G. Emil Reutter featured November 1, at the Midtown Scholar

Poetry Thursdays at Midtown Scholar Bookstore

G. Emil Reutter, with host Christine O'Leary-Rockey

G. Emil Reutter is a Philadelphia, Pa. based poet and author. He has worked in the factories, steel mills and rails of the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. His work has been widely published in the small and electronic press and eight volumes of his collections have been published. He has read his poetry at venues in New England, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Arizona and Texas. In 2007 he founded The Fox Chase Review and The Fox Chase Reading Series.

In a collection of poetry titled "Carvings" Reutter says, in his introduction, “We are very much like the old oak trees found in a public park. People stop and leave their marks on the trees, carving with a knife, initials, hearts with initials, a piece of someone left behind. Like the oak, people stop and leave their mark on us, some gently, some carve us not so gently. As time passes, these carvings left on us, form who we are, how we view the world and how long we last in the world. Our time is shorter than the great oak yet the carvings we carry are more numerous, deeper, sometimes fading but always there. These poems represent some carvings in my life, some minor others lasting.”

Reutter's website: gemilreutter-author.com

 This event is hosted by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel. An hour-long open reading, which begins at 7pm, will precede the feature presentation.
The Midtown Scholar, one of "America's Great Independent Bookstores" is located at 1302 North Third Street, Harrisburg PA 17102.
Further enlightenment: (717) 236-1680.

Rebecca Gonzalez Featured at Midtown Scholar October 25

Rebecca Gonzalez is a Pushcart nominee and the 2008 R.E. Foundation Award winner for Outstanding Poetry. Some of her poems will be appearing in the upcoming CD anthology, Live at the Corner of Poetry and Main: Celebrating Five Years of Annapolis Poetry. She is the author of, Sonata for Rain, published by Iris G. Press. Her second and upcoming book is titled, Aerial Descending.

She has been called a “female counterpart to [Pablo] Neruda.” Gonzalez believes that writing poetry is closely related to music composition and art in which various elements combine to create a piece that is highly individual, the ultimate goal being that it can breathe beyond its realities. Sonata for Rain is a lyrical concerto, like cool jazz in an early morning sunrise. Elegant, spiritual, cerebral…there is no deficit of language to describe the beauty that she brings to the craft of poetry.

Gonzalez's versatility is tempered by her cultural and linguistic bilingualism and a unique ability to capture the right word or phrase, exercising brevity in uncanny ways to deliver the perfect line time after time. Her work has been published on-line at The Cerebral Catalyst, Haggard and Halloo and Poetryork and in print in Fledgling Rag, Hanover Sun, and the York Daily Record.

 

Next up at Midtown Scholar Poetry Thursdays:
All Events are from 7-9 pm with an Open Reading from 7-8 pm
followed by an 8-9 pm Feature, or continued Open.
November 1 -- Feature: G. Emil Reuter, with host Christine O'Leary-Rockey

Next up at Midtown Scholar Poetry Thursdays:

All Events are from 7-9 pm with an Open Reading from 7-8 pm

followed by an 8-9 pm Feature, or continued Open

 

Poetry Thursdays at at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore

September Poetry Thursdays at

at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore

 

To honor Local Poetry Month the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg will feature three talented local performers every Thursday in September.

Here is the special lineup:

September 6 -- Cecil Brooks, Anna Jones, Marty Esworthy

September 13 -- Jack Veasey, Roger Cowden, Shaashawn Dial

September 20 -- Christian Thiede, Maria Thiaw, Rick Kearns

September 27 -- Julia Tilley, John Destalo, Christine O'Leary Rockey

 

The Midtown Scholar is the largest academic used bookstore in Pennsylvania. It’s located in a renovated 1920s theater next to Harrisburg's historic Broad Street Market, just a few blocks north of the Pennsylvania State Capitol.

1302 North Third Street, Harrisburg PA 17102
717-236-1680

Parking is available on the street as well as in the parking lot behind the store.

