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SUMMARY:POP UP: ADRIANOS TACOS & SOUL FOOD
DESCRIPTION:West Coast style Street Tacos & Southern favorites.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/pop-up-adrianos-tacos-soul-food/
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SUMMARY:New England Poetry Club: An Introduction
DESCRIPTION:The New England Poetry Club was founded in 1915 by Robert Frost\, Conrad Aiken\, and Amy Lowell. Now in 2022\, the club offer grants for diverse populations\, contests\, writing seminars with accomplished poets\, and readings. This panel will discuss the history of the organization\, the grants it offers to diverse populations\, the contest offerings\, it’s prestigious Golden Rose Award\, the new Sam Cornish Award and others. Over the years many people have found their voice here\, and have had the chance to meet major poets\, from around the world.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/new-england-poetry-club-an-introduction/
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SUMMARY:Poetry & Music with Charles Coe
DESCRIPTION:Poet and Vocalist Charles Coe will offer a presentation combining music and spoken word. He will read samples of his poetry\, including work from “Purgatory Road\,” his fourth collection. He will also perform a number of a cappella vocal pieces\, including his own compositions.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/poetry-music-with-charles-coe/
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SUMMARY:Bringing Joy Back to Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Poetry doesn’t always have to be broody and dark! We’ll read some poems by poets who are bringing the joy back to poetry\, including: Ross Gay\, Aimee Nezhukumathil\, Sandra Beasley\, and Terrance Hayes and try to learn from them. We’ll complete 2 short writing exercises and attendees will leave with a handful of prompts to try at home.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/bringing-joy-back-to-poetry/
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SUMMARY:Poems\, Pac-Man\, and Pinball
DESCRIPTION:Join poet Colleen Michaels for a game-themed workshop at Bit Bar in Salem!
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/poems-pac-man-and-pinball/
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SUMMARY:Your Pictures as Poetry: Writing From Your Photo Stream
DESCRIPTION:Our photo streams show what we care about and hope to preserve\, what moves and mystifies us\, the people\, places and experiences that bring meaning into our lives. Writing poetry and prose from photos allows us to express the truth of what we feel – and know – and haven’t said\, as we capture the beauty and deeper meaning of an image in words. Writing from photos allows us to approach our pictures with an awareness of powerful hidden meanings and revelations worthy of development. Whether you’re writing poetry or prose\, memoir or a blog\, family history or a monologue\, your personal photos will be an excellent prompt to compelling writing. Please bring 1-3 personal photos to write from.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/your-pictures-as-poetry-writing-from-your-photo-stream/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T180000
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SUMMARY:Terror Next Door
DESCRIPTION:On this expert-guided\, interactive and deep-dive into the Witch Trials explore in rare detail how a house and neighborhood reveal stories of terror and survival as they witnessed one of the darkest periods in American history. We’ll start inside the c1667 Daniels House where you’ll tour a living home from the Trials and choose from a selection of historical drinks to take with you while we explore the Witch Trials sites in the incredibly preserved surrounding neighborhood. Small groups allow for a more intimate experience\, we recommend booking in advance to ensure a spot.\n~1.75 hours\, approx 1 mile walking\n$36/person
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/terror-next-door-5/
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T200000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230503T090013Z
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SUMMARY:Drawn Together Reception – Salem Arts Association
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, May 5\, 6-8pm\, Salem Arts Association is hosting a Cinco de Mayo-themed reception celebrating the Drawn Together exhibit.  Festivities will include the opportunity to draw a live model who will be walking through the gallery striking poses and an assortment of beverages and Mexican snacks. \nSalem Arts is honored to host an exhibit of artwork produced during the Drawn Together sessions.  Every Tuesday night Sure Grillo has put together scenes featuring live models as inspiration for drawing.  Although initially at Gulu Gulu Cafe in collaboration with the folks of SCAM; covid restrictions compelled them – with help from the wonderful people at Creative Collective – to switch to an online virtual Zoom event.  This is an exhibit of these drawings curated by Sue Grillo.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/drawn-together-reception-salem-arts-association/
