| FEATURING | Jose' Gouveia | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 24th | |
| MONTH | June | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman20@verizon.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
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Poetry at the Main Street Cafe is proud to feature poet Jose' Gouveia on June 24th at 8:00PM. He will read from
Poetry@ The Main st Cafe presents poet Joe/Jose Gouviea on June 24th at 8pm. Joe will read from Rubbersidedown, The biker poet anthology, and other poems. Hometown: Yarmouthport, MA Stage or Page or Both Both About Jose': Poet, Biker, Journalist, DJ, Activist, Educator, Carpenter. AA in Liberal Arts (Cape Cod Community College); BA English Lit & Creative Writing (UMass Dartmouth); MFA in Poetry (New England College). Host of online radio program, "The Poets Corner" 92.1-Fm Provincetown and www.womr.org (every Thursday afternoon 12:45 to 1:00). Co-host of poetry venue "The Poets Corner" out of The Black Spot Cafe, Hyannis, MA, last Thursday of every month; editor/publisher of The Cape Poet literary journal (quarterly) and journalist/writer (including author of "The Meter Man" monthly poetry column), The Barnstable Patriot newspaper. Editor of the anthology "Dancing On Water" (Cape Cod Community College 2002) and editor of Biker Poetry anthology, "Rubber Side Down," 2008. Author of 2 poetry chapbooks WHAT WE DO (Salt Winds Press, 1997) and GINSBERG IS DEAD (Cape Cod Community College 2000). Named Massachusetts POET OF THE YEAR 2001 Cambridge Poetry Awards and producer of BEST POETRY EVENT OF THE YEAR 2001 Cambridge Poetry Awards for shows "Generations of Black Male Voices" (w/ Amiri Baraka, Corey Cokes, Everett Hoagland & Gary Hicks) and "Independent Female Voices" (w/ Staceyanne Chin, Marie St. Hilaire and Mary Ellen Redmond), to benefit Cape Cod's battered women's shelter, INDEPENDENCE HOUSE. Website: http://www.JoeGo.net 6:30PM: open mic sign-ups 7:00PM: open mic readings 8:00PM: feature There will be a Pass The Hat for the feature, and food & beverage will be available for purchase. | |
| DATE | Sunday, June 7th 2009 - 11:52:35 PM | |
| FEATURING | Nancy Brady Cunningham, Sheila Twyman, & Mike Morin, plus | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 7:00PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 29th | |
| MONTH | April | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
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oetry at the main st cafe will hold its first invitional slam
All entries must be recieved by March 9th 2009. Poetry at the Main St cafe presents the first annual Mike Amado invitional slam. come cheer on the poets!!! . The Slam will be held on April 29th & the slam finals will be on May 27th the top two scores from april will move on to the finals in may The Spoken Warrior Award named for Mike will be presented to the winner of the contest in October 2009. This will be an invitional contest. All interested parties Must e-mail Poetryman1@comcast.net The subjectline MUST READ: Mike Amado Invitional Slam Please include: Your Name & town. & a sample poem Each Poet will have 3 mintues to read their poem if the poet runs over time will be penalized 1 point per mintue. There will 2 rounds per slam Each poet will bring 2 poems & they will be judged accordingly. Judges will be chosen from the auience the number of judges will be 5. Each Judge will rate each poem from 0-10. The highest and lowest scores will be dropped, giving each poet a score of 0-30 points you will be judged on: 1) Voice & articulation 2) Physical Presence 3) over-all score good luck to all May the spoken word live on. Sean C. Theall Poetry@ The Main St. Cafe The contestants: 1) Joe Gouveia 2) Michelle Lyons 3) Louisa Clerica 4) Elizabeth Hanson Poetry at the main st cafe will hold its first invitional slam All entries must be recieved by March 9th 2009. Poetry at the Main St cafe presents the first annual Mike Amado invitional slam. . The Slam will be held on April 29th & the slam finals will be on May 27th the top two scores from april will move on to the finals in may The Spoken Warrior Award named for Mike will be presented to the winner of the contest in October 2009. Each Poet will have 3 mintues to read their poem if the poet runs over time will be penalized 1 point per mintue. There will 2 rounds per slam Each poet will bring 2 poems & they will be judged accordingly. Judges will be chosen from the auidence the number of judges will be 5. Each Judge will rate each poem from 0-10. The highest and lowest scores will be dropped, giving each poet a score of 0-30 points you will be judged on: 1) Voice & articulation 2) Physical Presence 3) over-all score good luck to all May the spoken word live on. Sean C. Theall Poetry@ The Main St. Cafe The Slam be held at 7pm so there will be no open mic. Poetry@ The Main St Cafe will presents Mike Morin (Percussionist) Sheila Twyman & Nancy Brady Cunningham "The Thundergod & The Muses" On April 29th @8pm. Nancy Brady Cunningham is a published poet and author of five non-fiction books about the art of ritual. Nancy has been the featured poet at many Boston and Southeastern Mass venues. Nancy co-hosted the poetry open-mic at the Blackthorne Tavern from 1996 until 2000. She is the founding member of the poets' theater troupe IYANU, which has performed at three Cambridge venues: the Blacksmith House, Club Passim, and Squawk Coffee House. Sheila Mullen Twyman¹s poetry and short fiction have been published in numerous literary journals, and anthologies including Do Not Give Me Things Unbroken, dedicated to the poet, Ottone Riccio, with whom she has work-shopped for several years, and the soon to be released anthology, Unlocking the Poem. She is the author of two poetry collections, Driftwood and Galloping in Bas Relief, and has co-edited several anthologies of short stories and poems. She has been featured poet at venues in the Boston, the South Shore, Cape Cod and Rhode Island Areas. Sheila is coordinator and host for "Poetry Under the Trees," an annual open mic gathering during the arts festival in Marshfield, MA. She produces and presents "Egads, It¹s Poetry," for the MA Radio Network for the Blind, which features local poets reading/performing their work. Mike Morin has studied African percussion with Babatunde Olatunji and Abdoul Doumbia, and frame drums with Layne Redmond. He has also done numerous marimba workshops with Michelle Kaminsky. Mike currently plays with the band Treelyne; he has also played congas and other percussion instruments with various local bands over the years. Mike performed with Mickey Hart and others in the grand finale tribute to Babatunde Olatunji in 2001, and played two performances in New York with Michael Hinton, for Broadway's "Miss Saigon". As for his spoken word projects, he provides a wide variety of percussion for the Iyanu theatre troupe, which also includes Nancy Brady Cunningham 7:00PM: Mike Amado Slam 8:00PM: features There will be a Pass The Hat for the features, and food & beverage will be available for purchase. | |
| DATE | Tuesday, April 7th 2009 - 12:43:41 AM | |
| FEATURING | Aldo Tambellini and Gerard Malanga | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 7:30 pm | |
| DATE | April 29, 2009 | |
| MONTH | April | |
| VENUE | Poetry and Projections | |
| LOCATION | Menard Art Gallery | |
| ADDRESS | 10 Arrow Street | |
| CITY & STATE | Camrbidge,MA | |
| CONTACT | Anna Salamone 860 306 1753 or Menard Gallery at 617 868-2033 | |
| E-maiL ME | asalaconso@aol.com | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Come and celebrate Aldo Tambellini's 79th birthday and his prolific creative life with his long time friend, Gerard Malanga. | |
| DATE | Friday, April 3rd 2009 - 10:17:12 AM | |
| FEATURING | over 35 amazing poems from a wide array of Poets | |
| DAY | Thursday | |
| TIME | 7:00 pm | |
| DATE | 2nd | |
| MONTH | April | |
| VENUE | Poetry Jam | |
| LOCATION | Milton HighSchool | |
| ADDRESS | 25 Gile Road | |
| CITY & STATE | Milton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Deidre-Ann Fuller- 6172304938/ Steve Collyer-6176964470 x.5211 | |
| E-maiL ME | dolcedeidre@yahoo.com | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
The Poetry Jam will take place on the following dates: April 2nd and 3rd at 7:00 pm in the Milton High School auditorium. The show consists of over 35 amazing poems and a few musical acts all written by the students. It would be great to see a lot of people come out and sponsor this event. In the last few years proceeds from the show have gone to charities and homeless shelters across the globe. Last years Jam proceeds went to a charity in Iraq and this year’s proceeds will benefit Close 2 Home, a non profit organization in Boston that fights the battle against domestic abuse.
