Register TODAY to avoid the $25 Tardy Bard Penalty! @ The Winter Poetry & Prose
Getaway
Friday-Sunday, January 15-18
Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
The Grand Hotel
Cape May, NJ
There is still room in the following workshops:
POETRY
Poetry Writing for Beginners
Advanced Poetry Writing
PROSE
Writing for the Children's Market
To the Point: Short Creative Nonfiction
Turning Memory into Memoir - Only 1 seat remaining
Writing and Publishing New Fiction - Only 1 seat remaining
MUSIC
Song Writing
Plus tutorials, panels, readings, open mics…and dancing!
Tuition: $385 / $410 after December 15
Room packages include 3 nights with breakfast & lunch: $250 double / $410 single
Gift Certificates Available.
Contact: Peter Murphy– 888-887-2105 / info@...http://www.wintergetaway.com/
15th Anniversary Celebration
PIZZA & POETRY in Camden
Join Rocky Wilson (& Bongo) to celebrate the Winter Solstice and Emily
Dickinson's 179th Birthday.
Monday, December 21, 7pm
Little Slice of NY Pizza Parlor
122 North 3rd St.
Camden, NJ
(Betw. Market and Cooper Sts.)
$ for Pi$$a. Bring a little wine. Open Reading.
Contact: 856.964.0404 / rockyandbongo@...
JOEL ALLEGRETTI & ROY LUCIANNA in Teaneck
Saturday, Dec. 19 at 8 PM
Classic Quiche Café
330 Queen Anne Rd,
Teaneck, NJ.
Free? Open Mic (poetry and music)
Contact: 201 692-0150
http://www.classicquiche.com
STUDENT READINGS @ Princeton
Featuring select students in the Program in Creative Writing reading excerpts of
their work.
Wednesday, December 16, 4:30 PM
Princeton University
James M. Stewart '32 Theater
Lewis Center for the Arts
185 Nassau Street
Princeton, NJ
Free
Contact: Hope L. VanCleaf, vancleaf@...http://www.princeton.edu/arts/arts_at_princeton/creative_writing/
Sponsored by the Lewis Center for the Arts, Program in Creative Writing.
"River Read" Reading Series
JACKIE CORLEY & ALISSA PECORA in Red Bank
Sunday, December 13, 2:00pm
The Dublin House
30 Monmouth Street
Red Bank, NJ
Free
Contact: jpetrolinoiii@...
Ragged Sky Poets
ELLEN FOOS, MIMI DANSON, CARLOS HERNANDEZ PENA, ELIZABETH SOCOLOW & ARLENE
WEINER in Princeton
Wednesday, December 16, 7:30 PM
U.S. 1 Poets Invite Series
Princeton Public Library
65 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ
Free. Open Reading
Contact: Jamie Quirk 609-924-9529
http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/
Moonstone Poetry Series Presents:
POETS & PROPHETS in Philly
Tuesday, December 15, 7pm - Poetry
Moonstone Arts Center
110A S. 13th Street
Philly, PA
Free.
Contact: 215-735-9600
OZONE PARK LITERARY JOURNAL Launch @ Queens College
Sponsored by the MFA Program in Creative Writing & Literary Translation
Tuesday, December 15th, 6:30-8:30 pm
The Godwin-Ternbach Art Museum
Queens College, City University of New York
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
405 Klapper Hall
Flushing, New York
Free. Reception to follow.
Contact: Nicole Cooley, Nicole.Cooley@...
Ozone Park Literary Journal & Directions:
http://ozoneparkjournal.org
An Evening of Poetry and Music
BARRY WALLENSTEIN & CHRIS BRANDT in NYC
Eric Plaks (piano), Vincent Chancey (French horn) & Guest Musicians (TBA)
Monday December 14th, 6 p.m.,
Cornelia St. Café
29 Cornelia St. (Between Bleecker St. & W. 4th just west of 6th Ave.)
NYC
$12 cover ( includes one drink), $7 for students
Contact: (212) 989-9319
EDWIN ROMOND in Nazareth, PA
Sunday, December 13, 4 pm - 4:30 pm
Kula Heart Yoga & Kula KinderCare Center
2 Belvidere St.
Nazareth, PA
Free
Contact: 610-746-5852
LUIS FRANCIA in Queens
reading from his book Museum of Absences and in Queens.
Sunday, December 13, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Queens Central Library Auditorium
89-11 Merrick Boulevard
Jamaica, NY
Free. Open Mic for poets
718-990-0778/ stockchang@...
www.queenslibrary.org
POETRY MEETS SCIENCE in Princeton
WILLIAM IRWIN THOMPSON in Conversation about the intersections between poetry,
mysticism, and science with DEAN DAVID DOBKIN, SCOTT MCVAY & J.C. TODD
Thursday, December 10th @ 5.30PM
Labyrinth Books
122 Nassau Street
Princeton, NJ
Free
Contact: 609 497 1600 / dorothea@...http://www.labyrinthbooks.com/events_detail.aspx?evtid=465
RENEE ASHLEY & HANK KALET in Monmouth Junction
Sunday, December 13, 2 p.m.
