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MA - Poetry News
****POETRYNEWS****
To receive Poetry News in your email write to lori @ thepoetrynews.com
or check it out online at www.poetrynewscalendar.com/.
Here is your Poetry News for the week of September 8, 2008.
Please email lori @ thepoetrynews.com if you would like to be added to the mailing
or are interested in featuring at Word in Westfield open mic on Tuesdays.
Peace through poetry - Lori
Spoken Word in Westfield:
Community Voices Poetry Open Mic
is CHANGING PLACE and DAY, and is now
WORD IN WESTFIELD
EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT 7PM
at Teapot Gallery
22 Elm Street ( route 10/202 )
in Westfield, MA
Hosted by Eli Baenziger and Lori Desrosiers
Sign up is at 6:30 and open mic starts at 7:00PM
followed by a guest feature.
All are welcome.
We are joining forces with Spoken Word Open Mic,
which is ongoing NOW
every Tuesday night at 7
Feature poets will resume September 9th ( TUESDAY )
Features in September:
Sept. 9 - Crystal Senter-Brown
Sept. 16 - Donnie Darkhorse
Sept. 23 - Maria Arroyo
Sept. 30 - Greg Scott
We are now booking features for October and November.
Please email lori @ thepoetrynews.com if you haven't featured in at least 6 months
and would like to return, or if you would be interested in featuring for the first time.
Poetry, Prose,
Verse, Yarns
Come to listen, come to speak,
Your words, words for our times,
Immortal words, mortal words...
Call 562-6966 ( Teapot ) or 348-7218 ( Eli=2
0B. )
for info and encouragement,
or email lori @ thepoetrynews.com to feature.
Chicopee/Holyoke/Springfield Area Poetry
NEW OPEN MIC
Starving for Art Presents
open mic Mondays
@ Blue Fusion Bar and Grille
487 St. James Ave
Springfield, MA
doors open at 6pm for social hour.
Showtime is 7-9pm
All poets, musicians, singers, and visual artists are welcome.
This event is free
For more info visit www.brendaschild.com/
SPRINGFIELD LIBRARY POETRY
Spoken Word Saturdays!
The Springfield City Library's monthly open mic series
moves outside for the summer:
Saturday, September 21 features Maria Arroyo
At the Quadrangle Tent, behind the Central Library, 220 State Street
Born in Puerto Rico and raised in the North End of Springfield,
Mar�a Luisa Arroyo is a poet, translator, and an educator.
Mar�a facilitates Spanish-language and English-language workshops
and performs her poetry at local and regional venues.
Copies of Mar�a's recently published collection of poems, Gathering Words:
Recogiendo Palabras will be available to buy at the Open Mic.
All languages, all forms of creative writing, and all ages are welcome. This is a family friendly
event, so please keep that in mind as you prepare your readings.
Advance sign-ups are welcome, but not needed.
For more information, call Anna at 263-6828 x426
or e-mail abrandenurg @ springfieldlibrary.org.
Springfield City Library � A Place for You
The Library Creative Writing Group will continue to meet
throughout the summer� although the times may change a=2
0bit!
No advance sign-ups needed,
but if you'd like more information, contact
Anna at abrandenburg @ springfieldlibrary.org.
Shariff's, Daisy's, and Maurice's
April 12th performances are on youtube -
www.youtube.com/user/s...eldlibrary ]
Questions? Or to sign up,
contact Anna at abrandenburg @ springfieldlibrary.org
or 263-6828 x426.
Free parking is available in the State Street lot across from the library,
or in the Elliot Street lot next to the Springfield Museums Welcome Center.
www.springfieldlibrary...ypage.html
Or contact Anna at abrandenburg @ springfieldlibrary.org
or 413.263.6828 x426.