Our Poetry Jam is unique in the fact that it consists of so many kids from so many different genres and backgrounds, all coming together on a project that sees no color or faction. That is what makes this show special. This is what makes all the students at Milton High special. This program brings alive the spoken word with music and lights and could just as well be the only theatrical performance of its kind in the South Shore. Tickets are $5 in advanced and $7 at the door. For further information, questions, or directions to the school, please contact either Steven Collyer at 617-696-4470 ex.5211 or myself at 617-230-4938. | |
| DATE | Thursday, March 26th 2009 - 12:53:55 AM | |
| FEATURING | Doug Holder/Harris Gardner and the Bagel Bards | |
| DAY | Monday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM | |
| DATE | April 27 2009 | |
| MONTH | April | |
| VENUE | Somerville Central Library | |
| LOCATION | 79 Highland Ave | |
| ADDRESS | 79 Highland Ave | |
| CITY & STATE | Somerville, Mass | |
| E-maiL ME | dougholder@post.harvard.edu | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://bagelbards.com | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Harris Gardner , Doug Holder and the Bagel Bards to read at the Somerville Library Central Branch 6:30 to 8:30PM April 27, 2009 | |
| DATE | Saturday, March 14th 2009 - 07:16:49 AM | |
| FEATURING | Annie Burke | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 25th | |
| MONTH | March | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Poetry At The Main St Cafe will Present Annie Burke on March 25th at 8:00PM reading selected poems titiled "Metaphors Mixed".
Annie Burke is the proud recipient of the 2009 Pat Bailey Future Feature Award for poetry and can be found regularly reading Poetry at the Main Street Café in her home town of North Easton, MA, where she lives with her 2 cats within walking distance from the H.H. Richardson Historic District. Yearly Annie attends the Women’s Writers Retreat in Paradox, NY where in 2002 she wrote her first “real” poem, an artist who’s work has hung in juried shows, she has also written and performs “Annie Adams Fields: Woman of Letters” based on the life and times of Annie Adams Fields poet, author, activist & wife. When Boston was Olympus, the literary gods and goddesses were among her dearest friends. She is currently enrolled in the Expressive Arts certificate program at the College of Saint Rose, works full time as a Medical Interior Designer, is an Allied member of the American Society of Interior Designers and received her B.F.A. from the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University. Open Mic Sign-Ups: 6:30PM Open Mic Reading: 7:00PM Featured Reader: 8:00PM There will be a "Pass the Hat" for the feature, and food & beverage will be available for purchase. | |
| DATE | Tuesday, March 10th 2009 - 09:49:00 PM | |
| FEATURING | Annie Burke | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 25th | |
| MONTH | March | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Poetry At The Main St Cafe will Present Annie Burke on March 25th at 8:00PM reading selected poems titiled "Metaphors Mixed".
Annie Burke is the proud recipient of the 2009 Pat Bailey Future Feature Award for poetry and can be found regularly reading at Poetry at the Main Street Café in her home town of North Easton, MA, where she lives with her 2 cats within walking distance from the H.H. Richardson Historic District. Yearly Annie attends the Women’s Writers Retreat in Paradox, NY where in 2002 she wrote her first “real” poem, an artist who’s work has hung in juried shows, she has also written and performs “Annie Adams Fields: Woman of Letters” based on the life and times of Annie Adams Fields poet, author, activist & wife. When Boston was Olympus, the literary gods and goddesses were among her dearest friends. She is currently enrolled in the Expressive Arts certificate program at the College of Saint Rose, works full time as a Medical Interior Designer, is an Allied member of the American Society of Interior Designers and received her B.F.A. from the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University. Open Mic Sign-Up: 6:30PM Open Mic Reading: 7:00PM Featured Reader: 8:00PM There will be a "Pass the Hat" for the feature, and food & beverage will be available for purchase. | |
| DATE | Monday, March 9th 2009 - 11:41:44 PM | |
| FEATURING | Annie Burke | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 25th | |
| MONTH | March | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Poetry At The Main St Cafe will Present Annie Burke on March 25th at 8:00PM, reading selected poems titled "Metaphors Mixed".
Annie Burke is the proud recipient of the 2009 Pat Bailey Future Feature Award for poetry and can be found regularly reading Poetry at the Main Street Café in her home town of North Easton, MA, where she lives with her 2 cats within walking distance from the H.H. Richardson Historic District. Yearly Annie attends the Women’s Writers Retreat in Paradox, NY where in 2002 she wrote her first “real” poem, an artist who’s work has hung in juried shows, she has also written and performs “Annie Adams Fields: Woman of Letters” based on the life and times of Annie Adams Fields poet, author, activist & wife. When Boston was Olympus, the literary gods and goddesses were among her dearest friends. She is currently enrolled in the Expressive Arts certificate program at the College of Saint Rose, works full time as a Medical Interior Designer, is an Allied member of the American Society of Interior Designers and received her B.F.A. from the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University. Open Mic Sign-Ups: 6:30PM Open Mic Reading: 7:00PM Feature: 8:00PM There will be a "Pass the Hat" for the feature, and food & beverage will be available for purchase. | |
| DATE | Monday, March 9th 2009 - 11:37:00 PM | |
| FEATURING | An Evening with Robert Bly | |
| DAY | Thursday | |
| TIME | 7:00 pm | |
| DATE | April 9, 2009 | |
| MONTH | April | |
| VENUE | Cary Hall | |
| LOCATION | Lexington, MA | |
| ADDRESS | 1605 Massachusetts Ave. | |
| CITY & STATE | Lexington, MA | |
| CONTACT | Lexington Community Education | |
| E-maiL ME | chall@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.lexingtoncommunityed.org | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Robert Bly has changed the American literary landscape in numerous ways. He has published over a dozen highly-regarded volumes of poetry, including My Sentence Was a Thousand Years of Joy; The Night Abraham Called to the Stars; Morning Poems; Eating the Honey of Words: New and Selected Poems; and The Light Around the Body, for which he won the National Book Award in 1968. His poems in My Sentence Was a Thousand Years of Joy and The Night Abraham Called to the Stars, are written in his own adaptation of the Mideastern ghazal form in three-line stanzas. Bly has also established himself as one of the great translators of international poetry into English, with pioneering translations of Pablo Neruda, Antonio Machado, Rainer Maria Rilke, Tomas Transtromer, and Hafez, among many others. The best work of his long and varied translation career appeared recently in The Winged Energy of Delight: Selected Translations. In 2008 his translations of Hafez were published in a volume Angels Knocking on the Tavern Door. Bly is also the author of Iron John: A Book About Men and The Sibling Society. $20 per seat up through April 8th. $25 per seat on the day of event. Call 781-862-8043 for more information. | |
| DATE | Monday, February 9th 2009 - 03:59:41 AM | |
| FEATURING | Faye George | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 25th | |
| MONTH | February | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Poetry At The Main St. Cafe presents the return of Faye George on Febuary 25th at 8:00PM.
The first annual Future Feature Award will be presented that evening as well, to a wonderful poet in her own right, Annie Burke. Faye George has published poetry in some of the most highly regarded national and international literary journals, including The Paris Review and Poetry, and Poetry’s commemorative collection The Poetry Anthology 1912-2002, selected from 90 years of that distinguished magazine. Her poems have appeared in numerous periodicals: Amicus, The Journal, The Midwest Quarterly, Poet Lore, Sanctuary, and Yankee among them; and in such anthologies as Pomegranate Seeds: An Anthology of Greek-American Poetry; Poetry To Make You Smile, 100 poems selected from over 250 years of British and American verse; The Four Way Reader #2; Orpheus and Company: Contemporary Poems on Greek Mythology; Poetry Comes Up Where It Can; Anthology of Magazine Verse & Yearbook of American Poetry, 1980. Her work has been profiled in The Boston Globe, The Providence Journal’s “Laureate’s Choice,” and by Poetry Daily, the online magazine, and included in their print anthology; also online by the Endicott Journal for Mythic Arts, and The Cultural Society. She has published three poetry collections: the latest is Marchenhaft, like a fairy tale (Earthwinds Editons, 2008), Back Roads (Rock Village Publishing, 2003), and A Wound On Stone (2001 winner of the Perugia Press Prize). Her chapbooks Naming the Place: The Weymouth Poems and Only The Words appeared in 1996 and 1995. George is a recipient of the Arizona Poetry Society’s Memorial Award, the New England Poetry Club’s Gretchen Warren Award and Erika Mumford Prize. She lives in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Open Mic Sign Up: 6:30PM Open Mic Readings: 7:00PM Feature: 8:00PM There will be a Pass The Hat for the feature, and food & beverage will be available for purchase. | |
| DATE | Tuesday, February 3rd 2009 - 08:29:02 PM | |
| FEATURING | Dana Rowe | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 28th | |
| MONTH | January | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Poetry at The Main Street cafe will began its 2009 season with a return engagement of Dana Rowe, reading his newest chapbook "Main Track" on January 28th at 8:00PM.
