1. Tebot Bach Reading Series with Daniel McGinn ; Tamara Madison
Friday, September 30 · 8:00pm - 10:00pm Golden West College Huntington Beach, CAReading
Friday, September 30th, 2011 - 8:00 p.m. Sign up for the open reading begins at 7:30 p.m. Community Room 102 at Golden West College
Featured Readers:Daniel McGinn; Tamara Madison Go to www.tebotbach.org for more information.
2. Beside the City of Angels: A Long Beach Poetry Festival
435 Alamitos Ave.2nd City Council Art Gallery Long Beach,CA Join us Saturday, October 15th from 10am-9pm for an all day celebration of words at the first annual Beside the City of Angels Long Beach poetry festival featuring: Erika Ayon,Amanda J. Bradley,John Brantingham,David Caddy,Jeff Epley,Dorothea Grossman (with trombonist Michael Vlatkovich),Raymond Hammond,David Hernandez,Steve Kowit,Cassandra Love,Rick Lupert,Bill Mohr,Patty Seyburn,Joan Jobe Smith,Clifton Snider,Barry Spacks,G. Murray Thomas,Mehnaz Turner,Fred Voss,Charles Harper Webb,Grace Zabriskie
Rafael Zepeda. Hosted by:Anna Badua, Donna Hilbert, Kevin Lee, Tamara Madison, Clint Margrave, Paul Kareem TayyarFor a complete event schedule visit: http://lbpoetryfestival.bl
This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.
3. Free Speech Zone Series
Monday, September 26 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm Tango Cafe 389 Gregory Street, Rochester,NY Join us next Monday, September 26, 8 pm, when our featured reader will be poet JANET COLLINGE, followed by our popular open mic.
Janet Collinge comes from a writing and newspaper family, with her uncle and maternal aunt owning the "Grinnell Herald Register," her grandmother being an English teacher, and her paternal great aunt attending Breadloaf with Robert Frost.
Janet has over 20 years of experience in public relations and was a promotional intern at Syracuse Stage for the inaugural season of the John D. Archbold Theatre. Other clients include Judith Hook Dance, the American Lung Association, Penfield Symphony Orchestra, and, most recently, more than 300 businesses for Downtown Special Services. She's also done by-lined freelance assignments for the "Democrat and Chronicle" and "Rochester Business Journal."
A pop-up book bought from a vendor at New York World’s Fair prompted an interest in poetry. She has been named Incognito Café’s “Poet of the Month." Albany Poetry Workshop’s “Spotlight Poet,” and lead judge for America Online’s poetry slams. Her poems have been published in "Rochester Shorts" and "Smudge." They have also been used as a teaching tool in Maunee Valley Country Day School creative writing classes. “Searching for a Manger” was the basis for Pastor Ann Spurgeon's Christmas Eve sermon, "Come as a Child," at Channahon Methodist Church in Chicago.
All are welcome to perform at our open mic: singers, poets, musicians, comics. See you Monday.
~Frank 260-9005
Janet Collinge comes from a writing and newspaper family, with her uncle and maternal aunt owning the "Grinnell Herald Register," her grandmother being an English teacher, and her paternal great aunt attending Breadloaf with Robert Frost.
Janet has over 20 years of experience in public relations and was a promotional intern at Syracuse Stage for the inaugural season of the John D. Archbold Theatre. Other clients include Judith Hook Dance, the American Lung Association, Penfield Symphony Orchestra, and, most recently, more than 300 businesses for Downtown Special Services. She's also done by-lined freelance assignments for the "Democrat and Chronicle" and "Rochester Business Journal."
A pop-up book bought from a vendor at New York World’s Fair prompted an interest in poetry. She has been named Incognito Café’s “Poet of the Month." Albany Poetry Workshop’s “Spotlight Poet,” and lead judge for America Online’s poetry slams. Her poems have been published in "Rochester Shorts" and "Smudge." They have also been used as a teaching tool in Maunee Valley Country Day School creative writing classes. “Searching for a Manger” was the basis for Pastor Ann Spurgeon's Christmas Eve sermon, "Come as a Child," at Channahon Methodist Church in Chicago.
