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Poetry GSO 2009
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Puzzles and
Poems
April 1, 4 pm
Create poems and puzzles to celebrate National Poetry Month.
Location:
Vance Chavis Branch Library
Audience: Children
Performance Poetry Workshop with Ashanti White
April 1, 7 pm
Poet / novelist / spoken word artist will provide performance
poetry pointers.
Location:
Vance Chavis Branch Library
Audience: Teen
Peeler
Poetry Project Performance
April 2, 6 pm
Open to all elementary school students. Come and share your
poetry and enjoy a special performance by students from Peeler
Elementary School
Location:
Central Library
Audience: All Ages
Family and Friends, Crafts and Poems
April 2, 6:30 pm
This weekly knitting and Crocheting group will share poems
while they craft during the month of April. Newcomers welcome!
Location:
McGirt-Horton
Branch Library
Audience: All ages
Monday Night Poetry
April 6, 7 pm
Open Mic Poetry plus classical guitar music.
Location:
Central Library
Audience: Teens, Adults
Poetry Sharing
April 7, 3:30 pm
All are invited to share their favorite poem.
Location: Central Library
Audience: Children
Poetry Zone
April 8, 3:30 pm
Build a PoeTree, hear wild and funny poems and even taste some
poetreats.
Location: Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch
Audience: Children
Open Mic Night at McGirt-Horton
April 8, 6:30 pm
Share poetry, songs and speeches. Registration required:
373-5810
Location:
McGirt-Horton
Branch Library
Audience: Adults
Family and Friends, Crafts and Poems
April 9, 6:30 pm
This weekly knitting and Crocheting group will write and share
poems while they craft during the month of April. Newcomers
welcome!
Location:
McGirt-Horton
Branch Library
Audience: All ages
Bold and Beautiful Beasts
April 9, 4 pm
Enjoy adventure, alliteration, art, and animals as we listen to
poems, create our own, and illustrate them.
Location: Glenwood Branch Library
Audience: Children
Movie: Piñero
April 9, 7 pm
Biographical film of the Puerto Rican poet and playwright,
starring Benjamin Bratt. Rated R, 94 minutes.
Location: Hemphill Branch Library
Audience: Adults
Movie: Il
Postino (for Monday Night Poetry)
April 13, 7 pm
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering
mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty
Beatrice. Italian with English subtitles.
Julia Ebel, poet/author of Dresses, Dreams and Beadwood
Leaves (a novel in verse)
April 14, 4-5 pm
Location: Hemphill Branch Library
Audience: Teens, Adults
International Poetry Night
April 14, 7:45 pm
An annual celebration of favorite poems from around the world,
sponsored by the Glenwood ESOL Conversation Club.
Location: Glenwood Branch Library
Audience: All ages
Teen Poetry Workshop featuring Clement Mallory
April 15, 7 pm
Learn techniques of poetic expression from local favorite spoken
word artist, teacher and mentor.
Location:
Vance Chavis Branch Library
Audience: Teens
Family and Friends, Crafts and Poems
April 16, 6:30 pm
This weekly knitting and Crochetting group will share poems
while they craft during the month of April. Newcomers welcome!
Location:
McGirt-Horton
Branch Library
Audience: All ages
Movie: Strange Fruit
April 16, 7 pm
Documentary explores the origins and legacy of the poem set to
music that became one of Billie Holiday's classic signature
songs. Discussion will follow the screening.
Location: Hemphill Branch Library
Audience: Adults
Teen Open Mic
April 17. 4:30 pm
Teens are invited to voice their spoken words or favorite poems,
with our very own MC Mr. Brian "B-dawg" Johnson. And special
guest The Barbarian Librarian.
Location: Hemphill Branch Library
Audience: Teens
Simply
Langston! A One-Man Review by Don Miller
April 17, 18, 24 & 25, 7:30 pm
April 18, 19, 25 & 26, 3 pm
The Life and Times of Langston Hughes, featuring Live Four Piece
Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Bill Alston. General
Admission $8. To charge by phone: 373-2043.
Location: Greensboro
Historical Museum, 130 Summit Avenue, downtown Greensboro
Audience: Teens and Adults
Poetry
Jazz & Java
April 18, 7 pm
Poetry Reading featuring local poets.
Location: Tate Street Coffee House
Local
Voices
April 19, 3-5 pm
Share an original poem …or one of your old favorites. Join us
as we sit back …listen and relax and experience poetry.
For more information or to sign-up to read call 373-5838.
Location:
Vance Chavis Branch Library
Audience: All ages.
Monday Night Poetry
April 20, 7 pm
Open Mic Poetry focusing on Latino and Hispanic Poets, featuring
the music of Astanza Project (www.astanzaproject.com)
Location: Central Library
Audience: Teens, Adults
Little Poems and Little Books
April 23, 4 pm
Learn about Haiku poetry and make an accordion book to capture
your words.
Location: Glenwood Library
Audience: Children
Family and Friends, Crafts and Poems
April 23, 6:30 pm
This weekly knitting and Crocheting group will share poems while
they craft during the month of April. Newcomers welcome!
