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ANTRIM
HOUSE EVENTS
SUSAN ALLISON Thursday, March 11, 2010, Mishi-Maya-Gat.poetry series, Manchester Community College: featured reader with Kate Rushin for National Women's month. JAKE ANDERSON Sunday, January 10, 2010, 2 p.m., Cyrenius H. Booth Library (Antiques Room), Main St., Newtown, CT: Polly Brody will read from her new book of poetry, Stirring Shadows. An author-signing will follow, Snow date: January 17. The event is free and open to the public. Wednesday, April 28, time TBA, The Watermark at East Hill: a reading for residents and guests (with two other authors) at the "Books and Authors Luncheon." Authors' signing will follow the readings. Thursday, June 17, 7:00 p.m., the East Fishkill Community Library, 348 Route 376, Hopewell Junction, NY: a reading and book-signing. For information, email reference@eastfishkilllibrary.org. MICHAEL CERVAS
Sunday, March 14, 2:00 p.m., Windsor Art Center (Poetry on the Line series), 40 Mechanic St., Windsor, CT: reading with Jim Kelleher in an event entitled A GUINNESS OF VERSE. Tea and more will be served after the reading. For directions see www.windsorartcenter.org and for additional information 860-688-2528 or email info@windsorartcenter.org Thursday, March 18, 7:00 p.m., Wintonbury Branch Library, 1015 Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield, CT.: reading in the Wintonbury Branch Poetry Series, as a member of "Partners in Poetry," a group consisting of seven other poets:: Christine Beck, Sherri Bedingfield, Tere Foley, Pat Hale, Bob Jacob, Nancy Kerrigan, and Elaine Zimmerman. Open mic and refreshments. Free and open to the public. For more information: www.prosserlibrary.info. or 860-243-8855.
Friday, January 22, 7:00 p.m.,Westminster School, 995 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT: featured reader. The reading will be free and open to the public. It will take place in the Armour Academic Center (ample parking available in the parking lot adjacent to the Center). Refreshments will be served at the conclusion. For additional information, contact Michael Cervas at 860-784-1865. March 3, 8:00 p.m.,Wednesday Night Poetry Series, Blue Z Coffeehouse, 127 S. Main Street, Newtown CT: featured reader. An open mike precedes the reading. For details visit click here. Saturday morning, March 20, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Medway Public Library, 26 High St., Medway, MA: reading and book-signing. For information, call 508-533-3218. Friday, February 26, 1:30 p.m., YMCA, Brookfield, CT: reading and book-signing. Contacts: Doris Henderson (dmh2000@sbcglobal.net or Maureen Farrell (mfarrell@regionalYMCA.org). Thursday, March 18, 7:00 p.m., Wintonbury Branch Library, 1015 Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield, CT.: reading in the Wintonbury Branch Poetry Series, as a member of "Partners in Poetry," a group consisting of seven other poets:: Christine Beck, Sherri Bedingfield, Ginny Connors, Tere Foley, Pat Hale, Nancy Kerrigan, and Elaine Zimmerman. Open mic and refreshments. Free and open to the public. For more information:www.prosserlibrary.info or 860-243-8855. Wednesday, April 21, 7:15 p.m., the West Hartford Public Library: featured reader (with Elizabeth Kincaid-Ehlers and Sherri Bedingfield). Contact Joe Cadieux at cadieux@westhartford.org. Sunday, March 14, 2010, 2:00 p.m., Windsor Art Center (Poetry on the Line series), 40 Mechanic St., Windsor, CT: reading with Ginny Connors in an event entitled A GUINNESS OF VERSE. Tea and more will be served after the reading. For directions see www.windsorartcenter.org and for additional information 860-688-2528 or email info@windsorartcenter.org. Thursday, February 18, 7 p.m, the Wintonbury Branch Library, 1015 Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield, CT: featured reader (with Lori Desrosiers). Refreshments will be served, and an open mike will follow the reading. For information call Marilyn Johnston at 860-243-8855 or go to www.prosserlibrary.info. Monday, March 15, 7:00 p.m., WordForge, The Studio @ Billings Forge, 563 Broad Street, Hartford, CT: reading with River’s Edge Poets (the others are David Holdt and Drew Sanborn). The event includes an open mike. Wednesday, April 21, 7:15 p.m., the West Hartford Public
Library: featured reader (with Marilyn Johnston and Sherri Bedingfield).
