celebrating 15 years! "my time" "my place " "my creativity"
Third Thursdays-- 7:00 PM
A warm, supportive place to meet fellow poets and share your poems! Refreshments and an open mike follows each featured poet.
Wintonbury Branch Library, 1015 Blue Hills Ave, Bloomfield, CT
860 242-0041 www.prosserlibrary.info "Wintonbury Branch"

Wintonbury Branch Poetry Classes
"The Pleasure of Language"
Thursdays May 19 and May 26, 2011, 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Rev up your creativity and improve your writing skills at the Wintonbury Branch poetry classes. In these two workshops, Tom Nicotera leads you through stages of the poetry writing process, from starting points to revision. (In-class writing exercises will be included.) The May 19 session, entitled, "NIght of the Living Poem (or Pack Your Linguistic Baggage and Go!)" will focus on the making of a poem, beginning points, process, language, uses of senses and random association techniques. May 26, ""Is There Life After Revision?" offers more writing exercises, plus a discussion of editing and revising. The second session concludes with tips on presentation and publishing. Tom Nicotera, co-host of the popular Wintonbury Poetry Series, has an MA in Literature from American University as well as a Teaching Certificate in English from CCSU. In Maryland, he ran the Takoma Cafe Poetry Series and taught at Georgetown University. He has published poems in Caduceus and Journal of Poetry Therapy. Recently, he won second prize in the Al Sivard Poetry Contest sponsored by the Connecticut Poetry Society. These classes are free. Please call to register for either one or both sessions 860-242-0041.

Wintonbury Branch Library
1015 Blue Hills Ave.
Bloomfield, CT 06002
www.prosserlibrary.info

INESCAPABLE RHYTHMS POETRY SERIES
Real Art Ways, 7pm
56 Arbor St., Hartford
Ongoing: monthly, second Wednesday
Series format: 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. More info: Contact Andrea Henchey at ahenchey@hotmail.com .

Calling All Poets ( . . . and poetry lovers)
hosted by Victoria Muñoz
Silas Bronson Library - 267 Grand St., Waterbury, CT 06702
First Wednesdays - 6:30 pm
Spring Series Line-up
June 1 - TBA

Potluck Poetry
is a monthly gathering of local (and not so local) writers who come together to share their work and listen to others. Original work preferred but not required. Please bring a small donation or dish to share and an open spirit to our beautiful space.
3rd Sunday of every month 5- 7pm.
Yoga Center of Collinsville (860) 693-9642, 10 Front St, Ste 102, Collinsville, CT 06019

2011 Writer's Circle Retreat at Wisdom House
You’re invited to apply to attend the 2011 Writers Circle retreat, to be held at Wisdom House in Litchfield, Conn., from June 2-5, 2011. The event, which is open to writers in all genres and of all experience levels, has been held annually for nearly 20 years. While the group’s organizers are still fleshing out the 2011 agenda, the schedule typically balances optional group activities (critique sessions, workshops) with plenty of free time for writing. The venue offers clean, simple rooms and good food in a serene wooded environment. For more details on the retreat, visit our Web site at www.thewriterscircle.org. For details on the venue, visit www.wisdomhouse.org.
DETAILS
Dates: Thursday night, June 2—Sunday afternoon, June 5, 2010
Location: Wisdom House, Litchfield, CT
COSTS: It’s official: Rates are the same for 2011 as they were for 2010 (and actually lower than they were in 2008 and 2009): Specifically:
Three-night retreat (Thursday-Saturday nights), single room: $324
Three-night retreat, shared room: $264 per person
Two-night retreat (Friday-Saturday nights), single room: $217
Two-night retreat (Friday-Saturday nights), shared room: $177 per person
Day guest (Friday or Saturday): $75
The fee covers your room, all activities and all meals except Thursday dinner for three-night attendees (you can either pick up something on your own or join the group at a nearby restaurant).
TO REGISTER: Space is limited, so if you’re interested, please register soon! Please fill out the online application at www.thewriterscircle.org so that we have your correct contact information, room requests and meal preferences.
A $100 deposit is required to hold your place. Once you’ve filled out the online application, send a check for your deposit to:
Susan Lamson, P.O. Box 109, Waterford, CT 06385
Make checks to Susan Lamson, NOT to Wisdom House. At this time, we are unable to take electronic payments—only personal or bank checks. Once we’ve received your deposit, we’ll provide you with a username and password so that you can access the private 2011 retreat Web site.

