I'm thrilled to have been invited to read an excerpt from my memoir in a Story Slam at Taste Budds's Cafe located in Red Hook, this Friday, August 19th! The event starts at 7 pm and will include an open mic segment. Anyone interested in listening in or reading some of their own work should stop by! Hope to see you there!!
Email Blast from Transformative Writing~~
Story Slam is BACK in the house with more story-magic & conversation coming up NEXT Friday - 8/19 - at Taste Budds Cafe in Red Hook.
This month, I'm hosting a talented group of new-to-Story Slam writers, including Michael Belfiore, Douglas Robbins, and children's author, Lynda Wisdo. We will also have a special offering from poet, Erin O'Connor.
In addition to our scheduled presenters, we will also have an open mic segment. So if you've got a new story or poetry selection that you'd like to try out on a lively audience, just show up by 6:45pm next Friday and I'll put you on the list.
Readings start at 7pm.
Excited to see you there!
Dara
Taste Budds Cafe
40 Market Street
Red Hook, NY 12571
(845) 758-6500
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Email Blast from Transformative Writing~~
Story Slam is BACK in the house with more story-magic & conversation coming up NEXT Friday - 8/19 - at Taste Budds Cafe in Red Hook.
This month, I'm hosting a talented group of new-to-Story Slam writers, including Michael Belfiore, Douglas Robbins, and children's author, Lynda Wisdo. We will also have a special offering from poet, Erin O'Connor.
In addition to our scheduled presenters, we will also have an open mic segment. So if you've got a new story or poetry selection that you'd like to try out on a lively audience, just show up by 6:45pm next Friday and I'll put you on the list.
Readings start at 7pm.
Excited to see you there!
Dara
Taste Budds Cafe
40 Market Street
Red Hook, NY 12571
(845) 758-6500
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I'm honored to have been selected to read one of my poems at the upcoming Singing in the Dark--Poetry of Courage/Poetry of Witness Event to be held at The Carey Center for Global Good in Rensselaerville, NY on April 30th! This event will be bringing together both featured and regional poets whose work seeks to give voice to some of the turbulent issues facing our culture today. The poem I will be reading is titled, "Enough is Enough." For more information, please see the press release below. Hope to see some of you at The Carey Center on the 30th!
Singing in the Dark: Poetry of Courage/Poetry of Witness
The turbulent issues of the 21st Century (including those related to refugees, terrorism, racism, nationalism, gender, age, free speech, mental health, climate and war) have resulted in a particularly fertile time for poetry as well as for other forms of artistic expression. Poetry speaks to our deepest fears as well as hopes. Around the world, poets are not only writing in reaction to the issues of the day, but they are also confronting these new times with new poetic forms such as documentary poetry, ecopoetry, spoken word/slam poetry, multi-genre expression, etc. .
The Singing in the Dark event seeks to pack into two-hours an introduction to poets who use both traditional and new forms to address the challenges of living in these uncertain times, as well as to poets who have addressed historical events with similar urgency. You will hear poems by regional poets as well as readings (by guest readers) of poems by well-known poets. The diverse voices of those moved to engage these issues, including the often unfamiliar poetry of indigenous peoples, will be represented in both this event and the Huyck Preserve event.
Featured Poets: Jamaluddin Aram, a poet from Kabul, Afghanistan who is currently studying at Union College; Nancy Klepsch, who has been published in a variety of journals, and is the co-host of the 2nd Sunday @ 2 open mic for poetry and prose in Troy, and the publisher of 2, a journal of poetry and prose from Riverside Community Press; Leland Kinsey, a horse trainer, carpenter, logger, and writer-in-residence in over one hundred Vermont and New Hampshire schools, and has published eight collections of poetry; Marianne Rahn-Erickson who has spent the last 34 years on her farm raising boys, sheep, and taxes, and has been a journalist, a radio producer, an ESL teacher; Victorio Reyes, an activist and artist living in Albany who has been published in a variety of journals and anthologies, and is currently a PhD student at UAlbany; Daniel Summerhill, previously named “Youth Poet Laureate” in 2009, received an A.D. in African American studies and a B.A. in English and Philosophy, has been writing since the age of 12 and has performed his works at universities and other venues in over 12 states; Dan Wilcox, Poet, Peace Activist, Host of the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center in Albany, member of 3 Guys from Albany, a photographer who has “the world’s largest collection of photos of unknown poets, ” and is an active member of Veterans for Peace.