Bookmark the Poetry Page
www.springfieldlibrary...ypage.html
for updated information, and to read the work of some of our poets
( anyone who's read at events here, send a poem to be posted! )
Word in the Valley and Beyond
THE EVOLUTION CAFE OPEN MIC
IS UP AND RUNNING FOR THE FALL.
Thursday, September 4
The first Thursday of every month.
6:30 p.m. SIGN UP
7:00 p.m. READINGS.
BRING A FRIEND!!
Lets have a great September turn out
with lots of great readings.
In the Center of Florence on Chestnut St.
Evolution is behind the gas station at the light on Chestnut and Main
( Coopers Corner is across the street ).
Great food and drinks available to purchase,
SUPER ATMOSPHERE FOR READING see you there.
Foliage and Poetry Ramble
Sundays, September 14 -October 12 2pm - 4pm
Bryant Homestead, Cummington
Experience poetry at its source. Walk along the Rivulet Trail and around the grounds=2
0of the Bryant Homestead to discover the landscape that inspired William Cullen Bryant and other poets to pen their famous lines. Free. Please pre-register. Information at 413.532.1631 x13 or www.thetrustees.org/
WOMEN.PERIOD.
WOMEN WRITING ABOUT MENSTRUATION
EDITED BY Julia Watts, Michelle Ruby, Parneshia Jones, Elizabeth Slade
THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, WOMEN.PERIOD. celebrates, curses, and talks about one of the most life-changing events in a woman�s life. This is what WE have been waiting to write about.
Writing down to the womb, is what editors Julia Watts, Parneshia Jones, Jo Ruby, and Elizabeth Slade achieve with a variety of contributors like local contributors Marsha Janson, Jane Yolen, Karen Johnston and Markie Babbott. The beginning, middle, and end of the natural revolution are explored with poetry and prose giving women permission to talk about, share, and celebrate a phase in our life that effects everything around us.
Come to the Launch Party!
Thursday, September 25th at 7:30pm.
Wright Hall at Smith College
Reception to follow at the
Poetry Center
Meet the Editors and some contributors, hear some fierce writing
and join us in celebrating this new Anthology
Lend Me Your Ears!
Spoken Word Open Mic
hosted by Equinox Literary Journal
Tuesday, September 30th at 7pm
Food For Thought Books
downtown Amherst
For more information contact Javiera Benavente
at 413.253.5432
or javiera @ foodforthoughtbooks.com
SUMMER POETRY SLAM II
Congratulations to Kevin Devaney for winning the slam for the second time!
St
ay tuned to this newsletter for next month's slam information.
for more info contact Jamila at snodrifter8 @ aol.com
THE WOVEN WORD
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS
� for Young Girls ( 5th - 8th Grade ):
Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30, in Hadley
2008 Sessions beginning September 23
� for Home Schoolers, Ages 9 and Up:
Tuesdays, 10:00-12:00, in Hadley
2008 Sessions beginning September 23
About The Woven Word: These workshops are designed to create safe space, to develop each
writer's unique voice, to allow you to tell the stories only you can tell. The focus is on nurturing
creativity, not grammar or spelling. This is appropriate for those who write often, and for those who are just beginning to explore creative writing.
The Amherst Writers & Artists method take writers to both unexpected and familiar places,
while supporting them in an affirming space among their peers. The workshop is anchored in the conviction that every voice is beautiful, that every person deserves to be heard; and that knowing you are heard is itself a dramatically empowering act.
Workshop leader Lynn Bowmaster is a published poet who has led youth workshops in her home,
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Middle School, Hill Town Cooperative Charter School, Finn Ryan Road Elementary School, Open Pantry, Soldier On, and Holyoke Community College.
For info:contact Lynn at 584-3373, Lrbowmaster @ gmail.com
�There is a vitality, a life force, ... a quickening which is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all
time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist.� Martha Graham
CALL FOR NEW MEMBERS
SLATE ROOF PRESS
is currently accepting
poetry manuscripts from prospective members.
Deadline for submission:
Halloween, 2008.
