Berks Bards: Jason Schossler

Sunday, March 25, 2012

April 2, 2012 at 6 pm Featuring Jason Schossler at theT.E.A. Factory 580 Willow St. in Reading

Join Berks Bards in our kick off event for BardFest 2012

At the T. E. A. Factory, 580 Willow Street in Reading featuring Jason Schossler

Jason is launching his new book Mud Cakes. There will be a reading, book signing and an open mic.

Jason Schossler is the 2010 winner of the Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize. The award is sponsored by Bona Fide Books, and included the publication of his first book of poetry, Mud Cakes. A two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, Schossler is the recipient of the 2009 Edwin Markham Poetry Prize and the 2010 Emerging Writer award from Grist: A Journal for Writers.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

BardFest 2012 National Poetry Month in April

Coming soon to a library, art center, college or theater near you, BardFest 2012, a celebration of National Poetry Month in April features poets and writers, playwrights, indie filmmakers and dancers. Sponsored by Berks Bards, most of the events are free and open to the public. We'll post individual events here on the Berks Bards blog. Join us on Facebook at Berks Bards.

Featured poets include Jason Schossler, Cortney Bledsoe, Joe Ross, Rebecca Gonzalez, Deanna Nikaido, Gary Fincke, and Rick Kearns-Morales. Student winners for Poetry Out Loud at Reading High School and Governor Mifflin High School will recite their poems. Holly Landau offers a "Humor Writing Workshop" and indie filmmakers screen a retrospective from the Virginville Film Festival. For more information, send email to berksbards@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter @bardsofberks.

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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.