Dana is a Mountain Man, Railroader, High School Teacher, Journalist, Poet and Playwright. He used to be a roofer, ropelayer, tire molder, printer, cameraman, talk show host, milk bottler, Navy sailor, speedway PR man, victory lane announcer, stock car owner, motorcyclist (he hopes to do this again, like many of the other pursuits -- some he'd rather not), college student and parent. He likes to keep busy. He has published a couple million words as a journalist, has written hundreds of poems, some of which are in two book manuscripts he's working on publishing. He has written several plays, the m ost recent of which -- MAIN TRACK: The North Troy, Assawompsett, Quittacus and Rock Village Railroad is currently under production by Middleboro's Arts From the Heart and slated for performance at Lakeville's "Somethin's Brewin' Books Cafe". Open Mic Sign-Up: 6:30PM Open Mic: 7:00PM Feature: 8:00PM There will be a "Pass the hat" for the feature, and food & beverage will be available for purchase. Dana will have books for sale. | |
| DATE | Saturday, January 10th 2009 - 12:42:23 AM | |
| FEATURING | April Ranger, Sam Cha, Nicole Terez, and Steven Subrizi | |
| DAY | Sunday | |
| TIME | 2 pm | |
| DATE | December 7 | |
| MONTH | December | |
| VENUE | Forsyth Chapel | |
| LOCATION | Forest Hills Cemetery | |
| ADDRESS | 95 Forest Hills Ave. | |
| CITY & STATE | Jamaica Plain, MA | |
| CONTACT | 617.524.3354 | |
| E-maiL ME | j_clark@foresthillstrust.org | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.foresthillstrust.org | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
As the burial place of poets Anne Sexton and e.e. cummings, Forest Hills Cemetery presents an afternoon of spoken word poetry, to honor the progressive, experimental work of its legendary residents. Spoken word poets bring a vitality to reading their poetry, using rhythm, intonation, and expression to engage the audience and enliven their words. Hear five young poets from Boston's Slam Poetry circuit perform their work. Poets include members of the 2008 Boston Cantab slam team. April Ranger, Sam Cha, Nicole Terez and Steven Subrizi will perform. Admission: $5 | |
| DATE | Thursday, November 27th 2008 - 12:15:02 AM | |
| FEATURING | Robert Minhinnick & Margot Farrington | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 7:00 p.m. | |
| DATE | 19 | |
| MONTH | November | |
| VENUE | Porter Square Books | |
| LOCATION | Porter Square Shopping Mall | |
| ADDRESS | Porter Square - Mass. Ave. | |
| CITY & STATE | Cambridge, MA | |
| CONTACT | Kevin Gilligan 401-274-3438 | |
| E-maiL ME | kcgilligan@earthlink.net | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
The London Sunday Times calls Robert Minhinnick "The leading Welsh poet of his generation." In addition to his 8 volumes of poetry, he has published three volumes of essays and a novel. He co-founded Friends of the Earth in Wales and was editor of Poetry Wales from 1997 to 2007.
Margot Farrington lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, artist Tony Martin. She has worked extensively as poet-in-residence in several New York state literary programs and served as director of Poets For City Schools in the New York metropolitan area. Her poem, “People In The Wind,” appears on the American Academy of Poets website. | |
| DATE | Wednesday, November 12th 2008 - 09:37:28 PM | |
| FEATURING | Victoria Bosch Murray | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 19th | |
| MONTH | November | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Poetry At The Main St. Cafe will celebrate the return of Victoria Bosch Murray On November 19th at 8:00PM, reading her newest book "Not to Scale".
Please note that the reading is one week earlier than usual. This is because of Thanksgiving week being the last week of the month. Victoria Bosch Murray's poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Field, Tar River Poetry, The Cortland Review, Marlboro Review, Salamander, Bellingham Review, The Potomac, and elsewhere. Her chapbook, Running a Red, was a finalist for the Philbrick Poetry Award. She curates a poetry series, Poetribe (www.poetribe.org), teaches at Suffolk University in Boston, and is contributing editor at Salamander. She has an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College. There will be a Pass The Hat for the feature, and food & beverage will be available for purchase. Open Mic Sign-Ups: 6:30PM Open Mic Readings: 7:00PM Feature: 8:00PM For more info visit: http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ or call the cafe at: 508-238-6788 | |
| DATE | Thursday, November 6th 2008 - 09:52:11 PM | |
| FEATURING | Sam Cornish Boston's Poet Laureate | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 12:00 | |
| DATE | 19 | |
| MONTH | November | |
| VENUE | Boston Public Library | |
| LOCATION | Orientation Room | |
| ADDRESS | 700 Boylston Street | |
| CITY & STATE | Boston | |
| CONTACT | Theresa Parise | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.bpl.org | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Please join us for an informal afternoon of poetry & refreshments with Sam Cornish, Boston's Poet Laureate, on Wednesday November 19 at noon in the Orientation Room at the Central Library.
Mr. Cornish will read from his work and discuss his time as Poet Laureate. We will serve light refreshments. Feel free to bring a bag lunch and to stop by anytime between 12 and 1:30. | |
| DATE | Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 01:47:12 AM | |
| FEATURING | The Liberation Poetry Collective | |
| DAY | Saturday | |
| TIME | 7:00 -10:00 PM | |
| DATE | November 1, 2008 | |
| MONTH | November | |
| VENUE | An Evening of Poetry and Music | |
| LOCATION | The Democracy Center | |
| ADDRESS | 45 Mount Auburn St | |
| CITY & STATE | Cambridge, MA. | |
| CONTACT | 617 576-9581 | |
| E-maiL ME | atambellini01@aol.com | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Come to an evening of poetry and music with Boston's Liberation Poetry Collective.