Contact Joe Cadieux at cadieux@westhartford.org. Saturday, January 30, 6:30 p.m., the Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main Street, Middletown, CT: featured poet in the Riverwood Poetry Series. An open mic to follow. Information: 860-347-4957. Saturday, July 17th, 2010, 2:00-5:00 p.m., Brockton Public Library Poetry Series, 304 Main Street, Brockton, MA : featured reader (with Norah Pollard). The series includes workshops and other activities. For information: 508-580-7890 x101 and www.brocktonpubliclibrary.org. Wednesday, April 21, 7:00 p.m., New London Publice library:
reading and book-signing. The Library is located on Huntington Street
at the top of State Street directly across from the Garde Theater.
For information, call Jim Pearce at 860-443-7395.
Wednesday, February 10, 6:00-7:30 p.m., Franklin Public Library, 118 Main St., Franklin, MA: commentary on Red Pollard's life and times. Contact Barbara Andrews at 508.520.4940 Ext. 4517. Sunday, February 28, 4:00 p.m., Millrace Bookstore, 40 Mill Lane, Farmington, CT: reading and book-signing. The event is free for open-mikers and book-buyers, 20% discounted for students, $10 for others. Info: 860-677-9662, www.frlac.org. Saturday, July 17th, 2010 2:00-5:00 p.m., Brockton Public Library Poetry Series, 304 Main Street, Brockton, MA : featured reader (with Rennie McQuilkin). The series includes workshops and other activities. For information: 508-580-7890 x101 and www.brocktonpubliclibrary.org. Thursday, February 11, 2010, 7:00 p.m., Oliver Wolcott
Library, 160 South Street, Litchfield, CT: featured reader. For information
call the library at (860) 567-8030, consult their website (http://www.owlibrary.org),
or email the library director Ann MarieWhite at Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 7:00 p.m., New Hartford Library (The Licia & Mason Beekley Community Library), 10 Central Avenue, New Hartford, CT: reading & book-signing. For more information: (860) 379-7235 or staff@beekleylibrary.org. Sunday, April 11, 2010, 4 p.m., Millrace Books, 40 Mill lane, Farmington, CT: featured poet. An open mike will accompany the event. There is a nominal admission fee. Free for open-mikers or those who buy a book. Refreshments served. For information: 860-677-9662. Wednesday, February 24, the Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia St., Greenwich Village, NYC: reading with Samuel Menashe. For information: 212-989-9319 or http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com. Thursday, January 21, 7:00 p.m., Wintonbury Branch Poetry Series, Wintonbury Branch Library, 1015 Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield, CT.: featured reader. Open mic and refreshments. Free and open to the public.For information: www.prosserlibrary.info or 860-243-8855. Monday, February 15, 1:00-3:00 p.m., “Poems You Can Talk To,” a reading from My Daughter is Drummer in the Rock ‘N Roll Band, with piano accompaniment by David Sergio. Opportunity for discussion following the performance. Presented by the Adult Learning Program of the University of Connecticut, Hartford Branch, at Seabury, 200 Seabury Drive (off Wintonbury Avenue), Bloomfield. Membership in the Adult Learning Program is required. For information call the ALP Office at 860-570-9079. Sunday, February 7, 2010, 2:00 p.m., Windsor Art Center (Poetry on the Line series), 40 Mechanic St., Windsor, CT: reading with Edwina Trentham in an event entitled STRAIGHT TO THE HEART: PRELUDE FOR VALENTINE'S DAY. Tea and more will be served after the reading. For directions see www.windsorartcenter.org and for additional information 860-688-2528 or email info@windsorartcenter.org. Wed. January, 27, 6:30 pm, Broad Brook Books & Stuff, 100 Main St., Broad Brook, CT.(near Enfield): Edwina Trentham will read to inaugurate the first in a new poetry series. An open mic will follow. For information: 860-623-5100 and http://www.broadbrookbooks.com. Sunday, February 7, 2010, 2:00 p.m., Windsor Art Center (Poetry on the Line series), 40 Mechanic St., Windsor, CT: reading with John Stanizzi in an event entitled STRAIGHT TO THE HEART: PRELUDE FOR VALENTINE'S DAY. Tea and more will be served after the reading. For directions see www.windsorartcenter.org and for additional information 860-688-2528 or email info@windsorartcenter.org. SPECIAL EVENTS
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL POETRY SERIES: Westminster
School will host a series of literary readings given by students, teachers
and guest writers in the Gund Reading Room of its Armour Academic Center
on six Fridays during the 2009-2010 academic year. The school is located
at 995 Hopmeadow Street in Simsbury. The readings are free and open
to the public. They are scheduled for 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Oct. 2, Nov.
