BARD FEST 2009

Berks Bards Presents...BARD FEST 2009 in Celebration of National Poetry Month

1. Thursday, March 12, 2009 - Awilda I. Castro-Suarez, Crusader's Cafe,
Alvernia University, 6:00 pm. Sponsored by Alvernia University Multi-Cultural
Initiatives. Contact person: Mary Lozada (610) 796-8256.

2. Thursday, April 2, 2009 - J.C. Todd, First Thursday Poetry at the Bravo
Cafe', The GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, 201 Washington Street, Reading,
6:00 pm. Open Mic. Call for information, 610-777-0863.

3. Saturday, April 4, 2009 - "Poetry and Spirit" Workshop with Jen
Gittings-Dalton, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Berks County, 416
Franklin Street, Reading, 10-12 noon. To reserve your place: call
610-370-2629.

4. Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - Poets' Pause, Berks Community Television, 7:00
pm. Host is Doug Arnold.

5. Thursday, April 9, 2009 - Berks County College and University Faculty
Poets, featuring Jayne Relaford Brown, Tom Bierowski, Beth DeMeo, and Berks
County Poet Laureate Heather Thomas, Outsiders Folk Art Gallery, Suite 504, The
GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, 201 Washington Street, Reading, 6:00 pm. Open
Mic. Call for information, 610-939-1737.

6. Thursday, April 16, 2009 - Awilda I. Castro-Suarez, Hard Bean Boyertown,
Second Thursday Poetry hosted by Jodi Corbett, 6:30 pm. Open
mic. Call for information, (phone number?).

7. Thursday, April 16, 2009 - Award-winning poet Lamont B. Steptoe, Poetry
Reading and Book Signing, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Berks County,
416 Franklin Street, Reading, 6:00 pm. Mr. Steptoe is the recipient of a 2006
Pew Fellowship in the Arts in Poetry, and the American Book Award in 2005 for
his book, "A Long Movie of Shadows." Call to reserve: 610-370-2629.

8. Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - Jennifer Hill and Dan Waber, Poetry at Six,
Reading Area Community College, Berks Penn Rooms, 6:00 pm. Open Mic.
Sponsored by the Foundation for RACC. Call to reserve: 610-607-6239.

9. Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - Elizabeth Bodien, Mifflin Community Library, 6
Philadelphia Avenue, Shillington, 6:30 pm. Open mic. Call for information,
610-777-3911.

10. Thursday, April 30, 2009 - Lester Hirsh, Adamstown Area Public Library,
3000 North Reading RD, Adamstown, 6:30 pm. Open mic. Call for information,
717-484-4200.

11. Thursday, May 7, 2009 - Jayne Relaford Brown, First Thursday Poetry at the
Bravo Cafe', The GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, 201 Washington Street,
Reading, 6:00 pm. Open Mic to follow. Call for information: 610-777-0863.

12. Sunday, May 31, 2009 - Berks Bards at the Berks County Senior Arts
Festival, Berks-Penn Rooms, Reading Area Community College, 4:15 pm. Poets
featured are Doug Arnold, Elizabeth Bodien, Awilda I. Castro-Suarez, Marilyn
Klimcho, Patrick Klimcho, and Liz Stanley. Call for information,
610-374-1161.