Poets reading are: Neil Calender, Gary Hicks, Jill Netchinsky, Aldo Tambellini, Tontongi, Askia Toure'. Special guests for the evening are poets, Everett Hoagland and Marc Goldfinger. Music will be provided by the wonderful Haitian Guitarist, Idi. Proceeds from this event will go to the New England Haiti Relief Fund for the hurricane victims of Haiti. The Collective's Anthology, "Poets Against the Killing Fileds" will be available for sale. You may purchase refreshments for $4.00 a plate. Donations accepted at the door. Suggested donation, $7.00 | |
| DATE | Thursday, October 23rd 2008 - 11:37:42 AM | |
| FEATURING | 360 BPS Elementary Students with special guest Sam Cornish | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 4:30-7:30 | |
| DATE | 12 | |
| MONTH | November | |
| VENUE | Strand Theatre | |
| LOCATION | Uphams Corner | |
| ADDRESS | 543 Columbia Rd. | |
| CITY & STATE | Dorchester, MA | |
| CONTACT | Alex Landberg | |
| E-maiL ME | alandberg@americascores.org | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.AmericaSCORESNewEngland.org | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
The mission of America SCORES New England is to empower students in urban communities using soccer, writing, creative expression, and service-learning. With teamwork as the unifying value, America SCORES New England inspires youth to lead healthy lifestyles, be engaged students, and become agents of change in their communities. The Poetry Slam! is the culmination of the fall program and gives our 360 elementary school students the opportunity to showcase the poetry they’ve created throughout the season. | |
| DATE | Tuesday, October 14th 2008 - 04:18:17 AM | |
| FEATURING | Tom Sexton | |
| DAY | Sunday | |
| TIME | 3:00 p.m. | |
| DATE | 2 | |
| MONTH | November | |
| LOCATION | Mogan Cultural Center | |
| ADDRESS | 40 French Street | |
| CITY & STATE | Lowell, MA | |
| CONTACT | Paula McCarron | |
| E-maiL ME | paulamccarron@gmail.com | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.lowellpoetrynetwork.org | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
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Tom Sexton will be reading from his collection of Lowell poems highlighted in "A Clock with No Hands" (Adastra Press 2007) on Sunday, November 2nd starting at 3:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Lowell Poetry Network, the event is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will follow the reading. Sexton's poems highlight his experiences and memories of growing up in Lowell,MA during the 40's and 50's when the city was in economic decline. He writes about laundry workers, pool sharks, landlords, waitresses and of himself and his family. A graduate of Lowell High School in 1958, Sexton studied at Northern Essex Community College and Salem State. From 1970 - 1994, he taught creative writing at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. For ten years, he served as poetry editor of Alaska Quarterly Review. | |
| DATE | Saturday, October 11th 2008 - 08:26:26 AM | |
| FEATURING | Halloween Anthology Book Release Party | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 29th | |
| MONTH | October | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
The Main St. Cafe will present a book release party of the poetry volume entitiled "A Nightmare On Main St. A Halloween Anthology. On October 29th at 8pm. The book will feature such poets
as; Mike Amado, Marc D. Goldfinger, Nancy Brady Cunningham, Micheal R. Brown and many others. Please joim us for a frightfully good time. Copies of the book will be avaible for purchase, they cost $10.00/copy. For more info, please visit: http:// www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ or call 1-(508)-238-6788 Open Mic Sign-Ups: 6:30PM Open Mic Readings: 7:00PM A Nightmare on Main Street Reading: 8:00PM Costumes are encouraged!!! Hope to see you there!! | |
| DATE | Monday, October 6th 2008 - 09:21:40 PM | |
| FEATURING | Sean C. Theall | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 24th | |
| MONTH | September | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean C. Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
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Poetry At The Main St. Cafe presents your host, Sean C. Theall, reading his newest volume of
poetry, "Anime Forever" on September 24th. He will also have the 2nd Annual Dave L. Osgood Poetry Awards Presention that evening. Mr. Theall has been writing poetry since 1986. He is the author of four chapbooks, "Tag, You're it: Adventures In Poetry Tag" (Beachcomber press) 2004. "The Poet's Address" (2004) "Gothic Verses: The Halloween Collection" (Beachcomber press) 2005 & his latest volume "Anime Forever" (Main St press) 2008. The latter book debuted at "Anime Boston 2008". it is a poetry book based on Japanese animation, TV series, and films with artwork by John Medeiros, Jr. Sean has featured at such venues as Out of the Blue Gallery in Cambridge MA., Bestsellers Books in Medford MA, and The greater Brockton Societry for Poetry and the Arts at the Brockton Library. He also has recorded a spoken word CD titled "The Poet's Address" and is founder of the David L. Osgood Poetry Awards. He is curently working on his newest book of poetry entitled "Spoken Word Sports". Open Mic Sign-Ups: 6:30PM Open Mic Reading: 7:00PM 7:30PM: 2nd Annual David L. Osgood Poetry Awards Feature: 8:00PM Food and beverage will be available for purchase, and there will be a "Pass The Hat" for the feature. For more info, please visit: http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ or call: 1-(508)-238-6788 Please enjoy this selection from "Anime Forever" on Youtube. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jahezA25BE&feature=user | |
| DATE | Friday, September 5th 2008 - 04:13:48 AM | |
| FEATURING | Giant Open Mic in Honor of Poetry at the Main Street Cafe's 6th Anniversary | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 7:00PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 27th | |
| MONTH | August | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean C. Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
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Attention Poets!!!
if you know someone who has never read in public before & is looking for a chance here it is....... The Big open mic on August 27th Open Mic sign up is at 6:30pm Open Mic is from 7-9pm. Tell your your friends to come (those who are not on vacation) and help celebrate The Main St Cafe's 6 year anniversary!!! I like to thank everyone for their support through the years and the courage of all poets who stand in front of that microphone. I hope to see some old faces (and new ones there too!!) Come read your own verse or your favorite poet. The food is excellent & the crowd is incredibly supportive!! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone. Let's enjoy the magic of poetry. Hope to see you there!!! | |
| DATE | Tuesday, August 5th 2008 - 09:07:44 PM | |
| FEATURING | Timothy Gager, Mike Amado, & Sean C. Theall | |
| DAY | Saturday | |
| TIME | 2:00PM-5:00PM | |
| DATE | 16th | |
| MONTH | August | |
| VENUE | Brockton Library Poetry Series | |
| LOCATION | Brockton Public Library | |
| ADDRESS | 304 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | Brockton, MA | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.gbspa.org | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
The Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts Presents Poetry Series: at the Brockton Library.
Celebrating Poetry One Saturday Every Month Sat., August 16th Timothy Gager http://gbspa.homestead.com/TimothyGager.html Mike Amado http://gbspa.homestead.com/MikeAmado.html Sean Theall http://gbspa.homestead.com/SeanTheall.html Lauren Dupre (artist) http://gbspa.homestead.com/LaurenDupre.html Keela Curran (artist) http://gbspa.homestead.com/KeelaCurran.html This is a Free Event with really comfortable chairs and divine refreshments 12:00 - 2:00 Workshop with Danielle Legros Georges 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. | |
| DATE | Tuesday, August 5th 2008 - 08:04:43 PM | |
| FEATURING | Tomithy Gager, Mike Amado, & Sean C. Theall | |
| DAY | Saturday | |
| TIME | 2:00PM-5:00PM | |
| DATE | 16th | |
| MONTH | August | |
| VENUE | The Brockton Library Poetry Series | |
| LOCATION | Brockton Public Library | |
| ADDRESS | 304 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | Brockton, MA | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://gbspa.homestead.com/Home.html | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
The Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts Presents Poetry Series: at the Brockton Library Celebrating Poetry One Saturday Every Month.
This is a Free Event with really comfortable chairs and divine refreshments. 12:00 - 2:00: Workshop with Danielle Legros Georges 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. Bios for August's features: http://gbspa.homestead.com/TimothyGager.html http://gbspa.homestead.com/MikeAmado.html http://gbspa.homestead.com/SeanTheall.html | |
| DATE | Thursday, July 10th 2008 - 10:57:27 PM | |
| FEATURING | Marc Widershien | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 30th | |
| MONTH | July | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Poetry At The Main Street Cafe will offer poet Marc Widershien on July 30th at 8:00PM.
Marc Widershien's book, Poems of Survival has just been published by Poplar Editions. Recent work can be found in Adirondack Review, Cafe Review, the new renaissance, The Connecticut Review, Blue Unicorn, Poeisis,New Directions, Nimrod, and others. His other published books are The Life of All Worlds and Middle Journeys. He won a commendable in the New England Writer's Association 2004 and 2006 competition. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize in poetry and has won prizes from Spare Change News and Fresh! Magazine as well as Boston University. He has studied with John Malcolm Brinnin, Samuel French Morse, Robert Lowell, Daisy Aldan, and Alberto de Lacerda. He holds a Ph.D. from University Professors, Boston University, and received part of his music education at Eastman School of Music. He makes frequent appearances on the Jordan Rich Show WBZ radio, Boston. He recently appeared on Sunday with Liz Walker, WBZ TV, Boston. He has collaborated with composers Aaron Blumenfeld, and Andrew List. His poetry was recently used as a text for Three Songs composed by Marilyn Ziffrin, which was nominated for a Grammy in 2006. Please visit: http://www.marccreate.com for more info. Open Mic Sign-Ups: 6:30PM Open Mic Readings: 7:00PM Feature: 8:00PM There will be a Pass The Hat for the feature, and food & beverage will be available for purchase. | |
| DATE | Thursday, July 10th 2008 - 10:47:14 PM | |
| FEATURING | Timothy Gager | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 25th | |
| MONTH | June | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
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Poetry At The Main St. Cafe will Present poet Timothy Gager On June 25th at 8:00PM.