All are welcome to perform at our open mic: singers, poets, musicians, comics. See you Monday.
~Frank 260-9005
4. Get Connected! First Tuesdays October
5. The Soup (Urp!) Man, Don"Kingfisher" Campbell is currently accepting submitions for the SGV Quarterly between now and December 3rd 2011 contact him at:
http://sgvpq.blogspot.com for more info.
http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000187234
October 4 is the time to get out and Get Connected! with some great not-for-profit groups from Rochester and the upstate NY region! This annual event is one of DR’s biggest gatherings of the year, and we welcome a remarkable mix of Rochester ’s best. There will be tech groups, professional associations and service organizations –a great way to find opportunities for you to plug into good things happening in the greater Rochester region.
The list of participants is still growing!
When: Tuesday, October 4th,Time: 5:30 – 7:30 pm ,Where: Village Gate Square
274 North Goodman Street (map) Second floor atrium Admission: Free for DR Supporting Members, $5 for Non Members
274 North Goodman Street (map) Second floor atrium Admission: Free for DR Supporting Members, $5 for Non Members
AAUW
Ad Council Rochester
AIGA UPSTNY
APICS
Apple CIDER
Community Darkroom
Digital Rochester
FAME
International Business Council
National Human Resource Association Rochester
PMI Rochester
Rochester / American Marketing Association (RAMA)
Rochester Professional Consultants Network (RPCN)
Rochester.rb
Rochester Salesforce.com User Group
Rochester Web StartUps
Rochester Young Professionals
RocTweetup
Small Business Council
The August Group
VisitRochester
Web Start-Ups
Word Press Users Group
Rochester is a community of extraordinary people and this is a mix of folks that you won't want to miss, so mark your calendar, call a few friends, and come Get Connected! in Rochester !
Ad Council Rochester
AIGA UPSTNY
APICS
Apple CIDER
Community Darkroom
Digital Rochester
FAME
International Business Council
National Human Resource Association Rochester
PMI Rochester
Rochester / American Marketing Association (RAMA)
Rochester Professional Consultants Network (RPCN)
Rochester.rb
Rochester Salesforce.com User Group
Rochester Web StartUps
Rochester Young Professionals
RocTweetup
Small Business Council
The August Group
VisitRochester
Web Start-Ups
Word Press Users Group
Rochester is a community of extraordinary people and this is a mix of folks that you won't want to miss, so mark your calendar, call a few friends, and come Get Connected! in Rochester !
Save The Date
10/04 First Tuesdays October - Get Connected! at Village Gate
11/01 First Tuesdays November at the RIT Center for Student Innovation
12/06 First Tuesdays December - Festivus at the Rochester Museum; Science Center
Stay up-to-date on all upcoming events at DigitalRochester.com! 10/04 First Tuesdays October - Get Connected! at Village Gate
11/01 First Tuesdays November at the RIT Center for Student Innovation
12/06 First Tuesdays December - Festivus at the Rochester Museum; Science Center
5. The Soup (Urp!) Man, Don"Kingfisher" Campbell is currently accepting submitions for the SGV Quarterly between now and December 3rd 2011 contact him at:
6. The John Wiesenthal Art exhibit: Now through October 3rd 2011 . The Williams Gallery First Unitarian church 220 Winton Rd. Rochester NY go check it out!
Whew! Lots of stuff this week! Here's a poem that I was honored to have accepted by The Beyond Baroque Foundation as my contribution to the memorial for Scott Wannaberg. Enjoy!
My Turn
By "Laughing" Larry Berger
You know you are a poet
When your words touch hearts
and the wind blows through your veins
and you just gotta write it down
You know you are a poet
when you spit lightning and
The audience doesn't leave for intermission
because there too transfixed by what you say
so you do another , smooth as slik and glass wave clear
You know your a poet when your name is compared
to the likes of Walt Whitman, Salvador Dali, Tupac Shikur
and Robert Bly
And you really know your a poet when none of this matters as long as your writing poetry.
How'd I do?
and Here' s the link for the books:
See you next week!
1 comment:
Happy Belated Birthday, Larry! Impressive blog site, my friend. I wish you well!
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