Slate Roof, a member-run press which has up to now published
Franklin County poets, invites Western Mass poets to apply for
membership. To do so, submit three copies of a chapbook
manuscript ( about 28 pages of poems ), plus a brief bio. Include in the
bio any collective or group work you've been involved in, or special
skills you have related to publicity and/or publishing.
Membership requires a non-refundable $500 investment ( payable
over time, if necessary ), a three-year work commitment of
approximately 8-10 hours of work per month , and the
willingness to attend monthly meetings in Greenfield. Please visit our
website at
www.slateroofpress.com/ for more information and to see pictures
of our art-quality chapbooks featuring letterpress covers and local
artwork.
Manuscripts must be postmarked by Halloween, 2008. All
materials should be sent to Slate Roof, 15 Warwick Avenue, Northfield,
MA 01360-9638.
New Writing Group
Wednesdays at 2pm,
Windhorse Associates,
211 North St, Noho.
Chaya Grossberg and David Stark.
Lots of poetry, lots of humor.
FLORENCE POETS SOCIETY .
The Florence Poets Society celebrates it's 5th year of existence
with the next meeting of the new season on
Thursday September 11 at the Lilly Library in Florence.
Our new starting time is 6:30 pm so=2
0that Society business can
be conducted prior to the poetry portion of the meeting,
which will be from 7-9 pm. Regular meetings are held the second
Thursday of every month. An annual membership fee of $15 dollars
contributes to our programs and events, however it is not necessary
to be a member to participate.
All poets are welcome to attend and share original work.
We are always looking for new poets.
Discussion and critique is offered if desired.
Look for our new writing group coming soon.
For more information:
Email us at FPOETS @ localnet.com or check out our web
page at www.florencepoetssociety.org/
Florence Poets Society Readings:
Listen to "Twilite's Poetry Pub" now Weekly!
Enjoy the "Pub" with Carl and Tom every Wednesday from 9-10 am
on Valley Free Radio, WXOJ 103.3 fm, Northampton and now
with improved streaming at www.valleyfreeradio.org/ !!!
Poetry to the people!
WXOJ-FM LP 103.3 and streaming at www.valleyfreeradio.org.
Bringing to you a variety of interesting poetry and music!
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All events are free and open to the public except as noted
For more information, Call Tom at ( 413 ) 584-5914
or email at: tommytwilite @ gmail.com
or: FPOETS @ localnet.com or visit:
www.florencepoetssociety.org
or visit: www.tommytwilite.com/
Poetry Nights in Northampton:
Writer's Group at Packard's in Northampton:
Northampton Writer's Group is an ongoing writer's group
for any kind of written word. We currently have several openings
for new members.
For information please contact Lori lori@thepoetr
ynews.com
It meets in the library room at Packard's restaurant/bar at
14 Masonic St. in Northampton.
Participants bring copies of their work to read and have
critiqued in a supportive, gentle, constructive environment.
The next dates -
Sunday August 31, 6-9pm
Sunday September 14
Sunday September 28
POETRY A LA CARTE
on WMUA-Amherst 91.1 FM
Fridays 4:30-5:00pm
The program, hosted by Daisy Mathias,
includes reading aloud from past
and contemporary poets, and occasionally
features live interview and
poetry-reading with a local poet.
Greenfield/Shelbourne Falls and North
New Writers� Monthly Open Microphone
Features Poet Stephen Lindow
September 4 in Greenfield
An informal Greenfield community group has announced the first of a series of open microphone sessions for writers on Thursday, September 4, 7:00 P.M., at Bart�s Caf� of Greenfield, 286 Main St. Subsequent open microphone meetings will occur on the first Thursday of each month.
Sessions will consist of a sign up for participants at 6:45 P.M., a 7:00 presentation by a previously selected �Featured Reader� and five minute reading slots for participants.
Local poet Stephen Lindow will be the first �Featured Reader._
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