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T210000
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SUMMARY:Friday Night Music at East Regiment
DESCRIPTION:Support local artists at East Regiment Beer Company with their Friday Night Music series. Each week will highlight a new local artists that will take the stage to fill the bar with tunes. Enjoy the bars bespoke aesthetic and delicious locally made beers.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/friday-night-music-at-east-regiment-8/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T203000
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SUMMARY:Massachusetts Poetry Festival Headline Event
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the opening headline event of the Festival! This reading will feature poets Andrea Cohen and January Gill O’Neil. The event will open with a special performance by The Boston Typewriter Orchestra and a reading by the winner of Mass Poetry’s First Poem Contest. \nAndrea Cohen’s poems and stories have appeared in The New Yorker\, Poetry\, The Threepenny Review\, The Atlantic Monthly\, The New Republic\, Glimmer Train\, The Hudson Review\, etc. \nA new book of poems\, The Sorrow Apartments\, is forthcoming from Four Way Books. Other collections include Everything (Four Way\, 2021)\, Nightshade (Four Way\, 2019). Unfathoming (Four Way\, 2017)\,  Furs Not Mine (Four Way\, 2015)\, Kentucky Derby (Salmon Poetry\, 2011)\, Long Division (Salmon Poetry\, 2009)\, and The Cartographer’s Vacation (Owl Creek Press\, 1999). \nAwards include a Guggenheim Fellowship\, Glimmer Train’s Short Fiction Award\, and several fellowships at MacDowell. Over the years\, she has taught at The University of Iowa\, Emerson College\, UMASS-Boston\, Boston University\, The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, and Merrimack College\, where she was the founding director of the Writers’ House. She directs the Blacksmith House Poetry Series in Cambridge\, MA. \nJanuary Gill O’Neil is an associate professor at Salem State University\, and the author of Glitter Road (forthcoming\, 2024)\, Rewilding (2018)\, Misery Islands (2014)\, and Underlife (2009)\, all published by CavanKerry Press. From 2012-2018\, she served as the executive director of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival\, and currently serves as the 2022-2023 board chair of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP). Her poems and articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine\, the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A-Day series\, American Poetry Review\, Poetry\, and Sierra magazine\, among others. Her poem\, “At the Rededication of the Emmett Till Memorial\,” was a co-winner of the 2022 Allen Ginsberg Poetry award from the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College. The recipient of fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council\, Cave Canem\, and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund\, O’Neil was the 2019-2020 John and Renée Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi\, Oxford. She lives with her two children in Beverly\, Massachusetts. \nThe Boston Typewriter Orchestra is a collective percussive ensemble for typewriter and voice based in the Boston area. Creative. Eclectic. Nostalgic. The BTO entertains with collaborative rhythmic\, comedic\, and satiric performances. Beyond the show itself\, the BTO seeks to educate and evangelize the archaic machines they use\, allowing folks an opportunity to connect with history and industrial technology\, sometimes for the first time.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/massachusetts-poetry-festival-headline-event/
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SUMMARY:Once Upon A Time: An Evening of Enchanted Music and Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Fresh off a sold-out show\, Hello Friends Productions brings the NEW Broadway Review\, “Once Upon A Time” to the Hammond Castle Museum! Act I combines songs from Broadway greats such as Sunset Boulevard\, Man of LaMancha\, Hadestown and more.\nAct II re-tells Cinderella with a modern twist with hits from the 50s through today with music from artists such as Beyoncé\, Black Eyed Peas\, Dolly Parton\, The Proclaimers and more!  They are sure to have us all laughing\, toe-tapping\, and singing right along with this family-friendly show! Featuring the voices and antics of Bobby Kerrigan\, Kelly Murphy\, Thom Smoker\, April Foley\, Becky Pehner Ruccio\, Crystal VanArdsdalen\, Tom Edmonds\, Andrew Hankinson and Sean Murphy.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/once-upon-a-time-an-evening-of-enchanted-music-and-storytelling/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T200000