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September: Local Poetry Month in Central Pennsylvania

September is Local Poetry Month in Harrisburg, York, and Lancaster

SouthCentral PA Local Poetry Awareness is happening this September. Get in on the movement, a joint program connecting Harrisburg, York and Lancaster versifiers. Join in, like this.
1) Bring a non-poet to a local poetry event!
2) Write a truly well crafted poem, create something you love!
3) Share the work of a local poet with a friend or family member!

Here’s where and when (York/Dauphin/Lancaster/Adams County Events).

Saturday, September 1st @ 6:00 pm
Good News Café @ 1010 S 16th St, HRRISBURG
Open Mic

Wednesday, September 5th @ 7:00 pm
Poetry Spoken Here @ YorkArts at CityArts, 118 W Philadelphia St, YORK
Feature: “The Anthology Series: Version Local” (bring the work of your favorite local poet to share)

Thursday, September 6th @ 7:00 pm
Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel @ Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 North 3rd St, HARRISBURG
Featuring: Cecil Brooks, Anna Jane Jones, Marty Esworthy

Friday, September 7th @ 5:00 pm
Poets in the Street @ Downtown York First Friday, YORK
Keep an eye out through downtown, maybe even get some free poetry!
* special Local Poetry Month event

Friday, September 7th @ 6:30 pm
Poetry @ The Ragged Edge Coffeehouse, 110 Chambersberg St, GETTYSBURG
Feature: Dana Larkin Sauers and an open mic

Saturday, September 8th @ 6:00 pm
Xpress Yourself @ 1010 S 16th St, HARRISBURG
Poet led discussion group

Saturday, September 8th @ 7:30 pm
Convergence @ The Readers Café, 125 Broadway, HANOVER
Feature: Marcus Colasurdo w/ Guest Host, Carla Christopher and special appearance by Snow

Sunday, September 9th, 16th, 23rd @ 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Re-Vision Poetry Workshop @ YorkArts, 10 N Beaver St, YORK
Led by Keith Baughman, bring a poem of your own to practice the art of revision. $20 fee

Wednesday, September 12th @ 7:00 pm
Poetry @ Dogstar Books, 401 W Lemon St, LANCASTER
Feature: Dustin Nispel and open mic

Thursday, September 13th @ 7:00 pm
Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel @ Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 North 3rd St, HARRISBURG
Featuring: Jack Veasey, Roger Cowden, Shaashawn Dial

Saturday, September 15th @ 6:30 pm
Beatnik Cafe @ The York Emporium, YORK
Feature: Keith Baughman with Jim Lewin as Alan Ginsberg in “The Interview”, games and movies
* special Local Poetry Month event

Wednesday, September 19th @ 6:00 pm
Poetry Potluck & Bonfire @ the home of local poet, C. Charisse, MANCHESTER
Email poetrywarrior@gmail.com with RSVP for directions or info
* special Local Poetry Month event

Thursday, September 20th @ 7:00 pm
Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel @ Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 North 3rd St, HARRISBURG
Featuring: Christian Thiede, Maria Thiaw, Rick Kearns

Friday, September 21st @ 7:30 pm
Poetry. Music. Experiment. @ T.B.D., YORK
Feature: Slangston Hughes & The Baltimore Youth Slam Team and music/poetry/spoken word open mic

Saturday, September 22nd @ 6:00 pm
Poetry Potluck @ the home of local poet, Christine O’Leary-Rockey, CAMP HILL
Email poetrywarrior@gmail.com with RSVP for directions and info
* special Local Poetry Month event

Wednesday, September 26th @ 7:30 pm
Lancaster Poetry Exchange @ Barnes and Noble, 1700 H Fruitville Pike, LANCASTER
Feature: Erin Murphy from Penn State – Altoona

Thursday, September 27th @ 7:00 pm
Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel @ Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 North 3rd St, HARRISBURG
Featuring: Julia Tilley, John Destalo, Christine O'Leary-Rockey

Friday, September 28th @ 7:30 pm
Poetry @ Parliament, 116 E King St, YORK
Feature: Crystal Charisse and uncensored open mic

   

hiatus 2012

July, August, September-- Summer Hiatus

Okay.

