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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

Check us out TOMORROW at the Philly Poetry Festival

April 22, 2011, by No comments yet

For those who haven’t heard yet, tomorrow 25 poetry organizations from throughout the Philly area are getting together at the Central Library in Philadelphia to mix, mingle, and make merriment & mayhem at the Philadelphia Poetry Festival.

Philadelphia Poetry Festival
April 23, 2011
12pm-4pm
Free Library of Phila., Central Branch
Montgomery Auditorium
1901 Vine Street, Phila., PA 19103 [get directions]

The Fest is going down from 12p-4p in the Montgomery Auditorium (that’s downstairs) and will include representatives from an eclectic mix of Philly poetry orgs, talking about their work and spotlighting one of their favorite poets. The Mad Poets Society is one of those organizations. (In fact, Eileen & I have been part of the organizing committee, along with Joanne Leva, Tamara Oakman & Leonard Gontarek). Eileen will do the talking for MPS & John Timpane will be our representative poet. We’ll hit the stage in the 3rd set, early in the 2 o’clock hour. Right after featured poet Nathalie Anderson. Come check us out, throw us some love & hang out with about a bazillion other hardworking poets and organizers.

If you’ve ever kicked yourself for not getting to this reading or that reading, now is the time to get a taste of what all the city’s various poetry orgs have to offer. No kidding. Check out the FULL SCHEDULE for more info. See ya there!!

Today’s the day: MPS Festival Lineup

October 3, 2010, by 1 comment

Today’s the day — the 23rd annual Mad Poets Festival happens this afternoon from noon – 5p (????) at Medial Borough Hall, 3rd & Jackson Streets in Media, Pa.

And you know how there are usually 40+ poets?  This year its 59!!! (With 8 more on “standby”). We’re really excited to have former U.S. poet laureate Daniel Hoffman making a special guest appearance to read our last poem of the day.

Each poet will read for 5 minutes — just check out the incredible line up.

First Set
Host: RICHARD MOYER

12p – ROCKY MARCELLUS
12:05 – SHARON RITROVATO
12:10 – CHERYL FILIPPONE
12:15 – RON FISCHMAN
12:20 – RACHEL VOHRA
12:25 – BARBARA TORODE
12:30 – CAROL CLARK
12:35  – BRIAN SAMMOND
12:40  – MEL BRAKE
12:45  – MICHELLE DOUGHERTY
12:50 –  JANET SADLER
12:55  – DONALD LaBRANCHE
1:00  – MISSY GROTZ
1:05 –  PRABHA NAYAK PRABHU

Second Set
Host: MEL BRAKE

1:10 – RICHARD MOYER
1:15 – DAVE WORRELL
1:20 – BETTI KAHN
1:25 – CONNIE BERESIN
1:30 – AWILDA CASTRO
1:35 – BILL DANKS
1:40 – ALICE WOOTSON
1:45 – JOYCE MEYERS
1:50 –  JANET MASON
1:55 – J. MASE III
2:00 -  JOE ROARTY
2:05 – MUSIC from SILVER WIND

Third Set
Host:  EMILIANO MARTIN

2:10 – KENNETH WOLMAN
2:15  – KARL WENCLAS
2:20 – ED KRIZEK
2:25 – KASIA NEWCOMER
2:30 – NICK LUTWYCHE
2:35 – LISA LUTWYCHE
2:40 – CAROL CLARK WILLIAMS
2:45 – BILL HOLMES
2:50 –  RUTH ROUFF
2:55 – CHARLES CARR
3:00 – SUSAN H. ROBBINS
3:05 – TAMARA OAKMAN

Fourth Set
Host:  TAMARA OAKMAN

3:10 -  STU O’CONNOR
3:15 – STEVE DELIA
3:20 – DEVIN COHEN
3:25 – AMY SMALL Mc-KINNEY
3:30 –  AZIZA KINTEH
3:35 –  JANET SPANGLER
3:40 – JOANNE LEVA
3:45 – EMILIANO MARTIN
3:50 – LIZ CHANG
3:55 – MICHELE BELLUOMINI
4:00 – LEONARD GONTAREK
4:05 -  MUSIC from SILVER WIND

Fifth Set
Host: LEONARD GONTAREK

4:10 –PHILADELPHIA’S VOICES OF A DIFFERENT DREAM, SUSAN WINDLE & ELLEN MASON
4:15 – AMY LAUB
4:20 – GABRIELLE BC “PLUMDRAGONESS”
4:25 – LISA BARON
4:30 – MARY LOU STREZNEWSKI
4:35 –  RAY GREENBLATT
4:40 – ANN RUSSEK
4:45 – PETER BAROTH
4:50-  BILL VAN BUSKIRK
4:55 – DANIEL ABDAL-HAYY MOORE
5:00 – DANIEL HOFFMAN.

The Mad Poets Society is honored to be hosting so many talented poets in one venue in afternoon. See you there!

COMING UP: Annual Mad Poets Festival

September 8, 2010, by No comments yet

It’s almost that time again. The annual Mad Poets Festival is mere weeks away, so mark you’re calendars and get yourself signed up ASAP if you’d like to participate in this 5 hour extravaganza of poetry!

The particulars:

The Mad Poets Festival
Sunday, October 3rd
12p – 5p
Media Borough Hall
3rd and Jackson Streets
Media, PA

Every year, the Mad Poets Festival takes place in conjunction with the Media Food & Crafts Festival, which features bands in the streets, unique crafts, all types of art — and every kind of food you can imagine. So head down to State Street for some great eats & then head over to Media Borough hall to get some fine poetry to go with it. The Festival will spotlight more than 40 poets and musicians. If you’d like to be one of them, contact Eileen D’Angelo ASAP, make sure to “FESTIVAL” in the subject line of your email.

This year, the Mad Poets Festival will again be a fundraiser for CityTeam Ministries of Chester. We ask readers and attendees to bring nonperishable food items and/or to purchase a cup of the delicious chili that CityTeam will be selling for just $1 a cup at the event.