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SUMMARY:Ru Paul Viewing Party with Miz Diamond
DESCRIPTION:Stop by Bit Bar every Friday night for a live viewing of Ru Paul’s Drag Race with local Drag Queen Miz Diamond.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/ru-paul-viewing-party-with-miz-diamond-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T204500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T223000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Slam
DESCRIPTION:A poetry slam open to any team.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/poetry-slam/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230505T223000
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SUMMARY:Live DJ Music Fridays at the Village Tavern
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a live DJ set every Friday night at the Village Tavern Salem with great food and drinks. Enjoy a night out on the town with the Salem community.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/live-dj-music-fridays-at-the-village-tavern-8/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T100000
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SUMMARY:Poetry & Yoga
DESCRIPTION:How often does a poem turn into a meditation? How often does a meditation turn into a poem? Could this happen more often? \nIn this workshop we will explore how breath\, yoga\, and meditation can help create the soft space from where a poem emerges. Or maybe a simple word or meditation creates the soft space from where meditation and yoga emerges. Come experience this beautiful interplay of word and breath with nothing but a yoga mat and open heart.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/poetry-yoga/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T150000
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SUMMARY:Spring Fling Vendor and Craft Fair
DESCRIPTION:Get a jump on your Mother’s Day and Father’s Day shopping! Snacks and refreshments will be available for purchase. All proceeds for this event will support the Essex Scholarship Fund.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/spring-fling-vendor-and-craft-fair/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T170000
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SUMMARY:The Add-Some-Art Mural
DESCRIPTION:Are you a teen who loves drawing\, doodling\, designing\, sketching\, scribbling? Do we have the wall for you! Drop in to add some art\, or a couple lines of poetry\, to our mural anytime from 10-5 on Saturday. Be in conversation with other teen artists\, and create something cool and collaborative together.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/the-add-some-art-mural/
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T170000
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SUMMARY:The “House of Hope” Poetry Quilt
DESCRIPTION:The “House of Hope” Poetry Quilt for Sekou Sundia and Lucille Clifton \nMass Poetry is pleased to present “House of Hope\,” a quilt made by multimedia visual artist\, activist\, and poet L’Merchie Frazier. Made of nylon\, organza\, and silk\, the quilt excerpts lines from 200 poems published by Mass Poetry during the pandemic as part of “The Hard Work of Hope” poetry series during the pandemic. The series asked poets to pay witness to what was happening in their world in an unprecedented time in America—the horrible and the beautiful\, the quiet and the revolutionary—and featured poems by BIPOC\, disabled\, and Queer poets. The quilt will be on view Friday\, May 5th to Sunday\, May 7th at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem\, Massachusetts as part of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. \nYou can meet the artist on Friday\, May 5\, 7:30 PM at the headline reading\, or be part of her “Hope Story Scrolls” Workshop on Sunday\, May 7\, 2-3 PM. (This event will be capped at 20\, and the first 20 to arrive will be admitted)
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/the-house-of-hope-poetry-quilt-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T190000
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SUMMARY:Salem’s Artists’ Row Market Day Launch Party
DESCRIPTION:Spring has sprung and summer is just around the corner. It’s the perfect time to shake off the winter blues with the shops on Artists’ Row at our season grand opening Market Day Launch Party! \n\nOn Saturday\, May 6\, 2023\, Artists’ Row will come alive with activity for all ages. Starting at 10 AM visitors can meet local artists in their ‘natural habitat’\, participate in free hands-on art making activities\, sign up for workshops\, listen to live tunes\, grab a bite to eat\, and even do a bit of shopping. \n\nThose looking for whimsical upcycled gear and creative custom work should go no further than Shindig! Studios\, a unique immersive pop culture shopping experience.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/salems-artists-row-market-day-launch-party/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T111500
