(9.16) The fall season of The Publicly Complex Reading Series begins Saturday with Alexis Almeida, Sussy Santana, and Christopher Kondrich. (Facebook event.) Why would they schedule this the same day as Oktoberfest at The Guild? No reason you can’t do both. (As far as I know, the wearing of lederhosen is not verboten.) Free, 6pm …
(9.18) Ada Books will host a poetry reading Sunday afternoon featuring Mark Baumer, W. Keller, Naima Msechu, Oliver Strand, Sarah Cooke, Ada Smailbegovic, and a few others. (Facebook) I bumped into Mr. Baumer last weekend, near the cake at Ada, and it happened to come up in conversation that he had won a RISCA Fellowship …
(7.27) Join poets Penelope Pelizzon and Jonathan Farmer for a talk and discussion about poetry as a social art form. Poetry is, in its own lonely way, a social art form–one that carries with it our freighted awareness of people other than ourselves. We go to poems looking for people, for the imprint of the …
(5.29) Music and poetry at 186 Carpenter Street with Lists leaving ((+/- LP release???)), Kate Schapira, Querent, S. Hollis Mickey, and Rabitthe. $5 donation suggested. Doors 7pm, show 8pm sharp, Thursday, May 29, 186 Carpenter Street, Facebook
The Providence Community Library presents “Onomatopoetry” a series of interactive performance, art and music events being held throughout the week. Learn how to create poems, raps, stories, art, and music at these free, two-hour workshops, with dynamic African American artists who will share their history, and their creative performance secrets. The workshops — presented by …
(4.26) No salon this week; it is time for the fifteenth annual Philbrick Poetry Project reading with poet judge Dennis Barone and honoree David O’Connell. Join us for the presentation and a reading by both poets. As part of the Project, the Athenaeum will publish O’Donnell’s manuscript, A Better Way to Fall, as a chapbook; …
The Providence Athenaeum presents “Volumes of Forgotten Lore” a musical program inspired by poet Sarah Helen Whitman, written by Anna Ghublikian. Inspired by the life and work of Sarah Helen Whitman, a literary legend of Providence and one-time fianceé of Edgar Allan Poe, Volumes of Forgotten Lore is a libretto born in the archives of …
(4.23) Come to Ada Books Tuesday, April 23rd, to celebrate the birth of Vladimir Nabokov. Together, we will read from his 999-line poem, “Pale Fire.” You can sign up to read (30 to 60 lines) at the event. There will be some sort of pale or fiery snacks to keep us alert and possibly a …
(2.23) Ada Books will host a poetry reading Saturday evening. From New York City: Jon Curley “Angles of Incidents” and David Fitschen “The Weight of Sorrows.” And from Providence, Eric Paul “My Parents Were Insects”. Eric Paul, Jon Curley & David Fitschen make you drunk on words while beer and wine make you drunk on …
(12.1) Saturday at Ada Books — Publicly Complex Presents: Poetry. Cole Swenson, Sarah Riggs & Angela Veronica Wong enrobe you in dark chocolate words while wine, cheese and cookies disrobe your at least two of your senses. And it all happens at the luxurious price of naught! 6pm to 8pm, Saturday, December 1, Ada Books, …
Origami poems are actually a collection of one to five original poems which are “bound” in a “book” that requires one page of paper to make. This idea began as a class prompt given to a group of poets by Barbara Schweitzer. It was her idea of creating and spreading these books of poetry à …
Join us at Smith Hill Library on Wednesday, April 7th at 6pm, as Kate reads from her new book “Town” and Read and Rap Youth read from their upcoming poetry book! Kate Schapira is the author of TOWN (Factory School, Heretical Texts, 2010) and several chapbooks from Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs, Cy Gist Press, …
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This is a heads-up for an event one week away. The Providence Athenaeum will be holding a fundraiser to commemorate the bicentennial of the birth of Edgar Allen Poe. (Actual birth date was January 19, same as hers.) The evening will include … dramatic readings from Poe and his amours; an exhibit of rare Poe …
And it is microfoam. I have always been very creative… I just never had any talent*. Maybe this is it. Seen here is an actual photograph of my first successful effort at latte art. (It’s actually incredibly primitive by the standards of the competitive latte art community who produce delicate fir trees and Gothic paisley …
This Thursday, December 11, from 6:00-7:30pm, at Providence Public Library’s Central Library, 150 Empire Street, Downcity Providence, RI, we will host a group of poets & writers to read, sign, and otherwise socialize with all who can come to this free literary soiree. The event features poets Rosemarie Waldrop, Keith Waldrop, and Ray Ragosta, as …
Wednesday 11/7, 8pm Our monthly Digital Poetry Series continues: Humanola {enunciated assemblages} HoneyBeast {soma sonata} Ex-Soophie Nun Squad! Humanola is an artist and musician and poet living in Providence. “All [his] silvers were peutered, and [his] genitals were neutered” HoneyBeast is an artist and musician living in Providence. “Maralie left the bevy, singing.” Go to …