South Brunswick Library
110 Kingston Lane
Monmouth Junction, NJ
Admission is free, but bring some nonperishable food for the local food pantry.
Open reading to follow.
Contact: otherhalf@...http://www.sbpl.info
New York Quarterly Reading Series
SHYA SCANLON, DOUGLAS TREEM & LESLIEANN HOBAYAN in NYC
curated by Ted Jonathan
Wednesday, Dec. 9th, 6p.m.
The Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street
$7 cover gets you a free drink
Contact: 212.989.9319
www.corneliastreetcafe.com
www.nyquarterly.org
DON'T BE A TARDY BARD @ The Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
Friday-Sunday, January 15-18
Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
The Grand Hotel
Cape May, NJ
Register by Tuesday, December 15 to avoid the $25 Tardy Bard Penalty.
There is still room for you in one of the following workshops:
POETRY
• Poetry Writing for Beginners
• Advanced Poetry Writing
• Poetry Manuscript Workshop
PROSE
• Focusing Your Fiction
• Writing and Publishing New Fiction
• Writing for the Children's Market
• The Art & Craft of Creative Nonfiction
• To the Point: Short Creative Nonfiction
• Turning Memory into Memoir
MUSIC
• Song Writing
Plus tutorials, panels, readings, open mics…and dancing!
Tuition: $385 / $410 after December 15
Room packages include 3 nights with breakfast & lunch: $250 double / $410 single
Gift Certificates Available.
Contact: Peter Murphy– 888-887-2105 / info@...http://www.wintergetaway.com/
19th Annual “Bringing Caregivers Closer” Conference LITERATURE & MEDICINE @ Stockton
Bringing Caregivers Closer: Nurturing the Humanity & Art of Primary Healthcare Friday, December 11, 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Elizabeth Alton Auditorium Richard Stockton College Pomona, NJ
Keynote Speakers include Danielle Ofri, MD, editor of the Bellevue Literary Review, and Mack Lipkin, MD.
Breakout sessions involve reading, discussing and writing poetry
and short prose pieces.
$15 (Includes continental breakfast & lunch) CME's available for Nurses, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed
Professional Counselors and NJ Public Health Professionals.
See attached flier. For more information:
http://www.atlanticare.org/events/caregivers/index.php Register online or call 1-888-569-1000
Sponsored by The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, South Jersey Cultural Alliance, Southern Jersey Ethics Alliance, New Jersey Council for the Humanities and AtlantiCare Health Engagement.
The 6th Annual Festival Of The Short Poem
HARVEY SHAPIRO in NYC
+ 30 Brevitas Poets including Patricia Carragon, Hal Sirowitz, Angelo Verga and
more.
Sunday, December 6, 1:30-4:45 pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (b/t Houston + Bleecker Sts.)
New York City
Fee or free?
Open Mic follows - poems 14 lines or less
Contact: 212-614-0505
www.bowerypoetry.com
Painted Bride Quarterly will host a
STORY SLAM in Philly
Thursday, December. 10, 7:30 p.m.
Pen and Pencil Club
1522 Latimer St.
Philly
We'll provide writing implements and paper. You have the fun. Think, "Whose Line
is it Anyway?" crossed with Henry Rollins. Come prepared for the final round,
and bring prose or poetry you write in advance, using the words "dog," "slipped"
and "red." And bring $1 bills for betting. (We're not kidding.) Want more info?
Come out and play. We've said too much already. Special Guest host in October:
Steven Volk of Philadelphia Magazine.
Free?
Contact: pbq@...
pbq.drexel.edu
LINDA RADICE in Hoboken
Sunday, December 6 @ 3 PM
Symposia Bookstore
510 Washington Street
Hoboken NJ
Free ($3 suggested donation)
Contact: david_vincenti@...
Poets Wednesday
MATT BORKOWSKI in Rahway
Wednesday, December 9, 8 PM
Barron Arts Center
582 Rahway Ave.
Woodbridge, NJ
Free. Open Reading
Contact: Deborah LaVeglia 908-272-3141
Library: 732-634-0413
MADISON SMARTT BELL @ Rutgers, Camden
Wednesday, December 9, 7 P.M.
Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts
Stedman Gallery
Rutgers University
3rd St. between Cooper St. & Pearl St.
Camden, NJ
Free
Contact: mfa@...
MATTHEW & MICHAEL DICKMAN @ Monmouth
Wednesday, December 9 at 4:30 p.m.
Wilson Auditorium
Monmouth
400 Cedar Avenue
West Long Branch, NJ
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Free
Contact: 732-571-3512
http://www.monmouth.edu/arts_events/visitingwriters.asp
LYNN LEVIN, DIANE LOCKWARD & BILL WUNDER in Philly
Sunday, December 6, 3:00 to 5:30 PM.
Manayunk Art Center
419 Green Lane (rear)
Philadelphia, PA 19128
$4 Donation requested. Refreshments available.
Open Reading After Program
Contact: Peter Krok 215-482-3363 / macpoet1@...