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3RD ANNUAL PHILADELPHIA POETRY FESTIVAL

April 26, 2013, by 1 comment

In celebration of poetry month, The Philadelphia Poetry Festival will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2013, from 11 am to 4:30 p.m., in the Montgomery Auditorium,at the Philadelphia Free Library, 1901 Vine Street , Philadelphia , PA , 19103 . It is an afternoon dedicated to celebrating Greater Philadelphia poetry in all of its manifestations, and to unite and showcase the diverse organizations that work throughout the region to promote and share poetry.

Special guest include Sonia Sanchez, Leonard Gontarek, Dan Simpson and Dave Simpson, and Philly’s First Poet Laureate, Siduri Beckman and finalist Jaya Montague, both chosen by Sonia Sanchez.

Again this year, we are privileged to present some of the finest poetry venues, magazines, and series in the area, including the Asian Arts Initiative/Family Style Open Mic, Panoramic Poetry Series & Uptown Panoramic Poetry, American Poetry Review, Musehouse:A Center for the Literary Arts, Philadelphia Stories, Poetry Aloud & Alive at Big Blue Marble, Green Line Poetry Series, Moonstone Art Center, Painted Bride Quarterly, Mad Poets Society & Mad Poets Review, Monday Poets Series, Apiary Magazine, Philadelphia Poets, PoetryWITS, Philadelphia Writers Conference, Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program, and others.

Twenty organizations will present poetry performances, as well as a representative who will give information about that particular group’s projects, literary magazines, or poetry programs.

There will be an area for the circulation of program brochures, flyers and information about dozens of Philadelphia poetry and writing outlets.Bring your favorite series’ information to share!

This is the area’s most comprehensive poetry event solely dedicated to celebrating Greater Philadelphia Poetry in all of its manifestations. Be there or be square!

For further information about this event, email [email protected] ;for details and information as plans progress,check out our blog at http://phillypoetryfest.blogspot.com/

Below is the schedule for the event

Philadelphia Poetry Festival

saturday, april 27, 2013 – 11 AM – 4:30 PM

2013 Schedule

 

11:00 A.M. – WELCOME !

1ST SET * Hosted by JOANNE LEVA

* Featured Guest: Leonard GontareK

* Manayunk Roxborough Art Center/ Schuylkill Valley Journal (Peter Krok / Eileen Moeller)

*Philadelphia Stories (Courtney Bambrick / Blythe Davenport)

* Farley’s Bookstore -Poetry Series (Bernadette McBride/Lorraine Henrie Lins)

* Mad Poets Society/Mad Poets Review (Eileen D’Angelo / David Kozinski)

*Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program (Ethel Rackin / Glenn McLaughlin )

 

*NETWORKING BREAK ! 15 MIN.*

 

2ND SET * Hosted by GLENN McLAUGHLIN

* Moonstone Art Center (Larry Robin / Lester Mobley)

* Philadelphia Poets (Rosemary Cappello / Mel Brake)

* Big Blue Marble /Poetry Aloud & Alive (Mike Cohen / Dave Worrell)

* Asian Arts Initiative/Family Style Open Mic (Michelle Myers)

* Making Poems that Last Workshops (Leonard Gontarek / Phyllis Mass)

 

*NETWORKING BREAK ! 15 MIN.*

 

3RD SET * Hosted by DAVE WORRELL

* Featured Guests: DAVE SIMPSON & DAN SIMPSON

* Philadelphia Writers Conference (TO BE ANNOUNCED )

*Painted Bride Quarterly (Kathleen Volk Miller)

*Musehouse: A Literary Arts Center (Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno)

* American Poetry Review (David Bonanno)

* PoetryWITS ( Cleveland Wall)

 

*NETWORKING BREAK ! 15 MIN.*

 

4th SET * Hosted by HAYDEN SAUNIER

* Kelly Writers House/Penn Campus (TENTATIVE ! Jessica Lowenthal, Director)

* Panoramic Poetry Series / and Uptown Panoramic Poetry Series (Crucial)

* Green Line Poetry Series (Leonard Gontarek / Charles Carr)

* Monday Poets Series (Kay Wisniewski/Lamont Dixon, Host )

* Apiary (Amelia Longo / Warren Longmire)

* Featured Guest: Sonia Sanchez and Philadelphia ‘s First Student Poet Laureate: SIDURI BECKMAN and Finalist: JAYA MONTAGUE

Memorial for Lou McKee

March 13, 2012, by No comments yet

Last November, the poetry world lost an important man: Louis McKee passed away at the age of 60. McKee was a long-time Mad Poet, and this Sunday, we will celebrate Lou — his life, his work, and his friendship — at the Mansion Parlor in Media Borough Hall.

