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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

   

We readily see that the grammatical sensitivities of the Gilded Age dowager or pedant were aesthetic preferences, of the kind almost always doomed to dissolve with the passage of time. It can be harder to see that the same judgment applies to our own sense of what proper English is. Today, we have our own fads. We’re more likely to hear about using nouns as verbs – structure a lesson, impact a discussion – or making new verbs from nouns, such as liaise. Yet the verbs copy, view, worship and silence were born from nouns to no complaint. The fashion simply hadn’t yet arisen to condemn them. Or, for that matter, no fuss was made at the time when William Shakespeare and William Makepeace Thackeray, both celebrated as masters of the tongue, used they in the singular form. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/a-matter-of-fashion/

for Pennsyvania poets: The Keystone Chapbook Prize

The Keystone Chapbook Prize

The Keystone Chapbook Prize is awarded annually to poets with ties to Pennsylvania. The submission period is currently open until August 31 (slightly extended this year due to problems earlier this summer).

This series began in 2007 with Harry Humes' chapbook Underground Singing; the most recent titles, selected last year by Sascha Feinstein, are slated for release in September and October: Dave Bonta's Breakdown: Banjo Poems and William Woolfitt's The Salvager's Arts.

This year's judge is Brent Goodman, author of The Brother Swimming Beneath Me and Not at All Sudden.
 
Complete details and guidelines about the Keystone Chapbook Series, and all titles, can be found at the Seven Kitchens Press site: http://sevenkitchenspress.com/series-guidelines/guidelines-the-keystone-chapbook-prize/

And, why not take a moment to share this opportunity with others.

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.

Finally, Detective Dick Tracy can go to bed!

Some things don't translate.  

De Dick Tracy à votre poignet

En 1952, Dick Tracy apparu par la voix de sa montre-bracelet. Même à l'époque la plus proche distance de télécommunications a été la radio (radio et qu'ils ont appelé les deux sens du poignet) aujourd'hui il est plus facile d'entrer dans le téléphone mobile pour une montre-bracelet.

In 1952, Dick Tracy became the voice of his wristwatch. Even in the days closest distance telecommunications was the radio (radio and they called two-way wrist) today it is easier to enter the mobile phone in a wristwatch.

and/or

La montre de Dick Tracy est disponible
Le détective Dick Tracy peut aller se coucher, le vidéotéléphone cellulaire est enfin prêt pour votre poignet. C'est le fabricant Hyundai qui présente le premier appareil qui peut se réclamer de l'héritage du célèbre personnage de bande dessinée. La montre/cellulaire fonctionne dans l'environnement GSM avec un écran tactile qui permet d'utiliser ses fonctions de cellulaire, de baladeur, d'appareil photo et vidéo.

Dick Tracy's watch is available
Detective Dick Tracy can go to bed, the cellular videophone is finally ready for your wrist. It is the manufacturer Hyundai introduced the first device that can claim the legacy of the famous cartoon character. The watch / cell phone works in the GSM environment with a touch screen that allows the use of cellular functions, Walkman, camera and video.

 

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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