Timothy Gager is the author of six books of short fiction and poetry. His most recent chapbook, this is where you go when you are gone , was released in 2008 from Cerena Barva Press. He hosts the Dire Literary Series in Cambridge, Massachusetts every month and is the co-founder of Somerville News Writers Festival. His Short Stories have appeared in Word Riot, 55 Word, The Binnacle, Scene Boston, Thieve's Jargon, Long Short Story, The Smoking Poet, Zygote in My Coffee, Slurve, Poor Mojo's Almanac, VerbSap, Swankwriting (83 Words), Story Garden, Write This Magazine and Further Fenway Fiction. Timothy's poetry has been published in The Ibbetson Street Journal, Poems for All, Right Hand Pointing, GUD, Edifice Wrecked, Blue Print Review, Barnstorm, Erato, Hobart, The Long Islander, The Binnacle, Spare Change, The Somerville News, High Horse, Third Lung Review, 63 Channels, Poesy XXIV and Night Train. He had 32 works of fiction and poetry published in 2007. Timothy is the current Fiction Editor of The Wilderness House Literary Review, the founding co-editor of The Heat City Literary Review and has edited the book, Out of the Blue Writers Unite: A Book of Poetry and Prose from the Out of the Blue Art Gallery. A graduate of the University of Delaware, Timothy lives in Dedham, Massachusetts and is employed as a social worker. Open Mic Sign-Ups: 6:30PM Open Mic: 7:00PM Feature: 8:00PM There will be a Pass The Hat for the feature, and food & beverage will be available for purchase. | |
| DATE | Friday, June 6th 2008 - 12:14:37 AM | |
| FEATURING | Lisa Beatman | |
| DAY | Thursday | |
| TIME | 7:00 pm | |
| DATE | 19 | |
| MONTH | June | |
| VENUE | Poet's Moon Cafe | |
| LOCATION | 80 Border Street Cultural Exchange Center | |
| ADDRESS | 80 Border Street | |
| CITY & STATE | East Boston, MA | |
| CONTACT | Ejay 617-418-5060 | |
| E-maiL ME | info@80borderstreet.org | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.80borderstreet.org | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
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Our June Open Mike night will be held on Thursday, June 19th. Our guest feature poet will be Lisa Beatman, reading from and inscribing her new book "Manufacturing America", published by Ibbetson Street Press. A very appropo reading to take place in the one time great Atlantic Works ship part manufacturing building, now turned artist studio and cultural building.
Center opens at 6:00 with acoustical jazz singer Steve Kay and an exhibit of abstract paintings by Jehane Rucquoi, open mike at 7:00, feature at 8:00. What will happen when nothing is Made in America anymore? What will happen to all that machinery: the machines themselves, the operators that drove them, and the old walls and roofs that housed manufacturing villages churning out blue jeans and paychecks to a vanishing middleclass? Norm Davis, editor of the HazMat Review, says, " Beatman?s poetry is very alive and full of feeling and pictures. The working people she writes about are not simply ?victims? at the hands of exploiters. They are fighters, too. Her poem, Good Bones, portrays the magnitude and the utter tragedy of what has happened to the working class. | |
| DATE | Saturday, May 17th 2008 - 09:55:11 PM | |
| FEATURING | Joanna Nealon | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 28th | |
| MONTH | May | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Poetry At The Main St. Cafe will present poet Joanna Nealon on May 28th at 8:00PM.
Joanna Nealon is a blind woman, married, with three children and four grandchildren. She grew up in an old houseboat on Ash Creek in Bridgeport, CT., and now resides in a more conventional home in Newton, MA. As Joanna puts it, "Once upon a time" she received a B.A. in French literature and studied in Paris, France, on a Fulbright Scholarship. After that she was never heard of again, until in 1987 she began circulating her poems and reciting in the Boston area,mainly with the Stone Soup poetry group, founded by Jack Powers in 1971. She joined with other Stone Soup poets in various programs for social and cultural renewal, such as Boston's First Night, benefits for the homeless, and on-going readings at Bay State and Norfolk prisons. Joanna is also affiliated with Tapestry Of Voices, founded by Harris Gardner in 2000, with venues featuring well known and emerging poets. She has participated in readings at Border's Bookstore in Boston, Northeastern and Brown Universities,the John Greenleaf Whittier houses in Amesbury and Haverhill, the Warwick Museum Of Art, RI,and the annual National Poetry Month Festival held in the Boston Public Library. Joanna has five published books: "The Lie And I", Stone Soup Press, Boston, MA (1990), "Poems Of The Zodiac",Cosmic Trend, North York, Ontario, CA (1992), "Said The Sage", New Spirit Press, Kew Gardens, NY (1993),"The Fourth Kingdom", Cosmic Trend, North York, Ontario, CA (1998), and "Living It" Ibbetson Street Press, Somerville, MA (2004). Her poems have appeared in "Stone Soup Quarterly", "Stone Soup Gazette", "Cosmic Trend" anthologies, "Bitterroot", "Expression", "The Aurorean", "Northeast Corridor" "Medaphors", "The Ibbetson Street Review", and the anthology, "We Speak For Peace". 6:30PM: Open Mic Sign Up 7:00PM: Open Mic 8:00PM: Feature There will be a Pass The Hat for the feature, and food & beverage will be available for purchase. | |
| DATE | Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 01:31:00 AM | |
| FEATURING | Slam at the Strand | |
| DAY | Saturday | |
| TIME | 7pm | |
| DATE | 7 | |
| MONTH | June | |
| VENUE | Strand Theatre | |
| LOCATION | Uphams Corner | |
| ADDRESS | 543 Columbia Road | |
| CITY & STATE | Dorchester, MA | |
| CONTACT | Christopher Cook | |
| E-maiL ME | christopher.cook@cityofboston.gov | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.cityofboston.gov/arts | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
June 7th
The City of Boston presents the first in its series, Slam at the Strand. A celebration of spoken word and poetry in Boston, the show features the City’s Poet Laureate, Sam Cornish, and many of the city's most accomplished spoken word artists and poets. 7pm Strand Theatre 543 Columbia Road Dorchester MA 02125 Admission is free | |
| DATE | Saturday, May 3rd 2008 - 05:26:28 AM | |
| FEATURING | Danielle Legros Georges, Lainie Senechal, Afaa M. Weaver, and the City of Boston's new Poet Laureate, Sam Cornish. | |
| DAY | Sunday | |
| TIME | 2 PM | |
| DATE | May 4, 2008 | |
| MONTH | May | |
| VENUE | Forsyth Chapel | |
| LOCATION | Forest Hills Cemetery | |
| ADDRESS | 95 Forest Hills Avenue | |
| CITY & STATE | Jamaica Plain, MA | |
| CONTACT | 617.524.3354 | |
| E-maiL ME | j_clark@foresthillstrust.org | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.foresthillstrust.org | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Every month, the Forest Hills Educational Trust and Tapestry of Voices present the Poetry in the Chapel series at historic Forest Hills Cemetery. | |
| DATE | Saturday, April 19th 2008 - 12:58:06 AM | |
| FEATURING | Tony Toledo | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 7:00 PM | |
| DATE | April 2, 2008 | |
| MONTH | On Going | |
| VENUE | The Gulu-Gulu Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Gulu-Gulu Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 59 Central Square | |
| CITY & STATE | Lynn, MA 01901 | |
| CONTACT | Tony Toledo | |
| E-maiL ME | ToledoGoat@aol.com | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://gulu-gulu.com | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Greetings Poets,
Come over to SPEAK UP at the Gulu-Gulu Cafe in Lynn on Wednesday, April 2nd. Help kick this off in style. See you there. Bring a poem. Ciao, Tony Tony, Host SPEAK UP: Spoken Word Open Mike hosted by Tony Toledo every Wednesday evening at Gulu-Gulu Cafe, 59 Central Square, Lynn, MA 01901 The Kick Off Date for SPEAK UP is April 2nd, 2008. FREE Admission!! Sign Up starts at 7:00 PM. The Open Mike kicks off at 7:30 PM. The Featured Performer goes on around 8:30ish. Each open mike person will have 5 minutes. That five minutes is your world. Have fun. Go for it. The SPEAK UP audience is adults. Let loose with whatever is on your mind. Confirmed Featured Performers: April 2nd the Featured Performer will be Tony Toledo, The Tongue of the Dead, Ghost Stories. April 9th the Featured Performer will be Judith Black, Storyteller. Upping the Ante. April 23th the Featured Performer will be Alicia Quintano, Monologist: Guilt Is a Useless Emotion. April 30 the Featured Performers will be Kerry and Neal Zagerella, Poets and Pogues Fans. June 4th the Featured Performer will be Don White reading from "Memoirs of a C Student". Bring your Friends: Poets. Lyricists. Comedians. Storytellers. Novelists. Short Story Writers. Long Story Writers. You. There is magic at SPEAK UP. You'll see seasoned pros and talented beginners. Come be a part of the magic. There is artwork on the walls, coffee in the cups and words bouncing off the walls. The Gulu-Gulu Cafe has cold Eastern European beers and fine wines. They have tasty sandwiches and RICH desserts. The friendliest wait staff in Lynn is waiting for you. There is plenty of on street parking. The Gulu-Gulu Cafe is just a short walk from the Lynn commuter rail station at Central Square. You've got something to say. We want to hear it. See you April 2nd at SPEAK UP. Gulu-Gulu Cafe 59 Central Square Lynn, MA 01901 617-848-5967 www.gulu-gulu.com Tony Toledo PO Box 302 Beverly MA 01915 978-921-GOAT(4628) ToledoGoat@aol.com www.TonyToledo.com PS. Would you like to be the Featured Performer? Contact Tony Toledo. | |