Wednesday Night Poetry Series
Wed. May 25 - Alice-Anne Harwood
Alice-Anne Harwood rocks!! She is an accomplished singer-songwriter, poet and emerging playwright. She’s also the charismatic Festival Director for CTFolk , where live music joins with educational events and environmental stewardship. And she lends her soaring vocals to New Haven’s indie-folk rock band, Document 183. Her lyrics draw you in, and their unforgettable music holds you there. If that weren’t enough she is also is special events and workshop coordinator for Poetry Institute New Haven and a member of the Shijin poetry troupe.

The Wednesday Night Poetry Series (WNPS or Wedpoetry) meets at “The Garage,” at 53 Church Hill Road, Newtown. See our venue page for directions. For 16 Years and counting: poets, spoken-word artists, monologists and storytellers, acoustic performances by songwriters and musicians are welcome! Read your own work or works by your favorite writers. OPEN MYK SIGN-UP starts at 7:30 PM / OPEN MYK – 7:45 PM /FEATURED READING – 8:45 PM We are a warm, friendly environment for 1st-time readers!

RIVERWOOD AT THE BUTTONWOOD TREE
Last Saturday of Jan, Feb., Mar., Apr., May, June. ( NO poetry in Dec., July, Aug.)
Time: 6:30 PM
Riverwood Poetry Series presents the Saturday Night Poetry
The Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main St., Middletown, CT
$5 suggested donation or $3 with a non-perishable food item for the benefit of St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry. Open mike follows feature.
More info: www.riverwoodpoetry.org

ANYTHING GOES!
The Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main Street, Middletown, $3.00 - $5.00 suggested donation
Ongoing: every Monday
This open mike, hosted by J-Cherry, is a warm group that encourages personal development--come play with us! You'll find Phill is available to drum along if you like. We have a piano and congas or BYO instrument, poem, dance, or whatever artistic piece of yourself you'd like to share. We're all in this together--let's have some fun and create ourselves anew! More info: thebuttonwoodtree@gmail.com; http://www.buttonwood.org; (860) 347-4957.

Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series
at Manchester Community College, Great Path Academy, Community Commons (Use Parking Lot B), Manchester, CT 06040
Sponsored by MCC Foundation Annual Fund Campaign / Hosted by Stephen Campiglio
3rd Thursday of each month; 7-9 p.m.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For more information and directions: www.mcc.commnet.edu/faculty/spoken.php

THURSDAY, MAY 19

7:00 PM – ZENO’S EROS, with Gabrielle Zane, spoken word; Ludent Tremmel, guitar;Dawn Cook, rhythm guitar; Paul Tanner, bass; and Win Schmitt, drums.

Zeno’s Eros was founded in 2001 by award-winning spoken word artist Gabrielle Zane and nationally known progressive guitarist Ludent Tremmel, formerly of the Anglions, Strange Attractor, and GNO. The dynamic five-piece ensemble, utilizing original arrangements and four-part harmonies, delivers thought-provoking songs and spoken word pieces. For more information on ZE, please visit them at: www.facebook.com/zenoseros.

8:00 PM – Featured Poets:KEN CORMIER and DARCIE DENNIGAN
Cormier is the author of The Tragedy in My Neighborhood (Dead Academics Press, 2010)and Balance Act (Insomniac Press, 2000). He has also released three CDs of original music: God Damn Doghouse (2000) and Radio-Bueno(2002) with Elis Eil Records and.Nowhere Is Nowhere(2009) with Cosmodemonic Telegraph Records. He co-founded and edited The Lumberyard, a radiomagazine of poetry, prose and music, which aired weekly on WHUS in Connecticut from 2005-2008. He is an assistant professor of English and Creative Writing at Quinnipiac University. For more info, please visit his web site: www.kencormier.com.

