Berks Bards: May 2009

Friday, May 29, 2009

Two events this week on May 31 and June 4th

Two events this week!

1. Berks Bards has been invited to read at the Senior Arts Festival, Reading Area Community College, Sunday, May 31, at 3:15 pm in the Berks-Penn Rooms. Featured poets are Doug Arnold, Elizabeth Bodien, Awilda I. Castro-Suarez, Marilyn Klimcho, Patrick Klimcho, and Liz Stanley. This event is free and open to the public.

2. First Thursday Poetry at the GoggleWorks in the first floor cafe' on June 4, 2009, at 6:00 pm. Jennifer Gittings-Dalton will be the featured poet, and there will be an open mic. Berks Bards would like to host a small reception after the reading with all attendees, to celebrate the finale of 2009 Bard Fest. We have permission to bring in some light refreshments. Join us!

Liz Stanley
~Berks Bards
zilabets@hotmail.com

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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.

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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.