| DATE | Tuesday, March 18th 2008 - 05:52:36 AM | |
| FEATURING | STATE OF THE ART: AFRICAN-AMERICAN POETRY TODAY | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | PANEL 4:00 P.M. - READING 6:30 P.M. | |
| DATE | 2 | |
| MONTH | April | |
| VENUE | Metcalf Ballroom, George Sherman Student Union, | |
| LOCATION | Boston University | |
| ADDRESS | , 775 Commonwealth Avenue | |
| CITY & STATE | Boston, MA | |
| CONTACT | January O'Neil (local contact) | |
| E-maiL ME | jgill27494@aol.com | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://poetmom.blogspot.com | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
THE HOWARD GOTLIEB ARCHIVAL RESEARCH CENTER
and THE POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA present STATE OF THE ART: AFRICAN-AMERICAN POETRY TODAY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2nd PANEL 4:00 P.M. - READING 6:30 P.M. Two events showcasing the range of distinctive voices in contemporary African-American poetry, with Elizabeth Alexander, Toi Derrecotte, Cornelius Eady, Nikki Giovanni, Major Jackson, Yusef Komunyakaa, Dawn Lundy Martin, Carl Phillips, Quincy Troupe, Sonia Sanchez and Afaa Michael Weaver. The panel will be moderated by Dante Micheaux. The reading will be introduced by Boston’s inaugural Poet Laureate, Sam Cornish. Admission is free. Metcalf Ballroom, George Sherman Student Union, Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Avenue | |
| DATE | Saturday, March 15th 2008 - 11:38:11 PM | |
| FEATURING | Ekiwah Adler-Beléndez | |
| DAY | Thursday | |
| TIME | 7:00 -9:00 pm | |
| DATE | 03-20-08 | |
| MONTH | March | |
| VENUE | Brookline Adult & Community Education | |
| LOCATION | Brookline High School | |
| ADDRESS | 115 Greenough Street | |
| CITY & STATE | Brookline MA | |
| CONTACT | 617-730-2700 | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.brooklineadulted.org | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Poet Ekiwah Adler-Beléndez talks about dreams, archetypes, art, and healing with artist/author Shaun McNiff and dream expert Jeremy Taylor. $10. | |
| DATE | Thursday, March 13th 2008 - 09:44:59 AM | |
| FEATURING | Witch City Poetry Series | |
| DAY | MULTIPLE see "Additional Info" | |
| TIME | 5-8p.m. | |
| DATE | 6th,13th,20,27th | |
| MONTH | April | |
| VENUE | Gulu-Gulu Cafe | |
| LOCATION | Gulu-Gulu Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 247 Essex St. | |
| CITY & STATE | Salem MA | |
| CONTACT | Chris Keefe | |
| E-maiL ME | poetchrisk@yahoo.com | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://myspace.com/poetchrisk | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Open Mic format. Slammers welcome. Come down and enjoy great food and even better poetry! downhill from the Salem "T" statiom. Any questions contact Chris Keefe at above info. | |
| DATE | Tuesday, March 11th 2008 - 09:13:09 PM | |
| FEATURING | Poetry for Children and Adults | |
| DAY | Thursday | |
| TIME | 7pm - 9pm | |
| DATE | 03-13-2008 | |
| MONTH | March | |
| VENUE | TBA | |
| LOCATION | TBA | |
| ADDRESS | TBA | |
| CITY & STATE | BROOKLINE | |
| CONTACT | TOM RUBENFF | |
| E-maiL ME | tomr@rubecom.us | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.rubecom.us | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Poetry Night at an elementary school in Brookline, an event I have co-hosted for 3 years. Please email me a sample of the work you would like to read for this mixed audience of adults and children.
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| DATE | Monday, March 10th 2008 - 10:34:48 PM | |
| FEATURING | Christine Khorfage | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 26th | |
| MONTH | March | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
ADDITIONAL INFO |
Christine Korfhage’s debut collection We Aren’t Who We Are – And This World Isn’t Either was published in 2007 by Cavankerry Press (and distributed by University Press of New England). Her poems have appeared in Chiron Review, Connecticut River Review, Nimrod International Review, Paterson Literary Review, Pearl, Red Rock Review, The Spoon River Poetry Review, and in the anthology The Breath of Parted Lips, Voices From The Robert Frost Place, Volume II, among others. A former artisan and juried member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, she was awarded a Fellowship for Excellence in Creative Writing at Vermont College and earned an M.F.A. from Bennington College. Born in Albany, N.Y. and raised overseas, Korfhage is a mother and grandmother who lives in New Hampshire and Cape Cod.
6:30PM: open mic sign-ups 7:00PM: open mic readings 8:00PM: feature There will be a Pass The Hat for the feature, and food & beverage will be available for purchase. | |
| DATE | Tuesday, March 4th 2008 - 06:50:55 PM | |
| FEATURING | Christine Khorfage | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 26th | |
| MONTH | March | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
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Christine Korfhage’s debut collection We Aren’t Who We Are – And This World Isn’t Either was published in 2007 by Cavankerry Press (and distributed by University Press of New England). Her poems have appeared in Chiron Review, Connecticut River Review, Nimrod International Review, Paterson Literary Review, Pearl, Red Rock Review, The Spoon River Poetry Review, and in the anthology The Breath of Parted Lips, Voices From The Robert Frost Place, Volume II, among others. A former artisan and juried member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, she was awarded a Fellowship for Excellence in Creative Writing at Vermont College and earned an M.F.A. from Bennington College. Born in Albany, N.Y. and raised overseas, Korfhage is a mother and grandmother who lives in New Hampshire and Cape Cod.
There will be a Pass The Hat for the feature, and food & beverage will be available for purchase. 6:30PM: open mic sign-ups 7:00PM: open mic readings 8:00PM: feature | |
| DATE | Monday, March 3rd 2008 - 09:20:43 PM | |
| FEATURING | Sean C. Theall | |
| DAY | Saturday | |
| TIME | 9:00AM | |
| DATE | 22nd | |
| MONTH | March | |
| VENUE | Anime Boston 2008 | |
| LOCATION | The Hynes Convention Center | |
| ADDRESS | 900 Boylston Street | |
| CITY & STATE | Boston, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean C. Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
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Local poet Sean C. Theall will introduce his newest poetry book "Anime Forever" at Anime Boston 2008.
"Anime Forver" is a poetry book based on various Japanese animation films and TV series with artwork by John Medeiros, Jr. Sean will read his book and answer questions on March 22nd at 9:00AM in Panel Room 309 at the Hynes Convention Center. John Medeiros, Jr., the artist for "Anime Forever", will join him at the show and talk about the artwork. The book will be available at the convention as well as local bookstores. It will cost $30.00/person to get in to the convention. For more info about Anime Boston, please visit: http://www.animeboston.com/ | |
| DATE | Monday, March 3rd 2008 - 09:03:33 PM | |
| FEATURING | The Carpenter Poets | |
| DAY | Sunday | |
| TIME | 3 to 5 pm | |
| DATE | March 16 | |
| MONTH | March | |
| VENUE | Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts | |
| LOCATION | Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts | |
| ADDRESS | 24 Eliot St | |
| CITY & STATE | Jamaica Plain, MA | |
| CONTACT | Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts | |
| E-maiL ME | info@eliotschool.org | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.eliotschool.org | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
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The Carpenter Poets jot their rhymes on scraps of drywall. Their odes honor plum-bobs and level squares. Their new chapbook is "Break Time." On Sunday, March 16, from 3 to 5 pm, the poets will read their verse aloud at Open House for The Eliot School, which has been teaching woodworking, sewing, painting and drawing for over a century. Find out more about The Carpenter Poets at http://www.carpenterpoets.org. Admission: free | |
| DATE | Tuesday, February 26th 2008 - 09:42:02 AM | |
| FEATURING | John Hodgen, Sue Ellen Kuzma, Jean Keskulla and George Stalker | |
| DAY | Sunday | |
| TIME | 3 p.m. | |
| DATE | February 24, 2008 | |
| MONTH | February | |
| VENUE | The James Library & Center for the Arts | |
| LOCATION | James Library & Center for the Arts | |
| ADDRESS | 24 West St. | |
| CITY & STATE | Norwell, MA | |
| CONTACT | Caroline Chapin, 781-659-7100 | |
| E-maiL ME | jameslibrary@verizon.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.jameslibrary.org | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
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Beasts Seen and Unseen read by Four poets on the theme of beasts of all sorts.