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FRIDAY: Brian Sammond in Mt. Airy

April 20, 2011, by No comments yet

This Friday, April 22nd at 7:15pm, the Mad Poets’ Poetry Aloud and Alive series presents Brian Sammond at the Big Blue Marble bookstore in Mt. Airy.

Poet Brian Sammond has hosted poetry readings for the Mad Poets at Delaware County Science Institute, and currently hosts the Seasonal Madness series at Media Borough Hall.  He has hosted readings at the Blend at Blue Bananas Cafe on South Street as well.  But Brian is more than a host.  He has been a featured reader for Mad Poets and Poetry Blam!  Brian is a founding member of the Poetic Arts Performance Project.  His poetry has been published in the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Mad Poets Review. Some of Brian’s poems have also been set to music.

Brian unwinds from the rigor(morti)s of his programming career by riding his mountain bike about the hills of southeast Pennsylvania, playing with nieces and nephews, and of course writing poetry.

Brian’s poetry is fully thought out and finely wrought.  He has a fine ear for nuance and appeals to all the senses, including the sense of humor.  It is poetry you can appreciate and enjoy.

The featured reading, which begins at 7:15pm, will be followed by an open-reading-go-round hosted by Mike Cohen.  All are invited to read a few minutes’ worth of their own poetry (or someone else’s) or just to listen and enjoy.

Big Blue Marble Book Store is located at:

551 Carpenter Lane
(Mt. Airy) Philadelphia, PA 19119
215) 844-1870
www.bigbluemarblebooks.com

Week in Preview

October 4, 2010, by No comments yet

It’s a busy week, so I’ll skip all the witty preamble and get straight to the particulars. I’ll post more on each reading throughout the week. Be sure to follow us on twitter (@MadPoetsSociety) so you’re in the know.

Tues., Oct. 5th, 7-10pm: Open mic for poets & musicians at Steel City Coffeehouse in Phoenixville, hosted by Stu O’Connor and Mary Kathryn Morgeneier. Sign up at 6:30pm.

Wed., Oct. 6th, 7pm: Potpourri of Poetry, a new MPS series at the Park House Cafe in Ridley Park. The debut reading will feature Dave Worrell, followed by an open mic. This reading is free & open to the public. Hosted by Camelia Nocella.

Thurs., Oct. 7th, 7pm: Book party for Bill Van Buskirk, winner of the Mad Poets’ Joie DeVivre Book Award. Van Buskirk will read and sign copies of his winning book, This Wild Joy that Thrills Outside the Law, selected by renowned Philadelphia poet and editor Louis McKee. This free event will be held at the Delaware County Institute of Science.

Sat., Oct. 9th, 2-5pm: The Business of Words Workshop, led by Tamara Oakman, at the Blue Grotto in West Philadelphia.

Sat., Oct. 9th, 7pm: Therese Halscheid & Aaren Perry read for the Otherwise – Poetry at Churchill series in Pottstown.

TONIGHT: Bruce Niedt at Big Blue Marble

September 24, 2010, by No comments yet

Friday, September 24 at 7:15 PM Poetry is Aloud and Alive at the Big Blue Marble Bookstore in Mt. Airy.

Poet Bruce Niedt

Poet Bruce Niedt

This month’s featured reader is Bruce Niedt. A federal employee from southern New Jersey, Bruce is a “beneficent bureaucrat” as opposed to the other varieties.  For the past decade or so Bruce has been writing intensely.  Prior to that he was understandably distracted from his literary pursuits as he and his wife raised four sons.  He returned to writing with a vengeance, evidently having saved up lots of inspiration.

Bruce’s poems are accessible and surprising.  They make the reader rethink the commonplace.  In his hands an orange is not just fruit, a breeze is not just wind.  Bruce sees things very clearly and from unusual angles, and shares his vision in an exquisitely reader-friendly style.  His work has appeared in Writers’ Journal, The Fairfield Review, Byline, Red River Review, and Mad Poets Review, among many others in Australia and the U.K. as well as the U.S.  Bruce is a member of the excellent Quick and Dirty Poets and is co-editor of their journal Up and Under: The QND Review.

Bruce Niedt has won the Byline Short Fiction and Poetry Prize for 2003 and first prize for poetry at the Philadelphia Writers Conference (2006, 2007).  He also appeared as a contestant on the television game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Bruce is a poet, not a millionaire.