Location:
McGirt-Horton
Branch Library
Audience: All ages
Poetry
Jazz & Java
April 23, 7 pm
Poetry Reading featuring local poets.
Location: Starbucks at Quaker Village
Spoken Word Poetry Jam
April 23, 7 pm
Featuring Josephus III, Lalenja Harrington, and The Arc of High
Point's Inner Groove Poets.
Location:
Central Library
Audience: Teens, Adults
Eric Weil Poetry
Workshop
April 24, 9 am
Main Street Rag Publishing,
in conjunction with The Greensboro Review and the MFA
Writing Program at UNC Greensboro, will host a poetry
workshop led by UNCG MFA Writing Program alum Eric Weil. A
part of the 3rd Annual Spring Southeastern
Literary Magazine & Independent Press Festival, the event is
free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required.
Call Terry Kennedy, Associate Director MFA Writing Program,
(336) 334-5459.
Location: Elliot University Center on UNCG Campus
About the Workshop:
"Hyacinths &
Biscuits": Workshopping poems with a
focus on the relationship between sounds and images
Rick Campbell / Chad
Sweeney Poetry Workshop
April 24, at
10:30 am in Elliott University Center on the UNCG
Campus.
Anhinga Press, in
conjunction with The Greensboro Review and the
MFA Writing Program at UNC Greensboro, will host a
poetry workshop led by Rick Campbell and Chad Sweeney. A
part of the 3rd Annual Spring Southeastern
Literary Magazine & Independent Press Festival, the
event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration
is required.
Call Terry Kennedy,
Associate Director MFA Writing Program, (336) 334-5459.
Location:
Elliot University Center on UNCG Campus
Audience: Adults
About the Workshop:
Poetry of Wonder from
Zen to Madness: Wonder/Awe, dressed in different
clothing, is the element that unites many of the
world’s great poetries. We’ll write our own Wonder
poems, while celebrating invocations of Wonder from
haiku, Romanticism, deep image and the surreal
(among others). Throughout the workshop we’ll be
lightning struck by sudden five-minute drills, and
we’ll have many opportunities to share our new
creations.
Poetry Salon
April 26, 3 pm
Reading and signing with Carole Boston Weatherford, featuring
her latest book "Becoming Billie Holliday."
Location:
Central Library
Audience: All ages
Monday Night Poetry
April 27, 7 pm
Featuring the works of poet Fred Canada, "Prenzlauer Berg" and
"Reflections Along the Spree."
Location:
Central Library
Audience: Teens, Adults
Mother
Goose Poetry Party
April 28, 6:30 pm
A night of poetry for the whole family with rhymes, games food
and a special guest --- Mother Goose herself!
Location: Glenwood Branch Library
Audience: Children
Poem in
You Pocket Day
April 30
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Post
pocket-sized verses in public places
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Handwrite
some lines on the back of your business cards
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Add a
poem to your email footer
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Post a
poem on your blog or social networking page
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Text a
poem to friends
Poetry is Personal
April 30, 4 pm
Learn about two easy and fun poetry forms that are perfect for
expressing your own personality.
Location: Glenwood Branch Library
Audience: Children
Family and Friends, Crafts and Poems
April 30, 6:30 pm
This weekly knitting and Crocheting group will share poems while
they craft during the month of April. Newcomers welcome!
Location:
McGirt-Horton
Branch Library
Audience: All ages
Celebration of El día de los
niños/El día de los libros
(Children's Day/Book Day)
April 30, 7 pm
A bilingual family night with music, crafts, poetry and
activities
Location:
Vance Chavis Branch Library
Audience: All Ages
Pat Mora - An Evening with our Featured Poet
May 1, reception at 6 pm, reading 7-7:30 pm
Pat is a popular national speaker shaped by the U.S.-Mexico
border
where she was born and spent much of her life. She speaks often
at
conferences, universities, and schools about her books,
literacy, and
leadership.
Location:
Central Library
Audience: Teens, Adults
Piece Work
Friday, May 1 & Saturday, May 2
at 8 pm
Sunday, May 3 at 3 pm
The Touring Theater of North Carolina presents a dramatic
production which focuses on the South's dying textile industry.
Click
here for more information.
Free admission, no RSVP required.
El Dia
May 2, 12 noon - 4 pm
Annual celebration of children, families and Hispanic and Latino
culture.
Location: Center City Park - Downtown Greensboro
Audience: All ages
6th Annual
High School Poet Laureate Project
May 2, 1:30 pm
Location:
Central Library
Audience: All ages
Dancing
with Poetry Workshop
May 13, 9:30 am-11:30 am
Gary Glazner leads this workshop on techniques for presenting
poetry to people living with Alzheimer's disease.
Location:
Central Library
Audience: Companions and
caregivers to people with Alzheimer's disease
LifeVerse
Poetry Reading
May 13, 7 pm
Local poets who have participated in the LifeVerse project will
join Gary Glazner in reading their works.
Location:
Central Library
Audience: Adults
Writing
Workshop with Gary Glazner
May 14, 7 pm
The poet uses Pablo Neruda's Book of Questions as the basis for
this exploration into poetry as an investigative tool.
Location:
Central Library
Audience: Adults
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