Free. | |
| DATE | Thursday, February 7th 2008 - 03:29:06 AM | |
| FEATURING | Mike Amado | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 27th | |
| MONTH | February | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
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From Plymouth, Mass, Mike Amado has been writing poetry since age 14.
Noted for performing lyrical, rhythm-based tomes attuned to the social and semi-political with a Native slant. He has been published in the Wilderness House Review and the Bagelbards' anthologies, 1&2. To quote the author: "I DON¢T SLAM! I ROCK". Mike's first book is entitled "Poems: Unearthed from Ashes". 6:30PM: open mic sign-up 7:00PM: open mic reading 8:00PM: feature There will be a Pass The Hat for the feature, and food & beverages will be available for purchase. | |
| DATE | Wednesday, February 6th 2008 - 11:11:03 PM | |
| FEATURING | Susan Eisenberg, Audrey Henderson, Sandra Storey and Carolyn Gregory | |
| DAY | Sunday | |
| TIME | 2 PM | |
| DATE | 3 | |
| MONTH | February | |
| VENUE | Forsyth Chapel | |
| LOCATION | Forest Hills Cemetery | |
| ADDRESS | 95 Forest Hills Avenue | |
| CITY & STATE | Jamaica Plain, MA | |
| CONTACT | 617.524.0128 | |
| E-maiL ME | j_clark@foresthillstrust.org | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.foresthillstrust.org | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
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Tapestry of Voices celebrates the rich, poetic community of Jamaica Plain, known as one of Boston’s most artistic and literary communities with four local poets reading their work. Forsyth Chapel is a lovely and historic space. Its Gothic revival architecture, small size, and perfect acoustics give this series an unusual intimacy. Past poets have raved about the venue, calling it the “best place to read in Boston.” The Boston Globe called Forsyth Chapel the "coolest place to read in Boston." | |
| DATE | Saturday, January 19th 2008 - 03:11:43 AM | |
| FEATURING | Ian Thal | |
| DAY | Saturday | |
| TIME | 8:00pm | |
| DATE | February 9, 2008 | |
| MONTH | February | |
| LOCATION | Willoughby & Baltic | |
| ADDRESS | 195g Elm Street, Davis Square | |
| CITY & STATE | Somerville, MA | |
| CONTACT | Ian Thal | |
| E-maiL ME | IanMThal@gmail.com | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://ianthal.blogspot.com | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
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“The talking mime [who] performed in the gallery this summer was Ian Thal. He's multitalented and does mime, dance, poetry, and puppetry. I think it's OK if the mime talks as long as he leaves the audience speechless.”
--Meredith Garniss, interviewed in The Boston Sunday Globe, October 28, 2007 Ian Thal returns to Willoughby and Baltic to present his fusion of mime, poetry, clowning, and commedia dell’arte. He last performed there in July of 2007. The show will include a suite of mime pieces set to Ian’s original poetry, solo vignettes based on the commedia masks of the Italian renaissance, and new corporeal mime pieces composed specifically for this show. Read rehearsal notes for one of these pieces: “The Starving Zanni” at: http://ianthal.blogspot.com/2008/01/starving-zanni.html Willoughby & Baltic was founded in 2004 by painter, puppeteer, and engineer, Meredith Garniss in a former ambulance garage. http://willoughbybaltic.squarespace.com/ | |
| DATE | Thursday, January 17th 2008 - 09:37:41 AM | |
| FEATURING | Elizabeth Lund | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 30th | |
| MONTH | January | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
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Poetry At The Main St Cafe starts off 2008 with poet Elizabeth Lund. She will be reading her new book "For The Ones That Can't Be Saved" on January 30th at 8pm.
Elizabeth Lund interviews poets for HCAM TV and has reviewed poetry for The Christian Science Monitor since 1992. She also served as poetry editor of the Monitor for 10 years. Her poems have appeared in the United States, Canada, and Great Britian. She has taught writing at Cornell University, UMASS Lowell, and MCI-Framingham, the women's prison here in Massachusetts. She has read at various venues along the East Coast, including the Geraldine Dodge Festival, the largest poetry event in North America. Her collection "For the Ones Who Can't Be Saved" has been a finalist for the Brittingham Prize and the Four Ways Intro Prize, among others. Open Mic sign-Up: 6:30PM Open Mic: 7:00PM Feature: 8:00PM Food and beverages will be available for purchase, and there will be a Pass The Hat for the feature. | |
| DATE | Saturday, January 12th 2008 - 05:02:08 AM | |
| FEATURING | Dancing Through Fog | |
| DAY | Saturday | |
| TIME | 1 to 3 p.m. | |
| DATE | 26 | |
| MONTH | January | |
| VENUE | Arts From the Heart | |
| LOCATION | Middleboro Public Library | |
| ADDRESS | 102 North Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | Middleboro, MA | |
| CONTACT | Chris Robbins | |
| E-maiL ME | ChrRobi@aol.com | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
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"Dancing Through Fog" is a featured reading that chronicles the struggles of those with mental disorders. Christopher Wood-Robbins will host this reading, with co-host Louise Dery-Wells. We will also have a few co-features, including Nancy Brady Cunningham and Nancy Morgan-Boucher. This event is open to everyone, and refreshments will be served. | |
| DATE | Wednesday, January 2nd 2008 - 08:57:11 AM | |
| FEATURING | Great Known and Unknown Boston Area Poets | |
| DAY | Thursday | |
| TIME | 7:00 pm | |
| DATE | January 17, 2008 | |
| MONTH | On Going | |
| VENUE | Poet's Moon Cafe | |
| LOCATION | 80 Border Street Cultural Exchange Center | |
| ADDRESS | 80 Border Street | |
| CITY & STATE | East Boston, MA | |
| CONTACT | 617-418-5060 (Ejay) | |
| E-maiL ME | info@80borderstreet.org | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.80borderstreet.org | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
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Poet's Moon Cafe Open Mike Poetry is held on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 80 Border Street Cultural Exchange Center in East Boston, in a renovated old sea captain's space overlooking the harbor. Open mike sign up starts at 6:30 and readings start around 7:00. Seating capacity for up to 50 in the performance room, or more intimate readings (up to 20) in the cafe space. Center includes a gift shop, where featured poets are welcome to leave a supply of their books or CD's on consignment for ongoing sale. We are always looking for dynamic new (and established) poets to feature, so come on by our open mike and spit, spatter, spew, spurt, spate, speak, articulate, communicate (but please don't pontificate), humor, sadden, move, edify, tingle or uplift the house with your words. $5 suggested donation, or at least buy a cup a java and a feature's book to advance the cause. Visit our website at www.80borderstreet.org for more info and photos. | |
| DATE | Wednesday, January 2nd 2008 - 04:25:59 AM | |
| FEATURING | Dancing Through Fog; Living with Mental Disorders | |
| DAY | Saturday | |
| TIME | 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. | |
| DATE | 26 | |
| MONTH | January | |
| LOCATION | Middleboro Public Library | |
| ADDRESS | 102 North Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | Middleboro, MA | |
| CONTACT | Chris Robbins | |
| E-maiL ME | ChrRobi@aol.com | |
| Add to Venue List? | No | |
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This special featured reading discusses the strugles that people with mental disorders go through. Christopher Wood-Robbins, himself recently diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, will host this event, along with a few co-features, Nancy Brady Cunningham and Nancy Morgan-Boucher.
