Patricia Spears Jones:  Upcoming and Recent Events

2011

 

January 1, The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church

Annual Benefit Reading

Second Avenue & 10th Street

2 p.m. to midnight

contribution:

New York City

info@poetryproject.com or 212-674-0910

 

 

January 5, The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church

w/ Stephanie Brown

Curated by Joanna Fuhrman

Second Avenue & 10th Street

8 p.m.

contribution

New York City

info@poetryproject.com or 212-674-0910

 

 

February 18, The Harold Clurman Poetry Reading Series

The Stella Adler Studio

Curated by Peter Nickowitz

31 W. 27th Street, Floor 3

7 p.m.

Free

New York City

www.stellaadler.com

 

February 23, University of Vermont Montpelier

The Painted Word Poetry Series

w/ April Ossman

Curated by Prof. Major A. Jackson

Fleming Museum

6 p.m.

Free

Montpelier, Vermont

 

May 11, The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church

Group Reading for The Fast Life: Collected Poems of Tim Dlugos, ed.

by David Trinidad

131 E. 10th Street

8 p.m.

Contribution

New York, NY

info@poetryproject.com or 212-674-0910

 

June 15, The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church

Memorial Reading for Akilah Oliver

Organized by The Poetry Project & Belladonna

8 p.m.

New York NY

 

June 27-July 1, Manhattanville College

Summer Writers' Week

w/ Jennifer Egan, Gregory Orr,  Nancy Willard, et al

Faculty reading June 28 w/ Nancy Willard

Purchase, New York

914-323-5239 for info on classes/credits/cost

www.mville.edu/writing

 

 

August 30, Bryant Park Reading Room

Word for Word Poetry Series, curated by Paul Romero

w/ E. J. Antonio, Michael Cirelli, Marie-Elizabeth Mali

42nd Street & Sixth Avenue

7 p.m.

Free

Rain Venue: The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen

20 West 44th Street

New York, NY

 

September 12, Fordham University

Poets Out Loud Reading Series

w/ Edwin Torres

113 West 60th Street (corner Columbus/Ninth Ave.), 12th Floor Lounge

Free

Books available

http://poetsoutloud.com

 

 

October 1, New York Botanical Gardens

A Season in Poetry organized by The Poetry Society of America

w/ James Allen Hall and Jeffrey Yang

4 p.m.

Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road

Bronx, New York

(for directions see www.nybg.org)

 

 

October 30, Bowery Poetry Club

Fifth Anniversary, Bowery Women Poets

w/ many wonderful women poets

Hosted by Bob Holman & Marjorie Tesser, co-editors

Bowery & Bleeker

4 p.m.

$8.00 donation

Manhattan

 

 

November 14, Simmons College

Solo Reading

Room C311 Main Campus Building

The Fenway

6:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public

Boston, MA

 

 

 

2010

 

January 1, The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church

Annual Benefit Reading

Second Avenue & 10th Street

2 p.m. to midnight

contribution: $18

New York City

info@poetryproject.com or 212-674-0910

 

January 20

Working Authors Series

Persistent Voices: Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS

w/ Steven Cordova, Mark Doty, David Groff, Jon Nalley and Aimee Walker

The LGBT Community Center

208 W. 13th Street

6 p.m.

New York City

 

March 1, Art for Art's Sake/RUCMA

Evolving Voice Vocal Series

in Collaboration w/ Jason Hwang, composer/performer

THE LOCAL  269

269 E. Houston Street

7 p.m.

$10.00

New York City

www.rucma.org

 

March 7

Brownstone Reading Series

organized by African Voices

w/ Brenda Connor-Bey and Mariposa (Maria Teresa Fernandez)

316 W. 137th Street

3 p.m.

New York City

 

September 20, Evolving Voice Vocal Series

THE LOCAL  269

269 E. Houston Street

7 p.m.

$10.00

New York City

www.rucma.org

 

 

October 6

Basic and Bold, a Poetry Workshop--6 weeks

Poets House

10 River Terrace

New York, NY 10282

212-431-7920

www.poetshouse.org

Contact:  Stephen Motika

 

 

November 19

Black Brooklyn Renaissance/Word is Brooklyn

Organized by Tai Allen for Brooklyn Arts Council

w/ Hanifah Walidah, George Davidson, Pamela Sneed, Edwina Tyler, et al

BAM Cafe

9-10:30 p.m./doors open at 8 p.m.

