Oct. 17th, 2009 (Saturday)
Thurs (15th) - Fri (16th) - Sat (17th) - Sun (18th) - View all
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10 am – 7 pm : Rock-Paper-Scissors
11 am – 12 pm : Official Opening Ceremony & Favorite Poem Project Readings
11 am – 5 pm : Small Press Fair
12 pm – 4:20 pm : Sequential Reading of Massachusetts Poets with New Books
12 pm – 1 pm : Simultaneous events :
- War and Poetry
- Poetry Voices Past and Present, Presented by Tapestry of Voices
- SE Mass Reading (Maggie Cleveland)
- Light Verse for Dark Times: A Poetry Reading
- How to Be a Good Public Reader of Your Own Poetry with Patrick Donnelly
1 pm – 2 pm : Simultaneous events :
- Poetry from the Heart of the Commonwealth featuring poets of Worcester County
- The Director’s Cut
- Cambodian Refugee Poetry Book & CD Project / Panel Discussion & Reading
- Four Poets from Four Way Books
- The Wild, Wild West with Amy Dryansky, Mary A. Koncel & Ellen Dore Watson
- Zoom In/Zoom Out: A Workshop in Revision with Kathleen Aguero
- Exercise in Free Writing with Barbara Helfgott Hyett & PoemWorks
- Confluence: A Music & Poetry Performance
- How to Be a Good Public Reader of Your Own Poetry with Patrick Donnelly
2 pm – 2:30 pm : Live Outdoor Performance by Middlesex Community College
2 pm – 3 pm : Simultaneous events :
- Melopoeia
- Poèms du Monde Francophone / Poems from the Francophone World
- Continuities Readings and Discussions presents an event on Poetry and Ecology
- Exercise in Free Writing with Barbara Helfgott Hyett & PoemWorks
- “Poem Generator” with Grub Street, Inc.
- How to Be a Tourist in Your Hometown with Kat Good-Schiff and KL Pereira
- The Medieval Poetry Workshop
- Meet and Greet: ALL Arts Gallery Artists &Poets, sponsored by Lowell Poetry Network
3 pm – 4 pm : Simultaneous events :
- Intergenerational Poetry Reading by Six Cape Cod Poets sponsored by The Cape Cod Writers Center
- Ugly Truths: A Poetry Craft Panel Discussion on Poems That Make Art from Shocking or Risky Material
- Nature, Art & Poetry from Wild Apples Journal
- “Poem Generator” with Grub Street, Inc.
- Revision Workshop with Wendy Mnookin
- Renku Performance by the Boston Haiku Society
- Cave Canem (runs until 4:30 pm)
- Powow River Poets Group Reading
4 pm – 4:30 pm : Film Screening: “Lowell Blues”
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm : Simultaneous events :
Saturday Headline Readings:
- 7 pm – 8 pm : Robert Pinsky & Louise Gluck Read Favorite Poems from the History of Poetry
- 8 pm – 9 pm : Anne Waldman & Afaa Weaver Read their work
8 pm – 10 pm : Evening Poetry Performance at the 119 Gallery
9 pm – 11 pm : Poetry Slam Competition



