Events at other venues
The Forest Hills Educational Trust is now sponsoring a series of poetry readings on Sunday afternoons at the chapel of the Forest Hills Cemetary in Jamaica Plain. Most of the Jamaica Pond Poets will be reading there on February 26 at 2 PM. For more information, go to www.foresthillstrust.org/calendar.html
Calliope Poetry Series, in collaberation with the West Falmouth Public Library, is sponsoring a series of workshops led by Sheila Whitehouse, Barry Hellman, and Christine Casson at the Library. For information about those workshops, which will be on the last Saturdays in January, February, and March, go to calliopepoetryseries.com/page11.php
Readings at Chapter and Verse
Readings are the first or second Friday of each month from October to June and are held at the Loring-Greenough House in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts (for map and directions, see below).
Readings, featuring an ever-changing array of well-known poets and writers, begin at 7:30PM, have a $5.00 requested donation (which helps cover the rental fee for the room), and are followed by a reception, including refreshments and an opportunity to meet and talk with the readers, buy their books, and have them signed.
For more information, contact Dorothy Derifield at dorothy.derifield@jamaicapondpoets.com
October 7, 2011
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November 4, 2011 |
Jonathan Clark
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Paul Hostovsky
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Sandra Kohler
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Jennifer Markell
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Jim LaFond-Lewis
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Edith Pearlman
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| December 2, 2011 |
January 13, 2012 |
Peter Bates
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Tom Daley
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Joe Bergin
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Karen D'Amato
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Marcia Karp
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Lynne Potts
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February 10, 2012
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March 9, 2012
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Mary Bonina
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Al Gundy
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Ken Tangvik
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Maya Phillips
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Gary Whited
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TBA
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| April 13 2012 |
May 11, 2012
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Susanna Kittredge
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Gary Duehr
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Gail Mazur
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Aimee Sands
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Lloyd Schwartz
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Margaret Young
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Biographies of the next readers
MARY BONINA
Mary Bonina's newest poetry collection is Clear Eye Tea (Cervena Barva Press). She is the author of two chapbooks, Living Proof and Lunch in Chinatown, poems inspired by the experience of teaching recent immigrants the English language in their workplaces. Her poetry has been featured in Salamander, Hanging Loose, English Journal, Gulf Stream, and other journals and anthologies. She has received an Honorable Mention for her memoir, My Father’s Eyes, from the University of New Orleans, and she was a finalist in the Teacher’s Voice competition.
KEN TANGVIK
Ken Tangvik's collection of urban short fiction titled Don’t Mess with Tanya: Stories Emerging from Boston’s Barrios was published in 2011 by Aberdeen Bay Publishers. Many of the stories in this book are based on experiences he had in working with young adults in Boston. Ken Tangvik is a professor at Roxbury Community College and is a specialist in multicultural fiction. He is also the co-founder of the Hyde Square Task Force, a Jamaica Plain-based award-winning nonprofit that engages at-risk teens in the arts, college prep, and community organizing.
GARY WHITED
Gary Whited is a poet, philosopher, and psychotherapist. He grew up on the plains of eastern Montana, and a strong sense of place pervades his poetry, whether that place is the prairie, the city, or the inner spaces we inhabit. His poems have appeared in Salamander, Bellowing Ark, Red Owl Magazine, and Diamond Dust. He received an International Merit Award from the Atlanta Review, and an Editor’s Prize from Plainsongs. Gary Whited has been a featured reader at many venues in eastern Massachusetts, and he is a member of the Jamaica Pond Poets.
Readings at Calliope
All readings are held approximately monthly from late September to early June (except December) on Sunday afternoons at the West Falmouth Library in West Falmouth, Massachusetts (for map, directions, and parking information, see below).
Readings, which feature an ever-changing array of well-known poets followed by an inclusive open mike, run from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, have a $5.00 requested donation (which helps cover the stipend for the three featured readers), and are followed by a reception, including refreshments and an opportunity to meet and talk with the readers, buy their books and have them signed. For readings with a open mike, sign up begins at 2:45 PM,
September 25, 2011
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October 23, 2011 |
Gail Hanlon
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Susan Berlin
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John Hodgen
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Alan Feldman
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Carole Stasiowski
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Philip Hasouris
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| November 20, 2011 |
January 22, 2012 |
Lori Derosiers
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Mary Bonina
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Barry Hellman
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Christine Rathbun Ernst
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Sandra Kohler
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Tidepool Poets
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| February 26, 2012 |
March 25, 2012 |
Nancy Brady Cunningham
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Josh Coben
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Robin Smith-Johnson
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Mary Kane
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David Surette
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Gary Whited
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| April 22, 2012 |
June 3, 2012 |
Lorna Blake
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Wendy Drexler
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Valerie Lawson
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Daniel Johnson
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Dick Lourie
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Mary Ellen Redmond
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Getting to the Loring-Greenough House
With some browsers, the map won't work properly or won't show at all. If such a case, you can get a map and directions by clicking on the following link and using the following address:
12 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
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Parking Information: The Loring-Greenough House has a parking lot, but four spaces are reserved for ZIP Cars. Please respect these spaces, and also please try not to park on the grass. There is also ample nonrestricted street parking and a large, free public parking lot off Centre Street, between Burroughs and Thomas Streets, just a block from the Loring-Greenough House.
Getting to the West Falmouth Library
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575 West Falmouth Highway, West Falmouth, MA 02574
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Or you can use the following directions:
From the Bourne Bridge:
Take Brick Kiln Exit, bear right off the ramp. Turn right onto Rt. 28A. West Falmouth Library
is about .5 miles on the right, with parking (across from the Quaker Meeting House).
From Woods Hole:
Take Rt. 28 N to Brick Kiln exit. Turn left off the ramp. Turn right onto Rt. 28A. West Falmouth
Library is about .5 miles on the right, with parking (across from the Quaker Meeting House).
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