Regional Poets: Thomas Bonville, Charlie Burgess, Tom Corrado, Curtis Flach, Christian Matthew Harris, Ian Macks, Cheryl MacNeil, Dawn Marar, Anita Marrone, Marilyn McCabe, Linda Sonia Miller, Philomena Moriarty, Robert Nied, Claire North, Dianne Sefcik, Bob Sharkey, and Lynda Wisdo.
(Bios of all poets available at event).
April 30, 2016
3 - 5 pm
Carey Institute for Global Good
100 Pond Hill Road
Rensselaerville, NY 12147
(518) 797-5100
[email protected]
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Singing in the Dark: Poetry of Courage/Poetry of Witness
The turbulent issues of the 21st Century (including those related to refugees, terrorism, racism, nationalism, gender, age, free speech, mental health, climate and war) have resulted in a particularly fertile time for poetry as well as for other forms of artistic expression. Poetry speaks to our deepest fears as well as hopes. Around the world, poets are not only writing in reaction to the issues of the day, but they are also confronting these new times with new poetic forms such as documentary poetry, ecopoetry, spoken word/slam poetry, multi-genre expression, etc. .
The Singing in the Dark event seeks to pack into two-hours an introduction to poets who use both traditional and new forms to address the challenges of living in these uncertain times, as well as to poets who have addressed historical events with similar urgency. You will hear poems by regional poets as well as readings (by guest readers) of poems by well-known poets. The diverse voices of those moved to engage these issues, including the often unfamiliar poetry of indigenous peoples, will be represented in both this event and the Huyck Preserve event.
Featured Poets: Jamaluddin Aram, a poet from Kabul, Afghanistan who is currently studying at Union College; Nancy Klepsch, who has been published in a variety of journals, and is the co-host of the 2nd Sunday @ 2 open mic for poetry and prose in Troy, and the publisher of 2, a journal of poetry and prose from Riverside Community Press; Leland Kinsey, a horse trainer, carpenter, logger, and writer-in-residence in over one hundred Vermont and New Hampshire schools, and has published eight collections of poetry; Marianne Rahn-Erickson who has spent the last 34 years on her farm raising boys, sheep, and taxes, and has been a journalist, a radio producer, an ESL teacher; Victorio Reyes, an activist and artist living in Albany who has been published in a variety of journals and anthologies, and is currently a PhD student at UAlbany; Daniel Summerhill, previously named “Youth Poet Laureate” in 2009, received an A.D. in African American studies and a B.A. in English and Philosophy, has been writing since the age of 12 and has performed his works at universities and other venues in over 12 states; Dan Wilcox, Poet, Peace Activist, Host of the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Social Justice Center in Albany, member of 3 Guys from Albany, a photographer who has “the world’s largest collection of photos of unknown poets, ” and is an active member of Veterans for Peace.
Regional Poets: Thomas Bonville, Charlie Burgess, Tom Corrado, Curtis Flach, Christian Matthew Harris, Ian Macks, Cheryl MacNeil, Dawn Marar, Anita Marrone, Marilyn McCabe, Linda Sonia Miller, Philomena Moriarty, Robert Nied, Claire North, Dianne Sefcik, Bob Sharkey, and Lynda Wisdo.
(Bios of all poets available at event).
April 30, 2016
3 - 5 pm
Carey Institute for Global Good
100 Pond Hill Road
Rensselaerville, NY 12147
(518) 797-5100
[email protected]
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