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HOUSE EVENTS 2012
(alphabetical by author) SUSAN ALLISON JAKE ANDERSON Monday, May 14, 7 p.m., Word Forge Reading Series, The Studio @ Billings Forge, 563 Broad Street, Hartford, CT: Sherri will one of two featured readers. Information: 860-508-2810, http://wfreadings.blogspot.com/. Friday, May 18, 7 p.m, Noah Webster House, W. Hartford, CT: Poetry Read-in led by Brad Davis and Ginny Lowe Connors. Open mic following. The event will be hosted by Poet Laureate Emeritus Maria Sassi. Sign-up sheets will be available at 6:30. Light refreshments will be served. Free and open to all! (Donations gratefully accepted.) Date/time TBA, Farmington Library Main Branch, 6 Monteith Drive, Farmington, CT: reading followed by a book signing. For more information: 860-673-6791 x 204, http://www.farmingtonlibraries.org. Wednesday, July 18 , 6:00 PM Elizabeth Park, Hartford,
CT, perennial garden gazebo: Marilyn Johnston reads with two other poet
contributors to the anthology, Where Flowers Bloom, Poems of Elizabeth
Park (Grayson Books, 2011). Part of a summer poetry and music series.
For more information, see www.elizabethpark.org. Friday, May 19, 7:00 p.m., Artists' Path (art and craft gallery), 583 Bantam Rd., Litchfield, CT : reading and book signing. Theme: ekphrastic poetry. Refreshments will be served. Information: 860-307-0741. MARGARET KEANE - SISTER MARIE MICHAEL KEANE May 13, 5 p.m., “Hitched” Series, Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA (with Cati Porter and Lavina Blossom). July 1, 2 p.m. The Writer’s Center of Bethesda, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda, MD (with Greg McBride). Information: www.writer.org. Saturday, May 12, 1:00 pm, Nassau’s Furniture Store, 15 Waterville Rd., Avon, CT: talk/reading as part of a multi-presenter event, "A Day of Care for Cancer Patients." For information, call 860-651-0275. Thursday, May 10, 7:00 p.m., Guilford Poets Guild, The Greene Art Gallery, 29 Whitfield Street, Guilford, CT: reading preceded by open mic. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information call 453-8836. Friday, May 18, 7:30 p.m., The Arts Cafe Mystic, 9 Water St., Mystic, CT: reading (with Jorie Graham). Music by Maggie's Guitar. Admission $8 ($6 seniors, $4 students). Refreshments available. For information: 860-912-2444, allynsally@sbcglobal.net. Thursdays, May 24 and 31, 6:30-8:00 P.M., Wintonbury Branch Library, 1015 Blue Hills Ave. Bloomfield, CT: Poetry Writing workshops: "Writing from the Deep Heart: Finding Our Voice in the Face of Loss." We will read and discuss example poems from such masters as W.H. Auden, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Lucille Clifton. Then we will turn our attention to hands-on exercises, writing poems that explore the themes of grief and loss. Please call 860-242-0041 to register for one or both workshops. See www.prosserlibrary.info for complete details. SPECIAL EVENTS
SUNKEN GARDEN POETRY FESTIVAL (35 Mountain
Rd., Farmington, CT (860-677-4787 and www.hillstead.org). WORKSHOPS: • May 19, 2012, 1:30–5 pm: Writing Workshop led by Steve Straight: "AN HOMAGE TO THE HOMAGE: What Close Modeling Can Teach Us about Writing Poems." $25 ($20 for members). Space is limited. Call 860.677.4787 ext 134 or email poetry@hillstead.org. SUMMER EVENTS IN THE SUNKEN GARDEN POETRY FESTIVAL This year Hill-Stead will celebrate twenty years of The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival! With returning poetry luminaries such as Richard Wilbur, Natasha Trethewey, Tony Hoagland, and Donald Hall in the lineup, the 2012 festival promises great things. The Festival will begin on the weekend of June 1–3. On Saturday, June 2, Connecticut Young Poets Day, we will feature high school and college-aged winners of several state-wide competitions. The 20th anniversary anthology, published by Wesleyan University Press, will be available for purchase, and the museum’s new poetry website, www.sunkengardenpoetry.org will be up and running. Richard Wilbur will read from 7-8 p.m. Saturday evening, June 2. On Sunday, June 3, Minton Sparks will read from 3:15-4:00 p.m.; and Toi Derricotte will read from 6:00-7:00 p.m. All three days of the weekend will feature a wealth of workshops, talks, readings, musical presentations, and other activities. Opening weekend: $10 per person, per day, or $25 per person for the whole weekend. For more information visit www.hillstead.org. Summer events following the opening weekend occur every other Wednesday, June 13 - August 1. Each event is preceded at 5 p.m.by a "Poetry Prelude" focused on the evening's featured poet. Music begins at 6:15 and poetry at 7:30 p.m. $5 per person, children ages 12 and under free. Parking is free. Featured poets and musicians will be as follows: Wednesday, June 13: Dana Gioia. Music by Eight to the Bar. Wednesday, June 27: Christian Wiman. Music by Liz Quiler and Seth Farber. Wednesday, July 11: Natasha Trethewey. Music by Rani and daisy mayhem Wednesday, July 25: Donald Hall. Music by Brass City Brass. Wednesday, August 1: Tony Hoagland. Music by Ed Fast and Conga Bop