30 Lafayette Avenue

Brooklyn

Free

www.BAM.org

 

 

December 9,  CNR.School of New Resources, Brooklyn Campus

Walking Distance: a Poetry Reading

Organized by Alexious Moore

w/ Willie Perdomo, Jacqueline Johnson and Melanie Goodreaux

Restoration Plaza, Skylight Gallery

7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

1368 Fulton Street

Free

Brooklyn

 

 

December 11

BOOK PARTY FOR PAINKILLER

CALABAR Imports

820 Washington Avenue

4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Brooklyn

www.calabar-imports.com

718-623-9326

 

 

2009

 

January 1, The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church

Annual Benefit Reading

131 E. 10th Street

Second Avenue and 10th Street

Manhattan

2 p.m. to midnight

Contribution: $17.

For information: info@poetryproject.com or 212-674-0910

 

 

January 29, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Writers on the Edge Series, organized by Quincy Troupe

Moderator, The Powerful Masters: Lucille Clifton & Ishmael Reed

Langston Hughes Auditorium

135th Street & Malcolm X Blvd, Harlem

Tickets: $20.00; members: $16.00

www.schomburgcenter.org

 

 

March 14, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center (WAH)

Curated and Organized by Yuko Nii, Artistic Director

Reading for  Woman  Forward, an arts exhibition

With Lila Bita, Nicole Cooley, Serena J. Fox & Kristin Prevallet

6 p.m.

135 Broadway

Brooklyn, NY 11211

www.wahcenter.net or 718-486-6012

 

 

March 19, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Moderator, Pulitzer Prize Winners: Junot Diaz & Rita Dove

Langston Hughes Auditorium

135th Street & Malcolm X Blvd, Harlem

Tickets: $20.00; members $16.00

www.schomburgcener.org CANCELLED

 

 

 

April 24, Reading from Starting Over: 100 Days/100 Poems

Organized by Rachel Zucker

w/ Matt Rohrer, Joy Katz, Monica de la Torre, Corneilius Eady, et al

Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House at NYU

58 West 10th Street

5:30 p.m.  FREE

Manhattan

 

 

May 1, PEN World Voices Festival

The Language of Fear: A PEN America Event

readings from "fear forum" w/ Paul LaFarge from PEN America

Feature readers: Guillermo Fadanelli, Wayne Koestenbaum, Kathryn Roggla, et al

moderated by Jeffrey Lependorf

Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center

365 Fifth Avenue

6-7:30 p.m. FREE

Manhattan

www.pen.org

 

 

May 16, The New York Botanical Garden

The Season in Poetry, a reading with Mark Bibbins & Jessica Greenbaum

Organized by the Poetry Society of America

3 p.m. Free

Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road

Bronx, New York

(for directions see www.nybg.org)

 

 

May 29, The Jacob Javits Convention Center

Voices and Visions of New American Dreams

w/ Farai Chideya and Lori Tharps

Organized by Malaika Adero for Up South, Inc.

2009 Book Expo of America--African American Pavillion

655 West 35th Street, Meeting Room 1C01/1C02

2-4 p.m.

www.upsouth.org or bluemedia@aol.com

 

 

June 14, Vision Festival-Day 6

organized by Patricia N. Parker

Performance w/ violinist, Jason Hwang

6:30 p.m.

Abrons Arts Center-Downstairs Theater

466 Grand Street

Manhattan

www.visionfestival.org or info@visionfestival.org

 

 

June 29, The Inspired Word: Passionate Readings of Poetry & Prose in NYC

Organized by Michael Geffner

w/ Soraya Shalforoosh, DubbleX, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Melissa Fadul ,et al

7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Tierra Sana Restaurant

100-17 Queens Blvd  & 67th Road

Forest Hills (Queens), NY

718-830-0544
 

September 10, Howl Festival--Poetry Turn On

Team  Poetry Project

Other Teams from Bowery Poetry Club, Cave Canem, Nuyorican Poets Cafe,  and Tribes

8 p.m.

