Berks Bards: April 2009

Monday, April 13, 2009

Double Feature Thursday April 16

THURSDAY THURSDAY THURSDAY POETRY THIS THURSDAY

Bard Fest 2009 Double-Feature!

Thursday, April 16, 2009 - Awilda I. Castro-Suarez, Hard Bean Boyertown, Second Thursday Poetry hosted by Jodi Corbett and Luke Kasik, 7:00 pm. Open mic. Call for information, 610-223-4378.

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. This event is free and open to the general public. Reservations requested for reception hosted by the UU Church.

Liz Stanley
~Berks Bards
zilabets@hotmail.com

Membership: Marilyn Klimcho, Treasurer
610-374-1161

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Thursday, April 9, 2009

7 Poets at Outsider Folk Art Gallery, GoggleWorks

Tonight the Outsider Folk Art Gallery at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts welcomes seven poets from Alvernia University, Kutztown University and Penn State Berks Campus: Tom Bierowski, Karen Blomain, Jayne Relaford Brown, Elizabeth DeMeo, Dubem Okafor, Berks County Poet Laureate Heather Thomas, and Andrew Vogel.

The event begins at 6 pm in the Gallery, Room 504, The GoggleWorks, 201 Washington ST, Reading, PA. Open mic. This event is part of the 2009 Bard Fest, sponsored by Berks Bards.

New gallery installation is "Ecologically Correct: The Philadelphia Dumpster Divers." (April 2 to June 10, 2009)

For more information, call 610-939-1737.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Love Song April 8th

Barbara DeCesare will be the featured guest on Poet's Pause, Wednesday, April 8th at 7:00 pm on Berks Community Television (BCTV). Doug Arnold is host. The program will be broadcast live on Comcast Cable Channel 13 in the Reading Area, as well as streaming online at www.bctv.org.

Barbara DeCesare is coordinating an arts event based on "The Love Song of J..."
"Do I dare to disturb the universe?" Check out the connection to Prufrock here: http://ncteinbox.blogspot.com/2009/04/daring-to-disturb-universe.html

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Berks Bards has thankfully survived a hard world since 2020, both as an organization and in budgetary-speak, with state arts grants impacted initially by economic impacts of COVID-19. As a local 501(c)(3) nonprofits in Berks County, Pennsylvania, with reach well beyond just locally since 2020, Berks Bards gratefully welcomes donations via PayPal. Donate via PayPal Donations.

Donations as checks can be written to Berks Bards and mailed to Vanessa Helms at 100 Hemlock Drive, Fredericksburg, PA, 17026.

Support to our nonprofit allows us to be able to keep our community impact through poetry advocacy going. We thank anyone who is able to contribute, whether now or in the future.

About Us Poetry-Types

We are Berks Bards, a grassroots poetry group and nonprofit meeting on First Thursdays of each month at 6 pm at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts at 201 Washington Street, Reading, PA 19601. These monthly poetry readings include a featured poet and a community open mic.

We also host a Second Tuesdays open mic at 6 pm at Aladdin Restaurant at 401 Penn Avenue, West Reading, PA 19611.

We are excited to be able to return to some live programming! Please look for an upcoming announcement about our April event. Our March open mic night will continue to be virtual as planned.

In April, we celebrate National Poetry Month through what we call Bard Fest, poetry workshops, readings, musical collaboration performances, and other types of events around Berks County.

To contact us, email berksbards@gmail.com.