1. Friday, December 9, 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. - Create a Sizzling Brand, Brighton Town Hall 2300 Elmwood Ave Brighton, NY 14618
2. Artists Union Gallery: poetry every Tuesday at 7:30pm 330 South California Street, Ventura, CA
Host:Phil Taggart open-mic www.venturaartistsu nion.org
3. People+People=Business2Business Tuesday, December 6, 2011 5:00pm until 7:00pm
Monroe's Restaurant
Monroe's Restaurant
Free Admission *Cash Bar * Free Appetizers * Music RSVP by November 30th email Lori@PeoplePlusPeopleNY.co m
4.The Fourth Massachusetts Poetry Festival will be held from April 20-22 in downtown Salem, Massachusetts. The Planning Committee of Mass Poetry is requesting proposals for programming from poets, poetry organizations, presses, and editors. The deadline for getting your proposal for presentations at the 2012 Massachusetts Poetry Festival is December 1.
To submit a proposal go to:
http://bit.ly/ 2012Programs
The Festival seeks programming that encompasses the diversity of Massachusetts poets. We seek diversity of poetic voice, style, vision, language and method. Within that diversity we will select the highest quality of content and presentation possible. We seek diversity of age, region of the state, language, gender, background, race and ethnicity. As well we seek diversity of presentation: readings, panels, poetry and dance, poetry and music, workshops, interactive events, poetry and the other arts.
To see past festival programming, go to: http://masspoetry. crowdvine. com/
5. our Annual Local “Author Extravaganza” this year to be held on Sunday December 11th, 2011 from 2 to 5 p.m. Due to the growing number of participating authors, we have extended the event an extra hour to 5 p.m. Lift Bridge Book Shop 45 Main St. Brockport, NY 14420 585-637-2260 fax 585-637-7823 visit www.liftbridgebooks.com for addtional info
6. Larry, the next deadline for the San Gabriel Valley Quarterly is December 3rd, .As always, we'll accept submitions from everywhere. I would refer people to the website t; http://sgvpq.blogspot.com Thanks, Don " Kingfisher" Campbell ( aka : The Soup (urp!) man!) publisher.
7. Congrats to Prof. Vincent F. A. Golphin of Rochester, NY on being chosen as the Poetry Super Highway's Poet of the Week for the week of 11/27/11 - 12/3/11 ! vistit:
http://poetrysuperhighway.com/PoetLinks.html to check him out!
8. Ellyn Maybe's Poetry Rodeo Thursday, December 15, 2011 7:00pm - 10:00pm
The Ellyn Maybe Band which includes Harlan Steinberger, Robbie Fitzsimmons, Danny Moynahan and Tommy Jordan will perform and there is also an open reading where the band will improvise behind you. General admission $8, seniors and students $5, members free.Beyond Baroque Literary/ Arts Center
681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291 310-822-3006
http://www.beyondbaroque.org/
9. Center at High Falls60 Browns Race Ste 1, Rochester, NY 14614 Currently in the Gallery:“Treasures”Reception December 4,2011 3-6pm P.M.Last view Friday 1/6/12 (585) 325-2030
10. Cindy Blair is reading at the Black Eyed Susan Cafe on Dec. 20th at 7:00pm.22 W. Main St. in Angelica.NY 585-466-7070 http://www.angelicasweetshop.com
Lots of stuff this week huh? I guess that means I have to do a poem doesn't it?
A Thanksgiving Poem
by "Laughing" Larry B.
Past the turkey and the cranberries.
we'll get our exercise later doing the mash potato
til the sun goes down
Past the Football and the paradeswe all take Tryptophan induced napsand dream of what presents we're going to getthat would make getting up at 5:00 A .M. to hit the sales worthwhile
after all
we all need stuffing at least once a year in America
don't we?