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SUMMARY:Witches All the Way Down’: Persona\, Archive\, Incantation
DESCRIPTION:In this interactive panel\, five poets whose projects have engaged with—and challenged—representations of women as one-dimensional archetypes (sinner\, saint\, virgin\, mother\, witch) that appear in many historical\, religious\, and literary texts will share their poetry and brief comments on their creative process; ample time will be allotted for questions and discussion with the audience. Therese Gleason\, a descendant of a judge at Salem and the 11th great-granddaughter of Alice Lake\, who was executed for witchcraft on Boston Common c. 1650\, will read from her chapbook\, Matrilineal\, which includes poems about her ancestor\, Eve\, Mary Magdalene\, and St. Teresa of Ávila. Mandy Gutmann-González will share selections from their project\, Salem Songs\, which mines the 17th-century legal archive of the Salem trials\, considering the court examination as poetic form\, a hybrid of legal language and lyric utterance. Carolyn Oliver will read selections from an ongoing series of Eve persona poems (some of which appear in her chapbook Mirror Factory and her collection Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble) that explore violence\, maternity\, queerness\, witchcraft\, and sexuality—with a particular focus on the dialogue form. Cindy Veach will share selected works from her collection\, Her Kind\, an exploration of the Salem Witch Trials which braids archival accounts of the accused women displaying courage and integrity with contemporary examples of women resisting the traps of victimhood in a modern culture that often still remains inhospitable\, if not hostile. Elizabeth Sylvia will read from her collection\, None But Witches\, in which she celebrates the intelligence and sharp wit with which Shakespeare’s female characters wield language as a means to speak truth to power in a world in which they are viewed as “Witches. // Witches // all the way down.”
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/witches-all-the-way-down-persona-archive-incantation/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T111500
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SUMMARY:25 Years of Shabdaguchha: A Multilingual Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Shabdaguchha\, an International Bilingual Poetry Magazine\, will celebrate its 25 years of publication with poets from different parts of the world. This will be a multilingual presentation\, headed by Hassanal Abdullah\, poet and the editor of Shabdaguchha. Each of the six panelists will read their work previously published in Shabdaguchha. There will also be a flyer about the activities of the magazine which made a bridge between the poets of the east and the west. It is important to note that the magazine published poets from at least 60 different countries for the last 25 years and will publish a “World Poetry Anthology” to further celebrate its 25th anniversary.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/25-years-of-shabdaguchha-a-multilingual-poetry-reading/
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T111500
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SUMMARY:A Reading by the ‘Sum Poets’ of Bunker Hill Community College
DESCRIPTION:The “Sum Poets” are some Women and Non-Binary Poets that belong to the Bunker Hill Community College community. We are both of and more than the sum total of our intersectional and unique identities that include Black\, Latinx\, Muslim\, Jewish\, White\, Lesbian\, Bi\, Cis\, Women\, Non-binary\, Trans\, Queer\, and Straight. And we are some of many faculty\, staff and student poets across our campus community.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/a-reading-by-the-sum-poets-of-bunker-hill-community-college/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T111500
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SUMMARY:Aspanfut: Re-discovering Language through the Ukrainian Avant-Garde
DESCRIPTION:Invented by Mykhaylo Semenko in 1914\, kverofuturism (often translated into English as “panfuturism”) was intended to be a thoroughly modern poetics for a modern age. In this workshop\, we will learn about Semenko\, the Ukrainian avant-garde\, and the broader world of radical Soviet art that swept Europe and the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century. Participants will try two exercises popularized by Semenko’s group of writers and artists\, using avant-garde techniques to inspire their writing and their worldview.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/aspanfut-re-discovering-language-through-the-ukrainian-avant-garde/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T111500