Parish Hall, St. Mark's Church

131 E. 10th Street @2nd Avenue

New York, NY

for tickets & information

http://eastvillagehowler.blogspot.com/2009/08/press-release-howl-arts-project-2009.html

 

 

September 12-13, Parachuete: Coney Island Performance Festival

w/ D. Nurkse, Akilah Oliver, Car Benson, Edmund Berrigan, Mathea Harvey, et all

Organized by  The Coney Island History Project

Reading on September 12

6:30 p.m.

New York Aquarium  Alien Stingers Exhibit (after hours)

Surf Avenue at West 8th Street

Brooklyn, NY

parachutefestival@gmail.com

 

 

 

November  5,  Cave Canem Workshop Instructors Read

w/ Tara Betts, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Marilyn Nelson and Patricia Smith

The New School, Lang Center Arnhold Hall

6:30 p.m.

55 W. 13th Street, 2nd Floor

New York, NY

www.cavecanempoets.org

 

 

November 12, Poets House

A Reading & Conversation w/ Angela Jackson & Patricia Spears Jones

7 p.m. 

10 River Terrace at Murray Street

New York, NY

$10.00/$7.00 (students)

 

 

December 3, Black Nature Anthology Launch

w/ Camille Dungy (editor), Cecil Giscombe, devorah major, Indigo Moore

3:30 p.m.

SFSU  Poetry Center-HUM 512

Free

8 p.m.

Green Arcade (bookstore)

1680 Market Street (at Gough)

San Francisco, CA

www.sfsu.edu/~poetry

 

 

   2008 

 

February 26, Barnard College

Women Poets at Barnard

w/ Robin Becker and Jan Heller Levi

Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor, Barnard Hall

3009 Broadway

7 p.m.

Free

Manhattan

212-854-2116 or www.barnard.edu/englihs/wpreadings.html

 

 

March 28-30, Medgar Evers College

Black Writers: Reading and Writing to Transform Their Lives and the World,

Ninth National Black Writers Conference

Partipant and Panel Moderator

Brooklyn, NY

Information at The Center for Black Literature

www.mec.cuny.edu/blacklitcenter

 

 

April 10, Second Thursday Poetry Series

Women and Family Life Center, Guilford

Solo Reading

96 Fair Street

7:30 p.m.

Guilford, CT

 

 

April 23, Broken Land Reading

Word Books

w/ Julia Spicer Kasdorf, Michael Morse and Michael Tyrell

176 Franklin Street

7:30 p.m.

Greenpoint, Brooklyn

718-383-0096 or www.wordbrooklyn.com

 

 

May 23, Salon Cocktail Party at  The Bowery Poetry Club

Bowery Books Poets w/ Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Kristin Prevallet,

Marjorie Tesser et al

Friday, May 23

308 Bowery

8-10 p.m.

$5.00

 

 

June 22-28, Solstice Summer Writers Conference

of Pine Manor College

Faculty Reading, Thursday, June 26

7 p.m.

Chestnut Hill, MA

www.pmc.edu/solstice

 

 

August 6, Hudson Valley Writers Center

Summer Sunset Series w/ Elaine Sexton

Wednesday, August 6

7:30 p.m.

300 Riverside Drive

Sleepy Hollow, NY

www.writerscenter.org

 

 

September 27, Poets House and Center for Architecture Symposium

Form and Function: The Intersection of Poetry and Architecture

at Center for Architecture

536 LaGuardia Place

7 p.m. Between Forms:  A Poetry Reading

w/ A. S. Bessa, Gregg Biglieri, Brenda Coultas, Susan Mitchell,

Frances Richard, Susan Stewart, Mónica de la Torre & Marjorie Welish

$10.00; $15.00 for entire day

www.poetshouse.org

 

 

November 9, Zinc Bar Reading Series

W/ Lynn Behrendt, and Thomas Devaney

87 W. Third Street

6:30 p.m.

New York

$5.00

www.Lungfull.org/Zinc

 

 

November 16, Bowery Poetry Club

Fifth Wednesday Journal in New York City organized by Vern Miller

w/ Nina Corwin, Rob Cook, Daniel Libman and Said Shirazi

308 Bowery at Bleeker Street

4-6 p.m.