Sorry, but, here’s the deal– the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel and Poetry Thursdays has has decided to take a vacation.

A real summer vacation. For the first time in 14 years we’re going to sit down, relax, read, breathe deeply, and sip margaritas in the park. Or somesuch.

You’ll probably still find us out supporting those awesome flamenco players on Thursday nights at HMAC, and we’ll be visiting our friends at numerous versification venues around the area, but we’re putting our weekly event on siesta until September.

Hope to see you then.

Deborah Filanowksi featured June 14 at Poetry Thursdays

  

Pine Grove poet, Deborah Filanowksi, will be featured at Poetry Thursdays, June 14, at the Midtown Cinema’s Reel Cafe, 250 Reily Street, Harrisburg.

She is active with Stray Dog Poets in Schuylkill County where she lives and is also associated with the BerksBards and other readings throughout Northcentral PA.

Filanowski is a native of West Virginia and has lived in PA for 30 years. She hosted a monthly poetry reading at Stonehedge Gardens for several years and was instrumental in organizing The North Eastern Pennsylvania Poetry Festival held at Stonehedge Gardens in Tamaqua from 2006 to 2009. Her book…and guppies eat their young was published by Plan B Press in conjunction with the “Lancaster OutLoud Poetry Festival” in September 2001 and a second printing was made in 2005.

Filanowski's feature presentation begins at 8pm, following an 7pm open mic. Poetry Thursdays, now into its 14th year as a weekly poetry series, is sponsored by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel.

For more information: (717) 909-6566.

 

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J.C. Todd and MaryAnn Miller, featured at Poetry Thursdays

   

Two Philadelphia poets, J.C. Todd and MaryAnn Miller, will be featured at Poetry Thursdays, March 8, at the Midtown Cinema’s Reel Cafe, 250 Reily Street, Harrisburg.

The poet formerly known as Jane Todd Cooper is now J. C. Todd.

Todd currently teaches creative writing at Bryn Mawr College and in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Rosemont College after many years of teaching secondary English and leading Artist-in-the-Schools workshops. Her awards include a Fellowship in Poetry from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, two Leeway Foundation grants, and a fellowship to Kunstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She’s been affiliated with the Dodge Poetry Program for more than 20 years.

Widely published in journals such as The Paris Review, The American Poetry Review, and The Virginia Quarterly Review. She’s the author of What Space This Body published by Wind Publications 2008 as well as Nightshade and Entering Pisces, chapbooks published by Pine Press. her most recent collection of poems, What Space This Body, is published by Wind Publications.

MaryAnn Miller has been the Resident Book Artist at the Experimental Printmaking Institute, Lafayette College since 2001. Her work is in the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Miller’s latest project has been the design and binding of a limited edition artist book of the works of Burmese writer and political prisoner Khet Mar. Her poetry has been published in Certain Circuits and in the Philadelphia Poets Anthology 2011. Miller is a recipient of the Petracca Award Special Mention.She’s been a contributing writer on women in the arts for Garden State Woman magazine, and her feature on artist Willie Cole was recently published in the International Review of African American Art.

Miller’s debut book of poems, Locus Mentis, has been published by PS Books, the small press division of Philadelphia Stories magazine.

The feature presentation begins at 8, following an 7pm open mic. Poetry Thursdays, beginning its 14th year as a weekly poetry series, is sponsored by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel. Marty Esworthy hosts.

For more information: (717) 909-6566.

Poetry Thursdays' March Schedule:

March 1– In-like-a-Lion open reading

March 8– J.C. Todd, MaryAnn L. Miller

March 15– Ides of March reading

March 22– Annette Russell

March 29– open poetry reading

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