The featured reading will be followed by the open-reading-in-the-round hosted by Mike Cohen.  All are invited to read a few minutes’ worth of their own poetry (or someone else’s) or just to listen and enjoy.

The Mad Poets Week in Preview: 31 May 2010

May 31, 2010, by 1 comment

It’s Memorial Day, so that means its officially summer, right? That may mean that the flow of poetry slows in some parts, but not these. This week, we’ve got two great events.

  • Tuesday June 1st, 7 p.m.: Open mic poetry at Steel City Coffeehouse in Phoenixville. Hosted by Stu O’Connor and Mary Kathryn Morgeneier. Bring your poems, your instruments, and your enthusiasm. This event is free & open to the public.
  • Thursday June 3rd, 6-8 p.m.: Light of Unity Association and Mad Poets Performance Series hits the University of Pennsylvania Bookstore in University City. This month’s line up features Jeffrey Ethan Lee, Dan Maguire, Quincy Scott Jones, Mel Brake, Tree Riesener, George McDermott, Bonnie MacAllister, and a musical/spoken performance by: Ian Wolf. Admission is $7 or $5 for students, seniors & MPS members. Proceeds benefit Philabundance.

Hope to see ya there!

Shameless Monday #38

April 6, 2010, by No comments yet

Okay… so it’s Tuesday… I was hungover from all my Easter treats.

Tuesday, Monday… it’s all the same on the internet, really. So, lets get Shameless!!!! What are you doing this week? Reading, hosting, playing, performing, publishing??? Let us know.

We’ve got some good stuff happening. Here it is:

*Week of April 5*

Shameless Monday #36

March 22, 2010, by No comments yet

There’s nothing more poetic than a dreary, rainy Monday after a beautiful Spring weekend. It’s like the weather is also mourning the loss of all that sweet weekend freedom.

But the upside of Monday is all the shamelessness. So bring it on!

As for us…

*Week of Mar 22nd*

  • Fri, Mar 26, 7:15p: John Timpane of the Philadelphia Inquirer reads at the Big Blue Marble Bookstore, for Poetry Aloud & Alive hosted by Mike Cohen. The reading is free, open to the public, and followed by an open-ears-open-minds-open-reading-go-round.

Shameless Monday #28

January 26, 2010, by 1 comment

There’s still an hour left of Monday… that’s plenty of time to get shameless. Where are you reading? Publishing? Performing? Hell, are you gonna stand on street corner and shout your work into the wind? Let us know & we’ll do our best to come out.

As for us… it’s a slow week. But we’re working like lightning to nail down our 2010 schedules, which will go full tilt in February. Look out!

Shameless Monday #25

October 5, 2009, by No comments yet

There are still a few hours of Monday left (depending on where you are in the world, there me be alot of hours of Monday left)… besides, it doesn’t *really* have to be Monday for you to shamelessly self promote.  So bring it on:  Where are you reading? Where are your poems, stories, essays, etc. published??  Post it in the comments & will do our best to spread & respread the word.

And what about us… HOLY POETRY, BATMAN! We’ve got one busy week!

*Week of Oct. 5*

  • Tues., Oct. 6, 7p.m.: Open Mic Poetry at Steel City Coffeehouse in Phoenixville, hosted by Mary Kathryn Morgeneier.
  • Wed., Oct. 7, 7p.m.: Mad Poets Critique Circle facilitated by Amy Laub at the Media-Upper Providence Free Library.
  • Wed., Oct. 7, 6p.m. – 7:30p.m.: The continuation of Leonard Gontarek’s Self & Place in Poetry workshop. It’s too late to join this workshop, but keep an eye out for future workshops with Leonard. Or if you really need some feedback, like now, head on out to the Critique Circle (details above).
  • Thurs. Oct. 8, 7p.m.: Milkboy Acoustic Cafe Series, hosted by Autumn Konopka, featuring poets Quincy Scott Jones, Pat Goodrich & Elizabeth Raby, followed by an open mic.
  • Sat., Oct. 10, 1p.m. – 3p.m.: The Business of Words Poetry Workshop, facilitated by Tamara Oakman, at the Univ. of Pennsylvania Bookstore.
  • Sat., Oct. 10, 7p.m.: Otherwise – Poetry at Churchill’s, hosted by Glenn McLaughlin, featuring Sean Webb & Autumn Konopka, followed by an open mic.
  • Sat.-Sun., Oct. 10-11, 7p.m. – 3p.m.: Mad Poets Bonfire at Ridley Creek State Park.