POETRY POTLUCK at The Buttonwood Tree. 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 third Sunday of every month at 4:00 PM at The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, Connecticut, 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. For more information call 860-347-4957. Pass this along to anyone you think might be interested in being part of this discussion group. Directions to The Buttonwood Tree at 605 Main Street, Middletown, CT: From Hartford take I-91 South to Exit 22S on the LEFT. Merge onto CT-9 South toward Middletown/Old Saybrook. Take Exit 16 toward Portland. At the light, turn LEFT onto Main Street. Go STRAIGHT through one light. The Buttonwood Tree is on the RIGHT at the second light which is at Liberty St. Note: Parking is on Main Street, on Liberty Street (one way, headed west), a free parking lot one block north of The Buttonwood Tree or behind the food market, It's Only Natural.
WINTONBURY BRANCH POETRY SERIES Each third Thursday event, October through April, begins at 7:00 p.m. and is followed by an open mike. Hosts: Marilyn Johnston and Tom Nicotera. Refreshments are always served, and notices of other area events are made available. Place: The Wintonbury Branch Library, 1015 Blue Hills Ave., Bloomfield, CT. Information is available at the Prosser Library website (www.prosserlibrary.info ("Wintonbury Branch") and by calling 860-242-0041.
WORDFORGE READING
SERIES This is a free poetry reading series featuring local poets along with an open mike. Many readings will have a theme. Parking is available next to Firebox restaurant, along Broad Street, or at the Lyceum (227 Lawrence St.).
RIVERWOOD POETRY SERIES Wood Memorial Library Thursday, May 10, 6:30 - 9:30 PM, The Underwood Café (Wood Memorial Library, Lower Gallery), 783 Main St., South Windsor, CT: Maureen O'Brien will read from and sign her new book, The Other Cradling.
The Buttonwood Tree Saturday, May 26, 6:30 p.m.,The Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main ST, Middletown:
Saturday Night Poetry honors those who serve with a Memorial Day reading,
featuring Lisa Siedlarz and Michael Lepone.
The Riverwood Poetry Series, Inc will present its fourth Riverwood Poetry Festival June 21 – 24, 2012. This festival brings together community groups, local businesses, poets and poetry lovers for four days of high-octane poetry events. The festival will be headlined by Nick Flynn, the poet and writer whose memoir was adapted for the 2012 film “Being Flynn,” starring Robert de Niro, Julianne Moore, and Paul Dano. Other festival highlights will include an evening of readings by four New England Poets Laureate, a “Poets of the Next Generation” event featuring Connecticut’s young poets, a poetry journal editors’ panel, an afternoon reading of poetry of social justice, and a Mega Open Mic Bash. Feature venues include many prime Hartford landmark locations: the Wadsworth Athenaeum, the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, the historic Asylum Hill Congregational Church, the Connecticut Science Center, the Studio at Billings Forge, and City Steam Brewery. Please email any questions to riverwoodpoetry@yahoo.com. For more information about the festival, please visit us at www.riverwoodpoetry.org. The primary festival sponsor is Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL GUND ROOM POETRY SERIES TBA
MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE POETRY SRIES TBA.
MISHI-MAYA-GAT SPOKEN WORD & MUSIC SERIES The Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series resumes on Thursday, May 17, from 7-9 p.m., in Great Path Academy’s Community Commons at Manchester Community College. At 7:00 p.m., the two featured poets will be Ellen Doré Watson, director of Smith College’s Poetry Center and author of Dogged Hearts (Tupelo Press, 2010) and D M Gordon, author of Fourth World (Adastra Press, 2010) and Nightly, at the Institute of the Possible (Hedgerow Books, 2011). Following the poetry at 8:00 p.m. will be a solo blues set with singer/guitarist, David Mack, founder of the popular Dave Mack Band that plays in nightclubs throughout Connecticut. All Mishi-maya-gat events are free and open to the public, and are sponsored by the MCC Foundation Annual Fund Campaign. For more information and directions, visit www.mcc.commnet.edu/faculty/spoken.php or call (860) 512-2824.