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SUMMARY:Recycled Words: Found Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Recommended for ages 12 and up. Perfect for an intergenerational workshop. Participants use random words salvaged from various sources to create associations\, then write a poem. The words on salvaged paper will be incorporated (recycled) into their art project\, which is a five page\, accordion fold-out book. All participants will take home a finished product. This is an engaging\, challenging project which offers participants a chance to share their creativity and imagination
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/recycled-words-found-poetry/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T123000
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SUMMARY:The Poetry Showcase
DESCRIPTION:This showcase of young poets pairs poetry with other art forms: poetry and music\, theater\, visual art\, dance. Hear a variety of youth voices and see all the different ways poetry can take shape. (A few open mic sign-up spots will be available: if you’re a teen who would like to perform\, come a few minutes early)
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/the-poetry-showcase/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T160000
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CREATED:20230501T090027Z
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SUMMARY:Small Press Fair & Table Events
DESCRIPTION:This year’s small press fair will be back on the Essex Street pedestrian mall outside the Peabody Essex Museum. Featuring small presses and organizations from across Massachusetts and beyond! \nBroadside Giveaway and Anthology Signing\nTime: 11:00AM – 12:00PM\nPress: Broadsided Press\nFeature Author & Book: Elizabeth Bradfield\, “Broadsided Press: Fifteen Years of Poetic/Artistic Collaboration\, 2005 – 2020”\nDescription: Broadsided Press has been publishing monthly\, original collaborations since 2005. Join founder Elizabeth Bradfield\, take a broadside\, and take home a signed copy of the anthology that gathers 50 broadsides\, conversations about art and writing\, and photos of words and art on streets around the world. \nFlash Submissions\nTime: 11:00AM – 4:00PM\nPress: Molecule; a tiny lit mag\nDescription: Visit us to submit your best micro works (50 words max\, including title) for inclusion in a special Mass Poetry section in our next issue. \nMagnetic Poetry Wall\nTime: 11:00AM – 4:00PM\nPress: This Works Press\nDescription: Create your own poems at our community magnetic poetry wall! \nBook Signing: No Time for Death by Harris Gardner\nTime: 11:30AM – 12:00PM\nPress: Cervena Barva Press\nDescription: “No Time for Death” offers an overarching theme: Take a breath\, a revitalizing pause; as for Mortality\, slow down; enjoy the most of each day-to-day. What’s the rush? Death can wait\, can’t it? \nSolstice MFA Alum\, Staff & Faculty Book Signing\nTime: 11:30AM – 12:00PM\nTable: Solstice MFA Program\nFeatured Authors & Books: Kathleen Aguero (World Happiness Index)\, Rebecca Connors (Split Map)\, Quintin Collins (Claim Tickets for Stolen People)\, Meg Kearney (All Morning the Crows)\nBrief description: Meet New England-based alums\, staff\, and faculty from the Solstice MFA in Creative Writing Program; buy signed copies of their poetry collections; and learn more about this hybrid graduate program! \nBook Signing\, Check Points by Michael Casey\nTime: 12:00PM – 1:00PM\nPress: Adastra Press\nDescription: Michael Casey\, a native of Lowell\, MA\, is the author of ten poetry collections\, including Obscenities\, the 1972 Yale Younger Poets winner. Check Points continues his experiences during the Vietnam War. “This remarkable book of poems”–Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene. www.facebook.com/michael.casey \nBook Signing: Gregory Wolos\, The Thing About Men\nTime: 1:00PM – 1:30PM\nPress: Cervena Barva Press\nDescription: There are kindnesses and cruelties in these stories; there are successes and failures. But pull back the curtain on the central characters in The Thing About Men\, and you will find that they are all men you know. \nBook Signing: Michael C. Keith\, Quiet Geography\nTime: 1:30PM – 2:00PM\nPress Name: Cervena Barva Press\nDescription: Often disquieting in theme and plot\, the pieces within these covers invariably contain meaningful truths and lessons while managing to accomplish this in a witty and affecting manner. \nBook signing\, Before We Were Birds by Susan Edwards Richmond\nTime: 2:00PM – 3:00PM\nPress: Adastra Press\nDescription: Susan Edwards Richmond is the author of four poetry chapbooks and four children’s books. Before We Were Birds is her first full-length poetry book\, of which poet Fred Marchant said\, “With stunning imagery and gentle\, meditative music\, Richmond conjures a sense of sacred wildness in all things.” www.susanedrichmond.com \nBook Signing: Vassiliki Rapti\, Bathed in Moonlight/Translation Translated from the Greek by Peter Bottéas\nTime: 2:00PM – 2:30PM\nPress: Cervena Barva Press\nDescription: Vassiliki Rapti´s poems are like