Dennigan was a 2007 Discovery/The Nationaward winner and the recipient of the Poets Out Loud prize and the Cecil B. Hemley Award from the Poetry Society of America. Her first book, Corinna A-Maying the Apocalypse, was published by Fordham University Press in 2008, and her work has also been published in Atlantic Monthly, Kenyon Review, Tin House and other journals. She is currently Poet-in-Residence at the University of Connecticut

Doors for the show open at 7:15. The open mic begins at 8:00, the feature performs at approximately 10:00, and an open poetry slam follows. The show is 18+ (ID required) and the cover charge is $3 unless otherwise noted.
Simone Beaubien, SlamMaster
The Boston Poetry Slam at The Cantab Lounge, 738 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Mass.
http://www.slamnews.com cantab@slamnews.com

The Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts
Presents
Poetry Series at the Brockton Library
304 Main Street. Our website www.gbspa.org

Our workshops and venue are free, the seats comfortable, the refreshments delicious.
1:00 - 2:00 Prose Workshop (critique & discussion)
2:30 - 4:30 Memoir Workshop
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12:00 - 2:00 Poetry Workshop
1:30 - 2:00 Sign up for Open-Mic Reading
2:15 - 3:15 Open-Mic Reading
3:30 - 4:30 Feature Poets

During Open-Mic Reading share your own poetry or read from works of your favorite poets

Upcoming Features (For information on the following poets click on our website)
Sat. May 21 - January G. O”Neil, Bert Stern
Sat. Jun 18 - Jack McCarthy, Jack Scully & Nancy Brady Cunningham (reading Mike Amado’s poetry)
Sat. Jul 16 - Sharon Bryan, Dorian Kotsiopoulos

Calliope’s Fourth Season
Come Celebrate Poetry: Sundays 3 to 5 PM
West Falmouth Library, 575 West Falmouth Highway (Route 28A), West Falmouth, MA 02574
June 5, 2011. Open Mike Sign-up, 2:45 PM. Featured Poets: Linda Bamber, Dorothy Derifield, Alice Weiss.
$5 donation. Refreshments. Alice Kociemba, 508-566-1090
calliopepoetryreadings@verizon.net or www.calliopepoetryseries.com for details on poets and directions.

Last Thursday Open Mic at The Cultural Center of Cape Cod
307 Old Main St., S. Yarmouth, MA co-hosts Joe Gouveia and Barry Hellman:
The last Thursday of every month, 7pm. Open mic and featured poet.. Bring your own refreshments.
Arrive early to sign up for open mic. For updated info on this and other Cape activities go to:
http://home.comcast.net/~bmhellman

CHECK OUT http://home.comcast.net/~bmhellman FOR MORE INFORMATION AND DETAILS ABOUT CAPE COD POETRY AND ALL OF THESE EVENTS.

Lowell Poetry Slam and Open Mic
Every FIRST Thursday at Brew'd Awakening! Only poets can compete in the slam and win the prize... but the mic is open to musical performers as well. Whether you come to perform, compete or just enjoy some coffee and great local talent, don't miss this event! 7:00pm - 9:30 pm *Sign-up between 6:30-7:00* The event is free and open to the public—so come on down for an evening of good company and some terrific regional voices!
Brew'd Awakening Coffeehaus, 61 Market Street, Lowell, MA 978-454-BREW
For more info, please email CIntern2@lowellma.gov

OPEN BARK
meets @ the Out Of The Blue Art Gallery, 106 PROSPECT ST. (the home of Stone Soup) CENTRAL SQUARE, CAMBRIDGE. SIGN-UP AT 8:00pm OPEN MIC STARTS @ 8:15pm,
FEATURE @ 9:00pm Come and perform or listen!

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam Sunday Night!
Cambridge Common 1667 Mass. Ave., Cambridge $5 Cover Every Sunday Poetry Slam: 8:00 pm,
Feature: 9:30 pm, Open Mike: 10:30 pm 617-547-0759 http://poetryjam.org/

Stone Soup Poetry
Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery (located on 106 Prospect Street in Cambridge) with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. http://stonesouppoetry.blogspot.com/

Newton Free Library Poetry Reading Series
The series meets the second Tuesday of every month open mic after features. Starts 7PM For complete information go to http://newtonfreelibrarypoetryseries.blogspot.com/ Director: Doug Holder http://authorsden.com/douglasholder

Cambridge Community Television
Tuesdays at 11:00 PM Saturdays at 10:30PM Catch the latest from the Boston Poetry Slam I
NFO: kentthompson@comcast.net

LETRA Poetry Nights
in LAWRENCE MASS Every TUESDAY at Julio's 99 Club 99 Essex Street Lawrence, MA
Doors open at 7pm open mic starts at 8pm Admission $3.00 For more information or for directions please call
Michelle Richardson at 978-423-7045

NH/VT POETRY

For a VT poetry events calendar go to: http://www.phayvanh.com/
For info on Brattleboro poetry and Write Action visit their website - www.writeaction.net

Poetry readings at the Putney Library
55 Main Street, Putney VT (802) 387-4407

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