6, Jan. 22, Feb. 26, April 16 and May 21. Refreshments will be served
at the conclusion of the readings and ample parking will be available
in the parking lot adjacent to the Armour Academic Center. On Friday,
Jan. 22, 2010, the student reader will be Eddie Gentle, and the featured
poet will be Brad Davis. Refreshments will be served
at the conclusion of the reading, and ample parking will be available
in the parking lot adjacent to the Armour Academic Center. Anyone wishing
additional information about the reading series should contact Michael
Cervas at 860-784-1865. WALLY SWIST will read and present “My film In Praise of the Earth” (created in conjunction with filmmaker Elizabeth Wilda) on Sunday, January 17 at 4:00 p.m.at the Lenox Library Association, 18 Main St., Lenox, MA. The event, which is part of The Distinguished Lecture Series, is free and open to the public. For more information, click here. : POETRY POTLUCK at The Sanctuary, 59 Bogel Road, East Haddam, Connecticut. Next meeting April 4. Do you love poetry? Would you like to be part of an ongoing poetry discussion group offering food for the mind and the heart? If so, come and join us on the first Sunday of each month from 4.30-6.00 PM. at The Yurt at the Sanctuary in East Haddam, Connecticut, to discuss poetry and build community.This is not about sharing our own work but instead offers us a chance to share the work of poets we love, so you don’t have to be a poet to be part of this group. Just come and bring your love of poetry and a poem you would like to share. For more information call 860-319-1134. The Sanctuary is at 59 Bogel Road, East Haddam, Connecticut. We meet in the Yurt, so use the driveway right after the 59 Bogel Road mailbox and park in the field near the Yurt.
WINTONBURY BRANCH POETRY SERIES & OPEN MIKE, SPRING 2010 Third Thursdays at 7 p.m. Hosts: Marilyn Johnston, Tom Nicotera. Wintonbury
Branch Library, 1015 Blue Hills Ave., Bloomfield, CT. For information:
860-242-0041), www.prosserlibrary.info
(see “Wintonbury Branch”). Spark your creativity with this spring's Wintonbury Branch Poetry Series & Open Mike! We begin January 21 with Alexandrina Sergio, author of a recent collection, My Daughter is Drummer in the Rock ‘n Roll Band (Antrim House, 2009). She is first prize-winner in the 2007 Connecticut Senior Poetry Contest and has published widely in many journals, including in Caduceus and the Connecticut River Review.
February 18 we spotlight "Two Voices" with Lori Desrosiers, author of a chapbook, "Three Vanities" (Pudding House Press, 2009). Her publishing credits include BigCityLit, The Equinox, and Common Ground Review. She is the editor of Naugatuck River Review and teaches English at Westfield State College. Co-featuring with Lori will be Elizabeth Kincaid-Ehlers, author of two books, Leaping and Looming (2005) and her most recent book, Seasoning (Antrim House, 2009).
Popular local poetry group, "Partners in Poetry," will read on March 18. This long-time group consists of eight talented, diverse poets, two with published collections to their credit: Christine Beck, Sherri Bedingfield, Ginny Connors, Tere Foley, Pat Hale, Bob Jacob, Nancy Kerrigan, and Elaine Zimmerman.
Finally, we will celebrate National Poetry Month on April 15 with Kate Rushin, teacher at the Greater Hartford Academy for the Arts. Ms. Rushin is the author of The Black Back-Ups (Firebrand Books) and is recipient of the Rose Low Rome Memorial Prize and the Grolier Poetry Prize. We are pleased to have two Bloomfield poets, patrons of the Wintonbury Branch, reading with Ms. Rushin. These two sisters are highly talented young poets with many publishing credits between them. Melissa Dione McEwen works from home for a small public relations/electronic clipping company based in Colchester, Connecticut. Her poems have been published in MiPOesias, Rattle, The Litchfield Review, and several online journals. In 2008, her poetry was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Michelle McEwen has had poems published in The Caribbean Writer, Best New Poets 2007, O & S, and online at umbrellajournal.com, http://umbrellajournal.com/ and bigcitylit.com http://bigcitylit.com/>. She also runs the blog theblacktelephone.blogspot.com <http://theblacktelephone.blogspot.com/> where she interviews poets and reviews books.
An open mike and light refreshments follow the featured poet(s) at all events, which are free and open to the public.
WORDFORGE READING
SERIES Monday Feb. 1, 7pm—Ten Thousand Things Plus Open Mike
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