delicate watercolors painted with a fine brush\, in hues of the seasons\, the sea\, and the night illumined by the moon. They’re diaphanous hues that give glimmers of an inner world: warm\, deep\, subterranean pools of feeling\, reflecting yearning that might not otherwise see the light. \nBook Signing\, Elizabeth Lund\, Un-Silenced\nTime: 2:30PM – 3:00PM\nPress: Cervena Barva Press\nDescription: These poems show the devastating effects of domestic violence and seek to restore one victim’s voice\, allowing her to speak to and through another generation of women. \nBook Signing\, Elizabeth Sylvia\, None But Witches: Poems on Shakespeare’s Women\nTime: 3:00PM – 3:45PM\nPress: Three Mile Harbor Press\nDescription: Elizabeth Sylvia’s None But Witches won the Three Mile Harbor Poetry Prize in 2022. At the Festival\, she will be participating in the panel Witches All the Way Down on May 6 at 10:15 and will be at the TMHP booth to continue the discussion and to sign copies of her prize-winning collection.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/small-press-fair-table-events/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T123000
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SUMMARY:You Own the Mic: The Emergence of Online Poetry Readings
DESCRIPTION:In early 2020\, the pandemic struck with most of the world facing indefinite lockdown. Poets were just one of many groups taking to the internet with the hopes of forming or maintaining bonds during uncertain times. Then came the advent of Zoom\, and the online open mic became popularized. Not since the introduction of slam poetry were spoken word venues changed so completely with no apparent road back to the simple days of pages and podiums. What were the positive effects? the negative? What does the future hold? This panel features a group of organizers whose poetry venues and events were transformed seemingly forever as online forums became the new normal.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/you-own-the-mic-the-emergence-of-online-poetry-readings/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T123000
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CREATED:20230505T090025Z
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SUMMARY:Korean American Women Breaking Silences
DESCRIPTION:Join Su Cho\, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello\, Joan Kwon Glass & Eugenia Leigh for a panel discussion & reading of the authors’ work. They will share writing on themes that have historically been stigmatized\, ignored or denied in the Korean American community\, including mental illness\, suicide & the complexities of identity. How does writing and speaking out on these topics serve as an act of resistance & solidarity? What risks & considerations are crucial to authentic dialogue\, to moving forward in community with one another & within our own writing processes?
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/korean-american-women-breaking-silences/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T123000
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SUMMARY:Massachusetts Poets Laureate
DESCRIPTION:Massachusetts\, a state filled with poets and poetry\, including a significant number of national poets laureate\, to its shame\, is one of the few states without a state poet laureate. But in Massachusetts\, many towns and cities have their own poets laureate: Boston\, Somerville\, Springfield\, Amesbury\, Arlington\, and Brookline\, just to list a few. In the three years since the Academy of American Poets has been offering major grants to American regional poet laureate\, three recipients have come from Massachusetts. At this event\, regional poets laureate Jennifer Barber\, Ellie O’Leary\, Porsha Olayiwola\, Steven Ratiner\, and Lloyd Schwartz will read their poems and talk about the significant work they have done in their communities.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/massachusetts-poets-laureate/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230506T123000
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SUMMARY:Now as Mother: In the Presence of Loved Ones with Alzheimer’s
DESCRIPTION:According to the National Institute on Aging\, Alzheimer’s is a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills\, and it’s estimated that over six million Americans struggle with dementia as a result. To be in the presence of someone with Alzheimer’s is a lesson in appreciating the very present moment because both the past and future are unattainable to those individuals inflicted. As caregivers\, we try to hold this space. As poets\, we turn to language to help undertand and accept. In this group reading\, followed by a Q&A\, we’ll read our poetry and discuss our own experiences caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease.
URL:https://salemforallages.org/event/now-as-mother-in-the-presence-of-loved-ones-with-alzheimers/
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