ALBANY POETRY EXAMINER
This Week Ahead For Poets: January 29-February 4
‘The blank page gives the right to dream.’ –Gaston Bachelard
ATTENTION POETS: Take a blank page and fill it with your dreams. Then bring it to one of the Open Mic Poetry Events this coming week and share your dreams with others. Places where people spill out their hearts and you may find you’re not alone with your thoughts.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
JANUARY 29, 7:00-9:30 PM
A MUSIC/POETRY EXTRAVAGANZA
(A BENEFIT TO GET AVOTCJA A WHEEL CHAIR VAN)
Featuring BAY AREA BLUES SOCIETY, ALVON, WILLIE G,
THE MUSICAL ART QUINTET, GENNY LIM, TASHA KAME,
TUREEDA MIKELL, UMOJA, PABLO ROSALES, CHRIS
CHANDLER, LITTLE BROWN BROTHER, (W/MYRNA DEL
RIO), MANNY MARTINEZ, HECTOR LUGO, CHOKWADI,
AVOTCJA & MODÚPUE (w/Sandi Poindexter, Yancie Taylor,
Val Serrant, Eugene Warren & Baba Ken Okulolo)
SUNDAY JANUARY 29th @ LA PEÑA CULTURAL CENTER
3105 Shattuck @ Prince in Berkeley, (510)849-2568begin_of_the_skype_highlighting(510)849-2568end_of_the_skype_highlighting
(Doors open @ 6:30PM) Concert 7PM-9:30PM $10-$25
Wheelchair accessible.
JANUARY 30, 7:00-9:00 PM
Poetry Express
Priya Indian Cuisine
2072 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley, CA
Featuring: Theme night: Animals
FEBRUARY 3, 1:00-3:00 PM
North Berkeley Senior Center (upstairs)
Corner of Hearst and Martin Luther King
Berkeley, CA
FEBRUARY 4, 3:00-5:00 PM
BAPC (Bay Area Poets Coalition)
Strawberry Creek Lodge
1320 Addison St., Berkeley, CA.
FREE ONLINE POEM-A-DAY CLASS
"February Foozles" is a free poem-a-day writing class at www.nicenet.org. If you are on a roll, or want a second start to the new year of writing poetry, or just want a daily prompt of delicious fun, join up. Here's the course code: the best thing to do is to cut and paste it. (Is that an O or an 0?)
S3282Z0F67
SALONS: Contact Jannie Dresser: "Jannie Dresser" <janniedres@att.net>
Monthly gatherings for reading and discussing poetry in the traditions that have inspired American poets. Drop in for one session or join us each month as we work our way through historical periods, specific movements, and the writings of talented poets. A $5-10 donation is requested, but no one is ever turned away. A reservation is required, however, as salons are held in private homes and space is limited.
Sunday, February 5, 3-5:30, North Berkeley: “Women Poets Born in the 1920s and 1930s.”An amazing selection of major writers all born in these two decades, including Audre Lorde, Nina Cassian, Rosario Castellanos, Amy Clampitt, Adrienne Rich, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Sonia Sanchez, Caroline Kizer, and Oodgeroo Noonuccal.
Saturday, February 11, 2-4:30, Livermore: “The Last 10 Poet Laureates,”including Philip Levine, Billy Collins and Rita Dove, among others.
Frank Bette Center for the Arts
1601 Paru St (corner of Lincoln)
Alameda, CA
"... a place for meetings, readings, showings, and other creative doings."Frank Bette
Regular Gallery Hours: Wed 11-7, Thurs 11-5, Sat 11-7 & Sun 11-5Open earlier and later for programs, classes & events!
510-523-6957 www.frankbettecenter.org
Déjà Vu Gently Loved Arts & Crafts Silent Auction
January 13 - January 28, 2012
Gala Opening: Friday, January 13
7 - 9 pm
Begin bidding January 13 and during gallery hoursuntil Saturday, January 28.
Help support creativity in all art forms.
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