THE POETRY INSTITUTE – NEW HAVEN The Institute Library Thursday, May 17: Gray Jacobik
THE ARTS CAFE MYSTIC Readings by well-known and emerging poets as well as musical performances are presented in a pleasant art gallery setting at 9 Water St., Mystic, CT. There is an $8 admission fee ($6 seniors, $4 students). Events begin at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments available. Information: 860-912-2444, allynsally@sbcglobal.net. Upcoming events: Friday, May 18: featured poet Jorie Graham, preceded by Kenton Wing Robinson, with music by Maggie's Guitar.
CANTON HISTORICAL MUSEUM Sunday, May 20, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m., Canton Historical Museum, 11 Front Street, Collinsville, CT: Legends of Poetry Series. Legendary poets come alive in an antebellum-like historical setting, across the road from the Farmington River. A group of published poets will read words written in another time. Among the readers will be Glyn Dowden, reprising a portion of his popular performance as Dylan Thomas. Music provided by Gale Gardiner. Admission is free – donations appreciated to help support the work of the museum and the Free Poets Collective charity, St. Vincent de Paul Port au Prince, Haiti program. A buffet of refreshments and drink will follow the event, which is offered in collaboration with the Free Poets Collective. Reservations suggested. For information call 860-997-1777 or 860-693-2793.
FRESHWATER Freshwater Poetry Festival Celebrates Publication of the Thirteenth Annual Issue of the College’s Poetry Journal Asnuntuck Community College will celebrate the publication of the 2012 issue of its internationally known poetry journal, Freshwater, on Friday, May 4th and Saturday May 5th, with the Thirteenth Annual Freshwater Poetry Festival. The festival will kick off at 7:00 PM. on Friday night, with music provided by Derek Ryan O’Kanos followed by a reading by the winners of the Twentieth Annual Student Poetry Contest, judged anonymously by Connecticut Poet Laureate, Dick Allen. Readers will be Asnuntuck students Eilish Thompson, Allison Zaczynski, Rachel Larensen and Brie Quartin together with Manchester Community College student Nancy Goodrich, and East Windsor High School student Amanda Francis. After the reading there will more music and a poetry open mic. The reading and coffee house are free and open to the public.
Saturday begins with a welcome and coffee session at 8:30 AM. followed by three morning poetry workshops starting at 9:30 AM. and ending at 11:30 AM. Poet and labyrinth designer Greg Coleman’s workshop is called: “Invigorating and Expanding our Energy and Creativity By Playing With Labyrinths or the Myth of Writer’s Block and How It Robs Us of Our Creativity.” Gay Paluch, who recently published a beautiful chapbook, entitled Just This Morning, will offer a workshop on “Finding What You Thought You Misplaced: Prompting Your Poems.” Asnuntuck professor of English, poet, and Editor of Freshwater, Edwina Trentham will offer a workshop titled, “I Read the News Today, Oh Boy!: How the World Offers Us Poetry.” After lunch and an open poetry mic for workshop participants, three well-known poets will offer afternoon workshops beginning at 1:00 PM: “Opposites Attract: Ways of Transforming Poems as You Write and Revise Them” will be offered by Connecticut Poet Laureate, Dick Allen. Allen is the author of several poetry collections as well as the recipient of both the Pushcart Prize and the Robert Frost Prize. María Luisa Arroyo, author of Gathering Words: Recogiendo Palabras will offer the workshop, “Exploring Our Roots: Personal Stories as Poems.” Steve Straight, Professor of English at Manchester Community College and author of the highly acclaimed poetry collection, The Water Carrier, will present the workshop “An Homage to the Homage: What Close Modeling Can Teach Us About Writing Poems.” After the afternoon workshops, Allen, Arroyo, and Straight will read their poetry in the Strom Conference Room and will sign their books following the reading. The workshops are $20.00 each or 2 for $35.00 or $15.00 each or 2 for $25.00 for students and seniors. A buffet lunch from Exquisite Events is available for $12.00. The afternoon reading and book signing are free and open to the public. Copies of Freshwater 2012, mugs, tote bags, tee shirts, books on writing, and books by the poets will be available for sale throughout the day. More information, including detailed descriptions of the workshops, is available on the Freshwater website, www.acc.commnet.edu/freshwater.htm or contact Edwina Trentham directly at 860-253-3105 or etrentham@acc.commnet.edu
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