New York

www.fifthwednesdayjornal.com

 

 

December 5, Center for Book Arts

Curator, Center Broadsides Reading Series

presenting Erica Hunt and Elena Georgiou

28 W. 27th Street

7 p.m.

$10.00

New York

www.centerforbookarts.org or 212-481-02915

2007

February 24,  Segue Series

w/ Monica de la Torre

308 Bowery, 4 p.m.

New York City

http://segueseries.blogspot.com

 

March 13, belladonna* series

w/ Maureen Owen

Dixon Place

258 Bowery, Second Floor, 7 p.m.

New York City

www.belladonnaseries.blogspot.com

 

March 28, The Poetry Project

Song for New York Poets' Reading

w/ Migdalia Cruz, Maggie Dubris, Karen Kandel and Imelda O'Reilly

131 E. 10th Street, 8 p.m.

New York City

www.poetryproject.com or 212-674-0910

 

April 5, Lesley University

Alumni Hall

w/ Susan Merrifield and Adelina da Silva

4:30 p.m.

Cambridge, MA

www.lesley.edu/gasss.html

 

April 20-22, The Arkansas Literary Festival

Book Signings, April 20

Panel/Readings, April 21

w/ Reginald Martin, Ralph Burns, and Sandy Longhorn

The Oxford American Literary Quiz Party

River Market District, Little Rock, Arkansas

www.arkansasliteraryfestival.org

 

May 16, The Brooklyn Historical Society

Reading for The Broken Land: Poems of Brooklyn

w/ Jonathan Galassi, Daniel Hall, Timothy Liu and Alicia Jo Rabins

7 p.m.

Brooklyn

www.brooklynhistory.org or www.poetrysociety.org

 

May 21, Louder Arts at Bar 13

w/ Hettie Jones and Janine Pommy Vega

Bowery Women Anthology Reading

35 E. 13th Street, 2nd Floor

7 p.m.

Manhattan

www.louderarts.com or 212-979-6677

 

August 31-September 9, Mabou Mines' Waterfront Celebration

SONG FOR NEW YORK: WHAT WOMEN DO WHEN MEN SIT KNITTING

Gantry Plaza State Park, Long Island City, Queens

6:45 p.m. seating; performances 8 p.m.

FREE

www.maboumines.org or 212-473-0559

 

 

October 25-27, The Devil's Kitchen Fall Literary Festival

Poetry Panel, w/ Betty Adcock, et al, Friday, 10 a.m. October 26

Reading w/ Dale Ray Phillips, Saturday 2 p.m. October 27

Student Center Auditorium

Southern Illinois University

Carbondale, IL

http://mfacarbondale.blogspot.com/2007/09/devils-kitchen-fall-literary-festival.html

 

 

December 13, Studio Museum in Harlem, Cave Canem

Poetry Meets Art

w/ Roger Bonair-Agard, Samantha Thornhill and Simone White

144 W. 125th Street

7 p.m.

Manhattan

http://www.cavecanempoets.org/pages/calendar.php

 

 

December 17, LaMama ETC, Gangs of New York School

Reading hosted by Jeff Wright

w/Monica de la Torre, Bob Hershon, Vincent Katz, Joe Maynard, Ilka Scobie

Adele Ramos and James Best

44 East 4th Street

8 p.m.

$7.00

Manhattan

www.lamama.org

 

2006

September 20, 5:30pm
Columbia College Concert Hall
1014 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL

September 25, 8pm, with Dara Weir
The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church
131 E. 10th Street, NYC
212-674-0910
(reception follows)

October 27, 11:15am
The 16th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Writers Conference
with Major Jackson, Ruth Ellen Kochar, Matthew Shenoda, et al
Black Literature and Creative Writing
Chicago State University Chicago, IL
http://www.csu.edu/GwendolynBrooks/

October 29, 2pm, with Quincy Troupe
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 East Locust Street Milwaukee, WI
www.woodlandpattern.org

December 4,  7:30 with Matthew Zapruder 
Poets Out Loud Reading Series
Fordham University - Lincoln Center
113 West 60th Street (corner Columbus/Ninth Ave.), 12th Floor Lounge
http://poetsoutloud.com

            

December 17, A Sunday Kind of Love 
Busboys and Poets, hosted by Regie Cabico
w/ Derick Brown, et al  4 p.m. Washington, DC