The Connecticut Poetry Society

 

Connecticut Beat Poetry Festival 2008

Presented by The Spoken Word Series
for info:

www.myspace.com/beatpoetryfestival -

For a printable copy of schedule: Click Here beatpoetflyer.pdf

Sunday June 1, 2008

Harriet Beecher Stowe House Hartford, CT.

Social Justice 1PM-4PM

Moderated by Lerron Wright

POETS: Kate Rushin, Danelle Fiorentino, Tommy Baas/ Milwaukee W

Monday June 2, 2008

Wood Memorial Library South Windsor, CT.

Directors Pick

6:30PM-10PM

John Wahdams moderates an evening of his favorite poets. A reception follows.

Tuesday June 3, 2008

Webb Dean Stevens Museum Wethersfield, CT.

The Beat Goes On

6:30PM-10PM

POETS: Colin Haskins, Anita Pinatti, John Basinger, Amelia Matus/ Milwaukee WI.

Wednesday June 4, 2008

Charter Oak Cultural Center Hartford, CT.

Jack Kerouac Night

6:30PM-9:30PM

POETS, Ernie Blue, Lori Desrosier, Gregory Scott, Aleathia Drehmer / Painted Post NY.

Arch Street Tavern Hartford, CT.

Beat Inspired Comedy Open-Mic

10PM-1AM

Moderated by Stanley Lindh

Thursday June 5, 2008

Wood Memorial Library South Windsor, CT.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Night

A reception follows

6:30PM-9:30PM

Moderated by Terri Klein

POETS: Lynna Garber , Jim Deuchars / Pittsburgh PA.

Friday June 6, 2008

Hall Memorial Library Ellington, CT.

Women Beat Authors

6:30PM-9:30PM

Moderated by Julia Paul

POETS: Susan Allison ( poet and founder of The Buttonwood Tree in Middletown CT., Christine Beck, Kathryn Erlinger / Kansas City, MO., Chamys Crane / San Francisco, CA. ,Katharine Polenberg / Long Branch, NJ.

Federal Cafe Hartford, CT.

Beat Inspired Comedy Open-Mic

10PM-1AM

Moderated by Greg Scott

Saturday June 7, 2008

Faxon Branch Library West Hartford, CT.

William Burroughs

Crowd participation in experiments with cut-upsand a film with Tom Nicotera.

12PM-2PM

Russell Library Middletown, CT.

Buddhism and the Beats

During this reading, local poets will read samples of Buddhist-inspired Beat poetry and also from their own Beat-inspired works.

2:30PM-5:30PM - A reception follows.

Moderated by Stephanie Elliott

POETS : Larry DeMott, James Gardiner, Terri Klein, Roy Lisker, Tom Nicotera

The Buttonwood Tree Middletown, CT.

Allen Ginsberg Night

6PM-9PM

POETS: Lisa C. Taylor

Gatekeepers Tavern Middletown, CT.

73 Ferry Street

Charles Bukowski Night

10PM-1AM

Moderated by Yvon J. Cormier

POETS: Dyllan Blodgett , Zachary Moll Monroeville, Ohio, Jason "Juice" Hardung Ft. Collins CO, Frank Reardon / Alabama, Rob Plath / Long Island, NY, Jack Henry / Corona CA.

Sunday June 8, 2008

Mark Twain House Hartford, CT.

Reader's Choice

2PM-5:30PM

Moderated by Colin Haskins

POETS: Kathryn Kelly, Julia Paul, Yvon J. Cormier / Middletown, CT., JD Roland / Cortez, CO., Rebecca Schumejda / Kingston NY., Nathan Graziano / Manchester, NH.

City Steam Brewery and Cafe Hartford, CT.

Gregory Corso Night

6PM-9:30PM

Open Mic follows

Moderated by John Dorsey

POETS: Lisa LaTourette / Highlands, NJ., Dan Provost / Worcester, MA., Iris Applequist / Kansis City, MO.

www.myspace.com/beatpoetryfestival

 

Open House Day, Connecticut

June 14th 2008 -
Butterworth Hall- University of Hartford
1265 Asylum Ave. Hartford, CT
1 - 4 p.m.

Attention Poets - The CT Poetry Society invites members who have published books over the past two years from April 2006 to April 2008 to share their words and celebrate. The event is free and open to poets and the public as part of Connecticut Open House Day, the signature event for the Ambassador Program, a state initiative of the CT Commission on Culture and Tourism designed to instill pride in CT citizens and encourage them to share our state's treasures when freinds and family visit.

Contact CPS President Christine Beck 860-655-3263

or CPS publicist, Lorna Morris Cyr 860-584-2857 or email to cyrlm@sbcglobal.net Include Poet's name, Name of the book, and short bio for the newspaper.

 

 

The Connecticut Poetry Calendar
CLICK HERE

Started in spring 2005, the Ordinary Evening reading series features both emerging and established writers in a monthly reading at the Anchor Bar Mermaid Room, downstairs. Borrowing its name from the poem "An Ordinary Evening in New Haven" by Wallace Stevens, the series aims to bring writers and audiences together in a no-fuss, informal environment to enjoy a little storytelling on a work-night. Readings are always on a Tuesday at 7pm, free of charge, both drinkers and teetotalers welcome.

This season's lineup offers an eclectic mix of poetry, fiction, non-fiction and drama from local and further-flung writers, including Laura M. MacDonald and Amy Bloom (10/16); Judith Baumel and Martha Cooley (11/13); and Robert Ackerman and Tom Gavin (12/11). For biographies, links to poems and other information, visit http://ordinaryevening.blogspot.com/.

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The Yale-Readings Listserv is sponsored by the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. To post announcements about poetry and fiction readings, send the full text of the announcement, including contact information, to nancy.kuhl at yale.edu. Messages sent directly to the Yale-Readings list may not be posted.

For more information about Poetry at the Beinecke Library, visit: https://beineckepoetry.wordpress.com

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Carolyn Forche to read at the New England Poetry Club June 29th. For a list of the New England Poetry Club events, click here: http://www.nepoetryclub.org/events.htm