This reading is a production of Arts From The Heart in Middleboro, hosted by Louise Dery-Wells. | |
| DATE | Friday, December 28th 2007 - 11:38:03 AM | |
| FEATURING | David Surette | |
| DAY | Thursday | |
| TIME | 7:00 | |
| DATE | 20 | |
| MONTH | December | |
| VENUE | Poet's Moon Cafe | |
| LOCATION | 80 Border Street Cultural Exchange Center | |
| ADDRESS | 80 Border Street | |
| CITY & STATE | East Boston, MA | |
| CONTACT | Ejay Khan | |
| E-maiL ME | info@80borderstreet.org | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.80borderstreet.org | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
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Third Thursday Open Mic Poetry in the Poet's Moon Cafe at 80 Border Street Cultural Exchange Center, featuring David Surette, co-host of POETRIBE. Open Mic sign up at 6:30. For more info visit www.80borderstreet.org | |
| DATE | Saturday, November 24th 2007 - 09:32:03 AM | |
| FEATURING | Lloyd Schwartz | |
| DAY | Sunday | |
| TIME | 6:00-9:00 | |
| DATE | 9 | |
| MONTH | December | |
| VENUE | Grand Opening | |
| LOCATION | 80 Border Street Cultural Exchange Center | |
| ADDRESS | 80 Border Street | |
| CITY & STATE | East Boston | |
| CONTACT | Ejay Khan | |
| E-maiL ME | info@80borderstreet.org | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.80borderstreet.org | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
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This is the grand opening of a new cultural exchange center which will feature Lloyd Schwartz and Muy Cansado. Thereafter we will hold a monthly open mic with feature session on the 3rd Thursday of each month, starting December 20. All are warmly welcomed. We have a wonderful coffeehouse style space overlooking the Mystic River with a charming historic nautical feel, great accoustics, and seating for 50 or so in the performance room and 15 or so in the adjacent community cafe space. There is a parking lot and on street parking for overflow. The space is located in an existing artist community of approximately 40 artist studios and a great gallery. The poetry session will be held the same evening as the monthly 3rd Thursday Atlantic Works pot luck gallery opening. It's a space where "mere words come to life, they have colors, they are butterflies escaping their cocoons, shadows can feel and fantasies are real, under a poet's moon . . ." and there is always a Poet's Moon shining at 80 Border Street. Come see, come share. | |
| DATE | Saturday, November 24th 2007 - 07:02:46 AM | |
| FEATURING | Ibbetson Street 22 Reading | |
| DAY | Sunday | |
| TIME | 5PM | |
| DATE | Dec. 9 2007 | |
| MONTH | December | |
| VENUE | McIntyre and Moore Booksellers | |
| LOCATION | Davis Square | |
| ADDRESS | 255 Elm St | |
| CITY & STATE | Somerville, Mass | |
| CONTACT | Doug Holder | |
| E-maiL ME | dougholder@post.harvard.edu | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://authorsden.com/douglasholder | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
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McIntyre & Moore Booksellers
hosts a reading of Ibbetson Street 22 followed by an open mic Sunday, December 9, 5:00 pm (Somerville, MA) McIntyre & Moore Booksellers hosts a reading of Ibbetson Street 22, followed by an open mic. Sunday, December 9, 5:00 pm at McIntyre & Moore Booksellers, 255 Elm St. in Davis Square, Somerville, near the Red Line. Free and open to all; wheelchair accessible. Light refreshments will be served. 15% book discount on store inventory for all those attending* [*discount available for day of event only]. For information call McIntyre & Moore Booksellers (617) 629-4840. Ibbetson Street Press will celebrate the release of issue 22 of “Ibbetson Street”, its popular literary journal. At McIntyre & Moore Booksellers, there will be featured poetry by Marc Goldfinger, Jade Sylvan, Thade Correa, Sarah Hannah, as well as Somerville poets Linda Haviland Conte, Eleanor Goodman, and others. And as always, an open mic will follow the featured readers. This latest issue includes an interview with the late poet Sarah Hannah who took her own life this past spring. The lead poem by Marc Goldfinger and others in the issue pay tribute to this brilliant writer who died at the tender age of 40. On the front cover of the new issue is featured a photo of McIntyre and Moore Booksellers taken by Ibbetson arts/editor Richard Wilhelm. McIntyre and Moore, a well-respected used bookstore in the heart of Davis Square, has been the setting for the “Ibbetson Street” readings for many years. The back cover photo is by Kirk Etherton, an artist from the Union Square section of Somerville. Since 1998, when the press was founded by Doug Holder, Richard Wilhelm and Dianne Robitaille, the Ibbetson Street Press has published a literary journal “Ibbetson Street” as well as over 40 collections of poetry by local and national authors. Its journal and books have won numerous “Pick of the Month” awards in the Small Press Review. Recently “Ibbetson Street” has been included in the prestigious “Index of American Periodical Verse,” along with many other top small press literary journals. “Ibbetson Street” has been reviewed favorably by any number of small press literary magazines, both in print and online. Its books are collected at Harvard, Yale, Brown, and Buffalo University libraries to name a few. For more information on the press, visit www.ibbetsonpress.com. | |
| DATE | Thursday, November 22nd 2007 - 06:27:36 AM | |
| FEATURING | David R. Surette | |
| DAY | Wednesday | |
| TIME | 6:30PM-9:00PM | |
| DATE | 28th | |
| MONTH | November | |
| VENUE | Poetry at the Main Street Cafe | |
| LOCATION | The Main Street Cafe | |
| ADDRESS | 122 Main Street | |
| CITY & STATE | North Easton, MA | |
| CONTACT | Sean Theall | |
| E-maiL ME | poetryman1@comcast.net | |
| MY WEBSITE | http://www.geocities.com/mainstpoet/ | |
| Add to Venue List? | Yes | |
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David Surette was born July 14, 1957, at the Malden Hospital. He lived in Malden, Massachusetts for thirty-seven years. David attended the Immaculate Conception Grammar School for six years under the watchful eyes of the Sisters of Notre Dame. He finished his school days in the public schools, Beebe Junior High and Malden High, graduating in 1975.
David earned his B.A. in English from Colby College. He wrote and directed his original play Warm Angel senior year and earned the college's drama award. After graduation, he managed the band Boys Life. He also was the band's chief lyricist, writing with his brother John, the band's singer and guitarist. David wrote the lyrics on the "A" side of their two singles and four of the six songs on their celebrated E.P. When the band broke up in 1984, David went back to school to earn his teaching certificate and began a 15 year teaching tenure in the Waltham Public Schools. He continued writing, not lyrics as his brother's own lyrics eclipsed his output, but fiction. He wrote short stories and completed two novels, Today's Special and Mud Season. Malden is his first chapbook of poetry. He began the book in a summer session of the Boston Writing Project with the goal to finished it by his twenty- fifth high school reunion and the family gathering at Thanksgiving 2000, and then offered it on his website, www.davidsurette.com, in the spring of 2001. He released his second chapbook Muckers, Grinders, Shapers, Hangers, and Huns in 2002 and published over two dozen poems in various journals and magazines and became a regular reader and feature at poetry venues, libraries, schools in New England. In 2003, he issued his third chapbook Good Shift which included "Forever and Ever" which was nominated for "Best Love Poem" at the Cambridge Poetry Awards. David also released the single poem chapbook Acadie which was sold at Grande Pré, Nova Scotia to celebrate the 2004 Acadian Reunion. Koenisha Publications of Michigan published Young Gentlemen's School in August, 2004. The book collects all the poems from David's three chapbooks plus ten new poems. It is available online at www.amazon.com, www.koenisha.com, and at your local bookstore. Koenisha will publish David's second book of poetry Easy to Keep, Hard to Keep In in 2007. David is the co-host of Poetribe, a poetry group that offers poetry workshops, open mics, featured poets and the occasional poetry slam. They meet every other Saturday at the East Bridgewater Public Library in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He teaches English at East Bridgewater High School. He currently lives in southeastern Massachusetts with his wife and three children. He and the family keep horses and sheep under the watchful eyes of two border collies. Also that night, there will be an awards ceremony for the winners of the first annual David L. Osgood Poetry Contest. The winners are as follows: First Place: Xia Harris winning with both "If Cold Is Pure" & "Desired Skin" Second Place: a tie for second place: John Daniel Plott with "Cherry Blossoms" and Louise Dery-Wells with "Rings Of Fire" Third Place: Nancy Morgan-Boucher with "Double Rainbow-City" 6:30PM: open mic sign-ups 7:00PM: open mic readings 7:30PM: Awards Ceremony 8:00PM: feature Also, in honor of Dave Osgood, The Poet's Platter will be offered. It will be a cheeseburger, Dave's favorite meal at Main Street. Fifty cents from every purchase of The Poet's Platter will go towards the Main Street Poetry Fund. | |
| DATE | Monday, November 12th 2007 - 10:38:25 PM | |